Litchfield enquirer., 1837-11-02
From the Boston Centinel.
THE STEAM PACKET HOM]

If1E STEAM FAChEI HUME.
 News of the loss of this vessel was receiv- ed at Charleston on the 18th, and of course accustomed much sorrow in the whole city, The papers hardly knew what to say about it, but we have clue to the causes of the disaster in letter from Mir. c. c. Cady, of Lancaster, who was one of the survivors, published in the Concord (N. H.) Statesman, which we have no doubt is true.
 All went on we'll till Sunday noon, when the sea was very heavy and the wind blew hard but we were told that there was no danger. The wind continued, and Monday was sorry day-all wore long faces-heard no remarks but in regard to our situation.- At about five o'clock our fears were increas- ed-the boat began to leak, and our Captain Jay drunk in the o6ice!!! Luckily we had two experienced sea Captains aboard, who took the command, and then immediately
 ordered all hands, male and female. to dip ping water, which order, every one complied
 with till we found ourselves on shore. Then | It was that a scene occurred which pray 6ud nIuy rrCtvr 'uguiu witIIUsS. Un6 huti- dred and forty souls screaming, wailing, dy- | ing Some crying to wives-some to moth- CTS, some to daughters and sons-some in- ploring mercy from on high-some frantic with agony, dashing themselves amidst the crulnbling wreck. stood on the wheel
 house, next to man and his wife, and such ] pitiful groans as came from the poor creatures
 is indescribable. Close by me, also, stood a
 woman with child, and us she hung on the ] wreck with one hand, and her darling in the other, a surf came and washed her child from
 her; and such was her fright that she leaped
 and with most piteous screech, exclaimed,
 70 my child" and disappeared forever l
 remained till the last one, and was fortunate
 enough to be one of the few survivors. After reaching the shore, immediately commenc-
 ed hauling in trunks and bodies, which had f1oated ashore, and was fortunate enough to find old Mrs. Lacoste, about half covered with water, just expiring, and saved her life. Presently found others who were as fortu- nate as myself, and we diyided-part went for assistance and part kept on shore watch ing for trunks and bodies. The wind blew violently, and being drenched with water, and some of us entirely naked, could only keep alive by travelling. The two ladies who were saved we carried to sandbank and covered them mostly in sand. But few escaped without being badly bruised. In this condition we remained till daylight, a. bout SIX hours; you may judge our feelings.
 At daylight we found ourselves on Ocracoke Island, among set of savages. There were
 few females who did every thing in their power to relieve us, but most of them appear
 ca indifferent and only visited us to see what
 they could steal. But very little of the bag | gage came ashore, and what did was so bad " injured that it was not worth saving"
 | SteGm Packet Hon,e-The loss of this boat
 and the awful destruction of human life
 which attended that disaster, has, as it should, caused a deep excitement in Charleston and tnrong1out the country while here. we are sorry 10 say, 1t has passed off as a nine days wonder. and no measures have been taken to investigate the circumstances of her loss in order to discover with whom the censure rests. -. Tn the Charleston Southern Patriot of the
 lSth inst. we find the following severe re- marks. We ofcnurse know nothing of their correctness; but it is proper that the New. York public should be advised of what is tho't l of the encouragement and carciessness at-
 tending this catastrophe, and we hope for the honor of human nafures that those against whom these heavy charges are made, will be able to exculpate themselves from the deep guilt which they impiy-ifnot, then let them Do dealt with in the seyerest manner that the laws of the land will authorize. l HieGm Packet Home.--The constant and disgraccftil impositions of parties connected
 with tho fitting out of Stenmboats in New. | York, have assumed so fearful and formida. ble q shape as to require public investigation. | We are satisfied that in no other quarter of the globe would the circumstances connected
 with the shipwreck of the Home, remain
 without inquiry. We arc bound to mnke this inquiry, by all the obligations of human
 ity, as . civilized community-as q people
 not dead to tho sympathles of llfe--as an cx- plnll0n to the agonlzed feelings 0fthose con.
 nocted with the doad-and as protection Co
 the living. that they may not Do involved to