The people's press, and Addison County Democrat. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1838-1841, 1838-07-03
ANOTHER MELANCHOLY DISASTER.

ANOTHER MELANCHOLY DISASTER.
With the recollection of the loss of the Home
fresh in our minds, we are called to record an.
other awful catastrophe of similar nature
Many hearts then touched with generous SYM
pathy, will now bleed afresh for their own Pc
culiar woes. Language fails in an attempt to
convey consolation to the friends of the MISS
ing. Sympathetic silence is our only resource
while thew learn the hard task of unrepining
submission to the will of Providence:
Loss OF THE STEAM Boar PULASKI
We have just received the melancholy intel.
ligence that the Pulaski steam packet, about
which so much anxiety has been felt, was seen
from the steamer New York, on her voyage
from Charleston, on Monday last, at 3 o'clock,
about six miles from Cape Lookout, on shore
complete wreck. She was broken in several
pieces, the forward parts having drifted a mile
from her stern. Previous to seeing the wreck,
the New York fell IN with floating pieces of
boards and plank, which gave indications of
some disaster.
Capt. Allen, with praiseworthy care, exam
ined thoroughly the fragments of the vessel.
and spent two hours in a search for any of the
crew or passengers, reluctantly leaving the
an end. The beach for nine or ten miles was
strewed with what were supposed TO be frag-
ments of the vessel The Pulaski left Charles.
ton on Thursday last, and it is thought ran on
the shoal on Friday in the gale. 1t blew very
hard from the North East, and rained for three
days.
Confirmation of the Loss Of the PULASKI.
The dreadful, and we almost fear, the worst
tidings of the wreck of the Pulaski, and of the
destruction of the greater portion of her pas
sengers and crew, are confirmed by the annex
ed slip from the Norfolk Beacon, of Wednes
day last -
ANOTHER DREADFUL AcCIDENT.-Uppards
of $50 LiUes reported to hare been Lost
From passengers who arrived in the Cars from
Wilmington, we learn that the steam packet
Pulaski, Captain Dubois, which left Charleston
on Thursday evening last, with about 200 pas
sengcrs, bound to Baltimore, was lost on Friday
night last, about 40 miles to the southwark of
Wilmington, North Carolina, during heavy
gale, in which her boiler exploded. Eight per-
sons were killed by the bursting of the boiler.
The boat sunk an hour after the explosion
Previous to the sinking of the steamer. a boat
with 81 persons left her, and in approaching the
shores, five of the number were drowned. We
have also been informed that the mate, (suppos-
ed to be Hibbard. formerly of this place. and
who brought the melancholy tidings 10 vii
mington,) was the only person of the entire
crew who was saved. Two ladies', WHO we're
in the boat got ashore safe.
From the Sunday Morning News June "a.
We have this moment had hasty conversa-
ton with one of the passengers who was saved
from the wreck of the Pulaski. He gives some
vague encouragement that more persons have
been saved than is stated in the published &C.
counts. Our informant states that at the time
of the explosion, the brutal captain was below
in the engke room, in an angry disAs.s with
the engineer, threatening him With 95leHce n
he did not put on more steam. At this instant
our informant was looking down the skyght,
a witness to this contest. The explosion here
took place, and the captain was sent into eterni.
ty, if possible the first victim of his rash foy.
SUNDAY morning, o'clock.
BY the politeness of Capt. Shultz, of the
steamboat Swan, from Philadelphia, we have
Just received the gratifying intelligence that
THIRTY more of the passengers in the PuIas-
| XII have been saved.
They were found hanging TO the upper deck
of the wreck in a very exhausted state, having
been so for FOUR days. They were taken
off the wreck by schooner II days from Viii.
mington for Philadelphia.
The names as far as we can learn from
| Capt. Shultz, are Gen. Lamar and sister. also
Gen. Heath. This information was obtained
from another passenger belonging to the Pulas.
Xxi, who arrived in this city this morning.
HALF-PAsr o'clock.
LATER.-Through the kindness of Mr..
Swan, of the Mail line, we have been G,yored
with slip from the Wilmington, ~ C. Adver.
tiser; containing the names of the persons ia.
ken from the wreck, with other particulars,
which we annex.
Arrived by the steamboat Swan, Cap Shultz,
this morning, the following passengers from
the wreck of the Pulaski-Mr. G.. Ward, of
Savannah; MIR. G. B. Tappan, N. Y. Mr.. w.
Robertson, Mr.. w. C. N. Swift. Left at Bal.
timore, Mr. Cowper, Mrs. Nightingale. Mrs.
Frazier and son, Major Heaih-Mr G.. Luiz.
enburgh, remained at Philadelphia. The above
gentlemen state that as they were leaving Will
mington, it was reported that thirteen others
had just landed on the beach near Cape Look
out.
NARROW EscAPE.-The stage from Elmira
10 Oswego overturned the night of the 7th near
Oswego, and came near tumbing the passen.
gers, twelve in number, into the Susquehanna.
No one was seriously injured.
ECLIPSE great annular eclinse of tho