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the brightest and most useful ornaments Of
society TO the situation Of a lunatic. Every
means were used by his friends 10 restore
him to sanity and usefulness; but an in.
scrutable Providence determined otherwise;
and man once truly great and useful has
fallen.
TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER.
From the Wilmington Aduertissr, 18th inst.l
Loss Of the steam packet Pulaski, with q
crew Of thir,y.seven, and one hundred
and fifty or one hundred and sixty pas.
sepgers.
On Thursday, the 14th inst, the steam.
er Pulaski, Capt. Dubois, left Charleston
for Baltimore with about $50 passengers,
of whom about so were ladies.
At about II O'Clock on the same night.
while off the North Carolina coast, say 80
miles from land, weather moderate and
night dark, the starboard boiler exploded,
and the vessel was lost, with all the pas.
sengers and crew except those whose
names are enumerated among the saved in
the list to be found below.
We have gathered the following facts
from the first mate, Mr.. Hlbberd, who had
charge Of the boat at tine time. Mr.. Hib-
berd states that at about 10 o'clock at night
he was called to The command Of the boat,
and that he was pacing the promenade
deck in front of the steerage-house tina:
he found himself, shortly after, upon tho
main deck. lying between the mast and side
Of the boat E; that upon the return Of cor-
seriousness, he had confused idea of ha,.
ing heard an explosion, something like thtt
of gunpowder Immediately before he dit
covered himself in his then situation. HI
was induced, therefore 10 rise and walk af,
when he discovered that the boat midship
was blown entirely to pieces; that TIN
head of the starboard boiler was blown on
and the top torn open; that the timber
and plank on tho starboa,d side were forceI
asunder, and that the boat took in waite.
whenever she rolled in that direction.
He became Immediately aware Of tls
horrors of their situation, and the DANCE
of letting tho passengers know that tb
boat was sinking, before lowering the smsl
boats. He proceeded, therefore, TO do thi.
Upon dropping the boat he was asked h,
object, and he replied that it was to pas
round the steamer to ascertain her cond.
ton. Before doing this. however, he too
in couple of men. He ordered the othe
, boats to be lowered, and two were shorth
, put into the water, bu. they leaked so muo
in consequence Of their long exposure I
the sun, that one Of them sunk, after
: fruitless attempt to bail her. He had i
the interim taken several from the water
until the number made ten. In the othe
; boat ahoat there were eleven. Will,
. they were making a fruitless attempt T.
bail the small boat, the Pulaski went dow,
with dreadful crash, 10 about As minute,
, after the explosion.
, Both boats now insisted upon Mr.. Hid.
herds directing their course to the sho o,
, but he resisted their circumstances, repy.
! ing that he would not abandon the s,ot
, until daylight. At about three o'clock in
. the morning they started, in the midst Of
e the wailiugs of the hopeless beings who
were floating round in every direction up,n
b pieces of the wreck, to seek land, whEh
was about thirty miles distant. After prl.
8 ling about thirteen hours, the persons in
d both boats became tired, and insisted that
d Mr.. Hbberd should land. This ne opposed,
y thinking it safest to proceed along The
coast and 10 enter some one Of its numer.
Gus inlets; but he was forced to yield Ia
: the general desire, and to attempt landing
upon the beach, little east Of Stump Inlet.
He advised Mr.. Cooper, Of Ga. who had
u command Of the other boat, and a couple OIL
: ladies' with two children under his charge
, to wait until his boat had first landed, az
no apprehended much danger in the at.
Y tempt, and, should they succeed, they might
Q assist him and The ladies' and children
i There were eleven persons in the mates
boat, (having taken two black women from
T. Mr.. Cooper's.) Ofthese, two passengers
J. one Of the crew, and the two negro women
were drowned and six gained the shore
y After waiting for signal, which he receiv
q ed from the mate, Mr.. Cooper and hil
J, companions landed in about three ,ouFs
i" after the first boat, in safety. They then
!. proceeded a short distance across Stump
Is Sound, TO Mr.. Redd's, Of Onslow county
. where they remained from Friday evening
~ until Sunday morning. and then stared FOL
Of Wilmington. The mate and two pssen.
70 gers reached here this morning tl8thJune)
81 about 9 o'clock. The list Of persons saved
y numbers only eighteen.
d Subseqent accounts furnish the ratify-
i. ing intelligence that thirty seven Hre OF
ur the passengers have been rescued. Among
ns the lost, we observe the name oiJudge
" Rochester. of Buffalo.
be Among the Steamboat disaster which
1t. have occurred within the last ten ohwelve
IN months, are the Ben Sherrod, 10 lives
80, Lost Tho Homo 100 The Mosee, 12O,