Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-06-22
TIE STEIN PICKET PULASKI.

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TIE STEIN PICKET PULASKI
An article in the Compiler of yesterday morning had
prepared us FOR most melancholy details about The
Pulaski Steam Packet. Il is horrible II cries aloud 10
Congress, for immediate action on the Stcamhua, Bill
which Is now before them The Pulaski nne OF the
mos, splendid boats the Atlantic. She Piled between
Baltimore aud Savannah. We observe in the Charles
ton papers of the 18th inst, the Lis, Of Passengers who
arrived in her at Charleston from, Savannah The
same papers state tha,"she wentto yesterday Wrd
nesday the l4th) but do not state the passengers who
joined her al Charleston Rumor has waited To our ears
the name OF the chvarous and distinguished General
James Hamilton of Chareston-but hope to be spared
tha blow, al least. There may be mistake as we
observe the of MIR A. Hamilton in The List.
We had attended to republIsh the paragraphs from
the Compiler and the list Of passengers who went from
Savannah to Charleston But Extra from the Wing
Office, rePubishes The particulars from Slip Of the Of
fee OF the Wilmington Adveriser-and supersedes the
necessity OF giving any other details The heart sick
ems at the distressing recitalnin members probably
of one family sppesr 10 be swept off at once VIVA,
desolsng blow! Blu, the whole picture is distressing
beyond description.
Office Of the Wilmington 7drertser,
June 18th. 1885.
HEART-RENDiNG CATASTROPHE.
Loss Of the Seam Packet Puloski-tcuh Cre,o of 81
and $50 or 100 P0sstnssrs
On Thursday The l4h inst, The Steamer Pulaski
Capt. Dubois left Charleston for Baltimore, with about
lo0 passengers, of whom about 80 were ladies'.
At about III o'clock ibe night, while off The
North Carolina coast, say 30 miles from land weather
moderate and the night dark-,he starboard boiler
poded and The vessel lost, with all the passenger
and excep, 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 MIR Hibbe rd no had charge Of the boat the
time Mr. HlbbeId states that al 10 o'clock night, he
was called TO the command file boat and tina, he
pacing the promenade deck i'll front Of the seerage house
that he found himself shortly after upon the main deck
lying between the mast and side OF the boatths upon
n re he ab a used
having heard explosion something like that Of gun
powder, Immediately before he discovered himself in
his then situation He induced, therefore, 10 rise
and walk aft, where he discovered that the boat mid
ships was blown entirely TO pleces-that Inc head Of
the starboard boiler was blown out and the top torn
open-that the 'mbers and plank the s,arboard side
we're forced asunder and That the boat took in
whenever she rolled IN that direction lie became i'm
mediatey of lne horrors of their situation and
the danger oleng the passengers know that the boat
sinking, before lowering The small boats. He pro-.
ceeded therefore 10 do this. Upon dropping the boat
he was asked his object and he replied that il 10
pass around the Steamer 10 ascertain her condition.
Before doing this, however, he took in couple Of
men, He ordered the other boats to be lowered and
two shortly put into the water but They leaked so
much in consequence OF their long exposure TO the
that Of them sunk after frultess attempt 10 bail
He had in the interim taken several from the wafer
until the number made ten. In the other boat aiOat
there eleven While they were making frui,less
attempt 10 bail the small boat The Pulaski went down
with dreadful crash-in about 45 inmates after The
ploson Both boats insisted upon Mr.. Hibaerd S
directing their to the shore: but he resisted their
renons,rances; replying that he would not abandon the
spot until daylight AT about O'Clock in the morning,
they started the midst Of the waiting OF the hopeless
beings, who were floating around IN every direction,
upon pieces of the wreck, seek land which about
thirty miles distant Aer pulling about thirteen
hours, the persons in both boats became tired and in
sisted that Mr. HlbbeId should land this he opposed,
thinking it safes, TO proceed along the coast and
to enter some one OF s numerous nets, but be wa: at
length forced 10 yield to the general DESIRE and 10
temp, landing upon the beach, little East OF Stump
Inlet. lie advised Mr.. Cooper, Of Ga, who had com
and Of the other beat; and couple Of ladies' with two
children under his charge TO wait until has boat had rt
landed he spPrehended much danger in the attempt,
and should they succeed they mi ht asss, him and The
ladies and children There eleven persons in the
mates boat (havng taken two black women from Mr..
CoopeTs) Of these, two passengers one OF The crew,
end the two negro drowned, and SIX gained
the shore After waiting for signal which ne received
from The mate, Mr.. Cooper and his companions landed
in about three hours after the first boat in safety They
then proceeded short distance across Stump Sound,
10 Mr.. Redds Of Onslow county. where they remained
from FRIDAY e:anius ""H S-'r""' 'YinnR, aho 'hen
reached here this morning (ISth June) abnu, O'Clock
Thus have we huredy sketched the most painful Ca
tastrophe that has occurred upon the American
Youth age and infancy have here been cut off
in single night, and found common death under the
same biilow.
! sDay. months. ycss and sse. will circle away,
IL.
We have never deeper sensation pervade our
community than the reception Of this intelligence has
produced. The profoundest sympathy is engraved on
every connenance and all wear The aspect of those sor
rowing for their dead We feel assured that all
feel anxinns solciluGe ale v!ae the distress of
those unfortunate survivors, who may come among us,
and vehicles have already been to bring them
into town, and provision made for their reception
Passengers rho left Csores:or.
Mrs. Nightingale and .rv Mr. Fraser and child Mrs wilkins
child Ms Macay AID Mrs Wagpe Child and
4 NJ p.vkp prvkr
Lama Hiss NJ Lanai Miss r. j. Lamar Miss E. Lanai Mis-,
e. Lamar Mrs Durham, Mrs. Cumming and servant Mrs Woi,,
Mrs. Stewart end Mrs Taylor Hiss Dsyon, MIS- Pm
Biz. Britt, Mis-. Head Mrs Rudse Mis-, Ru,eice Ms H. $.
Ball, child and servant Mis- T,aPpsr Ms lo3S~S!;h
Clarke, MIS-. B. F. Smith, Ms. ~ Smith, Mrs Gregory, Mrs Da
Ms Hubbard, a Msre,; Miss Greenwood Col Durham,
art, Dr. Ash, E. co!s Rev. Mr.. Murray, Msjo Tw;:s,
1ass sa s'fs LANAI LANAI t. r.
s. LvsrmOe, B. Fosdsk, H. E,riIse, C. Ward G. Hunting
Foster, j. l.. Wort, ". a. Stewart, A. Hamilton Miller R.
w Pooler. r. ". Pooe il W.C. n Swift a. Burns, H. n.
% A. W. sa. r. Kh
W. Coy Tw whSey; O. Gtes1e n Saith B. F. Smith d.! Do
Merritt, r. L. Greenwood, Evans Fseman Master Murray!
~ Passengers sared in the tro Yarr,.
Nightingale seis"o! and child Of Cumberland Island
Georgia; p " PooIer ssTanoah Geo. Capt Pooe,,
Robertson Savannah, Geo. Elisha barney n: "a ina Solo
mon Ibbed, Is, Pulaski; w N swift New Bedford;
West y. Bediord Boa;swsn, b Brown, Norfolk Steward
Persons dr0uned IN landing.
Mr. Bird OF Bryan Co.. Georgia. old gentleman from Buffalo,
New York but recently Pensacola; young
snown Jenney, coloued woman, Priscilla cu0u;ed
StewaIdess.
The Sub Treasury BA-and Special Opposite.
Il will be from the proceedings of Congress- that
the Sub-rreasury Bill has at length come before the n.
of R-Ar Garland Of Va. has moved To strike out the
Isl .ec,ion-hat is the broad question Of bill BILL
in all the variety Of forms, of which the system is
cep,ible The motion goes 10 off all amendments
and substitutes; and tests the merils of the bill Should