Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-03-02

her fore and main masts falling IN the shock. She
was boarded by the vessel, the Victoria.
which took off thIrty-,hrse passengers and about
seventeen of the crew.-Forty or fifty persons
were believed to nav persisted on board the Lock
woods.
Among those preserved from the Lockwoods.
was All infant only eighteen months old, whose
father and mother were left on board to perish
The packet ship Pennsy lvania, went on the
same North Bank, about quarter OF mile east
ward of the Lock woods. where her huii was near
v covered by the sea.-The captain, crew and
passengers were In the rigging on Tuesday
the 6th On that evening the Victoria steamer
put off to their assistance, and was wItlIn sight
of them the next morning, but could render them
no aid. The sufferers sssn m the rigging,
and their cries could be hoard.
One of the passengers. Mr.. Thompson of y. 7.
had been seen by Captain Nye, OF the lndepen-
dence at Leasowe. He reported that himself and
three other passengers and five seamen left the
ship in one Of the boats, which was s"amped.
and that the other eight were drowned. Mr..
Thompson ascribed his own safety TO life-pre-
server which he had on.
II was reported on the l0th that % persons
had been rescued from the Pennsylvanla--44 from
the Lockwoods. and % from St. Andrew.
The Pennsylvania a splendid ship of 500
tons burheH. belonging to Messrs Grlnnell, Min
turn s, Co.'S. line of Liverpool packets. She was
valued at $4,000 and insured here for $4,000.
Her freight list amounted to about $4,000,
consisting Of fine goods only; heavy goods nav
ing been excluded entirely. The whole loss OF
her cargo will not come much short OF million
dollars. Some portion of 1t was insured on the
other side, and the remainder here.
The Oxford belonged 10 Messrs. Goodhue &
Co.'S Old limo of Liverpool packets; valued at
$40, 900, and insured here. He7 cargo Is also
insured here. IL consisted of American goods,
being the cargo she received on board at New
York.
The freight list of the St. Andrew amounted to
c25OO The ship was 700 tons burthen, and III
sured here for about $4,000.
The Lockwoods had full cargo of merchan-
die destined for New York greater part OF which
insured here.
Tie " Y Packet Ships.-Twenty years have
now elapsed since the first establishment OF pack
ct sh;Ds between Liverpool and New York.
During that long period though the ships, com
prisiDg the various lines have sailed in all wealth
ors both foul and fair, only three of them up to
the close of last week had met with any serious
disaster The Albion, from y Y. for Liverpool,
was some fortv-eight years ago, totally wrecked
on the Old Head OF Kinsae, when the captain,
the crew, and passengers We're drowned; the Law
erpoo, also from New York to Liverpool, was sub
seuuenty lost in the ice on the Bank ct New
but every soul on board was saved;
and later still, the Panthea was lost in Hoyhead
BAY. Since last however, three OF these no
one of them. the Pennsylvania, certain to be
total loss, while the Oxford and the St. Andrew,
though seriously damaged may be repaired.
The wear 1886 was, therefore, as disastrous to
the New York packet ships as the whole 20 pre-
cedlnr wears have been. Poor Captain Smith
has gone never to return; but Captain Cathbone,
of the Oxford, on the shore In Bottle Bay and
CAPTAIN Thompson of the St Andrew. on shore
ut Leasowe. have warmest svmpathies tor
the dancers they encountered and the losses they
sustained during the late and awful hurricane
Mrs Thompson it may not be generally known
resides in Liverpool; and every feeling heart can
conceive what must have been the sensations OF
that lady, from Sunday night until that OF tues
dav. when Captain Thompson, after having lost
his ship was restored alive and IN good health, to
her arms.
we may state as proof of the strength and
admirable construction of the New York packet
shins that though the Peuns vlvanIa has been ~
inc in the surf on tho Banks for SIX days, exposed
to the beating of the sea- her hull was as straight
Yesterday as when it loated gracefully IN smooth
water: while that of the Oxford, which has been
exposod for day longer TO the 'peting OF the PIT
less Storm is as staunch as 1T was on the day
she arrived from New York. the copper scarcely
shaving a wrinkle. The ST. Andrews hull is IN
the same state The condition OF these vessels,
after their disasters, must give great confidence
70 passengers in tho safety and strength OF the
liners.
ro0.r TWAS SANTA ANNA AGAIN