Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-27

| came. The water also, which was pumped up from
the hold was quite warm-even hot
| At the time Captain Anthony espied the Clifton,
| all his pas sengers on board the ship He re-
| auested them to show themselves so that her Capt
| might sooner see them. And whilst standing on one
side of the poop deck for that purpose, the smoke
came up through the decks in large quantities.
| When the Clifton bore down. all were OF course
overjoyed, but the passengers made no rush,
no move, till directed by Captain Anthony-they
| placed every reliance and confidence in him.
| During the rain, which lasted about ten hours,
there was but one clap of thunder, flash of ght.
ming and that single flash did all the mischief 1t
sounded like the explosion of many pieces OF heavy
artillery at the instant Ii came and went like
n fash and no rumbling noise followed in its wake
The Clouds and there were two, which spent their
fury ON the Poland came up from the north west and
north east whilst the ship was standing southwest,
and appeared TO meet directly over the ship After
she was struck rain continued to fall till eight o.
clock in the evening, when the moon came out and
shone brightly all night
| The passengers say that too much praise cannot
he given to Captain Anthony for his GOODNESS and gall
liant conduct throughout. He could not have done
more for the passengers and the protection of the
ship than he did. At their request publish the
following:
sH'r CI I ROY At snA}
as S @ public pp1rSny TO Se
ertons preserve them hord death which they
for days exposed, after his ship struck BY light
SS under br,ae Provdsnce olp his cooes
fnsSF
Tir Ha Joseph fG% Emile boyer
The undersigned beg leave thus publicly es%sss Capt
sSun U the New YORK; % & 81 s and
felt thanks for their eS5d and read, & G with our
a @ssi sea- SS taken Oh 'O'i1 ' ' ''a vac
for MS Sis Of I
sonal order to rendfs their destitute situation
cab ASSSgay captain p,G, .ai1 Fclsa$ p Arrived
% .Sa c h. sea%ss
SSG issio. j. Vaiss' Louis N'H'"' T. D. Harbour . B.
Very seldom do we hear of such narrow and for
tunate escape. Hal not the Clifton appeared she
did, neither the passengers, the crew, nor the
| Poland, would ever have been heard from again
Their fate would have been mystery, the fate of
hundreds Of other vessels and their passengers and
| crews is at this moment.
| Twcnty-four hours more would probably have
been the last Of all those board the ship The gale
which blew when they left her for the Clifton, greatly
increased at light which with the rough obably
destroyed her the next day. by causing the flames to
break out between decks. Soon they lost sight of
thereafter. What must have been the feelings of
those sixty three human beings when safe board
the Clifton!
The family Of Captain Anthony reside in New Bed
ford. He left yesterday afternoon at five o'clock for
home, and will take the of the loss of his ship
and his own safety to his wife at the time
| REPoRrs THE FIRE COMPANIES
LER BATES CooKE.-In our money article today
will be found the very latest reports which have
been made by the Fire Companies of this city the
State Comptroller. The trouble to get the
reports Of these companies has been very great
This has arisen in a great degree from the
fitness of Bates Cooke for the Office Of Comptroller
| Mr.. Cooke undoubtedly very worthy poti-
clan in Niagara county and capable of incredi-
bic efforts in hunting down the bloody masons who
cut the gular of Morgan-but lated to Albany
at the bidding Of the State Barber, he only gave
brilliant exhibition Of ignorance and incompetea-
! cy in all financial matters. Thurlow Weed is par
ticuar friend of ours-and we have objection
| that he should make his $4,000 per annum out of
| the lawyers, but he must not put any more names
" on his slate" that unfit for the Offices which
| they are appointed. We have also procured very
| excellent slate, and osght to be appointed
whose is not found written thereon. The con
sttution has its checks and balances-and so must
| the power of appointment to office
Bates Cooke continues, we learn, to do the confu-
sion Of the Office, until the Governor Senate and State
Barber hold session in the City Hall the 9th OF
| June. Thatw be great time for small potatoes
which by the way, are getting very good in thu &c
dull times. Governor Seward is expected in towr
to-day. He will stop at the Aston House, and lik,
good democrat, take plate at the public tabl,
among the loafers and penny-a-liners.
|
LOOK OUT FOR SOMETHING Have they yet dis
covered in Philadelphia the two confederates VIII,
held in trust Sl0,o00 Of which Lewis robbed thu
scuylkill Bank Have any two valuable respecta
BILE citizens" disappeared
NoBILIrr.-A correspondent in phii
writes-that the Countess Of Merlin, her attach,
quarrelled terribly with the Hotel keepers about he
bills. You don't say sol
Or The Rev. DIR. Brownlee has abandoned tn,
Catholics, and opened his batteries upon the Unita
rians. On Monday night he gave the latter prodi
gious cannonade. Why does not the Dr. point hi
/; guns upon satanl Fight your enemy-not your poo
neighbors.
PIcruRE CRITIcIsM.-One Otis, penny -a-liner
dismissed from the Tattlers now criticisng the
hibition Of the Academy, in the pawnbroking even
, | ing paper called the O. Star" A greater mass q