The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-06-08
HORRID AFFAIR AT SEA.
LOSS OF THE SHIP WILL Nm BROWN,
FROM LIVERPOOL To PHI


HAyRE Mary 10, ISll.-The Louis Philippe
New York packet ship has this moment arrived.
| Information having reatied Tire town thnt sotne
Shpwrecked st.;,iien were on hoard, the report
became general that they belonged III the Pres.
| ilent, and the excitement was beyond all de-
| scrplion. On the arrival in dock, however, u
strong body OF the geudaruerie were in waiting,
| aud Immediately look into custody the mate
! aud eight oil The crew oi the ship VILLAIN Brown
| bound from Liverpool to Philadelphia, which
was sunk 10y an iceterg ~ the latter pnru oi last
n,onIh,ior as yet cannot give you precise dates
| tor any tlIing except that three men taken
| from The Crescent, which vessel had picked
Them up ia their tDisg-boats But ta,e oi hor
| ror is to b- told about them. Ii appears, when
| the vessel struck, thirty three passengers, the
! mate, and eight OF ihe crew, took to the long
boar, the captain, three OF tho crew, AMI eleven
passengers, took TO the jolly boat; all the rest
sunk with the vessel. The boats parted in the
| night. Some days after the rnnte and crew de
tcruined(ns hey say, IN order 10 tighten the botl)
to throw seventeen OF the passengers overheard
which they accmplishe'i, and some of tho most
hoTd a,l,i revolving scenes look place.
There were Two brothers and II sister o! one
family, the brothers were thrown over, aud the
sister JnmpGd M AFTER them. One tine boy
prayed for u few minutes Ia say hls prayers;
they refused, ami huse'l, him 'np the u,
once. Some chung 10 the side of tho bt,aI pray.
my for mercy bun il.eir hanls were cut off, and
they were pushed into the deep. Fifteen Indies
aud Two n'rn renuned in the boat. Que hour
after ibis measure, the Crescent FELL IN with the
boat, uut saved the Survivors olttlis horfi 'iee'
Ire passengers re,n,,inr, on brnrl lhe Crescent
the crew arrived in The Vile lie Lyon; they arr
now under examination before The American
Consul. The jolly boat has NOT been heard from
The following additional particulars are given
ny Gulighni's Messenger: "The slip was oi
Phlnlell,hia: her company consisted OF seven
Teen persons, ami She had 65 Storage I,assen
gers. nearly Ill IRISH with tiiil cargo on bonrd |
She had had rough passage ON and struck n, |
g,inst field of ice AT +. NJ. when going under
all sails. She Stove in her larboard bow, and |
within Two minutes struck anntIler field of ce. |
The ship soon began fill an the capta'n
and crew got OFT the boats which were Cleared
away ~ Ill. At midnight the ship went down
and the 30 passengers who could not he taken I
INTO the boat were drowned in her. The Cres.
cent was from Portsmouth, N. IL. Captain Ball
Died in Amsterdam, Holland, on the 18th Of Feb
ruary last, Wilhelm Willink, aged o. He was
the friend of Washington aud many of the distin
auished men which the events Of the Revolution
called forth to his aid At the most oventful peri
cd OF the Revolution he raised the dropping spirits
of America, by furnishing the means to recruit g.
supper, broken and dspriied army. He furnish |
ed the first loan, and after the Independence, bis
House in amsterdam constituted bankers Of
the United States His eldest son succeeded him
ia The house, which continued banker of the Unit
ed States until Displaced by General Jackson, "A
bout tho period of the removal Of The deposits from
he lae Bank al tha United States.
This venerable patriot often held distinguished
places in Holland, aud one OF those who fran
I'd the present Constitution under which King vii
lam was called TO the throne. NORTH 9'neytcan-