Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-22
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FOREIGN

II
FOREIGN.
Liverpool dates to the 10th Nav, and Lon. /,
don 18th, both inclusive.
II Is our painful duty to lay before the public o
the most disastrous accounts ofthe loss oflre l.
oy the destruction Of vessels in the ice. that Z
has never before been heard Of. ?
The PRESIDENT STEAMSHIP. b
The Acadia brings several rumors and sue. t
gesuons relating to the missing steamship.
put no iact on which hope of her safety can I
De putt, while on the other hand. the terrible '
account OF ship lost by running upon ice.
""sn WIN DC found IN another column, gives
ssueng'n 70 the already existing fear that SIM
liar has been the disaster Of the President
AN hopes Of the steamship was not given
UP IN Liverpool on the 18th, as Insurance. was
sun effected on her at Lloyd's-the rates of
course beng very high. Seventy and even
eighty per cent had been paid.
a vessel was put nat Cork on the 10Th
OF May, the master of which reported that.
about the LIST or I'd, in longitude Is, he saw at
distance large steamer, going eastward We
: ~ slowly and apparently disabled. Lost sight
oiher at night, and two days afterwards there
was heavy gale from the east.
a large steamer was seen on the 3Oth of |
ter OF the Petrol, at Liverpool who described |
e her las havingsthree masts, Ethe hull painted !
; black and the paddle boxes white. She must
y nave been the Dee, war steamship, from the
e West Indies. The paddle boxes ofthe Presi-
! dent were black. The steamer seen by the
captain Of the vessel az Cork also was no
e doubt the Dee
l. A brig arrived at London about the 10th of
May on the log hook of which il is recorded
n. that steamship was seen on the 10Th of
Is April IN long. 33, lat. 10. Mr.. Smith, one of
I'd the owners Of the President, went on board the
!. brig and saw the mate, who told him that the
ne steamer had three masts and one very large
ne smoke pipe. This description agrees so far,
n with that of the President, and Mr.. Smith in
n letter to one ofthe London papers, express
u ses a strong hope that the vessel was in truth
nd the President--udging that if disabled she
would naturally drift toward the position indi-
is cated.
NJ The last item of intelligence We extrct is
" the following from Galignam's Messenger,
W The capt. of vessel Just arrived in Bor-
ny deaux from Tampico, in 81 days, reports that
u'., in lat. 40 deg. al min. and lon. 30 deg. 81
min. West from Paris, he fell in with great
~ quantity of wreck, fragments ola mast, planks
;;s &c. which made him suppose that severa
o,s ships had met with disasters thereabout
at. HORRID AFFAIR AT SEA.
to Loss Of The ship William Broron, from Liu
erpOol 10 Philadelphia
'oJ Havre, May, 10 lS41. The Louis Phillip
20 pc, New York packet ship, has this momen
nc arrived Information reached the town tina
some shipwrecked seaman were on board, tn
go report became general that they belonged I
To- the President, and the excitement was beyon
In i IN fl,a dock.
Of ever; strong body of gendarmerle were J
waiting, and Immediately took into custnd
,,.;u the mate and eight of the crew ofshp Wlllla
";ai Browl., bound from Liverpool to Phlladelph!
which was sunk by an iceberg in the latt
part last month, for as yet cannot give "
precise dates for any thing, except that thr
men were taken from the Crescent, which We
sci had picked them upn their long Doa
Sc of But tale of horror is to be told about thel
,ricG It appears when the vessel struck, thirty thr
tiled passengersthe mate and eight OF the crew,to
safe to the long boat; the captain, three Oh
pub crew, and eleven passengers took TO the 10
" of boat: all the rest sunk with the vessel. i
and boat parted in the night. Some days at
L. the mate and crew determined Gas they
-hich IN order to tighten the boat) TO throw sew
owls teen Of the passengers'overboard, winch Il
act accomplished, andsome of the most horrld
shed revolving scenes took place.
: all Tb,re we're two brothers and a sister OF
IA act family. the brothers were thrown over and
have sister Jumped in after them. One hne
RENE PRAYED for few minutes; to say hIs pray'
as if they refused and hurled him INTO the sea
thing once. Some clung to the SIDE OF TIE VI
stan PRAYING for mercy, but their hands were Cu'
and they pushed into the deep Fh'egn la
,a, i'll and two men remained in the boat.s One
,nine, after this massacre the Crescent fell IN with
q or hoatand saved the survivors Of thshorrldd d
D,enr THE passenoers remained on board the y
,,hat ont the crew arrived in the Vile de Ly'
, anv thew are now under examination before
/ l,a1 American Consul. The result will not
,f the 10 communicate 10 you; but you may rel
,oan. what have stated. The jolly boat has
o,Lar been hoard of. The dates of the Vile de
i ood ons have been anticipated by the Acadl
oftbe The following additional particulars are
erted. by Gahgnani's MesseL GER
,erebv 1.-THE ship was of Philadelphia; her conn
ect Or consisted of seventeen persons, and she
public 65 steerage passengers, nearly al HIsu :"
lite fnlI cargo on board. She had rough pas
5-.',a, Ont md struck apainst field Office at III oc
orv If p. M.when going under all sail, at rate o
: ar,, tnots an hour, in Sat. AZ deg. 40 MN. N
y, o1 md lono. 40 deg. 80 min. west, account.
,fEcer stove in her larboard bow and within TWO
version utes struck another field oil ice.
a.o Tie shin soon began to fill, and the cap
aN, &c ,Dd crew got out Of the boats, which
CIV ~ a av,av IL. At midnight the ship went
~ such and the thirty passengers who could not I
49,. sue Lon into the boats, we're drowned IN n
,netent Tbey Law by each other till . A; M VINE
nPessn LIT in the cutter steered for Newtount
90 The The LONG boat5eiug very heavily laden
70 u 60 1nany persons 40 in all, could not be
a sG a1ed and was obliged to steer to the sou
10" So AZ midnight she fell in with more zee
p..5 ,r;rJ came on to blow hard, the boat BEG
e XIV leak, badly and shipped good deal Oh
: Ora. Finding she was likely to sink, the
Miller. consulted with the crew, and 1t was a d(
PRESTON, necessary to throw overheard sucn OF IN
,ntbard. cancers as were nearlyydcad. Sixteen
,brevyn into the sea and persisted; wh
calhoun. rest was nearly stiff with extreme Golo'
choIson. - s after ship hove in sight and the g
m Wal Who was up aloft looking out Tor zee, q
,,,,o.Ie WI and stood for her at an imlnent rsi
O,.,n safety. This proved to be the Y
1871 om ud t5 how were received with the grea,tt
anu nv and kindness on board. AT I'M
o,bod of ;na was in sight on the surface Of the
vo, will ~ far a. the'eye could reach. Out o.
Srresent - 20, saved ten were women" Inc
1egisla- Journal adds to this dreadful narra'lVe''
,.,,,sson STst MESSENGER. thrown overheard was
an man. Sisters and relations were a fs