Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-06-26
from the \ Y. Commerce. Advcrtserl
THE STEAMSHIP PRESIDENT.

The tate ot the steam ship President, we veiy
much fear, m i,t now be considered past question.
Nothing had been learned respecting her when
the CALEDONIA lett Liverpool aud although ru.
mors upon uImors sptans up with each succeed.
M day, It was only To be followed by contra
dIeuen on the next Ingenuity aud hope cold
suggest me- reasonable u even plausible method
Of accounting l3r neg Doug DELAY, unseen and un.
hea ct m any quarter, except tia, fearful sug.
gsstion, the reality OF winch Will plan, anguish IN
SO many hearts.
The following speculalons we copy from
late London paper
Z" That ts,s fine vessel can have (oundeied
seems by all opinions to be out of the question
The next SuppoSluon which occurs, Is. that If she
$ lost, It must be by collision either with ice or
with another vessel The British Queen, which
put INTO Halifax with damage, was said to have
encounter I'd ice but lhis was aterwarl ontra.
d,cied Then it is reported that the Caledonia
fell IN with large field OF ice IN latitude "a, IS,
longitude "a, 30 Just to the southwark of the
Gull oil ST. Lawrence. Whoever heard offods Of
zee IN lhJt direction February OF early in March!
II field Office were really seen as repored,t was
. mos, unusual circumstance
As for ,eeoorgs ,and fields OF loo also,l lhey
ate most commonly seen IA May and June nav.
mg tloatod from Bathns Bay with tho soulherly
current /; the same ice neyel remains to a second
wear. A more likely conjecture, aud one which
MS devouly hoped may prove correct, IS that IN
tle heavy gale the President encountered, her
steam machinery was damaged 50 as to become
uselesl the wind blowing hard at n or n L, she
bore up tor Bermuda, perhaps missed the island
not an unusual occurrence aud made the best
OF her way to thu West Indies. Should this, hap,
ply, b. tho case, there may scarcely be time vet
to heal Of her
The loss OF the President, #, that noble vessel
be lost, ought not 70 create any want OF conf
dcnco IN steam navigation, Tor many Of our finest
shIps OF war, OF the largest size, aud commanded
by the most skIlliu and, IN every respect, the
most able OF our naval officers, have been lost by
laundering at sea. For Instance, IN 1907, the
BIeuhem, Of 80 guns, and the Java Fugate, eli
SO gun,l, both toundcred of the Isle Of Nladaeas'
car and every soul on board persisted.
The Blenheim had TOO men ON board, and
was commanded by the brave : II Thomas Trow'
bridge one oil Nelson's iayorte csplalns--and
who was not only an excellent seaman, Of great
talent aud experience but an officer Of science
and lneNhaustbe resources IN every sind ofdilli
Guilty and danger. On board the Blendhrlm per
lshed Lord RosehII and Capt Elphmstone, III,
son OF the chairman of the East India Company
! Not particle of either the Bleadheim OF the jaw
was ever found OF heard oi--and the latter hat
about 800 men on bOard--s0 that IN the two yes
sells a thousand lives were lost IL 1871 the ST
George Of 9s guns and the Defence, of "a guns
pcushcd N coming onIy the short distance Of the
Baltic to England.
The two ships had about 1900 men on board
and OF this immense number only S we're saved
The ST. George bore tho flag of Rear Admiral
Reynolds, M officer of Tho highest merit, and
who, with respect to seamanship, nautical science
experience and undaunled courage aud ioflude
had not hts superior in tho Brush navy. The
details Of the loss Of the ST. George are truly
heart rcndug 10 perIsc, even at thus distance ot
lime, Scarcely plank OF either Of these immense
vessels was ever found OF heard ol SO numerous
were our losses by louudeung or wrecks, that II
was calculated mat IN one year, 1901, 5000 Of
our seanen had peushed."