The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-06-22

him, and not to tear him from his wife. The
mate told the men not to separate man and wife,
if it were possible to help it. He fell into the
bottom of the boat, and was saved. A boy IL |
years old was thrown overheard. He caught |
hold of the boat, and favored by the darkness of
the night, crouched under the bows and was
saved. All the women saved are young, ex.
cept the mother of Scotch family from Dunn.
frlesshire, who, with her five daughters and |
servant girl, was saved her name is Edgar. |
Her husband and son are settled in German. |
town near Philadelphia.
young woman, with her infant, succeeded |
in getting into the boat with her husband they |
are among the survivors. His name is Patrick |
of Cookston, county Tyrone, the property, |
of Colonel Stewart. Several persons from that |
gentleman's estate or neighborhood have met |
with watery grave. One family of the name
of Lynden sixteen in all sunk with the YES.
sci; another named Corr-father, mother, and
FIVE children-sunk at the same time; the lit.
lie boy who was thrown from the boat was one
of that family. He had not soul left be-
longing to him. They were also from Colonel
Stewards property. A Mrs. Anderson, with
three children who were going 10 join her hus-
band, medical gentleman settled al Cincinnati,
u
Miss Bradley were thrown into the sea from
the long boat The tales which the survivors
relate are ptepus-horrifying. The crew and
passengers we're examined by the British and
American Consus this morning, and the i'm.
preston is thai the dreadful act of throwing
their fellow creatures overheard was of imperi
Gus necessity but it is to be hoped that the
two Consuls will give publicity to the examna.
ton, in order that the public mind may be
satisfied on this point.
Truly the circumstances must be made out
in the clearest way to paliate such an act. We
have emigrant ships sailing every week, and
if it is held as law that might is right it had
better be declared so, and that the crew are
justified under extremities ia throwing over
board whom and as many as they think right,
without casting lots, or making any choice
but their will. 1t may be well 10 consider
under what flag emgrants will trust themselves;
| scarcely think it will be the flag Of that nation
which so declares the law 10 be. doubt very
much whether any inquiry with closed doors
by official gentlemen however estimable their
character may be, will be considered sufficient
in such dreadful case TO satisfy the public
mind.
/ " Nine States have chosen Members of
Congress since Mr.. Tyler assumed the Presi.
dency. They were represented in the last
Congress by 46 Wings and AZ Van Bulen
men; now by So Wings 80 OPPOSITION. There
would have been two or three more Wings but
for the General Ticket law in Alabama.
A Fiscal AGENr.-The Madisonian of the
9Th inst. contains long article upon this sub
ject, founded upon those passages in the Presi-
dents message which advert to,the establishment
of fiscal agent, and including the suboned
outline of plan which is agreed TO be Doth eff
ficient and constitutional.-Wh the plan
suggested BY the Madisonian is that contempla-
ted by the Secret airy of the Treasury or not, we
are unable TO say but we have reason to suspect
that the Madisonian speaks not altogether unad-
visedly.-M Y. Com .4du.
Establish, if Congress pleases, a fscial agent
in this district as place of deposit for and ad-
ministraIion OF the public funds. Give it capital
of $40, 100000, based in part if you please, upon
the proceeds Oft the sales of public lands, and in
part upon the public stocks and private sub
scriptions. Let the states be associated IN the
ownership and direction of the institution. And
with a view of preventing any tampering with it
on the part of the Executive, or members Of
Congress- under whose supervision the establish
ment might be specially placed, let the officers
OF " iVeTnHltut anu HleInDeIS Oh OOH9IeSS, lOI
lie time being, be excluded from all pecuniary
dealings with it. Let the agency here do no
discouning and let tie discounts in the states,
if branches are permitted, be confined 10 business
on short time, and prompt payment. Let the
Government appoint part Of the directors, and
call the rest from the states. Let the dividends
be limited to a certain sum, and the surplus paid
into the Treasury. or 10 the states. Let no direc
tor be borrower. Let the institution be open
Ioi1ty end cd To- 10
quent reports. Let branches be established in
those states, whose Legislatures will agree to
have them, and let the notes it allowed } be
always redeemabe in specie, and receivable
every where in payment of public dues.
Now, it seems to US that some such project is
Swallowed forth in the Presidents message.
ASA1LoR DRowNED.--The body Of young
man by the name of David Holland, ON Satur.
day drifted ashore on Gardeners Island. He
had lately arrived from whaling voyage in
The ship Columbia, and had been missed about
three weeks ago. He was about % years of
age, and native of Burlington VT.
WONDERFUL PRESENCE OF MIND.-A Prompt
Action.--We learn that two men, whose
names we have not ascertained, were yester.
day running raft OF logs down the main river
when approaching Great Works Falls they
found it impossible to make land as is usual
and were rapidly swept towards the Falls. In
an instant they cut log clear from the raft
aud Both jumped into the water, one upon each
side of the log, clinched their hands over the
top of it and CALAMITY and safely passed down
over the Fals.-Bangor Wing.
"rH tell you," says an ex-member of Con-
gress. in Michigan; Chow I secured my election
in this district, several wears ago. When was