New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-06-04

10 the President and the excitement was beyond al! descn
On the ARRIVAL in dock however, ,ircns BODY o. eA
waiting, and irnaedatey took INTO cas'ody 1e
mate and eight ~ os the snip Hi!!afa otO""
.fd from verr,o1 Philadelphia. which suEk oE an
icterg the latter part OF last month, for a. yet ca-
give YOU precise dates for any thns except la me- ~
were taken from the Crescent which vessel tad PicN
M IN their long boat But tale Of horror g 10 u w.
al ou, them appears when the vessel sri'k th'''s
passengers the rnxe, and eight OF tac cre' TOOK " w
boa. the captain, three OF the crow" and ee.eh r.
,o~k to the Jolly boat; ali u'e rest sunk VIZ" ''
boats parted In the sight.
Some days a!ier the mats ana cr'
in order 10 tighten the boat throw seventeen OF me
passengers overheard, winch they sco'ieu' n sum ~
the most horrid and revolving scenes '"pH Pic e'e
two b,o,be,s and sister OF family the brothers were
,, o,.r and ,i,c sister Jumped alter them One !ne
bow eorea,ed for few moments 70 say his prayers aes
fused and hurled him the Some chung 70
The sides OF the boat praying Tor but their r were
car of AMI they pushed the deep Fifteen
and two men remained the boat; One tor after TIC
sacre Crescent fell in with the boat and saved the sur
vivors Of this horrd deed The passengers remained on
board the Cresceat. The arrived the Vile de yon;
they are under examination before the American Con
sui The result VII Gail 10 communicate to you but
YOU NAV RELY OR what haze already stated The oy-boai
has not heard The dates al the Vile de LION nave
been anticipated by The Acadia
The snip was Philadelphia; her company contested OF
II persons and she had G5 passenger, nearly all
Inh with full cargo board She had rough passage
out, and struck against field OF nine T. VI, when go
ing ander all sails the Of 10 knots AL hour IN lat -
de- 40 min N and long. - deg 30 mia w, By account
She in her arboad bow. and "in two 'nnu;e, truck
another field of ice. The shp began 20 h ana the
CAPTAIN and crew GOT the boats. which cleared 'y
a, II and at midnight the EMP vent dawn and The 30 pas
,ngcrs c@ud be taken into the bo~ were drowned
her.
Further Parttculars-Harre, Nay 3-rhe American
shin Crescent Capt Bal, arrived here Yesterday evening
with the remainder OF the passengers OF III William Brown,
who we're saved the long boat The arrival Of this
sci has confirmed all the horrd details given OF the dcad
scene which took place during the night OF the 0 and 2si
,f Anil OF the sixteen passengers who thrown into
The sea fourteen ard of the
saved fifteen women aad t,vo men Oae OF these
men was seized for the purpose OF being thrown overheard
bv the crew of the boat He cried the
him and not TO tear him from his wife The told the
men not To separate and wife if possible help
It, He fell into the bottom ot the boat, and saTed
boy twelve years old thrown overheard He caught hold
OF the boat and favored by the darkness Of the night crouch
ed under the bows and avcd. All the women saScd are
Young except the mother Of Scotch family from Duarcs-
shire who with her five daughters and girl,
saved her name is Edgar Her husband and set
tied in Germantown Philadelphla
young wouan with her infant, succeeded ~ getting
INTO the boat with her husbands they Tie survl
yers His name Patrick OF Coos,own county !ronc the
property Colonel Stewart Several persons from that gentle
mans estate or neshboood haze with wacry grave
One family Of the Of Lcydcn sixteen IN s sunk win
the vessel another named Corrithcr. mother and i've
children-sunk at the same time; the little boy who was
thrown from the boat was of that family He had no,
soul left belonging him. They also from Colonel
Stewards property Mrs Anderson, with isee children
who going Join her husband medical gcnte'a"
settled M Cincinnati sunk with the ship Miss Anderson
and Miss Bradley thrown into the sea from the long
boat The tales which the survivors relate piteouS-o
rvny The and passengers were examined 10y Inc
BRUSH and American this morning, and the impress
sion that the dreadful OF throwing their fellow crea-
lures overheard vas mpcrous necessity; but Is 10 be
hoped that the ConsulS will give publicity 10 the xa-
nation in order that the public mind may be satisfied on this
posnl
Truly the circumstances must be made OUT IN the ccarsi
wav 10 paiae such an act We have cRgra. ships sailing
every week and if il held law that nigh, Is right
had better declared and that the justified IN
der throwing overheard whon and as many a
they think right without casting lots or making any choce
than their will II may be well to consider under what nag
em;gran. will trust themselves: scarcely think II Will b.
the flag OF that nation which declares the law to bc
doubt very much whether any inquiry with closed doors 10y
official gentlemen however csmabe their characters NAY
be- will bo considered sufficient in such dreadful case 10
satisfy the public mind.
THE STEAMER PRESIDENT
No ran of hope remaining pro5ajle intelligence Mct
The President has srack Berg cf Ice, and tour
dere2-traces Of the lcreck.
The schooner Corsair Capt Morsey has arrived a; Hall
FAX from Fortune BAY. ~ F. in days The Corsair
reports that DAYS before sailing boat belonging 10
Fortune Bay arrived there from ST Pierre the >NipPeT :"
which reported that vessel from France had arrived at MAX
Island which picked up the captain and sixteen eae"
&c nm American steamer and had repMcd that 90 other
person who had been in the Steamer lo; the SAID
vessel had foundered consequence OF running iopl OF an
iceberg the Skipper stated ha; he had seen the Captain Q"
the Steamer ST. Pierre.
W., give this statement have received H. without
colo,ins subtraction addition Ii will he reoleeed aai
Newfoundland was Of the places where Inc tnesd.it
SUPPRESSED 10 have ps mo and the unfortunate boat load
Of passengers ray have been rescue, from her
vessel which arrived Philadelphia from Liverpool
IN. t,ftr OF Il
wreck 4, sea which the maze trl: convinced par; Of
steamer. Halifax paper, 27ia a;
LIVERPOOL coTroN MARKErs-IO May Is
Nav s-Dcman,i lnd and the ~esk closes heavily ~h iAs'
x,eks ouoaons Of qualities Amcre'u ba ely supported
g. II,aI nav be ouo,s III t> ~k Tn" sale- OF The
seck are L. 800 cs including o0o American speculation"
4 2oe for export.
ay hc dcsaud from the trade has been more limited iha'
last week spectators and export buyers have almost
the market Very disposition ho"evc exists 10 iore >d
though fortnight prices have recessed per 10 IN the ofd
nary and mddu qualities all description The better Qualities
continue hm, held rho import. this week amount 10 %
hays AID tho sales 500 American taken on speculation ad
soc export; TO 1850 efN So Sea sn