Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-29
THE PRESIDENT.


London correspondent Of the New Yo,k Sig
nal writes;
81 was one of the passengers on her last 'ripto
New York, in which her sea-goins qualities were
empty tested in severe gale Of eight or ten days.
she Slow hut all on board were amply satisfied
that no ship aloat was better able to encounter
rough weather and feel confident that nothing
,ut some sudden and unexpected disaster, such as
striking al iceberg, would cndanger her ultimate
safety. twill indeed be an awful calamity if this
noble ship has pcIished at sea, with more than one
hundred human beings, and none left to tell the
aalr.'
London paper Of the 3D., thus spcculates'
"That this fine vessel can have foundered seems
Ivy all opinions to be OH, of the question. The next
supposon which occnrs is, that if she is lost, it
must be by collision either with ice or with another
vessel. The British Queen, which put into Halifax
with damage, said TO have encountered ice;
a,ut This was afterwards contradicted. Then it is
reported that the Caledonia fell in with large field
,f ice in latitude Al, 54, longitude 81, SO Gust to
she southwark of the Gulf of St Lawrence Who
aver heard of field ice in that direction in February
early in March? If field of ice was really seen
as reported, it was q most unusual circumstance.
AS for icebcrgs (and fields of ice also) they are
most commonly seen in May and June, having
;loatcd from BIitain's Bay with the souherly
rent. The same ice never remains TO second year.
\ more likely conjecture, and one which it is de-
routy hoped may prove correct, is, that in the
heavy gale the President encountered, her steam
machinery was damaged so to become useless
She wind blowing hard at n. E., she bore up for
Bermuda, perhaps missed the island, (not an unu-
sual occurrence,) and made the best of her woy to
the West Indies Should this, happily, be the case,
4here may scarcely be time yet to hear ofhcr.'
From the New York Sun.
I. is eviden, that all hope of her safety mus, he
abandoned She undoubtedly foundeod in the
tghtful storm that occurred two or three days af-
ter her departure from the port, she crushed
beneath some of the gigantic icebergs which were
seen in the Atlantic shortly aAer, How or when
she went down with "all the frcghing souls with.
IN her" will probably never be known. Had any
escaped to tell the story, we must have had
some intelligence of it this, ships have been
constantly passing and arriving in port on both
sides and from all directions.
The President sailed from this por, on the lih
Of March. She was TO have sailed on the 10Th,
and most of her passengers went board that day
hu, severe snow storm compelled her TO lie over.
She was a huge ship in size. Her vast dimensions
are too well known to need describing minut,y
She was of $500 tons bnrrhen, with engines Of
40 horse power-the largest steamer ever built
We have obtained from Messrs. Walsworh &
Smith, the consgnees. complete and accurate
list Of the passengers, rs in number, whose iames
we suhjoin. Besides these, the officers and crew
amounted to 81 in number, whose names we could
not ascertain, making together 100 souls, ali o
whom have beyond a doubt been for many weeks
Sleeping beneath the dark waves Of the ocean
Among the passengers and officers olthe ship ina,
several personal acquaintances of exalted worth. /
is with sorrow unspcakabe that We yield TO th'
conviction that we must bid them all long and Fl
nal adeu.
Edward Barry; ]. {. Roberts, New York; ]
Leo Wolf; Master Mohrng; J. G, Pleilel; A. r
WaIturg, New York d. Fitzroy Lenox, NJ. Court
ncy, B. A.; Il. Power and servant Z. II. ID
Miescgarcs, Philadelphia; Samuel Mails, New y ork
Charles Cadet, Buenos Ayres; +. Palmer, Balti
more, Nd; DIR. NJ. Lomel, +. Bancher, Cuba; inc
Fraser; Ivan Lohe, Jr. Amsterdam; A. $. ByrnC
London; Mr.. ThorndiIl, New York; w. w
Martin, England; L. B. Howell and Friend, A
Livingston, New York; Rev. G. G. Cookmar
Washington City, ID. c.; i. Deucher Scotland
b. Morris and child.
Passengers, %
Ctic,Is and crew. 81