The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-03

seem to be going into bankruptcy. The same black
cloud seems to overhang the publishers of the
Fashionable Magazines" They are OVERRIDING
the thing, and must GO
Thus 1t will be that the bankrupt list is full OF
poetry, romance, reality, morality, adventure, phi
osophy, politics, piey, religion and common sense
OF all kinds We shall take up several other cases
| from the bankrupt list and give some curious histo-
rieties that will be more interesting than all the
trashy novels OF the day. historical sketch Of the
causes of each bankruptcy would be the most inter
esting thing that could be published besides con-
veying moral that would have a great influence on
society in all time to come
MELANCHOLY AccDENT.-We have to chronicle
In days paper of the saddest accidents that
ever fell 10 our lot to record. 1t the upsetng OF
one of our news boats, and the drowning OF two OF
our most efficient and faithful news collectors--both
men with families. A
1t appears that Mr.. William A. Bassett, the cap
tain, started yesterday from Whitehall, in one of
our news boats, with John King and William Wood
| his two boatmen, and Martin Casey of Whitehall,
| tor the Lower Bay, TO cruise for ship news. They
left the wharf about twelve O'Clock and when Just
abreast of Gibbet Island, with fresh breeze blow
ing, the ballard gave way, while all were sitting on
the wndward side, the sail tapped over and the boat
Immediately capsized. They succeeded in getting
on the bottom of the boat, but would slip off and
get on again Basseu fell off five times, and while
Wood and Casey were engaged in assisting him on
for the last time, King slipped again into the and
| sunk TO rise no more Bassett continued to cheer
up his companions but nature finally gave out, and he
became exhausted. Casey and Wood succeeded in
placing him across the keel of the boat there to
meet his sad, lamentable fate. In about thirty mi
nues after this, the sloop Atlas, Captain Whltlock
from Middletown, hove in sight, and succeeded in
picking up the threepoor Basset quite dead land the
other two nearlyso. They were imme diately taken
into the cabin by the humane and kind Capt. Whit
lock, and DR.. McComb was sent for the moment the
sloep touched the wharf. After great exertions
Wood and Casey were fully restored to life But
poor, honest, faithful Bassett was past all recovery
He died from exposure on the bottom of the boat
while in sight Of land. -..
We give these melancholy particulars with the
slucerest regret and sorrow. Both of the deceased
had been for some time in our employing mt,
and Bassett, as our chief news collector, for up.
wards of three years. We always found HIM faith
full, honest, and capable Indeed he was one of the
most efficient collectors in this city Every one
amiabe qualities and unassuming manners, and
spoke of his character in the highest terms of
praise. He was one of the bestof husbands, and
has left awife and one child. and friends without
number, to mourn over his lamentabIe and prema-
ture death. To us his loss is very great. ~
His body will be taken from No. Stone street,
the residence of his mother, tomorrow morning. at
81 o'clock to Babylon, Long Island for interment.
He was twenty-six years and seven months of age
We shall open subscription for the benefit of the
two widows, and head it ourselves
TREMENDOUS STORM AT BosToN-Two steamers
arrived yesterday morningfrom the east bringing Two
days mails We are indebted to Harnden & Co.
and Adams IL Co. for late Boston papers, and to
Godfrey ~ Co. for New Bedford papers. We CLEAN
from these the following particulars of damage done
by tremendous gale which blew along the eastern
coast last Wednesday night. 1t was large slice of
the storm we experienced in this city that same
night.
In the Sound the wind blew seldom harder Pas
sengers who left here on Wednesday did not reach
Boston till o'clock Thursday evening, and the
steamer that left Norwich on the same day remained
at New London Thursday, after making two at
temps to proceed She arrived here at half-past
yesterday morning. No boat left this city Thursday
afternoon, but the Kosciusko started at 9 O'Clock
yesterday morning.
In consequence of the severe gale, and the non ar
rival of the great southern mall with the letters for
England, the steamship Acadia did not leave Bos-
ton on Thursday. She left yesterday, Immediately
after the arrival of Harnden's mail.
From the Boston Morning Post Dec. IL
In the evening about six o'clock southeast snow storm
set in which continued until about nine o'clock when il
he Wi nd viii
had blown moderately, burst forth from E. s. Z. with
fury. Many vessels, which were riding
at anchor in the harbor, driven from their moor
ings and either dashed against the ends of the wharyes
or jammed alonsde of each other. large vessel was
ers and briggs were jammed together, chatting and
of them with person on board. One
or two small vessels were also sunk at this wharf
At Fort Hill wharf several small vessels were more or
less damaged small schooner, the Jane Fish, Of St.
Georges, Me- was driven from her anchor against the
wharf, and Nathan Fuller, the mate, in attempting to
leave the vessel fell between her side and the wharf and
drowned The of this state that the brig
Uncle Sam had been blown aari and was then driving
about the harbor and that the ship TYRONE had
her headasts had swung round and sustained consider
able damage The space between India and Central
wharves was hlling up fast with drifting wrecks and
those vessels the ends of these wharves
as their tall masts would turn them over The end Of
badly sunk. The space between this wharf and
Central wharwas also the scene of great destruction
Inc nose OF falling masts and the crashing of drifting
wrecks rose, at intervals above the Storm and might
have been heard even at the centre Of the city the
northern wharves, and in fact all the VIII rves more
or less damage was sustained by great portion of the
shipping. Such the terrific violence OF the gale that
was dangerous for an individual venture to the ends
OF the wharves. We informed that more than
a dozen vessels had been sunk, and that the crews
oil one or two of them had persisted, but the
names name OF the vessels we couh not learn. This
leads us to hope that such reports exaggerated
Al 2, A NJ, we took another stroll along the wharves
and found things comparatively quiet the wind having
shifted TO E. ~ T.. Although we nearly twenty yes.
sells more or less damaged, could obtain any par
ncuars Tor most OF them were deserted The schooner
wharf had her stern stove in, and sustained other da
mage large ship, said to be the Riga, driven up
the dock at Long wharf, and had her bowsprit carried
away close to the knight heaia One of the ships which
arrived yesterday, was reported to have drined
from her anchors, and sustained great damage
A ship at the end Of Commercial wharf, was also
reported to have suffered considerably The barque
ANITA, too, was said to have sustained damage
Perhaps no gale that has visited this place for some time
has ed much property in this port in short