Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-12-16
ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA


TO the 10Th ult. and Liverpool TO the evening
Of the 18th. Among the passengers is Gen
Cass, our late minister to France.
The Columbia brought S372, 600 in spo.
Gle.
The Overland October Mail from Ind,
reached London on the 18th, bringing news
from Bombay to Oct. / and from China 10
July % The news from Anghanistan is of
favorable character, and the British troons
in China were advancing without any eaec.
tual opposition.
The MANCHESTER DANK.-At a meet.
ing of the proprietors of this institution il
was ascerlained that 1915 ,5I4 was due bv
only two firms.
GREAT WAR STEAMER--The Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty have adon,.
ed the design of magnificent war steam
vessel, with propelIng engines of SEQ horse
power, submitted by Mr.. Oliver Lang. mas
ter shipwright oftbe Woolwich Dock Yard
and have ordered that she is to be construc,.
ed at that Dock Yard, under the immediate
personal superintendent of Mr. Lang
LlvERPooL, Nov. 19.-Gcneral Csss
the late American Minister at Paris, left that
city on Saturday last, on his return to the
United States, through London. A few
hours before his departure, he had an an.
dence of Louis Philippe to take leave. The
King, IN the kndest terms, expressed his re-
gret at the departure of the General, and as
surcd him that during the whole period Of
his official residence in Paris, the relations
between them had been such as to give con.
slant satisfaction to his Majesty. Mr.. Led
yard, the son in-law TO Gen. Cass, remains
in Paris as the Charge d'Affares On the
day previous to the departure of the General.
dinner was given TO HIM by about hun
dred American residents in Paris.
Loss OF THE CONVICT SHIP WATERLOO.
bound for Sydncy-250 Lires lost out
Of three hundred and thirty!
There was avery severe gale at the Cane
of Good Hope on the 9th of August. dur
ing which the Dr. ship Abercrombie Robin
son, with 500 troops on board of the 0Ist
regiment, was driven ashore and wrecked,
but happily no lives were lost
A short distance from her lay the convict
ship Waterloo, bound TO Sydney, with about
240 male convicts, guard of 30 soldiers.
five women, and I3 children, with the crew.
about $50 souls.
She lay in very precarious situation.
within few yards of the breakers, but it
was thought she might hold on until the
weather was moderated, when she might be
turned oil. Under this impression the vast
multitude which had assembled on the SPOT
began to separate. About 10 o'clock. how
ever, the Waterloo gave a sudden lurcb. and
M from oil har 4
side IN amongst the breakers. The scene
which now took place | shall remember to
the day of my death. After two or three
heavy rolls, her three masts went on the side
with dreadful crash. The matches were
now opened and the convicts rushed on
deck
The sea was now making a clean breach
over her, Immediately on the convicts arriv-
ing on deck, about fifty jumped overheard;
about fifteen or twenty gained the shore:
the remainder were drowned. The cries
OF the poor wretches on deck were now heart
rending. Each sea, as it made breach
over the unfortunate vessel, carried dozen
or SO INTO tie water, who, of course were
drowned. Thousands of people were on
the beach, but could render not the least as
slstance. Oh! it was a dreadful sight
There, within a stone throw, Law two OF
three hundred beings drowned before our
eyes.
But now comes the awful part Of my tale.
About o'clock, within half an hour after,
she struck. The Waterloo parted in two
They who had never thought of their God,
aud, 1t they had, it was only to take his
name in vain, and break his laws, were now
seen with their hands clasped, and heard
loudly calling upon Him to save them Sol
dlers' wives were seen clasping their little
ones TO their bosoms in agonies. One wo.
man | shall never forget; she was holding
on with one hand to piece of plank. with
the other she held, pressed to her bosom, a
little infant; her cries we're piteous. Al
last sea came and washed the woman and
little one of. They were seen no more.
The water was now full of the struggling
and the dead. A boat was employed to Dick
up all 1t could. 1t could not approach the
wreck on account ofthe heavy sea. | have
member time nor heart to write further par.
tlculars. saw one man embrace his wife
and little one, then jump into the boiling
SURF. lie soon rose again. could repeat
hundreds of similar occurrences suffice it
to say within one hour and half of the
w aterloo striking, not particle of her was
to be seen She had literally gone to piec.
es ; and, horrible to relate, out of $50 souls,
''oO have met watery grave"
INDIA AND CHINA
The first event worthy ofnotice that occur.
red alter the departure of the Acadia. on the
ftl INST, was the arrival ofthe Overland Mail
rom India and China, the news by which
was received in London on Sunday week