Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-07-07
From The Journal Of Commerce.
IT. s. SCHOONER GRAMPUS.

The supposed, and almost if not quite certain
loss of the u. $. schooner Grampus, has over
whemcd many families with anguish that
seems well nigh insupporiabIc. Distracted
wives, heart-broken mothers, and sorrow-strick-
en- sisters, are bewalling in distress that yields
not TO the revelation of language, the mysieri-
Gus and unanliciphied fate Of her officers and
men. Where Hre iheyl oh! where are they3
il the cry of our bursting hearts. So rare,-
the loss of a u. s. vessel; so sudden the calam-
its; so unlocked for; so seemingly needless a
sacrifice of human HE; so useless and extensive
a waste of The peace ofsurvivors; such crush
ing of garnefed hopes; such a rendlng OF The
dearest domestic lies; such an accumulation Of
household and individual agony! Oh, could we
know when, where, how, they left the world;
could they have sent us some Of their last
thoughts; whether they were conscious or I'M
conscious of their impending doom; prepared
or unprepared to meet it.; then might there be
some allevaion of this bitterness of sorrow =
Could we even believe that their country or
individuals had been advantaged by their being
sent upon the worst coast in the world, in a
light vessel, at the most disastrous season in
the year, then might we have some mitigation
OF our intense grief These are the reflections
we make, in looking nj the subject without ref
erence to the Omniscient and Omnipotent n
gency except Of whose cognizance and bidding
no man or number Of men en- come into his
presence. Here then is our only reluge;-un-
failing, unwaverng trust in the great, the good,
the all-wIse Eternal One, who holds the winds
in his fists and so controls the tumultuous
wave, that il can do no more than accomplish
His will. To the majesty of that unerrng adj
ministration, to the changeless righteousness OF
its plans and purposes which could be accom-
plished in no other way so well as that in which
they are brought about, may We well accord
the submission of the hearth Could all the
smtten relatives of lhusc loved lost ones be as
semblcd in one place, To weep and mourn and
minglc sympathIeS together, there would still
be nothing for us, but 10 lay ourselves at the
feet of Sovereign Justice, and plead for hearts
to bless the hand that inflicted the blow. The
Lord pilieth them that fear Him.
No authentic tidings of the Grampus seem
TO have been received since the llih Of March.
| do not learn that any Of the relatives of the
officers besides ourselves, have heard so recent.
" as this II therefore occurs to US, that at
extract from the last letter Of my dear brother
James :. Thatcher, puTscr on board the Gram
pus, nai!ed that same day, March llib, a
Charleston, s. c., will be interesting 10 III,
numerous friends of those who have shared hi,
sad, his early doom. Handsome, accomplished
intelligent, virtuous, and greatly beloved b,
many friends, he has, in the vigor OF youth ant
early manhood, found dreary, reachlcss grave
in the cold, dark, merciless waters of the G al
Stream, in company with his esteemed an,
manly associates, and almost in sight of hi
own native shores. To the hereaved vile O
the noble commander, and all Others who's
hearts are wilhered by this fearful calamity, hi
widowed mother, sorrowing brother and sis
ters, tender their deep sympathy. If any hav
other particulars of the last DAYS of the Gram
pus, il will be q melancholy satisfaction 10 ma
ny that they should be published.