Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-12-01
From the N.w Orleans Tropic, Noy. 20.
STEAMBOAT COIIISIOS.

On Saturday morning last, about o'clock. the steamer Msria.
Capt Donniea, bound hence for memphis. and the steamer sultan1
Cap, Pe'se. from veksburg for tm, pon, came in collision near
ihc head n Watcher Island, and about 7 miles below the city Of
hatcher the boS Of HE sultana rnkns the Maris on The I,,b,,,d
SIDE ab.eas' Of the boilers, cut ing through her qua rds and break
Tag into he hull some disan-e bslow The wa crime. The Mar q
hnsd " IN water and sunk IN 8 OF 10 m. mute. within 2 6srt N IN.
cabin n,or Tbs boilers Of the Mara were knocked OF Their
stands severn g tie connecting pipes dlinE tho space between the
lower deck and saba hon with steam ADD BOZ M wa er sc,ttias
en, con idi1g Of toe deck hanfs ard s1Te few Geek pasebgsrs-
The only pstsIn knowa to te LOST or inIn,sdin the upp r esbrn 60,
Ar JaInaI = Durf, lhs principal ee K Of tbs boai, who, At H.
lime u The 90 lison, was Standing AZ his d * In the Office. sorins
out some Lttsu Tor delivery at Naieh.4 As,obn a. iis boats
Eriet' api before TIE emo Is q 'ho shack were known, he spnng
in o The soc.ai Fall and ched Quito me passengers " not 10 be
alarmed" ami retrraed 10 he once % secure HE books. a6st th,t
lime he wa no. seen, AID ~ mfpoied that he must have been
etu'n,d ani fl hoIth C q OF, The ohhes being elu'ey do.uoy
Cd. nni lie ies forced into the Social Har The tbhd enqin eris
alsI missinf and. no diubt, B buried smtd the ruins u the lower
deck Tn crew of The bat nunbee ed Il y two; Of these. only 9
could BE- mustered wuiil hires tours after the eoision. nt which
tmo W. len ir wf,ek WIN nal escaped unlrj1nd. The,e sors
prime paHy the hrcmen AID auofs "a duty About twenty orc
mis- inr and must have Pstished Immediately. Tweniyono yysre
rescued, Bat all % d enifuHy ssideina msrs are no hopes OF their
recovery, with the exception of ihs tiird cork, 70 man Of color. Ia
a fow minu'cs ancf rii collision. tbs q ans Taima, which wa
ascendiaE the river came alongside sni mi her "a wi under eb,rrs
of-me MAZE, 70 the Mlut, and sieeeedoi BY msans Of eulirg
through tbs DE- k and foreiog of the door Of the deck r51ns, N
ugcun ~ MAE Of thf s1HsfsFa
Toe sutana having ro.oi,ei III, force Of the collision imm,dl
aiey upon hT bow, was net materially Injured The iofs Of n few
70 Of he guards Of her Tow. pf1c pauy % The sanoam side
was ue OBJ MARY o. no g &C. q vel ABOVE decks
A-'o.n % thi Mara hat iettcd down upon the bar Captain
Pease lashei The suaata a'ongado and rendered with hs one r,
ani crew, every asistaneo In bic povcf 10 AID In a,inf The pro.
p ny On ne sotk'n vesol aud in aney-unE The di,tre-es u tie
unfortunate b.'gs on boari Of her The sufferers were conveyed
o. ne elhil nor Of tn su'ana. wbfre mattresses had been pro
vited. One 20 two mrdical Ecntemcs, who chtnced u BE- o.
bonni, IN conjunction viii the paucngsrs, vest promptly 10 work
and enteici ne raus n Good fanti ans upon tho moiancboly oe
ctHrn. Capt Hire n mo Talon. was aso Games " renseung
eeHy A. stancs IN ms power snd further a-Hince from HE boat
BERG deencd unnecessary. he hafY pr feroi ~ convey uc SUI
fcrrs a. Match ~ where he advartn .es of mmedia O medtai all
attho Nadns Hospital mixit B., ob aino1 us p.opcssl va az
tep 3D. md before dayitht The snrcs were put on bard he
w%harfboitg ~ Fateh'A and paced under ihs charge o. Tho Dire:
tory of the H0srHai
We VIII not pia our readers with = rental m The suGe rings u
there poor scadcd be ngs. some ~ thfm stripped % their skin from
head 10 foot, 0hsts win tr kin psced non th,if btnss and
hanfng loosely Al their unfes emu Ttcr unsauhly r1ans anu
pfIcn1 cries fr Nater 70 que. N their bufaing tMrt are too hor-
l ~ a tfNnk uuoa-fno awful 10 ffIfH.