New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-01-09

NJ. ara permitted 10 publish the following PAIN
a. ;,,erestine extract from letter OF Mr.. John
sg sssse. who was on board the steamer Belle
r.. when she snagged In the Mississippi River
S ;,sn 10 his brother IL this city
Sa'l'A ST CAAREKs HOTEL.
NEW ORLEANS Dec. %. lSi5.
r,,s BROTHER lit is precisely tour weeks TINS day
= LETT Al5sny and here am without any oass'5e'
80 lost il all. 81 will presently show
h-s n,sce where LETT The Atlas and cot on board the
sSs Zane" was about eleven miles above Evansville
10 ON what is called the Scutietown bar on the
pSrea Of the Captain (Brazer) that he mad nearly
tsasd bs vessel and was 10 proceed TO New.Oreans
nsss.Dcers only. Well. after coming down the
W. a, far as New Madrid he loaded his boat 80 teat
g..,sy was on each luard We came aosg vita
phs dispatch considering the load only gong IRON
Ncb. 10 twilight until the evening of last THURSDAY
- he Captain concluded 10 run all night.
,yes,her fo- TWO or .hrce days previous had been
=, win very frosty nights and the ground frozen
ne had run the aforementioned night unt! Two clock
" rriday morning when lying about halt hsleep'
S.,,d hollow crash somewhere forward when lHi'
slsely sprang out Of the upper berth IN my room on
he ,,.rboard SIDE calling at the same time 10 my eo
,.s,epeer, Clyde, that We had got 1t now. iopeHo
sr1sr door and perceived ,ha; she was cafeenips
,-4r on her larboard bow. immediately spldns %
~, Iny purse and watch in my panta!oohS VI!
ling OF. BY that tine Clyde had GOT up Sei-eo ~ I
len sc found we were sliding out the ous4ue uUui,
- hoo, having hold on the sn6g) and were co'hpe'eu
.,r;py for our lives into the Mississippi al 'ne s
.menf two or three hundred empty noleeses oares
fifty cOops oil turkeys came 1uuhu'4+" ~
may so speak, OF the skylsht and hurricane deSS
rnd MS TWO O! them the barrels striking Z. on tue
rad and nearly killing him -,
Tor-rns,elv none OF them hit me, and one OF thcti
~, Mold Of and held on to il while c. caught hold OF
and each Of US held to our respective aTuc!cs Ini!
"a eoud make 10 get on the hurricane uecn' which
~ cone off and from that on her arooaTd side' "n.e
,ssre were about 20 soulssoIne with pants on-some
Ls drawers op-some with bed comforter around
,,sr, and SO on After getting on her !aroohd sIde u
- ber ey vel with the water. hauled straw mat
- bond
e.s GU, Of one OF the rooms and put II over my heaa
" Ala several others and by that means kept my head
"a shoulders partially warm. | commenced sleppiog
NV hands and stamping my feet, Which soon became
hout any feeling in consequence oil the water coming
I'd and freezing all aons "hete we s'ooo' ny N0'O
,ocks being useless.
The place where we struck was about fourteen mics
above the mouth OF the Arkansas; aud alter she turned
onher side, ske commenced floating down Inc river
irsnuepty hitting sand-bar or something else ana
,h,.,snnr 10 turn over again when would al! rush
h inc upper highest side and keeping her as sue
ans NM, after floating between three and four miles, we
I'll hsloong for assistance from the shore she stopped
,or nm Sand bar about hundred yards from ST. ore
md held there until the carpenter and anotneF hahO
.vsn ashore plank 10 where voice answered thh
here was yaw but that II was tull OF water OEe OF
,bsm however ran 10 house about quarter OF mile
md 90, pail aud baed her out and then came to the
vreck first taking the ladies tive believe and landing
hem and then returning three or four times ana otins
ipp of the persons that remained previous to which,
however anoher awful scene took place just before Tue
TWO las, loads were taken oil
we were standing as usual when the cabin suddenly
broke loose from the hull Some sprang Tor the caoih
md some for the hull / standing about amidshps,
and the place where was sinking 10 near my waist
caught hold of another barrel but finding was soon 10
be swept from the wreck let 60 aud sprang as hard as
was able TO- and caught hold OF the hull which was
hen turning nearly bottom up, and was hauled upon IL
bywo or three persons at hand oy that tle the
,awl had returned and took us-about ten or eleven
landed and then went and got the ohi-
nee from the floating cabin.
The party that was with then proceeded as last as
We could ham, ng To the of deck-hand, VINO hau
wet comforter and who gave end OF 1t ana IL
IN. situation we reached the house OF David Alex
der about halt mile the frozen ground-though
thar made no difference had before lost all sense VI
pan FROM any thing which trod upon.
Ater being al the house he party dividing INTO
s,rh room where there ire made upon the hearth)
tte while ! took my watch from my panta.Cohs
n,ket and strange 10 say the faithful little thing Was
r., ,oipg and the hands pointed quarter TO Elk AZ
r partially drying our clothes our backs, and getting
anne warm corn bread and fried pork, with coffee, lo
our breakfast we left for Napoeon-(a few houses at the
month Of the distance OF only three miles
across neck OF snd-the distance by water being ~
Before we left however had sent downtothe river not
uea say from the house and purchased OF trading
boalyipp there pair broganG pair o. coarse
socks two hdkfs 10 keep my head warm. The same
articles for C,yde-lent 70 another passenger So, and
bsp gave the landlord another So compensation for
The party as they had forgotten seize their moaey as
lhsa done By doing the landlord as above, he lent
ms bis thick overcoai to &c TO Napoleon.
After arriving there. which was about TO- number OF
,hscitzeps among them towed at boat nearly two
miles up the river and then crossed over 10 where the
cabin had lifted ashore But after frultless search Tor
nv baggage waved my hdkf. TO the steamer Diamond
then passing and got board and arrived here about
ha1past 10 day.