Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1846-12-03

The freight had mostly been thrown over
board some time previous.
No steamer could 60 10 her assistanc
or TO aid the passengers, whose onl
means of getting ashore was by swimming
as no boa, could live. The weather wa
most picrcingly cold, and all the passen
=. gers who saved their lives were muc
bruised among the rocks, and seycreI
chilled. The weather was so cold tina;
large number who attempted to swim a
shore became chilled and we're drowned
a more complete wreck could not hay
been make. The machinery and boiler
are in one mass, and the wooden frag
menls scattered along the shore of TIT
sound. All the females on board, eigh
in number persisted, aad at the last &C
counts from the wreck 80 bodies had beer
, recovered. All who were saved were Sc
riousIy wounded. The ice formed rapid
ly, aud was two inches thick on the shore
when the landing was made. MI Boyle
the Clerk of the Atlantic, says during
Thursday tne passengers were greatly
alarmed, and repeated prayer meetings
we're held in the cabin, where all resorlec
except the officers and crew. Capt, Dus'
tan was at his post the whole time, as
calm and selfposscssed as if he had been
on shore. His presence Of mind and en-
couraging language, gave the utmost con.
hdence to all on board The beat had
on board over thousand life preservers.
Every person had two and some three
around their bodies; and had it not been
fov these, not a soul would have been say.
ed. On Thursday night, the boat had
drilled so near to Fishers Island, that ii
was quite certain she must strike the rocks
before morning, unless the wind changed.
TIER only hope left was in change OF
wind. During the night the gale increas,
ed until about half past four O'Clock on
Friday morning, when all their hopes van
lshed. The boat struck the rocks about
mdships, and in two minutes was per-
feet wreck. Most of the passengers were
standing aft, All the upper berths were
swept away, and it is believed that many
were killed by the pieces of plank and
timber. The boat heeed out, swinging
the bottom towards the rocks. Every
person was compelled to jump overheard
The boat after she struck hecled so much,
that the distance from the boat 10 the wa
ter was about Is feet. Many were swept
among the rocks and saved, while others
we're carried under the vessel by the waves
aud drowned. There were two families
on the island, near the wreck, but they
could afford no assistance. They how ev-
err gave all the relief they could to the sur
viyors.
But one scene IN the drama, says the
Herald, our duty though not our will com
peIs us to publish. While the hand OF
death was busy in this place of sorrow
and disaster, the hand of man was engag-
ed in robbing tie victims of the storm
As the bodies were washed ashore, there
were beings in hnman form who could,
with a caIouscness of heart almost in.
credible, stoop down and plumber them Of
every article Of value to be found. The
clothes OF some were cut, and Watches
money, jewelry, anything convertible to
gold, was stolen. Did we not know this
statement to be true, we should hardly
dare to believe it,
Two sloops lay at anchor some little
ways from them, and suspicious were at
tached to the crew as being the perpetra.
tors.
The Clerk of the boat states that tier e
were between seventy and eighty belong
ing to the boat's company-the officers,
engineers, crew, walters, &C., &c. Thir.
ty passengers came on board from the
Boston train at Norwich; five from MOI
wich, and three from New London, max.
ing thirty-eight passengers, In all, from
one hundred and ten 20 one hundred and
fifteen persons were on board
The latest accounts that have been re.
ceived here from New London, state that
twenty-pine bodies had been picked up
from the wreck,
The following are names of those known
to have been lost:
Capt. /. K. Dustan, of the Atlantic;
Rev. Mr. Armstrong, Of the American
Board Of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-.
sions; DR.. c. A, Hassier, of the U. S.
Navy; Lieut., Norton. oil the Army; Or
lando Pitts, Charles French, A. f. Cola
more, DR.. Watson, and Miss Jordan, OF
Boston, Mrs Thompson and child of Dan.
vers; W. B. Solace, of Bridgeport, VT
Mrs Hilton, Stcwardess; Sarah Ruby; OF
Providence; John Walton, Mrs Jane Wal
ton, and their children, John, James, and
Eleanor Jane, all of one family, from
West Newburgh for Pennsylvania.
Robert Vine and Jacob Walton, OF the
same family, saved.
The following are the names of such Of
the crew lost as we have been able to as
certain;
John Geson, Thomas Gedney, Michael
Dougherly, Charles Riley, John McFOrI-
an.
The following are the names Of the pas.
sengers saved:-Capt. Geo. w. CuIIum,
u. S. Eng, Corps, Seabury Brewster, N.
York; Capt, Peter Hanna, Portland; C. C.
Orr, Louisville, Ky Joel r. Andrews,
New London; Lieut.. f. Maynard, U. S. N.
Lieut.. C. s. Stewart, u. S. Eng; Charles
Cadnedy, Tew York Hiram Tarbox, Lis
bon, Ct; Francis Herrick, Boston; Geo.
w. Rogers, New London; c. c. Com