Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-02-26

The STORM, which commenced at Washington
about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, l4th com
menced at Portland at about IL o'clock on Sunday
noon. These are its limits so far we have heard
1t appears to have been most severe Just South of
New York, but it is spoken of in all quarters as
the most severe storm for many years
The New York Express of Tuesday morning,
says;
The accounts from the coast are most distress
ing. AT Long Branch the wreck master says, the
gale wore violent than any for six years.
Farther South, at Squam the writer's state, it was
the worst gale ain twenty years. We have no IL
dings yet from Barnegat We fear the worst
So far as heard from, the coast appears 10 be srewn
with wrecks.
AT Staten Island, several small craft went ashore,
and whorves and bulkhcads were much injured.
An Express agent reports that packet ship John
Minturn, from New Orleans for this-city, is totally
lost near Squam, and that upwards Of forty souls
have persisted.
The New York Herald states that the John Min
turn had five cabin passengers, besides the cap
tains wife, son and daughter, with twenty (proba-
bly, an error in the NUMBER seaman from the ship
Cherokee, OF Boston, burnt at New Orleans) who
were coming home. The ship struck at 8 A. NJ,
sheered broadslde to the beach and heeled off
Shore The captain, his wife, children, five cabin
passengers and others Of the two crews, amounting
IN number to twenty eight persons persisted, among
them Mr. Sturgis, second officer. Seven persons
eSCupeu III Tue UOdt some WIFI broken lItnDS. ne
cabin passengers were Mr.. Kohler and wife, Mrs.
Stark Mr.. J. Leeds, Capt. Babcock, Messrs. Levy
and Baker. The ship was five years DID, and insur-
ed for $4,000 in New York.
Schr Alabama, Undoubtedly the Alabama,
Nicholson, which cleared at Philadep hia It'll inst,
for New York; drove ashore near SquaIn Inlet and
went to pieces The wreckmaster at Squam writes
that all the crew persisted. The n. Y. Herald
states that they are saved Her cargo consisted of
gin, vinegar, loaf sugar, nails, &c. and would be
nearly total loss.
Swedish bark Lofty, which sailed from New
York 18th for Antwerp, with grain, also went ashore
at Squam, and went to pieces Capt. Douhan and
his first officer persisted. The crew were saved in
a disabled state A trunk belonging to the cap
tain came ashore with part of the contents among
which were two bills on London, III favor of Boor-
man, Johnston g. c., for E365 sterling, and bill
on Rotterdam, drawn by VIM. Weisser in favor of
Capt. Shaw.
Schr. Register, from Newbern FOR New York,
with 800 bbs. turpentine and AZ bags peas, went
ashore night Of 18th, at Long Beach, and would be
total loss. One passenger, name unknown, per-
ished, supposed to have been crushed to DEATH
The cargo was strewn upon the beach for three
miles, and half of it would be saved.
Schr Pioneer, from Brandywne for New-H Haven,
with 100 hhds. and POO bbls. corn meal so do flour.
went ashore at the same time and place; had four
feet of water in her and may be got of cargo
expected to be saved in damaged state.
The wreck master says nothing about the crew,
but gives the above particulars; consequently il
must be presumed they safe, allho the New
York Herald states that all on board persisted,