New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-01
CITY ITEMS.

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s7e particle CT intelligence 70 keep Awe me pe-1n
and iuoe1se sy-1pa;zies Q: ne Puo1c- Ice noFoid
CRAVING f0r i io- sa-aisc ou . =s1I eA
Peu$e Of anguish and despair TIE ia;ss' accounts sFs
isr,y lives 70 re SCI. vh:ce ass est AZ many dead
BODIES ire shore A. hsve eesn recognized 7ut che
sa there remain 5-s CT whom ia wares have yet rez
isred 10 ACCOUNT
One SAD ale hss rs, besn tod Ia; congresses
It were into single point Al lie agony OF ne ~aoie
scene snd Briggs re ircdsa asa-e- ho1as &c TIE hear;
,hsn many columns Of rae-e details NJ. Z. Il On
SEScEAx AZ ex;eas.vs lace5soksr resided II tais Cir;
VIII rs vie Tounz Iaay whou re hsd Eas.-ed here
about year g1d half since and Al infant enid His
business had called h; . :he East aaG e wrs;e 70 rs
wife OF wednesday sayag that e Intended 70 &c 81
horne on F-idsy s: fa-aes; and might possibly return
Il tine Tor TasaksEv1s dinner on THURSDAY lie id
not come. and the auxis:y OF The young wife was a;
length converted TO terrible certainty 5 tie sia news
mat ne had embarked or TIE Atlantic and was Anoas
the dead. SUI kird OF unnatural hope ied the wife
hea- Until yesterday WIEN !e:e. CANE % say INA; TIE
body OF her husband had found snd buried a; Nor
vca she became for time entirely insane but ne
cruel consciousness returned plunge her from mad
ness 10 anguish and TIE very ieso!aloa OF despair!
Scarcely aware OF wha, she did and apparently forget
ing even Der child she eff last e7enins TO 90 %
h;r-:o tear rim, from ire esrth sad bring him with
aer Alas tue pad object OF sch tender solcitnde Is
no more anything but frozen dus-osresses and tears
cannot warm !: back TO life It i %; sn icy n1namen;
which Death has carved 20 mock her love
The Boston advertiser OF yesterday morning says
The Norwich train which arrived here Saturday
night brought the bodies o; Mess-s Orlando Pitts and
Charles French Of ;is city, sHd Aicnae4 Dougnery OF
Portland. TIE latter Immediately carried 20 Fort
land.
Tho train which arrived yesterday brought the bodies
q. Miss Mary Jordan. Or. ! n Weston aud NJ \ ?.
Mi " A Munroe, the conductor Of the train tor
this city! saved and returned TO TINS cry Yesterday
He 5 confident thst passengers VINO rex ts clty IN
the Long Island OF Wednesday morning went on
board TIE Atlantic.
- Mr GOULD Of Adams Express did good
service at the wreck OF Ire Atlantic BY ms presence Of
mind ard msnly perseverance. Hsvins saved himself
by lsapns into the SUIT and quietly taking advantage Of
the rerurus7e which carried him safely &c the rocks
ne obtained plank. and standing in the sui water
der the lee Of the rock pushed h= plank to within eight
or ten feet OF the boat thus receiving snd Fescuns
after another eighteen OF twenty persons. All this
while the noble fellow stood wsis;deep II the water
and Piled his plank uu; the last chance OF doing good
with 1t was gone. How proud OF hs species does man
become when he hesrs such accounts CT tue true nc
bility Of human nature
The Mr. CUNNINGHAM, whose death on The
Atlantic we have noticed above native OF the West
ndie= the son OF gentleman OF very great wealth
For some reason misunderstanding had existed oe-
tween hin and his family aud ne had been for some
tine voluntary exile froui the patcrnsi root few
days ago however letter from hi: father had been
ceived which offered oblivion the past and besoucht
his son 10 return home to attend the declining steps Of
t,,.. y al
But such sunny hopes could brbs the dark and IL
sstate sea.
LIFE-PREsLxvgRs-We have seen statements
N the papers that the Life PreseryeTs On board
the Atlantic proved worthless beusyins the trust re
posed in them Ins exsc;.y contrary 70 the truth.
Inc Atlantic was supplied with eighty Lie Preserving
Mattresses manufactured by II Il Day, each Mattress
hsyin; enclosed IN fifteen cylinders OF India Rubber
each calculated Life Preserveri N case oineed
To these Life-Preservers nearly every one who was
saved ewes his life What more could be asked 1!
ay one expects Life Preserver warrant the safety
lot hi. orsins when he : whelned II the wreck OF a
,eau5oa, and hurled against ragged rocks BY
deus surf spprehend he mus; Wait till II Is invented
Blu, that such as have OF great utility in the late
disaster saving many valuable lives there can be no
question.
SAILS fOh - kANbtAl>---. - tIAtIlI E4shtS II tl
sensible suggestion based upon wreck AZ
lanuc-namely, that every steamboat navigating the
sound OF the Lakes cosstins the Ocean, should be
provided NTH Mast and Sail, for in OF di.as
ter Thus provided. the Atlantic could hsys been
brought safely uo port the bursting OF he.
pipe for wsn OF such resource she drf;ed unmanage
ably al the mercy OF the elements We trust this sug-
sest:on will be needed. Il we not Tsiniorined.
every British steamboat navigating wide is pro
vided with Sails.
Nh NASpERLYS AND THE RoTUSDA-ls NJ
VandeE!yn An American Such was the question which
asked the other evening, while we seated
before his picture Of Columbus The fact tina, this gen.
esn hss resided for several years pas, in Europe may
indeed have led some people TO suppose tia, he was
foreigner; but happy 10 know that he is
no, only az American. but OF this State. He
was born in Kingston Ulster Co and MS parents were
signal sufferers in the Revolutionary war at the time
Kingston laid in ashes 5y TIE British. And il IS not
generally known We suppose that NJ. vanderlyn was
the protector sEd builder OF the Ro,unds in Chambers
St, which : now occupied by the New.York Gallery Il
bull; by aim ISIS where his pictures Of Ca!us
Marils and Ansi-ie and number OF superb panors-
mas were exhibited oT several years succession he
assisted by friends Il erecting thi. building 5u:
&c hSd :he misfortune 20 involve himself pecuGsr
difficulty which rendered him .n.ovea: and broke Up
his interesting exhibition This building after having
been subsequently used .oF variety Of purposes BY the
City Cooperation ha. ultimately become repository Of
AZ, once more Tor which purpose i originally de
signed rs chei Aabilon IL building il, however was
TO derive FROM permanent; exhibition sufficient u
come 70 .uppor, h that be Ish, devote as whole
the higher department OF his A-t-thas OF
historical painting Having been closely attended by
misfortune during many Of tie bes; yeA-. Of rs lie Al
rs e@orts 70 retrieve re institution have been uaaya.!
ng and aro informed ny CT lis trends TIA; as
entire loss ~ Ike Rounds may ~ esnis:ed a: Sl0oo
NoN when remember hess facts and s-so ;as AZ
Aa eminent position o: NJ. vE-aeryn a-ts;. il
doe seem TO ;ha ire people q lis Cry SID State
day bound &c extend 70 hr The patronage waich
se deserves Ar opportunity ~ understand IS nov
offered net oaiy &c. doing hi uscc, 5Gt also :cs GU
cisens - bers, themselves u substantial ws- DO
hAs Ayowed as willingness Pazt tie portraits Of ~
te=is. Taose who have rs hesis OF AA-ca Sa--
De VII: C1nsc= sd Andrew Jackson, need aot y oli
ia: he = s7es: master II :his department OF
ia; Q: Historical pAia1a-. Those weo aar- ye;
sc Is Cot-r--s s.or. s.- srAii --s:-lsev-s Of re