Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-05-22
TO THE EDJJOP
THE Loss OF TIE NEW IlAy. c
S. b. A:ERr Shin

geo. ". CIarke, Esq: vi
DEAR SlR-lla,lng read and o..
statements IN "c,alion to the Inf, =,
the SIramLoal New Ilump,n.,r ~ u
are IN part crroncpus, and o,hrrsrg. T.
J"ro TIA" professional character n
ar" amcIcss, tic wrlcr is iudurcl -,
10 q" JoNlcr, ,.smd by rcquc,, Of Sim. =, ~
srIE"Is, 10 give l.r fp.owInr. nntss,
own "h>'rV"lIonsana lhosr Of ,ryer' n
were On board. On her upvn,d ~, L
WrI' ans. very heavily ,adcn. the boaI, Sc
Iinr b,utt, N the carl, poIt Of III, N
Oh INST, IN c"l>cqu, Of lL, t,,J.
took in wood. Al moun.r!se She u
way. and nj j \. VI. ucAl duy.l,dI. "
about 3 hours, and was uLo., 80 b,
LiilIc R"ck.-ILr PI,.s nrc &c
changed wulch-u few minutes nj, n
boat "lo"h Il sheer and ran amo,o, Il
on the right bank ul the river tour I'm 2
rhdc"voin "rIo maaIg to eA,rcaic l. J
p'r'oua situation, lh' rNp.us.un took
'iT.clr were nw w'uI. ,nrl,ag Off br
freight, lAc sUc.u, Lu.. and iorrr,r, r
and hurricane G,cE. toy, ,lAcr wub -. A
tunalr sug> wuD.n Il, range; the L,r {
iUralcd III several places; Tic hurrr.,,,.
cd; tie whole CABIN rc,rd and c,,.I.
wou d IaI 10 p.crr~ about our U,al.. ,..
passengers wtn c,llieuy cA.neord Il.
ir'm lhcT lIILs. The Lu.. sunk ,,,..i
ilom the cabin an. lurlD4 keel upra,,r
thnn three minutes, lc. LU j, ogcrc -
pcss cugrrs had thrown /. ru.sc.,r, r.,. !
children iuio INC wu!rr or I.mprJ n,,,
aslrln;a few cIDrg Iu, ,Lc harf,pc !
were IuECtd aIoul olc-aud la,l mil.
| he wLu,r uum',I ,r.i,-rG ro HIM
Disastrous and Dep ut...o as the ,n,,
were, Il seems rs i uu special P.aiJ.,
chosen the precise t.I.r. at which,, "a,
calamity cou.I u.,4rw wau the .cas .o,,
1t was day.brruk. most Of the pa,,.,,,
lying awake, having u,,a aroused b, 9op
by the yuNu,n ~ ruuu.1g 10 and f,orn
rIcuuc deck. wa'ru"g l.. po,iloD = ,
among the sungs. aid rnc sicru Of ,l.l
near shore. Han nu hlr earlier tho q
mrght htNr CAUSED .h,. a,a,l Ul Lrovr,, ,
VINO were cnrbDri bN art-ug.. TO .c- Ia,
hon an! "ipp, mean, o.. .>.apr. H,r
later would have fDa. ..r maize a,,.,c
s"mDLcI Us u-urI argI.I the soc.,. i
and what their fax. wo..I Aa,c her
Judged from The tas. ,.a. the ou., be.
stove afterwards So o., v., found On ar
100 yards from a." y.:'. 90 reach w.. n
must nave been Pn..... ever trees . ,el
or through Il thick lor.;. Beds 20. ,e
heavy Gry-goods blown cuI ol y3laud
part of carnage bn.y wrrc .oiss. h
most branches Of trc., q .a. shore. Te
bank Was s.rrwn wiki ~ar.- 4fc1iaa Laas,
Is, and every description Of uay-au.,s "a
10 gclLcr III chaotic cunlu- on aa1 .Aa
Imc. The books. papers. and o,a ,1e
the clerks Office and Captains ruz IT:
tered in al. direction, ia tic vu.. ID,
chcs! # the Loul wus found >Aoue au,
about 100 Yards fem >I,1r,tLl uu..,,
$4,000 in gu.d. vLIch Iaal,.ulscor..,-,
OF the irons mcr. bnu, au. twisted, .-.r,
broken IN pI' ccs; !c" &c. ll,m..a4
The body Of the glf.,o no. ..,.l.# .-
T. Ai.,u-wtlh not q .m ,..
brui,c pcrcrrtlu.c, the alI!a'r and ltllss,
5IIIrg Tie calm Irs' Il ,.P-- Ac-r --l
iurgc mass Of ,ron WLnu ... lu -ri
botcr. Doubtless, tie ~ Z. n,-srfgus
borne h,m in his s.,.n f. &, ..c .a.a va
weary are ut rest
There wcIC srNcra| Il-'., : cs-ra
mlrucu,,u>.-Mr. krI.u... .. .u.o.....
wheel "a few minutes lrEr .r. WAS s2-
t.r bo..,r.rch. III froa. q n ur e Of ga
lee itt>uucthng si4L.,..a &, agaiaG 2
'uua a.m>c.l Ia the IArl w..u lrs iaa =
Gc boat, iurLrd aud ,w.u. .,. orc,uga,
hurt than sight scia,cu. u.. l.., face 4
keeper awuh,uug iu"m r ."uuIL~s:
waters cc-c On shore. w.la - !,cls
cd; his state room was h.Dwu 10 oalon&
least remarkable clrcuu ,.auce ags-
tr"YngcNon is that lwIlA one c1cePa@
"cr-nut injured hy tie ,Nro>lOn, pres
hrIcnt p,csrncr Of mu % save laena
females md children. IN ,... oA.rcmcys
nlIow cd them. II Is brI",,a Ia. OK !
sengrr. cripple (nnmo uahnownl ona'
tho Hot Springs. wns drowned, and Is
was seen Immediately or,rrl lar rNg.os'o1'
no more. Much crcI,!> oar TO The OH
ccpt the iraLchman) and scNc-n, ot lAe p
for their cNcrlIoIs IN suNIug hN;s ala
Capt. A lien was the last man od Tie T'c
nearly frnmuc ntshe consequences Of
dent, ana the loss Of his brother, 10 Sbr
tcndcrIy attached. Amoug all lIevcta
dreadful calamity, none Wi. be more
GREETED than Robt. l., Cupp.us. - CIefl
handsome. talented ana amIaDc, fuI.
and of promise. HIS las! couyersalIO
even ing previous was about lis home al
-Pcrchanco wmIc dreaming Ot them,
took lis flight The boat Is Total los
wholly or IN part at Cincinnati or Pi.!s2
cargo will Ec Il ioial loss, Nu! IS alnos
covered by insurance. except the 60
freight. Most Of tho passengers saved
gngr; one trunk containing 500 BEL
MIR. Roth had not been recovered. NJ
GIL lost S5l5 in gold, blown out Of The q
The steamboat llulchcc Planter NTuH
wreck about 3 7. NJ. of same day and
10 Little Rock those Of the crew and
who desired to leave, and The Arkansa'
lcrwards brought portion. 10 eesl
commanders and officers Of these 00as
sengers feel under Obligations. Inc