Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-04-12

We mentioned in Fridays T;bune the
loss of the ship Omega. from Liverpool I"
this port.-I'hc .Ncsr Brunsrickcr has COL
lcc.ed the melancholy particulars. which
arc--ihat the Omega sailed for this city
on the 10th of January. with 3i5 passen-
-crs-thai She had been left II, the mercy
OF the waves for 4 week. Oh the banks Of
New Foundland. having lost her fore-vard.
nainiopinast. ruddcr. and all her sails, in
"A storm, when the bark Aurora. bound for
st. John. y. II. took or half her passen-
gers. The aurora arrived at Halifax on
the ISL, inst. with - Of the unfortunate
passengers. having landed 81 nj conso,
while 80 had DIED OH board Of cold and
Hunger. During the last II DAYS, tho al
lowance of food was only Q, ounces Of
bread, and n wine glass Of water to c;,cl,
person. What an amount Of pain md
suffering must have been concentrated in
that bark! In returnin. from carryi,,. her
passengers 10 the Aurora. the Omega lost
her pinnacc, second mate and four hands
in a gale.
On the lith Of February the Omega
fell in with the brig Barbara. bound e.,
Cork, which had taken off all but 30 Of
her crew and passengers. when another
gale parted the vessel. and the Omega, her
Captain, first mate and 20 others are sup.
posed 10 have gone 10 the bottom tina,
night. On tic FL inst. says the New
inun'iland papers. Capt skinner of IL.
Hafbara came in sight Of land. b,. did
not know where he was-he was on, of
water and The wind blew strong from the
West. steamer hove in sight. steering
I" the eastward, and the captain hois,ed
signal of distress. The steamer. one Of
the Royal mail line, the IIibcrnia. bore
down aud inquired what was wanted.
Capt. Skinner stated he had nearly $50 Of
the Omega's passengers on board. many
OF them sick--that he had no water To
give them. and begged n supply. The
captain OF the steamer, waving his rum
pet toward the still distant shore. merely
answered. ''Ihcrc's the land,'' and Jump
ed of the paddie-bo x-iis vessel i,n,ncii.
ately bearing away OH her course This
conduct, if correctly reported, was harsh.
If not nhnan. Several Of the passengers
died next night
The ''arbara continued her voyage. cx-
pecting in "A few hours to reach st John,
but snow soon fell SO thickly as to prevent
the sight from penetrating more than
dozen yards. The vessel was encompass
ed by slob-ice. which. being pressed by
the wind toward the land, carried the ship
along with it. and when day broke she
was close to the rocks. She struck and
soon broke up.-Ihc masts having fallen
against the cliffs. the more active Of the
passengers and crew jumped from oT,hem
and the bowsprit upon the rocks, and those
who were fortunate enough 10 gain foot
ing. with great difficulty succeeded in
clanbcring up the PERCEPTIONS ascent The
affectonate father or husband in endea-
voring TO preserve a child or wife, might
have been seen 10 miss his footing and
fall, either nangled upon the rocks or
drowned in the sea-togefhcr with the be-
loved object whom he sought 70 save.
The great majority Of those on board.
persisted in their berfhs As the vessel filled
and broke up. Capt. Skinner, his mate
and steward. with female passenger and
her infant. took to the boat shortly AFTER
fire vessel struck: and it is believed they
wefe carried Off with The ice, for they have
no, since been heard of Only forty-thfec
persons were saved, and AFTER wandering
about for hours they found hunfsman, .
Mr. chafc, who told them they had been
wrecked near Petty Harbor. Newfound-
land. Aid was got-somc were conveyed
in slides. and some on the backs Of tho
kind Islanders. whose conduct was hu-
name and friendly to the utmost Of their
power. Mr.. Erie. the schoolmaster. Is
especially mentioned. and we honor his
! humanity Ail,heir Efforts, however. were
i Intellectual to save sbe lives Of four poor
/ fellows. who expired on the road from ex-
haussion Another Of the sufferers san
! into the woods, IN an apparently insane
state, and has not since been fonnd.
n Y Tkihseae.