The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-05-26
Loss of the steamer Empire.


Hudson, from which We use lie following
from the Jouruol Of CpIpmercei--
IL nppeHrs that tie hnni lrf New York ~
ten minutes nfrr o'clock, (ihe Oregon hnN-
I lug lrli ~ o. mud kept nb1ui nile nnd
! half HsIerI nf fliG lHllrr Hll lie way up Tie
| Rim Van Wmkle was lTliud HE Empre. 4
pb1m Ton nclork, ~ li-lWren lhsI HHd halt
Inri ten Iliu Empire WA nearly abreast Of
I NewhUrg, wliru lhTge rchoonrf WIS Ferii
bruIiug ,luwu upon ll,rnL Captain Topper
ruppused The srlooueT wnuld hear ul, hnd
/ ll,e rnIHhin ofIhe schooner duulilrss hil1iuH'
ed tie steamer would do the rHdie. scream
was heard on deck, md Tie next u"urul
/ The srhOnuer siOve IN tie bow, HE hon'
commenced filling insluSlly, ntil In i've uilll-
unrs her forward deck was under water ln
/ hltoHI leH Biuulss Hgre, flin fni.k ~ nm io
lrnyo only tie upper part III her slnle foonir
/ ypllc
llrr unsseprrrs numlrred, according Ia
I ihu l,gsl edimntey, aboul Two hundred aud
/ iGy
Tie gentlemen below sprAng out Of their
theriis bun tho wHicr WAS ulrrn,ly ~ the eHl,-
. H. Tie usual consIernnliou prevailed, and
every means WAS used 10 save the pnsseng-
erH.
| Abnu, seventy or eighty ofIhe passengers
/ got on hoard tie schooner, which WIS lund'
.
To shy how many, among them tlIreu Indies,
I were seen 10 spri0g overheard, and lun'lrr
/ wns thrown 10 Ihcm from tlr- schooner. Loud
i rhreks continued TO he hrnrd ~ Newburg,
nearly n mile distant mud boats were ilir-
patched to the wreck. The Rip Van WlLklu
now cnn,e aoHgsidc, beiwoeh the schooner
and the Empire, and nook oil large hnnlhrrH
of The pnsseugcrs Obcrs were TAKEN from
/ The tchOouer and picked up ~ tho r,rr 10y
= al Ia Ma INE
Probably within twenty minutes 81 tie
rolli-ion the whole WIS over and tie ,0nt
/ had gone dawn with number Other uniuil-
unule pRsseugerr.
Ia lIie confusion Of the night, md ~ Goa
sequence of she scattering Of tie pnssengerr
II VAS impossible TO mike out u LIT of ihe
saved. Scompntcit with the whole number on
board. Mr. Wooster, QUE of tie officers vi
nr the Empire, nlnde lisi Ol'ull who we're
on the Rlp Van Nnklr, nnd that will prob
ably hc pulllshrd a. hllhLy.
/ Il is reported lhU about 20 were lost IN
al,
We saw NJ Ncwhurg gentleman, Mr. Noy'
~ Lndd of Slon,uglon, Conn, Who WAS
with u company of fourteen gong 10 lllinols,
consisting of himself his wife, his mother,
three children. four hrolhrry, aud one sislrt,.
Mrs Gnnp, Mrs Della Avery, mud Miss'E.
ttilulcgli Miller or these, the four hrolicrr,
thoyF,y Mrs Galop aud Miss Avery, were
;nissuc. lie hopes they are on the RIP Van
MmElr or saved iu SOME other why.
A family uf rugranis, Juhn Carson and
,,il, Isabella Carson, Juncllr MrCulln0plr
Elm MrNWruN, marguerite DuurHu,all mis-
'-iug except John Cursor. Tie body of l-g-
I bella Carson - found.
The passengers osrnprd with very liilc
and sour with 40 clothing Whatever, except
,hcirrripht clothes. All the baggage md
trUrr-tr,- ',+.'tl aA,il-Mlll the boat, One gem
,lrn,nn of our acquaintance escaped With his
liulr hoy mapped IN n blanket, bat Other.
wise destitute ct clutbcs.
Rev \. :. rrlur. ID, D., of BnDlsron Spn,
and las lady, were cupboard, dfoHch,d
the schooner. aud thence were conveyed 10
lie shore by tshefnmO's bout,
Immediately nijcr the hont went down, 80
thnl the state. room deck WIS on the surface
ortho water, this deck was scullled aud Two
lndcs iakeu out from the ladies SALOON IN.
: ,iernrRih. nearly exhausted. Tie voice OF n
tI,lrd was hrSrd, hut she could not be found
aud was lost
: \ Curnner'r Jury nj Nowlurg nre 0ccu-
pied ~, investigating tie circumstances nt
this sad disaster We nre happy In he able
to ndd. TINT Capt. Topper and tie "tii ,crs of
: the Empire behaved wuli The greaIeu kind
nrss. aud pnid every attention hint could he
asked, to- the passengers. The citizens OF
NrWhurg were equally kind. The passru-
y gers who reached the shore nearly naked,
aud wet aud cnd were warmed aud clothed
aud cared for instantly. Que gentleman on
> the ,lock took OFT lis shoes aud gave thcm
to lady who was barefoot, While all united
in siminr attention.
= The Empire lies at Dunning's Point uorh
Of the MnlieRwnn creek,) on the Firhkill
shore, about qunrter of mile from land.
IL was thought that the baggage could les
!, got out IN the course of tile afternoon 10y
sc,iHIuG the hngGng- ro"m.
IL appears Ia us probable from the circum-
stances and the information obtained 10y con-
. Yersntion with large number ,tt t.assengsrs
TINT not many were lost in proportion To the
: number of passengers. but the dead mny
: never I've found, and il may I've impossible To
tell the exnct number who lnve persisted,
= until the rivers and sea give UP the deAdthnt
are in them.
D.. The latest edition of the n. Y. Express
+ thinks that the number of deaths has been
4 exaggerated in the previous published nc
= co,TTts. The Pic Mic Of yesterday Inns n tel.
: regraphic despatch from New York, dated
+. Saturday, 8 o'clock Pm.
e The steamer Inns drifed mp wiz, the tide
- Two additional bodies have been found I've
u tween decks, making the total number 9
~ The lower herths aud Gcnllemen's cabin nre
Y supposed to contain several new bodies, bu
e nothing certain is vet known. The steamer
:, St. Nicholas is alongside. portion OF It'
n baggage Inns been recovered, mud been pu
o on board the steamer John Mason, of Troy
: The curuA eF's Inquest has not yet conmenc
= ed iia sitting. The coroner Whiting the nrri
> val Of the hont from New York. The iru,
" numbers of the dead cannot be uscrrtuiner