The New York herald., 1849-05-30

vi cnak IL had Deen deposted In the skilul hands OF
ou iends Messrs Glaze ana hadciihe for the purpose
OF being converted into ring and esr-rngs-the first
OF which Was completed, and the rest as yet in the
lump The ring 10 massive circle Of the virgin ore Of
Dngnt yellow color entirely nnadulterated and the
mSa is faid TO be almost as mseaole and soft as lead
IT certainly is pure and genuine specimen of the
ucie but whether 10 worth going so far to get-even
"a isIge quanuties-ma question which Will admit OF
aorps.
Inc genteman VINO brought back this trophy. evil
aenty dd not think It worth his while to 60 into the
dggings for We understand that he has no intention
MINT 70. .CAr,roRs,.-The Falcon. for Cbavrss car.
ried the Rev n p Tracy of Nassachusetts bearer OF
to TO th; s. Sa" N Mr.
established under the auspiees of enpitali,t mt Hav
denville, Mass.
FrsHxrLL May %, 1s4s
Alta O'Clock on MondsH the ury met ,ro form. and
then adjourned till o'clock when the following Wit
nesses were examined =
SENrcA DyLAyrRcnr-Was at tho vheel of tho En-,
pre tho night in question; resides at Troy his pro-
general station; he was that night at the Wheel nj the
after rim larboard side; Mr. Smith, the pilot was
there, and Henry Wiltse; is not sure there any
body else at the wheel since the time she left New
York; went down to his supper when they got Pier
mont, abreast Of West Point the bells runs
the boat slowed in coming away Q number Of vessels
she did not foul Of any Of them; when first saw
those vessels they off about i've lengths Of the
sails set; thinks the Empire three quarters Of
hour coming from Wcst Point to Newburg, for she
was not going 80 fast 81 usual that night 1t
times dark with flying clouds and sometimes 1t light
ebed up; it Mr.. Smith first the steamboat he
FIRST spoke and witness looked and her to be about
length and half of the steamboat away; she was
heading southwest rather to the west than the
south; she was pretty close hauled to the wind the
reason why witness did not see her before was that it
not his duty to sok out; his business turn
the wheel and help to steer the boat; Mr. Smith sent
him. when the vessel struck, to see IL there any
ed down the boiler and from that to the main
deck went down the forward cabin stairs just after
sts haooed TO tne to get out as soon
they could Tor ne thought the boat was sinking,
tnongh ne did not say so when witness went up the
pnot was s,snong AZ shc wheei, mouse aoor ana had
rang the peu 70 go shead ne said ne would put her
hnn .1no,e therei stteTa minute ana nan he ssked
she was gong anead; tney ssid yes and then
the pilot rent dewn when he found there
was 70 ~ ucn "seI IN the cabin that ne could
20 IONS. tbs n..nrs a. r @ ssn Snty "Issle
s ~ a.; :e ~ss .eiy e"rx III tno wneei
, ~ . @ as @ ~ ~ . p.ssInsea, sners; Iney
e hcSor" hS Il ~ th rerd ;y S ~ o., M.ns
Suc Ss nm ~ me se. % ent =, .ne s..er lni witness
aiu u ~. 'Sc .ne sas oS' ohiy .ne masts OF Inc
sonUonoi, n1 nnKeu "nion ""y 'uo s'esmpoae was
coming, anu peiore an ahwer was maze, the Dell rang
W so~, s.oP anu osch her, l. was NOT avery darK
over anu theh IL wouio get pright AGAIN. tnere were
eiouus aA over W .e "cstw1ro ana east
Saro as soon as Nr snitn saw tne schooner ne gave
MN Tue oroe, 70 hea'e oveI 70 tne west, lest tne
scnooner snouiu put ABOUT. .he steamer hao kept on
ner course wi.hott towne OF sheerng cannot under
take 10 say what would De the result atter witness
came ths second tim', Nr smitn told them TO ring
the alarm bell: witness did ring IT. and SO did the
s pio.i aio no tht e ri 'n ting ~. out ne
couiu nave oone 80 "ithout wl.hess SEEING mm RUG
% 40. soou. M ."H I Mnues M spd WIEN ne saw sne was
gong oown ne iookea OUT % iGr n,mse 'ne secona plot
eengers ne looked OUT Ior hlmseiI renained on the
aeck an tne tme ~ was darker when the coliislon
Is hand four years in steamboat; is not acquainted
WIN the faihng OF schooner dd not near the alarm
have been runs without his hearing it. for the steam
was blowing on and there was haiiooing and other
noise the oe was oeIore witness rang it the
Empire runs about 10 miles an heur; 1t depends on
the de; can go io OF IL agains1 the tde: tney put
on steam Wen she VIII go iaster-thst rs the hremen
work hard ut the fires her speed will be the greater
when the tide is food they generally run 10 miles
hour that nght hey dd not go so last Tor was the
last OF the tde captain Iupper was AT ana orward
ana everywhere; Just the moment atter Mr. Smitn
rang the pe 10 SLOW stop ana pacK tne steam was iet
on the reason why ne 1id not tell tne passengers the
boat was sinking as weli as ne told them TO get up
was, tnat ne couio not te snem everyuning AZ once
anu ne Nsheu 70 get pack soon as ne was III
danger too and he should look out for himself besides
ne Sant.a 10 ge. Incx 10 MI nm.m 10 ooey us
thlhks ,hc steam poA. he~uway "as nv IuiSe SUP
ped at the time the schooner the steamer
Woulo nave run uo" .ne ~ ene nau keP. On
Her course witnos. Vi ~ tnas
conciusion rom lne way .ne steaooe' was ns saahg on
To her the second tms ne went DOWN ne tod the pas
sepgers on tne oeck thS ooa1 was inc
po, naeu w. s !. s;, i .e .ne Pi-
ot o'u NO. ~ ous u ~ III ane Tue .ne tle
=, ,oh .iie w. eno lieu W ,ei ma" osoh was
tiee vi iour wns Prooaray eiEhe or zen MI
pues lIom .ne w so sSh " .ne ne ~ uoor'
ana tSs not were ON hoard H. entire time psn
ans 'e ploe we,e oh ooei" 'ne 'ime siter
'nc .a.. eonslcr, T 70 give ,a oraefs' ,. ..,
,t,P., aP @ ~. a. -..n ~ p 4. a., .o. s..sS "
JON. stock not or ~ ot ha %
unuer any su1eda sS,a aaw, ' 10 t IL - ~ ns uuI
@ no. @s sn T., ". s;dnt s a hnsrd ~ a;ractors pnd on
sna ~ i ~ No. ~ peensrov managea Inv vo drectors
,h - ~ r. The to- and Tho othsr an
tho ysrt of tbe New Yorf directors when these two
agree they call in the agent the board oons,s
Of i've directors MIR Cannon Of Trov: Mr. Drew OF
N,w yorh. and his hyo her r II Tunner The aas,nt.
half of this boat is wned bv the Peomes Line. Mr.
PANEL Drew renress MT the OF the Peopes Lima
Isr. aats h;s ordor, from, IVA at tb .antai ~ tha
boat gives The engineer nstrnctjons aa 10 the snesd
sso ,n storuv ss,ber ha ,,ses b; own nJcmspt ~
oojno IN and IL no cannot tho cantain don,t