Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-05-23

5 Gamer Empire on ,be Hudson. from which
we lake the following from lnc Journal OF
Commerce .--
Iarperrs ,ha, The boat lrd New York 81
ten minutes p1g o'clock che oregon
having l,h atGl aud kept about hall a mule
5scfn of the hucr all the way up. The
R,n Van Wnkle was behind the Empire.
Al about 40 O'Clock OF between that and
hal. r1st,o. Toe Empire was nearly abfeo"
NsNburrh. Whr1 large schooner was
seen bearing down upon item; Capt lup-
rer supposed ,hc Schooner would bear up,
aad The captain OF Tho schooner doubtless
.ipp5,ei lhr steamer would DO the same 49,
4 scream, uss heard Oh deck, aud The next
inran, the schooner stove N tho bow. The
boat commenced filling instantly, and IN I'VE
minutes her forward deck was under water.
In about ten minutes more she sank so ms
to leave only the upper pat Of her state
rooms visible
he passengers numbered, according 10
tho best estimates. about Two hundred aud
G.ty
The gentlemen below spung on, Of lhclr
bcuh.. bul lhc water WIS alfcldy IN the
cabin. Unusual Consideration preval'oi,
auI every means was used 10 preserve life.
Abon, seventy or eighty Of the passen.
GERS rot ON board The schooner, which was
ioalel with lumber Others. u was lmpOs
uble to say how many, among them three
iaj.s were seen To- Spung overheard and
lumber was thrown TO them from the schr
Loud shuehs continued to De heard at New.
burch nearly milo distant AMI boats were
despatched 20 the wreck The RIP Van
Wrinkle now came aIongsd", between the
schooner and the Empire, and took OIL large
OF the passengers. Others were
taken from the schooner add picked up IN
the rlvcr by h>hermc1's boats, and convey
ed To- Ncwburgh
Probably within twenty minutes Of the
collision the " hole was over, oud the boat
had gone down with number Of her al.
Duunnle passengers.
In the confusion OF he night, md in con
sequence OF the scattering Of the passengers,
j, was impossible To- mike ont list Of the
saved. and compIrc il with the whole nun
Der 90 board Mr. Wooster, one Of tho Of
dcou % the Emp.r., made a lisl OF al who
were on the RIP Van Wrinkle ana thai
will probably be- published Mt Albany.
I, is rtpoucd that about 20 were los, in
all.
We say a, NrNborgh gentleman VIZ
Noys Ltdd, Of S'ouing,on Conn, who was
with q company Of fourteen gong to HI
uois, CONSISTING Of himself his vile, his
mother three children, four bro,bers, and
one sister. Mrs. GAllop Mss pela Avery,
and Mis-. T. illbelh Miller OF these, the
iour brothers (boys,D Mrs GlIlop and
Miss Avery were missing lie hopes they
are on the RIP Van Wnklc, or saved IN
some other way
\ fWuiy OF cm'gmns, John. Carson and
Nilc, I.nb,Ill Carson Jlnrue Mccullough.
Ma McNlurfy Mnrgrct Duncan, all miss
ing cNcep, John Carson. The body Of Is
bella Carson is found.
The passengers oso1ped with very liule
and some with no cl0bmg whltevor cx,
ccpl their night clothes All the baggage
aDi freight went down with the boat. one
gentleman ofour acquaintance escaped with
his ll'Ic boy wrapped in a blanket but 9th
erwrc destitute Of clothes
R,yN s Pine y u .ory,fs,on G.,
and his l,Iy uc,o on ;, al al ,.a.ti
l.,..t.. l '''' """ I"'u
" ',.' '.''"'' were 1ohNeieI 10
'De shor' Wy thcrmAn ooo'.
lnIn'Ii1lelY alter The bonl went down. 50
'ha lhc state room dcck was on the surface
Of tho water. hi, d.ri, .,vy,. scu,,I,.l ,,I,,,o
I,ii.s ,,l.,, nm, o.,,.,, ,...t.,i.',' 80. Wv
'I..rnl.I. ,',.T ,'.' ','' '''' nv. S'''" u".
W. ,'..-I'''' 'I'''l '%'''' e. NO Fo,ce at
'u"'"1S "''I' ou' 'hc could MT be found
AMI was lost
y coroucIa JGry "a, Ncwburgh are oc.
cnpieI la iuycs.iyating The Circumstance, n
his SAD disaster. ", are ha,r, r.. Ia.
h'r,oodl fL,t Gan, T.,.,., T
0'i' o' '"' EhI'r' behaved "rh The great
~ h'olne', and pm every attention that
''n'o DO os"e J. TO The passengers. The
cl Ifeos oi Nn"burgh were equally Kind. -
The passengers who reached tho sb,r.
n"nrlY naked, aud wet AMI cold wcr. warned
and clothed mud ror,J n, ,os,a,,,l,. a.
gentleman on tlo d.ck ,..l." gt. nv
-,'I -. y" 700 "',A TOOK Oh hIs shoes
.f' 10y ~ "' " 10 'hlclpDi