Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-04-05

The i'll catod vessel was the bark f,orilian,
500 tons burden, Capt Il. ID. Whtnorc, mas
ter, from Antwerp, She was the property
OF Nh T.. d. IIuIburt Of New York, and
had been chartered by German company for
The conveyance Of emigrants to the United
Statcs. She was announced to sa ! from Ant
: wcrp on last Thursday week, but for some
reason she was delayed, and did not finally
take her departure from the coast until Tues
day last The NUM- or of emgrants taat had
come on board before her weighing anchor, Is
stated to have been from l76 TO o. They
comprised young respectable German labor RS
with their wives aud families and many grades
of mechanics. Amongst the number on board
were from fifty 10 sixty women, and between
% and 3Ochldrcn OF different ages. The
ship was worked by crcw of nearly 20, part
oru hom were Englshmon, a surgeon being
on boar to attend the emigranrs 1t WIS
late on Tuesday evening when the Flordan
nut TO sea- The weather was exceedingly
fine and the wind being fair all bid well for
pleasant run through the channel. The
course taken, after clearing the Flel ish
banks, 60 say tho surviving scamen,) was
westward for the Straits Of Dover. 1t con-
,inucd favorable weather up TO II O'Clock,
when the wind shifted round TO the 5. W.,
blowing very hard, with a fall of hail and
snow, and 50 heavy was the fall that 1t be-
came impossible to see the length Of tic YES
sci. They tackled hip and bore to the north
westward until clock Oh Wednc sday morn
ing, and then altered her course. Captain
Whmore had charge Of the watch up to
1 o'clock, when he went below; the CHEF
mate succeeded him in charge of the next
watch.
Daybroak brought fearful weather /; the
wind had sprung up tcrricaIIy, with great
= or fall Of snow, and heavy rolling sea on.
The ship kept on her course, the intention
being 10 make for the South Foreland Light,
running under recicd iorcsal, Iorc-topmast-
staysail, and tho main spencer. Although
the storm increased n fury almost every hour,
no alara was manifested for the safety OF the
ship until about three o'clock, when (accor-
ding to the statement of one of the scamcn
sayedJ TIC chief mate expressed some mis-
givings os TO tho course they were then pur
suing, and calling TO the second officer, re-
quested him 10 take charge oil the watch
while he went below to 4" look INTO his Coast
Pilot Directory Scarcely had he quilted
his post before the ship struck with terrific
force, so great, indcel, that her planks and
false keel Immediately rushed up along side,
TOO truly showing that she was lost. a scene
Of horror instantly presented itself OF deck.
The cmgrants FASTENED up in frantic dismay'
and tho sight that followed when they bcheld
the fate that awaited them to certainty, may
be readily conceived by the reader. Within
few minutes oflhc vessel striking, the sea
broke into her hull with much impetuosty
blowing up the hatchways, and sweeping
many of the poor creatures overheard, while
others were drowned in their bcrihs, being
unlbo to rise, from the effects of sea sick
ness. Capt Whilmorc pcrcciying the inevi
table de lruc,ion Of the ship, gave orders {,
his men TO launch the boats, which were car
led out with the greatest despatch, but they
were utterly insufficient for the purpose o
saving all on board for if, IN fact, they haC
ou,vcd the fury Of the raging smf they
were not capable Of containing even one thirc
of tho poor erigranis. The FIRST boa, brok,
adrlt s,e moment she was launched, and it il
said capsizcd dircc' " with two men who wcr,
in il. The moment the second boat was low
cred, the Captiin jumped i to il with Mrs
Whtmorc This wil') This lei to despcr
aio rush towards ha craft. Somc twenty OF
thirty creatures men and women, leapcc
from The quarter deck of the fiunlcrng shiI
into "a, boat. The result was, that it ais,
Instantly caps.zrd, and the whoI party were
lot.
There bsint now no possible means o
c.cauc l.1 for Dhos, on board, the crow tool
30 the rigpinI, 10 which They lashcd ihcmsckc
an upwards OF one hunlrol OF the cmigrant
sip,f.r.t.I on thr quarter deck Here the,