New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-27

core Of "Hn who doeth al thing we'll and took nv
Plsce on wh was now our only retreat the hurhe ne
deck, and calmly waited the result The boz. no lay
at angle &C about % degrees the water covering the
hurricane deck come distance sbst the chimnsys Oar
situation at this time surely pensus the sstre ne
IL was, perhaps three o'clock the uncertainty OF The
propeller clniDP 10 our rescue; 80 OF us crowded
together IN small space the hurricane deck; n.
shrieks of the drowning each side OF ps with
cssioDsl cry OF" God save Us " or G pdhsve marcy
AN sinking msdes scene OF terrible interest one
you cannot imagine, DOR describe. Scores OF unf5r
tunate beings were per.shinR. and could hello.
laid my " life preservsr" down a moment aud
one seized it, - that should have bad 70 trust
tirey 10 what could have picked from the bat
Where stood were husbands with their wives, 90
OF whom bad liale cllntpg 70 them, Awaiting tas
dreadful moment when they should sink into tseir
vstery graves IN each others embrace. Some
earnestly engaged In prayer, oth'rs frantcsly jimp-
Ing from the deck iuto the water One gentle n.a
yrs calling for bis two sisters, who probably perhhsd IN
their state room weeping bitterly for their los Ole
family watched with deep interest the husband had
two life preseIyors; while securing one OF them ound
his wife seized the other he then lash ID ro
cneirf together, and let his vile Into the vusr-she
taking the lille babe, and himself uue Prank he
called bim-s fine chld, about t~o years oii-.od
guoed them distance from the boit which
About ihh time It was noticed that ths propeller
nearing though very slowly ADD 1t ~ss thou sht ~
many ths, the boat did settle rapidly hrs.
and we began to hope that tie propeller would reach
temsn who bad left us with his little family swan back
a. succeeded IN placing them once more Oh the
deck After another half hours anxiety. the prop 4lier
had received all OF us that survived We had much
difficulty In preventing general rush TO the sids Of toe
propeller but oaly succeeded In preserving tol raols
good order. Ny self In company with some half fozen
Others the sst 10 leave the wreck port on of
her stern still out Of when we left her. which
after day light Al near We can asc 'rtatn
rom count had on board the propeller fro $50
10 60 are all that are saved Of the whole numbe, that
tool passage on the Atlantic. There 10 not DOUBT In
the mind, Of any the passenger that fall 300 souls
persisted and there Ia not doubt but that great blanc
those Who bad charge of the Atlantic. fear
full responsibility rests somow here and know OF n,ne
whom appropriately rests, than ttoss Who
controlled her movements. II was admitted by tas Off
GERS OF both boats, thsthey saw escn other Tue pro-
tele, il 10 known reversed Der engine, and At this
critical moment the course Of the Atlantic was very
shabby altered, which produced the collision. An
other Thing bad there been one 10 direct the
dreadful emergency the loss OF tfe would have
materially esseDed There could not have bean much
less than 500 sous boArd-fuli fifteen miles from
lspowith not solitary lamp In the whole ran 20 OF
her csbips-ths boat sinking In fifteen fsfhoms OF
ter-b Il surprbiog thai the loss Of fife Sc grast
More than ihreeIourths Of sl The eigrsnts oJsrd
persisted between decks-snd many Of the cabin pas
sepgers peiihed because they could 6nd hsir way
out Both Of the gentlemen who occupied the state.
room with me- lsboring under great excite nsnt.
snd think both per,hed In the cabin after left
IT, The confusion there was indescrbabe. The
teman no mourns the loss OF his two sisters, might
have saved tbem could hs have found their s,te room
which the darkness prevented. II ysu can mako ily-
am epdesvorDg to write, amid constant Inquire.
specting the calamity, by my fellow passengers. De
troi Is now In sight and mus, close my letter.
Yours, ever, w.o.