The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-25
The News.

Our telegraphic columns are fraught with the
most melancholy interest. The steamship United
States has arrived at New Orleans, with two weeks
later advices from California, the synopsis Of which
confirms the report Of the loss Of the steamer indie
pendence, and, in addition, makes the lamentable
announcement that fully one hundred and forty Of
her passengers are numbered with the dead. The
]. ran ashore on the 10th of February, on Marga-
letta Island, Lower California where she took fire
and was entirely consumed. There were five hun
Sred passengers on board at the time, nearly all of
whom jumped overheard, and heroically braved the
dashing surf and strong tide to gain the shore.
Those who succeeded in reaching the land were
afterwards obliged to stand mere helpless spectators
and listeners to the vain struggles and heartrending
supplications and dying shrieks Of the less fortu-
nate Of their companions men, women
and children-who were eithe Iperishng on board
the blazing vessel being swept out to sea by the
irresistible force of the current. OF the immense
number who were thus hurried into another sphere,
the telegraph only furnishes the names Of seventeen
Of the many from the Eastern States-among
them twelve New Workers. In the absence of a
complete list of the dead we have deemed it proper
to repubish the following names Of those who are
Known to have been on board the Inflated steamer
Mr. r Hatch, il sparhaw, s Kimball NJ Barker, f
Bulfum, Mrs Bloomfield Mrs NJ Ayres, Drown Mrs
MRS etfy Mrs Sa, Mrs D~s
" IDgles Henry Wheeler. Charles Cullen, JOS
Greenland, Gee Lapeer, Day, Cook, Jr Corey
Smith VIM II McCandiess II c linn, WeddeI, Miss A
wsdSe James Talon Mo srswinSop c,%erSn
scoSsid. siehmond, 's Hardy John stone
B CIoss, G Mayin, 7 GsttrelI, Mss Iaskeny,
rs cfss ah r Lam numb Blocks ass H cohn
Strauss, Smith, b Ward; Jas Lewis, II Mosher,
Aosher. II Greenfield, ball, Mrs Hall, + Hall.
J 7 Rowland, sc Rowland, Rowland. Howe,
Il Chauncey, Charles Bellows, c D Granniss, ellis,
Ward. Pen L Nolan, Doyle, Reynolds, Vim
Van Saun, Pruden Morris. Dexter, lessen
den, Hardman, G Johnson, Halstead, J Halstead,
j d Nelson " G Stokes. James Caldwell ) Vaughn,
Potter, II Earnhart, Byars, Robbins, Abbott,
c Bean, L Stevenson, Gilmore G Bowen, + Gil,
Cross, R Taylor. Theme Mrs F sullivan H Mott, "
Garrett Williams, JeiIers, " Moulton, Richard
SON, W Lincoln, Lincoln Lincoln, Chase; a
pF.is, W Hatch, J Mast,rman, Sorton, Scott, Lc
sutton W Bisnal o,Neal, Richardson, " Borden
Ovens Bsdsn Whitley rasy R RrD, T Rsysr
Green westoff, Weatherington, Weatherington 6
Perkins, Myers, Peek Baxter, Taylor, Nichols,
cock, How land, J Light, ligh,, Hale Hale, A
Parker, Carter, Brown, W Tyler, J willoughby,
Bishop, Drake, Mrs WEIGH Mary A Murphy,
MURPHY Murphy. ) childs, AberIe r Reinbolt, A
Fisher Fget Baker, " Orr, Cro.ts, W Iebaister,
L Gray, Argsll Stephens, NJ Wilson, Arnott z
II Douglas Il Newell. W Newell, Kittridge, II Nit
timore II Roberts, Citing, W Fl Finch, Smith, G
i1sSisy, Baum weaser' Thomas Robinson, wife and
three children, OF st Louis; John Watson and family,
do, Clement W Coct and family, do, and Mr. Taylor, and
family, do.
In addition to the foregoing. there were two hun
.dred and seventy-three steerage passengers. The
independence il will be recollected, had on board
those who sailed from this city in the steamship
Northern Light for San Juan, on the 10th OF
January. We have hitherto stated that the indie
pendence was never considered an A. l steamer.
Prior to leaving this city for the Pacific coast she
was said to have been leaky some occasions; and
in letter dated at Acapulco, where she coaled ON
ihe 10th Of February Mr. Robinson, of St. Louis de.
scrbed her as being very old, but vainly consoled
himself for the inferority Of the vessel, with
the remark that there was not breeze stir
ing, and that there were only four persons sick
on board Indeed it is asserted by that she is
The same steamer Independence that piled between
this city and Amboy, number Of years ago. 50 far
as we have been able to ascertain there was no in
urance upon her in Wall street, and she was pro-
baby uninsured anywhere. A despatch from Balt
mere states that great many Marylanders were on
board and the confirmation Of her loss had created
intense excitement there. -Four families from ST.
Louis were also on board.
The general news from California Is possessed of
great interest. We learn that the city of Marysvc
has again been submerged and that extensive loss
OF property has been the consequence. Cold ap-
pears to be as abundant as ever. The steamer which
sailed from San Francisco the 1st instant had
board nearly two and quarter millions Of the
precious article, of which eight hundred thousand
dollars were shipped by one house. and five hundred
md thirty thousand by another. Owing to the ar
nal of large number Of vessels, freghted with