New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-16

duty, and Careless Vi sno n'e' ena"ssoN W NE
care left the deck to spend bis time in the steer
,g.. for wba. purpose 1t is unnecessary to
state Wind and tide showed no especial
mercy to the ill-governed ship, and little before
ak. the captain from bis cabin heard the first
mate AK the watch forward what it vas thst
:. made it look so light there " Before the re-
plv came the Captain had stepped upon the deck,
and then, for the first time, the fatal cry OF
81 Breskersl" startled the numbering crowd be-
low. Inafe few moments the ship struck; and in
spte Of all that could them be done, she gradual
" began to settle into the sands. For the last
and very shortly the sea made clean sweep oser
her in every direction. The passengers, unac-
quainted with the language spoken by the ships
compsny, and coming chiefly from inland towns,
and consequently ignorant OF the dangers OF the
mighty deep, did not at first believe them'elVes
in any imminent danger. Some went on deck
however, and brought back to their fellows
q favorable report. With the exception OF
few, once more engaged at the pumps,
they remained below, but not long. Shortly
afterward, when the first fear was over, and the
people were sitting or lying quietly in their
berths, the water suddenly dashed through into
the cabin, and filled it up so rapidly, that many
were drowned before they could escape up the
marrow companion. way to the deck. Here
terrible scene awaited them. The sea was sweep.
ing over the stranded ship from every quarter;
the bulwarks, the forecastle, everything exposed
TO the fury of the waters, were rapidly carried
AWAY; and what was the crew doing to moderate
this dreadful work We can scarcely say; but
we 90 know that the captain, the mates, and the
greater portion Of the sailors, seized opportunl'
ties, understood by them alone, to escape TO the
shore; and at mid. day, not six hours after the
wreck, the chip had no longer commander, or a
sipge man on board who understood anything OF
what was being done on shore for the
assistance of the helpless passengers. Some
of the scenes that then took place are given
in our report, but many arc lost to US through
the violent deaths Of the actors We will not
dwell on them, however but come at once to the
dreadful result. On Tuesday morning, after
every living person had been removed from the
ship, only some l43 (including the crew. Of the
427 embarked at Bremen, were found to have
escaped Notwithstanding a loss Of 2Si lives.
The loss of the Arctic, if it appealed to our
sympathies more strongly than that of the New
Era, was not really of more significant import to
the public at large. At that time, we did not
think 20 soon to record another instance Of the
desertion of whole crew; but from what appear
to be the facts in this case, the New Era pas de-
serted by the captain, mates, and nearly all hands.
1t does not appear that they made the4east effort
to save the passengers safely ashore them
selves. They may be able to clear themselves
from the strong Suspicion Of cowardce and de-
sertion which is now so freely spoken Of them;
but until they do, we fear that the frightu homi-
eide, of which we give such painful. particulars,
" i'll be laid TO their charge