The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-26
From our Regular New York Correspondent.
NEW YoRK, Oct. IA, l85

@ New YORK, Octs IA, 1854.
The gloom which fell upon our city like a
visible shadow when the loss Of the Arctic
was announced, has not yet disappeared 1t
is true that the arrival at St. Johns, N. f.,
of the propeller Vesta, with thirty-one of the
steamers crew and the intelligence that the
second mates boat and another containing to-
gether forty.fve persons, reached Cape Race
in safety, have lessencd the supposed aggre-
gate of victims; but nearly all the rescued
arc employees of the ship, who like base das-
tards deserted their duty in the hour of peril.
The repose Of theft safety creates very little
interest in the public mind III
The entire number of lives known to he saw
ed thus far is one hundred and eight and the
three boats not yet heard from are estimated
to have contained from seventy-fve to one
hundred souls. One of these missing crafts
was manned by Mr.. YOuilie, the first mate,
the boatswain, and four hands, who were sent
by Capt. Luce, to look after the propeller, and
could not afterwards be taken on board the
Arctic. The other two were fIst-class life
boats, which might be made to hold forty or
fifty persons each. Mr.. Burns, the Agent of
Adams & Co., states positively that one of
them was heavily filled with ladies', only four
men being on board of her when she pushed
off from the wreck. He thinks this boat had
oars. How the other life-boat was occupied,
none of the survivors who have been heard
from, seem to know.
1t is matter of doubt whether the family
of Mr.. Collins were tilted into the sea by the
breaking of a boats tackle, or not. They may
have been among the ladies in the life-boat |;
yet it is quite as probable that the first account
was true. There is not, fear, any good ground
for believing them safe.
The fearful lesson taught by this catastro-
phe will not be lost upon the owners of our
ocean steamers. The important fact connect
cd with this disaster cannot fail to make an
indelible impression upon all "who go down
to the sea in ships" The Arctic was racing
through blind fog at the rate of thirteen
knots an hour, when the Vcsta struck her ;
she had no fog-bell ringing; and with four
hundred souls on board, she had not boats for
two hundred. Possibly the six boats might
have sustained two hundred and fifty persons
afioat in still water, but they could not have
been rowed and steered properly with more
than ono hundred and fifty OH board. OF this
| am positive, as know the size of the craft.
There should be a fog bell continually ringing
in fog, and the speed checked, to prevent ac-
cidents of this kind. There are rumors about
town this morning that Mr.Colins has become
insane. This find, on enquiry, to be untrue.
lie is, however, laboring under great prostra-
ton of body and mind.
Confusion worse COMPOUNDED reigts in the
political camp here. For the Mayoralty there
Z" are six RiChmonds in the field" viz: Au-
gastus Schell, hard shell democrat Fernando
Wood, both shell democrat; John j. Hcrrick,
whig; James w. Barker, KNOWN othing
John NJ. Genin, independent; Wilson G. Hunt,
reform. For most of the Charter Offices there
arc from three to five candidates, and who will
come right side up out of the chaos. Elipus
himself could not guess. The oldest and
sbrewdest campaigners are at fault; as we'll
they may be- after the late astounding news in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. ...
The verdict in the ease of Dr. GRAHAM seems
to give universal satisfaction. His counsel
have given notice of a bill of exceptions, but
if wise they will not move for a new trial. -
Another jury might be less lcnient The max
imum of punishment under the verdict is seven
years Imprisonment, and the general opinion
seems to be that he should be sentenced for
the full term. JAEGER, found guilty of mar
slaughter in the third degree, has beeA con-
demned to the state prison for three years. -
His offence was the stabbing to death of man
named MORAN during drunken quarrel. Yes
terday another fatal Rife case was concluded
in the Court Of Oyer and Terminer. The pris-
oner, Charles Graham was found guilty in the
same degree as jaeger, and received the same
sentence. 1t would seem, however, a spirit
which is rife among the rowdes of this city,
has not been checked by the late examples. -
A deliberate homicide was committed in
Broofne Street last night by an unknown man
who leaped upon tho platform of Harlem car,
and knocked the brakeman off The unfortu-
nate man whose name was Rickert died fifteen
minutes afterwards in consequence of the inju-
ries he received by the fall. A rowdy who had
been engaged in dispute with Rickerts on
Wednesday last is suspected to be the guilty
party, but he has not yet been arrested.
Some Of the small banks in this city are
shaking in the wind. The Knickerbocker
Lufford, Eighth Avenue and Bank of the I'm