Litchfield enquirer., 1854-10-19
matters and Things in New York.
New YoRk, bod. l4th, lssA.

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 The gloom which fell upon our city like afvisibls shadow when the loss of the Arctic was announced. has not yet disappeared. It was true that the arri- val at St. Johns. N. F.. of the propeller Vesta with thirty.one of the steamers crew, and the intelligence that the sec> ond mateis boat and another eoneain- ing together forty five persons reached Cape Race in safety, have lessened the supposed aggregate of viCtimss but as nearly all the rescued are employees of the ship who. like base dastards deserI> ed their duty in the hour of peru the report of their safety creates very little interest in the public mind.
 The entire number of lives known to be saved thus far is l0S. and the three boats not yet heard from are estimated to have contained from seventy-fv to one hundred souls. One of these miss ing crafts wss manned by Mr. Souilie. the first mate. tle boatswain, and four hands. who were sent by Captain Luce to lock after the propeller, and could not afterwards be taken on board the Arctic. The other two wele first class life boats, which mi ght be made to hold forty or fifty persons each. Mr. Burns, the agent of Adams .& Co. states positively that one of them was nearly 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 4resrd from seem to know.
 It is matter of doubt whether the fa- mily of Mr. Collins were tilted into the sea by the breaking of 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 tue. There is not fear any good ground for believing they were saved.
 The fearful lesson taught by this ca> sastrophe will not be lost upon the own ets of our ocean steamers. The impor. tant fact connected with, this disaster cam not fail to make an indellible impression upon all "whogo down to the sea in ships" The Arctic was racing through a blind fog ut the rase of lhir cen knots an hour, when the Vesta struck her; she had no fog bell ringing; and vi 400 souls on board she had not boats for 200. Possibly the six boats might have sus> ,ained two hundred and fifty persons aAoat in still water, but they could not have been rowea aud steerej properly with more than one hundred and fifty on board. Of thus, I am positive, as I know the size of the craft. There should be fog-bell continually ringing in a fog and the speed checked so prevent accidents of this kind. There are rumors about town this morning that Mir. Collins has become insane. This, l find on inquiry to be untrue. He l. however, labor ing under great prosra,ion of body and mind Confusion worse confoundrd reigns in the political camp here. For the may> orally there "are six Richards in lhe field' viz: Augustus Scheli, hard shell demo. crat-Fernando Wood. 'tf shell demo. crat-JohaJ. Herrick. whig-Janses ". Bunker. know nnthing-John ~. Gen;n, independent-W Wilson c. Hunt. reform For most of the charter officers there are from three to five candidates, and who will come right side Rp out tire chaos Rodipus himself could not guess. The oldest and shrewdesl campaigne,s are at fault; as we'll they may be. after the late astounding news ill Pennsylvania. Ohio. and Indilna.
 The verdict in the case of Dr.. G,aham seems to give universal satisfaction. His counsel have given notice of bill Of ex, captions. but if wise. they will not move fer new t'i,l. Anoihe, jury might be less leni.nt. The maximum of pun ;sh- i ment under the verdict is seven years Imprisonment, and the general opinion seems to be that he should be sent, need for the full term. Jager, found guilty of manslaughtr in the third degree. has been condemned to the State Prison for th'ee yea's. His offence was the stab- ping to death of a man named Moran. during d'nnken quarrel. Yesterday an other fatal rift case was concluded in the Court Of Oyer and Te,miner. The pri> soner. Charles Graham. was found guilty in the s:me drgeee as Jagei--aEd re
 ceiveti the same sentence. It would seem however. tue sii'it which is fife among the rowdies cf this city, has not been | nhac E ad i,Na Af,., laaa .s.s... l..s laEl