The true Democrat., 1854-11-01

lar position, and all those who were in it, witl the exception of three persons, fell into tn, waves. At such a moment the misfortunat, could not be remedied. They sought to righ the boat, but it was not possible to hoist it. I was general sauce qui peut. Passengers anc crew jumped indiscriminately into the boat which was again filled in a few seconds Messrs Dupasseur, c. T. Mitchell w. A Young w. Gilbert, F. D. Mayer, Wm. Gibons E. M. Fuss J. Bogart, J. Hennessy, J. McHath George Dobbs, and Dulaquas, servant of M De Grammont, were in it.
 The Duke de Grammont tried to iump in. but fell into the sea, and would immediately have perished save through the devotion of his servant, who drew him on board the steamer oy an almost superhuman effort. Dulaquois himself slid down rope, inviting his master to follow his example. But the boat was al. ready at some distance, and Dulaquois came down so fast that he fell breathless into the boat. M. de Grammont had not courage to initiate him, and so let the precious moment pass which separated safety from destruction He remained on board the steamer. The young Duke, M Guynet, and the Brown fami- ! Ay perceived on the poop at the moment when the boat passed behind the steamer There were twenty-five in the boat, and the least move. ment threatened destruction. By good luck on reaching the larboard side, we fell in with the boat of MT. Baalham, who frightened us bv taking six persons into his boat. He offered to assume the care of our common safety. Some few moments afterwards the Arctic seemed abandoned to the mercy of the waves. and hay ing already twelve feet of water in her hold was out of sight.
 Before following the fate of these two boats let us say word of those which we have de. slgnated as Nos. 5 and 6, and which remained on board.
 Mo- had been drawn from its orioinal nlace in the middle of the deck as far aft as nossihle M. Dupasseur and his companions could see them endeavoring to launch it. in order to as- slst Tn the construction of raft This was the boat that somewhat later saved the Sd. Lieut.. Doran, MT. Burns, and thirty-two of the crew. rescued at sea by the Huron.
 The narrations of Messs. Dorian and Burns have told us that boat No. 6 was taken posses. slon of by the engineers It is the third of which we have still to receive intelligence.
 As for the raft, we know definitely. that.
 
 one man.
 It was only two hours and half after noon when Mir. Dupasseur lost sight of the Arctic.
 The remainder of Mir. Dupasseur's narrative IS devoted to an account of the occurrences to their party from the time they left the wreck of the Arctic to the time of their arrival at St. Johns They suffered greatly from cold, wet. fatigue and hunger. MT. Dupasseur concludes hat ho the Arctic, and saw neither her nor any of her boats after the collision. He also says that no frenchmen from New Orleans were saved: some Frenchmen from New York are supposed to be in boat No. 2
 There are many other statements in the pa- pers but we find nothing in them differing mate rially from the recitals already published.
 HE ARCTIC AND HER BoATs-The New York Herald comments in severe terms upon the conduct of the firemen and sailors on board the steamer Arctic and has the following:
 Nor must censure be confined to the seamen. How does 1t happen that the Arctic went to sea with four hundred souls on board, while her six boats could not contain half the number? Mir. G. Il. Burns states that the boat in which he was saved, and which contained some twen- y les of those on board were bruised by the close contact with each other Even if we allow that each of the six boats could carry thirty dred and eighty, while the Arctic contained four hundred and one persons.
 Again, how IS it that whenever shipwreck takes place, we hear that the tackles of the boats have given way, and they have proved to1J +b +4l,a
 sequence of the unusual weight then placed in the boats; but what are they put there for, if it IS not to sustain this very unusual weight? It every sea-going vessel, their capacity and tack les, were inspected by some public officer ap- pointed for the purpose
 Finally, some thought must be bestowed on this practice of running at full speed through dense fog; practice steadily pursued by all the ocean steamers. That it must increase the chances of collisions everybody must see; but no one openly objects to it. Every year one or more vessels are run down off the Banks, and their crews lost. Only few years ago the Charles Bartlett was run over by the Europa and one hundred and forty-two persons were drowned The Arctic has now been run down. What is to be done? Shall the steamers be compelled to slacken speed in fog? Who will consent to wait three more days for news? But, at all events, some means might be taken to warn vessels of the approach of these steam ers-the steam whistle might be kept going in- cessantly. Anything to prevent such disasters as that of the Arctic.
 Statement of Capt. Luce
 The Arctic sailed from Liverpool on We'd nesday the 2Oth of September at II A. M, with 233 passengers and about l5O of crew N NOthino of Snecial note occurred durinn the