The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-21

weh.ve already been i,Sonns1 by tehgrsphc des
patch of hs loss % vss 90 ca Inc % ~ t.
ilth inst, the following particulars OF tnss '''' -
The steamer suItaux, Bcand for Loasvlls put "a st
thu landing Thursda uight, sstwe@ hir3 ana Iory
ofthe survifuy passengers from as wreck OF sne
shove Fort Aans on Thursaay aftuosn the 9th inst,
about three O'clock and alrss mued'asAy ''s''Ais'
Those Of the passengers ttsa asr ed herr wrsc veU
generally in si,e q great de,ttutioi may o. s.sm
,vrcsAmity. Fsm .OnveIaai, with several Of them
w. gather the fol swing partiouiasa-r
left New Orleans cnTuesday ev,s,e the Tth INST, for
Cscnnst She hads lHrge frehht On boars and great
mornings .hs took man additA M sinumber The pas
sengef5 state her to have been vesy Aeayy senover-
caded, iir their opr f1n-so muda 80 that the water
could easily come up ,D her guar y The number on
board proba bly, ted Do about d vco hundrea nearly
hundred Of whom cabin pas Nngrrs They fur
ther state THAT the Av Hvd been 'ss'yins All day 70
keen the Su.rs ,,me of h, officers freely Of
e' ng to pet that they would beat ne A''er o0''
Tie brrsw,s about 30 hund cd yards from the
IuisiaIn shorr when sne struck the snag. me iors
p RI appeared mmedatsly~ t0 separat from .he 'nu
po tionths chimneys zofIg overboai a. ana tie s'en
rapidly fesfshg. As the sserlssted be cabin carcen
ed rolling ,erboard l-ee number wi 70 hnd BatheIoa
II, on IL for s,,ty The ,nknu was a. most instanta-
neous of the I'll at It was hard
y two rhstes and ssefs shat more ina iour
or FIVE mini ala nsed a.. ths utmost Sefore all
over and the entire sight except the top
ofthc upper 1gnin wlmcr congre gated most OF
the assenVe-sthnt were .aysd Many W re, however,
afterwards scr~d from tas vwass. The wind at the
time was very high, and TIA rolled with quite
heavy swell.
The steame- Suftana whl,h wns immeiN atey behind,
came aongsis in the cc,l-se oa twenty nnutes and
succeeded in rfscnng thos ckrgny to TIN wreck, and
also several fo nd Aoatnscina ths river. steamer
whose name have not sarneA lying tied TO the
shore the of dfcaster; her ste n however,
was not up yswlput ant from her and succeeded IN
rescuing severslfrom the river. The ones were
most kindly tire sssd on board Of this bos ma also on
board the Suits,
Of thirty tive hands belsyga,x To- the they say
only fifteen bo.esyai o ne nof inform
ants says that ca the passenger DO mt twenty
I'VE were ladies, VI whom he estts at lee st ten were
drowned and At in az presabisit the loss of life
among the cabin uNssengersSaMsenae TO til irtyHye
forty The capt,sn se-sr "A clerk and frat
mate, saveiS the secsna nASs and pilots
drowned. The drowaeAi getting the lfcboat
n overheard Of fourteen board SelOngng to
passenger only one, a child od ave mont hs old
saved But few - the passsnge,s saved the R baggage
what saved cut out Of h state from tho
upper deck Az evid saea~x how sudde n was this
hOrid catastrophs of tho emen state, that
the Avery struck hew slssp some sugar heads
behind the engine and laauu ped down he kound him
self up to his waist in watars.
The sultana had on board r badly l70 to ITO of
tue surSSors-aI 0ng thsmdas second clerk, who pro-
ceeded up the rserthe eaeiA and first clech remain
ing the wreck
The lberality Of the Gsscas Society In Natches was
weH tested yester aSas5S neyoent association haxng
undertaken to reseye trarri immediate necessities ls
members received tina heanr thanks Of those whom they
thus aided.
The dark catalogue elh s,ers Of the winter Of 1853
ana o4 appears % ancresae in gloom and extent the
spring opens We doubt VI ather ever before 40 u,uy
horrible accidente, inSosth great loss OF life have
been crowded into sofems ansecntiya months