The true Democrat., 1854-11-01
The Loss of the Arctic

lowing interesting and important news, botl foreign and domestic.
 The Loss of the Arctic.
 The papers are full of statements respecting the dreadful catastrophe. Thrty-fve of thu passengers and crew, who were brought from Halifax to Boston by the steamship Europa, ar rived at New York on the evening of the 18th The following is list of them
 Passeegers-W w. Gilbert, Henderson Moore, New York; T. c. Mitchell, South Car. olna; w. Gihon, w. A. Young, Wm J. Henni. sy, Ireland; M. de Maryen Mexico; M Du- paaseur, Havre; John w. Fuss, Belgium James McMath, George Dodds, England
 Ofcers.-Wm. Baalham, 2d officer; Mark Graham, 4th oficer John Bgnon, 1st assistant engineer; James Mercer steward; David Reed boatsman's master.
 Cyew.-Wm Hardwicke, head waiter; Hen. ry Nichol, baker; George w. Bailey, carpenter Serry Washington, scullion; servant Due De Patrick Agan, John Larkin, firemen; George Flemming, Erie Weeks, John Davis, John Humphrey, James Page, Henry Jones, Henry McGee, John Mack, Thomas Jacques, Jame, Allen, seamen.
 The Tribune learns that the propeller Vesta is small vessel and is owned by Messrs, Her. noux < Co.,, large shipping house doing busi- ness at Granville, a port on the coast of France This firm have been in the habit of sending the Vesta to the fisheries established at the fishing possessions of France on the banks of New Foundland. The propeller had made her trip to the fisheries, and was returning home with the crews of fishing vessels who had served out their time She had large number of these fishermen on board, returning to their homes and tireSides.
 The Tribune publishes an interesting narra- tive from the notes of M. Dupasseur. It is too long for our columns, but we give the most material portions. It is the clearest account of the disaster we have read:
 On Wednesday, the 27th of September, the Arctic was as near as could be ascertained, about forty-miles from Cape Race. Fhe weather was calm, the sea tranquil, but covered with light caps of foam. The ship was proceeding at full speed, eight bells (noon) were about to be struck. and the passengers in the cabin were preparing to place themselves at table for lunch; some of them were engaged in drawing the number of the miles that had been run by the steamer during the last twenty four hours-a kind of lottery which took place daily on board the steamer.
 All at once, shock was felt in the fore part of the vessel on the larboard side, then a second. then third. These blows were not sufficient ly violent to cause any serious apprehension. and some persons attributed them simply to a wave having struck us. Nevertheless they as cended to the deck, when they perceived, over the larboard bulwark, an iron vessel, without national colors; whose bow was completely broken off and which, half submerged, seemed to be about to be engulfed.
 n Capt. Luce caused boat to be launched. with which the second in command, Mr. Gourlav, and five sailors threw themselves, in order to % to the assistance of the stranger; at the same time the Arctic wheeled round to co-operate more actively in the rescue But scarcely had this man9uver been executed, ere the critical situation ot our own steamer was perceived, and the imperative necessity of looking after our own safety was forced upon us The un- known vessel had struck with its bow upon the front of the Arctic, little aft the cutwater on the starboard side causing an opening of eight feet wide by five high, in which part of her own bow still remained. Two other lesser openings were seen at intervals, approaching toward the paddle box, corresponding tA the second and the third shocks felt during the col hsion. Through these three openings the sea rushed into the interior of the vessel, which rendered all obstacles opposed to it powerless and all efforts fruitless. While they were mak- ing these useless efforts to arrest the inroad of the water and the passengers were working the pumps, they made for the land, with the hope of being able to keep the steamer ahoat suffi- ciently long to beach her by putting on all steam.
 In order not to lose single minute, they were obliged to renounce any idea of assisting the stranger, which meantime had disappeared and every one imagined had sunk; were also obliged to leave the boat and six men in her behind. At the moment that they turned second time, Tn order to take this new direction, boat was seen a little in advance of the pad dle-wheel, containing eight or ten men, who implored assistance in foreign tongue. Un- happily It was too late to stop our headway. Less than minute afterward the boat and all in her disappeared. It was reasonably suppos- ed that It belonged 10 the unknown vessel But the time had come when all were engaged in looking after their own safety. Scarcely had any one been at the pains of questioning one of the strangers who had managed to leap on board at the moment of the destruction of the boat. All that we learned from him was that the vessel was French.
 We experienced now the sad certainty, in spite of all our activity at the pumps, that the water was gaining on us with terrible rapidity, and would soon reach the furnaces. The thoughts of all turned toward those means of saving themselves which might afford a ray of hope.
 The Arctic had six boats suspended from the davits, two on the larboard and two on the starboard, fifth placed lengthwise along the middle of the deck, the sixth also on the deck, across the toward part of the deck.
 It is, above all, necessary to be precise about the use made and the fate of these boats For greater clearness, we shall designate them by numbers in the following order: Those on the larboard by Nos. and 2, and those on the starboard Nos. 3 and 4; Mo- 5 being that in the middle of the deck, No. 6 the one most forward.
 The boat No. l is that which was sent away at the moment of collision and which it has been seen we were obliged to abandon to its fate. It carried, as we have already said, the second in command and five men, of whom we have as yet had no intelligence.
 When it was proved that the steamer would inevitably go down, the captain ordered the boat No. 4 (starboard, near the paddle-box,) to be launched It received 27 or 28 persons, wo- men, children and DassengerS prOviSiOned with