Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-10-03

The Wrecked Steamer.

On the sth of this morth the steamship
Central Amc, ica, with a full crew, 525
California passengers, and 81 600 900 in
specie, on fre !ht, besides what the pas
sengcrs must have had with them,) quilted
the port of Havana. Next day a hurricane
arose. Fiercely it ragged until the 18th
nobly the ship and the g liant crew battled
with the tempest. Human efforts avai ed
not. On the 18th, when the tempest was
most fierce, the vessel foundered. Cut Of
all the human beings on board, only sixty
were saved.
That same hurricane caught other yes
sells, and did them more or less injury
Among these was the steamer NOItok,
from this part for Norioli: and Richmond
Late on Sunday nigh, she was wrecked
she went to pi ces early on Monday morn
ing - but crew and passengers os"aped -
The last man to leave ;ho sinking ship was
the commander, Captain j. Il. EeMy, who
was nobly seconded by lis officers and
crew. But for their coolness, courage and
galantry, the sad tr gedy Of the Arctic
might have been repeated. As it was, the
greater portion Of those on bo'rd were
picked up by the steamships Joseph Wht
uey and CHic nHta, the commanders crew
and passengers Of which treated them witt
surprising humanity, kindness and care
I he HoIJolk, Philadelphia vessel, is ut
terly lost
The Cc,ltrGk Amcricd, Oh which life ant
treasure have been such groa. sacriice
was heavily insured, with her freight wortl
81 900, 600. hi. is not the place t.
discuss the mere worldly question of dol
lars and cents. But we may say, en- pas
Sant, that this large amount of specie wa
locked for, with anxious expectation, b.
the monetary interest in New York-t
I relieve the pressure on the money marke
The insurance Of the gold was chiefly effect
ed iu England,
All considerations of this sort, howeve
: sink into the dust, in ison with th
= solemn and impressive thoughts which tn
e mournfu catastrophe aust rec into ii
o minds of even the least reflective. Fc
many years there has not been such tr;
$ gedy at sea as this. The only parable
n within our memory, is that of the Amph
d trite, lost off the co st of France, over .
d years ago, with about eight hundred co
vcts on oard, who persisted in a suddC
- squall, the greater p'rt of them bell
hand-cuffcd and linked two and two wi
ietters, and unable, til reforc, to mike a.
, effor. to ave themselves.
The number Of persons who have pc
ished, as far as is yet known, in the cent?
ID Anltrlc0, has Teen estimated as follow
= Passengers, 525; officers and crew, 10
total on board, 626 Out of this, it is sa
k that ninety.fve were saved. As man
II therefore, as FIVE hundred and thirty o
= of our fellow creatures have been lost.
Il In the flush OF lile-of hOpe--of exp
9, tation, many of these have persisted. W
he can measure the amount of pain which t
loss will strike into many an anxious a
nd nd loving heart, all over this vast territory
Who shall coolly calculate the deep sorrc
lis the wild and bitter griels--the deaf
10 disappointments the baffled expectati
u" the heart-rouding bereavements
' rent affections-the absorbing desolat
$500 which this sad intelligence must bring i
many loving BOSOM Not we' The C
y temptation makes us shudder-and
one pcrvading thought in our mind 81
the pews reached Us has been an lmpora