Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-03-16

The nail Which lef. san Francisco on ths
Is.h ult.. At noon. arrived in - Louis on Wed
uesdsy night. bringing four way bat not
through passengers.
On "clover's Division" The scarcity II fOot
vas such tha, many of the s.ssion keepers
were tLses,enirg 70 leave Two Of the EN-.
ployees oftbe company took the stage at fors
Chsdbourn ard ssme a. FAR as Til ton. The
weather during the jooru%y Was quite pleas
ant. aud no accident occurred duriug the trip.
The papers are barren % pe~s The only
item worthy Of republication is the following
from the Alta Of the 18Th:
Rrrrnx or rHs UrctE ssx-TrEEIrtc SroEx
PsorsKrr wokrs $40 900 THRo~s Ossk
noAap The steamer uncis Sam returned 10
port yesterday morning. a. o'clock. having
been driven back bv terrible storm. which
placed the vessel IN gre az danger, aud CON
telled the saeri 6cs of large amoant ofproP
ertv
The Uncle Sam left our harbor at seven o.
clock Yesterday morning IN the face ~ q
strong head wisd. which continued 10 incresss
4 IN strength till len o'clock ~ night. when II
has become 80 terrible. and the sea ran 80
high that il becan ne evident the steamer could
not live in :twrthont being relieved OF the
! large amount Of freight which encountered her
upper decks. and rendered her top heavy.
Accordingly orders we're given that all
hands should 60 10 work throwing overheard
everything on the upper decks, aud ss there
were SO men on board. busy scene vas pre-
! sent-d. though not all would work Some
were lis,less su1 indifferent: others were pray
ing some 50 esriug aad some said AZ w4s Of
10 use u do any thiRg-the vessel mEsi foan-
d,r-ihsir lives were not worth two cenisa
piece The sea wa. running mountains high.
and wave after wave broke oyer her 10 the
great peril Of all on deck. OF course, sll The
men Vet a. thes could be aud tht> IA
af rec. co,j'vlni. which driving through their
soaked garments made many :biok u The
colds.st weather they had al
There were about 40 io-s Of bsrely on the
upper deck. and hat VAS soon tossed over
, board Tie pack saddles aud apsr,,os for per
: han. 400 mules followed. Then went large
number of barrels Of PROVISIONS Then went
1900 sacks Of coal which was IN the foTscss,ie.
. aud weighed lo~n the bow Of the boat, 30
: that .he seAs srrpl ia aud threatened 10 put
4 on. the fires.
There we're 90 slules op The upper deck
but II would have required hive OF ~ neu In
J. each animal overheard, aud csse Of luroh,
r all these men would hAve bees IN danger II
4 gong over too. 80 only afsw--noi more tasn
half dax x.n--of The mules were throsp over
J. But noihing else was spared. spars. marine
4 tas kle-~even fhe valuable trCnks aud carpei
q bags Of the Of cers and Passengers were al
=, ,aorifesd. The value OF The property thrown
overheard is not known. but a. l. supposed by
u some pcrso. on board 10 amount. perhapt IL
$50 900 Tber. j. possibility tlasi sotn'
4 lives were lost ~ thr seas Which Tepesifd,
swept over the vessel.
Al half past eleven all the loose stuff on ths
u upper decks had been CLEARED on. aud the yes
/ sci moved essiei. aud at midnight che vino
I slackened. The captain thea turned th'
steamer about and made for port, where sa'
q arrived. thi. morning. a. already stated.
p Capt Huntington. Mate Henry j. johnson
q all the cres and engineers. Lieut.. James Il
=. Nerryman. Of ths revenue cutter W l. Marc
a guest: MIR. T,lghmAn also guest. Col Hon
J" msn. and his officers aud mo-t % his men he
ID ih.ved verv eailantly aud their coolness au'
"a industry. did much 10 save the vessel lrou
A. swamping The vessel herself spi her ma
chinery are We believe. uniulsIsd. The er
'e petition " IN necessarily be detained aNeek .
ly ten days, 10 supply the ls>s Of ihe article
i- thrown Overheard. bat We ps-sume hwila ia
=. again about the SOih instant. perhaps sooat
T. Since writing the abpve. we lear
De that there were no lives Loot although ~ u
4 con fusion 81 the Time 4 throwing the dec
ia load overheard. n ~as supposed that some
-, he IN "a We're carried of their feet aud oy,r "a
v lecward side OF h ship.
II The injury To the vessel - but trihing, a.
tie soon repaired An iniellixsn; genilein AZ al
:, WAS on board the vessel. si.ted - u thss n
strength and buoyancy Of the ship ~se the
10 only salvation. aud that hnd shs been w.al
% er craft u.th the saiae load. would inssIts y
l. have l0st them sll