The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-10-28
SATURDAY.. October ~.
GREAT DISASTER.
Tho New York and New Orleans stess--
ship Atlanta Lost--Forty-seven Persons
sur posed 20 be Drowned.

SuEposfu 10 DC broWutu
Captain Pierce, Of the bark w. Y. Anderson, ar
rived At this port Yesterday morning from Noble.
lie reports oct. 1Tth lat. 30 :, Ion. ~ So he felt
In with portion Of the wreck Of tho steamship
Atlanta, which sailed from Nov Orleans for this cit
on Oc' 'ober Ith, from which he took Wilhelm New
man, August Keltner, fireman; Wilhelm Brumsr.
seaman Thomp Hollins, cook, and David DlsSle'.
Passenger, and brought them 10 this port.
Capt. Pierce, In . statement made In regard 10 tbs
melancholy affair. says On Tuesday. the lTth inst.
Of daylight he discovered at some eight miles dls-
tsnt from the haiks ro.tiou, piece OF vreck hsv.
Ing white handt crehlei hyins for dsnal and q,
which testei tour persons; he Immediately lower
ed boat and proceeded to the wreck and escued n.
above mentioned perons Amer sosrchins for othe'
traces Of the vessel without success he made sail to
his destination.
one of the survivor, Of the wreck states that tbs
Ausnts, which WAS conmsnied by Capt Williams,
sailed from New Orleans On the Jth inst, havinEcr
board 1900 bales of cotton, Of B5 men, and Il
p,s,cufeIs, smong whom were the following person.
en'nos psssS NJ. - ~ Mot p,epSeI ypsion ~ OF te %
,on Cha, y. Smith, II. NJ en- and LADY, II II. Aaony
T. c. G TS sSS Co ' Rho%. ss' ,s
regiment On Thursday, tho ~ inst. rtih breeze
,uUed throughout he nisht. On Friday the ve,,e,
sprung leak, and the pumps we're set TO work, snt
Dun, Danns Iif FRIDAY nish,, however, the water tsp,
steadily gaining on them. and on ssturds'
and has Nv he pump. Of the steam nseossr
to ke " them At Sors All hopes sore then given ~
me vs ,ne ero.d.s nc .4o"na the ssp.
aud bceeeohed him 10 save them, hut Of course ne
anu With tho engine, sores. the ve.sel could no.
get sieerase way, and che fell on into the rousn ~
and sweeping The decks In thl. extremity boss
wer. io"eied, all q which wee immedalely INN swsnmn
/ fir with Me
which was no tooner d9ne thhn the yesse, bIosc oie
snd s aaa pehed ~ ~ 10 poion Of ths wreet
on which they femaiued from saturday 20 Iuesdsv'
the water washing over them the whole OF the ZINE.
| When rescued hy the Anderson their limbs we're
much ~ eled and tt.ienod Nv oSposlre and s.ni,
having had nothing TO eet or drink WINE on 'he
wreck.
1he Atlanta vas new vessel Of one thousand tons
burthen, propeller, aud built at Mystic, Conn
IN 1861 She ranked as an A No 1" vessel Of her
| ol,N, aud was copper and Iron fas'ened. she vs..
troeinly surveyed IN September last she had tores
S'I. M Was insuI cd fcr s9GOsL Ia New York oitv
Go .pan.os, -hch VIII lo,e the entire sipoun.. &
/ ~ b,d Teen employed In he Tni.ed Sta,ts our.
! tcimrstsi's teIVlo, ana hnd only recently bers pn
on The sew or''Ss ne eF ea.2 so%Rf'iSa % o1. ~ 81
candles, nnd some Hstofted merchandise
! A Passenger steamship Ashoro-No Lives
| Lost.
HalVar, y. S., OcL 20 lho steamship Circ".iin.
| Cuyondy, from B,emcn for New York. with on
passengers aud $50 'on, Of sisht 10 sshore at Rockv
BAY, near ArichaL Cape Breton. The vessel lave m
a,Andy beach She had sprung sosk, and the
Csptain was ohired 10 run her ashore to save her.
The water /, up to her crate bars. Tie passenger.
md cargo were saved. The American Consul hes
h.d arranged through Mosrs. Cunaid, TO have tho
prlta, nov m the passage from 81 Johns 10 eydne7,
roreed IN. IN cdlnteir to render asslrtsrce. At thN
request Of the Consul A.riral liop- WV sl,o