The New York Herald Newspaper, October 13, 1854, Page 1

WHOLE NO 6623. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. at St. Johus, NW. F. the Life Boats. from the Wreck. and Crew of the Arctic. Injary te the Vesta Accounted For. RECAPITULATION OF THE SAVED, &e., &eo., &eo. ‘Henap of Wednesday and Thursday, “ter, a8 gleaned fiom various routces ‘The most impo:tant news reeviv *elograph fiom Halifax, as follows:— THE FRENCH STEAMER VESTA. Fiaurax, Ost. 12, 1854. We bave received Newfoundlacd dates to the 4th in ‘The French +crew steamer Verts arrived at St. Jol N.F., om tho S0tb ult.. with ber foremast and bo: ~Ghattered to picces—she being tRe vessel that came collicon with the ill fated Arctic, ‘which she picked up at the ting of the catastrophe sion. picked up by: passing ships. Vensels which were sect in search of the boats, re wreck. day, left here for Boston in the Kuropa. The regular communica‘ion bstwoen this port aud Now. that now received. should go down ro soon after the Arctic wouni have cou ‘un‘il she could make port.) ARCTIC’S CREW AND PAS3ENGER3. Boston, Oct. 12, 1854. -of tbe Arctic. . New York, on Wednesday morning } from the arctic:~- DORIAN. the abip were such as it is impovsiblo to surpasa. Dorian attributes the great loss of life that followed. <could scarcely find utterance for his words, of bis commander. with the unfortunate men, PATRICK TOBIN'’S STATEMENT. oe, THE WRECK OF THE ARCTIC, Arrival of the French Steamer Vesta THIRTY-ONE MORE OF THE ARCTIC'S CREW SAVED. Six Lady Passengers in One of * Further Personal Sketelies of the Passengers, Statements of Severa! Persons Saved Heartless Conduct of Some of the Officers A HOPE FOR THE COLLINS FAMILY. The Severe Damage to the sretie and Trifling SCENES AND INCIDENTS. In addition te the very fail acsounts published in the jive this mora- ing a veristy of information on *he subject of the disas- yosterday was by She had on board thirty one of the Arctic’s crew, The Vesta lost thirteen of hor passengers in the colli- Three of tho Arctic’s boats have not been heard of, but, being lifeboats, it is supposed they may have b:on turned on Tuesday, the Sa instant, without dutiog the slightest teace of them or sny portion of the All the passsngors and crew saved, as advised yester- foundland is onl once a fortnight. That period will, therefore, probably elapse before wo shail hear anythtog else from thatisland. It is probable howeve:, that the steamer Osprey, sont to convey the City of Philadephia’s passengers, end expected to lonve St. Johns about the 8th iust,, moy touch here on her return. vo Philadelphia, Uf 90, ber intelligence will be some four days Biter thea [By those unacquainted wit such matters, it mey ap- pear strange that a vessel liko the Vesta, of probatly not more than 500 or 600 tous, sh li escape, while the Aretio, of six times her siza, ax¢ roeconed bolonglag to & line of veesela hitherto considered the strongest afoat, Butitis next toa cer: tainty tha! bad the two vessols mot ia any way that it ‘was possible, except that which cansed tho calamity, out with but comparatively trifling damage IC tho Vesta bad struck the Arctis @von square smidships, the damage to tho lattor might Dav: been small. But the blow coming obliqacly, the tharp iron piow of the Vests mast have cut into the planking of tho Arctic iike a cbi-ot driven vortically into ‘8 piece of wood, and, tearing it from the timbers, pro duced immediately onc of the worst kind of leaks The Vesta, also, like most cf the iron s:camers, was probably built in water tight compartments, which kopt her adoat ‘RUMORED SAFETY OF FORTY MORE OF TIE A gentleman who left New York last eveving. and -who arrived here to-day, inform: us that there was a report at Fall River this morning, that s vessel loaded ~ with railroad izon badé srrived at Warren, R. 1, with forty persons, yieked up from onc of the missing boats [This is mere idle rumor. We learn by the return of the special messenger who was despatched to Warron to inquire as to the truth of the rumor relative to the arri- val ot that port of « large number of the Arctio’s passon- gers, that the report originated trom the ship Margarot (which arrived at Warren yesterdsy) heving spoken the pilotboat which bad puta pilot on board the ship Loba- non, which urrived with a portion o' the Arctic’s crew, at ‘We annex three additional statements of persons anrad ADDITIONAL STATEWENT BY FRANCIS Dorisn says that if the offic-rsand men had remsined by the ship, all or nearly all of the passengers would have been saved. They fied, an’ it was onl; until two hours after their desertion that the main yard was lowered to enable them toformaraft. He says that with the masts, spars, and the cuttiog off of the harricane deck, a raft could have been formed enpable of carry ing the whole of them. He further states, that ancog the passengers on board the arctic he never saw men more coojly conragrous, and thst their quiet resigna'ion and implicit confidence ia the cxptain and officers of One incident prrticu’arly attracted his attention, and ‘that was the fidetity exhibited by a young gontloman pamed Holland, of Washington. who was on board the Aretic for tho purpose of gaining instatruction in on- gineering He had beea deputed by the crptaia to firs the sigoal gun (when all others hai fled), aniamid tha melancholy wail he pursued his tuty, When all hop? had fed, «nd the vessel nearly level with the sea, Hol- land was seen busy athisgan Bie iast shot boomed \ -out as the arctic sank, sud he went dowa with her—persevering in the strict p»rformance of his duty. To the wholenale desertion of the officers and mea Captain Lues, he says, behaved nobly throughoat, ‘but towards the close his voice Icst ita power, and ho ‘The last he saw of him he was standing on the star. ~ poard padéle box, and when th» Arctic was engulphed -he looked long, but looked in vain, for the floating form When, finally, they left the abip, with thirty one fo one of Francis’ metalic liveyoats, it was necussary to use despotic means to keep every man in the hottom of tho boat to prevent an apset. In this crouching positioa they wore kept, with the water within six inches 0! the gunwale, for twenty-six houra and the majority, when rescued by the Huron, were una»le to walk. On board that ship they were treated with the greatest kindness, the captain end sailors sharing everything they had ‘We left Liverpoo! abéut 10 o’olock om the morning of the 20th Keptember, and had tolerably good wea'her until the 27th; all bad gone well, and we expected to reach New York on Saturday following. The 27th was -calm, and the sea as quist ase lake; bute very thick fog, such as is common on the Banks, rendered objects at wm@py distance invisible. There was the asual “look out”? dorwerd, aud the stgainos was golag at her cedicary | Bia beotder Dovhia eeut lute the inet Oost commen @4 {By Ms. Dorian; the Mace and ocon of the Aryeia, Me, —_. Thad just goue on the watch—st noon—whon the two vessris strvek, Tho shock to the arctic was ry sensibly felt by us. We telt noinmediste alarm. The doors of the fies wor opeved to reduce the steam, and Mr. Walker, one of tae engineers to whose wa ch I be- Topged, sont me promptly to the pumps. I kept the steem pumps going until they were unable to work. 1 wes going on deck when fr Walker ordore] me back. I went, ard threw in eome coal, but the water was now near the top furnaces, and all further effort was useless Mr. Walker persist @ io his duty, keeping ap stoam urtilthe water putoat our fies. Our onl. thoughts Dow were as to measures of escape. When T got oa deck oll was confusion ; passengers were working with despe- rate energy at the forward pumps. Frenchmen, Ger- maps and Fpglich were all calling in their diferent ian- gungee to the firemen to help thim, and ranning to and froon the deck, sometines rushing to tho pumgs, and Turhing away #gain when rolieved by ot! Sill the passengers seemed hop'fal of being saved. ‘The absence of Mr. Gonrley, first mato, wan e great loss He bad beennsnt, after the collision, to ascertain what damage had been cone to the Freoch propeller, anc when he returned be could not be taken on board, es we were making all speed for the land. I believe that if hs bad been on board to keap the sailors to their duty evd have rafts rigged, many more would have been faved. ‘Tho second mate, E¢ward Baslham, acted badly, in my opinion. He lowered ove of the quarter boats about $e» o’clock—the rhip did not go down until about four o’clock—and bimeeif and most of the sailors got fnto is, Teaw nothing of them aftor Tcamoon dck, Trirty te were saved ip our emali boat, and the second mate's boat might havo taken mors than double thet number, ‘The Coparture of Baatham and the sailors left Capt. Luce without experienced bands at rigging rafts, as the firemen know littleof what should be done. Mr. Pogere the chief ongiveer, seemed most active in his efforts to reduce the leaks and do all he cou'd under the circum: stencos, Ho staid by the ship uutil it was dangerous to stay lorgor, as his boat was in imminent risk of being swamped by persons jumpiag ov: rboard, or of beiog cur- ried down in the vortex made by the vessel sinking In the meantimo a raft was made of the foreyard and sparo epars, aad Inehed and launched. Seven'y #x persons— passengers, ccal passers, &c —got on the raft. beequently lost, except one picked uy by was struck on the starboard side, a ttle aft the bow, Three lar; wore made in the side— the e © two above. he thid mate, was most active, and staid by hip until she went down. The paseogors, with dos. pei energy, stuck to the pumps tothe last. They were working on them to the last moment. It was awful sight. I got to the third mate’s boat just a little before the final catastrophe. Whent I first attempted to leave, the captain cwght me, ond tore the sbirt off my back to prevent my going, exclaiming, “Let the pas engors go ia tho boat ” Ho also siczed a kind of avo, and attempted to prevent the fire: men reschirg tho boat; bat it wan every one for him. self, and uo more ationtion was paid to ho captaia than toany other man on board. Life was as sweot to us as to others. Cap‘sin Luce ecemed like 2 man whose ju*gment was paralyzed. He paced the deck as if there was no resort Dut to sink with his sbip. Eo could easily have saved Dimeel? had he sought bis owa safety. I saw him afew moments before the Arctic Cisappeared. tho went dora by the stern, and with uplified hands aad a picrcing yell, which I cannot describe, the crowd of human boiags oa deck shared her fate. ‘he raft hed not been cleared away when the ship went down, and cno of the apovs caught under tho wheelond 9 portion of tho raft was carried away. Ihave no doubt some who got om the raft were lost ia this way. Just bo.ore wo pushed off’ to avoid being carriod down with the ship, { saw a nambor of women in the cabin locked in och other’s arma, crying and oruib'ting the mort intenso signs of terror and distress. Thoy wore all ergu’phed. ‘the lamentations of tho French and Germazs wero mes! painfal, as I could easily distinguish their cries and ehou's. Alter the Arctio «Isappsared we saw a large number floatirg about, still alive, but we could savenone. Var little boat was filled to its utmost capacity. £0 wo had to leave thom to perish from the cold—the water is al ways cold on the Banks—and a prey to the Gshos. Tho ove man out of the seventy-six on the ra‘t at first, whom we picko2d up afterwards, said that all his com panions had perishod from the cold or the Gshes—ths raft tetpg but poorly constructed for their protectioa. Next morning, at six o'clock, our boat was pickol up by the bark Haron, bound for Qachec. We had parsod afoarful night, as tho sea got rough, and we had to use handspikes and bits of wood for oars, Our only food was a onbbage and some bits of turaip; and most of us hed fasted from tho provious moraing. Oa the Huron we wero as woll treated as we could expect. ‘We all regretiod much that ono fine young man bs. longing to the Arctic was not savel; bis name was Stuart Holland. His father is Fergeant.at-arms of one of the houses of Congress. He could not be iaduced to leave the ship: his post was at the gun, fring signals; ho kept fir'ng the gun ti! the vessel sunk; wo saw him in tho very act of firing aa tho voséel disappeared below the waters. los per, t Besides the hesst rending sight of so many woo-s: pressing faces, aod hands uplifted in wild despair, or in agonizing apyealto heavon, and tha awful ory which smote our cars in tho last moment, one other inoi¢ont sent thrill of dread through our hearts. Jastas the ‘water was closing over the szoko-pipa, thera roso up from the sea 2 sound Lke a hosvy groan, or ocean sigh; caused, doubtless, by the eteam and host in the boilor, but it was a sonnd never to be forgotten. Tmay mentiov, also, a3 an incident, that Tom Bron- nan hai an opportunity to be saved in the Chicf Engi- neer’s boat, buthe had charge of a» boy named McLaughlin, whom be woull not abandon Both were saved in ourbost. It ie saida gentleman throw a heavy purse of gold from the ship to the boy aftor he got into the boat. , Burns, the expressman, waa in Mr. Dorian’s boat when Treached it. Wheu we wore taten on board the Huron, Barns put his band in his pocket and puted out a hand- ful of gold, saying to us to be in good spints, as he had plenty to proviae for us all when we got to Quebec, even if the American Consul did not look to us. We thonght hima fine fellow, and gave him all the {aformation in our power about the namesof the crow, &e , aniwhom we supposed safe and whom lest, Ho wrote ali catefully down. STATEMENT OF MR. JAME3 CARNEGAN. Tho Arctic left Liverpool on the 20th of September ‘The ehip proceeded at the rate of thirteen miles an hour for seven days. On the 27th, about mid day, eight bolls havng just been st-uck, the woather being very thick at tho time, the vorcel esme into colli- sion with a veaso} stccring northeas'. The arctic was first struck within two foet of the stern quarter, and the second time near the guards. The vessel which came in collision with the Arctic was then aft the starboard rige. Capt. Luce instantly commandod the Arctic to ‘be backed, which she did for ten minutes; the prop: lier then come off the sterboard side round to the larboard she then steered off and was lost ontirely out of sight; at this time a boat came round from the pro- peller on the Arctic’s larboard side; the b-at comiag un- der the wheel was struck by it, and every soul on board the boat perishod, except a Frenchman, wio climbed up on the Arctic’s sides—he was drowaed, how ever, when the Arctic finally sank. After the ship struck, Mr. Gourlay, the first cflicer, was sent in @ boat with three ssilors to ascertain whst de- mage the steamship hed gustained; after a while Mr. Gourlay polled again towards the shio; but the Captain trying to make Cape Rage, and going at the rate of fiftesn miles an hour, Captain Lues motioned bim to keep off, and he and his boat were soon los: sight of. The water now wasbed in rapidly from the starboard side, and both the upper and lower rows of fires were totally extinguished. The engiaeors had left the engine room an hour before, bat the firemen bravely remained at their post, doing the utmost toward saving the ship, thong standing up to their waists in water. Mr, Car- negan all along had worked at the pumps and the con- straction of a raft till withia ten minutes of leaving the yoesel. Seeing thet all the boats but one hed loft, he determined now to look afer bie own eafoty, eat with _———— eee MORNING EDITION—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1854. (states, did not do their beet townrd saving the vessel, leaving it teo early, The writers, however, exhibited & goed de.1 of energy. working continually at the pumps, with the aid ef afew ol the passengers’ Fira minutes efter leaving the vessel the Arcii: weatdowa Me. C. stood all the thne oa the guards of the boas, soviag the Veaol go down, ‘The people om board the Arctic did not Seem to be aware how close they wore standing on the Coors to eternity, and no cries or yolls wero heard. Ten mioutes after the the beat pullet te the place where the ill fated vos sel had gone down; nothing, however, was eacoun tered but the bodics of several !adies, with !1f preservers on; among them that of ono of the colored et»wardssi7s, Being without oars, they picked upa spac which thoy festered to the boat, and rode thus in a rough sea (tl 10 o'clock the next morning Mr, C suggested then to cnt wome pircts of wood on board the buat into our blades, snd thus try to reach the shore =The spar mentioned was also cut into two pute, and this gave them four tweeps; they pulled then for the shore fur two hours, & vessel now heaving in sighi, they chsoged their course and pulled towards ber, they reached her about six o’cleck P.M, on the 28th, having been fourto*m hours out. She proved to be the bark Huroa, Ceptain Walxec, of St. Ancrews, bound for Quebec. Mir. Carnegac apeaks ‘n \Le bighest terms of Captain Walker, who, Mio Cpt. Creigh wn, of “an Francisco celebrity, is a Scotchman, aud was, like htm, shcrt of provisions and water, baviag been twenty deys out from Bristol, The captain recsiy- ed and tivated the spipwrecsed with the utmost kial- ness, furnishing o gr’at part of them with clothes. His wen, likewise, di’ their best to make thatr lot as easy a poreible On the 29th, they fell in with the Labanon Cap cin Storey, from Provicerce Wales, boand t» Now York Eighteen then left the Huron, Mr. 0. and his brother among be number, while fourtcoa remaino] on board. After a portion of us were transferred from tha Lebs- non to tho pilot boat, Barns made acqutintaace with those in charge of the boat, and managed to induse them to ret him onshore, waile wa we-e kopt from Innd- ing on the pretence that ths dostor must be drat seat Cor to inspect us. Instead of sending for the doctor, thoy let Burns get to the city, and hept us oa bord uuiil yes terday morning, won we lesrned from two mén at qus- ranting thes we sould have made $390 tad we been al- Jowed to resch the city the previous night. Before Burns left us, wo reminied him of our dosti- tote condition and thought, after his promises, he would give us something; but bis Lborality dia not stand the text Ho me coff with himself aad tne informatioa ha gethered from us, and that is the last we h.ve sean of bim. We wo ¢ told yestesday that ne made a fine thing out of bis ship rrect., I hope the pilot’ boye gut coms of the gold which he was to suare with us when we got to Quedec. They earned ix. STATEMENT OF MR. BRENNAN. At tho time the collision touk place, } wes on tho upper gallery in the engino room, staxting by the side of Mr. Rogers, tha cbiet enginser. It had jast etruck eight bells Immediately after the shock of tho elt siop, the tell strnek ones sigasl to stop ths ongiee. Wr. Rogers then asked hurciedly, “ What’a up now?!? He immodiato'y sang out to the ongiaver on watch to unhook hor, in o der to stop the exginos. Tas ordor was imwediately complied with; but coon after he geve an order to go ahoad, and immediately went down in’o tho store room, and, with Me. Dignoa, the Orst assistant engineer, got 2 wrench and opened tho bilgo-injection, end gave orders for all of the pumps to be sot at work, 8 be saw the wator risiag ia the engive room. Mr. Reger them went on deck, I beiove to consult with tho Copiain. What passed betworn them ‘I have no know- Jorge of, During his absonce,of about ten or fifteen minutes tho water hel gisen very rapiily in the eogiae room, ané, on his retarn, he ordered all banda dora to gst up conls, in order to keep tho fires lighted as loag ax possible. Ihe wavr came in so rapidly, however, thet the work of handing up coal was discontinued, and the engines were finelly stopped, owiag to the water hiving risen to a level with tho fire. Tho water camo from ferwerd. When wo could no donger taduco steam with. out the men being in dar gor of being dro rnod below, wo came on deck end manned the pumps there. The two smoll donkey pumps were still working, and continued to work, soma ten or fi'teon minutes after we got on , until the steam was exhausted in the boilers. STATEMENT OF WILLIAM NICHOLS. Ata few minutes past 12,00 the moraing of Woines- day, fopt 27, the steamship Arctl:, oa which Iwasa passengor, came in collision with an tron propoller dar- ing a dense fog. The Arctic wea then going at hor ordi pary rato, and the propeller, having a foie wiad, must have been averaging at least tom knots. Whon wo first ozporienced the shock I was standiog on tho hurricane dock; st that time tbero were not many passongers near me, The injur‘es surtaine’ by the propollor thon seemed much greater than ovrown As she wo-ked astorn our qua@ter beate wore lowered, with the chicf mate anl foor others, When they returned, Capt, Luce wae ua- ablo to pick them up, and we have not sloce hoard of thom. I should judgo that there were between tro and three hundred porsons cn tho decks of the propeller. It now sppearcd that the injuries sxstaiaed by the Arctic wore much greater than we at (iret suppoeed. ‘The water was rapidly pouring in at the bows, aad do- apite tho utmost exertions of the crew and passengers, eortinned to gain uponus. An sachor chain was thon Idweied, but & few moments afterward the fires wore ex: tipguishe*, and the engines stopped. Boats wore thon lowered—six in all—five of which, containiog #sanen, pascergers, and all the officers, oxc pt tho captaia and third mute, loft the sbip. ‘The sixth boat, containing a few Gremon and paseon- gers keside mysoif, remeined to sssist in forming o raft ‘When wo bad nearly completed our work arcsh made by those on deck, and prsscngere and seamen, men and womin, throw themrelves from tho balwarks on tothoraft. Our boat, then over-crowded, in immi- nent deoger of beipg avamped, was cut cloar from the wreck, andatthossme moment a wiltery from those who had been unable to leave the ship ape acel the abeody termination of that terrible scons. I tooked, and through the dense atmoap which garo a foarful in- distinctness to each object, besold the waves breaking over the sinking vostol The pavsengers wero rushing toand fross the excitemoat of the moment dictstod; tome jumping overboard in the hope of securiag a spar Gr plant: to cliag to, others springing upon tho un- fintsted raft, which was alrexdy overburdencd. A suc cension of terrible eries succeoioi, the ship surged heavily forward, end thon disappeared from oar view ! What followed subsequently has beon already mar- rated by my fellow-sutforer, Mr. Barne; aad, in iced, that portion of the ead narrative wh'ch I have gono over bas aleo deo more cloquontly, though perhaps not more correctly, detailed by that gentleman. STATEMENT BY DOBBIN OARNAGHAN. On the day of tho collision I was on duty as fromsn, from 8 until 12 o’clock. When eight bells (12 o'clock, noon,) struck, I went between the engines as usnal, to waoh myself. I bad just got well {ato soap suds—face an) Lancswhen the engine bell strack to stop. The ergineor having many times told me tbat if I heard tho beli that way, any time when I could shot off steam bs- fore they could, todo it; I rao, just as was, and shut it off op the portride, and then started for the ater. ‘boera, but ope of the engineers was before mo, Immo- diately the bell rang to back, I brushed the soap off my face, and ran on deck to ree what was the matter. None of us in the engine room thought of a collision, for wo did not feel the slightest shock to indicite it; but when I reached the deck there was @ Freach pro pellor just clear of our starboard sito, with her catwator and a large plese of her bow gone, so that we coald Jook right into ber hold, and the water pouring {a at the opening, I thon got partly over the aide, to soo what damoge was done to us, and disc »vered the French. man’s cut wator and bo icking {ato us. There were ‘two large boles in our side above the water line, and one just below About this time, Mr, Gourley, the chief officer, started ‘off vith one of the bouts for the Frenchman, while the yent of the bands ret to work to repair our damages ‘The pasrengers were ordored aft #nd to the poit sto, (eft hand side,) the starboard anchor and chsin were hove overboard, water casks were flied and run dows to port and everything done to make her list to iarboard, fons w bring ihe oles above the water lime, Bat all did not co. We qoulén’t grt st the lek, ship weat down | off, with word that sho was going down. I then tarned to ané helped gst over spars tor a raft, ani to lash them | together. Wih-she loos spars about deck, aad the yerds taken from tro masis, we got eigat or ten spara overboard. Irhould thick that pasrengers and.crow, there were ore bun‘red st work on the raft towards tha last of tho time. There were 6e many that no one could work with Sivantage, and no one hai control and management of what ae doing, Gourley, the chief officer, we had not stopped to pick up in our baste to make for the neurest land when the accident first happoned; Mr. Baatham, tho second officer, was alreaty off witha rmeall number of persons in & bost which onght to carry sixty or seventy: Captain juco was on the quarter-deck, but seomed to have lost, if be had not givea up, a1 control over tke moveren's either of crew or passengers; Mr. Doriar, the third vffigrr, wav in ono of the smallest boats, wurkiag toget tho spars lished ‘ogeiher, and the empty oauks ecured to them. While thirgs were in this state tuere wes a cry that she vas going (om, end» rurh for the baif-made raft. Porisn bad cut his boat adrift, aed as colf-prevervation 8 the first jaw of patute, 1 jumped overborrd and went after him, The boat was aresiy full, but yet wo tung pmore. The ete.mer a6 now going down tast—atern foremest The screaming and wailing and confusion were borr ble Moat of the passengers, those not at work, had put on We- proservers, but i don’t think the rubber ones were of much wae—they leaked oat the al: about as fast os yeucould blow itio. Tre tin caus were beiter. There wero plesty of bovh kinds to be had = But then the best of prestryers would do but litle good. ‘They might koep a person up afew ours, bot that would be all, Ivan not believe that any were saved who had nothing elso to depend won. ‘Tho Jast man we took from the steamer was Richard McKim, @ fireman like my:elf He has gone fo Quedec im the Huron Ho jJompod from the top of the wheel- house justaa tho Arctic was making hor last plugs. When she did go down so that her sm°ko’ pips bagan to sever, the roar of the air, aa it escaped out, drowaed all other poisea—it was awful to hear. Wo qora now pack- ed +0 close in our little boat that it noodea constant care to 2eep her ofluat and right sée up. It v9 not far from four o'clock in the afternoon, Wo paddied with our hends, just enough to keep clear of the ecatiered pioces of wreck, having no oars or ovhor means of getting along. The fog had cleareiuo so that wo could meOs pretty gool distance, Night came and wont —bow, I cannot ray how. ‘Ths nest diy we were oa the lock-out for a versel. nor wator. Dur ng tho doy wo camo across Peter MoTabe, one of the waitors, Iasbed to ene of yarsof shich wo had tiod to iaake tho raft. We could not help him then, but did so afiorwards. One or two other rpars were near dim, and some dead bodies. He aaid that the night be fere there were soventy persons om these spare, Whit bad become of them he did not know. That afternoon, twenty elx hours after the Ar tic went down, we were token on Lowrd the Maron, Wo had xelthor provisions OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE ARCTIC. Commande: pt. Jas. 1. Luce, Fizwt Officer, Kovors J Gourlia. vilam Baainam acim Dorion. to-ona Oficer: Thirt | ficor,, Fourth Offcos +Macs Grabam Boatawan - Nhones Wilds. Bowrsw: .Lavia Kesd. Omot Lygineer. seed We MR Jobu { oxnon, George F Lrown. Beeand Anp’S Engineers.....Robeit A Walker. Michael Kelty. Third Asst Fnginoors..,...James Willett, James 'im<son, st eeeeeeeeescereces el Domas Wilson, Tnomss B-ennan John L hend 05} ty. “Beary Sones. Willian Ryan, Joho avis. Henry MeGee, ward Chursa. omas Whitt rorth, ‘titiem Atkinson, wodero Kandall First Asst, Woginoere..- Oilors.. Storeleeper.. Assistant ~t Tngincers’ Stored cope: Steware Seeond Officers? Sto war: reornd Cabiv Ste bocias Stimenm joseph Cannir gh Avs’at 2d Codi ‘am zel Hopert. rtommudeses,, :Anzra Downer. Maria Bard or. se Boy. Gilors’ Mavs Boy Boats sins’ Mess Capiain’s You Saloon Clerks. BopJamin Van Ordon. [Abraham Baycell, Simon Andros, Vio or Mantier, Theodore (lirentine, Michsei Halstead, Ship's Cork, . sseeJames aboay, Second Cook, joba Maia Frane's wiiler. Joory Nicholas. Benjamin Van Norden. Ni holaa Posidas. Heary Oley. Joremiaa Waddington, Jamea Cerne gan. Johan Jobia Charles sioms Wiliam Hardwick. Walters. Porter... ss+s+ second Porter, Seullion.. Bead Waiter, Jaros Mercer, Barnard Jounson, Rotert Bryan, Arthar Ogio, Andrnw Cebrey, Leary Bike’, Michael Bennett. James Garon, Michael scchan Charles MeCuen, demos Farley, Froterice Lintos, Frastas Milicr, Luke Carnegin, avid Barry, Frank Lo ret, Robert Christy, James Devecport, John ‘Troy, John Wheelan. ALAMEN. ‘Thomas Danvers, Fiebard Smith, Wm. Cummings, Joha Mack, Martin Blake, Joha Mock, Jamos Paige, Geo. Fiowmiaz, Peror Montegue, John Humphrey, poses Ray, anes Bast, james Alon. foun Lian, Heorich atcks, Wm Leo, Henry Green, Jomes Holland, Wm Lupper, Joha Frost, Thomas /ajues. FIREMBN. John Adoma, Joho Garland, Patrick Noland, Thomas Garland, Yatrick Tobin, John Kent, Jcbn Moron, Udward Besant, Jobn Pitterson, Patrick aiken, , Patrick Mann, Petar “ton: Aloxaader Grant, Dobbin Catiaghan, Dover, Patrick con. Domicick Connetley, Kdward “alfecty, Luke McCarty, Dasi-l Connor, Robert Lon, Joseph Coonelly, Fichard MeKim, Christie Moran. STOKERS, Ino. Coyle, Bryan Nolan, Jas By Micrsel Russell, 3. Big! Jno. Pia Jno. Drury, he kien Rol 4 Jas Goody, Patrick Mecauley, Jamon Connor, Wm. Fianvagan, Michael Goaccr, ‘Thos. Conroy, Fraocts Cowen, Patrick ¥eDrury, Jno. Rey nolia. Jes. Machloney, Patrick MeMehen, Jno, Larkina, Alexander Waibin, PERSONAL SKETCHES OF THE PASSENGERS, V econtinvc our personal skotches of the dist!aguished passengers on board the Arctic — Professor Hewny Keep, of Philadelphia, a grandson of the celebrated President Reed, of the Revolution, and brothor of Attorney General William B. Keod, was a scholar of various aud extensive eradition, and a writer of great refinement and elegance, chiefly in elles leitres, criticism and history, though @ :erios of discourses which he delivered last yesr before the Univorrity of Penpeylvania, on subjects of tarte and civility, were prateed by judicious critics as worthy of the gonias of Adtison. Mr. Keed was a personal friosd an¢ a warm admirer of Wordsworth, of whose works ho edited two or threo American editions, ina manner very satisfac tory to the great poet. He aleo edited tho American edi tions of Wordsworth’s Wemeirs and Lord Mahon's Fis- tory of England, axd wrote very largely ia the loading revies It is to be hoped thet bis brother, who i an suthor of distinguisbed abilitios, will pudlich as fit and enduring monument to the momory of thir unfurtu note gr pt eman @ complete criloction of hie worts. Wr. Bewny Austin BRady, @ young lawyer of this city, ee re ee Tbe bailing and pemping wers carried on os fast as | Povwible, but seemed to do no good | w+wt below aad | Worked at the fires until the iower ones were put out by the water, aud hea helped some of the mn cut holes threvgh gj eo'ling, a0 as to get at the losk inside; bug we cit nov rucceed in ¢oing much before we wore culled SES Se a ee ee aS Daa See Eee eee a ie # 13 taste, particularly 'n whatever related to Amerisan bis- tory. Ho bad exp ndod several thoasind dollars « year for many years in collesting a Mbrary unfyae in ite character snd its excelioner, and vis visit to Europe, though ia part undertazen in pursuit of conse!ation for a revere Comertic affli t on, was ma nly incearct of rave and cur cus editions o! not ceavie hooks, Aithovgb th» ov. rwhelmin, m‘s ortune of tho femities of Co lips and Brown commands so muc' of the goaeral sympathy, there are many circes wost paictully be teaved by this calamity, Perhaps there were few young gentlemen more beloved beyood their lmmediate fantiy circles thao My, H. PeRcy “Tewarr, of this city, ibe soa ofan +mivent English scholer, be was entrusted tor a mercantile ecucaton, to the guerdismohip of a weil- }nown lawyer ana maa of letera, with whoww bis family ‘wos connested in Now York, and our coumunity ot mer. chants coud boast of no exam le of more chivalrous courtcry, honor, ond generosity. Indeed, “Nous knew hum but to loys him.” He had waited tor several years to accumulate the basis of 8 good fortune. before ra visit- ing to bis native country, and bis brie! visit had beea happily crowned by the consent of @ bcautitul sister to return with him Mr Fowanp Sanprorp was best hoown as a lawyer, but bo w: man cf briliant taleats for otner pursuits, and at ove ptriod promied to attain greet eminence ia authorship H+ abandoned lite-ature, however, fur tao more profitable, if lees esvgenia! prof-esion of tue lew. Some capital diupleys of his poetical abilities mey bo found in Ggiswold’s “Poets and P etry of Ameriza " ‘The Duke do Gramont represented the tawily of the celebrated bero of Gramont’s Memoirs, the m st famous book of scandalous history wrish illustrates the a. of Charies the Secopé, He was on his way to juia tue French Legation at Wa+hingtou, Moe, Scorr way the wilow of the gal’aat Major Scott, of the army, who was killed in the Mozizsn war. She ro- sifed at Milwaukie. Ker brother, Mr. McCracken, was also on bowr) the Arctic the was a hevoine, yet goatla end accomplished, and “was worlhyof the fame of her burband Jauns PE. Norra of the firm of James BE. North, of Now Orleans, was a bfother of Wrtliam North of this city, and al o of Professor North of Yals Coliegs. By a ourse of prosperous business ho had acquired a largo property He is missing Mra Rores a high'y respectablo lady of this etty, with ber sen, on only child, » boy about wight years of age, for come time in a delicate state of health, for the im- provement of which this amiable Jaty (ook him ona trip to Kusozo, in tho pummor. In the interim tho bog’s bealth way qoite restored, and they rere hourly expost ¢a by Mr Hopes, when tho sad news roachod th city. kr F. W. Gaz who with his wifo and child aro sup- posed to havo perished, belo:gea to the city of Worn ter, Masa, ond wasa gentleman mack esteomed for his worth, his accomplishments, azd bis sociol cirtues Mr. G le bas teen well known in New Unglaod for his dno Mterary taste, acd has offen contributed to the progs, Uo rositod during tho past year at Ploronce Capt. D. Prarr wife and son were resenod from his thip—tho Pom» gosta—which foun tered at soa a fer weeks 90, snd had boon carried into Livorpool, whence they took passage in the Arctic, ani are probably all lost. }r. W B. Brown married a Miss Moulton, no Miss Dommond, 23 was ervoneourly stated yesier!ay Mrs. James Payne and two childron left in tee Arctic when she loft Kurope, ‘The rtesmer teforo (the Amo- rica) brought tottors that they would e:riye in tho Arctic, and Mr. Payne waited wit great anxiety to re- ceive (bem. Le hve lost a wife, two elsters and a ther-im jaw. Mrs. Payno’s last words wore thst the noxt me sho mot her bust would be in her native lead. Ma, Jacow G Monuw.-—Among the passengers on boacd tke arctic, says the Putldelphis Bulletin, vrao aro, in iw obi probubitiiy, lost, wae Jasob @. Morris, of tuis ctv, & gentlemen well known to most of tke rmombecs of tho commuai'y, ond whoro ciaractor can searsely bo too highly extolled, whothor we judge bim by tho tost of public philaz ihropy or pri boverolenes Ss mom ber of the Bo ri of Monagers of the Pounsylvania [asti- tution of the Biiod, he devoted bimself to tho promo- thn o tho interests of the institutioa avd to tha por- sonal cr infort of the pa ionts, with » devo'ion which ic notoften equalled. At °ne time, during the interval bo- tweon the resignation of one principal and tha cles‘ion of ovothor, he assumed the entire charge of the oste> Usbment for several months. In the board of Managers of tho Pennsylvania Rospital, his servicas wore oqually im- pertant, espocia'ly in the departmont for tho insane, His loss caste 2 gloom over a large circle of friends in this city. Comrnint, Prom, Esq, (jurfor partner of the houss of Vogel & Co. of Paris,) 1s also supposed to be among the lest on the Arctic. His'urbare mannors, high coctel bearing and strict probity ae a merchint, aro woll known to may y of our ails houres, wilh whom his business atco- ciations brought him incon'act. Last;spring ho took a lovely young bride from our midst, tho daughter of Edeard Mules, eq, and having pas od the summer fa aris and ita onvirons, was returning to lovato perma- nantly in tho city of New York, at the head of tho braach of thia well knowa firm, Hts loss will be dooply felt by his numerous friends here and in New York, and pa ti- culorly by the houre of which he wase partuer. Min rolf at d Indy were last seen vy Mr Barns on tte dock of the /rotio, ard we have reagen to believe thst both met a watery grave, ‘There were three passengers from Jersey City on bo of the Arciio—Mr. M Arbuckle, Mr. Nichols, of streo!, and a con of Justien Bedford. ONES aND INCIDENTS. Aroport made by Br. Dorian, the third mate of the Arctic, to Captain West, at Mr. Collins’ office yoatorday, @iffora very materially from that furnished by the so- cond officer. Mr. Loran states that during the trying sceno ho was pertectly cool end collected, and knew fully all that waa teanspiriog about bim Ee givos itvae his p»sitive opinion that the lady ond davphter of Mr. BE. K. Collins wore not tha persons lost by the giving way cf tio tacklo; that he is well couvins ed that Mrs, Collins and dangh.er wero placed ins boat by Cay tain Luce Limrclt, and that eaid boat pushed from the ship long before the drowning of thoso supposed to bavo been the persons alluded to, The boat was well provirioned, avd the mo-t confident hopes are en’ertain- 6d thet tLe suilerers have bown picked up, and that they will be restored to tho embrace of their heart-brokea hostand ane father This ont must hove been thet flest sont from fe auip. Tt hada compase. wa'er, and provisions for foarteen days, ond was under tho charge of Mr. Gourlay, the first officer, Deapatehes have been received from Mr. C. T. Mitchell, of Ckaslerton, reporting him ail safe ‘Tho steward who was lost was Mr. Reynolds, late of the Union Club Houso in this city, and it was his first A parsenger offered £20,000 if tho boats wou'd put Yack to cave bim. They turned to do so, but befors they reached him roture was exhou ted, and he eunk. Capt. Fapwith, of the ship James Watt, Br., from Snyras arrived yesterday morsing, reports passing on tho 6th inst., to Ist. 48 08, lon. 68 68, half of a boat, painted bisck outside and green inside; next day passed a ship’s boat, bottom up; bottom painted white. Trose may bo thought to be the Arctio’s boas, but they wore not #0 painted. In our netices of those pertons supposed to have been lost wits the Arctic, we mentioned the ames of M. Poirior, French importer of this city, and his two childrea. We are happy inbeing able now to contradict this statement. Neither M. Poirier nor any of his family were passengers in the Arctic. Recapitulation. NAMESOF THOSE KNOWN TO BE SAVED. ABRIVED AT THIS PORT IN THE LEBANON, Wm Note, T Selly Janes Thongs, 0 i ic Ne, Treaco, ame: Islnd,” t Capt. Paal F. Grtun, N'Y., Henry Jenkine, Tree co, de,, Geo, H. Burne, Phila te, Rp T) THE ARCT! ATTA 10. Frenets orien, Now Xerk, John Cosnolly, Engineer's third officer. Thonar Stason, Officer's etoward, THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. TAZEN TO QUEBEC BY THE HURON. ATTACH) To THE ARCTIC | James Abry, «Nip’s coos, Chri-tisa Moraa, firemes, Lure MoO.rthy russ, Jamoe Ward, de. Josepd Co: oily, 40. Christoph Cal shor ce Richard Maken, do. T Wilson, 40’t Kegtesen, Thomse Ceproy, &o. Robert Bryas, wai.er, James Conzor,’ do. evil Bec, Jchn Drury, do. E-astes Miller, &. ABRIVEIP AT 4 sLIPax, PASSENGERS + 4 Mitohelem, 7 Honnesy, J. MoM th, © Dee. Wim Seablam second mate, Bumphreyay Mark Gralan fourts co Turpee, dene Jonk Crib, persor ig i Jobo Deignor. aes't engineer Thomas Brevnon co, Conven, fireman, Baan Lsrbip, do. Meifin do Re Erato, Mall Total, 77 4nd thirty of the crew arrived at 8. Jotos, NF, by the Vorta. ‘There are three boats as yet unheard of; ia one of theo, which was wel! proviced with water aud prove eons ny, Fire OfBcor, Fourth do Lt Arce. Bog's, 13% de. do, Jolp Mores, fronae Patrick Mot mwey, do Mr ‘Timpson, engineer. Totul number of passengers. “ officers wad Total ..... Saved. Misaing, supposed lost from the Aretic PROBABLE SAFETY OF SOME OF THE LaDY PASSENGERS. Mr. Burnt states thet o20 of the boats coateined from fovr to six Indics—he cannot toll the exact num we, Ove of these wasn dark eomolexioned Preach tidy, amd when he last sam her she was holding aa oar ia her haoa. 18 THERE ANY HOPE FOR T&E SAFETY OP OTHERS ON THE ARCCIC? Tk was confidently hoped from « variety of statements made at tae office of Mr I. K Collins yost:rday, taat Mre. Collins and daughters were pov in the boat whose tachling gave way and precipitated the occupants tate the deep. It wee slao etatet that Me bhdq.rd Sanifor® was ‘ast soon at tbe at+ra of the Arctic, in compaay with the family of tho Browne, (of the drm of Browm, Shipley & Co., of Liverpool;) tha: the ladies of the party had lite preservers a¢jasted to them, and tuat one af the stern boate was eithes swinging at (ho etera oF seat~ edon the wator. If we take thee circamatences te connection with Cast. Love's dovlsratiua © that his sow should share hi to,’’ itis bat haman to sup.01e has the commander sf the youscl eaw some more prplioas moce of deliverance for his cuild than (ao frail ch inces 1m enteusting Jim to the beat whieh Mr Bachian, the eccond mate, hed secured for bimself and brother sea- men. The hope is—and 2 gracious Providence sond that it may not provo a hope agains’ hopy—that Capt. Luce, bis con, Mr. Gawerd Sendfor¢, Mra FE. K. Coline and femily, Mr. Beown and family, and com» fa ladies, bad succeeded in getting into the boat at the stern and mey perhaps be dedrored fram thoir peril by some veal which bos not yet reached port: Jt air Sandford was posrcesed of evon @ portion of tha’ firmness, prudenee and forethoucht which actuated Lis motions on land, itis not too much to think, from the position in whic he was Jast seen, that his ea mnoss ard evif-posscastom wore called into requsition wi h the nautical skill and expeiieneo of Copt Luce; and, as none of tho survivors: saw them perish, the theory of goatiomon well acquaint ed with Capt. Lace aod Mr. Sandiord is, thet thoy amd Mrs. Collins and fam'ly, and M, Beown'e family ond the ladies who hed li'o preservers ajjusted to thelr Dodi+s, oscaped in the stem boat, which bas not yet Deen eccounied for. TINGS OF SYMPATHY. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. foq , Prosidont, in the chair. vt offered the followirg preamb'e and Nathan C. Ely, AMerman Bu Fesolution :— Whereas, The recont intelligence of tho less of the American stestaship Arctic, on her homsward passage from Liverpool, kas caused a deep end eolema gloom te Test over our city, by reason of the loss of 20 many of our Ostimab © fellow citizens oad friends; ant, whereas, oar citizens are ww siting with the deepest anxiety to hoar auy tidings from which they may have tho slightest hope that apy of their fijendy have doef saved; there fore Resolved, That this Board have rece! with the Coepest regrot, intelligence of the loa of the Americwm steamship Arctic, and deplore, in common with the nionds of ih Jost snd onr fellow citizens gonerally, thie dreadful calamity, and that our ‘lags be displayed on the City Hal at balf mast durivg the next throe days Ak orman Morg} ad hoped hat some other member ef the Board would hive made soino observations in com nection with th's sad affair. ihe disaster to that vessel, which bas cast a gloom not only over this city, but over this country and Kuropo, bat bora to him individaal y Grource of the most po'goant regret. Unfortunately for him be bad some very dove friends on board the Arctic, and he had overy reason to fear thet they have all perished on that vosel. Thore are masy families im this city now clothed in mourning, who but a few days since wore looking with fend enxiety for tho return of their relatives, Some husbends for thoir wives, fathors for thelr children, wives fo: thelr husbands, and children for their parents—all looking forward to s bappy reunion after s tour im Karope. Who could imegine the'r feolings. None could realise the polgnant gricf thoy fee but those who have ex- periexced « similar beresvomont. They had had aeel- dents by raflron’s dinasters by land and water, bat nome had been brought to their.o rneity more impressively or more scrrow{ully than this last calamity to the anfortu- nate Arctic. they hada melancholy instance in their own board—they hed smongst thom a member who hes Jort on uncle on boasd that ill-fatel vessel, and he thought, under all the circumstances, the preamble and reeclation should be unanimourly adopted. The preambie axd resolutions were adopted without dissent. Alderman Woopwanp moved that tn accordance with tho feelings expressed, the board ¢o now adjourn. Alderman Wa. Trcksn raid that the motion would tm volvo an adjournment to Monday next. He did not see mby they = gePurn until Monday, and he moved an adjourn unt.l Friday. Aldermen Brows, Woopwanp, and others moved the e¢journment ontil Monday next, which was carried, [We undorstand the person alluded to by Alderman Mott was Mr. Woodraff, who was unele to Alderman Lord} BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ‘Thin board was calied for last evening, his Honor the Recorder in the chair; bat s quorum not being present at half-past four o'clock, Aldorman Cuacmony moved that the board adjourn to Monday next. Alderman Woopwaan thought the board could not le- galy adjourn to aay particular day, as there was ne quorum present. The }xconper suggested that, asa mark of respect to the memrry of those who have been swept from smonget us, this board should adjourn. A calemity so sudden and so appalling, taking from our midvt some of our beat citizens, he hwd never known. He di4 not recollect o 4{saster £0 apparaltoled; and ho did intead, had there len @ full meeting of the board, to move formally the adjournment, in respect to the memory of teose who had 8 recently ard #0 enddenly lost their lives, But O» there was not aquornm present, be could but dirret am edjeurna ent, and requert the Clerk to notify hid Honor the Mayor to enll tho members together on Monday evening next, Adjourned accordingly. COURT OF ORNFRAL SRSSTONS. Pofore his Honor the Recorder. At the opening of the court youterday morning, Me, Parrons, Asvstemt District Attorney rose and ssid— Since )ceterdey’s ression of this court, sonfirmation @ the tidings of the lors of the stermabip Arctic has bees reortved—tid'ngs ro terribis that at bret we reves Gite them credit. Trtee to more that taq courtasg