The New York resisted the unex
ampled violence of the gale much
'longer than could have been expected,
and sank very gradually. A little be
fore she went down the motion of the
boat a she fell over on her side caus
ed her bell to strike a single stroke—
the knell, as it were of the noble ship.
Captain Phillips was calm and deter
mined throughout the dreadful scene.
The passengers were apprized of their
danger b times, and tho men among
them joined the crc w of the vessel and
labored long and wearily in the exe
cution of the orders of the captain,
whoavail'd himself of every resource
I to keep hisship afl.iat, and save the
lives of tho»e on board when the crisis
came. The scenes in the ladies’ cabin
w< re of the most agonizing character,
but it is idle to dwell upon them.
It ij supposed that front thiity to
forty thousand dollars in gold, silver
and bank notes were lost in the ves-el.
belonging in part to passengers, but
print ipnlly consigned here. There
were no goods in lite bold of the ves
sel. The captain lost from two to
three thousand dollars which he hail in
cash on board. Some drafts on the
Post Office Department, for about the
same amount, weio lost, but no other
inconvenience than delay will result
from this.— N. O. Picayune.
