By admin, 25 November, 2023

In the very midst of this panic came the news that the steamer Central America$$$ formerly the George Law$$$ with six hundred passengers and about sixteen hundred thousand dollars of treasure$$$ coming from Aspinwall$$$ had foundered at sea$$$ off the coast of Georgia$$$ and that about sixty of the passengers had been providentially picked up by a Swedish bark$$$ and brought into Savannah. The absolute loss of this treasure went to swell the confusion and panic of the day.