NEW YORK, October 9.--Upon the steamer Evening Star, which was lost off Tybee Island, yesterday, were all the members of a French opera troupe, who arrived here on the steamer Ville de Paris, about a week ago. The total number of passengers and crew lost will not exceed the statements of the morning papers. The steamer was not insured. Also upon the fated vessel were twenty-five courtezans, who were en route for New Orleans, where they were to become members of two newly established houses of ill-fame. Some of them were from this city; others, a late importation, from all parts of Europe. General H. M. Palfrey, who was for many years a real-estate dealer in New Orleans, and a General in the State militia, with his wife and child, is also reported lost. Miss Sloo was the daughter of Thos. Sloo, President of the Sun Insurance Company, of New Orleans, and niece of the Mr. Sloo to whom the original grant across the Isthmus was made of the Nicaragua route. D. Pretto belonged to the firm of Wolf & Co., of this city, and Wolf, Pretto & Co., of New Orleans, just returned from Europe, and joined here by his wife, who came on from New Orleans for the purpose of meeting him. Pretto was a native of Island of St. Thomas.
    NEW YORK, October 9.--The following despatch has been received by the Treasurer of the New York Mail Steamship Company:
    "The Evening Star went down on the morning of the 3d instant in a hurricane. Sixteen only are known to be saved. None of these are women. Ten of our party arrived in a schooner yesterday, viz.: Robert Finger, W. H. Harris, Edward Larner, John Long, Frederick Shaffer, George Smith, John Powers, Dennis Cameron, and Howard Stephens. All are sufferers, but their wants are being relieved. We expect to leave for New-York to-morrow. I have telegraphed to New Orleans.
                                                        (Signed)
                                                        E. S. ALLEN, Purser, Evening Star.
    It is hoped that others than those above mentioned are saved, as the Evening Star had six large sized metallic life-boats.
    Among the passengers on the Evening Star were the French Opera Troupe of Paul Alhaisa, which arrived here just before the sailing of the Evening Star on the steamer Ville de Paris, from France. There were fifty-nine members of the troupe.
    Dr. Spaulding's Circus Company of thirty persons, took passage on the Evening Star. They had, it is said, all their paraphernalia, but no horses.
    FORT MONROE, Va., October 9.--The steamer Saratoga, from Charleston for New York, arrived here this afternoon with the schooner Mary McGee in tow. She reports that she found the schooner with a signal of distress flying. The schooner was from Mobile, with a general cargo. The schooner reports a hurricane commenced on the 2d inst. and continued with terrific violence. On the 5th the storm moderated. At seven o'clock signalled the steamer North Star in latitude 13 degrees and 27 minutes, longitude 27 degrees and 21 minutes. She appeared to have suffered from the gale; her decks were crowded with passengers. She bore down upon us, but coming too near became unmanageable, and ran into the schooner, damaging herself badly. She then stood off, and was last seen, towards noon, on the 5th.
    General Palfrey, in command of Fort Jackson, who had been absent on a short furlough, was a passenger on the Evening Star, with his wife, sister and child.
    AUGUSTA, Ga., October 9.--The following additional particulars of the loss of the steamer Evening Star are from the Savannah News of this afternoon, and are the latest dates of the disaster:
    The steamer Evening Star, on the 2d inst., encountered a severe gale which commenced at two o'clock in the afternoon, when she was 180 miles east of Tybee Island. After weathering the storm some eighteen hours, she foundered at six o'clock on the morning of the 3d inst., with 200 souls on board. Only seventeen persons are known to have been saved.
    It says there were only three or four life boats on board, in one of which the chief engineer, the purser, six of the crew and two passengers succeeded, after capsizing several times, in getting away, and they were rescued by the Norwegian bark Fleetwing, from which they were transferred to the schooner Saxwaring, and arrived here last evening.
    The following is a list of those saved on the Purser's book: Robert Aenger, chief engineer; Ellery S. Allen, purser; John Lang, Walter Bander, Fred. Shaffer, coal passer; George Smith, John Powers, Dennis Gannon, Rowland Stevens, Edward Hamer, N. H. Harris.
    The second boat took sixteen persons from the steamer, among whom were the Captain and third mate. This boat was capsized twelve or fifteen times. The Captain was lost on the fourth time. This boat arrived at Ferdnadina Sunday with six persons on board; only one passenger saved in the third mate's boat; his name is Frank Gerard.
    The following are the names of the survivors in this boat: Fitzpatrick, third mate, Jno. Dempster, Jno. Campbell, J. B. Howe.

Source:

Unknown, "Marine Disasters," Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Wednesday, 10 October, 1866, Page 0_4.