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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 *CS.
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presents each week forty-eight eedumns of
so/id reading matter. It gives the fullest as
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paper in the State. Its fifes are used exclu
siee4 by the Oka Gourts of Allegfreny county
for reference in important issues to determine
- thertling prices in the markets at the time of
the business transaction in disoute. Terms:
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sent free to any address.
Ws rituis on the inside pages of this
intorning's,GAzzrrz--Second page : Annual
Itfeeti l of the Pittgburgh and Connellsville
Railroad StockW r ders; Pittsburgh Teachers'
!nth:furls. Third and Sixth pages: Commer-
Financial, Mercantile and River News,
ifarkets, Imports. Seventh page: Agricul
tural Department, kocat Hews.
GOLD doied in New Yoik yesterday
ttt, 136 f. , 1
TIIEPROPMETORS of the GAZETTE have
bought the lot and four-story building situ
ated on the north-west corner of Smithfield
street and Sixth avenue,abuttinn the Central
Presbyterian Church, and 'opposite the Ger
man Methodist, with the intention of ulti
mately removing their office thither.
ISo mucn of the recent raid, upon the
Union pacific Railway Company, as could
claim any plausible motive for the attack,
was due first to the jealousy of the Central
Pacific, which competes with it for the con•
trol of the largest portion of the entire line,
and; seCond, to the interference of the hold
ers of first-mortgage bonds, whose interest
it is to have the road thoroughly built. Be
yond these parties, the raid has been sup
ported by an indiscriminate mob of sharp
ers about the Capital. It is now,understood
'that Eill the issues, which have been made
with the Union Pacific, are about to be ar
ranged to the satisfaction of all interests.
CONGRESS AND THE MESSAGE.
The last session of the XLth Congress
commenced at noon of yesterday. A quo
rqm was present in each House, and the
President .was notified thereof with the
usual fOrmality. His annual message will be
submitted to-morrow, and our latest informa
tion is that its entire text will be telegraphed
to the Press, the President omitting the
usual courtesy of forwarding printed copies
thereof in advance.
A synopsis of this document, said to. be
reliable, informs us that the message will be
largely occupied with the discussion of for
eign affairs, especially relating to England,
,Paraguay, Spain, Cuba, San Domingo and
3lexico. He also dwells at some length
upon his favorite topic of Southern
wrongs, and the domestic questions relating
particularly to the finances, to frauds upon
the revenue, to Indian affairs, and to the
army are alsoeussed. The foreshadow
lugs are such.as`lt,,o lead uS jto believe that,
with the exception of hiS peculiar views
- upon Southern affairs; the last annual mes
sage of President Jonissorilwill be found to
be an interesting and valuable, document,
cdtrunanding for its suggestions and recom
. mendations, in the main, the approval of
very , many citizens who have never re
garded themselves as his supporters.
I i 1 THE LATEST HORROR.
The fearful calamity of last Friday night,
which involved not only the destruction of
two costly and magnificent steamers on the
Lower Ohio, bat also the loss of an un
kno•Wri number of lives, has flung its cloud
of horror like a pall of death over the pub
/.lie
mind. The leter calamity resembles, in
one melancholy particular, the terrible rail
way murder which occurred at. Angola
about a year since. No record has been
saved,,to afford an accurate list of those who
hive perished, while the dark waters of the
Ohio, more cruel than even the ashes of the
Angola holocaust, will entomb the relics of
many a victim - in a forever impenetrable ob
liviOn. What the , fire would have spared,
the waters have engulphed, and no trace re
mains even for discovering the - names of
the dead, except as their,homes are no more
to know the wayfarers, who were last heard
from when likely to embark upon the voy
age i which 'led - strifight to the "Unknown
I
shore."
,
The primary cause of this calamity seems
to have been, either tin: error of judgment
on thei part of , the pilots, who, blinded by
-darkness and the storm, were unable to dis
tinguish properly their respective signals,
land did not . discolor even the vicinity of
their boats, until theg were Within two Ault
direig,,iptikpf a eeliteion; or the -rnitijudg
zaint--'4lenetrananders who, ina night so
dark; 4i-a• snow-storin - raging in the
air; With the knowledge that another viiisel .
might be encountered at any moment, could
_permit those immense boats, freighted with
hundreds of inestimable lives, Willie driven
long at a combined speed#ceeding thirty.
live railer per houi• as 14 rushing" blindly
Upon 'the 'hazard of distritetion. When
We We 111 e: er 1 4.enee...2, 1 141 0, 0,e ~.'''<-3w,..r.*ere
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driven carefully, atreduced, wed and with
due regard in all other respects to the,dic
tates of an o'cdinary pradence, to.. say noth
ing of the extraordinary precautions which
the safety of the public may justly re
quire, - we can then judge better how far
the officers of these steamers are amenable
to thfi public condemnation. No such evi ,-
deuce has yet - appeared, and, until we shall
1 ha - ve it, we can easier find an excuse for the
error of the pilots than for the inexplicable
recklessness, of their superior officers.
But the secondary cause,—to which the
great loss of life may be in good part attri
buted—is apparent in the fact that one of
the ill-fated vessels carried on her extreme,
forward deck -a quantity of petroleum oil
in barrels. In the shock of the collision,
these barrels were precipitated upon the
furnaces and instantly the boat was envelr
oped in flames, adding immeasurably to the
perils and horror of the moment. Can it be
that, after such a terrible lesson as this event
teaches, our law-makers will permit this li
qttid death to be conveyed upon any passen
ger-craft. This event adds another and most
appalling proof of the need for an absolute
prohibition against
more
practice which, to say
the least, is no more safe than the transpor
tation of gunpoWder. Congress should
forbid, with the most rigorous penalties,
the carriage of petaloleum in freight, even to
the most limited e tent, upon any land -or
water conveyance, also used at the same
time for passenger& The prohibition should
be absolute, and enforced by penalties strin
-1 gent enough to secure absolute ohedience.
JOSIAH BIRO.
R. P. REED.
The trial of Gen. G. W. COLE, charged
with the murder of Mr. L. H. Hrscocx,was
concluded at Albany, New York, yester
day, by the acquittal of the prisoner. The
motive to the commission of the murder
was the alleged seduction of the wife of
COLE by HISCO6E. Insanity was the plea
offered in defence. •The jury stated that they
found the prisoner sane the moment before
the killing, and the moment after, but were
in doubt as to his sanity at the instant of
the homicide, and the Court instructed them
that they must give the benefit of the doubt
to the prisoner—which they did.
It stands to reason that the jurors had no
doubt whatever as to the perfect sanity and
consequent responsibility of the prisoner,
and did not mean to try him according to
1 the law and evidence, but according to the
prevailing sentiment which holds that if a
man is wronged as to the virtue of his wife,
daughter, or sister, he may take vengeance
into his own hands, and kill the offender
with impunity. Public sentiment is deci-
I defily wild on this matter, as would become
apparent if 'every woman should proceed to
kill every other woman who was guilty of
criminal connection t with her husband, son,
or brother. In this event, a reign of terror
would exist in all cities and towns, and the
streets would be deluged with blood.
Nor do we see why this measure of re:
dress is not exactly as applicable to all
MURDER. LEIGAJIZED.
other forms of wrongs inflicted either upon
men or women, as to this form. If one
.• •
man, regardless of the law, may execute the
extremest vengeance upon his fellow for one
species of offence, why may he not for
another?
But, it deserves to be considered that in
this, as in other cases which have been sim
ilarly decided, it was not shown that the
man was iri fault more than the woman. If
men tempt and seduce women, they are as
Often tempted and seduced by them. It has
happened, even in such a case, that after a
man had killed his wife's paramour, and
been acquitted on the ground of insanity,
he had taken her back to his arms as a loyal
and loving spouse. Could anything more
conclusively reveal the falsity of this princi
ple of adjudication ?
If the laws for, the protection of marital
rights, or chastity in general, are not strong
enough, let them be made as stringent as
they ought to be; but an end should ,be
made of jurors perjuring themselves to
evade an honest execution of the laws.
SCIENTIFIC LECTURES.
In former,years we have called attention
to a great want in our cines—popular scien
tific lectures. Professor BARNARD, now at
the lieatof the Bureau of Education, once
said to us here, "your people will certainly
appreciate and encourage science." So we
fully believed. But we have been compel
led to change our opinion. If advantages
for learning science are brought to our very
doors, to be bad for a mere nominal sum,
our people - will, and do, turn away from'
them. Prof. B.'s opinion was founded on
the fact that we are a wealthy manufactur-'
ing community. Such a people, he rightly
thought, should be eager to avail themselves
of all the advantages to be derived from the
advance of science.
But our lecture-season has again - come
without any arrangement,"-so far as we
know, for anything but the usual entertain
ing readings and lectures, all selected with
reference to the pecuniary returns they will
bring and not with reference to instructing
and elevating the public mind and taste.
So far as these go, and so far as they accom
plish the object of securing' funds for a
good purpose; it is well. There should' be
lectures of a different Ad higher kind,
such as will tend to cultivate a taste for a
better kind of reading than that which com
monly prevails, and also to fit our people'
better, more economically and with greater
profit to carry on their various depart
ments of manufacture. If our wealthy
men, and all our young men, have not a
taste for th - ese subjects, we should seek
to create it while it does - not esist, and to
strengthen it while it is weak, by giving
them an opportunity to see what they may
enjoy, and may jearn even if this is to be
done' at a sacrifice. A great benefit will
thus be conferred on our youth and on our
city: Something should he done here with
out counting the money directly to be made.
We hive here the men and the instruments
to reader snch a course interesting and pia&
itable; thOugh really few knoW it. If, we
have not, then we can send abroad for theM.
Other cities are far before us in' this respect.
Who will move in so importaet a matter ?
TITTSBITRGri GAZETTE i 'TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 'lB6B.
MORTUARY.
Among the persons lost in the frightful
steamboat catastrophe, down the Ohio, were
Mr. GEO. W. FAIMESTOCS and daughter,
of Philadelphia, formerly - of this city, and
whose sad fate willthrill many hearts with
unutterable grief.
Mr. F. was a son of the late Mr. B. A.
FAHNESTOCIC, widely and reputably known
as a druggist and white lead manufacturer.
Several years ago a branch of the Pitts
burgh house was opened at Philadelphia,
and he went there to manage the concern.
At the close of thb war this establishment
was discontinued or sold; but he'Continued
to reside in the city of his adOption.
Upon the death of B. A. FONESTOCS,
Mr. J.:L.'SIVARTZ became the manager of
the house here, G. W. FAEINESTOCK retain
ing his father's interest. Whenair. SWAP=
died a few months ago, it was arranged
that his son should 'succeed as manager of
the concern, G. W. FAHNESTOCK retaining
his interest. This arrangement was reduced
k
to writin a few' days ago, and then Mr.
Fin:LIEF. ca . proceeded on his western
trip, vih' h prOed fatal.
His wife die fi a year ago, and his only
child perished with him, leaving his mother
as his only representative.
During his stay in our city last week Mr.
FARNESTOCS busily engaged himself in col
lecting, at the book depots, pamphlets of
every description in rirder to enable him to
complete a full set of an hundred or so bound
and classified volumes which he intended to
present to some literary institution of Phil
adelphia. He was ardently devoted tolitera-
Vim and the fine arts, and perhaps, held in
his possession as fine a colleation — of rare
literary curiosities and odd works of art as
any other private gentleman of that city.
Mrs. Eraza_ HOUSE, aged sixty,and her
son, ALorao HousE,. aged eighteen years,
of Birmingham, formerly of Washington,
Pa., are among the lost. They • are step
mother and step-brother, to Mr. Jouu I.
HousE, grocer, Of this city. Mrs. HousE
i
was on the way, to Evansville to attend.the
funeral of her daughter.'
THE MAN FOR SENATOR.
"Pennsylvania does not want a man:iden
tified with any particular department of
industrial interests, but one of eminent
ability, with broad and liberal views, cepa;
ble of comprehending the fact that State.
and National prosperity depend not on the
fostering of any particular interest, but on
the building up and protecting of all,..there.
by securing to us a varied industry and
consequent prosperity."—Bed(ord .taq wirer.
We beg to dissent; holding it to be a seri
ous evil in the land that men identified with
greatbusiness interests are not oftener select
ed than they are, to • occupy scats in the two
Houses of Congress and in the State Legis
lature. tile idea of ostracizing a man from
the public servige because he has become
eminent as a thinker on, and manager Of,
important practical affairs, is a folly that de
serves to be lashed with a whip of scorpi
ons. If such men shall not be selected for
high positions, what sorts of men shall be ?
Shall the men be taken who have not brains
and energy enough to become conspicuous
in any department of genuine and useful ac
tiv,ity whatever
Our contemporary describes the• sort of
men it would have, as "men of eminent
ability, with broad and liberal views;" but
such men are not likely to be found, among
the drones and triflers of society. They
are much more likely to be identified with
Commerce, manufactures, finance, law,
physic, journalism, agriculture, and other
active pursuits. The man who is identified
with no interests, allowance being Made for
purely exceptional cases, is a man who has
nothing in him, and Is fit, for nothing but
to remain in his natural obscurity. It may
:suit certain . purpoSes to denounce one man
auriworthY of public, confidence because
be is a railway President, another because
be is a manufacturer, a third because lie is
a lawyer; but where shall these miserable
and,senseless proscriptions end?
Whoever may be taken for Senator should
be judged of not bf the lawful and proper
calling he follows;'bit by whatever tal
ents and qualification's ImPossesses or lacks.
A professed judgment resting upon any other
basis is not a judgment at all, but a wretched
appeal to passion and Piejudice.
•
MoDER y PROETECIF.S.
February 20, 1321, 1 . HENRY LE,t - v-
ENwoitTri, at that time stationed at Council
Bluffs, wrote to a friend, Mr. PRESTON,
since deceased, then living on the Pennayl
vania side of- the Delaware river, a short
I ' distance • below the forks thereof, , in these
l remarkable words :
a laving . been for a longtime from New
York; and in fact from the civilized world,
lam particularly gratified with the pro
gress of that State in internal improvement
and especially at the success of the Erie
Canal. While I bad the honor to repre-'
sent the county of Delaware in the Legis
lature, I v,'as a warm friend of that' meas
ure. Some men An Delaware attempted to
injure me in the ' opinion of my constitu
ents. Hence, lam very glad that my pre
dictions as to 1 4 J• canal are likely to be
verified. My (0.." friend, Erastus Root, has
been upon a wrong scent ever since the ca
nal question bas been agitated. He and
his supporters, by opposing and abusing
De Witt Clinton, will, I fear, prevent the
northern States from having the next Pres
ident. This may lead to the election of a
Southern one, and in this event there will
never again be a President from north of
the Potomac. Our star spangled banner
will go increasing in stars of a dc.frker shade
until the luster of our brighter stars shall be.
come entirely obscured, _ and their tight quite
ezlinguished, OR I'HE BANNER ITSELF TORN
ASUNDER TO AVOID. THE SABLE ECLIPSE.
This is too dreadful to dwell upon, and yet
I fear it is what we Must witness unless all
new States hereafter admitted into the Union
shall be required to come in clad in the white
robes of freedom. This should be a sine qua
non permanent eve man who has any wish for .
th ane Union of these States, and
the future glory - of our federal repufilie.
The col:Oran:ago by :which theSlavehoid
log states are permitted to have represent
ed in Congress for three-fifths of their 'ne
groes was made with the original States.
Letnpw States, therefore, at all events, re
linquish that right, and consent to be taxed
for their blacks in proportion to their money
value." ' •
A. son of -the late Mr. PausTori, Who sent
us this extract, says be also 'found 'among
his father's papers a rough draft' of a letter
Written by Gen. LEAVENWORTH to the late
Hon. HENRY BALDWIN, of Pittsburgh,
dated November ,13, t 82, 9 ., in which he.says:
"I coincide most freely as to. the .practi
eability and-Importance of the railway you
mention, and should be willing to pay my.
portion to make it, even to the Pacific Ocean,
and thereby open up a direct trade with
China and the East Indies. We might sup
ply the .three hundred and thirty-three
=anions of Chinese with everything they
might desire, from a steamship to abreak
fast of fresh eggs. Railroads are, no doubt,
decidedly, superior to canals. To show you
that I have been thinking on this subject, I
send you a rough draft of a letter I lately
sent to my friend Baldwin."
These extracts prove that Gen. LEATISIC
WORTH was a man of the clearest forecast
and the most sagacious judgment.
THE LITE DISASTER.
Incidents and Particulars—Terrible Scenes
—The Lost and Saved . —Statements from
Passengers, &e.
We have additional particulars of the ter
rible of Friday night, on the lower
Ohio, in our exchanges from below.
The boats were valued at respectively
$140,000 and4lBo,ooo—total s32o,ooo—and
are regarded as a total loss. The insurances
were - entirely in Cincinnati and Louisville
offices, mainly the former - , amounting to
$240,000 on the boats, and $BO,OOO on the
cargoes, a total of $300,000.
The Dumont, which brought 'the rescued
to Cincinnati late on Saturday night, pre
sented a sad sight to the eyes of the crowd.
strewed along the cabin floor, on dots, the
scalded and wounded were lying, groaning
under the agonizing pain of their wounds.
Men and women but half-dressed, covered
with shawls, blankets and bed-quilts, were
gathered around the stove, shivering with
the coa t Hatless men, with bandaged
heads and arms were also there, and the
sight that we witnessed upon cur entrance
into the cabin was one that we shall never
forget.
The clerk of the United States said the
boat was ,struck by the America on the lar
board side, about- ten feet aft of forward, the
collision driving a number of barrels of Ile
troldum into*the furnace, tensing the flames
to flash up in a moment. The boats were
within two hundred yards of each other
before either of the pilots discovered the
proximity.
• There were two bridal parties on the boat,
and' some of the passengers thought they
would have a little fun in serenading them,
which they did, and some , twenty minntes
after the ; serenade the collision occurred,
and I think if it was not for the serenade the
_bridal parties would have been lost, but as
they were in their state-rooms awake, they
were apprised of the danger in which they
were, and got off the United States on to
America, and as their state-rooms were on
the same side as the America, they were
saved. The scene in the cabin at the time
was indescribable. Several - ladies stood,
throwing their children overboard, and cry
ing for assistance. Upon the guards a num
ber of ladies stood; wrindiug their hands
and crying for help, bat they would not
leave the place they were in, and perished in
the flames. -
A. passenger states that it was not over
thirty seconds when the Slates caught fire,
the cause of which was the bursting of a
number of barrels of petroleum stowed on
the bow of the States. The America im
mediately caught lire, and succeeded in
.making the Indiana shore,Where her crew
ran out a stage to allow the passengers to
escape: He was the third man off the boat.
He returned and assisted the ladies off the
'boat. He saw a number jump into the riv
er. Ile assisted two ladies off the boat who
were entirely naked, having lost their night
clothes while escaping from the raging
flames. Over seventy-five persons took
supper on the America before the collision.
Alist of the United States' passengers
can not be correctly given, owing to the
loss of the clerk's register, which w'l , burn
ed with the' boat. There, un' re- -
mains but little doubt that Mr. •. • .;e W.
Fahnestock and daughter, of 1 . 1. .•t•:
were among the lost. They are styposed to
have been passengers on this boat and their
names do not appear among the saved.
Among the survivors is Mr. Jesse Smith,
of this city. We have heard the particulars
of Ole Bull's escape. He had, contrary to
his habit, laid down in his berth with his
clothes on, and •when the crash occurred he
seized his famous violin, and made his way
ashore, jumpinb into the water and wading.
He lost all his property -he had with him
with the, exception of the violin and the
'clothes he wore.
The America's main deck was all burned
()fl: She lies against the bank, on the In
diana shore, bead up stream, in- seven feet -
water. The United States lies in eight feet
water, head up stream, about one hundred
yards abfive the America, and eighty feet
from shore. The main deck of the latter is
not all burned off, and the frames of, her '
wheel-houses were still standing. The safe
of the United States was recovered, and
brought here on the Dumont.
The clerk of the America burst .open the
room, No. 32 ' in • Which Miss Burton, ,of
the,conipany of Ole Bull, Was sleeping. Ile
had a great deal of labor in getting her
had to force her-off the boat.
PINCINN ATI, Dec. 7--Details of the col
lision between the America and United
States are coming in slowly. The indica
tions are that both boats - were, . at the time
of the collision, headed toward the Indiana
shore. The General • Lytle arrived last
•night with 'slew of the survivors. - • Mr. Hall,
of Evansville, was among the saved on the
United States. The charred remains of eight
bodies, supposed to be femaleS, have been
recovered from the United States., None of
them could, be recognized. Mr. N.J.Bigley.
of Pittsburgh; mentioned yesterday as be
ing lost, is safe. Geo. W. Falinestock and
daughter, of Philadelphia, were lost . on.the
United States. Mr. Fisher, of Pennsylva
nia, passenger on the United States, is
burned badly about the face and hands. Mr.
Cunningham. of Allegheny City, Pa., on
the same, is in the hospital in this city,
badly burned on the hands -and feet, and
the right side of face, A lad; fifteen years
old, on route from Rhode Island to Mem
phis, is slightly burned. Mr. Taylor, clerk
of the 'America, visited all the wounded in
this city yesterday, administering, to their
relief. •
The Cincinnati Commercial says,`Milton
Woods, pilot of the tow-boat Lake Erie No.
3, was among the America's passengers.
lie says lie was in bed atd distinctly heard
the America's pilot blow two whistles for
the _ right, which was answered by - one
whistle from the United' States. Then the
America repeated two whistles, the United
States replying
,'vvith one. Knowing there
was trouble, he instantly jumped out of bed
and ran out on the guard. In the mean
time, he says, he beard the America- ring
her "stopping," and then her "backing"
bell, and that die only made three escapes,
when thq boats came together.
Jessie Smith, of Smith's Ferry, Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, was on the United.
States, and ran out of hie room bare-footed
and in his - shirt - sleeves. He also swam
ashore, and : was slightly burned :by the
flaming floating on the surface of the
water: • -
Mi. Fidler, of PennsylVanta, a passenger
on the United' Stites, was taken to the . hos
pital in this City,. and yesterday removed to
the Broadway Hotel by friends. He was
burned in the face and bands-face much
blackened, - Mr:, Cunningham, of Alle
gheny City Pennsylvania, on the same
boat, is Abe hospital here. His hands,
feet and right side of the face were badly
burned.
The Enquire? . says: The collision oc
_purred about quarter past eleven o'clock.
rThe America struck the States a little aft the
capstan, cutting deeply into her bow. The
forward guards of the States ware taken up
with coal oil, a quality of freight which re
quires to be carried where the air will get at
it. Almost simultaneously with the collis
ion, the flames arose from the bow of the
States, reaching up as high as her hurricane
roof. lt,fiashed up like the explosion of
' gunpowder. The fire ran up the boats stair
_ way, and within a very few moments the
whole forward part of the boat was on fire,
the flames leaping up as high as the tops of
( her claxdneYa. The wind was blowing up
stream, and, directly against the head of the
States, and droire the fire right into the cab
in, and it was not more than two minutes
until it extended to the aft end of the 'steam
er, and the whole cabin and upper deck of
the boat were in flames. •
The fire originated from .an ignited lamp
that was setting in the bow of the ; States,
The shock of the collision bursted some of
the oil barrels, and-the oil took fire from the
lamp. The boats struck full "heed on,"
and so violent and tremendous was the
shock that the bow of the America was
driven into the guards of the Stes to her
coal-box. One passenger on the ta States says
that the progress of the fire from the bow of
the States to the stern was about as fast as a
_man could walk. I I
Captain Whitten, of the. America, was
in the pilot-house just before the boats came
together. Be says the America gave.two
blasts of her whistle, but neither he r the
pilot heard any response from th States.
The America again signaled, blowink twice,
for the Indiana side of the river, and but
one whistle was heard from the 1 States,
which was not the proper response. It was
not what river men call a bad night, though
the wind was blowing strongly up'-stream,
which was probably the cause of misunder
standing the signals. The Apia-lights on
both teamers were all right.
_JR is the opinion of Captain Whiten .that
nothing more serious would have ,resulted
from the collision than the sinking of the
Stales, but for _the combustible coal oil
carried on the bow of that steamer. The
America was entirely uninjured in her tim
bers by the collision. The water !there is
shoal, and the States would not have sunk
above her cabin floor, and none on board
would probably have been lost. - There was
saved from the States, also,_the chamber
maid, who says that twenty-one ladies sat
down to supper, and out of the twenty-one
only four were rescued. The chambermaid
says therewere two newly married couples
on board of the States, all of whom were
drowned, except one of the brides.
We quote from the Gazette a statement
from a passenger, as follows :
I ran ationce to the lower deck and jump
ed into the water. We were then, I should
think, abOut fifty yards from the shore.
-Many of those who were in the ladies' cabin
also plunged in with me. The heat from
the burning vessel was so great that as I
floated along by its side, I suffered much,
and was a great deal singed. But I man
aged, at last to reach the shore. , Some of
1 those around me sank and were drowned.
I Others were swept by the current intosthe
' midst of the petroleum Which: had
spread over the river for, 'I --should
should
think, two hundred yards ,or more.
and , were burned to death. One old
gentleman, I noticed, whose wife was float
ing along with him on a piece of timber.
Smith man who was drowning seized,l her
`dress in his despair, caught her away from
-her husband and she was drowned before
his eyes. These deaths I saw while I was
myself in the water. A minute or two later
I reached the shore. This was not more 1
than two minutes after the first alarm had 1
1 been given. But in even this short time all
shouts and shriekings had died away. Oite
could only'hear the deckling of the flames
as they fairly licked up the great boats, and
occasional splashings as a chance swimmer
I would buffet the waves.
1 But one calamity I Saw which I shall
never forget. The yawl of • the United
States was lying just by our spars, literally
crowded with human beings. ' The pilot of
the America could" not see them, and went
right over thp yawl. Every person on her,
sir, must have been ; drowned or crushed to
death. I don't believe that one was lett
alive to tell the story of the death of the
others.
Another passenger says: The "wind was
so heavy that the boat had been steering
pretty wildly. When we were about, I
should think, two hundred and fifty yards
away; we saw the United States, and at
once we gave the signal for the larboard
side—two whistles. 11 7 7 t i/e the first whistle
was sounding, we heard one !thistle frees the
United States This Was the only signal I
heard. Peaw then that a collision was in
evitable, and so I started from the pilot
house for the decks.
The Gazette says :
The accident happened near a place called
Raid's Point. The channel is very devi
ous at this point, endthe place has become
famous in river navigation. It was within
a hundred yards of the spot where the Uni
ted States went down, that thelstorman col
lided' with the Lady Walton so e time ago.
It was near the same place, lso. that a g o.
It
ran into the Kentuc - y Home and
seal: It. r.
W were informed yester ay- by one of
Wei
oflieers of the company that the amount of
petroleum on board consisted my of about
foil-teen b irrels. This was 11 stowed, as
the an dneets, in the forecas le.
T -s» ladies who were res ued from the
flames were as black as f they had
hi eu plunged in ink—the effe t of burning
oil.
CUWAR'S REPORT.—Costa 'a report of
the Indian battle, after detain • g the manner
of surrrounding the Indian , illage, states
the ied warriors rushed fro"" their lodges
and posted themselves behin' trees and in
deep ravines. Charge afte charge was ,
made, the conflict lasting several hours.
Forty-seven lodges of the C eywines, two
of Arrapahoes and two of S oux, 'all under
Blackkettle,
wore captured; one hundred 4
and three Indian warriors w re killed, and
Blackkettle's scalp was taken by one of the
Osage guides.
General Custar says In the
the tight, as well as in eel
some of the squaws and a fe sr
were killed and wounded.
character of the conflict m
from the fact that after the 1
of thirty•eight dead warrior
a small ravine near the villi
had posted themselves.
A PETITION is to be prese , tedto Congress
soon after its meeting, sign:. by Gov. Wells,
Judge Underwood, Gen. " ickhatn, John
t 4,..
Minor Botts, and other le lding citizens of
Virginia, asking , that the reedmen's Bu
reau be continued in that late until its re
construction by Congress. on the ground
that the condition of aff rs requires the
freedmen to be protec from outrage,
which is continually being threatened. It
is expetted that the citize sof Texas and
Mississippi will take aim lax action until
those States shall also be re nstructed. The
citizens of Vitginia. in a rdance with the
recommendations of the publican State
Central Committee, will so ask Congreea
to order an.election in the State at • once in
order that the Constitution which was adop
ted by the,Convention 1 - winter may be
aubmltted - for adoption. •
• New Streets.
Evrrons GAZETTE : In the rural districts
of the city no new streets can be Opened
except on application of a majority in
interest of the poverty holders along the
route. This is as it should be. Were it
not for this salutary provision of the law,. •.
more streets would be opened s in those
,
districts than any public exigency re
quired. 1
SpeculatOrs laying out plans of building
lots would have streets opened through
their neighbor's prop arty in every direction;
others :with no property to be affected
would demand fancy avenues,
and Conn
' oils wouldlbe constantly beset by-contrac
tors for jobs on'.streets which no public
necessity called for. Where streets
are actually needed, and public travel
is likely to prevail, their own interests will
readily induce a majortty 'of the pronerty
holders to apply for them. A traveled
street or public thoroughfare enhances the
value of the property. through which it
passes; and where that is likely to - be the
case, there will be no lack ofstreets. Some,
it is • true, may be so blind to: Theirown
interests as to object to a particular street,
even under such circumstances, but it is
only a majority of. the property holders
which the law requires.
Besides, it la the property holders who
have to bear the entire expense of gral
ing and paving and repairing all streets
and sidewalks through or by their
property, and that expense, in some parts
of these rural districts, may become almost
ruinous to the property holder.
This is owing to the deep cutting and
heavy grades; and therefore the opening of
streets should not be necessarily imposed,
and those to be charged with the cost
should have a voice in regard to it:
In the old city we have numerous irt
stances where people have.been•mirnovEn
entirely out of their property. The Beatings
alley and Roberts street grading jobs in the
old Seventh waid show how this may be
dene. There the grading bilis of the city
contractors, and assessments made in con •
seqience, exceeded the value of a good
deal of the property. Such properties had
to be abandoned by the owners, and was
sold by the Sheriff and did not come near
paying the claims, and were bought in by
the contractors and city officers. It is,
therefore, a matter of serious import to the
owners to have a voice in the matter.
'lhe same law has worked well- in other
towns, and none but interested individuals
are found to complain of it here. The pro
moters of consolidation procured its enact
ment to allay the fears of the inhabitants
of those districts, and it is to be hoped they
will now aet in good faith and not lend their
influence to have it repealed.
A. scheme for its repeal is on foot. Par
ties who have axes to grind in the line.
of land speculation, and others without
property to be assessed, but fond of fancy
avenues and pleasant drives, and, also, the
whole host of city contractors, will be im
portunate for its repeal.
Besides these, one or more passenger
- railroad companies arki anxious to have the
grades on some of the 431 d turnpikes re
duced for their benefit by E i the property,
„holders along their route.
It is to be hoped, hew ver, that "our
Councilmen and Legislates will not be
humbugged by the importuhies of these
li k
disinterested gentry. ' C.
“The Romance of America Progress.,”
The fifth lecture of the course, under the
ausptces of the Mercantile Library Asso
ciathiri; will be delivered by R. Stoeliett
Matthews, Esq., of Baltimore, in the Acad
emy of Music, Thursday evenirg next.
The lecturer, who needs no introduction to
the 'Pittsburgh public, has. chosen for his
theme "The Romance of American Pro
gress;" one which will afford ample scope.
for his abilities, and handled in his inimit
able style can hardly fail to prove interest
ing as well as instructive. Tikere will be
no reservedats on the occasion, and all
who desire good positions will have to be
in attendance at an early hour, as the house
will doubtless be crowded. Tickets may
be purchased at the Library, corner of Penn
and:Sixth streets.
—lntelligence lately received from Mexi
co state that active measures have been
taken by the National Congress for the
ejection of all functionaries who served un
der the late Emperor Idaximilian.
COUGHS, COUGHS,
,cqLDS, COLDS,
When a person takes cord the lungs become
charged with phlegm, which oppressing the coati
stliutiou a natural effort Is made for; a relief.-,
This eflortAs a cough.. Tile only Et,fe andprudent
rentedlCs tq be adopted are thcise. n bleb assist na-
ture is Its work, by- looser , lng the phlegm arid exti
ting a frtedd'm of expect?ratlon until the, evil Is re,.
moved. lift. SARGENT'S COUGH STROP is ad.
mirably adapted to promote expectoration, ease the
hreatlang, loosen the phlegm, abate the, fever, and
allay the tickling which occasions 'the cough, with
out tightening Cue chest, or in any way iniuringthe
system, and for all temporary and local alreetionS. -
such as Irritation . of the : et:aro:it, hoarseness of the
voice, influenza, &e., It Is of Incalculable value.
peelally at this Inclement season of the year
would be 1101 for every famlly to have this valuable
remedy at hand. Prepared by (3E0. : A. RELLY
Wholesale Drugelst,.co
avenue, Pittsburgh, an
anu dealers In medicine
IPREVENT
When 'health has been sucriaced for want of the '
care necessary to protect it. regrets are unavailing.
It is better to prevent than to reptnt. The mo‘t la
clement season of the year is at hand, and its cold
and damp are the source cf inwmerable distressing - ,
ailments. The best means o f escaping ti em is, to
keep the outward surface of the body comfortably
warm with suitable clothing, and the internal or
gans in a Vigorous ctiadition by the occasional nee'
of a healthful tonic and corrective. Winter makes! . 1
tremendous drafts upon the vital forces, and there
fore it Is a season when a pure vegetable stimulant
and invigorant like HOSTETTER'S' STOMACH
BITTERS is of infinite use, especially to the weak'
and feeble. It gives stamina to the system, and '
thereby enables it to withstand the shocks of cold, •
which produce cough, bronchitis, catarrh, and other
diseases of the organs of respiration. Dyspe -six
and every, species of indigestion_are- also greatly
-aggravated by cold, damp weather, and for these
complaints the BITTERS are an acknowledged spe- •
mile. =There is no fact better known in this country,
atd, indeed, througher=t the tie lined portion's of ,
the Western Hemisphere, than that this gehial pre
paration Is a swift and certain remedy for ell ordi
_,
nary diseases of the stomach and the liVer.
A FACT OF GREAT VALUE.
No one can be too often impressed with the truth
of all disorders which mankind are prone to, none
aryl' more prevalence at this season of the year •
than those which manifest themselves in the lungs ,
and poimuLary organs. Dr. KEYSER'S PECTOR—
AL bYRU is a ;needy land infallible cure It:tall re-'
cent CA.Ub of coughs and lung diseases, and DR..
KEY e LUNG CURE in cases of long standing
and l great obstinacy, will be found of inestimable
value. There is scarcely &house or fpnily in Pitts
burgh that cannot testify to its merits, and Instead
of a person wasting time on other inert and inap=
propriate remedies. let them' walk themselves to
Dr. Keyser's, 140 Wood street, where they will
-ond the right Medicine &dented to their cure. The
Doctor has a long experience in medicine, And in
these lung cases. he has given signal pr. of of his
great ability and thorough knowledge of all those
diseases in'which the lungs take a proininent part.
His residence in. Pittsburgh Is over twenty years,
and the value of tds remedies is extended whereyerL
coughs are prevalent and lung diseases lobe oared.
DR. KEYSER'S RESIDENT OFFICE for LUNG
EXAMINATIONS AND THE TREATMENT :Or
OBSTINATE CHRONIC Dl:r•Si3its, no ,PENN
STREET. PITTSBURGH. PAs OflCe hours Ira
9 A. K. MOW. Po We
November 28, 18611.
excitenient•of
, f-defense, that
' of the children
The desperate
y be inferred
attle-the bodies
were found in
ge, where they
, er . o°,l street and Second
for sale by' all dreg.gists
50 cents per bottle
R REPENT
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