University of South Carolina Libraries
, ' ft-* J WI*t*?%xx\ DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME I. LANCASTER, C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1852. NUMBER 27. Tlir> I ... - - ? ? tun LANCASTER LEDGER IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. sc. a. UAILLY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS: Two Dollars per year, if paid in advance ; Two Dollars and Fifty C? nta, it paid in six month*; or Three Dollars, it payment is delayed until the end of the year. These terms will be rigidly adhered to. AdrntinroaU will bo conspicuously inserted at seventy-five cent* per square of twelve lines, for the first insertion, ? .? . J . L -If a... f 1. and tnirty-seven ami a nan raiw tor euvn Rubwouent insertion. A single insertion <)no l>ollar. Nothing will l>e counts I less than a square. Advertisers are requested to state, in writing on their advulMwiionts, the nuniWr of time* they wish tliein inserted; or they will be continued in the p?|>er until ordered out, and charged accordingly. The Law of Hewspapers. 1. All Kubserilter* who do not gite express Notiee t?? the collirary, are considered as wishing to continue their sula*rption*. 2. If siibeeriliors onlcr the discoulin\ianec of .heir pn|?er*, the publishers may continue to send them until arrearages are paid. 3. If sulwcriliers neglect or refuse taking their papers frotn the offices to which they are sent, they are held responsible till their lalls are settled, and their p:?]>ei* ordered to be discontinued. A Til.. PnnH. 1|UVI> lll^Mcl .l tl.lt r. iftl sing to take a newsp?|?or or iwriodionl front thr office, or removing awl leaving it uncalled for, in prima facie rvidnw* of INTENTIONAL. Fit A I'D. ALL KIHD8 OF JOB PBfflTING EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH At I hi* Office. - ----- ?* &plprtf ii Irtirlpr.. From the Olive IJrauch. The way Goitips end Slanderers are Made. Mother behold! the seed burst* forth, "Pis what thy cureless h..nd hnth scattered. "Yea, I consider Mrs. Way a very imprudent woman; a very imprudent woman; and I've beard say that she loads her husband a shocking life when he is at home, jMHir thing; it's well he's a sailor? and she mi meek and modest, and delicate in company." I-iiile Maritmld?tlicv ab\nv called the pretty Lu?.-y Werner, Marigold, because .*f In r vetiow hair, sat appi.rently l>u?v ?( lin^r to her doll, coaxing and scolding it, but every once in n while th<? careless glance of her great, eager eyes, up to her mother's fiice, proved that the coiivcr*utioii fell not on dull ears. Presently she took the plaything himI carried it into her own little room; there kitting it up against the head of the crili, she commenced after this fashion: "Dolly, Mrs. Way is a naught, nuuyhty woman, and I shan't let you play with her little Caroline again. I didn't think Mrs. Way was a naughty woman, any more than our minister's wife that I told you about yesterday, because Mrs. Way a!way gives me nice cake and btuutiful jsmies, and you reiiicinlter, dolly, what a mrge piece of bran liew, white, figured aiilkilll lis1 iet un hate iiiat made you a jr?fk moo a tape, ami lots of things, hut liieu ilia.'* ber cobehavior; when VoliV leu there. alio Tin lioi iliercshe act* 0 t?ry oudiy.aiid I'm Dot sure tail what she ionria t'siry; so, mt?? itolfy, don't youeeer Jet me see you going oter to lier nouse, ttjMCiulty willioUl lie." Tlie liltie vix-atun, alter dns tirade, mh tor a lew uiouietila, buai.y iiniikaig, out presently tier face ligfi.iti up with au eager limit, and she eomnu neeti ng mi: "Tin u, dolly, there uuo.her pernor) 141 HI JOU Ilium inn g ' V*J "J VMV?*un, nmiim wihi'i uiiu mi< won't i?( im; ami that'* tli?* widow woman tnat Jive* in iue liule wUile cvilugo now n by liic UHf. The tolka nil m?y, Uiul at, mania M)>, liutl ?tif mi'i u vary good woman, ml mania ray*, Uial a, ?Ar aknuldttl tromlrr it ilw bail done aoitie dreadful (aid tiling wane lime or oilier. Ami d?m'i you tlnuk, dully, alie only geU ? cent's wortii of milk; shouldn't you be ?limned to go after aueli a little mite? and alie weani a horrid old calico drw*, I don t know when it ?ru made, but Mm Jenny wid t!?? other day It viu wer no much before the flood?and in church ?h? ?tmk, too, tomatiroca, for I teen her nriel(| I wppMt it'a because Bite's been so bnd. Then there's ] the new teacher; mother don't believe bul what ?he's very la-cause site goes out so much, with young Mr. Hartley, and bej cause Mr. Hartley collies to our school I sometimes, and she thinks Mrs. Hartley won't board her a great while longer, and I'm sure inntuu won't boatd her, and then, dolly, it'll he so nice, she will have to leave, and there won't be any tiresome school Ibr you and I, will there?" Then the little fueed changed from glee to gravity. "< >! dolly, don't yon know how bcauti- I fill Mrs. Harper dresses when she conies to I church??well, maiiiN says that she isn't I tidy at home; that she believes she's real j dirty, because when mama went there one day, she didn't take off her nasty, I greasy apron that she'd Wen cooking in, ' but sat right down on a nice chair. And there was *l??st on the tnhle, mama said , yon might write on it, and the sofa was in j ,1 : I II- r .1 < ... ii.? 111 iiiiiii* in me noor, ami tin* brooin ? rijilit in tin? corner, and?oli! I forpot, Mrs. 1 Leo, t?>o, does dreadful thinps, dolly?oli! ' you wouldn't believe wlint dreadful thinps < Mrs. Leo illh*h. Mama wi*nt there one j diiv, and she tiaid slu* was sick, 1 nit in una 1 told Ji*nny that she Awte she'd l>eo? dritiking?only think! drinking, dolly, Mrs. Li*e! her even were real red, and she couldn't ( stand up very well, and she tried to ;urn it off, you kin w, and say she was di./y: 1 lnit she wasn't dizzy, dolly, any iiv.ii* ' than you or 1 are dizzy; I tn don't you n any body, la-cause main.t says she wuiiii.n'i dare to say it to any one hut J -liny. Don't you pity -little ^lejed .u<rhtcrs. doiiy? Those two little Jo-sup i^irl* an step danphti r.-, and inaiiia says, for a!' , iln v hatk so nice ami neat, she don't la- . ?e\e hut their in titer that a.nt their own mod nr. you know - treats litem real cruel. Ami don't you think 1 asked them to po to the ]a>ml yesterday, after some lilies, and Delia said Iter mother always wanted her to "come r'plit straipht home after school," and the clvittcrltox mimi. k< d Iter voice and mutunr. "And then I told Iter it wasn't au\ matter, it wasn't her mil mother, and she said she was a pood, dear mother, for all that, ami she wanted to mind her; hut mania says, she sup|M*c* that eraffv Mrs. Jcssup tenelies them to praise her up.? There dolly,, what do you think of that / you oupht to Ih> thankful, as mama teMs me, that you aint a little step daughter. Joel's see; I can't think of any more, dolly; to-inorrow aunt Sally is coniinp up from Denton, and then I'll hear lotsals ut folks, and if you mind and not repeat it, I'll tell you every mite. Aunt Sally, you know, is uncle Peter's new wife, and she's real dressy, and wears all the fashions* ami mama thinks she aint a poinp to like her, hut she don't know, she may tuaylte. She mvm.i milliner hefori* uncle Peter ma rriinl her, ami it's kind of vulgar to he a milliner, hut then she had lots of money. She's boon married In-fore, and her htisi i . - ? ' ... mm useo u? gei nriiiiK, aim she's pot oik- child that's worse than a fool, mania says; I don't know what ails him. So do yon sit there, and l-o a pood dolly, and not go spinning street yarn like that Kate Miller, that knows every body's business hut her own, if you do, I'll whip you, and put you into Mr. linker's family mama says she shouldn't want to las punished worm-, for it's a real?I darsn't say the word, dolly, but it means a wicked place ?on earth." Parents, look round upon your delicate hoiv s -d i old - v as? -s, rarer than the costliest porcelain or the richest gold; will you drop within them, words of pollution, th?vt -hall make them hut fair receptacles of all that is |*?isoti< us and loathsome, or will you fill them with gema that shall make earth bright with the light of heavenly purity??Your children are in your hands. Tiik (Jenas CosaeiMACr The New York Courier and Ktnjuirer has receive the mivik) iiuiiiImt of the new Cuhan revolutionary journal, I .a Vox ilel 1'iinhlo Cnltno. 'Hie it I iter* awmnie a liohler ami in??e. defiant tone; ami avow that the rdieet i?? printed at <inine>, a town ahoul 1 85 miww M>uth of Havana ; hut there i> < mid to he rea*ou to ladieve that it w i? tut I from Havana. CopM*, it i* aliens I, have fouml their way even into the palaeo of the Captain-flem-ml, ami notwitliMtaoding tin* vigilance of the polk** no elite to the |?uhli*hem low lawn fouml. In thia numticr the Sjiauiarda redding in Cuha are atrougly prayed to make common ground with the CuImiIM, <hi tlie ground that they nra equally It i* more than , probalde, it U * ii-1, that the paper ia i printed either in New Yi?rk or New Or- 1 lean*, and ha* never liren acen in Cul a; 1 the object being to get up another flllibnater excitement iu thin country.?Char- \ Ietion Corner, Biography. The subjoined circular we find in the j Greenville Patriot. The purpose of the ' author, to publish a succinct biography j of the neglected distinguished ntcn of this , State, should meet with general patron- j age, and we trust his overture to the liter- ; ary gentlemen, to whom this circular will j be sent, will enlist their hearty co-oper- j ation in his patriotic work: Gkkkkvillk, S. C., 1852. Dear sir: Perhaps no Suite in the Union lias produced so many men eminent for i genuis, patriotism and learning as South ] Carolina; and yet it is remarkahle how | little we have of biographical delineation | jf the distinguished dead and living men j who have so signally illustrated the an- j nals of the State, and made South Car- | olina, although geographically one of the | most smallest States in the mitinnnl imim. I confessedly "the bright particular star" of the confederacy. With a view of rendering justiec to the memory of our ilustrious dead and living men of distinction, and the promotion of the honorable fame of our Moved State, it la proposed to write it very brief sketch of the history of the State, front its earliest colonization to the present time, and the lixca of idl her distinguished men during the same period. The undersigned does not feel himself oiupetent, alot e, to perform this groat act of patriotic duty to his native State; hut, on the assurance of aid from several distinU'.t -! d gentlemen in this and ncighlioriiig St is, tir-t Irt'ilig had, he projioscs to is-ue, iminei'ti tely tiiereafler , a Prospectus ! i a ?* rk to he entitled "L ves of fcinini S mh Carolinians." I. give character to and confidence in i! n:? rprise I respectfully and earnestly g pi mission to state that I have been ! om red with your promised assistance. I' v?'ii have the kindness to assent to mv r? ijui'st, y.ai will greatly oblige by a?i'ri ssing me at ibis place, and by designating tl.e lives of those it may be your ptca-nr* to write. It may inn In amiss to add that the proposed work is expected to be comprised in one volume, octavo, of 400 or 500 pages, an,! to embrace the live* of a great i umber of|H r-oi s- thai, therefore, brevity will Ik> indispi-iisifile, am! that, as editor of the Isiok, I must necessarily reserve to myself the privilege of adding to or curtailing the contributions of my numerous friends. In a preface to the liook.propcr acknowledgements will be made, and tbe names of those who aid me by their kindness and talent gratefully recorded. Of course the name of no contributor will Ikj given to tin* public where a wish to the eontrarv is indicated. Trusting, sir, tliat I may Ik* permitted to add your name to the list of those who have already thus honored me, and thereby give additional certainty to my pur|K>*od enterprise, I am, with very great res|?ect, your oltedient servent, Samcel A. Townes. ? Carolinian. Important from the Plains. Terrible Maxxacre!?Murder nf Captain Mara/* Command by the Comanche*. The Fort Smith (Ark.) Herald, uf the 17th ult., has the following important intelligence: "Twoexpresses arrived tn this city to Col. Wilson, Commander of the Fort, one from Fort Arbuckle, the other from Fort Washita, on Wednsday evening last, bringing the melancholy and distressing intelligence of the destruction of the exjaslitioii to the head-waters of lied Itiver, and hi tinier of Cant. Many and the whole of his command about 80 men. MIt ap|K*ars that a Waco chief came into Fort Arbuckle a few days ago, and stated that when out on the plains with his band of Indians, about twenty days travel fioin Arbuckle, a Company of Camaiiclics and Kioways came into his camp, some of tiii'iii ilresseil in soldiers' chillies, ami others with bayonets fastened to sticks, ami other articles he knew belongs! to trisips, ami that they statist to him that as the Camanches were on their way to attact the |iost on the Bra/eg, they came across Capt. Marey's expedition, ami when they discovered liini, they went into his camp, and he gave them presents, and then lelt. "At night, the Indians succeeded in getiiug up <t stani|H'de among the horses and mules ami run thein off,after which about 0 iVhak, or a I suit daylight, they attacked the coin in iml there Is-ing als.iit 2,000 Indians and fought all that day, and the next day they suceeded in killing off the w hole eoiupatir. It is also reisirted bv the ?tine chief*that theCiimancncs intend iltaekitig Fort Arhmkle and the jmsts on the He says that he escaped by gi\ ing lip all the |>eltries, Ac., that lie hail, ;iud was glad to gi't off by that,means. The Wncim live in the m-ighlmrhood of Fori Arhuckte, and the officers at that post place full confidence in the rejmrt. "Till* oximwrt siMit in from Arbuckle and Washita show planly that an attack is apprehended. Indeed, report* of the gathering of the Caimtm-heH in a body, ami their determination to attack the whites, have been freipieiit in this place for the last finir or five months, and it accords with the statement made by Col. Humphries, of Fort Washita, who wenl out sometime ago to trade with them, ami waa rohlwd by them, h a companions n Urdetd, and he barely made his escape; an account r>f which was published in the Hearld two ?n"' "If thi* report prove* to be true, ami there appear* to be not much room to rloul-t it, an Indian war is inevitable. There must bo a combination of all the wiM tribes that roam over the prairies and through the moutiUfins of New Mexico. The real strength of these Indians is n?>t known, hih! when combined will present a formidable force tliat the United States will lind very hard to subdue. The prairies west will aft'ord the Indians means of avoiding troops as intricate as the hammocks of Florida. They extend for hundreds of miles, and in many places are nothing hut a sandy plain, upon which man nor heast can find subsists nee, being generally destitute of water. The Indians are acquainted with the prairies, and know every hiding places for let rest, most of them lieing inaccesaible to the whites. "There *s but mie regiment of troops on tin* ltrnzoa, and tliMt regiment having only half its complement of men, divided into two posts, some distance apart, and are, then-tore, in no situation to nn-4-t a largo and forniidalile band of Indians, and are so lar from die white settlements as to be able to get no aid from that puarti-r. "The lives of hund-eds of soldii-rs and j eitizens are saerifieed upon our frontiers annually, tti consequence of the penurioustu-ss of ons Government. Instead of sending Cant. Marey out with sixty or eigiv j men, lie should have had ahout three luuulretl, as the importmce of the expislition demamled it, the countrv heing unexplored and unknown,and tilled with hands of marauding Indians, who make murder and robbery h business. "We regret exceedingly the loss of so many valuable lives, and we are led t?? mourn over the sad fate of Capt. Marey, . hi intimate friend, and an enterprising high-minded officer of the nrniv, and, l>r. < i. <i. Shtitnanl, an atniabh-and respi etahle physician of our city; alst> ("apt. Strain of Fort Ouehita. and Mr. .1. R. Suvdam of New-York, who ac?ntnpatiieil the i-\pi-<!iti4>n for pleasim*, hesale others <>f h-ss note, but whose loss to ther friends w ill In* nothing the lean on that aeeoutit. ami will rill their hearts with sadness and grief. i "An express left hero on Thursday morning for Little Rook, with despatches from the commander of this post, for Washington City." itatu'.oiph is. .Marcy was. we perceive In<111 (lie IIIiir Book, a native of Mus.a< 1 Missel Is. hihI a captain in the Fifth Kigimeut oflnfitntry. TlieN. V. Knnini/ Post states that he was about forty years of age, and that he was among the most gallant officers of the little force that won the first battles on the Rio Grande under General Taylor, anil being wounded af Kesaca de la Palina, ho was placed on recruiting duty in Pennsylvania. After the war lie was ordered to the Indian frontier, ami was entrusted by Government with the arduous duly of commanding an eseorl to Santa Kc, and exploring a new route to that place; a service which lie performed with great credit. Several othei tasks of delicacy were executed by him to the entire satisfaction of the I department. His last orders were to command an ex|H'dition to select a site and establish a fort on the remote southwestern frontier, and it is in this service lie has fallen. He leaves a widow, who is at one of the distant military stations, and several children.? Courier. The Dreadful Calamity on the Hudson River?Burning of the Steamer Henry Clay?Melancholy Loss of LifeMany Passengers Missing?HeartRendering Scenes?The Finale of a Race. The subjoined details of the criminal and terrible steainl<oat disaster?the burning of the HmryCIa;/ on the Hudson rivei on Wednesday, which seems to have been the ri-siilt of most wanton and reckless racing?we copy from the New-York Daily Time* of Thursday morning: The steamer Henry Clay and Ameuiii left Albany 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning for New-York, the latter a little ahead, each crowded with passengers, the former having lietueen four and five hundred on Itoard. It is stated that the boats commenced racing from the start?the Im<ats belonging, of course, to rival lines. All the landings were missed, in the eagerness rf the race,? until Hudson was reached. Here the Armenia made the luiifliittr lirvit niul fin* I M???- ..... . ?""fs ",u *-"n^ w '** obliged to wait until Iior rival's departure, In-lore she could get to the dock. The Armenia, ol* course, again got tin* start, taking the west channel of the river. Her competitor followed on the ciust side of the | river?the channels l>eiiig scparnrtcd for some distance l?v a grassy flat. When the boats reached the lower end of this flat, they were nlstiit abreast of each oth* ! er, eaeli striving to make the next land[ ing (Kingston, we should *M|>|H*e it to l>o trom the description) ahead of the other. The Armenia, it will Is) seen, was nearest iho shore on which Kingston is situated, j The Clay, however, crowded her so hard that they came in eollison, and ran side l?y aide for some distance, the wheel house of the Armenia snstnining, meantime,considerable damage. The passengers, with the exception of a reckless few, had exhibited much alarm during the entire passage thus far, apprehending some fatal result to the hazardous race. When the Utats came in collision, their alarm increases] so much that scvera' ladies fainted, and many others ! gave expression to their fears in loud outcries attd tears. It is proper to state here, that Capt. Tallman was confined to his room by sickness, and did not assume command at all. Also, that Thoa.Oollycr, one of the owners of the l?oat waa on board. We are told that, after the collision, four gentlemen went to the |strom who werr in command, stating the consternation of the ladies, and remonstrating against the fearful risk to which the passengers were being subjected, and begging that the race should cease. i At this time the heat in the vicinity of 11 the engine and boiler rooms was so great I that it had become almost impossible to ! pass fiont one end of the vessel totheoth- I j er- The fact was mentioned as an evid- < once of the hazardous efforts that were ] making to secure a fruitless victory, at the expense of the comfort if not the lives of all on board. The remonstrances were unavailing. The reply was that the boat w s getting along very well, and that there was no danger to be apprehended, ' The race accordingly continued; the llenry | I Clay succeeding, finally, in crowding her I competitor so near the shore that she was < compelled to drop astern, in order to keep i from rimniinr mrrnmul Tit.. I ......I.. . i iiv vinj iihmir ; tin* landing, tiiok on hoard tin: few pas- { i seiigerx in waiting, and secured the few j < dollars charged for their faro. At what \ < price the paltry stun was obtained, the j melancholy sequel will show. As may be supposed, the feelings of \ those on board?a large majority of them ' ladies, many of whom were without pro- < tectors?had by this time become soexeit- : ed, that few were prepared toaet with pro- t setiee of mind in the dread emergency in which they were soon to be plunged.? The Henry Clay maintained her vantage, and came through the Highlands a short distance ahead of the Armenia. Ktnorging from that narrow passage, the hitter \ fell rapidly astern of the Clay, w hich pass- j ed Sing Sing some four miles ahead. In I ihe meantime dinner had been served, and the ] assengers were grouped on the main and promenade decks, somew hat reassur- I ed. now that the boats were so far separat- i At about quarter belore 3 <? clock, just . i after passing the village of Votikers, the j ! thrilling cry of "Fire!'' resounded from the i centre of the vessel. A glance towards the engine-room showed a column of smoke pouring up from one of the hatches. Almost simultaneously, flic llaines leaped , from the hold near the boiler rooms, and in less than one minute the entire vicinity of the machinery was enveloped in thimcs, cutting off all communication between forward and aft. A western steamboat captain, who was on board, expressed bis conviction that tar, rosin or some other highly inflammable matter must have been in use in the boiler room for fuel, as wood j ?even heated as was every part of the ' vessel iieiir the machinery hv the unusual 1 I fires of the day?could not, hy any possibility, have ignited and raised a dense wall of name in the few seconds which elapsed aftei the first alarm, and before communication fore and aft, was cut off. This testimony is confirmed by other gentlemen with whom we conversed. I'anie and confusion now assumed the reins. The realization of the gloomy forohodings of the morning seemed to he at hand. Men, women and children were thrown into an alarming state of eonfu- j sioii. Ladies were calling upon their bus | i hands for succor; mothers clasped their i children to their bosoms with the energy of despair as they retreated from the rapidly spreading destruction. Husbands who were on the forward deck, strove in vain to reach their partners, left l?nt a moment before in the after-saloon. (!roans, cries, shrieks, imprecations and prayers were mingled in mournful chorus. From the instant that the fire was diseov^nwl 1 despair seemed to settle upon tin- hearts ' of a large portion of the passengers ami { shut out from view altogether the hope | calculated to induce self-jiossession and cf- I i I'ectual ctforl-s for safety. A cry for the "boats" was raised; hut no boats could he found. We cannot asi certain that a single yawl or life-boat was [ on board the steamer. If there was one Midi, w e are assured that none was brought in use. Nor can we learn that there was any effective apparatus on board with i which to extinguish a lire. At all events, | every effort to save the vessel became so | utterly hopeless, within five minutes after i the (lames broke out, that it was abandoned, and the steamer's head was turned > towards the east hank of the river in order to run ashore. The necessity fortius | movement at the earliest moment wasful ly apparent. Already were the w heel; houses wrapped iii flames, the engineers j had been driven Irom their posts, and the I devastating element fanned by a still'south j wind, was sweeping rapidly towards the after saloon, w here the greater number of i the passengers were located. The dense | volume of smoke, too, was blown direetly i aft, laden with burning cinders, and snh| jecting them to imminent danger of sufj foeation. In the meantime, the despairing shrieks for help appeared to l?e redoubled. It was instineiively seen that, as the steamer I would strike the shore how on, there bej ing no communication from aft to forward, j even the approach to the river's hank gav^ ! but little hope to the helpless women and children who were astern. And there they stood, the young and the old, battling, inch by inch, with the flame, suffering a thousand deaths in the terrible strug,.U i'... i:r_ ??:i .1 ?1 ? iwi iiiv, iiiivii me vessel sirucx, leaving those who were aft, Home 2<r>0 or 300 feet from tlie shore. At thin time, it in esti| muted, there were nearly 301) persona i 1iio1<1I<mI together on the after guards, liesij fating in agony or terror, whether to meet death by the tlame or tho floo<l?these dread alternatives apparently, being the only bitter choice. The place where the steamer struck is i on the river bank, two and a half miles lielow Yonkers. No lionts were to l?ohnd ' there of nny description. The Armenia. bore rapidly down, and sent out her l?oata, 1 as also did a number of sailing vessels 11 wh'ch werenoar, but at least a quarter of an hour elapsed after the Clay struck, ere any assistance came. In the meantime,! o! the panic-stricken unfortunates had nearly i wall been forced over the stern into the wa-J hi ter, where many of them sustained them-1 st selves by swimming, or by the aid of a > few floating boards, until rescued from their a' perilous condition. Others clung to the | V guards of the vessel with the energy of desperation. The rudder and steering V gear furnished temporary safety toothers.] t: A number succeeded in getting hold of the braces on the under side ol'the guards. I t* Several ladies threw the end of a stern C: line overboard, let themselves dow n into h the water, and sustained themselves by ii j M until aid reached them; fortunately before <1 the line, which was on lire, had heec me h too weak to support them, l'ut many j JlhcIS ilimiied frantieallv intci tln> ivai.-r : tl *> I t" J j ind sank to rise no more. A gentleman " vvlio was forward, and who tJT??t on shore soon after the vessel strtiek, says that not J w one of a mttnher of ladies?some with ' children in their arms?whom he saw I hi jump Iroin the larboard side, were saved.!ft' lie expresses the conviction that some fitly or sixty lives, at least, were lost. We < r wish we could adil that but little reliance I could be placed on his statements; but of j 1" all those with whom we conversed, he tl seemed the calmest and most likely to be well informed. Wc heard of but one person who is t" supposed to have been burned to death; one child we are told, was seen to fall he- s< neath the flames in the after saloon. A Mr. Way, of Welles\ ille, Ohio, was among tl the passengers. When the (.'lay first 1,1 struck he swam ashore, procured a raft of t" several loose boards, and returned to save gi bis wife, 1 he drowning creatures about him, m tln ir struggles for safety, broke up his raft, ami < < mjielled l.im to abandon it. 'l'he loose boards sustained <|uite a t'1 number of the sntlercrs above water until help came. Mi. Way got under the <s -learner's guard again, and sustained hi. l? w ife and two other ladies until the small h< boats came up. lielbre the Knginect (Mr. Jaeoh / inmerman) was compelled to leave his post, '1 he arranged the alve properly, ami left '(i the machinery in full motion. The engine .. ...i II" :i .1.- .... i - ' ' VIOIIYI'II ?>eu 1111111 Lilt; VCSSCI SHUCK, W Hell 11 the machinery slopped with a crash, prohabiy from the giving away of the tint* " hers supporting it. When the engineer and tiretiien reached the forward deck, " they tell overpowered hy the heat and suflocation to whicli they had been subject- ' ed. ' M tiib ixji ar.n and the dead. No accurate statement of the liunibor ^ who perished can now be given. No list ?' of passengers w as taken by the clerk; and of course many of those who lost their ,!i liws cannot be known until their bodies are recovered. There were quite a nuinber of passengers on board from the West. ' several of them from l'ittsburg. The hitter, we understand, were all saved. There were many gentlemen who were returning with their families from Saratoga and oth vi .. 'hihi^ I'lum, .-uiiii; ?u >> 11<ii11 are known to be missing, although those who *| report the faet are unable to give any clue to their names or homes. < Mieladv is said to have been drowned, ^ whose husband does business at No. (">'.? j ^ I 'earl-street. She had w ith her it little bov w ho was rescued, and w hose piteous ( meanings for the fond mother, so rudely snatched from him, were truly heart-rend- ^ ing. A resident of Chicago, named Adam j Murry, was on board with his wife and one child. All three of them jumped into the water together. The husband was rescued alive, but nearly exhausted. The child w as found dead soon after, 'and I ( ) brought to the depot of the Hudson l!iv | ^ er rail road, where it was recognised last { ^ evening by the father, (Mr. Murray.) Thel body of the mother had not been tound j () when we left. She is about five feet five inches in height; 30 years of age, and is j attired in a chamber gingham dress, black J Unmet, light shoes, and had on her person j a gold watch and chain, one diamond ring, one wedding ring, and another gold r. > The body of a male child, neatly dressed, was taken out of the water dead, and v brought to the city. The remains were! | unco in a private room over tlic 1 liaison | Kiver Kail Komi Depot. They liml not | ( lieen recognized tip to a late hour last ! ( night. SI The l>ody r?f a man was also taken out | (j of the water, and recognized as that of Mm. II. \Vhillock, a resident of New-1 York. A highly respectable resident of Mont- it pelier, Yt., by the name of Stoddard 13. w Colby, was on board the steamer with his I M wife. Moth leaped into the river; and the u unfortunate lady was drowned. Her bus- j rs band was sieved. Last night the body of p Mrs. Colby was grappled tip and brought I ji to the rail road deitot, where it was identi- ft tied by the mourning husband. c< Mr. S. 13. Bancroft, of Philadelphia, d was on the. aflerdeck of the steamer in v company with his lady, who held hold of si his arm when thev both jumped overboard, a Mr. I 'enoroft was saved, but his wife was e drowned. Her remains were recovered a last night and recognised by the afflicted husband. M A resident of Laurel Hill, New Jersey I h named L. S. Haskell, was also on board j sr with his lady. She wns drowned while he was rescued from a water}' prove. The Y remains of Mrs. II. were recovered from tl the water las. cveninp, and brought to the A citv in the 0 o'clock train. tl John L Thompson, Ksq., of Lancaster, M IV, lost his wife and two children. Hint- ti self, one child and nurse were saved. Mr. It Thompson holds an official station in the n State of Penneyhr nia, and w as just re- d turning with his family from a Northern 1 tour, tl Mi.-s Mary Bhodes, residing in the eitv Brooklyn, was rescued from the water, itli serious burns about her face and 'east. She was placed on board the earner Armenia, and brought to the city. Miss Tucker, of Milledgcville, Ga., was Iso seriously injured, ami brought to New ork in the steamer. Willis B. lVeseott and his son John V., of I.a., were seriously injured, and ikon on board of the steamer Armenia. James .1. Jessup, thcclork of the steamr, was in the water, and had a narrow scape of his life. Mr. Jessup states that e had no record of the names of the pas ngers, and further, that all the book", ocuments and monies in the office were >st. Captain J. F. Tallmnn, Commander of ie Ilenry Clay, was on board laboring nder a severe illness. In his efforts to ite others, after the fire broke out, ho as in the water a long time, and when ikcn out was unable to speak, lie was rou gh I to tlie city in tlie Armenia. It is a red that he will not recover. The principal pilot of the ill-fated steamhad his wife in the wheel house, where le remained until the vessel struck, when i catiglti hold of her and jumped upon le shore. A planter, named Edward Cooper, reding at M< mphis, Tenn., was overboard, ltd being an excellent swimmer, he rested several f? males, and then saved him lf. An incident worthy of note occurred at te time of the panic. A gallant young inn named Edwards, who was 011 the itlVail, aft, obsening a young lady it\ rcat danger from the fire, exclaimed. A'ill yon go with me into the water and te risk of being drow ned, or will you be unit to dent hi" The female accepted ie noble offer, and both wore saved. James Smiley, a resident of New-Vork, believed to have gone on board of the* ettry C lay at Albany, attd up to a late uir last night he had not been heard of. There an many men and women tnissg by their friends, who were on hoard ie Henry Clay together; and as a largo it of baggage h...- h"en found without wners, we here give ti names and itiials 011 the trunks: Black trunk marked M. A. F., Wiltington, N. C.; do. do. J. C. Brougham, letroit: do. do. E. W.; do. tlo. O. Fenttell, Wilmington, N. C.; do. do. I. 1>., do. do. tiss 11. ('leinoiits, Wilmington, do. do. E. . Parker, Vermont; while russet trunk, liss Moore, Memphis, Tenn.; black trunk, 1. E. B., Wilmington, N. C.; band box, I 1 > XT' V I . II .1 . 1 ? in. *t I I'clM'f iU'W 1 OI'Kj IUHCK 111111K, . C'. In addition to the above baggage, thero 1 a large lot at (lie steam boat office, No. 02 West-street, which has not boon laimed, and the owners are. supposed to e either among the dead recovered, or liosc who have not been found. 1.1ST OK TUB DEAD. The following are the names of those pon whom an inquest was held : Mrs. Harriet K. Colby, aged 32, wife of \ K. Colby, of Alontpelier, Vt Mrs. Elizabeth llillinan, of Troy. N. V. Mrs. Emily 1> an croft, aged 55, wife of taeey It. Itaneroft, dry goods merchant, f 1 'hiladelphia. Mr-;. Anthony llobinson and daughter, f I'err\ -street. New York. Mrs. Owen Eonnell, of Wilmington, c. An Irisli lad who was near the pilot oiise, is missing, supposed drowned. A. (J. Downing, editor of the llorticuliiist, Newlmrg, missing. Mrs. (i. \V. S .miiis, of Eld ridge-street, cw York, lost two children ; the body f one of them, a boy, about two and a alt' years old, has been found and identied. Mr. (I. E. \Y hillock, hone agent, No. P> Allen-street, drowned; on his body ras found a portetnonaie, gold watch, ponil ease, ?kc. A light flaxen haired child, wearing a 1 loonier hat, name unknown, standing n the after deck, was burnt. Mrs. Wint lyid daughter, of Pcrry-st., lew York, missing. Mrs. Bnylv, wife of Professor Bayly, of Vest Point, and two children, were rowned. Mr. Bayly was saved. Mr. \Y. K. Bay, wife and daughter, of 'inciunati, < Miio, drowned. Mr. S. \V. D. look saved one of Mr. Bay's children, by Lviniming from the stem of the wreck to 10 shore. ITCtOKNTS 1 lilt MISSING, ETC. Miss Moore, of Tennessee, lost her life i the following manner: It seems she as under charge of Mr. K. Cooper, of lemphis, Tennessee, who was in the af r part of the l?<mt, and the flames wero ipidly approaching them, when Mr. C. laced on his hotly a life preserver, and imped into the water. Thus secured in sinning, lie called to Mirk Moore to amo from tlio l?oat, and he wouhi conuct her to the shore ; t>ut the poor girl ra? too much alarmed nt tho water, ami lie coulil not he imlneed to leave the boat, nil, in consequence, sho was soon after nvclojxsl in thiincs and smoke, and dis-^ pjieared. J'rofessor Rarllett, of tho i'olloginte Initnte nt Poughkcopsie, is rejiorted to nve lioen drowned. Another statement lys Mrs. Itartlett. Stephen Allen, K?rj., ex-Mayor of New ork, H6 years of age, and lady, were on icir return from Ix'hnnnon Springs. Mr. was seen by Mr. Jewett, of this city,on ic dock when the boat touched tile shore. Ir. J. handed him a rope, and his attenon lieing drawn in another direction he wt sight of tho old gentlemun, and did ot see him afterwards. Mr. Allen was a irector of the Hudson River Hail Road. Iicre i* very little doubt but he u among ic drowned,