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acc, on Thursday evening last, by one
James MlLean, a Scotchman, who, with
a number of his countrymen, were drink
ing together ; Being somewhat intoxi
cated, a dispute arose about a few pence
which M‘Lean was told he ought to pav
for whiskey, and on refusing, was called
a sneak, which so enarged him that he
seized an axe and instantly killed one of
the disputants, by a blow that nearly
cut his neck oft'—on his falling, another
of them, while stooping to take him up,
received a similar blow from the infuri
ated ruffian, which also dispatched hint1!
—Thenames of the men killed are Win.
Qrr and Lochlin MT,outhlin.
The wicked perpetrator of this shock
ing butchery made his escape before the
inhabitants rallied to take him, but was
apprehended on Saturday in Lincoln,
and is at present lodged in the jail of
this town.
Louisville, April 20.
Shifi-ivrec&s at the Rapids of Ohio.
A spectacle so distressing to the ge
nerous heart, was never presented in
the w estern country as that of this dav,
in front of Louisville.—On Saturday
four large ships, all new, anti bound for
Newr-Orleans, lay in aline in the bason
above the rapids, w aiting the rise of w a
ter, which was then on the swell, and
promised a safe passage over the ob
structions, so that all calculated on pas
ring on Sunday—Sunday w as a boister
ous day which prevented a possibility
of managing a ship in so straight a pas
sage—The water at a stand during the
day began to fall in the evening.-— .Mon
day the water had fallen two or three in
ches, and very little hope obtained of it
sw elling to that height again during the
year—The owners of the ships, v ho
sver present, felt the consequence too
sensibly to remain idle a moment if a
possibility existed of passing— ound
ingswere made and hope reviv d. Col.
Lord owner of the ship John Atkinson,
bore down for the head grand shoot, ana
passed handsomely by, rubbing the
rocks two or three times, and anchored
below. By this time the wind had in
creased a little, in a direction some what
unfavourable, but not sufficiently to ’pre
vent the attempt by the l’uscarora, who
got under weigh and the Kobe; King
followed in her wake. At this moment
the shores, terraces, and windows were
tilled with anxious spectator;,, enjoying
4> i ubtf’.d p!; e;ur<’, but in a few in mutes
their suspcnce was decided with the
fate of the ships, which lay wrecks upon
die rocks / until they fdled with water,
which was in a short time after thev
struck. The apparent perilous situation
of the crews and gentlemenon board was
dreadful; in ships without rudders or
keels, tumbling from rock to rock and
rolling from side to side, in a current
which rates twelve or fourteen miles an
hour, without a possibility of being re
lieved from the shore. Fortunately
for the lives on board, the ships fdled
on the rocks without going to pieces.
The Rufus King endeavoured by
casting her anchors after the Tuscarora
struck, to avoid the like blow, but the
strength ot the current was too power
fid, she stria k near the same place, and,
drawing a few inches less water bound
1 ed past the how, a ul carrying away the
head ot th • Tuscarora and part of her
railing, lodged about her length below.
Col Lord had returned from his ship
with th • pilot and was on hoard the Ru
ins King ; during this time his ship,
\\ hich had prssed without damage, drag
ed her anchor or parted with it, and in
spite of the exertions of the hands on
board, stranded on Sandv Island shoal,
which will be perfectly dry in a ft w days
n the water continues to fall at the pre
sent rate—’tis presumed, she mat- be
got off the next rise of the water with
out sustaining ar.y material damage,
—these three slops drew nearly the
same (K pth of water; the Penrose, which
draws more, made no attempt to pass,
and now lies safely in the bason, where
she has alrcruh weathered out one vear.
Tuesday, April 21.
To close the misfortune up to this
evening of those gentlemen, whose en
terprise entitles them to the extreme
reverse of what has befallen th m,anel
to the best wishes of their countrymen ;
a large covered boat (a light r) in long
ing to the owner of the Rufus King, and
lying in the bason, laden w ith tobacco
and cordage, took fire and was <U tr<r>'
ed.— The Hume spread so rapidly that
the only alternative was to extinguish
it by sinking h r—what part of tin c ar
go was not entirely lost, i. ve ry much
damaged. The j lace wascrouded with
small crafts, some of which re ceived in
jury.
One solitary consolation is that no
lives have been lost-—a man of the R u
fus King was severely bruised with the
iillar—perhaps mortally.
WHEELING, j
Thursday, 21st May, 1807. *
(** Neither the Eastern nor th^
Western mail came yesterday.
A waggon loaded with specie from
the Land-office at Chiiicothe to the
Pittsburgh hank, left this place on the
morning of the 19th inst. It was ac
companied by a guard of four men*
The heavy rains last week did consi
derable damage in he neigh'' ur’xood of
the Ohio. Mr. John 1 1 ke's saw-mill,
on Indian Wheeling, been undermi
ned and sunk eight feet, and Col. Zanc’a
dam broken down. On Tuesday last a
mill-house was discovered floating down
the liver, on the Ohio side of the island
opposite this place. It was towed ashore
and 200 bushels of wet wheat taken out.
The fences have been swept away from
several places.-The river was some
feet higher on Tuesday, than it had
been this spring. The Louisville ac
count of the ship-wrecks at the Falls,
states that it was expected Col. Lord’s
ship would be got off Sandy island shoal
v htn the water should rise. We sm
cerely hope that this expectation may
be realised, and that the other heavy
vessel, which had not attempted to go
through before, may get oil in salety,
by means ol this flood.
Thf. VoJ.I'NTFFRS.
The law of Congress, under which
volunteers are to he raised, authorises
tin President of the United States to ac
cept the ; en ic- s of thirty thousand,who
are *1 equired tour.ih.im themselves at
the ir own exp*. nee, and may be called
into actual seivicc at any time within
two yt ars after the President shall have
accepted tin tenth r of tlu ir si rvices. ll
tlu\ should he called out, they may he
retained in thi service for 12 months
alter an r. in; at the place of rendezvous#
They will Ik furnished with ai ms by the
United Stales, il they do not choose to
arm thems Ives, and ha\e the same pay,
and be snbji ct to the same regulations,
as the n t r.lar troops of the United
State*-, when called Into actual service.
They will also be allowed the price of a
n uwonunissioned officet’sor privates
c oat ; and it any horseman should, with
out any 1 udt oi his own, lose his horse,
he will be mupcu to a lair comp* nv->
> tion.