The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-05-07

dS " 4tdp iIONA ~, W save flIIlselI lfOfl VIC
common disaster. About 200 persons were
thus prepipitated. in fearful moment,
from their standing, into confused mass
of broken timbers, bricks, stone, and lime.
The crash Of the huge beams. which were
broken like slender reeds, the excIama.
tions of horror, alright, aud pain, which
arose, were heart-rending beyond descrip-
ton. The field of Waterloo could NOT
have exhibited, in so small compass, such
scene of intense aggravated suffering.
Aged men and women, children, ard even
! infants, with some Of all classes IN society.
we're whelmed in the ruin.
| AS much order and decorun prevailed
as could reasonably be expected IN such cir
cumstances, and the most resoluta spectai
tors, and many who had f. ben aad were
not greatly injured, Immediately began to
remove the broken tilnbers. and relieve the
sufferers. Many were removed, APPARENT
ly lifecss, with broken limbs hut no one
was taken up dead. # is impossible, a.
the present moment, 20 give AN accurate
list of those who were injured. Prntahlp
80 or 60 received some nuit and there are
Is or 20 cases Of extreme danger and sal.
fering. The following arc names that ha,,.
been obtained cf,hose badly injured. NJ
James Johnson, broken thigh ms. Ru.-
sell, broken leg--inrs. Scott, broken !eg
and snkle-CaPt. Goodwin, broken leg
Col. Hayden, both legs brokcn--mrs. Mot
ley, broken tlbs--mr. Crosby, broken knee
--mrs. Maxwell, thigh broken--mrs. Girls.
void, do.---mrs. Alexander, do---fars.
" oodward, ankle broken--mr Joseph Lea.
witt, leg bfoken--Richard Atwell, leg bro
kcn--A child of mrs. Davis. 3 wears old.
! h, hr,I Eieho. l..
Many others, whose bones are not brok-
On are quite as dangerously wounded the
lives Of Il few OF this description are des-
paired of. The following are among the
names which have been obtained. Mrs.
Mack, badly brHised--Miss Jones, badly
wounded Miss Ann Palmer, Internal
wound--mrs. Davis, drealtuly bruised
mr.. Rogers, badly bruised and life despair
ed ot--miss Ann Howe, badly hurt--mrs.
Grubb, severely injured Agnes
Jones, do. do.-mrs. Phillips, do. do.-.trs.
Hall, do. do.-- miss Kettell, do. do --un.
and mrs. Cummings, do. do.-and mrs.
Newcomb.
The Rev. mr.. Mafiit happily escaped
without injury his lady was not equally
layoured, as she has suffered by spraning
her foot severely.
The above lists are far from being per-
feet, bot they are the best that can be OBJ
ained at this time.
The amount Of pain and suffering ex-
ceeds the limits of calcula ton yet il is
the Christians duty to hope and pray that
great and eternal amount OF good v III re-
suit to the souls of these sufferers. We
sincerely sympathize with them, end feel
his unhappy accident tn be burden which
Np are under obligation to bear with our
Christian brethren at whose Church iG
happened We would follow he sufferers
Hd their friends TO their retIreIaen's with
ympatbes and prayers. May God sup.
aort them.
According 20 the latest accounts, Rus
a, has population of 5000 800 souls.
he increase has been one Nird III twenty
ears. They live in a great hive, bat they
must sN arm sometime or other.
The SAVINGS Bank in London holds $10,-
100000 III the Brush public stocks.
The Edinburg Sco,chman. of the 18th
March. says, 1T is impossible 10 describe
ne dreadful state of suffering and desii,u-
ton to which portion of the working
classes in this city are reduced"
The n. York paper. ofWedncsday Both
we're received in Boston in 81 hours. Said
20 be the shortest term ever known
The Ship. for the Boston and Ncw-York
Steam Packet Company, was launched at
New York on Tuesday 29lh She is 42o
,us burthen. called the Franklin, to be
commanded by Capt Bunker senior to ply
between New York and Providence, and
,o make her passages rs much IN the day
nme as possible.
.Norgan.--At the last Circuit Court in
Niagara CO Col.King an Col Jcwett were
indicted for conspiracy and kidnapping
William Morgan.--The latter had charge
of Fort Niagara at the tine Morgan was
confined in it. Mr., Weed. of Rochester,
who went with rcqusition ofarting Gov.
Pitcher upon Gov. Butler, Of Vermont for
the surrender of Elisha Adams who, is al
legged to have had the charge of Morgan
while confined in Fort Niagara, has return'
cd with Adams in custody.
Froas The Southern papers all con-
firm the recent accounts Of the total de-
struCtion of the Cotton, Corn and Cane
crops. Intense cold was experinsced at
Dsrien. in Georgia on the night ofthe 9th
and 9Th inst. which the Gazette of that place
saws. wholly and radically destroyed every
thing ofthe vegetable kingdom. The Sea-
Islands. ofcourse, suffer the greatest end
most disastrous consequences may general
" be eXpcctcd.-.N0Gh.