Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-05
CouespoHdenee ofihe Iornat Of Commeres.
Vgsbinpton. 22d March, 1880.

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If he inns" one would sDppoS0, are now
written in CAPITALS DnH Gfceo is some
thing akin 10 R,iph, IN 3" Lionel liz coin. .
The Courier and Enquirer cau't irishlen
| him"
Toe House Of Rppres natives. 10 committee
! 0f the whole, this day, commenced the discus
SION II the bill T. instruct national road I ON
BuTtlo via Washington 10 New OrIeans. alas
around lr world. | suppose viii come 10 a
4 ci,ion, IN the laps, ~ he time generally AS
signed l. whal,r. on an expedition 10 Ihe
South Sea, nr PaciG, Ocean, especially II Can.
| ton be IN the WY,
Few men like 10 cary torldrn hope over
N gaziae. and therefore YOU may exp G. some
| tinr vii roll by before by The Indian question
shall come up Then Tie big guns vi roar,
I s1ould IN thai case, he very unwilling 10 be
coeicmoed 10 supply ali the wa ~ from Arabia
Which vii b" required preserve the thIoats
oil our orators f,om clustering.
UT
/ The late Sifdm Boat Disaster
relative 10 the late dreadful disaster octsson-
ed by the expi 1stpn Of III" hp,ler Of the steam
boat Helen hcGregar, On the VI ,sssapl. The
following narrative u Ibis truly distressing
'
account Of irihan ~ hage vt srrn. l.
pnb'i.hed IN the Washington Telegraph by q
gentleman who passenger ~ hotrd
/ Of The steamboat, AT the time Of the eIplo-
son
] On tho mprnng Of tn 2th ii FEBRUARY In.
Helen hcGregor stopped Al Memphis 10 del yer
treign aud lani number Of pnssrng-rs WIN
a II i 4 t-t d.
occupis d in s. dong coald not have exec ied
thre" lafter, Of an hour When the boat lao
! led, | went shore TO see n gentleman with
Nhnm had some business. found h,n on
tue beach and, atler short conversation,
returned 10 In, BOAT reeoleLi looking al my
witch as passed the gang way. whs hal
past e,ghi o clock. gre inumber Dl prrspes
we're standing on what Is called t1e bOller
deck, b-ipg that part Of tue upper deck situated
TO excess, ana presented one dense mass % lu
man bodies. IN a few minutes we sat down 10
breakfast in the cabin The table, although
estcnded the whole ength of the cabn, was
completely hled tbere being upwards sixty
| capIh passengers, among a HON were several
! ladies nod children. The number If passrn
! ge's on board, deck aud cabin united, was be
tween four aud five hundred. had almost
finished my break asst when the pilot rnng his
bell for the eng lneer 10 put the machinery in
motion'-lhe boat having just showed oil,
was IN the act Of raising my cup 10 my lip, the
| nhRhhg oil the pilot bell yet on my ear WHEN
heafd an explosion, resembling the discharge
| OF small piece oil artilierv--the repud was
| perhaps louder than usual IN snch cases-for
an exclamation was half uttered by me 10 the
ehfct ihat the gun was well loaded, when the
iushmg sound otsieam and the rafting Of lass
IN some oil The cabin windows checked my
! speech, and and old too well what had occur
! 'ea' almost Involuntary bent my hea d
| AMI hoiy down TO the hoor--a vague idea seem
ed to shoot across my mind ha, more than Que
ooher might hurst, aud that, by assuming this
pos. nre' the DESTROYING matter would rass over
without touching me
The general cry Of " boiler has burst" re-
sounded from one end OF the table 10 he other
anu rs u ny n simultaneous movement nil star
TED on Their ieci Then commenced genera
race To the ladlrs' cabin, which Law more 10
WARDS the stern OF The boat All regard 10 or
der or deierenCe 10 sex seemed to be los, in
Struggle which should he first and fur,h.s,
removed from The dreaded boil RS The dan
ger had already passed away remained
s'dhuldB ny the char on which | had been
Pie'iohS'y sitting. Only one person or two
s'"'' III the cabin with me. As yet not more
ihan halt minute had elap.ed since the ex
the scene changed In that drop of time"
what confusion, distress aud dismay An /,
stan' before, and all we're in the oniet repose
OF s"cnll y-another, and they were nverwhel.
neu WIN alarm aud CONSERVATION. n !, but
Jnsnce 10 say that IN this scene D terror the la.
oies eahi1iied degree of frmness worthy of
M pra'se' NO screaming, 40 hinting; their
'fatS wbsn uttered. we're for their husbands
ahd chlldrtn, not for themselves
adsancfd from my position TO one of the
cam" doors for the purpose Of inquri who
"c't hlJ"te1, when, Just as reached it a man
en'Nied ~ he opposite one, both his hands
coVerin, his face, aud excaiming On God |
ooh Am lost am lnined !" lie im,ne. |
dn'ely hrga" TO tear off his clothes. when
stripped he presented n most Stacking and
ain'e'ng spectacle: his face vas enlireiy black |
nus BODY without particle of skin ue
n'u oe"n hayed alive, lie gave mo his name.
anu pace oil abode-then sunk ina state of /
ehnn"suon and agony on the floor. | assis
'eu III placing him on mattress taken from
one OF the birth, aud covered him with blank
ELS lie compHined of heat and cold as n, onco
expressing him He bore his torments with a
many iorhiude, yet convulsive Shrek would
burst from hin His wife, his
.o'u'eh were MS constant theme /: il was hard
70 n'e without seeing them" il was hard IN
go without bidding them one farewell :" GLAND
co"oh were applied 10 his wounds but he
500" became lnseosible to earthly misery.
nr'o'e had done attending TO him. the
y "oie moor OF the cabn was covered with mfr, ;
innate sufferers Some bore IN under the nor.
.o's OIL 'heir situation with degree Of resolu
70" amounting 10 herosin. Others were
! wow overcome 10y the sense of pain, the sud :
'o""ess o' the fatal disaster. aud the near an a
IN" o' dra'h, which even 10 them was eyi I
1a, -""oSe panes they already felt. Some d
he 49, "s' as an ACT of humao,,y,to complete d
ne work of deasuclion. and nee them nre.
en' suffering. 01e enireated the presence or l.
o'e' ~ man TO pray by him, declaring he wa. n