Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-12

The last mail from the West brings US intelli-
.o,e Of another steam boat explosion on the va
r., Of that region. The Nashville Banner of the
,,h nit furnishes the following account of it,
On Friday last, as the steam boat Tally-Ho,
r',nar. master. was proceeding down the Cum
,,rr,nd. near Dover. one of her boilers bursted,
saIir- ! sailor & a negro, & so terribly burning
.s sa,ineer. Mr.. Sturdevant, that he died a few
hours after.
Ne understand the boat had just received a
.rnIs Of wood. was in the act of putting off, and
tf te~nn.iaecr about TO let the steam upon the en-
,~e when the cap Of the boiler, tehieh appears
: it, been vsry imDeJeetly made, was forced
or projecting the boiler to the rear where it con-
srjt the engineer. burning him fatally.
Thi, accident appears to have been caused sole
jby an Original defect in a part Of the boiler,
md no blame can attach to any manager Of the
bat.
The Tally-Ho, which is not materially injured,
ia new boat. and the property of Messrs. Mich
EHil. of tins place. Mr.. Sturde ant, the en-
ga.er. Wa a citizen of Nashville. and a worthy
nn:he has left a family which will not be for
GOTTEN BY those in whose employment he was I'M
Ultimately killed.
THIS unfortunate occurrence is noticed in a
~ystscrip, TO the Cincinnati American of the Sd
Instant, in the following manner:
,4l9lfsr erpiJSioa.-We have had so many
accidents 70 record If steam boats, thai we fear
p5is confidence viii De entirely destroyed. In
~Jielce was received here on Saturday of the
S'taE0at rally-Iio, while rounding to, opposite
Drer, on the Cumberland river, having batsted
hr boiler and killed i've men. the engineer.
To was mOr,ally wounded, declared, previous
nj, death, that the accident was beyond his
0lO!. as the boilers were fall of water. No list
fEylnded as vet received.
The Tally-Ho was a new boat, Pittsburgh
mkt and could have made but a few trps.-
W, should like very much to know, If the boil
~ TSrs not old ones, and wish our friends IN
Pittsburgh would investigate the affair. Some
remedy must be found, and that speedily. Let
he Chamber of Commerce decide upon some
tijas immei lately; one thing we recommend es-
PcallT to their consideration. Condemn every
bat which shall use old boilers instead of new,
he latter having been examined and tried by a
oTgd ofeagineers, appointed for that purpose.
-se9eGa~
The debate on Mr.. FOot's resolution became,
sal the world knows, a discussion de Omai6uS
ni5H si qHjus2am aMs. This drew forth
'on Vic, Livingston the following remarks:
" the multiplicity and nature Of the subjects
nj, nave been considered in debating a resolu-
non with which none of them seem to have the
&3est connection, and the addition of new
A3Fcis viii which every speaker has thought 1T
proper TO increase the former stock, has given
ne, J confess, some uneasiness. | feared an IT.
"21oa OF the Cherokees. and was not without
pPreoenslohs that we should be called on to ter
innate the question of Sunday mails; or. II the
t'l-Nasonic Convention should take offence at
he Secrecv Of our Executive session, or insist on
Eey7lIslOn of all the initiated from our coun-
aS that We should be obliged to contend with
~eA lr our seats. Indeed, | had myself seri-
Gus thlOshts of introducing the reformation of
VT National code, and a plan for the gradual IN
H'Se 0, the Navy, and am not yet quite Decd
" aaelher, before | sit down, | shall not urge
Ne lOoi'loa of capital punishments. In truth,
NJ President. the whole brought forcibly TO my
,0'Iechin an anecdote told in one Os the nu-
y.t'as memoirs written during the reign OF Louis
~ 100 trivial, perhaps, to be introduced into
III grave debate. but which, perhaps, may be
Used. \ Young lady had been educated IN
IIe learning of the times, and her progress
+' onen 80 much to the satisfaction of the prin-
= VINO had directed her studies, that, on her
rS introduction, her patroness used to address
ouS: "C,.ne. miss discourse with these
'-"es and s"atlemen on the subject of theology;
- U' VIII do. Nov talk Of geography: after
s'' you will converse on the subjects OF astro-
"n1y aud metaphysics, and then give your ideas
~ 'osic and the bellies lettres." And thus the
S s'r', to her great annoyance, and the greater
q %Ger auditors. was put through the whole circle
'e sciences In which she had been Instructed
= @'SOt not a nearer of cur debates tor some
nv Hlst, have concluded that we. too. had been
~s,'eut IN a similar way. and that you had sand;
SCI OF tne speakers, Sir, please to rise and
~, P.aS on the disposition of the public lands; al
ii Uat, ySa may talk of the tariff; let us know
so' mink on the subject of internal improve
&c and, before YOU sit down, discuss the pow.
4, 49, Ge Senate in relation to appointments, and
g. yGSn'ot a State to recede from the Union; and
r,sl oy letting US know whether you approve or
D Tp"se The measures of the present, or the SIX
-, S"eGing Administrations" The approxima-
d. ill., >r' OF so many heterogeneous materials Tor
,su''ion, must provoke a smile; and most OF
81 S !. who have addressed you, while they lament
b,d Ha' subjects unconnected with the resolution