True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-12-14
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"e VI co'Ni'eice' ana inc president was authorized TO
appoint the standing committees Of the Senate, with
that exception.
rouse o. hepresendtires.-After the Journal was
feaa' the speaker laid on the table certain Treasury do
cuments, which were ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Fellmore, of New York, notified the death of his
colleague Hon. w. Patterson: and MIR. Gray, also Of
New York, announced the demise of w. ID. Rruyn
The House passed the customary resolutions to wear
Grape, &c. and adjourned.
WAsHINeroN, 9th Dec.-SENArE.-Mr. Wall intro.
duced his bill inflicting severe penalties for counter
letting U. 5. coin. MIR. Prcntiss, of Vert, a bill against
duelling. Clay, of Ala, referred his land bill! to com
mlttee on public lands. Mr.. Norvell, also, his bill giving
grants of land to the states. Mr.. Upton brought in a
bill to extend the Cumberland road. The presidents
message, III parts, taken up and referred, and the Sc
nate adjourned.
House Of Representatires.-The Wisconsin contest
ed election between General Jones and Judge Dotv.
was postponed to Monday the 1Gth. The speaker wos
authorised to appoint the standing committees. A re.
solution that all elections in the House should ne r;ro
roce, was objected to, and hid over. Mr.. Adam's hill
to prevent duelling in the district was read twice. and
referred to a select committee of nine. The same zen.
tlemah Introduced a resolution calling on the Pre- .id,nt
for whatever information he possessed relative to the
N'''-' '"i minister II F,nT-
land, in his recent controversy with Daniel O'Coppc)l.
After reading the resolution The House adjourned.
~ file speed with which SC the Nes.,n.,,
was carried, express, from Washington 70 Nov,
York, some notion may be formed from tho f,o,
as stated by the Courier and Enauir.r. ,b,, i,
reached Jersey City, in less than ten hours and -
halt, the distance being cas- miles, which is abou,
an average OF % lie miles per hour.
The Y. S. ship Ohio proceeded to sea from New
York on II E 4th Dec in tow of two steam boats, the
steam frigate Fulton, going ahead. She is off on n
3 years cruize, so at Least for that period the inpior.
will have to give up their quarters to the Ladies on
board.
A tree banking law sim liar to that now in operation
in New YORK. has been passed by the legislature of
Georgia.
On Friday, the lst inst. a company of the 9th Rcpi-
nent US. Infantry under command Of captain Gwynn,
arrived at Ogdenshnrg, N, Y. to remain for the winter
The intercourse between Prescott, U.C. and Oglans.
burg, NY. is nearly suspended. Every person who
crosses either way is rigiily examined.
A Court Martial is now sitting at Kingston, y. G. for
the trial Of the prisoners captured near Prcsbo,t, and
another at Montreal for the trial Of those captured in
Lower Canada.
Raiipay Accidcnt.-l'he regular trim ON the Bali
more and Philadelphia road, and the extra which cur
RED "thc Message came together in a fog, dnshod the
two locomotives and their accompanying cars all to
pieces, and killed an engineer and two frcmen.
LOSS OF II STEAMBOAT MOTTO."
The following narrative of this melancholy event
from the hand of a severe sufferer, will be read bv all
VIII; paInial interest. Calamites of this sort are I'M
OF too frequent occurrence to excite SIR.
PRISE, but an exposure of the %barbarous negligence
which caused this, and has caused hundreds of others.
may work one eventual good in convincing Congress-
of the absolute necessity of applying an efficient reme-
dy to the very root ofthe evil.
GALVESTON, Dec. 8, 1898.
Dear Sir Permit me to give You an accom-, of the
melancholy fate OF the steam boat Motto, with nv on;n.
ION OF the cause of the catastrophe. We stnrted from |
the ) w pass of the Mississippi on the 22d inst. at q
P. M, and after a delightful run of forty hours reached
within twenty miles of Galveston, when the IarboarI
boilers exploded, b owing the boat nearly to atoms. in |
Il 'e" minutes. shortly alter she TUNED over, bottom
upwards, leaving the cabin by itself without injury. |
was some inmates after the explosion before | came IN
my senses, for | was muck stunned, and Injured in fall
ing from the distance, or height that | was thrown, and
then ionnh myself IN the small boat with fourteen 9TH
ers, without compass, water, or bread. The wind he
ing oil the land, and the weather hazv, although but
about three miles from the shore, it took Us from 7 A. NJ.
until late IN the afternoon before we reached shore. 1t
49, VI - w "p'i thI INT Ifilt we came 10 was n |
low mud fiat; however, the crew made the boat fast IN
an oar driven into he mud, aud every one that could
got on shore: leaving me with one dead man, and ana
ther with his skin all off ami one ofhis lees broken, 7,
tbs situation | remained until midnight when t4e tile
became hill and the water very rough. mnch of it mass.
ing, into the boat. | hid still one leg and arm unininred,
hnd although very FAINT from luss of blood, with the
of divine providence [ worked the boot on
shore with a piece of an oar. When near enonrh 70
the beach ! crawled out in search of the crew. but I
found only one wounded man who was unable 10 po
With Tho nthnrs | tpt fInnEFll fInf I hal -
slepr soundIy in the weeds until morning, SUNDAY
night was very cold, VIII! frost, and the poor wretch in
the bort ended ~lis.misery by freezing 10 death. Inever
suffered any Inconvenience from hunger or thirst. as |
a good supply of prickly pears, which were very
nourishing. On Monday afternoon the second engi-
1eer returned along shore with a horse, and on Tues
iay l reached a house; but must draw a veil over all
that passed during the remainder of my pilgrimage 10
galveston, where, thank God, we arrived in safety IN
he night of the 18th inst.
Before closing this narration | must EXPRESS M ora-
ltnte to Mr.. Joseph -, the second engineer, for re-
trnlng Ia assist me, Notwithstanding thar inhumnn
monster the first engineer IL do not know his nnmcl
TO prevail on HIM not to go, saving he
you'd not on any c%~nsidera ion return. | am also
nl'cf indebted to ir. Benjamin +. Woodruff of Calves
on, Tor his humanity and kindness.in having-as soon
rs he heard that there were sufferers amongst MS
promptly repaired to the scene of distress, and in a
great measure relieved those that were woundcd.-Opt
nineteen souls, six were LOST
No." sir, the cause Of the disaster, in my opinion was
ha want OF water in the hsilers; and that opinion is pre-
,N".N' ~ Wy w. '"i'"i luz circumstances. Between
he hours of A and ) O'Clock. the steam ak went down.
10 that the boat scarcely moved through the water and
aiding every thing silent | left the upper deck to see
what was going on below. There found the mate
J Ing down in the attitude of a person asleep, and the
lreman reclining in various directions / did moi zee
ny engineer. Immediately after this they commenced
ring up, and in about ten minutes the boat was going
apdly through the wafer. | then thought lhor- wos
nut little water in the boilers. Shortly after d,vltgtt
he captain came mp aud told me that tie engineer sniJ
would be necessary 10 anchor and clean ont the mil.
rs. | INSTANTLY turned the boats head in for the
leach in order to anchor near shore.
My second motive for believing there was n defci.pcv
1t water is, tina, on hearing The guage cocks tried, tbs
Ioise was that Of ga whistting out, and in about i've
MINUTES after she exploded! | remember hearinr ,be
oise, feeling the decks flying up and myself going
nth the fragments, where or how | fell do not knew
The only wounds received were the left knee sliobt.
y fractured, the point of my right elbow cut off. one
ut on The head which hed profnselv. one small bnne
n the night shoulder bro en-. | thann God am fast
%nendns. Respectfully, J.. d. BOYLAN
Pennsylvania LEGISLATURE.
Correspondence Of the Herald and Sentind I
HARRISBURG, Dec. 5, 1885,
SENATE.
Mr.. Fullerton took the chair in the Senate this
IN he absence of Mr.. Speaker Penrose.
lie SAID he felt II his duty to do so upon the request
{ members present, and was nbout adionrning the
"dy unili to-morrow, when Mr.. Rogers ca led for
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