Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-07-11

kND HtAtt NLlt1tENg WIZ u VI AN
absolutely annihilated. You may judge OF the yio-
lence Of tho steam, when | Tell you, ths, part OF II,
which descended, actually drove the PaVemehis "
tho street nearly a foot under ground.
A sad accident also occurred or board Of the
steame. Samson. She was on her way nom ol-'e"
Island to the city, when her promenade deck gave
way, and precipiisting the multitude on top Oh u 70
the main deck, two persons were killed, ana large
number badly wounded.
In Beckman street a little child three OF TOUT
years old was killed by the bursting OF q miniature
cannon; aud a boy eight or ten years Of sse' ~no
applied the match was 30 badly inJureu ~" ~
life is despaired Of.
A woman. name unknown, but vhcwa as respeeta-
Div Creased, was knocked down and killed IN "a
nal street by an omnibus.
TIE bodies Of two dead men having deep wounds
were taken out Of The North river this morning
A man fell fiom the bows Of the steamer Bolivar
The steamer passed over him and be was no more
heard Of. Ia addition to these easuaities' His mo-
unlikely that a number Of assasinaIlons are 70 oe o"-
ded; but. as vet, the reports from The held oil muir
No. have moi beer brought in. MIR. John Hildrsth,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, committea su-
eide by cutting bis throat.
All kinds Of business excessively dull to-day
Nathins will be done before Monday and then, "
!. very possible, that all viii remain inactive.
Socks did not experience any material change
to-day. Canton $50, Delaware and HUDSON sIUa
$703; Uni;ed States Bank no sales; harlaem soo
and s504; stonington Rail Road s26 and s2o1 ana
vicksbuig $42.
Money exceedingly close, and The demand for 1t
very pressing. Yours, &c.
AcciDEsTs ON THE FouRTH-At New foT6'-
The explosion Of tue Locomotive on the haiIem
Rail Road killed but two persons, William spencer
an engineer, and George Johnson, a passenger. u
number we're injured more or less seriously. Inc
Commercial OF Friday furnishes the following al
dition8l accounts of disasters;-
accident on Board the Samson.-Asthe steam
boat Samson was coming up yesterday afternoon
from Staten Island, when off Robinson's Reef, bef
promenade deck gave way. being two week to bear
he weight Of So many persons a. were upon t
The passengers beneath IL we're more or less inJur-
cd. and n Mrs. Miles, an elderly Scotch lady, and
Mr.. Joseph Chambers, a grocer, were killed
Mr.. Moses Henriques, a broker Of Wall street,
and David L. Patton, were badly injured. The ior-
mer is not expected 10 recover, but was not dead at
IL o'clock today. They were both sent TO the
hospital. y
We nre requested TO state that Mr.. Augustus w.
yaupe!l was not one Of The persons wounded on
bosrd the Samson, a. is stated in ono OF the morn
NO extros. He was not even on board the boat.
Mrs. Miles, one of the killed, had engaged her
pos,uge for Liverpool BY the packet OF tomorrow.
The Agents of the steamboat at Staten Island re-
oues,,d he people not to crowd the boat, but with
out avail. The pressure was so great that the gates
were carried away, and all who were 50 minded
rushed on board.
Ibe Samson i, a new boat, only about 10 months
old, ard very strongly built.
A bow, named Thompson, had his hand serious
" injured by the bursting OF u pistol. lie wascon-
yeyed to the Hospital, and 1t is supposed that am
putaiion will be necessary.
A boy, name unknown, was seriously injured by
a Roman candle being let of in his face. 1t ssuP
posed that one of his eyes will be destroyed, ana
his features d~isfgufed for life.
Another melancholy accident occurred just at
twilight, while the Bolivar was running up to the
city from Staten Island. Like all the boats plyins
through the day, she was crowded with passengers
to eNcess. She had not proceeded more than Two
miles from the quarantine ground before one ofthe
ratings near the bow, which had been previously
broken, and slightly tied with a cord, gave way,
and a young man, an Englishman, and as we I'M
derstand, u silyersmith in Greenwich street, was
precipitated into the water. The boat was stopped
instantly, and the Staten Islander being not far in
the rear, also on the way to the city, came up and
also stopped. Boats were lowered, and every pos.
sibie Effort made to find and rescue tie man, but
without effect.
Coroner's Mquesk-Aboui ~ o'clock yesterday
the coroner was ChIleu 10 view lH' puuJ W VHh
Hidreth, Esq, a lawyer, ofthis city. The jury re-
turned the a verdict that the deceased came 10 his
death by shooting himself through the head, with a
pistol, while in a state OF mental arrangement.
Al Philadeiphia.-An elderly man named Chas.
Gllhs, who resided in Hilbert street, above Schuyl-
kill Eight, was Instantly killed 90 tho afternoon OF
the An, while standing upon the Columbia Rail
Road near the Collectors office. tie was IN con
versution with James O'Brien when the horse car,
that conveys the passengers to Westchester. came
upon them suddenly, knocked G'llis down and pass
ed over his body, Immediately depriving L'm OF
life. O'Brien, in an attempt To save GlHhs, slipped
and one of the wheels passed over the lower part
Of his leg. cutting it entirely of. He was taken to
the hospital, where the leg was amPutatsd below
the Knee, and yesterday was dong well.
IL is apprehcnded that DIR. Swain, a worthy resi-
dent OF Bristol, lost his lite by an accident which
occurred to the steamboat Burlington on Thursday
evening. That vessel left the city about O'Clock
for Bordentown, and when opposite the Five Mile
Point, the steamboat Salem bound down the river,
came in contact with her, the bow striking and de-
stroying instantly a portion'of her side houses. As
DR.. Swain was missing on the arrival OF the boat Al
Bristol, it is supposed that he met his death 10y the
accident.