The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-02-06


weEhave from the first. beenvery decided
and constantin warning the public against
this monopoly line across the Sound.
They have now most appalling vindica-
ton of the truth of our warnings. The
very last trip she made, anterior to this
fatal one, some cotton merchandise was
set on fire by being packed in pre-
clseiy the Same place as that which the
bales of cotton occupied, in this disastrous
voyage. The base Of the smoke pipe,
where it came in contact with the deck,
ION which the goods were packed, was
cased with wood: and it was but very
few days ago, that gentleman of this
city, who was going to Boston in the
Lexington, said to the captain that he
was glad to see that coal was used on
board that boat, as sparks from wood
would be dangerous, with so much cotton
on board. The Captains reply was to
this effect: that the coal made very pow.
erful fire, frequently heating the smoke
pipe red hot, ten feet above the deck!
! The policy of the owners of this line
has been to save their best boats, during
this wintry season, and to put their two
oldest and worst vessels upon that dan
gerous passage. These they have sent of
on every other day, laden deeply with
vast masses of cc:nbustible freight and
hundreds of passengers-thus carelessly
and recklessly triiling with human life.
We hope that the aggregation Of so many
proofs. will have convinced the travelling
/ public, by this time, of the danger Of
I trusting their lives and those of their kin.
dred and friends, to the tender mercies Of
money making monopoly.
! We would correct the erroneous re.
port of Mrs Follen's and DR. Stones be.
ing on board the Lexington. The former
is in this city, and the latter went to Bos.
ton the previous trip. The niece of MI
Jarvis is not, las is also enormously re.
! ported among the list. She was TO have
accompanied Mrs Jarvis, but did not.
Last Of passengers as far as ascertained.
The following are all the names of the
lost we have been able to collect. There
were over one hundred passengers in the
boat, which sailed on Monday.
Adolphus S. Harnden, of the Boston
and N. York Express Package Car Office,
having with him about $4,000 in specie,
and 60 or $50, 900 for brokers in eastern
money.
] Capt Eben S. KimbalI, of Salem, just
/ arrived from Valparaiso.
B. T Foster, of Boston.
;. Samuel Henry, Manchester, England.
!. J.P. Felt. Salem.
E. B. Patten of New York.
G. W. Woolsey, sugar refner, East
Boston.
. Mr. Billiard, Boston.
4 Capt. John D. Carver, Plymouth, Of
the bark Brontes.
John Lemist Roxbury.
! Mrs Russell Jarvis. and two children.
| Mrs. II. A. Winslow, of Providence,
returning to that city with the body of hel
husband.
] Winslow, of New York and, his ia.
Their, of Boston.
Thomas James, tailor, Fulton street,
New York.
i R. T. Church, Baltimore.
4 A. Mason, Massachusetts,
! Henry Craig, New York.
Fowler, do.
Robert Blake, Wrentham.
A. Green of the firm of Green and AL.
len. of Providence.
Charles II. Phelps, Stonington, CT.
r. w. Dow, Brooklin, Of the firm o.
Dow and Co. N. York.
John Brown, Boston.
I Henry ]. Finn, comedian, Newport, R
Island.
- Everett, Boston,
/ Eberle. comedian.
Charles Noyes, Book-keeper, New
York.
1 r. Pickett, Newburyport.
Nicholas steward, (colored.
Van Colt, of Stonington, brother o.
Henry Van Colt, Jamaica, L. l.
J. L. Leach of Boston.
Pillow Epson, Egremont.
| Jonathan Linfeld, Stonington.
John w. Kerle. Baltimore.
| Mr. Walkerdo. son-in-law of Mr. Kerle.
Mr Weston, do of the firm of Weston
& Pendexter.
/ John Corey, Foxborough.
Capt. John How, agent for the Boston
Insurance Co.
| John Brown of the firm of Shell and
i Brown, New Orleans.
/ Capt. M. Foster supposed of Provi.
dence, recently returned from five years
residence in Canton.
Isaac Davis, Boston.
Peck, Stonington, Ct.
Prof. Follen, formerly of Harvard Uni.
versity.
Charles Bracket, New York.
+ y--- White Of Boston.
Poyt, Baggage master.
Charles Lee Barry, (lNass)
Stephen Waterbury, of the firm o.
Mead and Waterbury, New York.
Hiram w. Warner, the firm of War.
ner, Loop q Bliss, New York.
Capt. Iheophilus Smith, New Bedford
- Stnyvesant, Boston.
I N. F. Dyer, Pa.
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