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

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This attempt to get on, both went into the
water. Captain Manchester rose ane
supported the man until he could get on
fThen using his knife, he cut holes int
| the bale, by which he supported himself
/ Captain Manchester's companion died in
the course Of the night. The pilot was
picked up on the bale. as has been stated
4 He is now at Southport.
Captaisa billiard was also picked ur
on cotton bale. 49, W 81
J, Smith, hand saved, says that he
Jumped overheard at eight o'clock, ant
swan to bale of cotton; after floating on
which five hours and half, he got back
ito the wreck, and warmed himself by the
. fire, and then got on the part of the wreck
!. from which he was taken off SG
Davia Cra,oley, the fourth, and as fa1
as known last survivor, was saved mos
miraculously. He was on the water fol
two days and two nights, on a bale of cot
ton. He foated ashore at half past T.
M, on the 10Th, at River Head. How
human nature could hold out SO long, in
such Indictment weather, we are at loss
to conceive. On floating in, he walked
three quarters Of mile to the house of q
Mr. Hutchinson, where every attention
was paid him. His fingers and both feet
were frozen as stiff as marble. His boots
had to be cut off. He was without either
coat or hat. He was the second mate Of
the Lexington, and lives at Providence.
The Steamboat Statesman. his
vessel was despatched by the proprietors
of the Lexington, to cruise round the
. Sound in search of bodies and trunks, re-
turned to New York yesterday.
. From a letter received from her COM
mander, captain Comstock, written on
Friday night it appears that he picked up
five bodies thirty packages of baggage,
and the lifeboat of the Lexington. One
of the bodies is that Of Stephen Water
bury, Of the firm of Mead and Waterbury
of this city.
Captain Comstock in his letter, says
''captain William Terrell, master of the
sloop Improvement, was with his vessel
within four or five miles of the Lexington
at the time she commenced burning. and
thinks if he had Immediately repaired to
her assistance, he could have saved great
number of lives. The reason he gives
for not doing so is, that he acould haze
: lost has tide 0ver tie bar, at the port to
;. which he was bound, and accordingly he
pursued his inhuman course. leaving up
wards of 100 persons to die the worst of
deaths. The circumstance of this unpa-
ralleled cruelty win hereafter be more
clearly exposed, and trust he will receive
its merited deserts" We hope SO too:
and we now draw the black lines thus
round the name of
CAPITAL N WILLIAM TERRELL.
ssass
to show that by his inhuman conduct, he
has expunged himself from all sympathy
with his fellow beings. There are no
words-language is wanting-to express
our adherence, detes,ation and horror OF
such monster. He will go to the grave
: tracked by the curses Of all those who
have lost friends and relatives in the Lex
iugton, and those who sympathise with
: them. l,rf
) Captain Childs.--This unfortunate
man has gone forever. To him the loss
of many lives must be attributed among
the rest his own. He erred in the belief
that he could reach the shore with the
steamboat. Had be stopped the vessel,
and got out the boats; the majority. if no,
all, might have been saved. AS it was,
they were all swamped by the action OF
the wheel. The life boat, which was
. beaten under shows its excellence. Even
now, battered as it is, it is capable Of
holding many persons who cannot sink in
.. lit by the mere action of the waves.
Captain Childs's conduct, however, is
merely a secondary point. The primary
point-the primary cause of the destruc.
ton. of SO many lives, is with the com.
pany, as we have elsewhere stated, in
employing vessel eminently hazardous.
as had been proved by previous fires thai
had occurred within it.
Three of the bodies brought to the city
|by captain Comstock, were conveyed to
the dead house where they now lie.
We have heard that when the Licking.
ton came last to the wharf in this city she
was OIL fire, that several of the passeng
, ers smelt it and that some of the good.
were damaged by fire, for which the com
pany paid damages toprevent the circum
stance being made known. If this is so
2 we hope the matter will come out on the
2 inquest. If this is the fact, it greatly en-
hances the culpability of the company, in
suffering her to make another voyage.
4 In addition to the names already pub
lished, we regret to add that of Mr. Nasor
of the Gloucester Hotel and the surveyor
Of that port. We understand he has lief
: a wife and six children.
Daniel Sturgeon is. elected U. S. sena
tor, by the Pennsylvania legislature. The
vote stood for Sturgeon 81. For Ogle &c
; For R. Biddle IL.
J, N. P. Tallmadge has been elected U
is. senator from New York, receiving III
the senate 10 votes, against IL for all 9TH