New-York tribune., 1841-08-20
F,o,n II. ps,,oi, DAILY Advsr,i,er. August IA.

From the Detroit Daily Advertiser, Augusta
1.c,nyxr. Cossycryp WITH The DEsTRUcTIoS OF The
FR1y-There were a. might be supposed, not lie" row
Dental escapes from the danger which oeiel even INC
yivors of the dreadful destruction OF the Ere -, :,
gentleman from the East on his way 10 ''e s;nd
y,b b,ee others when he accidentally met IT,
,t vbor, ne had some business transact MS T :.
had gone on and he very reluctantly consented 10 oy
and remain for the next boat ms ciIcon'S
ng a, the unexpectedly saved his ne rho pscket at
pcb,.r iearpg when he he'd LocklolA VI - ,be
was to leave in the afternoon let, tnt season He Just
cars with the hope OF reaching DD" into tho T sLei
reached the CITY in time see the Ere SUI Nv ~; - ~ ~
'' Wv i go,lernaL and lady from THIS cty Went oh
td The Erie to return home; but upon eai'i"5 ~ :
of the boat the lad, refused to remain o' p'9I'
accidents mad before happened 10 her ne" odgs"se
crnently removed, and their hives saved
IT, Gentlemen from Essex County were at the boat when
& ready TO start, but by some fortunate bIunder their
troge was not sent down from the Hotel They were
obliged stay bacH-inuch 10 tieir a'"o!aCe "' ' '
but TO their great JOY since
We have heard OF several others who woud have taken
massage in the Erie but they unwilling travel on the
Sabbath and did reach Buffalo until late in the evening
We are told that put from Silver Creek as soon
az the fire was discovered but that owing the heavy surge
and head wind did reach the scene OF death until " was
100 late . be OF any service
sail boat also put out but it swamPed before rendering
any assistance and its brave became themselves e
uppcans for aid But the effort noble There Is no
stronger illustration Of the dignty OF chivay than
willingness 10 encounter danger TO save Il eio" being.
The most affecting incidents connected with Tins fearful
calamity are doubtless developed when the sad fate OF the
los, Is communicated surviving friends Inc CHAMBER
maid on board Of the Erie welcoved daughter OF a
most WORTHY old in this city, and her waEgS "hr
roJ of the terrible death Of her child fearful and heart
enpe She was of the solace of her gray hairs and
would be cOmiortcd
The intelligence OF the fate of her husband commun
ca,ed to Mrs Mather Mt Clemens, early thursday
The foruresheks of that widowed heart and the tears {"
her four orphaned ones, toucmngly affecting
And the Young and confdng wife Of amened friend
Cobb The which she expected would convey to her
her husband brought the sad udngs OF ms dreadful death
I'm moment the pail Of the grave obscred her sunny hofcs
and turned her anticipated hour of JOY OF gloom and
despair How bitterly may be drcgged The cup OF human
anguish
And that widowed WIFE (Mrs Lyndc whose last coniuga
embrace was received amid the cracking flames which en-
.irced them and who received her last farewell from
her husband he her from the blazing wreck into the
wild pillows How dreadful be her emotions she
recurs the picture of that fearful hour Imagination l.
beggared in its vain attempts ympatse with the discern
solate and lonely soul.
But who will sigh the deep tomb of those hundred
strangers Who drop tear to the memory OF those early
ost-these infants in the deep bosom of Ike buried
those AVID loved children, who seon found resting
place far away from the home of their fathers
FEMALE PArRrorIsM-The following incident Of thrilling
interest related Col John Mcdonald OF Ross County
at a Public Dinner the Sd instant
n 1882 Wheeling besegcd by large army of British
and Indians So sudden The attack made, that time
was Afforded for preparation The Fo the lime of the
assault was commanded by Col Sus Zane; Col Ebenezer
Zane, the senior officer in bock-housr, fifty
hundred yards outside the wall The enemy made several
desperate assaults break into the Fort bur every
1hey driven back The ammunition for the defence OF
the Fort deposited in the blockhouse and the aac,
made suddenly and unexpectedly that there
lime to remove yin AFTERNOON 'he second day OF
The siege the powder in the Fort nearly exhausted and
no alternative remained but that pnss through
he enemvs fire the bockhouse for powder When SiaS
Zane made the proposition the TO see if any one
would undertake the hazardous enterprise AT rst all
silent After looking each other for Time young
man stepped forward and said he would run the chance.
Immediately hala-dozen offered their service in the dan
serous enterprise While they dispung about who
should go Elizabeth of the Zanes, forward and
declared she would for the powder Her brother thought
she would finch from the enterprise, but he mistaken
She had nirepidty dare aud ortude bear her UP
the heroic risk of life Her brother then tried dssuade
her from the attempt, by saying that man would be mo c
fleet and consequently would less risk of losing his life
She replied that they had spare from the de-
fence of the Fort and she should fall she would scarcely
he missed She then Invested herself OF such of her clothing
would impede her speed. The gate opened, and
Elizabeth bounded the top OF her speed and till
she arrived the door of the bockhouse her brother Gel
Zane fastened open the door receive his intrepid sis
The Indians, when they her bound forth, did
fife gun but called aloud Squap squaV! squa,c
When she had told brother the crrund which she had
he took abeceh and fastened II around her waist
and poured into keg of powder She then sailed back
10 the Fort with all the buoyancy OF Hope. The moment
she was outside the blochouse, the whole of the enemy
line poured eaden her. but the balls went limo
gently whistns by without doing her injury She after
ward married Mr. Clark raised family of children and Is
Vet alive living ST. Cairsvle in this State. Such wa
elizabeth Zane Crcevile Herald
CAUSES THE S,cx.HRADAcHr ASp ITS CuKE.-A doc
TOR in New-York in letter a gentleman Boston thus
remarks: Not of sickhcadache has occurred
within my knowledge except with the drinkers of Narcotic
drinks (neaning and coffee and has failed
being cured the renunciaton of those drinks In saving
this however. it by claimed that there
cases of sick-headache be found except those which