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Frepi TIE Louisvilis Courier. If October g.
Il Is with feelings the most acute aud
painful that We record the following lear
tul disaster. Sad ihe loss Of 50 sany valu
aole lives The. Steamboat Lucy Walk
er. CaAt. MANN leit.lhis plaza. ior New
Orleans yesterday. craNeed with passen
gers When about tour or 6vs mile her
low New .Albary, aud Just belpre sunset.
soae part 81 her machlaery got out Of
order. had the engine was stopped In Eor-
der 10 repair II. While engaged in max
Ing the necessary repairs. the water u the
boilers got too low and about i've mi
nuses litter the engine had ceaSed woEkr
ing. her three boilers exploded with life.
mendous violence. and horrible and terrific
effect. Toe explosion vas npIards, and
that part oil The boat above the Boilers was
blown ia,o thousands Of piecesl Tbs u.
States snag boat Gopher, Capt. Z. B Dun
BAN. vas two hundred yards distant the
line dI lhe explosion Capt, Danhaa
was Immediately on theNspoes rescaiag
those III the water. and with his Gre II rem.
.deriag all the aid 10 bis power ~ him
we are Indebted for most Of our. paFiica
lars. He iuioans US that the I.nsy Walk
er was 10 The middle Of the river, aud
such Vas tie force Of the explosion That
parts pf The boilers and The boat were
thrown On shore just After the explo-
sion The air was filed with human beings.
and fragments Of human beings. 0ne
nan was 5iown up fifty yardss; and fell
with such force as % 50 entirely ttfOdg4
the deck ef The boat. Another was cut
entirely 10 TOO. by piece of HE boiler.
We have heard Of many such beait-Tend-
Ing aid sfckening incidents.
Before Capt. Daahlm reached ihe
place where the Lucy SWaikee was. he
saw a number 0: persons drown. who had
been thrown into The river. He. howev-
er, saved The lives Of a large number by
throwing them boards and ropes, and pull
ling them On BIS boat with hooks, In.
mediately after The explosion The LADIES'
cabin took Ere. and before il had been
consumed the boat sunk 10 twelve or fit
teen feet water. Thus is presented the 4
/ remarkable Circumstance Of asboat explod-
| ing, bprnipg. and sinking all il the space
/ Of few minutes. The screams and sex-
q
we're hot killed is represented as having
been distressing and awful, We believe
none ol the females on boafG were idjlr-
( ed-spme, however, may have been
drowned. Ths books Of the boat were
destroyedg aad Of course twill be impos-
I sible everto ascertain the names or the
lnumber OF 4hose killed. There. were at
least fity OF sixty persons killed:and miss.
ing, and fifteen o. twenty woupded some
seriously. Capt. Danhgmleftthe wound
ed at New Albany. al OF whom we're
kindly and wsll-cared for by the h6spita-
1 BILE and humane citizens Of that town.
Capt. ID. deserves The l{iauks OF the con-
tmu6ity Tor his humane and vigorous -eS-
eIlions 10 save he lives OF, and Ills kind
mess. and attention 10 lhe Sufferers Hs
4 stripped his boat Of every blanket. sheet.
faad evsry thing else necessary for their
lcomioft. Mr. John Hlxon and Henry
I BebeeE passengers on the Lucys Walker,
/ deserve no!ice torlheir coolnass and their
efficient exertions. 10 saving The hves.of
Fdrowniog persons. The following are
{the names ol The dead, missing. an.i wound
ed, SO lar as We. have been athletic learn
them
| .KlLLHp AND sIissiso.-Gsn.IJ. VI Segram, ii
4 Rchmefd, Va; SsmueivM. Bfowa Isosl OXIDE
Agent, of Lexington, Ks i j. Il. Cslrmlcb, of
4 Viiginiai Ghafies Denne,spf LOUSY le Philip
wallis, formerly OF Bal imore .~Reheesa daneht-
Ter IF A.J. Foster, II GfeenYllle. vs.lJas Vau-,
sderberg;Ief Louisville; Mr. Hughes,i farmerly
! Of Lexiuglon, Ky, Mr. MatIock, ef NeR Albany.
engineer lof lhe Steamboat Mazappa s Nicholas
4 Ford, .pFmedy # Louisville David Yam. he
captain Moses Kirby, pilot second haze. See
] ead clerk second engineer, batkesper, saGd thres
deck hanRs, names uaknowR four nsgro hre.
linen.
t weuN1eD w. Il Peeb3es. Mr.. F!anes. az
+ Virginia. and ill., Fitsi Engineer, Az tsIy badly.
! hnrl: Can't Thdmpson. pilot, arms faeluIedK
hlf. Robefts, pc Philadelphia, slightly hup.
/ Ills Supposed That John N. johnson
! and Richard Philips were.on board: il 80
ithey are lost.
1 The boat was. owned by Capt. Fanns
/ Of Arkansas and was insured,
/ We have already mentioned that Gen. P'n-
GRAM, cf Richmond, was among those whose
! lives were lost by his fearful disaster. The
news Of his tcalh proved severe sbqe TO sAs
commonity Of which he-was so esleemssla nem-
Der, and tfie melancholy EVENT. is thus noticed
in the Richmond WING
I Death of Gen. Pegrons, President Of
Bdnh of Iuginia. Rarely has -temmu-I
nity been more sadly impressed 81 any
siniar event than this, BY the fate Of
Gen. Pegram. No man among asg was
more generally popular and esteemed i
none Other had a larger body of Jealous
and attached personal friends !: no other
! man deserves 10 have, for he tad real
nobility u soul. He Vas true 10 his
friends loyal 10 his principles. upright in
Esll bis relations generous, hospiiable.
wss.n hearted and patriotic. We doubt
1T finer specimen coald have been
Hound Of The Virginia gentleman Of the
folder time, or superior model tof what .
Yson. la'her. husband, lliend ora ei,iS
zen ought Ia be.
! His talents@ere distinguished. his popu-
lar address almost unrivalled bis bearing
Ebeing gentle without fawning. frn and
self-possessed without pIetension OF blus-
itering. modest without bashiuness, and
ldIgni6ed without encroaehment. Norman
was more incapable OF infiicting Wound
ion The feelings Of others. or more capable
lof forgetting self whea the case required
! It. The writer OF this humble tribute 10
the nemory of-ohe whose many virtues
will Summon many eloquent pens 10 com :