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Daughters smllten win Inc heart.Tend
ing eight o(thelr (alher's Iileless corpse!
The wailings Of sgonized femAIeG The
,piteOus grief OF the unhurtbut heart
stricken spectators! The wouuded sea.
men born down below! The silent Tears
and quivering lips Of their brave and
honest comrades, who tried in vain 10
Oubdue or to conceal their ieeliDgs!-
What tOords can adequately depict q
scene like IhisS
The Globe Of Thursday night con-
tsins the following further particulars:
The bodies OF the gentlemen who
we're killed yesterday on board the
Princeton, we're brought up this morn
ing iD the stea mboat Joseph Johnson, in
the charge Of a committee Of army and
EaVy officers and citizens, Of whom Com.
Shubrick was,chaiFman. 90 reaching
the steamboat wharf in tbis city, the
corpses were each deposited in hearso,
and funeral procession was formed,
which proceeded 10 the Presidents
mansion, where they were received by
a commiIree appointed for the purpose,
and deposited in the east room, where
they will remain until the funeral, This
we consider a just respect for the de-
ceased, and as marking very kind and
proper concern for ,he feelings oI their
bereaved families and friends.
We learn that the seamen who were
wounded (nine n number) we're sent
yesterday soonaaf'er the explosion took
place, TO the naval hospital near the
navy yard; and that only one Of Them
is dangerously QhOugh not mortality
wounded The others were injured
but slightly, and are in a fair way Of
recovery.
Proceedings of The Committee appointed
By the President, and eThonOrahOn ot
Capt. Stockton from blame.
A committee consisting oI thirteen
Distinguished gentlemen, officers Of the
Army and Navy and ciItzOns, were ap
pointed 10 make the preliminary ar
engagements for the 'iDlermenl Of the
dead, and visit the IrieOds Of the deceas
ed, These duties they performed snd
reported accordingly. The following il
en- extract from lhe reports giving al
that we have learned relative 10 the
cause OF The accident.
= The committee, atthe request OF Cap
tain Stockton, proceeded 10 examine
r Witnesses as 10 the causes Of the 'eZpIo.
sion, and accordingly called upon rhe
officers whose duty was most immediate
Ey connected with the loading Of the
gun, Tor such information as they bad IC
give.
Q Lieut. Hunt, ordnance officer in charge
Of the great guns, represents that hf
: loaded the gun himself, with but 2l
pounds Of powder er-t the usual charge be
ing 80 pounds Over the powder wa
placed single shol, with the usua
number of wads, That the person
nearest the gun at tho time Of the ex
pIosion were Captain Stockton, Mr.
: KING, the gunner Of The ship, and him
: self.
! Lieut. Hunt also states, that this guI
! has been repeatedly fred with Charg
, o! 35 pounds Of powder, and once il
New York with a charge of 49 pounds
j. In the statements Of Lieut.. Hunt, MI
o King, the gunner Of the ship, coDcurs =
b Mr. King is a blacksmith by trade. and
n OF opinion that the gun was indifferent
Q y made, Of IRON Of 40 Inferior quality,
q The committee, ss we'll from the fort
II going testimony Bs from their own PEI
e sonal observation and examination b.
J" fore and after the accident, have no hi
n station 10 exhonoraling Captain STOCK
RI ton, and every officer and man uudt
n his command, from the slightest imp
. la,ion OF Tashness or Carelessness, OF
70 arc unanimously Of opinion that III
'r melancholy event rests upon. Caus,
N over which they could have no control
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