The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-03-16

. silent tears and qnvcrins lips Ut their ftnv'
y and homes, comrades, who tried IN vain u
/. .ul,dus NJ IN concenl ,ben feeling-l Whs
! no, dc can adequately dep'ci scene I'M
h,s
IN. hod;c. If The killed remained or
hoard The .h,p las, !. aa'' They will be
brouph, to the city thu. ,.'ofnnR'
A Letter TO us from . memb., " S'"k''''
d. ed oa tho evening of The hmr,b . c'''''
ny, alter giving statement Of Tho sl'. q
says:
"The boat is now AT Alexandria. Cqp'
Stockton is badly wounded. COL Benton is
reported hurt.
"Mrs. Gilmer and Misses Gardeners are
IN board and not conscious of their l"ss
when our informant left, as they we're be.
low in the CABIN, and we're prrve,'ed from
coming up You can form I'tls idea Of the
deep distress that pe.vades The city,"
From the Baltimore Sun We gather the
following items:
"The Hun. J. W. Tyson, Cd assistant
Postmaster General, had his haI cut and
a piece Of The gun. about SIX inches in
length, quietly rested on the tip Of his hesd.
"rhe Hon. NJ. WicklfIs had started to
60 on deck with Judge Upshur, when some
one below alIed-detalned hun for sec
ond, and thereby saved his lie.
"Ths Secretary of War, TO avoid The
crack Of The gun. advised The President to
90 below where they were sitting when the
calamity happened
"The legs Of Mes.rs Upshur and Gi\mer
are shockiugly mllilaied.
"Cap,. Stocion. as soon as the shock over
whemed him, caugh, his chm, then clspped
his hands up each side of his face, and was
in the ac, of 'eaplng overheard when he
was caught by the Hon. J. W. TYSON
The Madisonian says:
"The breech Of The quo VS. severed, and
carried away The bulwark of The ship oppo
site to it II was the iron fragments, it is
supposed. which struck down so many on
board. and who could not have been b, hind
the gun The accident took place about
sunset. A seambrat from Alexandris,
which was passing, was sent back TO town,
and returned with several surgeons.
"T'he same number of our paper which
contains the unfortunate GIlmer's address
TO his constituents. bears them also the &C
coun. of his death"
The Crimes Case.-A decision WAS
made few days ago in the Supreme Court
of the Unneo States, on the case in which
Gen. Games and his wife were plaintiffs,
and the executors Of Daniel Clarke, Of N.
Orlesns, defendants. A Washington cor
responder; Of the New York Evening Post
says that the points on which the defen>
dan,s appealed, have been decided against
!, Them. Ons Of tho points has been decided
absolutely, and the two other points with ,
Qualification that requires the cause to e
, again before the Circu, Court, uu, which
will not probably affect the result This
> decision makes the General and his lad,
# the lord and mistress of an immense prop
ery; some say fifteen million of dollars
8 Baltimore American.
o ~
o According to a recent decision Of tn
French Minister of War, no officer of tn
d Army shall in future obtain permission u
y marry, unles. the person to whom he is
1t be united should possess a revenue Of a
> least 2OOOf per annum.
. The Grand River (Mo) Chronicle say,
n hat an int xhausibie bed Of iron ore, Of tn
" best qualify, has been found within a fe,
d. hundred yards Of the best water in uppe
Missouri.
> The amount Of properly bequeuihsd I
10 Henry Clay by the late Senator Porter, @
J. louisiana, is stated IN the Lexington Ky
y E qurer, at $4,000 or 10000.
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). The CITY Of Cincinnati has thirteen dai
la Iy GeWsDabers one tri.weekk twen,y.,v,