Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-04-06

| tVAHf hihuh WYNN lNH "UVIJ seine WIS
changed into one OF wfeichodness and
| zoe.
Capt Sioc'don's great gun was again
oaded with shot, and another trial made
OF us strength and efficiency. The gun
was pointed TO lecwtri and behind il
lyon mus! excuse me for being thus par.
licnIari bat the scene has Ie(l such an in.
ieibie impression upOn my min that !
im compelled, like CooGdL a's M lrinsr in
1.-The Albatros5," TO give you all tho de-.
tallSD stood Capt Stockton; a.lttle To the
left OF him, Mr.. J. Washington Tyson.
| ASSISTANT Postmaster General, Of your
| city. BY the side Of the latter. little be.
hind him, stood Mr.. Strickland, also OF
your city, and IA little to the right of, but
behind him, Col. Benton, of Missouri, who
had lady at his arm, and Judge Phelps
Senator from Vermont.
70 the leeward of the gun, stood Judge
Upshur, late Secretary Of the State; Gov.
GImer, late Secretary Of the Navy, who
had but a few days ago entered on the
duties Of his office, a little behind them
our late Charge d. Ailaires to Belgium,
Mr. Maxcy; of Maryland; by the side of
him stood Mr.. Gardiner q believe this is
the way he spells his name) Of New
York, and Commodore kennon of the
Navy, who was at the same time chief of
one of The Bureaus in the Navy Depa RI.
ment.
When the gun was fired, the whole
ship shook dense cloud of smoke en-.
VoIvel the whole group on the forecastle
| but when this blew away an AWFUL scene
presented itself TO the view ofthe specla
tor.
The lower part Of the gun, from the
lrunnlons 10 the breech, was blown off.
aud one half section Of it ayiag on his
breast. 1t took two sailors to remove il.
Mr.. pshur was badly cut over the eve
ami IL his egs-hs clothes were literal
y torn from his body-he expired in a.
bout three minutes. Governor Glmer,
RI VlL@na, was found equally as badly
InlurJT lie had evidently been struck
by the section OF the gun before it had
reached Mr.. Upshur.
Mr.. Sykes, the Member from New Jer.
sey endeaVored to raise him from the
ground, but was unable. matrass was
procured, and no WIS placed on it: before
any medical assistance could be procured ;,
he was no longer among the living,
Mr. Maxcy had his arms and one of his |
legs Gu, off, The pieces of flesh hanging to
the mutllated limbs, cold and bIoodIess,
IN manner trnly frlShlluI. He died
instantly.
MT. Gardiner of New York, and Com
modore kennon, fingered about half an
hour, but they did not seem for a mo.
ment 10 be conscious Of their fate, and
expired almost without a groan. The
flag ofthe Union were placed over the
dead bodies as their winding sheets.
Behind the gun the scene, though at
first equally distressing, was less alarm
Ing, Capt. Stocton, who was knocked
Town, almost instantly rose to his feet
and jumped on the wooden carriage 10
survey the whole effect of the calamity
All the hair Of his head and face was
burnt OIL, and he stood calm and undis-
mayed, but silent over the wreck. Init
'ddiilon TO the deaths already mentioned, {
lbout dozen sailors were badly woun-
Iej;and behind him Col. Benton, Judge /
ne ps AM MI. Strickland, as if dead, ex
ended on the deck. On that side, by a
singular confederation OF crcumslan- /
es, MT. Tyson, OF Philadelphia, was the .
'niy person who stood his ground. though i
piece OF the gun, weighing about two
POUNDS, had passed through his hat, a. I
outtwo inches rom his skull, and fallen n
own by the side Of him. I;
Ehe lady who had Col. Benon's arm n
'as actually blown into the rigging, but f
OIL hurt. Col. Benton exclaimed, i'm c
ledialeIy alter he fell, "Iord, | am, b
art" but he was only stunned. He was p
aries aft and placed on a mattruss, n
here Mrs. Benton and his friends &C min /,
tered to him What aid they could, which, $
owever, he repeatedly declined, saying e
ere was nothing the matter with him 0
e tasted little brandy, mo cologne be- II
g near at HANDY and was soon after able IA
walk, with some slight assistance, Oil
n The railing of The ship on board The "
eanboat that took the company off u p,
,ashlngton. Of
Judge Phelps, Of Vermont, had his hal III
own or Knocked oIf,and the buttons Of al
coat torn, but he was moi otherwise Of
lured. i
ar, Strickland, Of Phil, was not at all in III
'ed, and instantly recovered his position. de
MISS Woodbury. and MISS Cooper, who, he
company q Captain Reed OF the Ar L,
7, and MI. Welles, Of Philadelphia, had re-
20 siauiing on lecward gun, were not lnt
r., MISS Woodbury., the beautiful and 50
sompllshed daughter OF the Senator as
IN New llampshre,) had her whole mi
% sprlnked with blood, which. howey- la,
am glad to say, was not her own. lwf