The New York herald., 1844-10-30
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
Philadelphia.
Correspondence OF the Hersld.l


Philadelphia.
Correspondence OF the Hersldl
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 20, Ie44.
The wings held indignation meeting in the County
Court House last night for the purpose oxp essing
their dssPprobaton at the conduct Of the democrats in
pubishrg On intercepted letter enclosing an order for
one hundred dollars for election purposes and addressed
by William Reed, Esq TO friend in Lehigh county
rhe principal speakers Joseph Ingersol En-
General Irwin 4. Joy Morris. E,q X T toprsd Es1
and II Chandler, Esq The g.nrtm men wrigglsd and
twisted and aboured with all their might IN spite Of
all their efforts they were the boys say .in fxD
Morris personal and poefical and Conrad wrothy
and indignant Chandler tried to be humorous bu,
much out of place a dog In dancing schoo Reso
u'ons embody ing the sentiments were passed. and the
meeting broke up
and performs two Of his m stisvorite characters
Rice is at the Chestnut street theatre, playing Oello
IN The burlesque OF that name.
Old Bull dew crowded auditory at the Musical Fund
Hall last night, Notwithstanding the incl msncy ofihe
weather The Norwegian violnist received the most
SALES rHE srocK FxcHArGr:-i5Oo0 State o's, 7s3;
% 600 DO 7asi Pli a Bk, 100; 10 Cam Amboy RR.
Blk, III; 400 Viii RR, 2af
TERRIpLR STEAMBOAT ExpLosroS-SlxTY TO
EIGHTY KILLED AND WOUNDED L will be- seen BY
me account below, from the Louisville Courier Of
Thursday, that another fYighnul sle, mboat explo-
son. attended with grea loss of iie has occurred
on the Ohio The steamboat Lucy Walker, Capt vann
left this place for New Orleans yesterday crowded with
passengers When about four OF FIVE miles below New
ry While so engaged ihe water In her boilers GOT TOO
low, and they exploded with terrific Effect The explo-
sion upwards and ell ths boat above the boilers vas
blown 10 atoms. The U , snag boat Gopher, Captain
Dunhsm, was about 400 ards distant at the Of
me explosion. Capt Dnnham was imms diasly on the
spot escung those IN the water and with his
i.red all the aid in his power To him indebted
for most OF our particulars He informs ha, the Lucy
walker the middle OF tho river suoh the
force Of the explosion that parts Of the boilers the
boat were thrown shore Just after the explosion the
Had
beings One man was blown up 90 yards, snd fell with
such orceas to 90 entirely through the deck Of the boat
Another was cut entirely in two by piece OF the boiler
We have heard Of many such hsarrending and scken-
ing incidents
Before Capt. Durham reached the place where the
Lucy Walker was, he saw number oi persons who
had been thrown into the river, drown He how
ever saved the lives Of large number OF persons by
throwing them boards and and pulling Them his
boat with hooks Immediately after the explosion, the
ladies' cabin took FIRE and before hsd heen consumed
she sunk in twelve or fifteen feet water.
There were at leas, fifty sixty persons killed snd
missing and fifteen OF twenty wounded.
Killed aud Missing. Gen. J. W. Psgran Of Richmond,
Va; Samuel NJ Brown, Pest Office Agent Of Lexington
Ky; Cormick, Of Virginia; Charles Donne, OF Louis
ys rnp Wallis formerly Of Baltimore Rss.Scs
derberg Of Louisville; Mr. Hughes. formerly OF Lsxing.
e ST o Aooy s q Of
mate second clerk engineer and three
deck hands, names unknown; four negro frtmen
Wounded W. H PEBBLES, very badly hurt; Mr. Raines,
ofva M ao first M engineer, do; Gspt Thompson pilot.
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Is supposed that John Johnson and Richard Phillips
were on board-if they are lost The boat owned
by Capt. Vann, OF Arkansas AM insured.
FROM KEY WEsT.-We indebted to Captain
Mallory, of the schr Saratoga, arrived at this port
last evening from Key West for copy o the Light of
the Reef" OF the 18th inst Il contains additional par
culas relative to the late terrific gale that place. ex
cept the confirmation OF the reported oss ef the wreck
ing sloop Mount Vernon and the whole Of her crew,
with tho exception Of two sailors who saved themselves
by cnging in the mast where thev three days
without food water and finally taken OF by the
sloop Globe Captasn Pent complete sxhsus-
ton They had been dred into the gulf end hack again
several times The names OF the officers and
as follows Franklin D. Phillips, captain James L.
Spencer, John Best and Jacob 0omaz, of New York
Allen Saunders, Cornelius Saunders (saved) Richard
Bell Hiram Livingston, (savad) sailors John wiring
steward belonging TO Antigua Bay Jacob, black boy,
belonging to DR. Haley Captain Phillips has left
wife and child to his sudden and rrepnrsbIe loss
We also learn BY the paper that Mr. Crsiasrs
pilot boat Louisa had bsen found sunk 81 iahon
tor, the outer Reef about nil from the Key West
Light House, bearing f. from it, and IN there were
but three men on board, not four. cviously
ported
Capt MALorr states that the ship Atlantic, previously
rep0Ite ashore had been got off and taken Key West
and that she would probably be condemned Cha,ieson
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