Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-03-22

or their pilot boats, and proceecch Immediate.
" 10 the scene OF distress, and brought back
with them, besides their own comrade, Mr.
Reilly and Mr. Bein, al OF whom were badly
injured, and have placed them under the care
Of their physician. DR.. Van Antwerp; ard
have also supplied them with proper uiten-
dance, and they are receiving all the care thai
the necessities of theft eases require, and that
humanity can suggest. ! am al presehtnnabls
10 inform you as t0the nature Of their wounds
aud can only say that they are more bruised
than scaldcd, which goes to show that there
must have been but little watci in the boilafs
| at the time they exploded. The engineer was
| killed At his stand, | should think, while in
the act uf stopping the engine. Ii Il impotst,
bic Tor inc to give you any further description.
EXCEPT to give in detail The result, viz
II. II. Webster, branch pilot ofthe brig, bad.
w wounded; VIM Brown, captain Of the tow.
boat. slightly injured; w. u. Pagan. first en-.
g%ineer. killed; Lathrop e.. Been. second ITO,
| badly Injured, WIN. Reilly, pilot, do do; WIN,
Davis. sisersman, missing, Matthew Berry,
deck hand, do; one man, do, name uhknoNh
do; Joseph Johnson, Gremat, slightly ininredt
VIM, BuGkrau. do, nnihiurcd; WIN. Boltaf,
deck hand slightly injured; Isaac Green, de-.
d Charley, fireman, jerry, Stew ard: bin
dec baud, negrnes belonging to captain Gov,
all escaped nntnjutFd.
You can rely upon The above as be M cot.
rect. MS was on board in tweaiy minutes MI
ter the explosion, and a ter attending tc the
distressed, went into IN inquiry Of the partic.
alars. Probably the wounded may leave hero
In the same tow that brings you this, the
steam towhiatS swan, Captain Sullivan, who
has, With his usual kindness aud liberality
rendered them the no. pitalily Of his boat.
THE MUsKtNGuM-sHTP BUILDING.
Our friend are anxious naturally 10 know
somthing more about the barquc Muskingum
Let MS see u we can CRAFTY them.
Tn Muskingum, built and fitted out nj Ma.
rictta, 0aio, nlneyt-six feet keel. twenly.fuu
feet beam, and twelve feet hold Her ton,
mage will be near $50. She IS under the
command of Captain WIN. Il. Wells.
Her keel was laid about the LIST of Srptem.
beg, 1871. she was launched on the Gath Oh
January, 1916.
She was built entirely Of the best white oak
excerpt her stanchions. 4 d dec mastE and
spars-Fhe stanChtoHs are Of the best black
locust. the deck and lower mAstg Of white
pine, aud the spars Of yellow pine.
Her rigging Is made Of Kentucky hemp
The large or standing tigging was t~uanufac-
tufed at PtttsbHrg-Ihc running rigging al
%trIetta. Her blocks, anchors and chain ca.
bles all Of western iron, aud were mauuraC-
turpd ut Fittsbufg.
The bArque Is heavily coppcred fastened
The copper aud her salts were e-neufcd IN
Boston.
VITA The exception Of those Two articles
the iohof mafs,7ei Of The batqne was obtained
at or near Marietta, AID Is Of western growth
aud western manufacture.
In Muskingun was built NY Captain Eiis
Of Portland, Maine, an experienced master
builder, after The most approved models oI
the East. aud her set" upon th water, with
heftrlm mtsts AMI snut sea.lnnk, prove To the
saiior's eye his skill. She is n good boat, and
viii be 81 held nj Boston or LiverpnuL
The names Of hor enterrrt~ing ptoprietors
are, Anseim r. Nye. John Mills, John O'Cram
Bosw0rth and Wells, w. & S. Slocunb, N. L.
Wilson, and Capt. Wells.
We arc thus specific Ia detail because here,
after it mag b. interesting to know all the par.
ticuIars respecting the progress oil shipbuitd-
ing on the Ohio. This business may be ear.
ricd on to almost any extent fcertain dif1cul.
ties eau be overcome. The advantages we
possess arc numerous. They are;-the ereat
abundance Of suitable timber and its cheap.
ness. The cost oftimher At The East Is from
SO 10 S25 per ton Gao cubic tect) and good
ship timber is extremely scarce. Upon the
upper Ohio white GA is abundant aud can be
procured, at present, to any reasonable extent
al a moderate price, exceeding but lille the
expenSeS OF cutting and taking il TO market
lion Is lower at The West than The east. Sc
Is hemp. Wages ARE about Inc same. Il
then we had more experience, ( and a demant
for shlP. building ,%%9qJldd soon gi!ye S2gqIr m1fGsftbq2gs
Tree V%ay-witi n ship canal at the falls-anc
we had better facilities than now exist for :
towing" vessels down-wc couiJ build ships
cheaper and as well on the ankS Of the Ohio
a. they do on the banks Of the Charles, ir
Massachusetts, Cincinnati paper.
tLLHLED Standardization Polk.
Inaugural Was received at Cincinnati. Ivy tn,
special Express of The Cincinnati Gazette, ~
Thursday. the 9Th inst, in. forty hours from
Washington !
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