The Arkansas banner., 1845-10-22
ELnm the "SpitH ofthe 7ymes.

From Hte pPT tt v HSe A"tto.
 [c FROM THE U. S. ARMY IN TEXAS. Irs CHRisTrI, TEXAS, Sept. IA, 1845. ! Pit is with indescribably gloomy 2, that sit down to drop you few 6y the "Alabama," to inform you ol the |e catastrophe which happened on board pamboat .'Dayton." On the afternoon
 l2th, It. GRAHAM, of the 4th, arrived hD badly scalded, and reported that the |n1 had burst her boilers, that Lieuts. lys and BERRY, of the 4th Infantry, with others, were killed, and many horribly |l. The Dayton left this on the morn the 18th, for St. Joseph's Island, hay h board Capt. CRossMAN, A. G. M., ! Graham, Higgins, Berry and Woods, 4h, Lieut.. Gordon, of the Sd, and Surgeon Crittenden besides these there several soldiers and citizens on board. minutes past l2, being opposite Mag |Buf, she burst her boilers, scattering and destruction on every side. Lieut.. Rs just before the explosion, was sitting b to Doctor C., and Lieuts. B. and Ire lying down near them, the former . all being in the small cabin aft of the
 hall. Capt. C., Lieuts. Graham and In, with many others standing around were seated on the boiler deck. Lieut.. 5 immediately killed by piece of iron |g him on the head, Dr. c. and It. W. D any material injury, It. B. was killed $ body not found until the next day. the boiler deck were blown high in the d fell in the water some distance from Pt. Lieut.. Gordon was uninjured, Capt. F slightly, and Lieut.. Graham badly, al- not dangerously scalded. There were killed and seventeen wounded. The Bafles description. After the first boiler he second was thrown into the water pIoded with a crash of thunder, throw Iumes of water high in the air. The in the water was terrible; 1t was deep to swim any one, and there they lay, Pangled fellows, clinging to pieces of Fck, until, fortunately, they were all up by the yawl, which was energeti- mployed under the immediate direction |t. Gordon. As they were brought on it was horrible in the extreme to look D some with nearly all the flesh of, h his leg broken, and all, more or less led; some perfectly blackened, and one not only scalded, but his flesh burnt 10 Every aid that an experienced and ! medical officer could render, was and promptly given. The General Rl was placed at the disposal of all, and citizens-and the amount of ter Iferng that is undergoing there, would Ie hart of the most indifferent. The aeomplete and utter wreck, literally into atoms-it was an old hulk of a Eotally unftted to carry passengers. It r only choice Tn the absence of prop Fportation, and in an evil hour she was el, not only to carry freight, but to be Rns of sending eight souls, and possibly lat one moment into eternity. It is |, she had filled her contract and was way down to be discharged. How is these terrible accidents cannot be stop t is all folly to enact laws about the jon of machinery, &c., Sc. Pass Rking it death, Instantaneous death to |piain of a vessel, and FIJI warrant you'll few disasters. In this instance it was earelessness. The 2d engineer had of the engine, the lst engineer was the effects of dissipation the night be- Pd the Captain was asleep directly over Hers, and strange to relate, neither were
 any consequence. In the name of Ehy should they, the responsible ones, |iand the innocent hurled into eternity' late of poor Higgins is particularly me- FY and sad. He married Capt. Ms Ter last July, and separated from her |eks after their marriage, to come on EPedltlon. It had been an attachment Fy years-it was marriage but of a ft The spring of their love ha hard ned when the frost of death deprived E bloom, without deigning to grant it |ieace of a summer. And poor Berry, (able, the mild, the pure, whose heart Do guile, shall we never see thee more? + loo, e.gallant souls, so miserable a Fone from which your relatives can ID consolation, Had it been on the battle, after hard fought and well day, battle for liberty and your
 F. there would have been a secret sa-
 ai and pride in yielding up your warm
 0utto die the death of a dog, from the fsaess oi others, is too bad May the
 Oattles receive and cherish them, and
 % consolation, so necessary, to the
 lhelr berraved friends and relatives.
 'tre buried on the 18th, with appro-
 ailary honors. From some necessa-
 the procession did not take up its
 march until after the sun had set. It
 solemn, sad march, and the circum-
 'na the time rendered it still more im-
 The sun had just set, the clouds,
 m pyramids, were tinged with gol-
 ui flashes of lightning were seen in
 "' In the East the pale moon was
 is%,eetly !, forth, seemingly regardless
 lhe feelings of those in that solemn
 la recession. They were buried about
 sae s rom camp, on the top of beau-
 ~ commanding an extensive and pie
 view. The service of the dead was
 s'ee volleys fired over theil graves,
 's wheeled into column, and to a li-
 aom flie and drum, we left the sol-
 ,a melr long sleep, and their dreary,
 antc graves.
 0s. ,s oi all the reports you have had in
 ,s.s' ,s. we are not eat up yet. We have
 ,ss.l,, sb.l nor heard anything hostile from
 uO'able General Arlsta. There will
 you may put that down, just as
 ol Il | yon had taeo spare 6aHs-you
 'uem off, but you are not in the
 S, ~all a the fighting that will be done