Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-08-30

ing 10 TnebiEond. One of the steamboats,
went down in haitian hour with the greater
portion Of the crew and passengers. About
Eope hundred and thirty-Hye persons. pheir
agony was a short one butit was terrific.
Nm Leu. the leaderof the Jesuit party
in bueerne, Germany, has been murdered.
Mn, EBIToK. -
In answer to your requestI herewith give
you as far AZ my abilities win allow, me, The
foil particulars relative 10 the fall of the
Frame 0f1hc new Church, during the storm
on Thu sday 2ist ult, / feel it my duty to do SO
bnat only for thd abstraction Of those who rea.
III feel Interested in the erection ola building
where they may worship God according to the
dictates f their own conscience but also TO
show those persons who have so freely and
graluituusly discussed the subject BIT my ez.
pehse-how supremacy ridiculous they have
made the N Selves.
First, then, the fall was occasionod by 0
blow which struck tho frame 90 the North
East corner ard lifted Il from its foundation
Bhattering the PIERS on the North side, and
settling the frame about ! inch further d head
an that side. The foof was lifted up with a
force sufficient to draw the head Of the inch
iron bolt which connected the King post with
the tie beam, 3 inches into the solid wood Of
some Of the Tic beams this carried tbs east
ondsi withallt the studdingVout of its boxing,
opened the raftefs at the ridge where they
were held some moments struggling with the
unbrid led wind, and then all fell IN the clear
III the sides, the heels of the ra1erB keeping
thoirplaces in the fall, and their heads careen.
mo toward the West forcing over the front
end the adjoining principal, This, Sir, ID the
particulars of a disaster which in my opinion
| ..1,t1.ar, a,.ta ,af,I1 t,a.yaE pnnVnntaI and
1t Ia as deeply TO be d~eplored that in any COM
munity men can be found outwitting even Joe
| Smith himself in their prophecies ; as il Is
that men totally ignorant Of the internal me-
ohahism Of the resisting forces Of timber or
the adhesive property Of nails, nay more, men
who do not know The right end of Jack
plane should, not only pass their opinion, for
that every man has a right to do, but have
tho hardihood TO set forth as matter Of fact
the cause Of a disaster with a falshood on its
very face, which would be prejudieiai TO me
were my eapability as an Architect or a prae-
tica workman questioned in tue same ratio, as
| have reason to estimate their judgement.
TO such would now address myself. The
members of the Episcopal Church undertook
to erect a temple to their God fonscientlously,
without prescribing other denominations, and
you, 20 charity where art thou) level your
prophecies at them exUltingly. l meet with a
loss in lis fall and you presumed on my mlstor-
tune with your ignorant assertions. I have said
you have made yourselves supremely ridicu
lous. | say you know nothing about IL and
now | will prove 70 you, taking what you say
was tho cause want Of Braces that you have
added insult TO injury. You have had your
say, 1t Is my turn now, relute my argument
If you can test my assertions if you dare.
DO you say the scantling Of the frame was
too slight for the root. ] say the scantling of
the sides alone were capable Of resisting a
force ef 252,000 lbs. before it was boarded and
much greater afterwards. Do you say the
church was blown over for want Of braces /!
Isay ii never was blown over, for it was lift
ed up and fell IN the clear Of the Sides Do
YOU saysthere were no braces I! ! say every
joint was SO well boxed and pined that 1t was
a brace Of itself, the purlins were doublg box
ed into the principal rafteFs. The Roof had
angular braces, and the frame not only had II
inch plank nailed horizontally entirely around
the building to prevent the scantling from
springilg, but was btaced at very corner with
two Il inch plank having one 9TH more timber
than any common brace, and nailed at every
scantling in manner capable of resisting a
force ON each side of each corner of from
25,00O to 10000 lbs. These braces | should
tell you, did not give way, but fell in the clear
attached TO the scantling, and in some instan-
ces were broken in falling overthe pieces.
Again how would you, knowing ones, have
braced the frame ! Would you have run
your brace from the corner post through the
window to the sill, or would you have put a
small brace in the angle which would have
been as efficacious as mailing up a horse shoe
to keep away Wizards.
say again you know nothing about a frame,
and ] hold ii an axiom that had shores been
placed all around the building whose hypoth.
enuse had been 90 feet, the building must
have bent to the blast, nor grappled long with
such an enemy. In proof Of this there was a
scantling Of A by s inches placed as a brace
from the floor joist to the north side of the
building 10 keep the. plate strait when the
roof was being putt on. The frame was lift
ed from this scantling and fell in on IT. Did
you prophecy this. One of the Grecian TEN.
pies was struck by lightning and It was con
sidered a special mark of divine appreciation.
The new church has fallen! IL is said whom
Lord loyeth he chas'eneth. And now it is my
turn to prophecy. L prophecy thatthe frame
will soon be regretted and when so, that a
better one cannot be pointed out, or a man
that can make better. In remarks such as
the foregoing, We are generally supposed moi
to be personal, but in this instance, | wish to
lie distinctly understood as addressing myself
personally and pointedly 10 each and every
person who has ~speculated on my capability
with no small lack of charity or wisdom, but
those Mechanics who have done me the hon
or TO assert that the frame was as good a one
as could be put up, as well as others who
we're content to enquire rather than assert
the cause, will am sure have too much good
sense to apply these remarks to themselves.
With due respect to all,
am Mr.. Editor
Yours truly.
A. T. WOOD.
A man, named Alex. Price, has been ares
ted and exam med at Buffalo, On a charge of
the mail, The Postmaster at Buffalo
laid a trap to catch Price, who was suspected
Of having pnrloined money.-Three letters,
with marked bills enclosed were mailed at an
intermediate office for New York. They