New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-18
Dreadful Disaster and Less of Life.

From the N. o. Times, Extra. June y.
In pains us 70 ssy that the steamer Atna, Capt
Phillips, ON her downward trip, from Ouachita to thi.
place, blew up the ih Inst opposite the town OF Co
lumsis she was starting from the landing instantly
killing 30 or more persons and dreadiully woundlne
several others. Among the killed are
Hon. g. Mayo. Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Dis
trici Messrs L. NJ Duty, OF Claiborne Parish A. g.
HILL of Champsgnole. Ark O'Neil, and one person
name unknown from South Carolina Mr. II Nsss
barkeeper James Poole, pilot at the WHEEL; Olive Mu
shon "a engineer; austin Stegro, carpenter, two deck
passengers, and eight deck hands ard hremen nSme'
unknown Also, gentleman from Florida supposed tc
be Mr. A NJ. Jones
Worxpyp-D NJ Johnson, clerk severely u l.
Ras,ross La leg broken and otherwise injured So that
smputstion will DO necessary +. Miller, fsmersVile
La arm broken VIM Evans, Union District south
Carolina slightly wounded DR.. J. r Lewis, slightly
wounded; Martin Williams. mate. badly J. suinser
Biloxi slightly; Thos. Simpson shshuyi 'ohn beard
badly scslded.
The boat sank Immediately after the catastrophe and
nesrly everything on board was lost
Seventeen OF the bodies had been found. Several oil
the wounded have been brought 70 this place.
TIE DELAWARE LICENSE LAw-We learn from
the Wilmington Gazette, that the nolicense law was
decided Friday last by the Count of Errors aud Ap
peals composed Of the Chancellor snd all the judges IN
The State sitting at Dover TO be unconstitutional and
conseouently void The Eve Judges were unanimous In
This ouiuoaWs gather from the same source that the
recent election held upon the subject In New Castle
County, has also been declared void
CuRIops AND BEAUTIFUL lSoIDEST.-Over the
nup In the chapel al West Point some OF our read
srs NAV perhaps have remarked stands hne aesorea
picture from the true to-life pencil OF Wen part OF
II Represents Peace female hgure. holding an olive
branch In her hand Daring the performance oil divine
service one or two Sundays ago. small bird Hew n'o
the church and made several attempts 70 asht on the
branch better criticism upon the ndeiiiy OF the at
iss representation OF air and foliage could scarce oe
Imagined The same compliment as our readers VII
remember. was paid by bird 10 Apeles' some tnree
thousand years ago Home JOURNAL
snip FEvER-We learn from Captain Morgan.
that there are seventy of Ship Fever In our
Aim. hoxss One unfortunate woman died yesterday
An a CAB on her way the Aims house. The fever hss
,oxad very fatal those who attend the patients An
ar,sndinr physician and four nurses have died. The
Common Council 10 nov erecting temporary buildings
for tbs reception OF shP fever ps'ient,
''' ' Alb Eve Journal.
f%Dr A. g. UPHAN, a physician OF great prom
.s I'M mia profession and Of high moral worth died last
psh, In this City OF typhus fever caught 10 the DIS
charge of his duty Dr. Uphsm studied his profession 10
Paris wss elected professor Of Pathological Anatomy 10
the Medical College OF Csstis,on, Vermont snd was
Corrssooudpg Member OF the Rational Institute OF tne
United States He the son OF Hon Nathaniel pam
of Rochester N. H. Member Of Congress orotner OF
Prof Upham of Bowdoln College, and Of me 's'S ~
msated Dr. Timothy Uphsm of wslpoe,
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