The Arkansas banner., 1849-11-27
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q The moot dreadful catastrophe, that ever hap
 pensa on Inc Mississippi ssrise usanyh have been. [ occurred in New Orleans, on the Ieth inst From columns slrowsed ia black. of the New Orleans Crescent snd other papers. collect the following facts in relation to this awful disaster.
 The steamer Louisiana. about five o'clock, just p1ttlag eut fro the lsvse iR orSes 10 down ibs river and take oil board immigrant passengers was blown mp. her boiIsss enpladiag and carrying away not eply her own cabis and decks, but also
 the larboara side Of the "Siotm, and the stsrbOard of the .'Bsstona." The Louisiana was bound for
 St Louis, sad had on board more than two hun
 dred persons. passengers and crew. The Storm
 just coming tn from Louisville, having left the
 principal part of her passengers at Lafayette. The
 Bos.Ona arrived from Louisville on Wednesday
 morning; and many persoas were on her decks to look at the Louisiana she went out. The levce
 was. of course crowded with people. 1t usually is
 when beat Is aboat arriving or departing. Owing
 to these circumstances, the loss Of life has been
 enormous, aud il will be impossible, now to say
 how many were killed.
 "0f the immense number (says the Crssceut) on the Louisiana, we can say but little. The exPlo- , sion carried maRy of them far into the sir, and tossed the bleeding fragments upon land and wave The sight was terrible depriviag even thoss
 that witnessed It Of the faculty Of transmitting the f picture in words. Bus few moments istervened between the explosion and tho sinking of the Lous-
 ana which carried with it all record of it's crowded
 deck.
 Capt. CANNON. the commander, was standiag at the time the levee, the boat not to start for fifteen minutes He escaped with slight injury,
 but his brother, l. CANNON, of that city, more l seriously hurt''
 The Delta, of the I7th in it's account ol the mor- tality. gives the names of 6i persons killed
 "Ali the facts discovered ihns far, give color to
 the goomiest approximations of lhe aumber of the
 killed More than sixty foaT dead have already been
 recognized, more tban forty exposed in the
 Bsronne street Watch house yesterday, and least twenty in the dead heases of the several hos 7 pitas. Several have died al private houses. Many
 others have no doubt hoated down the stream, and
 will be heard of again. Others have been crushed under the wesgh. of the wreck, and their bodies will not rise for some time
 |" This list is. of course, very incomplete, and yet
 truly Is 1t formidable enough We think 1t would
 not be exiravsgsnt 10 estimate the killed and tn
 who will die oi their wounds from the explosion at t50, and the wounded hn ndred more mak ing total of 25g persons killed and injured by cue
 steamboat explosion, a
 .. Early yesterday visited the srene of the dis ,
 Not eestige of The Louisiana visible, but the Storm and Bostonia lay ia the same position they
 occupied when the explosion occurred. There they
 were. the storm perfect wreck, sddied and crush ed from the boilers to the stern the Bos,Ona, a
 costly and beautiful boat also V iIh her p ot hous.
 knocked of. and her wheel. house taiiy crushed.
 'The wharf the barrels aud sacks lying on it,
 were still sprinkled with blood and the debris Of
 tiiaed bodies. A numher of persons were engaged
 in fishing up bodies Six taken up whilst we s aR.. the water yesterday.
 " We are told (says the Crescentl that the origin
 Of the explosion is moi known. and yet we know that
 the First Engineer shore, with leave tv join the boat at Lafayette; and that the Second Engi-
 neer must have been absent from his post from the
 fact that the instant before the explosion he return red to the engine, found that there was something
 wrong cried ost to inc mate for his life, and
 saved bis own by rapid movement to the steru.-- Negligence the most cnlpable is too plainly seen.-
 The boat was within few minutes of its departure, when officers aud crew should have been doulpy fygiant; aud yet how different from this are the facts shown. '- , A number of ampu tations have taken place in the Charity Hospital, aud the medical faculty nave invariably used chloroform. with the greatest css~ v.~t aiBoaut of suffering, in this catastro
 phe alone, has been saved by this great discovery"
 We regret that we have not for the long
 list of victims by the explosion and the incidents of
 interest connected with il. But having received the fnll accounts only by the last mail, we must D conclude with Captain Cannon statement as given T to the Editor of the Delta
 \ "Capt. Cannon affirIns that there was so little steam in the boors that he had ordered the engi-
 neer to get up sieam to proceed to the lower ship ping to take in passengers. He believes that the . explosion was caused by gunpowder, barrel of which was carried aboard, and taken down into the hold 10 make into cartridges, to fire salute when
 the boai left He had given his consent to fire the
 cannon, and the mate and of the hands went to ' store to get powder. They presently returned, 2 and the Captain remarked they were going aboard 'Whst did you get a whole keg for inste ead of a pound or soiN This is the last he of the , mate and the hand Shortly afterwards the expio- s sion took pace--and Capt. Csnuon declares there were two reporis-i,nmediately following each other He thinks the coneussion and vac . um eau
 sed by the explosion of the gunpowder, produced a
 collapse of the hues of all the boilers at the f time He arrives at this conc usion from a knowl-
 edge o the low stage of the in the boilers aud
 the want of fuel in the furnaces and from the fact
 of the large quantity of water elected into the air, 7 which, when il feli. coida as rain. There are @ certainly some curious facts connected with this
 affair, which. we trust. viii be thoroughly inves
 gated
 (, The Crescent says, Capt CANNON was arrested by the United States Marshal, W. 5. Scorr, on a charge of manslaugh,er. and gave bonds before 7 Recorder BALDWIN, acting U. $. Commissioner, in the sun, of Ss,0O0 for his appearance.
 GEN. HoUsToN AND Cor. GADsDEN --These gen. tlemen have come to loggerheads, and eorrespon. ' dence of warm character has taken place between them. Housros denies that in voting for the Ore h gon bill, he sustained the WiimOt presiso. and as-
 sefts ina, Congress has right legsiate on the s subject of slavery in the territories In reply to n some of Col GAosDEs s personalities. he says:
 "fea are pleased Co taunt with defective
 educa,ion Whiie admitting the truth of this charge