New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-06


The LATE SHANNON DIsAsTER-The Pitts
burgh papers furnish complete lat OF the killed,
wounded and missing among the passengers on board
the stesmbost Virginia which exploded near steuocn
vile icw days since
Klzed-Menfs WIN. Rove, Sr Wells. Relinger. j
smrgeon. St Cla,ryille, Ono; M SHARP mr r spsn,
cor, Ch.mbermsd, Cineonai; Mr. hseser hf ssinas
Nrlson freman Stsgbeuvi.le; Mr. Andrew srydef DON
Ies blown 81, died IA sbOu: ihre. hours
M.ss,a1 -Jcsn1a Evereu II Wells ufgh; Washington
E,s q o. since fsa.d rneHs ysDy ., 90 S
bsciy wounded Mr. Lessr badly scsd-d from Cncousit
Mr. os:e,sCS.s a.a recs.sy cS1S Ss
Mr. Kennedy, Ce,k badly csded Mr. Taylor, Engio.er,
D %sG ,Sac s''u .so 10 wSo NJ Rouse leg
bros.n "a Two y aces; Mrs Corn Of wheeling, slightly
wounded am soore, Of seueeuvl e. head sish.iy cut;
Mss Cooley, Of do, anhun ID. Sugeni and s. Nesse do
ExPLosIoT AND Loss OF LTE.-The towboat
Defsnce with Montgomerys patent boilers exploded
on the 18Th blowing of ths tops Of both boilers
Mr. Mel ariand the chief engineer, received concus-
sbn died IN 10 hours aiterwsrd Two Of the hsnds
were blown overheard and drowned.
Mr.. James Brady. the steersDsn, WAS 1T the wheel
when the accident occurred and wss blown up with tbs
boiler deck receiving small injury on the habd-tbls
being the seventh time he has had the misfortune OF
being psced In danger Of losing his life by explosion
Tue Defiance boat aud on her first trip down
With three ships In tow She had proceeded just oelo"
wilders Bayou, where the fog was 90 thick tina. she
bad 20 come to anchor The fog finally cleared on
when the boa got under way again, snd after making
few TevOl ATOMS exploded IN " DSlta' %"u'
Leg Ar MAcxIsAw-At the last advices the ice
In the Straits solid ss in mid Winter and no water
Was visible at Nackinac-the Indians were crossing on
the lee from Mscknac 70 Beaver Island 10 Lake NichE
gan, trip seldom attempted 10 the hardest winter
In Lake Superior the water WAS visible from tue
summit Of " Gfos Cap" which 10 sbOut7O feet bgh.
NORTH CAROLINA GOLD.-The Editor Of the
Wanint0n Journal states that three months since he
saw four pieces of Csroos gold weighing together
hal MIA ~
four and the smallest twelve ounces
These pieces found the surface, Ia Richmond
county North Carolina all within lees than ball mile
Of each other and within mile of the Pee Dee River
WONDERFUL CHASGEs.-The National Wing
says that before the Presidential election there were
500 Loco Clerks In Washington after the result
ascertsined the number was dwindled down 70
hundred, and soon II will be difficult task TO ma
enough for quorum of the Jackson Democratic AssO
citation.
FIRgs.--John Montgomerys house ia Brook
Aeld, Trumbull Co. Ohio burned up March H. sew
era members Of the family were badly burned and
one child destroyed The Presbyterian church and
the adjoining academy at Quincy Fla we're set on IRE
March 3D. by negro slave by way OF revenge on MS
master, and destroyed.
Mr. MEREpITH.--The Washington Wing states |
thst the Secretary Of the Treasury receives company
with open doors BY this means he 10 enabled to die |
patch much larger amount of business which requires
his personal steoton than usual The grant OF private
audiences consumes too much time.
hon. ben hdr0ln N tpccCI NJ |
sabethtown Saturday on the subject OF remodeing
tho State Consultation. lie declared himself opposed
10 emancipation and IN favor Of the elec,on.by the
People Of all the State officers. including appellate and
Circuit Judges. [Msysville Herald, 30th ult
" The Lancaster Gazette states, as a la
entAblc fact that with one exception every case of
criminal nature brought before the Court OF Common
Pleas Of Fairfield County Ohio, during its recent SEES
Sion originated either directly remotely, from TIE
sale and use OF ardent spirits.
/" A whale, measuring twenty feet IN length,
drhcd sshore the farm Of Robert :. Chace Esq at
ddipgton's Cove, and unable to extrca,e Itself
from iis unpleasant position Several oxen were at
tached TO the monster OF the sea- aud II drawn up
high and dry. Newport News
1" A statement was yesterday published IN
the Uaiop from the Mao Hsrtn Comm ReSis1, that
Mr. Hsnpegsn nominated by President Polk at the
urgent request Mr. Clayton the Premier o! the Taylor
Admnistrs fion' We are Informed hst there is not
word Of truth In the statement Nat Intel ltb
~. The Monroe Mich AdUocafe SAYS the
dams built at that place by Messrs Noble Sterling
70 turn the river that would the lake through
tho channel and for which they received 800 acres Of
land. have been swept away by the ice.
u Several stables, and between seventy and
eighty tons OF bay, belonging to Mr. Hiram Gilbert,
we're destroyed by hre 10 Harsu', near Jersey City,
early yesterday morning.
n Mr.. Polk reached Memphis Tenn on the
9th un Spencer Jsrnsgin made him speech He
would MT atop To public dinner.
~ Gen. Worth, Majors Deas aud Pembcrton,
and Capt Wood, arrived At New Orleans March q.
II The booms at Brunswick, Maine, have
broken and several of the mills partially injured