The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-29

THURSDAY. June 81. 1850.


THURSDAY. June 81. 1850
The Board met pursuant to adjournment present. all
The memorial Of Thomas o. Larkn, late United States
consul at Monterey OF California claiming for supplies
furnished to the Mexican government Of that Territory
In lS45 and iS46tbe amount Of which, meantime in
tevenng, he could not from the Mexican gov,
ernmentwas submitted examined and ordered to be re-
ceiyed. i
The Board them taking up for consideration the memo
rial Of James Kelley vessels mate, claiming Tor mpson-
ment and consequent loss OF property at Monterey OF
California in $780, together with the proofs and docu
ments connected herewith. to opinion that the
claim aforesaid il valid against the republic OF
Mexico; and the therefore allowed according
lthe be awarded subject to the future ac-
ton OF the Board
The Board then adjourned until "a. M, tomorrow.
The Cleveland Herald announces tis Of thirty
additional bodies drowned burnt by tho recent disaster
TO the steamer Griffith that place. The following
touching cIrcumssanc related In the paper
An affecting incident was told this morning touching
s $ @ ne
house BY Mr. Kennedy who lives on the bank Of the lake
bodies sst Picked up and wen. ashore but lifting him
saw some signs life, and Immediately took him into his
n he ss ~ =
n TO inqure or his mother They asked MN many
sSs %c the bodies were about % s. inferred MI
Kennedy took the child his arms, and around among
the dead the little fellow could identify any Of his
The scene that followed was heartrending in the
treme He had not been carried far before he pointed
win h Dg Q H. a, saSas ON .,
her. and although he knew she dead did not seem 70
realize In passing BY li'tIe boy he was asked e that
9 E p: s sS' o ne %'
and there IL my sister Mary, another child Of tho family
shsr, and got him 70 describe his Ooihng bu. could
fix upon anything peculiar except that he had straps on
his pants They showed him several with strapped pants,
but he said they not his father Al length ne dscov
cred the identical body and from papers hsperson the
fact fully corroborated Thus. IN few minutes did
his child Of live years point out his father mother sister
and brother-himself the only surviving remnant among
strangers and In a strange land.
The Cleveland Paindealer relates the following affect
ing incident:
Nothing can be more heart rendng than the disaster
which beel the family OF Mr. Lace, OF this city He has
resided among for two with two sons and daugh
ter preparing home the remainder Of his family. Mrs.
Lace and daughters left In Liverpool partly for
purpose Of settling fathers estate and then TO come
and Drawing the pe of across the Atlantic. they
felt that they had almost completed their journey They
Mr. Lace ofheir good iouneboth Of their success
safe voyage They detained on the Erie canal and
again that the OF their detention might be
he srribe disaster Of the Gr Mr. L. Immediately has
by land the Of the wreck Before no arrived
there the Diamond had Left with the remains Of
midnight just as eess bodies Of his wife and daugh
being carried from the boat TO his house This
was first sight that met bis eyes upon his returns
Mrs Lace and her daughers, knowing their near ap-
proach Cleveland, had rsen early, and in their best
clothes had prepared themselves greet their friends with
happy, cheerfnl faces, in health and comfort But no
long life of happiness they all off in brief
Such, reader, the issues of life and death.