The Davenport gazette., 1850-07-11
WHOLE NUMBER 159.

"hlte round Crowned wool onc.) and then
swan ashore. Very soon after be reached
the shore, MIR. Stebbins srrived with his
first skif load containing Miss Murray.
An eftecting incident was told us this
morning touching the little child, Johnny
Rhodes, the only survivor Of that family Of
six. The little fellow was found in the
wheel house by Mr. Kennedy. who lives on
The bank Of the lake near the wreck. He
took him into his skiR, with other bodies
picked up, and went ashore; but upon lifting
him out, saw some signs oflife and immedi-
ate!y took him into bis arms and ran to his
house close BY, and in few minutes brought
him 10. 10 the afternoon he was. so fer re-
covered rs to enquire for his mother. They
asked him many questions, which he an.
swered very in,elligently, told his name,
age, &c. When the bodies were about to
be inferred, MI. Kennedy took the child in
his arms and went round among the dead,
TO see if,he little fellow could Identify any
Of his friends.
The scene which followed was heart rend-
ing in the extreme. He had not been car
ried far before he pointed his finger to
corpse some distance of, ssthcre," said he,
'is my mother" He was anxious 10 get
down to her, and although be knew she was
dead, he did not seem to realize it, 10 pass
ing BY n little boy he was asked il that was
his brother? "No." said he "that is Jo,"
the name Of one ofhis play fellows over tho
water. ''There," said he "is Tom (his
brother pointing to little boy, sand there
is my sister Mary" another child Of the
famlly lying near. They were anxious he
should identity his father, got him to des-
cribe bis clothing, bu, he could not fix on
any thing peculiar except that he had strnps
on his pants. They showed him several
with strapped pants, but he said they were
not his father. Al length he discovered the
ideutical body and from papers on bis per-
son, the fact was fully corroborated. Thus
in very few minutes did this child Of five
years, point out his father, mother, sister,
and brother; himself the only surviving
remnant, among strangers and in strange
land.
The Cleveland Paindealer of Monday week,
gives further particulars relative the mum her Of
lives Lost by the Confagration Of this ill-fated
steamer, and saya:
Thirty-three more bodies were recovered on
Friday, twelve on Saturday, and six on Sunday,
making in all now recovered, TWO HUNDRED AND
THIRTEEN, as near as can be ascertained. II is
probable that several more will vet be found.
which, added to those which will iloa, away and
those burned up, will make the sum total Of lost
not far from TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
We also clip the following from the same pa
per:
MAN Ac FROM THE GRTFrTB.-Yesterday q
man was caught up in the street and tax en- to the
| jail ravng maniac. He wasoffine appearance,
intelligent look, and the remnant Of his clothes
not torn of, showed that he had seen better dayr.
1t was soon ascertained that he was one of the
survivors of the wreck, had lost wife and six
chlldren-whch calamity had destroyed his
reason. His name is Battsford. How he got
ashore, or where he has been since the wreck,
no one knows. He is now in the Poor House an
| object Of the deepest sympathy.
An English lady, whose husband and FIVE chill
dren were drowned. died on Thursday evening
at the house Of Mr.. Wood, near the bank. She
was brought to the shore in state Of great ex-
haustion, but partially revived, and was deliv-
ed on Wednesday Of premature infant. Both
were buried in one grave BY kind and symp ath-
sing strangers.