The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-11

EXPLOSION AID BURNING or THE
STEAMER OREGON.
| CmcsnsArs, March The sasamss Oregon,
bound down from Louisville, while passing through
the chute Of island No. siehfy-two. Il l D. M on
the morning Of the I'd iastsnt, burst 6sr hoilsr
with tremsndous report, carrying away The for
ward cabin and upper deck, killing and wcusding
sixty persons She was heavily laden, and had
from eighty 70 one hundred passsugsrs, who had
just finished dinner and were generally collected
in the hall and forward guards at tho time
She took hrs after the explosion, and burned to
the water edge and being in the channel Of the
all on board but for The assistance of the lroquos
which was wooding within mile OF the Oregon
Upon seeing the explosion, Capt. Lee, Of lhe1r
quois, gave orders 70 60 to her relief, which ~
delayed but few minutes before she was along
side the Oregon. The flames had lust bnrxt
through the hurricane roof Man, women ana
children were collected together on the aftsr mart
Of the boat, without the means Of getting away
but by jumping into the river. The shrieks Of the
women. the phrenzy of the men, ready to leap
overheard to AVOID the moro horrible death BY
FIRE. and the groans Of the scaided and dying. and
the piteous lowing Of the cattle, battles descrp-
ton Captain Lee ran the bow of the Iroquois
aft Of the Oregon: and ladders being placed from
the upper deck Of the Oregon to the lower deck Of
the lroquos, all on board the burning vessel able
10 walk ROI OH the lTOquOto OetD& all the Tune In
great danger Of taking fire. Captain Montgomery
WINS the lost man 10 leave the wreck, which he did
just as the lroquois was backing away, and the
parting ofthe boats caused the ladders 10 fall pre-
cipitating Captain NJ into the river. He was res-
| cued with several bruises.
The clerks Office was entirely blown away. to-
gether with the books and papers or the boat
George Brown. first clerk, was in the Office At ths
time Of the explosion, and was killed. The wait
ers in the cabin dinner and all were killed
except the steward Eight white 6remen were
killed.
Il is impossible to give correct idea Of The loss
OF life, nothing having been LEFT whereby 10 ascsr-
tain names. The floor Of the Iroquois presented
an awful sight.
| The Oregon was scutted, but il proved useless.
as the burning Of the upper works caused her 70
rise faster than the holes could allow the intsoduc
ton of water to sink her. The Bulletin came up
soon after the accident occurred, and endeayored
| to extinguish the flames by means Of the engines
which, however, proved abortive. The passen-
gers Of the Bulletin afforded much aid. and re-
Memphis, when the sufferers were taken 10 the
hospital, many of them in the agonies Of death.
/ The lroquos had on board twenty-five Of the
scalded, eleven Of whom died before reaching
| Memphis.
The following is list Of the killed and wound
ed as far could be ascertained
KiHed.-George Brown, first clerk; Richard
Young, Of Shelby county, Kentucky; VIM. Mil
Ter, Of Harrison county, Indiana; Mrs. Asher. Of
Louisville; Patrick Murphy, Louisville; Patrick
Lyon, deck hand; William Larkin. Louisville;
SIX cabin boys; one engineer, name unknown; and
seven white fremen
Scalded and injured. Captain Montgomery,
badly hurt; Barrett Mulikin, ID clerk, slightly;
J. c: Musselman, Covington, KY, badly scalded;
e., Atkinson, Galloway county, do; laaac J.
Falls, Princetown, Indiana, do; John Johnson,
barber, do; Mr.. Lyons, barkeeper, slig htly Mr..
Conner, pilot, do; John M. Cox, Of Nelson coun-
/ ty, KY, do. M
Escaped unh~rt.-James PitoI, Mr.. Dean, steers
man; = Peck. barkeeper; John White. steward,
Mr.: Miller, mate; Peter Brige, wstchmsn; H.
daughters; VIM. D. Quissenburgh, of Georgia,
D. G. Robb, wife and son, of Indiana; three ene-
neers. and number Of slaves.
A WoRD TO THE LADIEs--NEw Mopr or Max
ING BREAp.-Our readers may remember the no.
tice we gave Of the bread machine of Dr. Lewis.
exhibited at the late fair Of the Mechanics Insti-
tute. Having been favored by the Doctor with
recipe. We Chat is, wife, self, and couple Of
friends in family council,) concluded to try the
experiment of bread making on the new plan.
The first two attempts were failures; but the third
was crowned with triumphant success, and since
then we have had bread not to be equalled by the
bakers--ght, moist, sweet, free from the mixture
OF sour and bitter usually found in fermsnted
bread Here is the recipe for good sized loaf
large enough to fill common bread pam
1 Take three pounds Of -four; mix with it three
teaspoonsful eff soda, passing the whole through
sieve, in order that the soda may be we'll MIXED
with the -four; to one quart of water add table
spoonful of muriatic acid in the liqid form; pous
the mixture into the -four, and mix the whole
just enough TO get the ingredients fairly ineorpos-
ated together. Wet the hand in cold water and
mould it into shape, clap it at once into the owes
and during the cooking Of any meal, with Eve
4 minutes labor, you can have excellent bread.
4 tha -
common salt, and they not only raise the bread
by combination. but salt in the bargain Try the
experiment, ladies. Chicago Tribune. ~
From CHINA AND kDh.--We have received
the Hong Kong Overland China Mail to the o9th
of December last. The same arrival brings letters
from Hong Kong of the Goth December, from
Calcutta Of the 9Th of January, and from Bombay
of the 18th Of January. From Hong Kong, in
China, to New York. pia Europe, in sixty-six
days, is pretty quick time. a
The new governor Of Macao, Senior Francisco
Antonio Gonsalves Cardozo, was expected to ar.
| rive at that place by the next mail steamer. ID
| Lin-tsih-su (.4nglice, Commissioner Linn) was
| reported to be dead, but there was some uncer-
tanty about the matter.
Kwanshau, formerly adjutant general Of the
| governor generals division, under Kiving and
Su, was reported to have gained important advan-
tages over some two thousand outlaws on the 18th
] December, at place called Yu-tsz' Wan in the
1 district Of Ying-teh, killing two hundred and
making forty or fifty prisoners. His force was
stated to have been but four hundred strong
which lessons the credit of the story, and these
were said to have taken four rebel standards, and
several guns and other arms. -tt
| Fever continued at Hong Kong. Commerce
dull in all its branches. Freight Of len to England
| from Canton as low 30 shillings.
| Money continued scarce. which Amed CONNER
cial transactions. no
Sir Charles Napier had arrived at Bombay. He.
was to leave in the packet of the 3D.. He was the.
guest OF the governor general. til4G
The works Of the Bengal railway were sus-
pended, IN consequence of the insufficient powers
Of the committee
continued system Of cannIs il to be car
red out towards the northwest frontier and the
Punjaub. FA
Sickness continues TO prevail in Lahore, and
cholera exists among the native population Of
Bombay.