The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-11-25

time of the explosion, and who give the des-
cription oftheir sensations at the first mo-
ment they were conscious of the accident
One gentleman was sitting reading about
midway in the gentlemen's cabin, and the
next knowledge he had of himself, he was
lying in the ladies' cabin. He suppOses
that he was thrown upwards through the
hurricane roof to a considerable height, and
then fell through the wreck into the ladies'
department, a distance Of sixty or eighty
feet from where he was sitting, He assis-
ted the ladies offthe wreck, but was scarce
ly conscious Of what he was doing, and in
sensible to the effect of some scalds and Sc
we're bruises until after the excitement was
over.
i Another gentleman, who was asleep in a
berth Immediately over the boilers, says
that he had sensations similar to what a
person might imagine he would have, by
falling over roaring cataract of several
hundred feet, and although but a moment
or two in ''mid air" the incidents of life
pnssed through his mind. He recovered
his consciousness after falling into the wa
ter, about rod or two from shore Where
the latter gentleman was reposing, every
thing arUHndwas blown entirely away, and
scattered into thousands Of fragments af
The scene about The wreck is described
as being the most horrible that can be i'm
agined BODIES, limbs ard other portions
Of the hufnan frame, SO dislig0Fed as to pre-
vent identification, were scattered around
in all directions, and pieces Of the boiler
and fragments Of the wreck were thrown
about halt a mile distant Many Fragments
were found on the top of the river hin, a.
bout 300 feet above the canal A gentle
man passing over the hill, few minutes
after the accident saw rabbit that had been
killed by brick bat from the furnace round
the boilers, in confirmation of which he said
the brick was yet warm. ,-r --f
Rumors about the cause of the explosion
are multiplying, and they all point to the
englneeron duty as being not only culpable
/ from Encouragement, but some of them as
4 having been the result Of wilful and afro
cious desgn-to blow up the boilers. He
was by report either holding down the
safety valve, or had put weights on for that
purpose, minute. or two before it occur
| red. ,.tt ,s ..,,....s ,.., m
Tne boat was new, and owned by Capt.
HAIL and II, STULL; had new boilers, and
every thing complete. She had been rum
ming only a few months, and cost about
Sl4,oOo.-7 lanes. Copr, ,.r., >,..
NATIONAL MONUMENT To HENRY CLAY.
"A Circular from Washington, November
9, makes known project, entertained by a
number Of gentlemen, at the Federal Capt.
tai, Of erecting a National Monument to
HENRY Clay. An association for the pur-
pos", having its official seat at Washington,
is to be organized, and the necessary steps
taken ut once to carry tae matter into effect
We doubt not, plan may he devised, for
completing, a maerial monument to the
GFpnt Communer, "upon the theatre of his
public liie," but whrther any. thing very ex-
I leuaive can be done in that line, with the
monument 10 Pater Patris remaining, half
/ finished, we doubt ye1y n,nch. Until the
cap,stOne be placed upon that National Mon
ument, We itar Mr.. CLAY's Will have To re-
main ''n the h arts ol suck ,countrymcn" as
maligned him while alive, to worship him
when dead and who have capped the climax
Of crocodile sorrow, by electiug over his
4 fresh turl such an Individual as Mr.. FRANZ
LIN PIERCE to the Presidency. Sci. Gde.
y Extensive SCRATCHING. .--In the town of
Gluucester, Mass, Charles G.. Greene and
BENZ. F. Hallet on the regular Democratic
ticket for Electors on Tueseay last, received
but Is votes, while the other names on the
same ticket received All Votes. In Bever-
ly, they received only 25 out of 224 votes
cast. This was done by the friendsof the
late Mr.. Rantoul, who feel aggrieved at the
above gentlemen for their course towards
him at the Baltimore Convention. la@
I, A MILK THIEF.-The Chelsea, Mass. Tel.
egraph states thata gentleman residing in
that vicinity has been of late sadly puzzled
at the unaccountable failure of an excellent
COW of his, to give her usual quantity ol
milk. But one morning last week, on GO
ing to the yard where the COW was kept, he
found his dog "a two year old terrier) busily
engaged in extracting from the readily yield
ing COW, the milk that belonged to his mas
ter. s.tf. fla .gs. e.- I-
METHODIST Missions. s.-The joint meeting
Of the General Missionary Committee of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and Of tn,
Board Of Managers of the Society, was hell
in New York on the 9th instant, and th'
following appropriation were made for thu
support OF their missions for the year 1888
Foreign missions, $50 900; domestic mi IS
ions, l4l 800; new missions, $4,000; specia
: appropriations, 3,7oo-total, 100000.
t--' 'GERRITT OMITH, dccOrulnS TO IL CoTTee
pondent of the Washington Republic is no
: so poor as he is supposed to be-. His benev
: blence, so far from having stripped him o
! his possessions, is stated to have only rit
him of his waste lands; and it is averred tha
4 he still owns 100000 acres of land, His
real estate in Oswego county, N. Y, alone
2 is estimated to be worth 100000 dollars.
. UNDERGRoUND RAILRoAD.--It is state'
: in"'The Voice of the Fugitive" published
Q in Windsor, Canada West, and edited by
= Henry Bibb, that the underground rairoat
: never dida more thriving business than a
present. Within ten days the editor says
he had greeted no less than t'oentg-str refu
g gees from sloueyy, not one Of whom had me
$ with any difficulty in making their way t.
|, Canada. rsi -' '' af"'
. f, HUMAN INGENUITY In the formatlon o
n single locomotive steam engine, there ar
I. no fewer than 5,4l6 pieces tO. be put togeth
> er, and these require to be as accurately ad
I. iustedas the works of a watch, ,Every watcl
! consists of at leas. 202 pieces, employing
: probably 2l5, persons, distributed among Al
trades, to say nothing Of the toolrmakers 10
y all these. gf3 gre .-al "1n nyfa sa
p Cows WoRrG HAvING.--Mr. D. E. Bill
lings,, at La Grange, N. Y, has two COW
! which have given sufficient quantity Q
! milk to furnish his family with milk and but
tar bas;das uhich he has sold In six month";