Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-05-28

IN house at COVlngtOD, 1n0lana, WINCH leu
- the death of the latter. 1t appears that on the
~ and evening previous, they had both been drink
~: and that on the morning of the sad occurrence.
ut Duncan went up stairs to Mr.. Hannegan's
room. and an alteration ensued between the par
,;os when Capt, Duncan gave Mr.. flanagan slap
=; the face Mr.. Hannegan upon the indignlty ne
flt and the impulse of the moment, struck Captain
Dnncan with knife in the lower part of the stom-
acb ;nAictng severe, and what is thought a dam
gerous wound. From private letters and other sour
oos the LAFAYETTE Journal has additional par
,cnars of interest To all inquiries to the cause
Of the difficulty, its origin Sc, Capt Duncan inva-
riably replied : Nothing it was nothing y and seem
Cd determined not to reveal anything that would at
ford additional evidence against Mr.. flanagan. 1t
is said that short time before he died he observed
that be- himself, to blame. 1t is thought by
some that he made private dec aratons to the
whole matter but if they have not yet been made
nublic He died. after suffering the most intense
Main calm and composed fully and freely forgving
Mr. Hannegan
Immediately after the occurrence, Capt. Duncan
requested the Masonic fraternity of which both he
and Mr. flanagan were members, to take him IN
charge They did so, and he buried with the
honors of thai order. The funeral took place from
Mr. Hannegans residence. where Capt Duncan
died The latter the only living brother OF Mrs
flanagan who still lives, the object OF universal
nitv The anguish of Mr.. Hannegans mind is said
to be most intense and excruciatng: The conse-
ouences of this rash act have driven him to state
closely bordering on insanity Captain Duncan was
a member of his family, highly esteemed by all who
knew him. He had resided in Covington but about
t,vo wears. as a merchant and had gained the good
will and friendship of the entire community by his
universal affabty and gentlemanly demeanor. He
formerly was a citizen of Newark. O., and command
ed the only company of mounted rIhemen from Ohio
in the Mexican war. His bravery and courage were
undoubted, and many of bis old acquaintance will
hear of his death with the most poignant grief the
deepest sorrow. He leaves no famil y--neyer hav
ing married. His age was about forty. At the
time of his death he seemed to be in the prime of life
was hearty. hale, and OF line commanding person
al appearance
No steps had been taken for the arrest of Mr..
flanagan. The entire community, although high
ly excited, deeply sympathize with him in his loss
the consequence Of his act Momentary pas
sion and the influence of liquor arc generally sup
posed there, to be the of the whole calamity.
The Ohio River-Its MagnItudc-Current and In
huencc.
The late rapid rise of the Ohio and its sweeping
current, hurrying to the Gulf below, suggests
some thoughts upon the magnitude and influence of
this powerful stream. We have dwelt much of late
upon Railways, Steam Ships, and the really wonder
ful machinery which man has made to improve the
facilities and increase the power of society. Let US
turn for a moment to one of the great machines of
Nature--a canal made by Natures God. The Ohio
River is in round numbers 900 miles in length. At
low water it is $50 yards broad at Cincinnati. At
ence in level between high and low water will aver
age about 40 feet To ascertain, then, the INCREASE
OF WATER between high and low water, have a
a tube 900 miles long, whose section is 6l5 yards
breadth, by 40 feet in height. Reducing the meas
ures to feet we have 1907 100000 cubic feet of
increase in one rise!
To form an accurate idea of what this enormous
bulk is. take the Miami Canal unit of compar-
ison. This increase of water the Ohio would fill
the Miami Canal fourteen hundred times! But the
Miami Canal is 800 miles in length. and the Canal
made by this food in the Ohio would therefore be
four hundred and trenty thousand mules m length or
nearly twice the distance to the Moon Again, the
circumference of the earth being 25 600 miles, this
Canal would go round sixteen planets like our
earth. But even this measure does not express the
velocity and force of the CURRENT, of the most
important features in the great rivers of the West.
At high water the Ohio runs out with q current at
least four miles an hour. In one hour then four
miles of the tube of water contained in the Ohio
passes Main street, Cincinnati. Taking the same
standard of comparison amount of water equal to
what is contanded in 1860 miles of the Miami Ca.
nal (sx times its whole lengthy passes Cincinnati at
each hour of high water
Such comparisons as these enable us to see how
far beyond the mightiest works of man is even the
commonest and simplest machinery in the Hydraul-
les of creation.
The effects of this machinery on the commerce OIL
the people who live in the Ohio valley is almost
remarkable. 1t is supposed by many that the ar.
tfcol 1ivers Gas railways are very properly called
may divert trade from the natural canals, and carry
it on new routes This is mistake Railways sim
ply afford facilities to carry persons and produce tc
and from the coasts of the great rivers and Of
the earth. They have power to do more
The numerous Canals of Holland never did more
than act highways of the people, to the nat
ural seats of Commerce. The coasts of the Great
Western Rivers are like the coasts of the Ocean
steamboat at Cincinnati has thirty thousand miles
of Coast within her reach, without touching the
Ocean. On she may go till Empires have passed
within her view till she has gathered, in turn, the
ice of the Arctcs and the fruits of the tropics The
State of Ohio is traversed North and South, by nu
merouS Canals and Railways, and the attraction O.
prices is towards the North, and the Lake. Yet
these artificial works have been so far from diver
ting any trade from the Ohio Valley and the Ohio
River, that it has continually increased the trade O
the Valley, by increasing the facilities. In
tcles, such as the produce of louisiana the trade
has extended from the Ohio Valley the very shore
of the Lakes.
When we add to these commercial advantages
the immense, and almost incalcuable amount o
vegetable depostes carried down by the stream,
fertlzing all the bottom lands, shall have SOM
means of eomprehending the influence of the Obi
River in enriching and magnfying the countr
through which it passes. It's annual floods carr
with them an amount of wealth and property to tn
jewellers in the Valley, which artificial machine
~ can equal, and if lost no art could supply.
Great cities may be, and often are, built far fror
the Ocean, in the interior of continents; but the
cannot exist far from navgable waters The Obi
River is one of those mighty channels for the outg
of the land products -whose duty and destiny wa
fixed in the dawn of Creation, and will survive tn
noblcst and most enduring works of man. which, q
last, are in comparison, but frail and perishable.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT-On Satul