The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-31

lerec n the calamity. Bnt ii wiilhe .-. -.
the sad details thar Capf. TaiIn.s !. 49, - !
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M1. BEHHExT -
With many Others, have iuss beeo ,,;,..
ses % one II the most awful scenes ~ 49,.
fss9lt Ct that reckless disregard Of l;fs -
slnos which you, as public journaIist. havs =
"e9eent occasion 20 record.
| passenger ON board the Henry C3sx
yesssslosys on her way to N. York, when -
| ay s0ok hFe and was run upon shose
wneteDy great number Of human be;ngs' "a
III ases, sexes. and conditions, were ipstsrsi-
nuII'ec INTO eternity! l could feeblv. q &
uee' give you some OF the horrid dess;Is -
this dreadful scene as Witnessed sh..s y y
husbands, wives, parents and children. ou;etlv
separated from one another bv dreadfni 1ss,S
when least expecting il; but all such pars;csss'
lars you will learn. through other cksn.si..
therefore It - not my present purpose 10 dvsii
upon them. =
My Objects to request you, a. the propv;e.
tor OF powerful and widely circulating iour.
nal, to Gull the attention Of thu suthorities, If
they can spare time from their absorbing occu.
patton Of President making, 10 the important
truth, that the lives of hundreds, | may cav
thousands, are daily jeopardised by ths ac.
cursed practice Of racing upon the Hudson
river.
ltis fit time, now, to bring this subject be.
fore the community, while the lifeless bodies
OF SO many victims are yet above ground, 10
lend their ghastly evidence against this AFRO.
cious evil. left town, yesterday, bv the
Francis Skiddy, which runs to Aibsnv: and
so determined were the mnnagerso OF her to beaf
the Aida. which started al the same time. that
the cylinder and surrounding machinery be-
came SO hot, that after starting and getting out
into the river. it was found necessary 10 slay
by" and cool il. before the steam could be pron.
erly condensed. After an hour and 4 half,a
labor IN throwing water upon it, we again got
under way but whether any calamity, such
as have called your notice to, happencd her
ere she reached her place Of destination, / am
unable to say, as ! landed previously. II was
reserved for my return trip to behold the prac.
t'cal working Of what was earlier in the day
foreshadowed-the destruction Of many yalus. {
pie lives, when in the enjoyment Of health and
happiness, to crafty the accursed fancy Of cap.
tains and proprietors. This boat andthe Ar
menia had been racing all day,I am told by
some ofthe passengers, and they several times
ran into each other, by crossing before the
bows OF one another, after the manner of our
Broadway omnibuses.
Will you not, Sir, lend your voice to sup.
press this monsfrous wrong done the uusus.
pectng traveller, by holding up TO public
scorn the boats which race. Ifyou will, you
may doubtless prevent many similar cases
such as l have been obliged to behold.
A PASSENGER.
We learn that the FIRE was caused by the
excessive heat Of the boilers, causing the csn-
vas covering them to ignite, and before the
flames could be subdued, spread over the boat.
The scene at YOnkers was most heart.rend.
ing-parents searching for their children, 40.
men for their husbands, and husbands for
their wives. Every body, as soon a. brought
ashore, was Immediately surrounded by The
crowds, all seeming anxious, il possible, to
identify them. The Coroner gave permission s
TO have the bodies Of Mrs. Hillman, Of Troy,
and Mrs. Bancroft, Of Philadelphia, removed 10
their respective homes for interment. The in
quest will be continued this morning. Some
sixty persons are sill missing, and the bosis,.
are engaged in graphing for the bodies.