The Yazoo Democrat., 1852-08-25
The wreck OF tTac Henry clay.

accounts oil the destruction OF human lille ana
property by the burning of the Henry Clay The
is the latest news from the wreck
Among the bodies recovered from the wreck
of the steamboat Henry Clay, on the 3lst ultsand
identified, were those of Miss Maria Hawthorne,
Mass. aged thirty-five or forty years;
Miss A. M. Moore Of Oxford. Miss. formerly of
Memphis Tenn, aged forty five years. She was
a school teacher at Oxford, and was on a visit to
her friends in New Jersey Mrs. Anna B. Mar
cher, an English lady, aged about sixty years;
Lucy B. McDaniels, of Vermont, aged sixty Tears
Mrs. Joanna B. landlord, of New York. aged
twenty-five years; Mrs Isaac G. Sands. of New
York, aged thir.y-three years; Mrs Henrietta
Truax, aged nineteen years, and her child, aged
four years, of Brooklyn; Miss Eliza Kinsley, Of
West Point, aged thirteen years; and John Ste
vens, the co4ored cook of the Henry Clay, aged
forty three years
The eoroners jury, which held an inquest over
the remains Of Mrs. Matilda A. Fennell, (wife
Of Mr. Owen Fennell, high sheriff of New Han
over county, North Carolina rendered verdict
that she came to her death by the misconductan
culpabe carlessness of the officers and conduc-
tors OF the steamboat Henry Clay in racing.
J. H. Gibson, postmaster at Dannamora, n.
Y. says the statement of the owners that the
Henry Clay was not racing, is false. He also
adds q The Clay did use more steam than she
was allowed by her certificate. | noted the
amount of steam at various times The barber
on board well knows this fact, for he examined
the guage with 1ne. was the first passenger
ashore
An old North River fireman has made state
ment that the furnaces of the steamer Henry
Clay were 50 defective that the greatest danger
existed every time the fiers were raked, and he
had known her to take fire during this operation
on three or four occasions.
The New York papers of the End inst. stale
that the scene of the wreck was visited BY an
immense number of persons on Sunday and that
during the day one of the boilers of the boat was
raised but that the wreck, under which it is
supposed there are several bodies, is very little
lightened. The following additional bodies, have
been recovered and recognized: Miss Harriet T.
Kinsley of West Point; Miss Elizabeth d. Led
yard of New London, Conn. aged fifty-six years;
Mrs. Catharine Ann Schoonmaker of Ulster
county, New York and Miss Teresa Thomahn,
of New York, aged sixteen years The body of
Mrs. Schoonmaker was found a! Hoboken, sew
enteen miles from the scene of the disaster. 1t
foated up to the lumber yard of MIR. Brush, her
cousin, who spent three days at Yonkers in
searching for it. The body of her husband had
been previously recovered.
The remains of Miss Hawthorne were taken
to New York in the metallic coffin, under the
charge of MIR. Lefort on theirway to Salem
Massachusetts,.
Miss Mary Rhodes, who was badly hurt, is ex-
pected TO recover. Ha
MIR. Hamilton Hays and sister, of New York,
and Mr.. Addison w Brown, wife and family
reported lost were all saved.
So far, sixty one bodies have been identified,
eleven Others recovered but not identified, and
three more are known to be missing. in all sew
enty-fve. All those not identified have been
inferred at Yonkers.
A passenger in the Armenia has published
card, in which he contends there is no doubt of
the fact that both the boats were racing. The
Henry Clay was insured for S13 ,000 and tits
said application has been made to her owners to
afford some relief to the sufferers by the calani-
ty, now penniless in New York, but that no def
mite answer has been returned. 1t has been pro
posed to take up a subscription for some of tte
more needy of the sufferers.
The catastrophe was feelingly alluded to il
nearly all of the churches in New York on Sun
day. and in several of them liberal collections IN
aid of the sufferers were taken up.
NEW YoRL, August 2.-The coroners jury met
again this l1orning, but no more bodies having
been found, they adjourned till o'clock TINS
afternoon, when several other witnesses will se
examined.
The greater part of the machinery of the boat
having been raised, an effort will be made to-day
to raise the wreck.
1t is feared that George Bell, of Alexandra,
Va. with his wife. wife's sister and two children
have been lost, as nothing has been heard of
them since the disaster.
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of
Thomas CoIlyer, the proprietor of the Heny Clay,
and the officers of the boat. A full judicial in
vestigation has been resolved upon.
VERDICT OF THE jury "A despatch to the
Charleston Courier says that the jury, who have
been in session over the bodies of the unfortu-
nate passengers who lost their lives by the burn
ing of the Henry Clay, have rendered verdict
to the effect that their deaths resulted from reck-
lessness on the part of the owners and officers of
the boat. This verdict accords with the second
of the crime of murder in the statutes
of the State of New York. ~
From the National IntelEgencer..