The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-18

Inc hknt oI lTetUoin tn)oyeO IN Itatys W
tend To excite the jealousy OF tpen lava, wh,.
! many Pri. SITS have TAKEN up their abode. 7
GREAr REPUBLIc or LETrEks in his S.a
may surely be free The tones Of CESsUi
which you frequently assume, ERE sui'ed C.
. ,ainly To Slavery and Rome. Modesy m1
become an Ednor -------oi ven a Miners u
press. He undertakes s.rere task who d
(, nds the dealers in darkness. The Weapo
. he emrlys are pointed |" suit the 'Corclavr
aud The hiackside Of :ke-Senats only.
iioweve:, We cann"t be astonish. d at VIII
.man,i.s from the &" M,ncr, when this pap,
has openly declar, in favor o! Father Monger
Mohrr Mongers, Orphan Mongrrs, Firsi
Mongers,-Mcngtr in human f-sh Ia d
bat le for bones and biyotry!
Should the Editor wish for change, Whs
reg ions Of light and life are opes to him; le
him openly renounce The darkness of Rome
aud the DARKNESS Of brutal seduction amongs
SlaAes
ONE Who PlTlEs SLAVERY.
| S. The political slave is a pitiable objec.
Dubuque, Oct. OH, 1854.
LOSS OF THE IRON STEAM SHIP
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
The particulars OF the loss the City Of Phil
ad lphia have been rsctived. The disaster wa,
attributed To the fact that the compasses-s six
IN number-are worse than useless, owing to
The a,trac,on OF the materials Of wa'ch The ves-
sci composed The compasses were ad
justed at Glasgow, bu, varied from one to FIVE
points. Fog and heavy weather prevailed for
forty eight hours before the accident when she
finally struck off Cape Race.
Tke vessel was built in compartments, but SO
great was The shock tha, the bulkheuds were
started, and she speedily filled, aud would have
SINK had the b-aching been longer Delayed
Tha, she did no; immediately go down in deep
water, with oil on board, when she struck, is
solely attributable 10 the fact she was built in
water tigh, s-ct,onsor chambers.
About ll4 r. NJ. Of 2i'h OF sept, when near
ly all the passengers were in their berths and
the ship was going at he rate oil over ten knots
an hour, she ran against sunken rock, with a
t-igh,fnl concnssinn. Instantly the ship was
alive; froL, every hatchway the PASSENGERS
deck, in the wiloes, confusion aud distress, and
many of them in an almost primitive state If
muddy, rend ny IN air with their shreks, and
man,frstng ev~-y symptom ot mortal terror.
Now the seamenship ut the Captain, an the
dciplin- of the crew came into requisi,ion
The engine was reversed, and on taking sound.
:nys il was found that The ship was IN deep
water on both SIDES, and that she had struck Oh
her pmt side near the cutwater "A man vas
sta,'",ed IT the we'll I" see how fast the water
gained, while the carpenter aud his crew with
SUN aud tlankets sought Ia stop the hole
But The latter was iaund to b.. impossible, as the
@,r,iice was s,ue ieei long by four b: Dad,
through which The wafer poured in cataracts soon
hiling the Tor ward cotnpai tnent ut the hold to
the water line
was ascer,a med ,l, the point upon which
the vessel had struck wa off Cape Races
having taken in ali sail the steamer was backed
of aud headed Tor Chance Cove about u miles
10 the nor,hward. She had hardly g"t inl" shal-
low water ere the secnnd compartment was
ho"dej aud the fires .xtinsussh-d. Dnring
all Of this time the was calm as a m,rrur,
hu' The 10. was dense the, al jecss could not
be disin !u,shed ships length distant, Boats
weir launched and party seut 1" survey The
bearh; hey rrpor;rd it GOOD. NTH fine sandy
bottom, whtreup"u the v, ssel run aground
as Tar up as ,-slbe, ard bat about threr-quar.
t-rs at mile from the shore, aud the anchors
lit e"
The boats were hen hoist, d out, and the pns.
ssngrrs having by this time mostly come I"
som thing hke heir senses, The work oi getting
them ashore was commenced i lad.. and
III ldren first d, bark-d, and after them the
male passengers During he performance OF
h's IL duons duty the utmost care was taken Z"
oh.
c,,.d crnwd, who would otherwise lave rushed
into the boats, and smameed them. Fortunate
ly but h'te surf was at the tame so III the
" hole al thu passengers were gil on shore by
~ A NJ without the >lig gh;es accident
The shrlier aud p ovistans for 50 large
nun. ber nt people thus thrown upon des"laIe
shore some sixty niles i;om thr nearcs villag.
or ,awn, was the next conside: a'ian. Spars,
sails, provisions and fuel were seat ashore,
TENS r,gged, fires lighted, toed cooked, aud
ever, thing p"ssible under the circumstances.
was done ,r the comior, al the caslaways.
BY night mattresses aud beddiag enough f'r
the ladies were got a hore !; tor The men, large
fires and close quarters had 10 suffice.
On The next day .nost of The passengers
lugsage was got out and ccnveyed ashore bn,
IN doing Mi same con usion occurred from the
fact that part Of the crew br, ke open some
si the trunks and absracted their most valuable
contents. These fellows were arrest Il and put
IN irons. On The day following the beachlng
al the steamer the wreck was surrounded by a
flee, Of fishing smacks, the crews # every one
II which watched every oppo tunty to seal
property, and | am informed that they did car
ry "ff ,ons drrahe. Same few Of the more au
dacious got brrken heads, and trea. TO some
-caIding sour, from the co,k and his crew, for
their pains large quantity of the ships
plate as also many va!nablrs belonging to The
passengers were subsequently found IN the
t.recasle of the steamer, where they had been
secrctsd by some IF the delinquent crew.