Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-25
Los or rur Prr-rraelaLe scsses.--Tb,

Loss or rnE PlKE-rsanlsLg scssgs.--The /
st. Louis Republican, of the 18th, brings us fur
ther detnis of the loss OF HE 5iie steamer Pike,
one hundred miles below that city having hoard
1870 passengers. crew, sc. Tie FIRST a'counts
.were'meagre, indeed, compared with the terrible
scenes pescribed below;
About O'Clock at night, when ailsthe passrii-
gersswere asleep, and The boat was making some
Is miles an hour, she struck snag ok, which
tore her bottom Out and caused her TO sink with
great rardity. Not more thun three minutes had
the water upto the ladies' cub
in. So sudden was the ncci,lentltltat women and
children became frantic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Moth
sers became frantic for their clilslren. husbands
seeking fcrwiyes, ministers seeking on thei. Knees
the did and protection of Got II
Not knowing the nun. Der of female passengers
on board says The writeI,) can only give yoh AL
few promnent items in regard 10 The loss Of life,
very aged gentleman and ms VILE, from AZ
ri, Were 20 ne on visit 10 their laig ding
in the neighborheod OF olson, some 10 miles
back. They were drowned. When the boat
struck she eareened SO suddenly thai the water
filed the GertIs before the occupants couldget out
Two per, ons Jumped overheard in front of the
wheel house and were lost. Three others sprnng
OF tie stern the vessel, aud sank beneath the
waves! % rise no more.
1t is the Impression Of the writer that is lives
were lost by this calamity The cllmless and
self possession of some of the passengers saved
many lives. Many persons were disposedto jump
overheard in The win l,ope of saving uer lives,
bntttey We're prevented from dung so. Mr. Ha-
zen, of Cincinnati, and a gentleman of Memphis
Fennessee, Isaac Young, formerly Of Cincinnati,
were Conspicuous in their efforts ihlthls way
One lady was causld by the hair, aud saved from
drowning. . u fsIff 5yfsff fstf {, / ~ a
from another gentleman, who was aisota pas
senger, we slearnthat tile loss OF life was much
greater. IL Is his opinion that from 40 10 80 per-
sons were drowned. He was in the small boat,
and saw II pc SONS drown near him without being
athletic help them. he attaches censtiie 10 the Of
fcers. not Tor their general cohl1ct, but for the
want oil Judgement in launching the boat, and
thus ntribnling TO saytlife He thinks that 4of
The CABIN passengers were drowned, nnds tint the
main loss was from the deck, wherein re were q
large number OF passengers, of whom no account
can be given. - s5sastt ~ lihset -
s The accident occurred when The boat was ithili.
some thirty or forty feet of the shore. he engi-
neer maintained his posi- like a man, and until lie
WAS nearly Immersed in tile water, he other Of
fcers allin their proper paces at the time oil
The disaster. But the life preseryets, OF biclf
there We're many ON board, were condemned asit-
fSs.ss pseases. - ~ VIA
Az ELooueNr ExTRcr.-The sea isthe largest
OF cemeteries, and lis sIumberers steepwiths ut a.
monnneni. Ali grave yards in1all other lands
Show some symbol of distinction Eetween The
great aud the small. the rich and the poor; butlni
that ocean cemetery tiie king and the clown The
prince anil the peasant are alike undistinguished.
lpie WAVES roll over all7:h same requiem song
by einlnstleisyof the ocean sung to their honor.
oyerihrir remains the same storm beats, antiIthe
same sun shines; and there unmarked, tie weak
and the werfui, The plumel and the unhonored,
VIII sevps on, until awakened bythe same trump
when tue sea will give ulits dead. Thought Of
sailing over the sulnbering but devoted Gookpnn,
who after u bfief but bfiIhant caTeer, peIisel in
The Presi1 HE same i'll iated vessels, we
may have passed In that cemetery sleepsfhe ae7
lcompl.shed md pions Fisher, but where he and
thousands Of othsrs Of the noble spirits Of the
earth lie, no one but God knoweth. No marble
risest6 pointont where their ashes are gathsIed,
of where the lovers Oh tie good or wise can 60 TO
shed their tear of sympathy. Who can Tell here
lie the tehs of thousands Of Africa S sons who
persisted ia The eniiddle passage Yettilat Gene
Terry hat urnameHts of JebpSah. Never can for
get nv days and nights as passed Che noblest OF
lie cemeteries without sing monuments Giles
lpaBADY BuLwER DowN ON DICK ENs.--In the last
novel, Just out OF the nniable lady of the author
slliam'' there is great deal OF free touch,
ing and timing. The authoress of sBeilind Tile
scenes e certainly wields an independent quill.
Not content with full length OF her honoretif
Ilusbands under The nom de roman &c of ..Ponsonby
tafrsrs,,s shegoe ut his friends with equai v:rus
FENCE, giving Dsl sraei very special .gcss.,, As
ksns, she IS after lam with d peculiarly
iloiniet baton. Hsie is a,sketch Of .sMr. Carlo
itDIals:'s 20 Ilsf 81 lss = e
\ Wlpn Tresylians entered. he was showing his
very tine teeth in a,eud laugh at son. triad thai
lad faiien:iI I'M Mr. Bernaiaby about Cheops, plum
pudding aud The corn laws; while opposite 10 him
sat,as IL nntqniteat his ease on so fine a chair
and in so aristocratic room, a Mr.. Carlo Dials
another star IN: III the literary hemisphere, who,
having grndnnted about the streets, s picture
were ullsnrpassed; he had obtained the Jrfgaet
oil the A dgate Afisiophanes-the pot house
iarchs1ouid have been more appiopnate. Like
the rest of .Mr. Pnnsonby Fefrar's clique, he
thought redeem by printed morality and philaii!
thropic fine Sentiments, the practiSed imriora ty
lof his OWE ifeandE the aridTnbserceyof all good
feeling. He was NOT agreeable in society, as he
Away, like the beggarS, appeare TO be Keeping
any Stray good thug that lie might chance 10 pick
up I'LL he tshome when itwas duly ..booked,s'
or itfniglt be that his hair, OF wic6sle had an
immense pfofusioi, oyeriaid his brains, and thai
made him aPpearlstupid. e.s 50 II -
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