The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-10-17

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\. Detroit Oct 9. ss,Is night he.
ssteaner /. sK. Collins ibis port between 10
lind IL O'clock, with a large mlmberEof Passen.
gers Jon board bpund lseiasthes sSapit.Sia Marie
to- cleveland ~ 3
& About midnight t;F#gleH q little belowMa alden,
near the light shonse The mouth OF fhe river,
the vessel tosbe. on fire, and be:
fore sIescould be got ashore, she was complete,
lys 5enyeloped mfarlessaesr -: = 3. :.
4. sThe greatest tsconsternali1n prevailed among
ahe passengers, most of whom, aroused from
their sleep by the fearful alarm, ran wildly
about the decks or plunged at once into the
water, 81 ~ s3. ~
i! Twenty three persons Perished by FIRE, or
drowning .-t..-- -. ~.
The names :ofthose missing, as far as can be
aseertained, are. as follows: 49, @ 81;
sn Mr. Dibble, of New. York: SamuelPowell,
Lawrence SWhaldea, Thomas Cook, 1.-The Pitts
burg Railroad agent, all of. Cleveland; Mrs.
McNeilly, MrsssW Watrous and child, of,Ashtabu-
la. -. ie :
: The bod; ~ofthe child has been recovered
Fifteensofthe crew are missing Z Among the
passengers FROM nahea East saved are B. f. Di:
.bois. Philadslphia; Mr.. Patterson, Of West6eld,
Ghautauque coupty.s y ,s..s;s.Js. ID
"A large number: of passengers from the Saplt
left: e3yessel at; Detroit. "a a.. = a +
The originSof the FIRE has not been. ascertain
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F: The Collins took fire on the boilerdeek, and;
soirapid. was the spread of the flames that. the
passengers and crew were, unable to save any
thing except the clothes they had oli.:s -. -
q Immediately ysafter. the fire was discovered
The boat headed fora.he shore, but was unable
to reach shallow water before -the5 flames. had
complete possessioneo her. The aiterapart Of
the boat then swung round ,intof the river, and
nearly all lon board being driven to that part Of
the boat, were compelled to jump into the wa
ter. The ecurrent. here runs out very strongly
into the lake, and a very few would haye.been
saved had not Capt. Langley of the propeller.
Entry fortunately seen the light and FASTENED
70. the rescue 81 All the boats of the propeller
were manned and sent off, and nearly every
bo;,
The few that reached shore were il. a complete
ly exhausted condition., Some wretch robbed
one of the sufferers of $50. y
z The Collins came out as a new steamer last
October. She cost Sl05, 900, and was insured
for $4,000 only, in the following Offices: In
the Mercantile Mutual, New York, $5,000;sin
the fAtlas, New York, $4,000; and $4,000 in
the North Western. :, :Shewas ownedrby Capt,
E. 3. Ward. -, .svyl -: .,s,ys:.s,.ll ....
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= Extract from private letter from New Or.
leans, dated. 30th September: & -
!. 81 had just time yesterday to advise.
you of.our safe arrival here, after two weeks,
-visit.in the country. We find the fever very.
active, battling the skill and care of the Pht 81
.can and nurse. The per ocntage Of mortality
in private practice is said to be much larger.
thanEit was last year, terrific rs that was. Had
we escaped last year from an Epidemic. this
would be pronounced awful Seventy.two
hours from perfect health serves to send one to
thegrave; and what is strange, there have been
those who, ,thoughunac passed through
last. season withoutfever,.haye this year been
stricken down and died. '&- slesa "sy':.'s~sss.
with bright. bcauti(ul:sun, flowers bloom
ing, grass and 'shrubbery idrcssed.in bright and
lively green, it seems strangethat death should
be stalking SO fearfully among u.s. ~ ':.
The Howard Association have about six hun
dred under their'carerand we:have about,fifty
deaths a day from yellow fever . Our papers
are blame. worthy in their silence: s.,">;7'
: 1t is not safe for persons unacci;"iated to
come to the city until after a frost, ard if you
have any friends who contemplate coming here
soon, it will he all nactof friendship and human.
ity to caution>them. - = ,''al>s-. 80 20,
The operations of:the Finance Bureau Of the
General Post Office Department for the cur.
rent year disclose The fact5o Of a,rapid increase
in the business and Importance of the dead let,
ter Office. In the first quarter, of 1852 the
number of dead letters found by tie openers,
which contained money, was ,70l; The amount
$l0,23s; second quarter, l,736 letters, and
iSll,l16; third quarter, l,7sl letters, and sl0,.
s69; fourth quarter, |, ,s42 letters, and Sll,7l3.
In the quarter ending lst March, 1854 two
years afterwards number of valuable dead
letters reached. 1928, containing SA,40l.-
The second quarterSyielded 2,4s7 letters, and
$i4; 1926 in money: We have from the third
Iquarter- ended 3Oths September last-2, ,354
letters il, which were found Si4lSS in cash