The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-03-23

He couldn't dodge the devil.
TuE EXPLOSION OF THE STEAnEl
REINDEER Picayune ofthe 21s
, inst, learns from the clerk Of tn
steamer Belle Sheridan, toe following
particulars with respect to the explo
sion of the Reindeer
On the 18th inst, at about 1C
o'clock P. NJ, as the Reindeer, Capt
Montgomery, was rounding of from
Carroltob, she became entangled With
canal boat, which careened her very
much on one side. thereby causing the
water to run from one Of the boilers Ia
the others; And this caused two Of the
dues to collapse, spreading death and
destruction fore and aft. Nearly all
those on deck. both forward and aft
the boilers, were severely and danger
ously scalded
The mate, David Mullen, was strack
on the head with piece Of Iron and
instantly killed. Eredrick Ludwig,
was severely scalded.
Immediately after the explosion,
the bell was rung. and the steamer
Europa came to her assistance, in at
tempting which she was considerably
injured. The Magnolia also went
alongside, and towed the i'll fated yes
sci to Hawesville. The officers with
the exception of the mate and engi.
neer, escaped, and none Of the cabin
| passengers were hurt, except Samuel
l.. Hyatt of St. Louis, who was scald-
ed.
There were two families on deck.
who were nearly destroyed. Since
the catastrophy, thirty have died, and
little hopes are entertained of the rest
Of the wounded. On Tuesday. at 3
o'clock seven loads of the mutilated
bodies we're conveyed to the buriel-
ground and inferred.
We give a list of the sufferers:
Robert Turner, Gambia; Benjamin
Guest, St. Louis Carey Bodel, How
ard county, Mo-; Mr.. Gibbiger, Louis.
vile; Robert Carley, Pittsburg; r.
r. S,odeldam. St. Louis; l.. NJ.
Brown. NJ Bergo, d. Richards, XIV.
A. Synder, r. Cynder, William Syn
der, Mary Synder. Ohio; Jordon
Peak, WARSAW; p. Coner. Thomas
Mcintyre, Matamoros; ]. Bolton,
Ohio; Samuel L. Hyatt, St. Louis
Friedrich Ludwig, Louisville; James
Rutherford, Ky; j. Conner, Ohio A.
McNutt, Iowa Mrs. Purvis, Carroll
ton; P. Casey, p. Merriman, NJ.
Lynch, Ohio; P. Gallager, Pittsbarg;
Sigoor Vrecanter, Italy; Catherine
Doyle, Pittsburg; Jane Pulyis, St.
Louis; William Thorn, [ ouisyille
Daniel Mullen, KY; James Allen,
Ann Allen. Margaret Allen, Mary
Allen. OHIO.
BoNApAar's POVERTY IN EARLY
L1FE.-M Theirs in his history of the
consulate, recites some very strange
and previously unknown particulars
respecting the early life and penury
Of Napoleon Bonaparte.
1t appears that after he had obtain.
ed subaltern commission in the
French service by his skill and dar-
ing at Toulon, he lived in Paris 10
obscure lodgings, and in such extreme
poverty that be was often without the
means of paying ten sous, ten cents)
for his dinner. and frequently went
without any. He was under the
necessity OF borrowing small sums,
aud even WORKOUT clothes from his
He and his brother
Louis, afterwards King of Holland
had at one time DULY coat between
hem, 50 that the brothers could only
90 out alternately, time aud time
about. At this crisis, the chief
of the future Empire
md conquerer ''at whose mig hty
lame the world grew pale" was the
'ctor Talma. who often gave him
wood an money. Napoleon's face
80 famed for its classical
mould was during that period of star
alton, harsh and angular in its
ineaments with projecting cheek :
zones.
His meagre fare brought on an un-