Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-20

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BALTIC.
NEW ionk. August l7.-.lho political news
10y thr Baltic Is not # great importance.
Affairs IN Spain have become more Tranquil -
The French army oa the frontier has been with
drawn.
There has been n most terrible explosion ut Sa
lunea, by which seven hundred persons were xii
led aud wounded, ineluling the Russian, Duteh
and Surdinian Consul-. No less than one huua,
red were killed instantly in one spot
The London Times accuses Russia of doing
VERIFYING but returning good will IN "A straitior-
wnrd spirit Ia the alliesund alleges that she took
advantage oi the niles AT the Paris conference.
by mems "t incorrect maps. 1t also opposes the
cesscn of Belgrade 10 Turkey, II is rumored
that Russia Is restoring the Notifications of kars,
and has sent eighteen thousand men 10 occupy
tho town. \ Russian camp of six thousand men
has also been formed al the heights of lnkormann.
Russia Is likewise making strenuous efforts 10 re.
gain II rrrponderance in the principalities.
The Cabinet of Vienna is actively engaged in
the affairs ot Italy urging the King To adhere 10
tho legitimate demands of the Western Powers,
otherwise She must not expect the moral or phys
ical support OF Austria. Tho latest rumor is that
the King has agreed To the demands.
The soldiers Of Madrid have been committing
horrible ourages. The most respectable houses
were entered during the disturbances nnd prop.
erty vanod ut millions of francs destroyed. The
itSld'H'' VI the illhlHtl Oh mo EHlpI'ht Eugene
was plundered and everything destroyed.
ODonnel has determined on the snlo Of the
church property.
TnE ACCIDENT IN BoSroN liARnoR.- Further
PdtticHiarS.-lt WINS stated briefly, on Saturday,
that five ladies were accidentally drowned in
Boston harhor on Thursday night. The Tra
weller, OF Friday, has the following particulars
of the deplurable accident:
Yesterday, between six and seven o'clock, L.
NJ, II party OF ten persons left the Mariners
House, in North Square. for excursion in the
hnrbor. embarklng at Union wharf, in the yacht
Star. The party consisted of Captain Samuel
Robinson and wife, George u Upham. Samuel
Merchant, Henry W Smith, Frederick Hanna,
Mrs. Jane Erwin, Miss Henrietta Grecnlnw Miss
Mary T.. Hamilton, and Miss Mary c. Hamilton.
AT about hnf past nine the boat was sailing
along the East Boston shore, upon her return.
when it approached the ferry Zip, while the fer
ry boat appeared 10 b. in the act Of entering. g
The sail boat was passing her stern when the
ferry boat, oh account "i some scows ahead, sud
denly backed the helmsman not noticing the
boat astern The ferry hont ran foul of the sail
boat, the ruddcr striking ii amidships, sinking it
almost Immediately. All the females III the
boat, five i'll number, were drowned, though eve
ry effort mnde to save them. The men were
all saved, but Mr.. Robinson. when taken from
the water, was much exhausted. He Is captain
York within day or two The names of the
persons drowned arc Mary c. Hamilton, II, and
Mary +. Hamilton, -, sister and daughter OF
Mr. Hamilton landlord of the Mariners House,
Miss Henrietta Grccnough, % Miss ,Jnno Er
win, %, and Mrs Ellen Robinson, 20.
y The helm -mnn of the ferry boat was Mr.. Otis
l.. BATHS, "A man OF experience. He states that
when he saw the scoW- IL h" was entering tho
ferry slip he looked stern aud noticed scloon-
er in the distance, bat did not perceive the boat,
50 close was II to the ferry bont. He gnyc but
two revolutions 10 the engine IN back her, upon
the second Of which TIL ruddrr of the ferry boat
struck the sail lont. At the moment of coli sion
the men in the boat jumped up to fend of. but
the boat was caught IN such n why by the ruldor
as TO carry her Immediately down, leaving the
men clinging 10 the ruddrr.
Last night aud thi, morning about fifty per
sons have been employed III graphing for the
boat and bodies. This forenoon they brought
up the masts Of the boat, attached TO which WINS
the body of Miss Erwine, whose face appeared
TO be somewhat scratched and bruised. After
wards the boat itself was brought up, aud at.
tachrd toit was the body OF Miss Greonough.
As the bodies of both Miss Erwin and Miss
Grcenough were considerably bruised, it is
thought that the boat before sinking must have
been struck by the paddle wheels, though the
opinion of those on board thc ferry bent Is II
ganst the suppostion.
Miss Greonouph was "A native of Deer Isle Me-
whore her parents reside. She was soon 10 be
married. The body viii be taken home for in
terment.
Captain Robinson, in attempting 10 fend Off
was placed in a must dangerous position, and his
escape from death quite remarkable.