The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-01
THE DAILY DISPATCH


Wednesday Morning., October. 4. ssSn.
BURNING or THE NIAaARA--Farther payf;e,.
iars--The Milwaukee American Of the 96,hs cor
ta'ns further particulars Of the dreadful acelden
on Lake Michigan, by witch the lives Of eighty per
sons were lost on the steamer Niseara II n
snousht the frs originated from Lucifer matche,
OF other combustible merchandise on board. Th,
passenger Hat being lost, the names of the deat
cannot De aseertained. Many persisted from ID.
severity OF the weather, who might othervi,e h.,.
been saved ~ /" -''iA' ',e Ae = z
MT Harvey Ainswsrth, from Royal,ou. Wind
sor "a. Vermont, was aboard with his wife three
IIAasen I1n tasnsr aud sister nlaw, with child :
on their way to Bsraboo, In this State near which
place ne had purchased farm last spring, aud va.
on MS way to settle. Mr. A. was standing alone
on the stern Of the boat. on the hurricane deck
wnsn ne hrst saw the smoke and streaks of fame
breaking terough the deck, above the engine be-
tween the beams. He Immediately ran forward
10 where his family were standing. -
The cry of fire I" "arel" was immediately rails.
Cd from . score of voices
Men, women and children rushed on deck. with
oorror depicted upon every countenaucs and
numbers rushed to the guards andkpraug shrieking
into the water, to be buried in their LIQUID ora ves
mr.. Ainsworth gathered his family around him. and
unaided uncoiled the large hawser at the bow. and
lie then let his wife and children down and A .
naiy descended into the moose of the hswssr him.
self, and hung fast until the flames had burned
on the rope, and let him drop in to the water Mr.
Ainsworth then got bold of boat upside down.
to which number Of poor drowning vretcbes
were hanging in the last agonies of death. He
tn'nks that at least dozen persons were hanging
TO the boat when he seized hold. One after an
otner OF these dropped of, until only himself re.
NAMED He then succeeded in getting three
nf ID
hugh Kennedy in the boat with him. The four
persons were all finally picked up by small boat
from the schooner.
Mr.. Ainsworth thinks that there were about
boat left Sheboygan, besides large number in
the steerage. Mr.. A. lost all his baggage and
about thousand dollars In money. - ~
Ar. AiDsworth states that the conduct of Can.
tain Miller was well calculated to quiet the terror
and save the lives of the passengers, and that he
was the last man to leave the burning wreck of
his vessel fA
OF the pecuniary loss by this terrible disaster
we eatn nothing though it cannot be less than
from $500 900 to $500 000 it is nothing in compari-
son TO the fearful loss of human life
Mr. z. ID. Westbrook, Jr, of Green Bay, was in
the front cabin when the alarm was given, and
immediately rushed on deck. He went to the bow
of the boat aud while standing there was an.
proached by Her. Mr.. Macy. sx,member of Con.
gress from this State, who exclaimed, "were lost
Oh, Godl we're lsst!" and Immediately turned and
went into the cabin. This was the last seen of
Mr. Macy. Mr.. Westbrook then turned his atten.
ton to his own safety, and was about to jump
overheard when cry of distress and for help
reached his ears from the pilot, who, enveloped
in smoke and flame stood mauiully at his post
Forgetful of bis own safety, MIR. w. ran to the az
sistance of the pilot and aided the latter in direct.
ing the steamer towards the shore
The engine stopping few minutes after, the
two left the wheel to seek some spot more distant
from the smoke and heat The pilot was not seen
afterwards. and it ia to be presumed be was lost.
Mr. Westbrook then seized plank and threw 1t
into the water and jumped in to get on it. He did
So but several persons in the water also seized
upon the frail support and sunk with it below the
pillows Mr.. w, then seized a table floating near
him, and was finally picked up by boat from the
Traveller, and carried ON board that stea mer
Mr.. w. informs us that there were no life pre-.
servers on beard the Niagara. -"s
PROFITS OF REGENT AUTHORSHIP IN Eng
LAND.-The late Mr. Tegg the publisher in
Cheapside, gave the following list Of remunerative
payments to distinguished authors in his time !;
and he is believed to have taken considerable
pains 10 verify the items Fragments of History:
by Charles Fox, sold ty Lord HolisnSre5Dr~esSy-
500. Fragments Of History, by Sir James Mack.
intosh, 81, 500. Lingards History Of England,
$23,4l5. Sir Walter SCOTS Bonaparte was sold,
with the printed books, for $4,000; the net re-
ceipts of copyright on the first two editions only
must have been $4,000 Life of Wilberforce, by
his sons S202 Life of Byron, by Moore, 500.
600. Life of Sheridan, by Moore, $4,000 Life
of Hannah Moore, $4,000. Life Of Cowpsr, by
Southey s5 600 Life and times Of George ",
by Lady G. Bury, $4,000 Byron's Works $780,.
600. Lord of the Isles, hsif share, 81, 500. Lala
Rookh, by Moore, SIS, 600 Rejected Addresses,
by Smith, $4,000 Crabbe's Works, republication
of, by Mr. Moxon, S5,250 Bnlwers Renzi, S.
900 Marryatt's Novels, $2,50o to 81, 600 each
Trollope's Factory Boy, $4,000 Hannah Moore
derived SIS 0C0 per annum. for her copyrights,
during the latter years of her life. Rundell's Do
mestic Cookery, 0,0O0,-Nicholas Nickleby
Sl5, 900. Eustace's Classical Tour, $40 500 Sir
Robert Ingis obtained for the beautiful and inter
esting memoir of Bishop Heber, by the sale of his
journal, $25 600 rsr
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT-Aaron s. Martin Of Bcs
ton, was instantly killed in saving mill . few