Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-19

IS Burning of the Steamer Louisa.
The New Orleans papers bring us tho
particulars of the burning Of the stesmer
Louisa. eight miles from Galveston. Tex
an. n one o'clock on the morning of Sun-.
day. the 3lst ult.. by which a number Of
lives were lost. We copy tho following !:
G.. w. Grover. o passenger. says that
he had 9 berth ON the starboard upper
deck that che 6rst alarm was persons
asking xhsre che ere Wss NJ about one
o'clock he stepped out Of his room and
discovered smoke, but no 6re; passed
round the stern 20 Abe larboArd. side
where he saw from twelve TO twenty per-
SONS preparing to launch the quarter boas;s
. moment after tho flame burst up amid
ships returned TO tho lsrboArd side !:
went 70 .his room. picked up his shoes and
coat and returned. and slid down With
others into the boat on the larboard side:
the engines were still running. but fortus
nstely the boat Was lowered down with
out filing.
After getting adrift they hooked 20 dis
cover il they could End any person 20 take
on board. but could SEQ nobody. There
were twelve in the boat. all passengers
except the second mate. Andrew Smith.
Mr.. G.. learned from one on the boat that
the ,iller rope, must have broken-was
probably burned of-in consequence Of
which the steamer was unmRnageabie nj
the commencement Of the ERE. The hrst
efforts Of the captain and officers appear.
ed TO be to reach the ere engine but did
not succeed. All communications between
sbe forward and after part of the boat was
cut off by the ere. which must have bro>
ken out near the furnace.
The larboard boat was being launched
when he went iEto the other. de saw
persons on the forward part Of the stea-
mer, throwing things over. apparently
the hatcbdoors, DC, for the purpose Of
saving themselves. The working Of the
engines caused the steamer to leave the
boat rapidly. SO that those in the boat were
unable TO see or hear anything distinctly.
The boat landed on the beach. near the
point. about sunrise. where Mr.. Grover
landed fifteen years ago on his return
from the Santa Fe expedition.
List Of those who were saved by The
boat with Mr.. Grover Mr.. Cleveland.
wife. child and servant. OF Lavaca DIR.
Arnold, of Mo. Mrs. Elizabeth Hart. OF
Corpus Christi w. r. Friend and SER
want Richard Smith. second mate Miss
A. E. Frissbee. of N. Y. Mr.. Kennedy
and G. w. Grover.
Charles H. Hughes. the purser. con-
firms Mr.. Growers statement as regards
the origin of the FIRE, which broke out in
the fre.room twenty minutes past one
He states that tho passengers were all
asleep when the FIRE broke out in the Ere
room twenty minutes past ono. He states
that the passengers were all asleep when
the FIRE broke out that the larboard
boat capsized, and thinks some six or
eight persons were lost at the time. Mr..
A. and the engineer. Mr.. Finn. jumped
overheard upon the hatch door. which
they had thrown over. He says. at tina,
time there were some thirty around him
on boards and furniture they had thrown
over. They now all soon separated. Mr..
S. Miller. of New York. was now by Mr..
H.. floating with his life .preseryer.
The Galveston came up to Mr.. Hughes
just ct daybreak. and picked up him and
also Mr.. Miller. Subsequently, the Gal.
weston picked up the following persons
MIR. N. w. Garrison. Mr.. Clark. the mate
Mr.. Dusson. the carpenter Mr.. Early
Sam Walker. the psntrymsn and John
Driscoll. the cabin boy. Two fremen
were also picked up By the Galveston.
and several others by revenue cutter
Mr.. Hughes thinks there about fifty pass.
engers and seven slaves in all-twenty.
Eve Of them in the cabin. The books and
every thing are lost. Lydia Travers cham.
bermaid. drowned l9 sesmen and 6
firemen. 6 boys in the cabin and 5 cooks.
supposed 20 be lost. Mr.. H. says there
are now City or sixty persons missing -
When the Galveston left the scene OF dis.
aster there were some few dead bodies
and pieces Of the wreck in sight. A Mr..
Hamilton, an old man. was picked up
drowned. The Galveston also picked no
the dead bodies OF Mr.. Mills. brother. in.
law and partner of Mr.. Cleveland, and q
Mr.. Milhouse.
Tho Galveston Herald has tho follow.
ing particulars
The body Of BainbridRs. Of tho U. 8.
A.. is on board the pilot.boat Lafayette.
together with Eve others. The Lafayette.
saved three persons.
Mr. Cleveland lost between twelve and
fourteen thousand dollars. Mr.. M. WE'LL.
OF Goliad. lost nearly three thousand dol.
lars in specie.
1t appears from the best data tina. we can
collect that there were 104 souls on board
Of the Louisiana. 20 Of whom are aecoun.
ted for and IS are missing.
The Cnops At THE wxsr.-From inqui.
ries and observations made during q re-
cent trip to the West. in Ohio. Indiana.