The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-06-18

Later and Full Particulars-Names of thu
Dead, Mssiag and Saped.

Later and Full Particuiars-Names of the
Dead, Missiag and Saved.
The New Orleans papers Of the evening Of
the 30, contains the following further particu-
lars conc crnsins the steamboat disa. ter in the
Cuff:
Dsap AND BODIES REcovERED.--Philo
Millhouss, Alabama, old man Joel (Uncle
joey Hamilton, Gonzales; M G Mills, Gin
ton, La; Col Henry Bainbridge. U. .. Army
Elizabeth Travers, chambefmaid; Mrs. Tscha-
exc, New Braunfels German lady and (sup-
posed) grand child, two years another Ger
man lady, name unknown Henry, porter.
MIssIKe AND CERTAINLY Losr.--E. J.
4 Brown, bar-keeper negro man Of Cleveland,
1t Lavaca; Franz 1schaekc and three chill
dren, New Braunfeis, Young Millhouse, Al
ALBANIA w p Dixon, Alexandra, Va; Mrs.
Michel, Ciboln. Texas, or New Orleans
Benny Eiter, ten years old, Indianola
Brenham, Columbia. Mo; Temps,
discharged soldier, with Col cambridge Lacy
Jones and lady; Aaron Clark nine seanen--
number not positively certain six OF negro
crew, one belonging 10 Oscar Parish three
cooks.
| SAvEp.--Capt Henry Sheppard, commar-
der; Charles H Hughes, clerk; s. ID. Clark,
first mate; Andrew Smith, second mate; John
Driscoli, cabin boy; Richard Finn, first engin-
Ger; Michael Hawley, Bryan Cowley, 6remen;
Samuel Walker, Christian Scharpf, pastry
men; James Brown, watchman; John Howley,
! fireman; A. d. Cleyelan I, lady, child and SER
want girl, Lavaca; John z. Wheeler, In1ianola;
Daniel Sullivan, Lavaca; p. s. Miller, Moses
w. Garrison, New York; George w. Grover.
Galveston; negro boy OF Millhouse, Alabama;
w. II. Friend, Clinton, Dewitt county; negro
woman and man Of Mr. Friend; Ross Kennedy
Texas; Mrs Elizabeth Hart, Corpus Christi;
Miss A. E. Frisbie, Phelps, Ontario county
v. Y; DR.. John +. Early, Charlottesville Va;
Miss Tschaeke, clever years, cher father,
mother and three children lost); Smith, Alex
andria. Va; Young Early, Va; Slaughter W.
Ficklin, Charlottesville, Va; DR.. Arnold, Col.
umbia, Mo John Sandford, Texana, Texas !;
Samuel Wills, Wisconsin; NJ. We'll, Goliad;
Frank v. ID Sucker, Fredericksburg, Texas.
Fv~rHEx PAxrieuLARs.-Wr Writing on Mon.
day, with the latest facts before him, the edi-
tor Of the Civilian thas more circums.antially
narrates the dreadful calamity:
A little after one o'clock, Andrew Smi h
second mate, was on the watch. About TWEEN
| ty minutes after one he smelt fire and soon
discovered smoke issuing through the forward
hatch and port holes. He called Captain
Sheppard from his room, and with him and
another man went below and found the fire
was amidships below. Captain Sheppard at
once ordered the two hose to be rugged and put
to work, aud changed the course of the ship
for the bar. Mr.. Clark FIRST mate aud Mr..
Smith enieavorei to rig the hose bat before
they could do so-indeed in few moments
the flames burst through the upper midships
and rendered il impossible. Each mate then
sought to prepare and lower the boats. Some
| twenty persons were lowered OH the first one
(the ship m ,ving eleven knots. bnt she cap
sized Only eight Of the number regained the
boat Mr.. Garrison being one } aud held on to
the bottom-two Of the eight, however, after
wards drowned. The other six were saved BY
the steamship Galveston after daylight
| Messrs. Clark and Saith then lowered an
other boat. IN which Mr.. Smith, I'd mate, Geo
| Grover. Miss Frisbie, Mrs. Hart, Cleveland
| lady, child and servant woman, w. X. Friend
and negro woman, y uns Early aud the negro
man Of Mr.. Millhcuse were secured. Mr.. c.
! (testiiies Mr.. Smith, while the boat was still
held by the rope, instructed Mr.. s. to hold on
70 the las: moment. while he (Ciark) sought
others TO place in the boat. CT ark f.nn none,
and III. flames spread rapidly, he and Mr.. Mills
cast her off-a block striking and stunning Mr.
M. in its rebound, 30 that he fell overheard
Cleveland cried out "Oh God. my brother is
overheard p Tie boat reached the beach
safely at sunrise.
MIR. Charles H Hughes. the clerk. could moi
! swim. Capt. Sheppard instructed Mr.. Finn to
save MIR. Hughes. They threw down hatch
door; FINN made Hughes jump over. he follow
ing, and as .ghes rose to the surface, Finn
| seized his hair with one hand and swan 10 The
door with the other 9TH were picked up from
ii By the Galveston.
John Driscoll. cabin boy, Thompson, SEE
cond engineer. and a Gernan, seized ladder
| and held on some time. The German first
drowned Thompson, finding that he must 60
too, drew to John, aii.c:ionately kissed him
and sunk 70 rise no more.
Capt. Sheppard, there is no doubt, wa. the
last person TO l.lvs tn. ship. He chung alone
to light arm chair Ilis watch stopped in
his poke. a, half pas. two, which was UNI
doabtrdly the moment he leapei Into the sea.
The char was but slender aid to him, but he
is good swimmer, and sustained himself till
Q or 10 O'Clock when he wa, picked up by the
revenue cutter, Capt. Cornell, Capt H Viii.
son being on board actively assistng). He
could not have lived mach longer. James
Brown, the Waterman, and Samuel Wills, of
Wisconsin, were picked up not very far from
Capt. Sheppard-these three being farther
west than any others.
Those who were saved were thrown among
Us without dollar and almost DakeI--in many
instances with nothing but shirt. The May
or Of the city, believing that he would but sx-
! press the feelings Of every citizen of Calves
ton, appointed Mr.. James Sorley, James G..
Hurd and James NJ. Brown ~ committee to