Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-11-27

A LITTLE HERo.-LEVY BUCK, a boy not
twelve years Of age, was one Of the passengers
Of the burned steamer .4astriG, aod saved his
lie by swimming near an boar. The brave
little fellow is the son of Mr.. S. Buck, Of
Washington, D.. C. The narrative Of this child
SppsaTs in the Washington Star Of last week,
and is as Ineligible and as interesting as the
narratives Of the adult survivors. he says:
al was under the charge Of my aunt, who is
about twenty-four years Of age. At the tine
the FIRE broke out, we were on deck, and the
captain was asleep, and they walked him up,
when be rushed upon deck and exclaimed,
" Children we are all losti' The captain then
stripped of bis coat and jumped overheard.
There was great excitement among the passen-
gers, and they tried to get The frs-5uckets, but
they could not, as the buckets were all fastened
and could not be got loose. The life-5oats
were filed With passengers while they were
still hanging al the ships side, and ropes which
held them were cut, which plunged boats and
all into the sea.
" so great was the rush that my aunt and I
were separated, and man by the name Of Pol
lock was hanging TO the chains Of the anchor,
and be called 10 me 70 come to him. / then
tried to reach him, aud | was hurried over the
heads and shoulders Of the throng, who were
uncertain which way TO 20. slipped down
the chains aud clenched upon Mr.. Pollock's
neck aud then l held fast for about an hour,
when nv skirt caught IRE. was all the time
holding ny Mr.. PollOek's hair. When ny skirt
was OF FIRE, Mr.. Pollock said, " By boy we
must GO" aud he plunged into the sea with me
clinging to him. AS we struck The water | lost
my hold Of hin and swan about for nearly an
hour when / was taken up By the boat Of the
bark Maurice, aud about an hour and a half
afterwards Mr.. Pollock was picked up by one
Of the boats Of the Maurice. When was
clinging to Mr.. Poilock's neck the magazine
exploded with a terrible noise, and | saw many
persons flying In the air"
GAMBLING IL WAsHIEGToN-Tbe Wash
ington correspondent Of TIE Philadelphia North
.hmericaE, in his letter of the 12th inss, refer
ring 20 an auction at the well known gambling
house OF a man named ~PESDLETOs, lately de-
ceased, remarks:
These gambling resorts have increased
fesrfully at Washington within the last ten
years, and It is notorious that they have done
more to demoTalize legislation than al the
other debssIng and coTrupting influences which
have been brought to bear upon weak, Venal or
needy members OF Congress. l was deeply
impressed by the silent but eloquent witnesses
LOf this fact, when the drawers Of Psndleton's
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bills, relating to schemes before Congress,
were exposed to pGblie view. The misery. and
Indebtedness, and degradation inflicted upon
meH aud families by these bells are appalling,
and even the imperfect disclosures which have
reached ne, accidentally, exhibit a state Of
morals in Congress which would astonish the
country If exposed. SOM Of these gamblers,
and others who are concerned as capitalists
with them, are openly employed as lobby
agents, from their supposed ability to control
votes through obligations incurred By members;
and the fact is one Of commou town talk, that
their tables are the daily resort Of a large class
OF such voters, In preference 10 the hotels.
This thing has assumed that serious shape
when publicity becomes a duty ; for, strange
as It may seem, the ~infdence mas so Tamihed
that it was feared, at one time, in the sally
stages Of the Kansas struggle, last session,
when the House was nearly equally divided,
that the scale would be turned by a turn Of The
screw upon particular Members who were
known to be ia the power OF the gamblers It
may well be asked where are we drifting, when
such things can be, aud go unrebaked p"