Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-10

he scene presented III tho cabin Of tia steamer
laggars all deser ption. On the foor E,v some
fhcen persons badly wounded; five of them ,aken
~ board had already found relief in Death Some
ofihc wounded rolled in agony. uttcrng the most
,.rkrnng groans: others lay mD,iorlcs- hclp,ess
afI apparently para ysed, aud all presented that
hlackeued. Ghasily and horrible asIet f the burnt
and scalled--thu most revolving aspect in which
tn human form can he presented. Escry reaf
which the ease demanded, was cNtrmcl to the un-
| iprunatcs. some were taken IT, the hospitals .otI,-
err 10 their own Residence, aud the iutei..
81 rh"s" received by the Kate Dale Tho r,lipw
ing died beiuie she reached the city: FL Quig".
owner Of the bar; Mr.. Cary Lnr- keeper: Henry
B. vn. assistant; Reuben 1ro.ared man; Wm
kingston, mechanic Of this city. Ampu. tie
llIly Wounded IA Mr.. Cockbnrn. ii well known
merchant of this city, formerly # the firm Oakley
Hawkins, a Co., now oi the firm Of ". : McD ~
aid A 20.
BEHAVIOR OF THOSE ~ BOARD.
\ letter Ia the Plcayune, from pass mgr on tho
/ Princess s1ys:
All 81 ih" servants on the boat. and those If Mr.
Conrad and from places across the riyer.n hu hur-
rel over IN skiiis, behave nobly. a venerable old
lpy, Mrs. tonnor, OF Natchez aud connection uf
t. l.. Z. Davis, Of your city, saved by her
wants, who hc ped their mistress on shore scream
ny IN great excitement that they had sa,el oil"
ml,ti>s, anyhow" Mr.. Ford, negro trader of
kenrucky,was saved slightly burned. His servant
also saved The ladies', too behaved admiralty las
s>ting each other and the children and servants
tuc lady friend remarked to me, that she was in
her >tate-room, and IN one instant the whole
ril"I IN upon her, perfect wreck from which she
had the utmost difficulty in extrcatin. herself; vet
the chambcrniaid who was within nearing, she il
'lal, had presence of mind cnouGhtn tic Il liicpre
server not only on herself but hel ple,s old
lady, Frank theatham, of this place who poor
t.h,w, is desperately >calcd.vct picked up II child
That Was near him and carried it on shore. Aud
tlla - the III ST wonderful thing of all. How those
/ seal lei men, 50 OF 90 in number SO fearful
y burnt that few, If any can possibly survive, got
OH shore Many SWAIN, Others got olf the bales to
the bank. and some were got off hy those who were
injured, and others by the negroes from the ad-
joining plantations. Mr.. Reeves, from Ton,haw,
va, gDt 10 shore by hi, wife and dlu OUTER, though
hl~ l"- was badly broken.
What fearful catastrophe. Now that can
think back, the number on board masnifcs itself
IN NV rcrnllc ton. The ladies occupied the state
r5pu.e down into the gentemcns cabin some
eight r'"!nN and there were many in cots. The
! cot. for gentlemen were packed close up To the
centre r,r, Of the cabin So that there must have
been at least 80 passengers on board, probably
.,oo souls in all still think that near ali the
lacs and children were saved. There were not
many children, the rumors to the contrary not
wtistaudiny. OF the officers an crew few
saved. The social hall was ut all time, crowded;
and all that were there have either pershcd or
arr 81 seallcd that they cannot survive. have
Just earned that the number taken Il ,wn to Your
city by the kate Dale was quite CONSIDERABLE
le>srnins the number Of the lost, 80 to 40 uniujur
ed, l. az Is badly s,ahlei. and dead, the bar
kfrirr u the Princess. Case the pil,t, is safe,
al Judge Smith, OF Bayou Sara Edward VII
han-, Of Houston. Texas. is the wharf boat
here, pretty severely injured, but will recover
The steamer, Kale Dale McRac, Peerless, Il
gre-, ANA Natchez, were all ut the scene of .he
di,a ter very soon after it happened. The acting
captain of the Natchcz, promised the negroes 81
the Vicinity, who had freely contributed of tbclr
htrc nll-banks is. clothes, &c, even to the doors
o their cabins on which to carry the wounded
that all should he carefully gathered up and
hrouo hit back, and that he would land there and
deliver t.em. But it is almost invidlous To name
any one person. The citizens here striyeI with
each other, who to be OF most assistance And
the Physicians. of course, did all that could
do Oue stranger came To where was writing,
aud in great state of excitement proposed To get
up funds enough to present each Of the VI. Ds.
there with hundred dollars or SO. And was on
/ ly quoted, on being told that if he wanted ole OF
the doctors to pitch hm overheard, to 20 and
make the proposition
THE SCENE FROM SHORE.
Dr. Vaughan, of West Baton Rouge, was ON the
! bank of the river, on the west side, observing the
stately craft float by. And, owing to the fog, she
WAS doing little more. He was commenting to
Mr. Thompson w. Bird, who with him, upon
| her beauty. comfort and safety. and upon how
slowly she was running. just then, the wheels
| made five or six more rapid revolutions; the ring
ri the pilots bell which most probably caused
] tn increased speed nnated on the air; when he
SAM nearly the whole of the boat, in front of the
wheels, rise in the air, and with II amy uumAcr
Of human forms especially large man in
dark clotling who whrled and over, (tn ~
probably poor jackson, who thus never Ane"
what hurt him. which is something to be thankful
for aud nearly all of the boat clear to the stern
the >artoari side blown away aud cru,le
H. distinctly across the boat. from the wheel
forward, before tho steam rose. Tie cnimncyn
sunk down on the deck.
lie is satisfied that it was the larl1ear'l bper
wn,c cNrlod"d from the rush of steam. Yet h,W
strange that the starboarl side should have suffer
! FL most, At the moment ot the cyrlp-lnn, tn
steamer ma r graceful turn r. the .,it--tp TIN
s. rr--as if under control of the pilot, aud landed
a, icnutlluily rs if under human guidance. II ~
T. yilential. But for this, and that she was not
IN the current, all must have rcrshcd.
Dr. Vaughan anl NJ. Bird Instantly uni;el
mt Il >bifi. with negroes 10 row, and yuI.r |
I'VE. Dr.. '. Insisted GA landing, that he I'M -h,
lclp these On Shore and Mr.. b. pulled down
stream, and picked up five persons from the water
o. riinging to the cotton bales.
The first person DR.. V. met was Mrs Cofey.
herself safe but frantic N the fact t.i' her ll--
banl wa, board. AMI burning up. And ni
that there is not IA doubt. DR.. '. heard not cry
on board the burning wreck, but those wh.eh
arose from the river alI from the shore 50
awful IN their nature, that he cannot eet res, ar
>l.rp rum their rim ging in his ears. He was halt
a.rss the river before the fire broke out IN the Ia
dies cabin: but before he aadcl the flames were
breaking out.
TIE LOST STEAMER.
The Princess w!.S If the most splendid
bats on the river. having been built at Cincinnati