Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-03-06
rrrNTNe on rHE STEAMER PPM
NANlS OF ~ DEAD, scALnED, MISSING, ETC.
so A As KNOWN.

NNAI MA LAAANA LAAaN ALAA nHLAAAL LNa8aN~NH
Wilson master, Of the tri-weekly mail line be-
tween Neksburg and New Orleans, exploded,
and'ras burned to The waters edge this morn
ing, 3nher way down This dreadful calauity
took place at 10 O'Clock, when the P1neeif
was about eight miles below Baton Rogue.
The loss Of lite Is already known 70 Be great
aud nanymors still living must die Most OF
the 'Fomen and children were saved Inc FOL
lowing are the names 80 far as they nave peen
aseertained, ana the particulars
kSowN TO BIZ DEAp.0 W seymour OF
Batun Rogue, and C Calhoun, Of Mays
vile, Ky, are known % be dead
MIssTNG AND SUPPOSED TO BE LosT-Among
the missing and supposed 10 be lost are Capt
Jackson. John Clark. second clerk; ClaNton
Taylor, Baton Rouge Jas. Gale and W l.
/ Glover, Of Watchers Brandon, clerk Of court,
hatcher. The two brothers, Marx aud sou
and Steward, JE, OF Fayette., Miss. Col Coi-
Zee. OF Grand Gulf, and II. ". Sherburne, Of
Baton Rouge. Huard and Bannistsr, members
Of the Legislature from New Orleans John
NJ Bel, Of New Orleans. DR.. Richards oi
pointe Coupee.
D~AveERoUsIr SGaLpEE-Thefo following are
dangerously scalded=
james Izord, first clerk. Lurty, Brewer,
and L. B. PhHips, Of BAYOU sara. VIM Yer
non. Sheriff OF Concordia. La. Hall and VIII
cox, Rodney, Miss; Joe Clarke, third clerk,
and John +. Scott, Of Tsnsas. The family OF
he latter are safe. Auguste De Lee, Of Gin
ton. La. Frank Surgent, Of Natchez. u
Hodges, Franklin county, Miss. Mr.. Cock
burn, Of New Orleans. Mr.. Harbour and u.
Vicne, Of Pointe Coupe. Mr.. Flower, OF
Tefsas. La. Frank Cheatham, Of Baton
Rorue. George Evans, Of hatcher. John NJ.
Carr. of New Corthage his family are safe.
Philip Stephens, Of Baton Rouge his mother
n M. Murphy. of St. Louis; Collin N. King
stoa. Of New Orleans: Samuel Waits, Of
Wheeling. Edward Quig, the %barkeeper; Car
w. his assistant, missing; Baxter and Murphy,
supposed to Be Of Rspides parish, Louisiana;
Andrew, colOred waiter.
Comeaux and Alley, Of Baton Rouge.
l. ID. Reeves, OF Tensas
F. c. Lavills, member Of The Legislature
from New Orleans.
r Davenport, Of Fayetts, Mississippi, had
a Leg broken also.
:. c. Laville. besides being scalded, has hrs
thighs d~readfully crushed.
SLIGHTLY HUEr.-Judge F. Fsuar, Of
Points Coupee, La; his son was saved; Phil.
Brandon, Of Washington, Mississippi; Miss
Lucy stone, Of hatcher, Mississippi, somewhat
burned; Mrs. W. h Winter, Of Washington
City, was slightly scalded; her child is safe.
THE SAvED-rhe following are known 70
be safe John Rouih and Robert Murdock, OF
St. Joseph, Louisiana; Blount Stewart and
wife, Of Fsyette, Mississippi; Dr. Young, son
and daughter John R. Ogden, Mrs. E. = Cor
nish, Mrs. Murray and daughter, Mrs Counor,
Miss Shields, Miss Benjamin, Miss Halligan,
Mrs. MARKS, Cyrus Marsh, all from Natchez-
Mississippi; Brsndoa, d., of Washington Mis-
sissipPi; Mrs. Welsh, Of Fort Adams, Missis-
sippi. two children and one servant; one OF
Mrs. Welsh's servants was lost; Doctor and
Miss Pinchon, Woodville, Mississippi; G.. Mer-
risk, Of Bayou Sara: MARY Goodrich, Of Wa
tsrpToof; Emily Porter, of Blackhawk Point;
Brewer, a colored waiter Joel Higgins and
wife; Mrs.. Coffee. Andrew Thomas, Cincin-
uar. Ohio. There are a great many names not
noted Of those who were saved.
P. She Princess was plying between this
city and Fieksburg, calling al Donaldsonvile,
P~laquemioe, Baton Rouge. Port Hudson, Bayou
sara, Red river landing, Fort Adams, Natchez,
Waterproof, Rodney, s. Joseph Grnd Gulf,
Warrenton.
-ACuoE o LEGISLATURE
BAroE RoUGE, February 2s.-Sinoe the FIRST
dispatch seat you Of he disaster 20 the Prih-
asi, the following deaths Of those reported as
injured, are asceTtained-
Messrs. Brewer, Wilcox, Calhoun, Hodge,
Of Franklin county, Mississippi, and B. NJ
Murphy. Perrique, a cigar maker Of Baton
Eouge. viii die.
The steamboats, hatcher, Peerless, r. W.
McRae and Tigress, on their way up from
New Orleans, went to the relief Of the Prin-
cess, and took Of many Of thedead and wound
ed, the officers and others on each beat show
ing every attention IN their power % the unior-
t~unatesictims. The steamboat sunny South
also went hence 70 the wreck and hrouEht OF
en- she could.
The wreck Of the Inflated steamer was
stopped az G point fifteen miles he'ow here Il
was still burning at last accounts.
NJ p Lavills IS doing tolerab'y well
lis leg and ankle are badly broken. Mr L
D. Reeves, If Tensas, is not in a dangerous
ooHdition-
II is reported here that several Of the wound
Cd, who were taken of By the steamboats, Nat
chez and R. W. McRas, died on board, before
reaching Bayou Sara.
Nothing has been heard Of the fate Of The
Messrs- Hazard and BannisteI, members ~ the
Legislature from New Orleans. Parties went
down to-day in search Of these gentlemen.
When The House met to-day, Mr.. Llwrason
moved that it adjourn, IN respect 70 the absent
members, Messrs. Bannister and Huard, whose
fate was vet unasceralned-
The motion was agreed to, and ths House
adjourned.
A similar motion was made IN the Senate By
Mr.. Tucker, and was accepted al once.
TIE PRINCES DISASTER
Ir1m the New orislm Piayune Narghll
We are getting BY boat and By Telegraph the
ibe PriHoass. Slch particulars a. we have
been able 10 gather, viii be found under the
proper head. Thev are dreadful, and they DO
not vet comprehend the full nature Of the de-
Htruction. The boat was a popular coast pack
81, running on a route where there is az this
season The largest waytravgL The population
all along The line, from this % NafcheZ- is gen
rally OF a wealthy and refined class They
are hospitable, and receive many guests. They
u.erclan-e visits with each other, and they
come frequently 10 the CITY, especially al car
/ avail times, when there are 50 many g~aieies.
his Trip of the Princes, moreover, was expect
I sdtO bring down a considerable number O.
members Of the Legislature, in their customary
visit % the city after a weeks adjournment.
sac was, Therefore, known 10 be full Of pas
sengers-mosty well known In New Orleans
end many Of them closely connected with fam
lies here.
When, however, the rumor spread that she
bad been burned up, with a great loss Of life
the CONSERVATION and alarm were great Eve
/ rybody feared for some friend, who might have
been on the unfortunate boat: many who had
reason 20 expect friends from the coast, were
hlled with the most distressing apprehension.
and the vagueness Of the first intelligence,
added 70 the general terror. Tn loss orlifg
was said 20 be very great, and the names Of the
passengers given were f.F. 50 that magma
ton had a wide scope for indulging in the
/ glooHiest thoughts. The rush 20 this Office was
great and hours were passed in answering the
most anxious inquiries Of persons seeking q
discover The fate Of some friend who was, OF
might have been, on the boat. L was a pain
tul and agItating scene, interrupted al times BY
some breathless messenger from a troubled
woman praying for news Of a husband or fa'h-
e.. IT. was 2 sad day in New Orleans, and al
though tie reality falls short Of the terrible pic
tuTe which the FIRST accounts brought ID Of the
arprshended number Of lives lost, il was enc %
Be long remembered for its dreadful destuc-
tveness-rivaling, inhoTrors, the Ben Shenrodt
the Marquette, the Louisiana, The Anglo-Nor-
man and the Pennsylvania, which are most
memorable IN these waters.
We are, as We have said, without sufficient
particulars 10 Be able 70 give a connected mar.
ratFe of the calamity, lis causes, and an is
effects. The list Of the lost, so far as ascer-
tanned, can be found elsewhere; but melancholy
additions, Il is feared, must be MADE to il; while
we have hopes that some reported 70 Be lost
NAV vet be restored, having been picked up By
ether boats or escaped, BY some happy inter
v~eution, % the shore. Some fortunate incidents
sometimes occur, and hope may thus be kep,
alive for awhile in the bosoms Of mourners.
Feeble as he hold Is, the heart viii cling % IL
while a possibility remains and here there
are probabilities which may vet bring Joyful
news.
] anu AH AEAEAaA ElA.A NA A.H-E NN-Heer we
may be permitted TO say Of one Of the victims,
most generally known In New Orleans, John
n. Bell, is thought % be certainly lost, and
there is no man among as who could be more
/ generally regretted. He was one Of our Oldest
men Of business, and has carried on for a long
series Of years, undertakings Of great extent
AID vast responsibilities, with the unvarVinE
estgemiof an who ever came in contact with
him. j. his prosperity be was always kind
hearted, and generous and public-spirited.
There was never a project started for the ben
eft Of this city 30 which be did not lend his
name and his purse no benevolent suggestion
was ever made 10 any body Of men that they
did not spontaneously assume that Mr.. Bel
would be its patron no friend ever needed aid
hat had not his ready and genial sympathy
ard when be wastnedty great rcverses-when
FIRE swept of hundreds Of thousands FOR him,
or he in~undaLons wasted his cr0ps, he rose
acains misfortune, with spirit and cheerful
ness. that showed how elastic and iniomitable
was de energy Of his character. Such a
nan made many friends, and kept them an +:
and wide. deep and Sincere viii be the noun
ing for bis untimely fate.
FURrHER P~ARuCULAHs
The terrible disaster 20 The P1enass was nat
uraIv The theme q conversation throughout the
CIV, Yesterday, and additional details Of the
catastrophe were eagerly waited for. Every
boat that rounded 70 az the levee, after the
news was given out, was speedily beseiged By
e.r,r~s awnlfcaufa for Information from The