New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-20
Marine AFFAIRS.
THE BAY-STATE EXPLOSION.
A PAINFUL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or A Pas
sENGER.


Correspondence Of The Rochester American.
NORTH COSwAY ". H., July IL, 1859.
very minute geographical specification as 10 where
was would reveal the fact that this presen. moment
finds sitting rock, under spruce tree, aud with
my feet 'uAunstpg in one * those beautiful trout
sre ans that adorn the middle portion Of New llamp
shire. Heppy am | TO be here, especially after the
shock that my nerves received on the Fourth OF july.
On the afternoon ii that day, was on board the Bay
State, and approaching Black wells Island had
gone into the forward part Of the stae-room cabin,
and there resGDg In Jarvess Italian Sights aud
Papal Principles Ny reading was Interrupted by
painful psreIthesis. The following was the passage,
and the folio wing the parenthesis:
In an adjoining ball in the Uhizn gallery IN Flor
encel We fId the rising ~ Lazarus by Nicholas Fru
menti in li6l-a painting in the form Of tabernacle.
The costumes Of the fifteenth century sent back to
do duty in the first. monk, with book IN one
hand, II helping Lazarus 20 rise. He has just opened
his eyes 10 his coffin represented precisely In
that ghasy condition when he may be supposed tofuy
Justify the ptura relation in regard 10 his physical
condon Mary overcome by the odOr, has covered her
mouth with her robe soldier looks on with an ex-
preston which literally seems TO turn her more upside
down
It's sometimes true that there Is but one step from
the sublime 20 The Ridiculous il Is also sometimes
time, AT eas. in case, that there i but step from
the ridiculous To the sublime. / had read thus far
when instantly was lifted to my feet by terrific
crash. The crash was followed by n sound of fearful
ripping. though the boa. Suddenly opening
from stem 10 stern. rushed 20 the open place 10 trout
Of the -tnte-rOom cabin. ] IN doubt whether the
boat had struck or blrst her boiler. In either
preferred 10 he away from the engine. On my way
forward The boat careeDed, and was twice thrown
down aud against siate-rOOm door. Forward. ali VAS
intense alarm end confusion. Men running and
biuitering. White women were fainiiDg; black wO-
neD were screaming. | went down the ladder 10 the
deck. Men were rolling ballast toward the higher side
Of the boat Smoke and steam pouring from the
direction Of the boiler. returned b. the stated oo
there. ! vert aft On my wsy was astonishst 70
zee a man cody taking down the lamps in the cabin
thought il 10 time % be thinking Of savlng sGcn
'uiiDg property. Afterward ! found that the man
WA collecting oil 10 put on the scaldei. or these
soon found that there Two, aud that our acct
dent was 10 less than the bursting Of the larb0gfd
left haLG boiler. That there were 0ny two scalded
beside the few brulsedj due u the fact hGt the
boiler had bort Gown and out, - hat nuch OF the
steam thrust az INTO the water below, srd
much ~ il out into the air. But little could fud its
way ino the boat. one Of the scaled sas pas-,1-
ger and lay IN q state.rorm. NV lim only a. ne
was carried from the boat in kf 20 be conveyed %
the spltsl; he then had pasant emile on ms lace,
though scaded from hi. mead 10 his feet The second
ef queer lay in the ladies' cabin He was fearful
object il intense pam. Tie captain did not seem
10 thin that be had breathed any steam for he hsd
10, called for water; but the incoherert way in which
le mn tered God have mercy On my poor wife aud
chlld' ,hOyed too plainly thai hls mOutn and throat
were -calded. Both Of these died 10 u hours. The
ceptall benaVed Yer! wei lndeed. lie ban the most
trouble with those who should have given him the
leas, his own color.d servants. They were bes.de
Themselves with alarm.
The accident had occurred, but were not much
delayed in journey. Tie boat Of the Stoning,On
line came along and took u aboard. But the
Fourth had been blghted by the scenes We had
witnessed. The guns that fired, tie flags and tie
baaGksrCh es that waved f0r Us, passed in our
rev boat al seemed sadly d-cordant With oar feelings.
Those stil and bandsged bodies that might have been
4 " FuI M ~ "A he
tai our wrecked sse s'l Fitted before our
eyes and depressed our hearts. Let NE Md that
Wa much Impressed ~i'h the .af,ty Of the forward
cabin r the tine Il such an accident II Is
above the boiler ana in from, Of it, being in front the
steam Is not 80 readily carried 20 by TIE draught,
70 the pcorDer sde deck toward the stern.
THE sLOOP.OF-wAR sAvASSAH
Since the arrival of the sloOp. Of war Savannah a
tbis station, whittier sne ordered { the purpose
Of recruiting her crew. medical surysy Il the men
hes betn afe and orders issued from headquarters 70
discharge seventy.twO. Eight have been cent to The
Chelsea Naval Hospital, and the remainder lave had
liberty on shore, and, Is general thing are greatly
improved IN health. New will be shipped in p Sc.
Of ;loce discharged and the ship will pro5ahlv ..vs