Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-01
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T.; :. - ,;,,o since / addressed you. but it
appears to me that common se's1 eT.S".
rsarircd in these times. l aml III o'a 'aSm,onc"
T.nt.on Democrat. who, in 1929 and 1888 OPP
,os.d sneciGc tariffs and improvements by thu
United St ties government.
r, snncars bv your correspondent, "Mr. Guam
d,r,"r or somebody else, that he IS in some diff
6culty about these matters. Now. am no'
90, for the fact of the matter is that it is con
t-,rv to all that has been considered the creed
of the party. and, President or no President, |
will not go it.
So lar US the view of ''Mr. Quandary' is con.
cerned in reference TO our Citizen Governor,
| ain with him, and cannot see why, in our
State, where he did the service, that he is not
duly appreciated, unless my fellow-cl'lzen OF
Virginia have so far forgotten the action OF thu
fathers Of 1882, that they care not ao'u'
the issue that has to come oil in l96O,
But, independent OF these things, there arc
many movements that are now III opera''o"
which are not what are called party move
%,nents." which require to be looked at by lir-
ojui0 citizens. LooKER-OS.
Destruction of the Splendid Bay Steamer North Caro-
lima by Fire-Two Lives Lost-Rescus Of the Pas
ssngers and their arrival at the Ocean House In
Portsmouth, &c. ,
Correspondence efMc Richmond Enquirer
PORTSMOUTH. Va, Jan. 80, 1859.
The splendid steamer North Carolina. OF tho
Bay Line, was totally destroyed by fire last
Saturday morning, at 81 o'clock, Oft Smit,'
Point. Rev. Mr.. Curtis. from Chester. South
Carolina, and one Of the deck hands arc amongst
the missing. Miss Mary Thompson, sister to
the proprietor of the Ocean House. in this place,
was rescued in her night dress, losing her en-
tire wardrobe. All save two succeeded IN reach
ing the Light Boat Some'miles distant from the
burning steamer, and remained there untii
taken oil by the steamer Lopez. They were
brought to Old To;n.; from thence they were
transferred to the Bay boat Georgia, and reach
I'd Portsmouth this morning at 9 o'clock, al
most destitute. Mr.. r. j. White, the proprietor
of the Ocean House. took most OF the sufferers
Immediately to his hotel, and provided every
comfort for them. The ladies Of the hotel shared
their wardrobes with those of the females who
had suffered. Some Of the rescued reached
here with no other protection from the cold
weather than a bed blanket wrapped around
hem. and some Of them were destitute OF
shoes .
Mayor Grice is soliciting aid from the citi-
Gems and e~xertins himself to supply the wants
of the rescued strangers.
The North Carolina was built by MessrS.
Cooper ( Butler of Baltimore, and launched in
April, 1853. Her machinery was made by Mr..
Charles R.eder, the trial trip was made ear'N
in the month Of July. after she was launched
She was Of 1920 tons capacity, and at tina
time was the larg st bay steamer ever launches
in Baltimore. She was finished i'll a style o
elegance never before seen in II steamboat or
the Chesapeake, and she WIS the largest boat
until the bui ding Of the Louisiana. The ioi.
towing is a lit Of the officers Us, Cannon
Captain; Lloyd B. Parks, clerk; j lmei MIR
shall and - Walker, mates, and \. Bratt.
chief engineer. The whole number Of persons
emp'nvcl on the no It was fifty. This is th>
FIRST serious acc lent that has occurred to II
boat OF this line, after an existence Of thirty
years. About a year ago the North Carolina
was thoroughly ovcrhauled and went on her
route as good as new, and she promised use.
fulnvss for many years to come. She was well
supplied with io%rce-pu,np>; so that the lire
must have burned rapidly to have deticd thu
efforts to save the boat. OF the whole amount
of insurance, $4,000 is in the Baltimore Fire
Insurance Company. tn. remainder being IN
~nfiros in other cities