The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1859-03-05

known merchant of this city, of the firm If
Oakley & Hawkins, and gentleman much
esteemed by wide circle of acquaintance
and friends. He has before suffered from,
explosion. He was, last evening, we learn
ed, getting along as well as could be eN
pccted. His face ard hands were very
much swollen when we saw him on the
Dale
The Dale took on board at the sand bar,
80 persons A list of these was, kindly fur
nshcd US by Mr.. Duffy, of Arkansas, pas
senger on the Dale. They are as follows:
Collin NJ Kingston, passenger died on the boat.
Edward Quisg, barkeeper, do.
Carey, assistant do do.
Henry Brown, asst do do.
Reuben IRE (coiored), so.
Mr.. Cockburn, passenger, badly wounded.
Samuel Waits, of Wheeling deck hand, badly
wounded
Two fremen, badly wounded.
John Collins, fireman, slightly wounded,
Charles Yates, pilot, not injured.
James Highland, first cock, not injured
William Campbell first steward, not injured
VIM Williams (colorod) berthmaker, not injured
Second steward (colore!) do.
Martha, (cOlorcd) chambermaid, do.
John Murray, deck hand, do,
Peter Light do do.
Three Firemen (cOlored), do.
Mrs Butler, passenger, from Vicksb'g do,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Higgins, passengers from
Lexington, Ky, not injured. Tb
joel higgins, Jr, passenger, from Helena,
Ark, not injured.
Mr.. and Mrs S. S. Booth and servant, p1ssen-
gers, from Warren county, Miss, not injured.
Mrs. Maury, daughter and servant, passengers,
from Natehez. Miss, not injured.
Mrs Jefferson Mailer and servant, passengers,
from Vicksburg, not injured.
airs Margaret Maynadier, passenger, from
Vicksburg not injured
Miss A. llosius, passenger, from Grand Gulf,
rot injured
Mrs Wagner ana daughter, passengers, not
injured
Mrs. Emily Porter, passenger, from Blachhawk' s
Point, not injured.
VIM BledsOc, passenger not injured
The officers of the Dale report that Mr..
G. L. Williams, Of Houston, Texas, was
found' on the sand bar 50 badly injured that
he was uear the point of death.
Capt Smith, of the Kate Dale, and his
officers, devoted themselves to the relief and
comfort of the unfortunate sufferers in their
care, and the passengers express much graft
tude to them, as we'll as to the passengers on
the Dale. who assisted IN taking care OF the
wounded, and prominent among them were
DR.. John N. Rullin, of Clark county, Ark,
and DR.. Bulger, of Beuf river.
The steamboat Vixen, Capt. Elfcrt, from
Thibadaux, arrived last evening, and touch
ing at the wreck, brought down the follow
ing persons:
Mrs. Stevenson, unirjurcd
j. W. Banks do.
w. s. Robinson, do
A. L. Hare, do.
Mr.. Sprague, do.
Mr. Y. Loring and son. unnjured.
Dr. J. P. Burk, of Tennessee, do.
Twenty three of the crew, do.
The steamer w. NJ Morrison, Captain
Bo6nger, arrived last night, brought Gown
from the wreck George IL. Case pilot Of the
Princess, uninjured.
The steamboat Empress, Captain Leyden,
arrived last night from Louisville, brought
down from the wreck
Capt Wells, formerly commander Of the Vir.
ginia, uninjured.
Mr.. Ashley, uninjured.
Andy Sweeny, chief engineer, unirjured.
VIM. Gotten, first mate, uniDjured.
Second mate, uninjured.
Waterman, uninjured.
Sullivan, fireman. died coming down.
Fifteen fremen and deck hands, scalded
We were informed that among the lost
was John Hagan, Jr., of this city but we
do not know what credit to attach to this
report The ste gard informed us that there
were $50 cabin passengers on board the
Princess at the time Of the explosion.
The mate informed us that the cargo of
the Princess was composed of 1856 bales Of
cotton, 200 ploughs, and sundry small arti
cles of freight.
The boat is total loss. No papers,
books, or other property was saved. Capt.
Thomasson, Of the steamboat Magnolia, ar
rived last night from Vicksburg, informed
us that he laid by the sand bar some time,
but nothing of the wreck could be seen aud
the sand bar itself was deserted. Nothing
remained to tell Of the accident but few
cotton bales floating about, here and there
We visited The Charity Hospital last even,
ing, and found there the following sufferers
from this catastrophe:
John Oocns deck hand, scadcd on the right
side.
Owen Haggerty, fireman, very dangerously
scalded in the left side shoulder and arm.
Samuel Waits, badly scalded in the face, breast
and arms.
Francisco Bartolomeo, helper in the engineer
department., slightly scalded in the head and arms.
AT the Maison dc Saute, on Canal Street, we
found:
Smith, belonging to Capt. IRE, badly scalded
in the face and arms.
We learn that Mr.. H. Rexroth, of the
German Daily Gazette, of this city, was on
the Princess, and was slightly burned and
that he is now at Baton Rouge.
The following is Mr.. Afleck' 5 letter