The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-09

The cause Of the explosion of the steamb bo
a' Easton, Ia, On Wednesday, was press u
OF I25 pounds Of steam to the SO uare inch. a,
'he lues being red hot when cold water w
poured into the boiler, the explosion occurre
The Trenton Gazette says:
Inc boat had proceeded As far as Getter
!slahu, about one-fourth Of a mile from Ea
,oh, Where 1t grounded. At the time ii struc
h,er. we're PROBABLY two hundred persons Q
v"au, out fortunately many of them got OF
A1ter lying there some time. it was gotten q
ana allowed to float down the stream SON
usahce. During this time the water in IN
n's aonaer nad probably exhausted fellow the 81
| conu COCK Tor, upon the very first reyolutio
OF the wheel afterwards, tat which time m
pumps mad again commenced 10 throw col
wafer in the boiler.) the boiler exploded viii
d tremendous noise, throwing passengers hitf
| % anu yon-conVerting the boat into q tots
wreck. Two persons were observed To =
thrown into the air at least fifty feet aliohte
IN tne water. and were both killed. Four per
! suns were oelow in the cabn-all were horri
| oiy sca1ued-ohe crept out, but the other tn r..
were unable to do so. Peter Fisher and sn,
| OF lseivIdere, made remarkable escape in mi
| way: Being alarmed from some ca use or other
he he ea,aea 10 boy on the shore to come will
| us canoe and take them Off Offering To ma,
| niii ior so doing. The boy came Mr Fisha
aho MS son got into the canoe. and had no
gone my ieet from the boat when the bei,e
npioaeo Had they remained on the boat te !,
killed. wv" "o"'o nave oee =
Ine scene on shore after the ex plosion i
"ouiu De impossible to describe Women who
MeIe learlul that their rela tions were on board
;"~ - ~ anu GOWN almost distracted, ques tion
dreadful affair W 'le
mere are now eleven persons dead and
1uur Tu teen wounded, several dangerously So
taIiroad bridge, partly sunk. II is thonrh,
. "I seVeral OF those whose bodies have nor
hst Zen recovered are in the boat and efforts are
s'a .ns MADE TO raise her. The following is the
statement OF G. G. Burk
FrevIous to the explosion I was in tho on
s.ne- room Judge Sharp and two strangers
~ He1e IN lhe room looking at the guage; one of
no sentieinen exclaimed my God. there is q,
ol 10 pounds of steam too much W.,
1 Immediately passed to the forward ,,.r, -
.h .he pott upon the upper deck and passed over
'he Doiier 10 the stern of the boat and told tho
captain Labar, there is one hundred and
wen y-hEe lunds of steam pressure now >,
he Immediately struck the bell To srarr Tho
pIA', ana ordered the boat to be casl louse
wuIcn was done the boat remaining about
tMo minutes after the bell was runr. The
then seated myself on the stern and tho ax
pIoslon occurred. The engineer was not IN
inc englhe-room when the captain rang the
oeii saw him at the side of the boiler trv
ing the stop-cock ''S
IHE ALLEGANY (PA.) COUNTY CoMMIssIoS
ERs.-lhe telegraph briefly mentioned Wed.
nesuay mat the Supreme Court of Pennsyl1
wanna had lined three of the Commissioners
lor disobeylEg the order of the Court. which
directed Them to levya tax to nav the in.
'erest on the railroad bonds issued by the
county. We take from our Philade,,b,o ax
changes an account of the proceedings i, ,h.,
,ase: III 'Ae
In the Supreme Court tins "Wednesday, af.
rrhoon. the three Commissioners of Allie
,any county-John $. McIIhennv R.cohan.
'atterson and Jonathan Rrae1t-wera nrssant
q III custody OF the Sheriff Of Allegany conn.
y. Ihey were severally iuterrogated wheth.
y iiiey stood by The return made by them To |
:. II. Vi lhahuamus, refusing to obey the order
u ,ne court. f1ach answered that he stood
y the return. Judge Lowrie Informed them
l nat .Gey mao been heard by counsel and that
ne Court adJudged each guilty of contemnt in |
.iuslHs ooeuiehce TO the mandamus. The |
udse ING uired what disposition the plaintifts |
sked WIN. M. Meredith, on their behalf ra- |
he Court " MINUS VI
Altei consulting, Judge Lowrie. for the |
,ouIl, stated that they had no power. under
he act OF the Assembly, TO 90 any furh. i,
Ii hioiceiheht OF tte writ. excepting by punish
hg theSe men for the offence already commit.
~ III contempt OF Court, which was limited
> Hne. An act OF the Legislature which
rohlblts the Court from enforcing an nrdar |
'he ordinary manner, has struck down the |
roeess OF the Court. A refusal to ohev.n
iJunctioh Is punishable by imprisonment
VI tne p'irtles agree to OF ey the order of the
ourt, but the power of the Court here in :.
ise winch is purely criminal, is limited to-
re. 4he commissioners were ordered 10 |
anu ,',i up. AFTER some remarks upon the enor-
NY ol thelr offence, and the folly of their |
purse in placing themselves at the head Of =
.oeilion, the Court imposed upon each a fine
= ,0ot with the costs Of the attachment |
ho taey were ordered into the custody Of the
Immediately after the passage of the sen.
nce, Mf Meredith applied for an aifas per.
nptory maHdaninS The motion was then
ltered, ana refusal TO obey the writ if tits
ahieo, Will render the defendants IiabIa tn |
iother fine
IHE FIRE IN THE WEST INDIEs.-The West
ioiah, published at Bridgetown, Barbados
ioer GATE OF February Is. contains a lonyac
unit OF destructive fire there on the niobt ot
,b. 18th:
Inc llre broke out in Mr.. AIleyne's lumber
ming, and Messrs. Barrow S Uummatt,sJrv
ods establishment in High street; al d before
y eHectual means of checking it were ayaiIa
: IL became euncontrollab!e. From Barrow r
ini,het' ~ spread to the ice-house. 1t then {
Zed upon the large building of the C)mmis-
rlat once and the houses on the opposite
'e OF High street, which were soon en- Welcomed
names. On the other side the fire spr.ad
IN ~ any ne ana Jones Iumber and coal
rds across Stable street 10 Messrs. Throw
dge's stores, into Marlhlil street in ,h. ,
ST and the Green On The South" E
stores, houses, and lumber-yards were dos i
yed, until much of the town was in famas /
e West Indian says:
ne extent of ground covered was uo | /
~ oulu say, Iuiiy As large, if not larger than d
tue Hre OF FAD, and large portion being in | v
'e II. VI Tue business part of the town. the
/ Nxd
atef. IL Is variously estimated at from a | y
mon ol collars 10 a million of mounds and $
general opinion seems to fix il at f5iH, tam | a
ely lhc"nslderable portion Of which we re, a
10 say Is InSured-nOt exceeding C2o 0,a, >, v
ioNEMENTS IN ITALY.-FrOm the corres
ioehce OF the London journals we learn thar | d.
re- r. are at present about 5000 French troons | II
W ~ N. ,neln Itaiy AZ latest accounts they W
r. concentrating at Bre>cia which is win | m
days march OF the river Mincio. Austria 10
ictlSeiy engaged in trengthenin n her for di
'alohs. as II anticipating flesh encoun. tt
me hu per ui ner troops in Italy or the cf
'lhing provinces was estimated by Austri Il,
'fiicers at iOt,UU The Neapolitan army en
gradually moving in the direction of the TT
'ai States The Pope had appoin ted Mayer 10
y AS generaiisimo of his troops-a Step TO
was looked upon as an indication of ra | n,
red hOstilities. The Austria. Emneror had IN
MY declared thar, however it might ha
= The Duchies of Parma and Modena. he
~ NOT think OF abandoning the Graad W.
le tuscany, or permitting the separa- W.
ofthe Romagna from the remaining S,,ts. sr
'e Cnurcn II was further stated that ~,
nts Way and Prouay had returned nm ~
'essfuf from Hungary, to which they had -. ~,
sent for the purpose of eonciliating the ~.
.estants. kossuth has lately disappeared ";
London, and is supposed 10 IN. turuing | W.
" los
'ARFUL AscKNsIoN.--Professor Wells sa.. -,
p.ed 10 ascend in his balloon, on Saturday M
N came near proving disastrous TO him ~
balloon having been inflated he sI.n,,aI
was NOT ofeved h,,, ;ra aa ~ Iet go. shi