, 1860-12-01

Particulars Of tho LoQ8 Of the PfoR91.
lars Dacotah and Jersey City.
LOGS OF TIE DAEOTAH.

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LOGS OF TIE DACoTAn
From tho Cleveland uera1d.1
The sad details Of the loss Of tho ill.fhted
propeller Dacotah, have now been rsceis-
known. I The paeoiah left Bufialo on Frlday
evening bound for Chicago with cargo Of %.
tons Of merchandise. The Acme left ut. the
when lie gale struck them. The Acme imme-
diatcly put back, arriyingin Buffalo during tho
night, but the Dacotah kept on her course.
When Last seen she WIS three miles above Uuu.
kirk, headed west. 1t is supposed that sue
kept hcf head In that direction until the gale
altered her course, became unmanaggeable, and
drifted on thu rocks TINT line the course in
that vicinity. Capt E. T. Dorr Of Buffalo,
WHO visited the wreck on Mondny, gives thu
following information to the Buffalo CONNER
cial ADVERTISER:
struck on Saturday night ut Q O'clock. She was
discovered on Sunday morning BY Mr. Ben"
nett, opposite his house, one mile from Stur-
geon Point At o'clock the night before,
Mr. and Mis-. Bennett aud their son heard,
amidst the bowling Of tic tempest, the voice
o. D. some one halloo'ng, apparently III dlstreas.
They went out and searched in vain for some
one for M hour. The next morning, Mrs. Ben
nett was SO convinced that she heard some one
nallooing In distress from the beach TINT she
sent her son to look, aud he soon found the
wreck The vessel apparently broke up out
bottom was landed high and dry on the beach,
all perfect. The debris Of the wreck and the
cargo are strcwn miles alon. the beach. Tho
bodlcs OF three men have been found, and arc
in charge Of tic Coroner Mr.. Abner Dewey, ut
Evans center. Two Of them hare been idcnti.
ilcd as bartholomew Macnama, deck hand, and
Edward Kennedy, watchman The other man
could not be identified. The life boat Is On the
beach, II :arly perfect. 1t may be that some
o'lc reached tile shore alive in hcr, and perish
Gu beforc reaching the dwelling. An cxamina-
tlon Is taking place to discover if this is so.
There Is two 1tct Of snow on the level at Evans
Center; Some portions Of the wreck are hang
machinery aud anchors. Capt. Thomas Of the
Board Of Underwriters, and Capts. Cullins and
iay1ord were LETT III Charge OF the wreck and
cargo by Capt Dorr, and did all they could in
cooperation with the coro1Tr to recover the
bodies, and forward them 1Esir friends. 1t
vas sad sight to ser those bodies saved
trozc stark and stiff, with the red color Of Ife
still in their checks.
The wreck occurred off Sturgeon Point,
about eighteen miles from Buffalo, The Da-
cot:iti llad on board twcnty.fuur persons, Of
whom portion were the crew Of the propcl-
ier Marquette, returning to their homes in
Chicago. The names Of the passengers as far
~ :,sccrtained were Slydcr, Morton, Smith,
Milton and Flasg, all sailors aud one Jared,
Il resident ut Milwaukee, The officers and
crew were, ". s. Cross, Capt; c. C.. Klumph,
1T male: Samuel Roycc, 1st engineer; VIM,
u. Lee, I'd do; Anthony kilkoyue, fireman;
:a;ncS Sheridan, do; i. Bcnhcdy, watchman:
nine deck hands, whose NAMES, owing to some
changes which had recently been made, are not
exactly known.
The Dacotah Was lightly insured in different
companies and her cargo was fully covered by
Captain Wm. $. Cross had long been OIL The
lakes, and was known and highly esteemed by
thousands. lie resided IN Milwaukee,, where
he leares wife and family.
First Enslneer Doycc was from this city and
lived on Liberty St., West Side. lie had no
Second Engineer Win. Lee, also lived here.
lie leaves wife and six children On franklin
ST., West Side.
From the Buffalo Republic.1
Ihe T. whole Of TIC starboaTd side lies up higl,
and dry, somc 20 feet from the water. The
!l,noers separated where they Joined the keel.
!ilc baiancc Of the wreck and cargo arc strcw1,
HlunS tile beach for distance Of several miles. ;.
most OF the debris in small pieces. Tic life.
boat, nearly perfect, lies dircetiy opposite the
mouse ol Mr. Bennett. In the rear Of lis house
and toward the lake, is ridge Of land blutEs,
running along the inside base Of which is 4
deep creek.
II may he possible that Capt. Cross or some
othef person came ashore alive in that boat,
anu Climbed over the bluffs, making their way
towards the light Of a1r. Benefits house, uii-
, u, eonllnE 10 thc creek perfect trap-felliu III
anu was drowned, and that was tho person or
persons heard to halloo by Mrs. Bennett and
~on. 1t is feared this was tue case, but it NAV
prove all surmisc.
LOSS OF THE PROPELLER JERSEY CITY.
lfrom the Cleveland ucr.ld,1
Ihe Jersey City left Toledo on Friday morn
ins tor Dunkirk, with Il load Of flour md pork.
III frlday noon she was seen ofr kelly's Island.
noan1 down, and making good progress Du-
ring the gale Of Friday and Saturday she went
atotal wreck. The telegraph rcports that SIX
1een OF her crew and one passcugcr are lost,
Ihc saved arc Capt. Menrcat, two fircmen and
ono "heel6man and one passenger. named
X; Aandall. Five bodies have been picked up,
inosc saved report that nearly all reached thc
Shofc, put pcrlshcd in tho snow Storm The
GarlainS r., ana passengers hands were badly
frozen. The two engineers we're found frozen
70 acath three hundred yards from the light
mouse, locked III each othera arms. The car
70 IS strrwed along the bcac4for miles, capt.
Aenreau reached Port Dove; on Tuesday.
Ai&i4 -Ae't1 c'AA VIII oc remembered as the
pave man WHO some years since, when the
1rlS 1rl omar Pasha was wrecked on the West
tler, IN q furious storm Of ,yind and snow,
riskcd his own life in saving the half frozen
crew Of the brig Happily be las escaped tho
Jury Ola similar storm, although in Z condi-
!lon NJ oeiier than that Of tho men whose lives
hc ut that time saved. lie resides, We believe,
somewhere in Western New York.
lHe Clcrk, Mr. L. II. Derby, has persisted.
Mr. Derby lived on Church street, West Side.
AM tc.'res wife to mourn his loss. He wns
wloc!y known, anu Was beloved by all who
knew icy him. Hcwas about Is years Of aye.
The First Engineer, Mr. Manchester was a
single mai,, and has mother and two sisters
u Western New York. who depended on him
ior support. few weeks since he went to
INC insurance Agency uf G: A. Tridale, and
TOOK out lite insurance policy for $1,000, for
tug benefit Of his mother.
lhS Mate, Langley, WAS from Buffalo. These
are ca all inc names that we coalsl ascertain
Inc jersey City MAS Of 6:f; tons, built hr G.
" Jones 1t this port i'll 1855, owned BY s. D.
taldsFell, uunklrk, W;ls valued at 81, ,5C0 and
rated A: =. She was tine boat, aud her OIL |
GERS and crew could not bc surpassed
excitement In Jones County, Iosya.
lFron, the Dubuque Tines.]
From gentleman who left Anamosa yes
terday morning, We obtained thu following nc |
count Of 4 case Of arson, with the subsequent |
"iAcSt VI EeIlHIH parties concerned, anu tho |
sens;'tlon caused thereby in that locality:
II appears that man named Fay, living near
wyoming, lad become exasperated At con-
stable named Sheriff., for thc reasons, as rumor |
hath it, that the Latter had levied on the for
ners property, and had given refuge to his
wife, when Fay had beaten her, OF Threatened |
her with violence. A few nights since, sher-
NUS barn was burned to the ground, aud with
it large amount Of ilav aud grain, mud five
horses, one Of them estimated to be
worth five hundred dollars, we're lost. ill.,
deed, hc was left entirely destitute, with tho
exception OF the possession Of house and |
contents saved only by great exeEtions.
Fay having been known to threaten revenge
IN Sheriff., suspicion at once o cd to hin
Is ihc pcrpetrator Of the decd, and he WIS
aiken into custody By members Of Vigilance
committee at Wyoming. This Committee,
sc understand, las been in existence several
Fcars, and has been the means ot bringing
number of countcrfeiters and horse thieves to
Judgment. Fay at first denied any knowledge
# the transaction, hut the Committee, disGe.
ics;ng lis avowals, gave him tho choice If
'onirssiny and hcing handed over to the civil
OF Of being swung up to the ncar-
st tree-antl rope with moose i. one end
sas laid at his feet, as an earnest Of their i'll
entions. He thcrcupon acknowledge himself
Is the guilty party.