Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-01-19

VIII De received OlO citizenship Dy tne j u
arez government, vixen they will be master
ed into service under American officers
sach as Geuersls Riag sad Wheat, and
will sustain tine iibnrsi government until
she Senate rati6es the McLane treaty.
The leaders of the expedition expect as a
reward for their services, the renewal of a
grant for o railroad from Aranzas Bay to
Mazatlan the original charter for which
was, granted under Santa Anna.
The emigrants are to remain as laborers
in constructing this railroad. keeping ut
meanwhiie their military organization fol
self protection.
Incidents of the Lawrence Tras-
edY.
The correspondent of the Boston Jour.
nal says:
A citizen, who risked his own life, in an
attempt to sare the operatives from the
burning pile, worked his way iato an iune,
apartment, and looked through hole in
the wall, saw two men and woman walk.
ing to and fro, apparently eatirely unhurt.
He reached through. and took them by
the hand, and proceeded with vigorous
blows 10 make hole in the partition. A
moment too soon the flames sprung up
where he stood. A flood of water poured
in upon it and blinded him, and be rushed
from the place, warned by the engineer,
and narrowly escaping with his life.
All the goods, stock and machinery is
destroyed with the mill, and even the books
were not saved, such was the suddenness
of the alarm and the excitement it occa-
stoned.
The people focked to the City Hall,
'anxiously inquiring for their friends and
relatives. Every chance of hope was ca
gerly seized upon, until the inquirers;found
chose whom they sought in the list of dead,
or failed TO find them at all.
As l write, the walls and shrieks of
those who seek in vain for their friends
ring through the hall. Women faint in
the corridors and are borne away. The
anguish of those who do not find their
friends far exceeds that of the few who find
only their unsightly remains
The Boston Herald says:
~~he ruins lay in one confused heap, eov-
ering au area of about two acres, and piled
up to height Of about thirty feet.
From nearly every hole and creviee in
this vast pile from the top, from the sides,
and in fact from every fssure from whence
voice from the inside could make its way,
came shrieks for help, groaus of anguish,
prayers and meanings, and in many, very
many cases, the poor sufferers could be dis
tinetly seen, talked to, and even reached by
the hand from outside. Many thus i'm
prisoned were encouraged and sustained by
assurances of safety, and in many cases
cups of coffee could be, and were passed
down to those below, who, alas. after all
this near approach to safety, saw hour af-
ter hour pass away, until at last the fright
ful cry of fire and the greedy licking Of
the flames as they approached with fear
ful rapidity, cracking and Kissing all over
the remains of the ground told them too
plainly that all hope of life was gone
About seyenty-fiye persons, men, women
and children, more or less wounded, were
taken out. -. .s..v =, g.r.,.s 'a.gf.
At one point when rope had been fixed
10 a projecting timber, a call was made to
the crowd to take hold and pull with a
will, but for few minutes minutes, such
was the danger Of the attempt-for the
beam in falling might engulph all near it
for afew minutes, we say, the call was
UNDECIDED. Men shuddered and drew back
they would risk much TO save those be-
Jaw, but life was Sweet and the danger
great. At this critical juncture a woman
rushed from among the crowd, and daring
the spectators to follow, seized the rope and
attempted to mount the pile of shoulder
ing ruins to clear away with her hands,
The example was enough; not word was
said, but strong hands at once drew her
back, and then there were no lack of hands
TO the rope, the beam was drawn out, and
at least two sufferers were released from
the opening thus made.
The sights and scenes at this period Of
the disaster were frightful. One poor girl,
alive and fully conscious, was dragged from
the socket, and her body and legs awfuily
mangled. She was taken by her friends,
but could not have survived long. In one
place the bodies of three girls were found in
each others arms, but quite dead. They
could not be removed without mangling the
bodies, and being abandoned for Lime, the
flames broke out before another attempt
was made, and all three perished.
Next from the ruins we saw the dead
body of lad, and following him was borne
girl with one of her ankles burnt TO a
crisp. She had been confined by one foot
between two beams, and only by the ut
most exertion was she recovered.
One woman was found with her head
jammed between two heavy beams, and
pressed SO that it was not thicker than the
thickness of hand. Il was sickeniug
sight.
A boy at work in one Of the upper rooms
hearing of the crash, had the presence of
mind to jump into a waste boz, which, with
its occupant was buried several feet be-
meath the ruins. When the rescuers raised
The nile of rubhish off ,ba HOY the yoifrc