The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-23
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

ho.es Of goods have been saved. Her engines,
:, is ,,oush, wiIl be recovered. The vessel
was yaIaed at Si0.0o0, npon which there is no
insurance The body of one OF Mrs. Dietzs
children has been found near Kings Mill, and
will he brought to the city to-day. The lady
passenger on board, besides Mrs. Dietz, was
l Mr.. McCieary, and not McClung as errone-
o,.sly printed. Mr.. q. ID. Graham. the only
Gentleman passenger, is a salesman in the
house OF Geo. J. Sumner & Co., and the hus-
hand Of Mrs. Dietz is employed in the same
establishment The following is a statement
| o, the affair, from Mr.. Graham, correcting
some alleged errors in other accounts
Mr.a ID. Graham states tha, the crew rem
der-d very little ass istance after the fire broke
j out The Captain fret ordered the hose 10 be
u,eS then attempted to get the boats down,
ard FnaIy cat on the httches to make RATS.
A raft being made, Mr. Smack, four children
~ Nj DEITY. aud Graham were on IL, when
q tbs t~o ladies being lowered, upset IL. Gra-
ham caught the eldest child As it slid from the
rlsus bat his hold was not nrm enough 10
boId her, and she went under. Captain Teal
Ist himself down by Il rope and saved the ladies
who ware struggling in the wafer The tait
vas then cut loose by MI. SMACK ana shey
Hr,Jted of-Mr Graham holding the baby.
srd oulv ,urviving child of Mrs. Diet2 In his
arms lie and the rest were picked mp by
Soat frorn the Curtis Peck. They were treated
vith the greatest kiudress on Inc &. T., and
tnsaJs vera proy oyljed for them that night and
dnripf the next day. The next morning, on
q their arrival ~ Norfolk, Capt. Mitchell, who
came from Philadelphia as far as Norfolk on
/. the Pennsylvania, sent down clothing to the
q ladies and saw taat the party were passed on
their rouie to Richmond.
The following is the statement of Thomas
8 Gallon. the chief engineer of the burnt steam
shIp Pennsylvania. 1t was made on oath BE-
Y fore Government Inspector Dayds, at Nor.
q folk:
Left Norfolk on Thursday, 10th, at noon
Abou, o'clock, =. NJ, came TO anchor oppo-
size Jamestown, in a heavy storm of wind,
y rain and lightning. WAS on duty at the time.
About II r. NJ. Pat Riley, coal passer, dis
Il covered fire between decks and forward Of the
holler and Immediately reported the fact TO
me | ordered the hose on the fire. pumps and
the pumps TO be put at work, but only sue
a ceeded lii getting the forward pump at work.
Iu one minute after the fire was discovered !,
the flames burst through and over the boiler,
driving me from the eagine room, Il was the
only person then left IN it, Went forward
and got all hands on forward pump, which
was then working on The fire. The flames
made such rapid progress, however, that we
soon discovered 1t was useless 10 work the
pumps or attempt in any way to check the
ire. An attempt was then made TO get out
the boats but the flames had burst through
the englne-room sky-lights, cutting OF all
Communication between forward and aft, and
surrounding the cabin and boats which were
lashed TO davts and swung inwards over the
top Of the cabin, and consequently could not
be got at All hands now, voluntarily COM
menced constructing RATS and other floats
from gangway planks, wood gratings, and
spare spars. The'fiTst raft launched was the
gHugway plank, and on this Mr. Smack, pilot,
and one passenger placed themselves, taking
with them four small children of Il lady pas
senger, who was travelling without her hus-
band, expecting 10 meet him in Richmond.-
They then left the ship and driited away in
the darkness. Next, Mr. Bell, second officer,
left The ship on plank don't know il he had
init HI fhaf = hat laff
were TWO Of the deck hands raft they in
vited Il passenger 10 go with them, but he ber z
fearful declined. Next, Capt. Teal went on to
a raft taking with him two lady passengers
and the chamb bermald one of the ladies' the
mother Of the four children who were placed
on the first raft.
Mr. >Harris the I'd engineer, with the fire.
men and such other hands as were left on
board, together with myself, commenced to
build raft from old spars and lum ber, and got
IL finished and oyberboaTd, and two or three
men On it. when we discovered the lights of
the steamer Curtis Peck approaching, on her
way from Richmond to Norfolk. Directed the
ships bell 10 be tolled, which was done unIii
the Curtis Peck came within one hundred and
fifty feet and stopped Capt, Moore of The o.
T., Immediately launched his two boats and
sent them TO our relief First officer Clifford
of the q. F., came IN one boat 10 the ship anu
took off the two lady passengers chamber.
maid, Captain Teal, myself and two of the
crew. l returned 10 he ship with Mr.. q ford
and one fireman, and took oH Mr.. Harris, I'd
engineer, and the balance OF the n, and
landed ther' safe on board the Peck. During
this lime the other boat from the &. F.. IN
charge of Mr.. GAIN, second officer was en-
gagged in picking up the passengers and crew
who had drifted away on RATS, planks, &c.,
and succeeded in doing so by the light of the
burning vessel.
At the spot where the fire was first observed.
no spark from the boiler could have caused IL
10 occur, All the coal slowed below was an-
thracits, and not in contact with the boiler
consequently could not have taken fire. l be-
leve The fire must have originated from some
cOmbustible freight, slowed near where lt oc-
CURED. At the time the snip came TO anchor
! hauled in front and banked 1ll the water in
the ooller-fiiled ash pans with Wdter-opened
nur-caps pumped boiler up with steam
pump, and thuswise worked steam down to
tex pounds-lifted safety valve and let the
sIeam slowly escape. All lights IN engine and
boiler-rooms were put ont, except The light
fronting the water gauge in the engine-room /;
examined every thing-then went 10 lie down,
leaving one fireman and coal HEAVIER on watch.
THE RETURNING AFRICANs.-The second
vessel left Key West on the ith instant with
load of Africans returning to their native
land. A correspondent of the Charleston Con-
Tler says:
The scene witnessed on the Africans taking
their departure was truly heart-rending. They
begged upon their knees, threw themselves
down, and by signs, in every possible way,
communicated their repugnance 10 going back.
LSdSH as uau rtCheu up 4 lew EngDSn words
spoke for themselves, and the rest asking the
Physician and The Marshal to allow them To
remain and let the citizens do whatever they
wished with them. No man could have Wit
messed the departure without feeling that ii
was great wrong and an &C of inh u manity in
sending them back 10 their own country. And
The negroes had the intelligence to comprehend
H. 1t va. also stated positively that two at
leaS', OF the negroes who had been captured on
the brig Echo and returned, were among the
number brought into Key West.
The barks captured were the "Wildflren
bringing s., $40 the /" Bogota," S4, 100 and the
"Wl.liam," Si,50i. That's sacI iflcing vessels
by the wholesale. There Is strong talk of a
Cuba making an attempt TO capture these ne
groes from the Colonization ships. L fancy 1t
all rumor, though II could be easily done
with little determination. 1t is worth try
ing, provided they come from hemp or cot
lou country, and understand hanging well.
have siAce learned that one OF the sergeants
al the barracoon was offered $500 to select
guard for a certain night; corporal was Of
Tered el,0U 10 permit himself to be tied, and
other large brides were offered and failed SO
tos adsenturers left and nothing has been
hedrd OF them siace.
The "Doa Juan" was captured just or Nue.
Vltas Light four station,l II hours after we
ieis, with 9UO negroes, by The Spanish steamer
Isabella Francisco" She hoisted American
eolors (the steamerl and the ship took her for
The Crusader and hoisied Spanish So the
Government have not that expense to foot.
SHOOTING A SEDUcER-A Sieklss 4fai,-Dn
hseyening OF the Sd inst Orndor II, a commits.
sion merchant at Warsaw, having some suspi-
cion that all was not right with his wife, no.
ueed her through the window reading some
letters. which she deposited in a drawer ON his
coming in. He pretended not TO notice IT, but
after they had reured he made some excuse for
getting up, and read the letters. They proved
TO be from one Robert Sterling, clerk. His