The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-10
FRlGHTFUL SUFFERING ON LAKE ERlE,
fhe Fate OF the steamer JERSEY Civ.

canada, in the great gale of Nov. cath. whila
on her trip from Toledo to Buffalo The de.
tails of the dreadful shipwreck have, ,howeyer.
only just been published. We take the fol-
lowing extracts from the narrative of q sur
} Fivor, in the Cleveland Herald of December
4th:
"Soon after grounding the propeller keeIed
| over, broad side to the seas. md with her deck
| exposed to the action OF the waves Her deck
load was al once washed off, and the repeated
oioWs OF the huge waves stove In her decks
| and dashed her sides in TO pieces The burri
cane deck, with its load of half frozen suffer-
| ers. fioated towards the shore.
| About three O'Clock in the afternoon the
hurricane deck grounded within a short dis
! lance from the shore in shallow water. At
! THIS moment boy who was on the wreck was
washed of by the wave, but was rescued by
capt. Monroe. After this the boy became
| frightened for the first time. and clung eager
ly to his preserver, Capt. Monroe fastened a
plank life preserver to his body, and, taking
the boy In his arms, leaped into the water and
Waoeo ashore As the boy was landed, his
suspenders broke and his pan falcons fell about
MS ancles, where they froZe in a solid mass
| chaining him to the spot where he stood. In
afew moments the half naked boy was dead.
! Eapt. Eonfoe walked back to the piece of
wreck and directed his comrades where to lear
SO as to strike in the shallowest water One
| by one the leap was made in safely, until but
one was left on board, and that one was Mr
A. II. Derby, the clerk of the propeller He
was seen sitting on the wreck with his head
bent cot7n as il in despair. Captain Monroe
called him by name, but he did not answer, al
| though his mouth opened. Toa second hail
he again opened his mouth without giving an
articulate sound. Captain Monroe and En-
gineers Manchester and Cummings went TO
| The wreck and after considerable difficulty got
| off the helples. man. Capt Nonroe took Der
w on his back, whilst the engineers steadied
| his legs so as toprevent the waves from wash
ing him off In this way the party Waded
through the water, ice making on them a
every step, the surf dashing around them
the bitter wind freezing their hands and faces
and the binding snow obscuring their view.
| On reaching the shore, Capt Monroe at
tempted TO lower Derby to his feet, but found
itimpossibe it 10 let him go. The living bearer
had frozen fist TO his dead burden.
| The Captains arms were frozen stiff and
claSped around the arms OF the dead man
| The two engineers were also so frozen about
| the hands that they could render no assist
| ance. Finding il impossible to rid himself of
| his terrible burden in any other way, Captain
| Monroe flung himself on the ground, head
| foremost, and thus spilled the dead man
| from his shoulders. But he had escaped from
| one horrible dilemma only to find himself in
another. His trowsers were frozen 50 stiff up
| TO his hips that he was a. much unable to rise
as if his legs had Eeen encaSed in lengths of
stove pipe, and his companions eould render
| nun no assistance. At Il short distance was
| the body of a man frozen in sitting position.
Capt Monroe managed to roll himself to the
body, and by it climbed to his feet.
| The little party of survivors now set out on
their painful march towards the light. house
which was at no great distance. They had got
| safely along until within about three hundred
| yards of the house, when g small creek i'm
peded their progress. First Engineer Man
! chester attempted to cross the creek, but abal-
doned It and returned to the shore where he
sat down exhausted and desparirg Second
| Engineer Cummings came up, and endeayor-
| ed 10 encourage him tC q farther effort, but in
| vain. Capt Monroe begged Manchester to
| rise and make an attempt 10 get around the
! creek telling him the lighthouse was close
| Dt no
| fortunate man, u can't go any arther" Cum
| mingS placed his arms around the body of his
| comrade in order to lift him to his feet but at
| that moment the icy hand of Death was laid
| on both, and, clasped in each others arms,
face almost touching face, with words Of
| friendly cheer frozen in tae utteraDce, these
| two brave men-Manches ter and Cnnmin gs-
| persisted within & few minutes walk of safety
| In this position they We're afterwards found
| by the party sent in search. Capt. Monroe
| succeeded in reaching the lighthouse III safe
ty, although badly frozen. Out CT the twenty
two who had formed the crew and passengers
OF the lll-taied Jersey City, but five survived.
being Capt. Monroe, two firemen, The wheels
man, and one passenger. The others either
peris he'd in the cruel waves, or We're frozen 10
death in that awful death march. Six of the
| bodies have been recovered, some being re-
! tUrned to tneir former homes ard others
| buried on the Point
NOVEL PAVEMENT Sections OF Congress
street, Boston, are being paved with a new
| Cellular Iron Pavement, which is claimed by
its inventors TO combine, i'll a surprising de-
gree, lghtness with durability and firmness.
The plates are cast fourteen inches square
| asd are composed of hexagon or honey comb
| cells. According to the law of mathematics
| this distribution of iron covers the largest
area OF surface with the leas amount of metal,
SO that by theory this new pavement is the
| cheapest iron pavement that il Is possible to
| make. The plates are bound to each other hy
a peculiar joint by which every one is knitted
to and held frna!y by all the others, so that a
diSIocatlon OF any joint Is rendered i'm possible.
| In this way, 1t is found that when the street is
| covered, the pavement is entire street of
| metal from curb to curb, and from one end of
| the street TO the other; and weight resting
| upon plate is distrihut ted over the others
| for many feet around, giving the pavement
! immense strength.
When the pavement is laid the cells are filled
| with gravel and all made level, and then the
| surface becomes as pleasant and sure-footed
| to horse as piece OF turf. The wheels of
vehicles moving over this pavement have
| their bearing all the time on metal planes, 50
| that it is, in fact universal railway track
! every man that owns dray, wagon or vehi :
Gle of any kind, possesses really better track
| to drive On outside of the street railway
| tracks than in them. BY this means the
crowding upon the street tracks by all vehi
cles is avoided, and the streets are relieved of
the cutting into furroWs which results from
the present system.
The new pavement has been adopted ia St.
Louis, and is about TO be tested in sections Of
Chest stnut street, Philadelphia.
| HORRIBLE MURDER.-A bloody gedy took
place in New York Friday morning, about 10
! O'Clock, resulting in the death of Mrs. Sarah
| Shank, a widow lady, about is years OF age
She was the proprietor of miiliner store, and
| her breakfast had baen brought TO her from q
| neighboring restaurant, ats O'Clock, the waiter
| who brought IL leaving her sitting at the
! breakfast table. Two bours after, one of her
work girls came into the shop, and going into
| the back room, found the propretress lying
| on the floor with her throat cut, skull broken
| and various other wounds on her person. The
floor was covered with biocd and the bed
| clothing was stained with the prints of the
| murderer's hands where he had wiped the
; | stains from them. She was engaged to be mar
, | ried to two gentlemen, with one of whom,
: Charles Hardy, she had quarreled. She had
| several hundred dollars IN the house, all Of
| which was stolen. Hardy has been arrested.
| HORRIBLE AFFRAY--A Mother Killed By Her
| S0a.--A most distressing affair occurred last
, | week at the house of James Nesbit, in Green
, township, Mercer county, Pa. Itappears that
some years ago brother of Mr.. N became in
sane while attending college at Westminster,
and was sent to the asy lum for treatment. lie
remained there until last summer, when, un-
der the belief that he would be better at home
he was removed to bis brothers house. On
Thursday last, Mrs. Nesbit undert took to cor
: rect one OF the children, which SO ineensed
. the young man that he chased her out OF the
, house. She ran 10 neighbors for assistance
and during her absence the lunatic attacked
his mother with q chair, beating the old lady
| to such an extent that almost instant death
ensued. The murderer was secured, and Will
| no doubt be returned to the asy lnm, where he
| will receive that treatment which his case
( calls for-PHtSburg Post, Dee. 4th.
, LOCOMOTIVE ExPLosI9s-Loss Of L3e.-A