The constitutional union., 1860-11-30
.STElVBO1T DISISTERS.

SYE1NBDAT DIS1STERS.
 Loss or THE TEcuHsEu.-This seems to be season of steamboat disasters. We can hardly take up a city exchange without finding whole columns devoted to the recording of the most heart-reuding disasters We find the fol- lowing account of the loss Of the Tecumseh in The Louisville Courier of Monday the 18th inst:
 " Last evening" about , o'clock, the fine packet Tecumseh, Capt. I. r. Logan. of the Union Line, from Cincinnati, stru l. the reef of rocks just be- low the mail boat landing, while rounding to to back into the canal. The stern or ruldcr post must have hecn knocked out. but Capt. Logan or the pilot thought no harm done at the time, and the boat backed down to the head If the canal and was laEicd just above Eighth street. The headline was barely made fast before she com mcnced sinking, settling down very fast iy the stern causing tae utmost constemation among the passengers for a few minutes, all of whom rushed to the forecastle in frantic haste includ- ing a lare uumbcr of women and children. They were all got ashore in safety.
 The Fecum~eh va on her first trip of the sea- son. aoincto New Orlnans vi ,, a cabin tul of uas- scngers. some forty head of horses on deck, and 8 cargo of 7oo tons. including 1000 barrels of flour. s0o barrel. of pork and beef. and large amount Q! whisky. potatoes and apples.
 About half iac horses cn deeh were either drowned or swan off over the FaI's, as several were scan intEcr.ver struggling with the chIcaker. al Goose Island. Mir. Duumica of CincinuaG lost four fine trotting horses, which were on the arboard or outside guard X NIr Henderson. of Cincinnati lost four or five horses The other losc~s we did not learn. 1 man who got on at Madison with three head of stock mules, We be- lieve. saTedhis and translcrrld them To tue Judge Fletcher. The passengers Were transferred to the Judge Fletcher last evening" ani that boat ha- fl f. f 4n7.t
 THE Loss or THE PAcIrlc-We copy the fol- lowing account of the loss of the ill-mtcd steam boat Pacific and the dc2th of her heroic Captain Lanb--a sacrifice totLe cause of humanity ty-from The Louisville Journal of the 20th:
 '' The Pacific left here on Saturday evening, the ltiA inst. on the Er-t trip Of the season, with a fair passenger list and valuable cargo ol freight. tGc latter 1u.i5,uC o tobacco, Provisions and stock. Tie cargo consisted II part of the following coa- gnmcats: Llya,y-four hAts. to- naeco. .4.e. .t by Mes~r-. Long & Wa--oucr tity hat-. tobacco. by Air.> Nash; five hundred -.. .aH. HE Charles bor-ey: loIE-JUo beef cattle, by F. hci-rau: to.JFtr beef cattle, by Mir. Thomas. of shelby county forty three mules, by Mir. Damn: eight horses by gentleman frcn lut.aHa: .UH ba.s. pork. by Mitchell G lrla- strong; I.H hhls. hour, hy James Kennedy about fifteen Jaus pork. bacon and lrl. Lv Guthrie. White :. to.. and about twenty tons bacon. pork and f ur by X. l.. Nhutweu x Son: togerucrwith other .lueut- Eot remembered, summing up a cargo valued tt e..",01.
 The Factc vas n htr third season. and was cwuei by Nes-r>. Shor'cy. Bell & Co.,. Capt. ]. Bragjon and tapj. Will '. iiall.i8v She was valued a' the time of the di~aotorat SJ0.UUu. and vas insured Iur SiD.tjp-iur ~2G.o05 iu tie local offices here s5cr0 III the Delaware Insurance Company, and the remaining ~il.pJJ in the New -PaaE agencies of tlHe'unlti offices. She had just been repaired at NotMd City, Illinois. at an expense of 5000, and was one of our most c}e- gaut aud popular boatS The officers and crcx are residents of this city and there will be feel ing of intense anxiety OH the part of their friends here until their worst fears shall have been re lieyed by the arrival of the Fajrchild at q late hour this morning
 The disaster occurred Sunday night, about $ clock, at Uniontown, Ky. The Pacific had landed al UniOntown 10 take on coal, and had a large trip of freight, including l5D mules and a lot of cattle and sheep. X quantity of hay slowed on the forccastle was igntcI by q torch. and in instant the flames spread ali over the forward part of the boat, cutting off the cgre-s of the cabin passen gers and al others aft of the boilers. The line was burned in two in d very few minutes, and the Pacific foated out into the stream, one mass of fame. The cabin passengers, of whom there were forty or fifty, in their alarm, sprang overheard, and some fifteen of them per ished. There Were between thirty and forty deck passengers and of the whole number only about ten were fouDd. Most of them perishcd in the water ill their futile efforts to reach the shore while some ciung 10 the burning mass until the intense heat sutocated them.
 Capt. W m. Lamb remained board the burn ing steamer until there was no longer space left that had not been visited by the destroying cIc- mcnt. He then gained the shore with difficulty, and searched anxrously for a family consisting of two ladies and three children that had been placed in his charge at Louisville. They had sue ceeded in attaining the shore. but Capt. Lamb could not find them, and again he mounted the burning deck. Through the flames and smoke he was seen searching for the missing ones, and the last who beheld his manly form, him stand ing at the stern, harrassed by the urid flames unwilling even then 10 give up the pursuit until flesh and blood could stand it no longer. He sprang into the water and sank 10 rise no more. The turbid waters of the Ohio enclosed form whose spirit never quaed at danger and whose bravery and sclfsacrifcing conduct will long be remem- bered.
 Loss OF THE BELFAsT.-We copy the following account of the loss of Belfast from The Memphis Avalanche of the 24th:
 "We are without particulars save that the ac- cident occurred at Tompkns Bend, about fifty miles below Vicksburg. She must have struck some hidden obstruction in the water, and being heavily so laden, at once tore in two The Bel fast formed one of the Memphis and New Orleans Line and was one of the best boats in the trade. She was fully insured. She was worth about $20,000"
 The following gush of patriotic sentiment prefaced the deposit of Bell and Everett ballot at Covington, Georgia. by gray haired