Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-08-04
PARIS, july Is, 1864.

We have just received accounts from Lyons of
beat accident which has caused loss Of thirty lives
and created very painful sensation The incident took
place on board Of of the new passenger boats recently
placed the Saone and which convey great numbers Of
country people from point of the river to another for
two cents These boats built very and stand
very high out of the water. They are consequently
tremely crank and the of the river very
sharp and the channel, owing to sand banks very tor
tuous the sudden movement of the rudder necessary
steering them TO roll very heavily On Sunday last
of the boats, csed the Mouche, had left landing
place where she had taken board vast number of ho-
yday folks, all in their Sunday clothes and the deck
completely thronged Unhappy, just beyond the point
where this occurred and before the crowd had got what
may be called its seaegs very sharp bend Of the river
takes place in making which the Mouee lurched hea
Willy that the wster came In at the scupperhobs The in
experienced aud easily terrified crowd of French country
people lost their feet and their heads at the moment
and allowed themselves to be carried in compact
against the slight hand rail which along the eide and
offered the only resistance to the impetus The rail- Of
course, gave way and than fifty people were lite
rally emptied" into deep water The captain of the
boat carried overheard with the rest SO compact
the struggling that at rst described by eye
witnesses, 1T ceaved the water like wedge and for
instant the river closed it's victims The next
ment horrible visible, heads and legs
lease themselves from the death struggle The hands Of
many of the women" says account, still graeped
convulsively their parasols Swimming under such Cir
cumsances became we'll nigh impossible, for those
who possessed such escape The captain himself
went to the bottom SEIZED hold of by two females one of
whom chung round his neck while the other held his legs
and the three sank together. " When the bodies were
being recovered" says another narrative ca string of
nearly dozen corpses of women and children
hhed at once, clngiDg to each other like bunch Of
grapes. 1t horrible sight" Unfortunately the day
being Sunday, scarcely any Of the usual rowboats which
frequent the river at their posts and it some
time before aay effective assistance could be obtained.
The first accounts stated the deaths at thirty two but t
appears that twenty is the real number ju-
fica investigation will take place Immediately, and the
of the boat has been placed under The
cation and I'll con in the immediate neghborhood are in
dsJcribabe. #eL
The latest arrivals from America not nspiritinQ ex
cept to those parties who in thsr hearts do wish
we'll In recent number the Moniteur published let
ter from it's correspondent at New York on the military
operations IN Virginia highly unfavorabe the Federal
cause, together with flaming account of the and
reception oil the Emperor of Mexico" and the enthu
sssm" Of his new subjects 1t impossible to avoid
the inference, intended doubtless to be drawn that the
Empire supposed gain in sodity in proportion az
the Government of the United States is weakened Ru
mors are being busiy disseminated every side of
newed and closer between France and England
OF the coDd tons OF which ia to be recognition what
amounts really to the same thing I" mediation followed
by alliance between France and Mexico and the Con-
iederate Statee. The intelligence OF Mr. Chsses retire
mcnt has reached this morning and has added to the
unfavOrable Impression which prevails.
The intelligence from Denmark is still extremely vague
ALI that appears TO be certain that the King demand
ing indeed suing for pcace the best terms he OBJ
TAIN and that the country will probably submit sueny
tho necessities Of its position.