Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-03
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Especial by Telegraph to the New Orleans Timss !
V1oKsBuRe, Aug 1.-The steamer Jo-
seph Pierce yesterday, at O'Clock p. M,
while lying at Palmyra Landing, about
twenty miles below this city, blew up.
She is total loss.
She had laid at the landing about half
an hour, when her starboard middle boiler
exploded, blowing away nearly fifty feet
of the centre Of the boat.
Scalding steam poured through every
part of the boat, rendering egress for few
moments almost impossible, while the air
was filled with pieces Of flying and falling
tim bers, boards, bricks and iron.
About five minutes after the explosion,
the boat caught fire, and burned rapidly to
the waters edge and sunk.
Chief engineer Nichols was burned, and
can scarcely recover.
james Kane, fireman, shockingly burn
ed, and died at S P. N.
There were 10 lady cabin passengers on
board, except Mrs. Healey, who. with her
child, was saved, though badly bruised
and cut. II IF
All the officers of the boat, with the
exception Of Engineer Nichols, escaped
unhurt. .4n
The books and papers were all lost.
The clerk, Mr. McVea, rescued from the
safe the greater portion of the money be-
longing to the boat.
There is no apparent cause for tho ex-
plosion given. James Kane, fireman, and
two deck hands, names unknown, were
killed.
John Bird, colored boy, from Port Glib
| son, is missing.
VIM. MCGEE, fireman, NJ. &. Brien and
60 ~. ty-L
vania infantry, are probably killed; also
two colored women, hospital nurses.
The followlngis list Of the wounded
Mrs. Healey cut in left arm; her child
badly cut in leg and head; Mr.. Bland,
| slightly bruised; Thomas Brussel, severe
| ~; VIM. Nichols, Chief Engineer, scad-
| ed-severe wounds, probably mortal; VIM.
| Martin, fireman, scalded, severely; James
| Clark, colored deck hand, scalded, Sc
yerely; William Hicks, colored passenger,
scalded, severe; Sophia Boyd, colored, left
| foot amputated; Charlotte Matthews, CO.
| lored, spine injured, severe; Catherine
| johnson, colored, scalded, severe; Eliza
beth Scott, colored, hip bruised, severe; G..
McArrill, colored, left leg; S. McCarroll,
| colored, knee; Nat. Gandreth, colored.
cabin boy, scalded; cabin boy, colored,
| name unknown, ankle sprained; Pierce
| McGlaw, colored, passenger, right arm
amputated, left leg badly cut; Geo. Keller,
| pantryman, breast bruised slightly; John
| West, mechanic, head bruised slightly;
Isaac Little, Co. F, nth Pennsylvania In
fantry, hip cut severely.
The following members of the Gath U.
| 5. Colored Infantry were injured Daniel
! Woodman, leg sprained; VIM. Mcpherson,
Co. H, left leg fractured; Henry jackson,
| Co. Fl, in face; John Hughes, Co. G, right
| leg bruised; Alfred Cameron, Co. K, leg
bruised; Samuel Wright, Co. B, ankle
| sprained; Ben. Young, Co. H, ankle
| sprained; L. Claiborne, Co. D, scalded, Sc
we're; Alfred Drain, Co. K, right hip
| bruised.
The above are all the particulars l have
| been able to procure. G.
| The Steamer Dove Fired Into and Rob-
bed on the Yazoo REVERSED, 900 and
other .Valuables Taken.
Walden, Aug. lon Sunday afternoon !,
while lying at a landing near Yazoo, in
Yazoo river, six miles above. Tchula, the
| steamer Dove was boarded by party of
robbers, and robbed of about $4,000 and
such other valuables as they could carry
away. st
They opened an indiscriminate fire upon
passengers and crew, seriously wounding
the mate and passenger named Hirsch,
of Sidon.
Trunks, baggage and safe were all bro
ken open, and the pocket-books and
watches of the passengers taken. N.
New YORK, Aug. The Herdlds Paris
correspondent says the mission to France
of Maximilian's private Secretary, has re-
suited in obtaining very little material aid
from Napoleon.
President johnson does not appear to
have re- established his health by his last
excursion, and was unable to see any one
this evening. 1t is to be hoped he will be
| able to hold the usual Cabinet meeting
tomorrow.
The Belgian Secretary Of War was to
| leave Liverpool on the Scotia, accompanied
by an eminent counselor of State, who
goes to Mexico as Finance Minister.
The W0rId's special says it is understood
that Dick Taylor was allowed to visit jeff.
Davis, but parole to enable him to visit
Europe was refused.
Aslatfc Cholera at MaIta-Qnarantine
ReguIatlOns-Panic at Palermo.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-Some cases of
Asiatic cholera have appeared at Malta.
Quarantine is laid ON all arrivals from the
Levant. There is panic at Palermo, but
no cholera, except in the latter island.
Gold and Cotton.
| NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Gold 44A. Cotton
Fundamentally hich means 4S.