Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-11-06
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ASHlNUTON, Oct Co arc
ugly rumors of a heavy pressure,
fjr further postponement Of the
elections in Mississippi and Texas.
Virginia tobacco will pay s3,0O0,-
900 tax this year. ts.F
Lawyers regard it as certain that
Yergcr will be brought before the
bar Of the Supreme Court.
+ ST. Louis, Oct. 2S.-Private dis
patches say that the steamer Stone
wall was burned forty Ave miles
above Cairo.
Details Of the loss of the steamer
Stoncwall state that the vessel left
st. Louis Tuesday evening for Now
Orleans heavily laden with passcn-
gers, horses, mules, hay and other
freight, and was burned to the wa
'or's edge. An effort was made to
and, but the boat was SO heavily
laden that she could not reach nearer
than 100 yards from shore. Great
confusion and terror prevailed.
About 200 cabin and deck passen-
gers were aboard, Il largo number
being women and children. The
flames spread rapidly, and scores of
men jumped into the water and at
tempted swimming ashore. Nearly all
we're lost. The pilot, engineer, stok-
er, carpenter and A passengers IRE
known to be saved. r-r-sT1 ~
The captain, clerks and other Of
ficcrs and many passengers were
lost. All books and papers of the
boat werc lost, as were all the cat
tie and other freight. Many persons
died after reaching the shore from
Exposure; all Tie women and chill
'dren were lost-ncarly if not all
being burned to death. The con-
duct of the passengers and officers
is said to have been horrible. Such an
appalling scene has not been wit
messed on tho Mississippi for many
years. The saved were kindly cared
for by the officers of the Belle Mem
phis, and were carried to st. Louis.
An interview with tho assistant
engineer of the boat gets the follow
ing:
The alarm was given at G:30, and
in ten minutes the boat was in q
sheet of flame and every person had
deserted her. All that were lost
were drowned, and none were burn
ed. Out of eleven women on board
but three were saved. But one yawl
was seen and that was taken pos
session of by some deck passengers.
The last seen of Capt, Scott, he was
floating down stream on a log. The
people at Nerly's saw tho light and
fastened TO assist. Ono man rescued
sixteen persons with q skitf, and
had IL not been for this help all
would have been lost. AN
A gentleman from Paducah, Ky,
swan ashore with a lady, and at
her entreaty returned to save her
child; in swimming ashore he was
grasped by q drowning man and
was compelled TO shake him off.
One man was taken from the wreck
so badly burned that he died on
renching the Shore. ~ "a 81 q.
Capt. Dandy, of Shreveport, La,
was saved. There were 80 cabin.
passengers and crew. All ladies' on
board were lost but one. Fulkerson,
the pilot, and the carpenter were
the only ones Of the crew saved q
Another statement is that the
fire originated from a candle which
the deck passengers had near some
bay while playing cards. The steam
or was run on a gravel bar, the pilot
supposing that the passengers could
wade ashore on the bar but at its
end runs a slough and here the lar
ger number were drowned. Out of
two hundred AID fifty passengers
and crew only thirty are known to
be saved MI - ~
WILNINGLoN, n. c., Oct. 2S.-Tbe
trial Of the officers oftks Cuba was
resumed before the u. S. Commits
sioncr this morning. Jas Dennisob,
one of the engineers, Davis, a mar
inc of the Cuba, Capt. Mafitt, and
Capt Bodies, both old naval officers,
were examined for The defense. The
testimony was very favorable TO the
defendants, and greately weakened
the evidence Of Gordon, the princi-
pal witnes for the Government
Davis testified that he had been
offered twenty dollars % give cvi-
dence against The ship. The impress
sion is very general now that the
officers win be discharged
CHARLESTON Oct 27@The steam
ship Darien, Of The Charleston and
Liverpool direct steamship line, ar
rived TO day, and viii be followed
BY the MaFmurs, tho Adalia, and a
fourth steamship whose name IL not