Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-03

Assembly attended the funeral Of young
Turner in 8 body. The pages OF the
House acted as pail bearers, and the
scene was very affecting. There were
none present who were not in tears.
Young Turner was a bright and hand
some boy, about thirteen years old, and
universally beloved. The funeral Of
Patrick Henry Aylett took place from
st. Paul's Church. The church was not
much crowded, the people seeming TO
have acquired a lively fear of crowded
houses. The streets about the church
were crowded with citizens, and there
were numbers of ladies in the windows
and porticos adjacent.
Mr.. Hugh Hutchinson, who was affong
the dead, yesterday morning went to the
office of the Piedmont Insurance Compa-
nv and paid his premium on aninsurance
OF 5000. He then walked 10 the Capitol
building, from which he never returned
alive.
A Northern lady aud gentleman, Miss
rockingham and her father, of Brooklyn,
who were viewing the surrounding c0un-
try from the cupOla of the building at the
time of the sad event, were entirely cut OF
for nearly two hours, and were kept in
terror in their lofty prison, from which
they could witness the movements of the
excited crowd below, the display Of dead
and dying on the square, the endless
bells, the wailing of women and children,
without the remotest idea OF the occasion
of il all, beyond the terrible shock. In
this predicament, they, together with a
negro, remained, all escape being cut oil
by the falling Of the staircase by which
they had ascended.
Kendall Dwyer, a detective, who was
precipitated from the center OF tho room,
saws: cannot tell how / felt, but il was
an exceedingly curious and scared sensa-
ton. With the settling ofthe ceiling upon
us / was crushed down lower and beneath
many others Ia total darkness and almost
unable 70 breathe. A portion OF mans
body, which was bleeding, pressed close
TO my mouth and thus. | believe, I swal-
lowed not less than a pint of his warm
blood, which, however, moistened my
mouth, which was full of dust and
sand. How long lay praying, not with
my lips, but my heart, don't know;
but in tEst terrible position il felt like an
age. / got weaker and weaker each mo-
ment as lay with the dead and some
breathing men around me, until beheid
a glimmer of light near by. I can never
forget that little particle of light as il
penetrated through the broken timbers,
benches aud suffOcating dust and mortar.
Il saved my life, for had then new hope.
Some time afterward could hear noises
and then tins timbers were pulled away
and / was taken out more dead than
alive"
Mr.. Jaynes tells the following touching
incident concerning DR.. Brock: / was
sitting behind DIR. Brock and fell under
him; lag with uly mouth to his cheek
aud could feel him growing cold. Heasked
me my name and told him who vas. II g
said. II am dying; tell my poor wife how
much loved her and thought OF her in
my last uOmeutsn
One of the most remarkable escapes OF
yesterday WAS that Of ID. b. White, mem-
ber of the Legislature from Elizabeth
City. He fell through the fOor with the
rest and did not receive a scratch. kIie
did not leave the spot, but despite the
sUfocating dust remained and worked
vigorously 10 get ont the wounded and
dead.
The larger number of deaths occurred
among those persons " ho were standing
under the gallery. DR.. Brock was Just in
reach of il, sitting at his table writing,
when the same beam that killed Mr.. Ay-
lett struck him. When he was brought
out from the ruins he was breathing, but
expired in a few moments.
THEORY OF THE ACCIDENT.
From conversations with several who
were in the court-room at the time of the
fall we learn the following as the true
which was under the partition bstween
the clerks office and the courtroom
in twain, and Immediately after
ward the door commenced TO cave. The l
support of the crowded gallery having
given way, the gallery parted tEC-l the
wall and fell over into the center \ 7 the |
crushing through theNdOor
and precipitating the mass of human be-
ings and rubbish into the hall below. |
We examined the girder and found that
il had broken off Just in the center. 1t
was hewn timber, and just where 1t
broke was a cut, as If the workman in !
hewing had made a missllck and driven
his adze into the wood about quarter Of
an inch.
AN OLD RELIC GONE.
II we may be pardoned for any couside-
ration of loss other than that Of human
life, we will mention the smash-up OF an
old and honored relic of by-gone.days, the
Speakers chair OF the House Of ielegates, |
which was formerly used in VI House OF
Burgesses, decorated with tn Vi -Oyal arms
of Great Britain. II was Subsequently
moved here from Williamsburg, and has
been used in the House Of Delegates ever /
since. II was buried and broken in the
ruins of yesterday.
The Enquirer saws: There were many
touching incidents connected with this
Wives in search of their
husbands, sisters in search of their broth
ers, and mothers anXiOusly inquiring-Pf
every one the whereabouts oftbe5,- 81 L
all with grief on their cOuntg- S4~es and
looks. II was sight 10 touch
the hardest heart.
And as friend met friend, hearty
thank God went up, bad as matters were,
that they were no worse. We saw men
few hours before, proud in the conscious
ness Ofmsnly strength, who, when taken
from the wreck within the hall Of Dele
gates, were as helpless as babes. A few
moments more, and they were raving in
the agOnies Of de6th. OF such is life.
Now men, women and children flock to
the scene of disaster from every quarter,
and the conventionalities of caste were
forgotten, as each inquired of the other
have you seen my father, my brother or
my son.
THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
The Capitol building was one of the
most conspicuous in the city of Rich
mOnd, occupying a lofty eminenca on the
brow of ShOckOe Hill, aud was about the
first object which met the eye on every
avenue of approach. Ii was constructed
IN the year 1909, under the direction of
Thomas Jefferson. then President Of the
United States, and was modelled after the
Parthenon in Athens. It was about
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some so from the ground TO the caves Of
the roofing. II consisted of a basement
story entirely above ground, used by
the various State officers; second story
which was divided in the middle by an
ample rotunda, 3 third story used for
various purposes, and two spacious halls
at either end; that on the north Was known
ss the Hall OF the House OF Delegates,
and CAS- one at the south end as the Sen
ate CHAMBER. A southern portico of
Ionic columns ADDED much to the archi- |
tectnral beauties OF the building, and af-
forded a pleasant retreat for members Of
the Legislature desiring air and exercise. |
Ii was on the hoor above the Hall of-the
House of Delegates, n the northern end
of the Capitol, thst the gallery and floor |
ing of the room occupied by the Supreme !
Court of Appeals yielded 70 thasimmense
r,rCSsure upon their timber and fell, en-
falling the awful loss Of life and terrible
manning OF 80 many of Richmond's
prominent citizens. This room is the
same occupied by the ooafeqerate Senate
during the rebellion OF the southern
States,
LETTER FROM JACKSON, MISS.
sovernor Alcorn and the LsgisIaiurs-AeB