Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-10

are brown and green; tnat soWe UuIh
and others do not that some plants grow
from the inside, while others grow from
the outside; that someanimals have joint
ed back bones, that others have their
bones outside their bodies, while others
have none ct all. Facts such as there are
perfectly comprehensive to children even
younger than those have named"
The Burning Of the Emma No. &.
Mr.. James Lynch, who was passenger
ON the steamer Emma No. 8, gives the
following account of the disaster to that
ill.fatcd steamer. Mr.. Lynch boarded the
boat at Memphis, and says that when the
boat left that port she had about sixty
passengers, most Of whom were in the
cabin. He says:
az was on the lower deck of the Emma
No. at the time she struck the snag, and
Immediately went up stairs and found the
passengers there not in the least alarmed
or excited. The water was not deep, and
therefore not much fear OF loss OF life
from the vessel sinking. As she was
settling she suddenly careened, throwing
the cabin stoves, which were well filed
with flre, over, setting fire to the floors
and furniture. The wind, which was
blowing pretty fresh atthe time, carried
the flames to the upper works and the
roof, and less than eight minutes from the
time she struck, the Emma was one mass
of flames. Everybody seemed paralyzed
with fear when the boat took fire, and the
rush for the river Immediately took place,
and overheard q majority OF them went,
| regardless of the fate which awaited them
| in the death cold water. The mate, as
sisted by some of the crew, went to work
to lower the yawl when the boat first be-
gan sinking, but for some reason stopped,
and the yawl was not lowered until the
boat had careened. As soon as possible
after the breaking out of the fire we passed
the ladies into the yawl, with the excep-
ton of one lady, Miss Mary Lewis. As
soon as the ladies were in the yawl the
men rushed also to get in, but only succeed
ed in swapping the yawl and throwing
the whole party into the water, and, be.
lieve, drowning all the ladies and most OF
the men. The Captain swan to the stern
of the boat, and got on the wheel, after
the yawl sank. He was in the yawl, help.
iIoi' men or women. It must bsft
coded, then, that the women wd
: vote pretty universally at the p
election at any rate. 4
n, Then, before the election, beg
4! Y the Nominating Conventions eye
"a the. leading politicians in every a.
~ ity, remembering that the woe
Z. must vote, would endeavor to sec
"a the nomination of candidates v
80 would poll the full strength of tt
L.! parties including the new vote
III Whether this would be an advant,
nv or otherwise need not here be 8
It'll sidered; it would at least be the r
Coming next to the Nominal
Conventions, we should find the !.
"a lvoters entitled to representation,
, to Them. And comprising nearly /,
ass the vote of every County, it is I
Z Ipossible that the women shOulde
- lsend at least some Delegates OF Il
Town sex to these Conventions. 4
a perfectly proper and praisewof
fcuriosity alone would impel SOM
w them to attend, even in default
& nny other motive. And by virtu
ors- their being present, these ConY
4 tions would instantly cease TT
lnoisy and boisterous gatherings,
sk twould become as civil and orderE
: ~ - ANY other public mixed asseme
son Mr.. Jones, being there with his
~. and sister, would protect them
ali las we'll as elsewhere; and the s,
-, would be true of Mr.. Smith, :
II Thrown, and all the rest, witt
regard to politics. From this
q. creased quiet and order would g
cot, a better style Of doing business.
zee ulog-roIling" which has becom-
|, III notorious hitherto would be waite
'sry with keener eyes; and this watch
,srs. would render anything impr'
difficult if not impossible. The
men would probably not take
active part in Convention at first
'it., here and there one might ventu,
'ssd express an opinion, and If shq
's the opinion would naturally y
Ito ceived with especial favor by Z.
~ of her sex. The tendency Of ain
i, would be to an increased refnfrr
q and propriety in everything cobt
sAeR' ed with these Conventions. I'd
Then, in the canvass followiff r.
8, ~
nominations, if any female
dates were nominated-whicht
| tenborough, remained on the forecastle,
almost pcrishing by the smoke and fire,
until rescued by skiff.
The remainder of the crew took to the
water, but only four succeeded in reach
| ing the shore. ID. r. Porter, second
| clerk, was the first to reach shore, and
Carpenter, second mate, and the watch
man were all that reached it alive. The
| first engineer, Lineberger reached it, but
died Immediately after
| The clerk, w. n. Marratta, was lost
when the yawl was sunk, being caught
and taken under by some passengers and
| never seen to RISE Thomas Trunnell,