Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-24
Loss eftho Ste:auscrExs,res4.

Loss Of the Steamer Express.
Tho city, particularly tho m1rca1si:c and
shipping portions thereof, was thro|a iato . high
state of excitement this morning BY ,hs az
rouncement, in dispatch to the GaZ2tte. that
the steamer Express, which has been ranoirg
since the war between this city ard E,iumore
had fouudered in Chesapeake E.y. during tho
gale of Tuesday night. Much interest was
manifested by al! classes and the GaEetie Office
was besisged by anxious seekers after partcu-
lars. The Seward Of the Express, Thomas a.
Darlington, o5!orcd, gss sen in law @! Gorge
Ii. Seatou, Of this city, aud YVES highly Ics!rcsc;
among bis people IN Insurance. no.ic2 c:
81 600 on bis iitc expired fey weeks s;tcn.
rho following particulars have been received
RIyIMOEE, Mp, October ,! --i'!!c steamer
Eypress, Carta!a Barker, which lcIt this port
On Tuesday acrnooa. Tor Alexandria. Wash
;npton aud !arGings % thc PotouiSc. touuGercG
Tusslsv Right ue.r No Point, ST.. hia:y's coun
~ q short distance above the mouth OF thc
Potoraac Cir:aia Bake: was rescued trc!a
the sragmco.s q boat 10y q iu2gy end !akan
to Ct!sG.id and arrived here this morning on
tn. steamer Maggie. lie reports some {! the
crew and tho PASSENGERS are probably cs:. An
the loss Of the Express says:-"Ca2t. Barker
gave the following account OF the GisaSIcg:-
THE Express left Baltimore at + clock Tues.
day afternoon with freight and passengers for
Alexandria, Washington aud other pOlots co
the Potomac river. About Inld0i4h Ii tho H;ai
freshened and continued to Increase IN violence
until two O clock, when it blew ! haav5 gale,
veering from cast to southeast. inc steamer
isbored Deavl!2, aud the waves broke ucac over
her upper deck. About i 50 o clock her joiner
work began giving way and Efforts were made
to head her for the shore. The stoc;:' "as ooiT
~ furious that it Was possible 70 :ta;;1 a2:aSt
it, and the rolil1g CT the bo.s IT2Te:,tcJ the
engines frop, working fast enough 10 HGe?
seerago way on her. 1t Was CVi'icrt t:iaf the
upper deck was fast giving way aud 1t w:s
deemed advisable to let go the anchors, q D:ing
her head to tho wind, il the hope OF h<r ridiag
ont the gale, or a. icast uai! it should su,sii".
The effort was g futile one, as The cables r!r;c':
81 sOQa as she GrDac!;C:! IL, a1>: tuc aiI.ml- Il
went adrilt, Do longer u.aaage:5t. livery
feasible means saas employed to bYag Ger u0I:r
control, hut all to no purpose. Fac hXHTes4
was COW of HDo1crs Strait. i ttl9!uG rsln
helped 10 beat down the sca, villa va; cav
ruaniog at great height every wave .a>si3:;
the boat from stem 10 stcr0. SHORTY attrr I'a
o'clock there came 4 tafrii crash, &ad TIC
Joiner work had starte,: ifoin til, s:anc'ot!-.
The passengers sod crew had harl'y ANS 10
realiz, whas had occurred before a Wv sore
the saloon dock like 50 nuch p}prc W~rS. *HU
the following biilcws sScpt II Oft to sea aad
with it nearly all on bctr;!.
BALTIMORE. MD O;,n2er 81 lhtej SiyAi!
Officer, Washington. D. C::-fnn St:,:u2:
Maggie which arrived thl3 q. III Ttro'ta s;:''
loss Of the steamer EEgrs+, Ct ihe R.lilG2orr
aud Potomac line Ut s,caGi.!S. OH Itcopsra
Straits in the Ch.s!paak: Bay, q. H.! q c!o&@
Yesterday morniac. She rcparts ti:at 81 IN.
crew and passengers, With ,h:eX:e ntioa u "!9e
persons were osf. ii,f c,av car-i::nj: 4! @c"f<
Que uen She waa irst struck D. H. GS'3 =, '
tween II apd2 0 clock Yesterday unf:.iCg. SIC
soon became untnaasEaaDia nni Itiitod i""ai'!S
Bamen Island. A !aCG" sca aS"':: o'tr or "
stovo in ali tbs i,::cI soFs. II :: c)l yl"nd2c,
Capt. Barker, oae WAHtauian. o,.'i ouc S"!1f"'i
passenger were rescued by passing v:s'>i and
taken to Crislied sig OF IA: cTcw we're ;aeso
eff by bat from ::iH steamer Shirley ii TIC
same .ioe. which ,!:S GahHro o.. i;A;:A"n
lsan3. The Shirley Ms ua&ta - sa'3
any of the others anil Il IAaoia as set -
get Of. Her upper sa'ann Vas :Tfish
away apl she rapidly FL: vii, water
and sank. Tic so3ncs OF iHo wrHts az a.
scriuc3 as being i0:rih:H ~ ;Hc css:GIi,. III;
nice men taken t, ca. ti.t,i ver" ii,o OIL, i'>r
sons avcl, ~ that Tie loss q! a!c G;r5. lava
h4en ercpr. The Grew %er9 CaDta:a, u :.
Birke,; first othcer j. j. Howard; Stponi -!
Gcrr, jas. e. .ne,; chitf engineer, Hnar::,s y.
Bailey; scoouil cpgiaoar, Elwar5 p:yr,; clerk,
f. J. Ston.; quartermas;c!s.j o:.n Ddu4ta, AID
JAS Douglas; lcokou snao. Fillmore Lee;
steward, L. Il. Csrringto1; waters. N.taa"i"!
CarrIputnn and Geo. Walker; ohain::t!E.:h,
Matilda Willie, coinreG; bar52: aoh 1--we ':%ca
hands; iremco,R r. Harvi0s aud Dick Wycrc:
The passengers were Mrs. i;ac,n, o! b.
ems Wharf, ST. Mays couay; Mr. ,'ua"E,
st. Mary's couotv; d.. d. &. Burch, II.
Mary's county; II. U!ms, Rai.imp:". an! !.r'a
or four c,lOred passengers.
ARRESTED. last night thcrc ..:iY>l h,ra
On the 7 o'elocl, train from Wa&hi1rti,t! ma1
aud woman, who registered thcms' Ives at The
Mansion House IS y. Thompsoc az! "!c, q
Csnapdaguia, N. Y. Shortly alter they ar.
rived. MIR. S. u. ku.tz, 40 employee OF mixer
tons detective agency of Philadelphia. also put
10 an appearance, aud, alter consulting iF!ihCon.
mouweal,h's Attorney Brent AID Capt. Webster,
of the police, went to the rCoIl o! The parties
aud demanded admittanoc, which was grant
ed. ouly after threat to break down ihc door
The parties were theI arrested, catnad t. thh
Station House and searched. The E.aH vas
afterwards committed TO Jail for further lx.ul.
ton by Jus'i,c Ballepger, ard the woman per.
mitted 10 remain at the hotel under SuCycl!!.rc3
OF the police
The charge is that the man is one DrJ.E Mat
tisop, tcrmc1ly Clerk CT the Board Ct a.c> hc!:!.
ers Of Warren couaty, N. j., who Is indicted
for malfrasaL co in Office and forgery. IA "a'
ootfiacd in the jai at BelViderc, liz that cHuu,
ty, in default Of $4,000 bail, aud suco:eiet il
making hi, escape by saving out bar CT tho
is4 window. When escaping, lie left very
polite note for the ,ilor, resretting his hast7
departure, H., and & copy Of this cote was
found ca his person this morning, together
With otLer papers, giving his proper came.
Tho mac s!tu:ly protests his uu0corc', but
tho woman, whose pane is Mary !. Baker,
with several aliases, made q coDfess'oG tbs
morning, averring that the man is Mas!lsoo.
The detective has followed them hers trom