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XJ* The STANDARD OF UNION, which came into life during the stormy pe
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The fierce doctrines of Nullification, which we encountered at the commencement
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paramount influence of public opinion; and are now ofily reim nn.. «s a thing that
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b System, meets our most cordial and decided approbation.
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illustrious predecessor, believing them to be founded upon the pure principles ot
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THEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY.—The Reverend Alexander
Campbell, ol Virginia, so celebrated on account of his controversy
with .Mt . Ow en on the truth of the Christian religion, and subsequently
with Bishop Purcell, on the Catholic question, has been endeavoring
to establish the dogma of Endless Helu Tormexts, in controveisy
with Rev. Uolphus Skinner,of Utica. N. A’. This discussion will ap
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july 3-24 3t
/GUARDIAN’S SAL E —Agreeable to an order of the Inferior
VM Court of Emanuel county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,
there w ill, within the legal hours of sale, he sold on the first Tuesday
in August next, before the court house door in the town of Lumpkin,
.•Stewart county, lot No. 70, in the 20th district of originally Lee. now
Stewart county, as the property of the orphans of John Griffin, deceas
ed. Terms cash. ROBERT HIGDON, Guardian.
June 5,1838. 2O' ts
AGENCY’. —The undersigned, being employed as clerk in the Sur
veyor General’s office, will attend to the taking out au 1 forwards
ing of Grants nml Copy Grants, for fiuy cents each. Also, to the
renewal of afl Notes in the Central Bank, that may be entrusted to bis
-cate. lor the customary lee of One Dollar each renewal. Lettets in
closing money and note* (post paid) will meet with prompt attention.
Milledgeville, Ist June, Ib3B. ALFRED M. HORTON.
20— ts.
PULASKI SHERIFF SALES.—WiII be sold, on the first Tues
day in August next, before the Couit House door, in the town of
Hartford, Pulaski County, the, following property to wit: One lot of
land No. one humlied ami forty-six. (14G) in the twenty.second district
•of originally Wilkinson, now Pulaski county, levied on a« the property
of Charles Ilin.on, to satisfy sumlry ft. fa’s, in favor of Elisha Holland,
issued from a Justices Coutl of said Ci.umy—property pointed out by
. Also, at the same time ami [dare, one lot of land No. thirty-two (32.)
in the twentieth (20,) district of originally Wilkinson, now Pulaski Coun
ty, evied on as the property of John Shephard, to satisfy sundty ft
as. in favor of Allen Wheeler, issued from a Justices Court of said
ounty—levied m lt | returned to inc by a Constable—property pointed
out by the defendant. • I 1 J I
. . •, IH .. a JAMES DYKES, Sheriff.
Ju| y 1838 •_ 2 4-td*.
TWj-OTICE.—AII persons indebted to the estate of Milledge Stevens
aco u ds county, dec., are hereby required to come forward
and pay the same, and those having oemands against said estate will
please present them according to law.
n •„ , , o THOMAS B. STEVENS, Adm’r.
Uuwkinsville. July 2,183 d. o- (jt
IgftfWW OT fpM
MISCELLANEOUS.
DEATH OF MISS MISSOURI MILLER.
W e copy the following report of the evidence taken at the
iquest held on the body of this young person, from the Cou
eraml Enquirer. It appears that the verdict, as published in
I the papers yesterday, was not correct. As rendered by the
try, the verdict was simply that the death was caused by in
iamuia ion ol the brain, originating in mental excitement. I'he
art relating to die v iolent conduct of Miss Missouri's mother,
vas added by some person unknown.
CORONER’S INQUEST.
Adeline Miller— l-the mother of the deceased; her name is
louisi Missouri Miller. She was 17 years old. She has been
istructed by Mr. Hamblin to play on the stage. She was utt
er his instructions mote or less for the last nine months ; it
as her choice to go on the stage; 1 always objected to it, and
tade use of every means to prevent it, until 1 found her so
• ery determined, I finally consented. I had a conversation
' ith Mr. Hamblin about it, and consented to let her go under
his instructions; but I found when she began to study with
t tn, she began to loose her affections for the family. I then
•ndeavored to persuade her to go to the Park Theatre, if she
•till insisted on following the stage. I found she was getting
omewhat singular in her manners, and I finally refused to al
ow her to stay with him any longer. After I took her away,
I found copies of notes which she had sent to Mrs. H., saying
she would follow their advice; but what that advice was, she
vonld not tell me. I forbade her writing to Mrs. H., or having
•ny thing at all to do with her; it she persisted in writing, or
•taving atty thing to do with Mrs. H. or the stage I would send
ter to Montreal, ami keep her there until she was of age.
Utter 1 told her 1 would send her to Montreal, I never saw her
gain until I saw here a corpse.
It is three weeks next Monday since I went to Philadelphia
on business, and returned on Tuesday night. That same
night 1 came here, and Mr. 11. behaved very rudely to me, and
.old me if I wanted to see her 1 must go to the proper author
ity; that Mr. Bloodgood was herguardian. 1 saw Mr. B. the
-anie evening; he told me he had become her guardian, and
■te would take care of her; but would not let me see her. I
old him it was a very improper place for her, (Hamblin’s
■muse,) and he promised to take her away, and the next day I
■■nderstood he had put her in a very genteel hoarding house in
Houston street. Iw< nt there to see Iter, and the lady said she
'as not in. 1 spoke to one of the servants, who said Mr. B.
• tad come there the night before and had taken her away, and
’he had not yet got back. On Monday, while I was in Phil
adelphia she came to my bouse, with an officer, and took away
■ter wardrobe, and every thing she claimed as belonging to her.
After 1 was at her boardinghou-e, I went to Mr. B.’s, and asked
him to see her, and he refused, saying she did not wish to see
tne. Aller that 1 got mil a writ of replevin, and got her things
from Air. Bloodgood’s house.
I have sued Air. Hamblin, Air. Bloodgood, Mrs. IL, Air.
Merritt, and Air. Sparks—the four first, because I thought they
had conspired against me, and Air. Sparks in order to recover
the goods, &,c. I told Air. Bloodgood if he would take my
child to his house, 1 woul Ibe satisfied. The legal steps I af
terward took were taken alter consulting Alessr*. Talmadge,
Graham, and Hunt. When the deceased was placed under
-H-*“?blM.’s care, it was w ith my consent, as well as her own.
Mie was at HosT«m,w«d pUymg u, eil . 1 Mr Hl»..<) a a Cl l
was influenced by Mr. Hamblin.
kelson JI. Miller— the brother of tlie deceased.—All the
family were very much opposed to my sister’s playing on the
stage, and especially opposed to Mr. Hamblin. " She played
fen nights at the National with Mr. 11., aud Mr. H. then pro
posed that they should go to Boston, and plat there, as he said,
to keep up the exciten'ient. He wanted to go on alone with
her, but my niotlier would not consent to let her go, unless I
went with her. I did go with Iter, and staid fourteen or fifteen
days. I always waited upon her to and from the theatre. Air.
H. was taken sick, ami sent for Airs. 11., who came on, and
we all returned together. Then 1 told my mother she should
not play' with Mr. 11., as it would injure her character. I have
not seen her but once since she hit my mother’s house, ami
that was in Air. H’s. Om e I saw her in the street, but did not
speak to her. I do not remember what 1 said to her in his
house. I called there several times to see her, but she was not
in. She was in her usual good spirits the night she left home.
I never had any thing to do with a paper called the Poll au
dios. I dill write a card, and sent it to the Herald to have it
published, and paid for it as an a<h eiti-ement. They after
watds refused to publish it, after whtth 1 saw Air. Dixon, and
he said if I would pay him the same money he would publish it
in die Poly ambos; I did so, and he published it.
John M. liloodgood.— Ou Stind iy the 27th of Afay, I was
awoke bv Mr. IL, about 10 al night, who handed nte a letter
from the Recorder, rt questing me to call and take charire of a
young lady therein named, as he had issued a writ of habeas
corpus, to bring her be fore him. I refused to act in the pre
mises on that request, amt told the gentleman it was the sheriff's
business. They showed me a statement, coniplaitiing in se
vere terms of the treatment of Mr<. M. t o her daughter. I
still refused to have atty thing todo with it. They showed me
a writ of habeas corpus; one of them then slated, that there
ought lobe something done, or there mii'lit be violence done
that very night. I then said, put this statement in the shape
of an affidavit, ami I have as much power as 1 want.
T his was done and sworn to, ami I then went to the I ottse
w here Louisa Al. Aliller was, but from the statements made to
me I feared some resistance and took the precaution of having
some watchmen near the house; 1 then went to the door, and
having k locked, it was opened by a large black man. I ask
ed if Aliss Missouri was there, and he said yes; I asked if 1
could see her, and he said no. I rapped for the watchmen,
and placed them on the stoop, and then commanded the negro
to conduct me to the young lady. He went with me to her
bed room; when I went in she was in bed, and seemed much
alarmed. 1 told her! had come as a friend; I was accompa
nied to her room by her servant, Mary Richardson. There vvas
a female sitting on her bed when 1 went in, and 1 ordered her
out of the room. I told Aliss Al. to getup, as I wanted some
i convrrsation with her. Ihe reason I ordered the girl out of
the room vv as because I was afraid she was under a male and
female guard, and I supposed thisgirl tube one of litem. Al
ler she got up I had a chance to see her, and told her the pur
port of the affidavit—she said i> was true—she did not wish to
leave the house that night, as her mother was going to Phila
delphia early the next day. I told her she had completely dis
armed me, bade her good night, and left her; I told the gen
tlemen who were with me 1 could do no more.
Next morning I received a letter from the Recorder, to at-
I tend at his office—went there and found the door closed
went into the ket pt r’s room and found a young lady
there, who was then introduced to me as Mi-s Missouri,
and he requested me to Leconte her guardian; I objected
to it, and Mr. L. O Gonm r solicited me, and urged me very
much, to act as such; 1 finally went to the Surrogates, hut did
n«'t complete the bitsiness—left there and went to the Police
office and finally came h ick to the Surrogate’s office, consent
ed, ami signed the necessary bond. I then requested her to
go to Mr. H’s house, having learned she had been limit t his tui
tion-ome lime. Soon after, 1 went to Mr. Hainbliti’s house
where I found her in the prewme of Mr. and Mrs. 11. I then
said to Mrs. IL, I put this child under your protection, and
wish you to guard her as you w ould the apple of you)-ex e,
until the return of her mother. Mrs. 11. promised to do every
thing inlier power. 1 called there two or three times before
her mother catne back—on Tuesday went to Airs. Al’s house
and saw her, and she appeared to feel very bad, mid asked why
I had placed the child with Mr. 11. ? I told her I thought as he
was In r Ittior, it would be a very proper place for her, until she
(the mother) came home ; but if it was her request, I would
immediately procure another place for her. She said Mr. 11.
asked $ 2,000 for instructing her, and site would pay h tn by
the services Iter daughter had already rendered him, and the
balance in money. She then said, if I would only take her to
GEORGIA, TLESDAI IIOIIHAG, JULY 17, IS3S.
Ottr Conscience —Our Country-^-OuvParty.
my house, she would be satisfied—if I would only do that I
1 might take her and do with her.as I thought best, and she
would not complain.
The next day I called and fold Mrs. M. I had put her in a
respectable boarding house ; die then told me Mr. Sparks had
been there, and had taken all her things which Miss Al. bad
claimed as belonging to her; she said she wanted very much
to see her child—l told her the child did not want to see her.
While at Mr. H.’s, Miss M. w»s very nervous, fearing her mo
ther or brother would see her and molest her. After she went
to Crosby-st., she asked me if fi he could not walk out in the
•lay time, as she was much confined— 1 “he might—on
Friday, about 8 o’clock P. M. I called there and we walked
out together. We stopped at Mr. H.’s mid found Mrs. H. at
home. A shower came up which continued untill 11 o’clock ;
and I then told her she had better stay all night and go home
early in the mornintf. Next da; Mrs. Miller came to my house
and wanted to see her daughter I told her she could not, and
requested her not to come to ny house again. In the morn
ing I called al her boarding liaise and was told that she was
gone out.
I walked down Broadway, aid a gentleman, (Mr. Warner,)
who kept the house where she loarded, spoke to me and said
Miss M. had left his bouse, atd was then at Mr. Hamblin’s.
He said he would be willing aid glad to keep her. 1 went to
Mr. Hamblin’s, and found herihere, and playfully scolded hrr,
and told her—“ Louisa, come put on your hat and shawl and
go with me.” She burst outcrying, and came near fainting.
I led her to the sofa, and she bld me her mother had been to
her boarding house, and Mrs Warner told her she could not
have her (M ss M.) there. I then requested Mrs. 11. to keep
her there until I could get mother boariling house for her.
She was very much excited, laving heard something of a pub
lication in the Polyauthos. Mr. and Mrs. H. and myself con
sulted upon the propriety of letting her see the paper, and
came to the conclusion that I would be better to let her see it,
than to keep her in ignorame of its contents. When she saw
the paper sue was very tnudi affected, cried very much, and
nearly fainted. She contimed to grow worse from that time
until her death—saw Dr. Pennell, and he told me she was un
der great mental excitement. Mr. and Mrs. Hamblin have, as I
verily believe, done all in tleir power for the girl. They both
frequently requested she sluuld be placed somewhere else.
Dr.'Doane.— On Tuesdty was first called to see deceased.
When I came, was told tint she had been sick 14 days, tinder
the care of Dr. Pennell, who was unwell, and relinquished the
patient, and she then camt under my charge. Found her in a
stat? of great nervous exeflement. Did not see Dr. P., and of
course could not consult will him. 1 prescribed w hat 1 thought
proper. The next day vbvn I came tliete I undeistood she
bad been to the window vhile healed, and had n slight attack
of Rheumatism. On Thursday called in Dr. Francis to con
sult with him. and he coilinued to see her from that time until
her death. On Tbursdsj’ she became delirious, and continued
so until this morning, w ien we found her sinking into a very
placid sleep. She liac no sleep for 60 hours previously.
Gave orders that she should not be disturbed. Left her at 10
a. m., ami half past 4 was sent for, and she was dead. When I
came after she was dead, Mrs. 11. said she was quiet until a
’lrnrt time before her death, w hen she noticed a slight difference
in her breathing. Dr. Francis, Dr. J. R. Wood and myself
have made a post mortem examination, and found the disease
to be primarily in the brain, which was much inflamed. The
dura mater was found to adhere to the bone. There was hard
ly any portion of die brain which did not present marks of
disease. Ouropinmn was that that was sufficient
Examined the stomach, bowels, intestines, and every thing,
and found no other disease sufficient to cause death.
Dr. Francis entirely agreed with Dr. Duane in every par
ticular.
Dr. If ood stated that the first time he saw the deceased,
was this P. M., and the only judgement he can give, is from
the minute examination of every organ of the body. The ex
amination has been very full, and I have no doubt a disease of
the hrain caused her death.
JI in. H. Attree stated that Mary Richardson, the servant of
Miss M., came to the office, and said she came from Miss AL,
who wished to have a guardian appointed, as she was wanted
to be removed from the control of her mother. Went to see
Justice Low ndes, and he was not in—then went to the Recor
der, and on makingto him a statement of the facts, he issued a
writ ol habeas corp«s. Then went to Bloodgoo l, and went
with him to Harrison street. Saw Miss M., and site said she
would not leave that night. Next day went with her to 'he
Hall, and on the way thither, she said she was very much afraid
of her mother. Site could not get into respectable society
w hile she was with her, and she earnestly requested to lie re
moved from her. She said she could leach music, nr sinning
or any thing else, if she could gel into decent society, and that
she could not do unless she got away from her mother.
!\lary Richardson — I have lived nearly two years with the
deceased—a few months of that time I was with Miss Clifton.
I have known Miss Missouri to be, al the time she was playing,
three nights at a time without sleep, from the ill-treatment of
her mother. Her mother did wish her to go on the stage, as
she got Mr. Hamblin to teach her and bought all her wardrobe
for playing. The words I heard her use to Miss Missouri on
the Saturday evening previous to her leaving her mother’s
house were these : “ I will make you suffer the tortures of the
damned for the next four years, and I will shut ybu up in a
Convent at Montreal.”
Thos. S. Hamblin Shortly after my return from Eng-
land, Mrs. Miller requested ot me to resume the tuition of her
•laughter, Missouri, lor the stage. I was to receive either
$2,000 or her services in this city for one year, as a remuner
ation for my trouble. I gave her four and five hours a day for
eight months—and after her successful debut her mother wish
ed to break the verbal agreement with me, and assume herself
the whole management of her daughter. This the honesty and
high principle of Missouri herself alone prevented her doing,
as we had no written agreement. Placec in the responsible
situation which lam now, I wish to assert before the jury what
I told long'ago to Justice Bloodgood— that if Mrs.’Miller
paid me $2 ; 000,1 should place it in his hands on Miss Mis
souri's account; and that now she was free of her mother, I
wished him to considsr her interest alone; that if bv taking
her to the Park, or to any other city, he could do better with
her, I made her a free present of my services.
Justice Bloodgood having been before examined under
oath, rose again and said—
Mr. Hamblin aid make me that offer on Miss. Missouri’s
account. Mr. Hdtnblin frequently expressed to me bis desire
that Miss Missouri should not he an inmate of his house, as her
mother so violently disliked him. I consider Mr. Hamblin to
have acted a most noble and generous part, to Miss Missouri
from first to last.”
Mrs. houisa Medina Hamblin.— l first became acquainted
w'ith Miss Missouri Miller while rehearsing the play of Ernest ’
Maltravers. I was before, ot course, aware that she had been
Mr. Hamblin’s Pupil for months', and I often heard him say
that her mother had tried her best to force her to act dishon
estly towards him and failed in the attempt. I was with her
at Boston, and easily perceived that she was nervous and sen
sitive to an extreme—the cause of such an unusual excitement
in one so young, originated, as I learned from herself, in the
the constant oppression <»• her mother* lam not called upon
io repent th? things she related to me concerning their conduct
io her, hut they fully accounted to me for her mental misery
and bodily weaknes. On Satuidny evening, the 2Glh or 27th
of May, I received from her a note, which I will read aloud to
the jury;
(< (, ;.V °f Missouri's note.)
My Dear Mrs. Hamblin—
\V ill you he so good as to inform Mr. Hamblin that mv mother has
forbid his visiting at this house any more, and has vvithdarwn me
from the stage. I am very sorry lie has been so much annoyed by
my mother, but I cannot act as I wish, were it in my power I should
do otherwise. You have been so, kind in advising me, that I hope
you will not now withhold your advice, for oo that alone I depend
I will act entirely as you direct, fur I have the greatest confidence
in your judgment and kind heart.
Your obliged friend,
(Signed) MISSOURI.
I vvas unable, from illness, to answer it, but early eti the
following Sunday her servant, Mary Richardson, came to my
house, having been discharged at a moment’s warning by Mrs.
Miller, for the purpose of replacing her services about her
daughter with negroes'from her house of infamy—to the end
that she might have no obstacle to-her own plans concerning
her. Alary stated to Mr. Hamblin and myself, that Airs. Mil
ler had used the most brutal and disgusting language to Alis
sou.i, had threateuad t o send her away to a Convent in Mon
treal, and immure her lor four years, “to suffer the tortures of
the damned”—that in consequence of these threats Miss Afis
souri was resolved to escape from her, and claim protection
of the law of the land in which she lived. This, I believe,
was effected on Sunday. On Monday' morning Aliss Alissouri
came to us, about seven o’clock ; she was excessively excited
and terrified. She had not dared to eat or drink on the preced
ing day, for fear of taking some sleeping portion unknown
to her, in which state she might be carried off.
From the time that Mr. Bloodgood became her guardian
she became more tranqu I, until a succession of shocks stiuck
her down to rise no more. I can convey n > idea to the gentle
men ol thejurv of the series of persecution suffered by this
poor child. Our house was watched night and day by blacks,
one of whom, Sidney by name, informed us that Air. Nelson
Miller had sworn to shoot his sister- in the street. Again we
heard that the should be hissed and pelted off the stage if ever
she ventured to set foot on it again. Then, having been re
moved to Air. Warren’s boarding house, in Houston street, she
was desi ed to leave it on account of Mrs. Aliller having forced
herself in there and violently pushed her way up stairs. I went
in a carriage to fetch her aw ay, but she had rushed in the street
in a state of frenzy, and I found her at home on my return, ly
ing exhausted and almost fainting. This public exposure to
the boarders in Air. Warren’s house was a dreadful blow to
her health.
The' next followed soon: they left her no breathing space.
On Alonday the 2Sth or 29th of Afay, she was lying in lied,
much weakened by some medicine, which her state of body
had rendered necessary for her to take, when her brother Mr.
Nelson Aliller came to the house with a sheriff and gang of
men to search for her cloth’s. I requested them to await Mr.
Hamblin's return. They refused. 1 then informed them that
a member of mv family was sick, and that it might peril her
life if they forced into her chamber. They threatened to
break down the door unless I gave them entrance, and after
having vainly pledged lite word and honor of a lady, that her
clothes were notin my house, I could only prevent their forci
ble entrance to the sick chamber, by informing them where
they would find her trunks at Justice Bloodgood’s. iVhen
they left, I found that Al iss Missouri had been, during our al-I
tercation, in a state of such frenzied fever, that her servant only
forcibly withheld her from springing out of the w indow. She
had been exposed to draughts of air during the time, and took
violent cold on calomel.
This was the second blow at her life. The third and final
one, was the publication of the scurrilous print, called the Pol
yanthus. On reading it, she tutored a loud scream and rushing
through the room fell in strong hysterics on the sofa. Nothing
could comfort her; for hours she only repeated the words,
“My own brother to say this falsehood of me." Gentlemen
of the Jury, lam for the first time upon oath; I am called
here at my own request, to repeat her words to me that night
“Aly mother has a thousand times wished
me dead, and on my cooling board; she will have tier wish soou.
for she has brok nmy lie .it” P rom that hour she got worse
and worse. I called Dr. Pennell to her, h:s own illness pre
vented 1 is atiemlinc her long, and his place was supplied bv
her favorite physician, Dr. Done, w ho had a yearago attended
her in a dangerous case of small pox.
If skill and kindnes could have saved her life, Dr. Doane
would have saved her; but she got wilder and wilder, and
raved piteously to be protected from her mother. On Friday
night it took two strong women to hold her down in bed, and
on Saturday, between two and three o’clock, she expired in
my arms. I have watched and nursed her night and day, as- ,
sisted bv her own servant Alary. She had had my clothes
durins her illness, her mo her having stripped ofl’ all her own. i
I firndv believe that the dreadful shocks now related caused her .
death from inflammation of the brain. ,
S. Porter, examined for Mrs. and Air. Aliller.—Has i
known the deceased for some time, and believes she was al- ;
ways affectionately treated by her mother and f; mily. ,
After the above testimony was taken, the coroner asked Mr.
Nelson Aliller if he had anymore witnesses, and lie said he <
had sent for a numlier and they had come, but were not per- ;
mined to ccme into the house, aud he believed they had gone <
home.
Ferdict.— That the deceased, Miss Alissouri, came to her <
death by inflamation ou the brain, caused by great mental ex- '
citemeut. ’ i
Front the Charleston Courier.
THE PULASKI.
AY e copy from the Ba.timore Chronicle, the following deep
ly interesting account of the Pulaski, derived from J. H. Cou
per, Esq. of Georgia, and Major Heath, of Baltimore, two
highly intelligent survivors of the heart-rending disaster. The
account w ill be more in detail, and undoubtedly more authen
tic titan any previously published.
WRECK OF THE PULASKI.
The intense interest, taken by the public in the recital of
the details of this most heart-rending disaster, has induced us
to seek, from all the sources within our reach, all particulars
that we can rely on as authentic. The annexed narrative is
derived from information, which vve procured in person from
.1. H. Couper, Esq. of Glynn county, Georgia, aud Alajor
Thomas P. Heath, of this city, two of the survivors. The
arrival of the latter amongst us, at ilte time when the whole citv
had given him up as lost, excited the most pleasurable sensation,
and was the occasion of universal joy.
I he Steam Packet Pulaski, Captain Dubois, sailed front
Savannah, on Wednesday the 13lltof June, having on board
about 90 passengers. She arrived atCharlestun the same after
noon, and sailed the next morning with 65 additional passen
gers. lit the afternoon the wind was fresh from the East and
produced a heavy sea, which retarded her progress, and re
quired a full pressure of steam. At half past 10, the wind
continued fresh with a clear starlight, and there was every pro
mise of a fine night. At ] 1 o’clock, the starboard boiler ex
ploded with tremendous violence, blowing ofl’ the promenade
deck above, and shattering the starboard side about midships
—at ti e same time the bulk-head between the boilers and for
ward cabin was stove in, the stairway to it blocked up, and the
bar room swept away. The head of the boiler was blown out
and the top rent fore and alt. In consequence of the larboard
boiler and works being comparatively uninjured, the boat
kealed to that side, and the starboard side was kept out of wa
ter, exccpj when she tolled, when the sea rushed in at the
breach. The boat continued to settle rapidly, mid in about
40 utilities the waler reached the promenade deck above the
ladies cabin. Previously to this period, the ladies, children,
and the gentlemen, who were in the after part of the boat,
wete placed on the promenate deck. About the time that the
water reached that point, the boat parted in two with a tre
mendous crash, and the bow and stern rose somewhat out of
the watet ; but the latter again continued to sink until the water
leached the promenade deck, w hen it separated in three parts,
upset, and precipitated all on it jm o t| le water. Alanv then
tegained the detached portions. The gentlemen, who occu
pied the forward cabin, took refuge on tlie extreme point of the
now, when the boat broke in two, and clung to it and the fore
mast; others had placed themselves on settees and the frag
ments of the wreck. °
There were four boats belonging to the boat; two being
swung to <he sides, and two placed on the top of the prome
nade det k. Ihe side boats were both lowered down, within
five tniimes of the explosion. In that on the starboard side,
P. L. ROBINSON, PROPRIETOR.
i the first mate, Mr. Hibbert, Air. Swift, and one other person
had placed themselves—-in that on the larboard side were Air.
.J. H. Couper,. with Airs. Nightingale and child, and Mrs.
1’ raser and her son, who were tnnier his charge, Captain R.
: W, Pooler, and son, and Mr. Wm. Robertson, all of Gt ?orgia >
' Barney and Soloman, belonging to the crew, and two colored
• women. By direction of the mate two of the crew' launched
one of the deck boats and got into her ; but as, from her long
I exposure to the sun, Ler seams were all open, she immediately
■ filled, and Air. Hibbert removed the men to his boat. The
boats met, when those in the second boat proposed to Air.
Hibbert t;» strike for the land, as it had on board as many gs
■ it could with any safety carry; this he declined to do, as hesaid h<
I was determined to stay by the wreck until day light, ami had
yet room for more persons. B<>tb boats continued to row
1 about the wreck until the mate’s boat had picked up as many
> as it could carryi when Mr. Hibbert yielded to the propriety
i of consulting the safety of those in the boats, by going to the
I land, as their further st»y would endanger them, without as-
■ fording any aid to their suffering friensd, and left the wr:-ck at
i 3A. M. Tlie boats took aN. VV. course being favored by a
heavy sea and strong breeze from S. E.
At 12 o’clock they made the land, and at 3 P. AL were
near the beach. Air. Hibbert then waited until the second
boat got up, ami informed them that those in the boat refused
1 to row any further and insisted on landing—Air. Couper uni
ted with him in protesting against this measure, as from the
heavy breakers which were dashing on the beach, as far as the
eye could reach, it vvas obviously one of great peril. Being
overruled they submitted to make the attempt. The mate,
who had previously taken the two colored women from the
second boat, then proposed to lead the Wtiy, and request
ed Mr. Couper to lie off, until he had effected a landing
and was prepared to aid the ladies and children. The first
boat then entered the surf, and disappeared for. several min
utes from those in the other boat, having been instantly filled
with water. Six of the person in her, viz : Air. Hibbert, Air.
Swift, Air. Tappan, Mr. Leuchlenberg, and AVest and Brown
of the crew landed in safety. An old gentleman, supposed to
be Judge Rochester, formerly of Buffalo, N. Y., but recently
of Pensacola, Air. Bird of Georgia, the two colored women
and a boat hand whose name is unknown, were drowned.
The other boat continued to keep ofl’ till about sunset, when,
finding the night opproaching and there being no appearance
of aid or change in the wind, w hich was blowingly freshly into
the land, and the persons in the boat having previously refused
the attempt to row any furtner, Mr. Couper reluctantly con
sented to attempt the landing.
Before making the attempt, it was thought necessary, to pre
vent the infant of Airs. Nightingale, which was only sjeveti
mouths old from being lost, to lash it to her person, which was
done. Just as the sun was setting, the bow of the boat was
turned to the shore, and, Air. Couper sculling, and two men
at the oars, she was pulled into the breakers—she rose without
difficulty upon the first breaker, but the second, coming out
with great violence, struck the oar from the hand of, one of
the rowers. The boat was thus thrown into the trough of the
sea, and the succeeding breaker struck her broadside and turn
ed her bottom upwards. Upon regaining the surface, Air.
Couper laid held ot the boat, and soon discovered that the
rest of the party, with the exception of Mr. Nightingale were
making for the short—of her, for a few moment, he saw noth
ing, but, presently, feeling, something like the dress of a ft-r
male touching his foot, be again dived down and was fortu
nate epouch to grasp her by the hair. The surf continued'to
break over them with great violence, but after a struggle, in
w hieh their sti engtili spent its last efforts, they reached the shore,
out w ith fatigue, watching, hunger, thirst, ami the
most intense and overwhelming excitement. Besides this, the
ladies and children were sufferinc severely from the cold.
The party proceeded a short distance from the shore, where
the ladies laid down upon the side of a small hill, and their
protectors covered them and their children with sand, to pre
vent them Irom perishing. Meantime some of the party went
in quest ot aid, and about 10 o’duck, the wh de of them found
a kind and hospitable reception, sh-lter, food, an I clothing,
under the root ot Mr. Sielee Redd, of Otislow conn y.
Mrs. Nightingale is the daughter of John A. Ki- g Esq ,
of New-York, and grand daughter of the late distinguished
Rufus King. During the whole of the perils through w hich
they passed, she and Mr. Frazer displayed the highest qualities
of fortitude and heroism. They owe the preservation of their
own and their children’s lives, under Providence, to the cool
ness, intrepidity and firmness of Air. Couper and bis assistants,
and to the steadiness with which they seconded the w ise humane
eflorts of that gentleman in their behalf.
On Monday they reached Wilmington, where they found a
deep sympathy for their misfortune pervading the whole city,
and generous emulation among its inhabitants to render them
every possible assistance.
The forward part of the boat, after her separation, confin
ed to float. On it were Major Heath, and twenty-one others'.
We have had a long conversation w ith Major Heath, in which
he related, with great minuteness, every thing attending the
preservation of those persons who were on the w reck with him.
It is impossible to convey in words any thing more titan a faint
ulea ol the sufferings they underwent, or of the many harrow
ing and distressing circumstances which occurred during the
four d.tys they were on the wreck.
But a short time previous to the explosion, it was remarked *
by one of the passengers to Major Heath, that the gunge
showed thirty inches of steam. On the attention of the engi
neer being called to this fact, he replied that it w ould bear w ith
safely forty inches. Alajor Heath had just retired to the after
cabin. A number of passengers were lying on the set
tees, and w hen the boiler burst, the steam rushed into the cabin,
an-1 it is thought, instantly killed them, as they turned over,
fell on the floor, and never were seen by the Major to move af
terwards. He had, on healing the noise of the explosion, got
out of his birth, and ran to the steps, the steam meeting him
it', the cabin. He got under the steps, as did also Mr. Love
joy, ol Georgia, ami they were thus shielded from its effects.
In a few moments he went on deck and found all dark. He
called for the captain, and receiving no answer, made for the
mast, as he fell that the boat was sinking. Before he could
-ecure himself, the sea burst over him and carried him away.
Fortunately, however, a rope had caught ronnd his leg, and
with this he pulled himself back. The mast, as soon as he had
been washed away from it, fell, and crushed one of the passen
gers, Mr. Auze, a Frenchman, of Augusta. The boat now
broke in two, and the deck, forward of the mast, was carried
away from the rest of the vessel, seemingly very swiftly. No
thing more was seen after this, by Alajor’Heath, of the xiiw l
or the after part of the boat, but in about half an hour we
heard a shrill scream, and then all was quiet! This must
have been w hen the promenade deck turned over, with at least
one hundred human beings upon it.
AVhen daylight broke he found that there were twenty-two
on the wreck with him—among them Capt. Pearson, who had
been blown into the sea, but who had etiught a plank ami suc
ceeded tn reaching them during the night.
*1 he danger ot their situation w’as at once fully realized.
The heavy mast lay across the deck on which they tested, and
kept it about 12 indies under water, and the planks were evi
dettlly last patting ! Capt. Pearson with the rest set Itimsei/
to work to lash the wreck together, by the aid of ropes, on the
mast—letting the ropes sink on one side of the raft, which
passing under, cante up on the other side, and by repeating
this operation, they formed a kind of net-woik ovt r it. They
also succeeded iu lashing two large boxes to their raft, which
formed seats.
I riday passed without any vessel coming in sight. Their
thirst now became intense. The heat of the sun was very op
pressive, its rays pouring down on their bare heads and blis
tering their laces and backs, some not having even a shirt on,
and none more than a shirt and pantaloons.
The suffering of the yoltngcr portion of their company, at
this lime, became very great. Afaj. Twiggs, of the U. S. A.,
had saved his child, a boy about twelve years of age. He
kept him in his arms nearly all the time—and w hen he would
call on his mother, who was safe at home, and beg for water,
WIIOL.E IVO. 234.