Decatur Eagle, Volume 1, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1857 — Page 2

THEEAGLE 11. L PHILLIPS,) W. a. SPENCER, J DP . JR, INDIANA. FRID.W MOUMING', OCT. 1«, 1857. TJU’A.Y i IjL>.«»»4O Cord- o: good Wood TV on Sn'.-cr: j’tion , ; '.".is Office. Dissolution of American Union - A C_al! ! r-ned « ■•.zcns to set the Ufill in Motion! -The Convention to be It! Cleveland, Oct. 2S - h anu 29th, kfUt. ’ u Cu T‘y from Uie Cleaveland Plain Deader of the SUI inst, a call for a meeting to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, Octo-b<-r the 28th and 29th, for the avowed ] a of taking intn consideration, “the practicability, probability, and expedients o! a separation between the free and tlavo r.tatc, and to take such other measures as the condition of the times may require,’’ wb.iih cal! has been published in the leading Republican journals of the tree States, signed by 6,033 names, who have thus frankly informed the world that! th-’y r. r it .irons to the government that' .. u fostered and sustained,them for many ; - years. They say that “It is evident thnt’by a more systematic effort the number might j fayj been increased ten fold,” 50,330• names might have been obtained.” If thia be true, we have in our midst over ••ia’ty thousand Traitor;, over four thou-1 : ar. 1 of whom a. : in the State of 'lndiana, i reedy and willing for the sake of clevating t he black man to destroy the labours of > ur fathers, and blast forever all hopes of fc'df givernniei ‘ among mankind, The Plain Dealer thus forcibly alludes to the subject: “This Sternal rant of Black Republicans about “niggers!, niggers! !”—rfou'n t«7A ! t e whiter, t:j> with the blacks ! !" is working out its legitimate fruits. A desperate ' effort was m ide at the lest Presidential’ campaign’ to seize the power of the Gov- i eminent to put in force a creed that would ■ drive one half the States outof the Union. 1 i ailing in that, the fanatics now seek to) nCcrfmpTisli their purpose by instituting other measure? to bring about that result' There is no longer any disguise on the subject, hrid it was left for the year 1857 »;»: tl.e time, and Cleveland, Ohio, as the place to initiate this treason, and to inau- 1 purate bpinly a party for Dissolution!’ The movement is a serious and startling: obe! Six thousand names (only a tenth of whatcould begot.) are voluntarily subscribed to the call and published to the ' world as desiring Dissolution !” Here is the call, the same as we found ’ it in the Plain Dealer, we omit the names) for want if space to publish them. Thomas ’ Wentworth Higginson, F. W. Bird, Wendy!’. Phillips, Daniel Man and Win. Loyd Gai risen., are the Committee of arrange- ■ menu;. Tiie following is the call: di fol a iojivention to Overthrow the Union. V. heiens, it must be obvious to ail that the Amuiican Union is constantly bccom-' iug .•()<■.• u and more divid'd, by slavery, I into two distinct ami antagonistic nations, ! etween whom harmony is impossible and < - i-n or-tin uy ir.-ercouise is becoming! '- 5 ! umigeioui— Ar i whereas, slavery has now gained: c’l'ire ( -t.tr.d over the three branches.! . .:r mi'ional •/vernment—executive, • ■i.l.-.jy and legislative—basso inter- . rr.Ti; — constitution as to deny the i,' '• > ■'■.-•I to establish fuedom ■ ,veg .he : iioi it-.-;, and by the frame > a :<;;-•• ■.l ad legal protection ...;n u . iige portion of the people of the iicc . ;».< ■, and has imlicted at many '..lies and panes, outrages far greater I'.'.h.ih our : ’.thi’irose in arms -d whereas, there seems no probsb.nty tl.a. the future will, in these, re-,-n- , he diffcri nt from the past under *■? eting State relations — li.i- umlcisigned respectfully invite li.i.. f- ..oi.- citizens of the Free Mates to ~i '. convention a’ Cleveland, Ohio, G-. te. ; . . and 1857, to consider the practicability, probability and expediency of -.t hcpiirumn between the free and dav« •States, ,-i. i t.i '„ko such other measures its the comliti nos the times may require. - - ' I I W» IT - Pfi" J. (■ I’. Crabs, at the '■‘Brick Corner,” have trulv, a very large and well selected stock of fall and Winter g xin of every variety needed in this, mar!'et, and we have no doubt, but what the} ■ an mi-11 goods as ciieap as guilds are sold n> this country. They arc men well cal-,-umted for doing business with the public, ..re iib'-ra! and generous, and should be I .t.ronize.i accordingly. Bee advertisers nt in another column of to-days paper. The I lei -iron. The State elections took place on Tuesd.y last, in Ohio and Pennsvlvania, for lyavernor, and other .State offices, what : e result is we are not aide to tell, but in pe by nrx f week to be able to give our iVaders,'at ler.st, enough ~f the returns io tell whois elected. We also, have • ; me district elections in our own State, i .■ | si; ..eV f: ui i ; f tlv m.

. - iiw—M f,.., L h— —rs-Ff unnT.- .uii.it ■■e nwe If you desire something fine, durable and cheap, call al the ‘Cheap Store,’ of Simon Fkibkiiger, and rou cannot fail s • to be accommodated with anything in the shape of goods that you may call for.— Simon visited the eastern cities in the midst of the great financial panic, and j says that ho purchased his goods for I ready cash, and that he is able to sell k tower than the lowest. Read his adverc: tisement and tiicn give him a call, ‘for ’’' who can sell cheaper than the Pew.

I JtiFT he New York Evening Post, in » comparing the present condition of things ■ ; with the revulsion oi 1837, says: . | ‘ln 1837. we were importing from i Europe large quantities of grain to sup- ‘ , ply our necessities, in addition to our usu;al importations of merchandise. We had i experienced a loss of over twenty millions ' of dollars by the most disestrous fire tins J country ever experienced. The winter of 13'36 was one of the very coldest ever known in thia climate, and was followed iby a backward spring, a short summer ; and a general failure of the crops. Adi ded to this, the country was possessed i with an insane passion for speculation in wild and unproductive lands. With nothing to pay with, without crops to live upi on, with wealth all invested inlands o'no i current value, with distructive fires and inclement- skies, began the revolution which over trading and mad- speculation 1 rapidly ripened into general bankruptcy'. But how different is our present condition! There has been, without quesi lion,, much over trading, much bad management and extravagance, and yet the recent report of the Secretary of the TreasI ury Shows that we have exported, inclusive of specie, during the fiscal year ending first July last, some millions more (him we have imported. The crops ol the country are the largest ever known; | almost every section of our land reports ' bounteous harvests, and there is every i prospect of a good foreign demand at fair prices for all the grain and flour we can : supply. Through the troubles in India, and the general increasing foreign demand •our pork and beef, which have become ' important articles of export, will command probably double their average value, and we shall have a greatly increased supply. The prospects for a fully fair ) crop of cotton are promising, and prices ■ are nearly or quiet double those ot average years. Throughout the length and ! breadth of the land there is an unusual prospect of late fall pasture, and roots for ; the sustainance of cattle, which is a mat- ! ter of more importance than is generally considered. California is sending us regularly mote than forty millions of gold per i annum, a considerable portion of which remains in circulation in the interior of ‘ our country. Emigration to our shores I of a more thrifty class of people, is steadily onward, and through the money they bring, with their industrious habits, our j Western States are reaping a rich harvest. These are facts plain to every ob- ' ser v er, and present a state of tilings as different from what prevailed here in 1837 ; as it is easy to conceive occurring in any I country within so short a period as twenty ( years. We are all a great deal wiser for what lias occurred. Several enonueous bubbles have been exploded, credit will I hearafter rest on a sounder, and, there- ■ fore, more profitable basis, and, unless I sorui thing happens not lying within the range of probabilities, our next New Tea’s Day will be one. of the happiest and : most prosperous that has ever dawned I upon this country. “Proceedingsof P.ic Democratic State Central Committee. The Committee met in the Supreme Court Room at the Capitol, on the 7th inst., pursuant to cal) of the chairman. On motion of Hon J. W. Blake, it was unanimously. Resolved, That the next Democratic State Convention for the nomination of candidates for Supreme Judges, Seereta- ■ ry Auditor and Treasurer of State, and for the tianaction of such other business as may be brought before it, be held al the city of Indianapolis, on the Sth day of January, 18.58. On motion of Lase Devenlin, Esq , it. > was.

1 Resolved, That a committee of three be , appointed to draft resolutions and prepare ■■ an address to the people of the State upon [ .he present cnntllilon of political affairs. t he Chair appointed Messrs. Devclin, • Lowry and Blake such committee. On motion of Major Johu P. Dunn, it was. 1 Resolved, That the Appointment of the I representation in the next Convention be . based an the vote given for Mr.. Buchanan, and that each County be entitled to one vote for evevy two hundred votes cast at the last Presidential election, and that 1, one additional vote be allowed for each . fraction of over one hundred votes at such election, provided that every county shall be entitled to at least two votes. ’ On motion. The Convention adjourned. J. M.TALBOTT,Chairman. The failures in Melpourne, Australia, for four years, reach £2,827,000. The composition paid amounted to 6| pence r in the pound—less than 21- per cent. — r This beats San Francisco all to pieces! 1 The amount of letter writing in the U. r S may be inferred from tl.e number of s postage stamps sold, which during the past year was 151, 000,000. — - —- — - 111 M—" —- —' ■ ■ Tiie must dangerous kind ofa bat that fl? ■ by night : s brick bat.

The ‘Higher Law’ and its Practlca Difects. The patriots of the revolution, with nfinite care and labor, prepared a natioial constitution, which the people of the Staes adopted as the supreme law of the whtle Union. It provides that the President, judges, members of Congress, and all »f---licers under it shall swear to support it. The same oath is required to be takenoy the members of the several State legisa- ■ tures. In most, and probably in every State, all State officers are required ts be sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and that of the State itself. In the days of our anscstors these oaths were deemed sacred and binding ! upon the conscience, and he who violtted them was deemed a perjured man. UnI til within a very limited period, none but the venal and corrupt denied the binding efficacy of these solemn obligation?. — They were deemed equally as sacreii as the oath ofa witness upon the stand. No honest man—no one who cherished respect for our institutions, or for his fe.low man—would have advised the disregard of an official oath. Whoever had so advised, or had followed such advice, would

have been universally condemned, scorn--1 ed, and shunned as a moral leper. The 1 tule of action approved by our whole counr, try was to support the constitution and laws,’ and to consider and treat him as a ’ traitor who would not do so. A conscientious respect for constitutions and laws 1 pervaded the public mind and command--1 ed the respect of all classes who were not in fact violators. All good citizens, high and low, paid deference and respect to constitutions and laws made in oonformity to them, ho homage oaid them in ■ . the United States formed the basis of the j hopes of the patriot in other countries proposing to establish written constitutions and laws for the protection of persons and property. Ours was deemed 1 the model republic, and formed the pre- ’ cedent upon which other nations acted in ’ framing their institutions. The annunciation in this country of a new and conflicting piinciple has materi--1 ally injured the credit of our institutions ( ; and countrymen abroad, and has intro-: ‘ duced a growing want.of respect for all human obligations at home. In inaugurating the republican party, Gov. Seward announced that there was a law higher ■ ‘ than our constitution and legal enactments under it, which was entitled to command ’ and control both throughout the confed-; eracy. The declaration of the existence, of this ‘higher law.’ with its commanding consequences, has seriously injured, with | many, that consideration and respect due | to the constitution and laws which they j formerly commanded among all classes of i our people. We now witness the extriordinary spectieal of men in high positions I as well as in low, openly denouncing the j constitution and endeavering to bring it j into contempt, and to destroy its binding i authority, and in sitting the laws at open defiance, and studiously encouraging others to do so. Nay, more. We have a political party formed,- whose great principle of action is based upon a recognition of a law higher constitution, under which its members claim that such ‘higher law’ absolves them from all ‘ obligation to support the constitution and , law of the land, where they deem such I higher law to conflict with either. This ‘higher law’ hrs flooded our country with | courtless and varied evils. It is held i up as a shield tor violation of every duty, i Every person judges for himself of its controlling influence. It is a justification : for every crime committed in its name.— It makes every man judge of what he thinks the law may or ought to be conclusive, as there is no tribunal charged with the interpretation or administration : of his ‘higher law,’ and there is no appeal I from individual judgment. It has been the author of numerous horrible acts. It I has justified resistance to constitutional i laws, and of murders committed to pre- 1 vent their execution, it has arrayed ) man against his fellow-man, and encouraged those in legal servitude to insurrection and bloodshed, and lias denounced the courts, for a conscientious discharge ’ of their duty in declaing honestopinions ) concerning the constitution and laws of the land. It has introduced a disrespect t for the elementary principles of our institutions, and the laws intended to promote

harmony and usefulness. Had the ma- I lign action been confined to those whose characters indicate a general hostility to f'll laws, and a disregard to every restraint, the consequences would i>as c j been more deserved and less appalling.— ' But truth declares that the sentiment : which we condemn emanated from the highest authority in the ranks of a political party, whose hopes of success are based upon the expectation that such i ‘higher law’ will displace the constitution ; [ and ail laws framed under it. \Ve appeal to the admirers of our constitution and laws, and the friends of ' peace and good order, to say whether this higher law is to be permitted to have full ; sway, and ultimately to reign surpreme, displacing every other law, until we have none except such as every man, including fanatics, makes for himself as ‘higher,’ and above the constitution. Shall we conI form to the constitution and laws, which i are legally binding upon us, or shall we : obey those which imagination may deem ; •higher,’ if such a thing can be? Shall every man make a law for himself, or receive. and obey those which the lawfullyconstituted authorities have made or may make? Shall we be governed by a wiitten constitution and laws, or be controlled by the unwritten ones which are contained in the human breast? These are questions of deep importance to the American

people, and of much interest to all who admire the framework of our institutions. - If they shall determine in favor of the d new theories of the ‘higher law’ then all S : human governments founded upon writer ten constutions and laws will be at the -> mercy of demagogues and others, who ■ may choose to set them at defiance; and proclaim a law emanating from their own f inclinations, wishes, interests, or passions. -1 We hope the American press and patri1’ | otic craters will speak out upon this sube ject, and show, that tire principles of our c | forefathers are still held sacred, and will ■ control us.-tTnfon. e j r The Central America-Three more Persons ]| Rescued—Terrible Sufferings at sea. . i The Few York Evening Post of Monday t' last contains the following account of the r three more persons, and the last, we fear, ’ of the survivers of the ill-fated Central ; America: > The Bremen barque Laura, Capt. . Wilmssfin, which arrived at this port this morning, brings the gratifying and scarce■ly expected intelligence of the rescue of three more persons, supposed to have been lost with the ill-fated. Central America. On the 28th ult., latitude 40 45, ; I longitude 71, at 2 p. m., she spoke the ■ British brig Mary, of Greenock, from Cardonas for Queenstown, and took trom I her the following persons whom the Mary had picked up at sea: John Tice, second ■ engineer; Alexander Grant, fireman; and G, W. Dawson, passenger. I For seventy-two hours after the ship went down Mr. Tice, was drifting on a ■ plank alone, without food, and exposed to the violence of the waves, and on the (fourth morning came across a swamped - boat which he succeeded in getting into. On the next day he picked up Alexander Grant, who had been floating five days on a part of the hurricane deck, and who yet retained sufficient strength to swim to j the boat. The two then pulled to the I fragment of the hurricane deek, and took j from it the passenger. G. W. Dawson, ’ whom Grant had left behind. There had been twelve men on that part of the wreck, iof whom these two were the only survi- I Ivors. Among them were George Bud-: dington, third engineer; John Bank, Pat-1 rick Carr, and James Kennelty, coal pas-: isers; Evers, fireman: Richard Gil- | ibert, moss man; and four passengers, I ’ names unknown. Messrs. Tice, Dawson, and Grant were eight days without water or food, the sea making a breach over 1 them most of the time. They are severely bruised, and exposure to the action of )of the salt water has produced boils all | i over their persons. On the second day i after the disappearance of the steamer they , i saw several passengers on pieces of the | 'wreck. One of the last objects seen by . Mr. Tice before the ship went down was j Captain Herndon. The rescue of these three persons will I encourage the hope that others may yet be heard of If the British brig had not met a vessel bound to this port, this inter- i esting intelligence might not have reached us for a fortnight hence. The following is the report of Capt. \ Shearer, of the barque Mary: At Sea, Sept. 28—2, p. m. Lat, 40 54 N.,long. 20. I # & , To whom it may concern: I This is to certify, that the three men ' (names undermentioned) were picked up I at sea in an open boat on the 21st instant, by the brig Mary, of Greenock, Capt. | j Colin Shearer, from Cardenas, bound to Queenstown, in lat. of 35 40. and long. 71, stating that they had been castaway in the America steamer Central America, from Havan, bound to New York. Names lof those rescued are J. Tice, second engineer: G. W. Dawson, passenger, and : Alexander Grant, fireman. Yours, respectfullr, COLIN SHEARER, Master. , | The above men were transfered, on the i 28th, to the Bremen barque Laura. Our reporter had an interview with the rescued men at Castle Garden this morning. They are still pitiable objects, not . having yet recovered from their terrible . sufferings, although everything has been : done for their comfort. Mr. Tice is a ; small-sized, but hardy-looking man, and f appears to possess much energy and determination. The following is of his brief ’ statemerfl: ; STATEMENT OF JOHN TICK, FIRST ASSISTANT

ENGINEER. I left the ship on a board just as she went down. I had no life-preserver, and, had no time to get-ond. 1 saw others with ■ tLom wata» __Lhp.y ■ seemed to do but little good. The last object I saw was Captian Herndon as the ship was sinking; I have no doubt that he has perished I drifted away from the others almost immediately, and was three days on that boaid expecting every rnoI merit to be my last. On the third day ■ I fell in with a boat which was about half : full of water. I swam to it, got in with great difficulty, and succeeded in bailing out the water. I was two days in the ’ boat when I fell in with a portion of the : hurricane deck, and two men, Grant and ! Dawson, succeeded in getting into the boat with me. The others all perished. We . floated around till the ninth day, when we were picked up by the brig Mary.— All that time we had nothing io eat. and not a drop of fresh water. Most of the time theseawss breaking over the bom. We suffered everj thing but death. No ! man could describe what we endured.— I think the chief engineer did his duty.— I know nothing to the contrary. STATEMENT OF ALEXANDER GRANT. There were ten of us, in the first place, .! who left the steamer on the hurricane deck just as she was sinking. Among them t were George Buddington, third assistant

> engineer; Patrick Carr, fireman; John • Banks, coal passer; James Kenelty, coal : passer; Evers, coal passer; anti RichI ard Gilbert, colored, enginer’s messman. • The others were passengers, whoso names I t Ido not know. We all staid on the piece ’ of the deck until the next day, when some I of them died. One by one they dropped : I I off during the following dav and night.— • No vesssel w»s in sight. The second morn- ■ ing we picked up Mr. Dawson, who was ■ ’ floating on a piece of plank. Some of us ’: had life-preservers, but I had none. ToI, wards evening we picked up another man,' ! which made twelve that had taken refuge with us. On the fourth day they had all perish-1 ed but four. On the fifth day I discovered the boat with the assistant engineer in it. I left the hurricane deck and made 1 out to swim over and get into the boat —' i Then we got to the hurricane deck and i picked up the passenger Dawson. He : I was the only one left. We were three days in the boat, suffering intolerably from hunger and thirst I donot like to speak about our sufferings; they were all but I dead. When we were picked up we were Iso weak we could not stand. From Sunday to Sunday we saw no sail All the rescued agree that it is hardly possible that any more could have been saved than have been heard from. They saw several persons the second day dnsh- : ed about on pieces of wreck, but they all I finally perished. They look upon their ; own rescue as almost miraculous. Mr. Grant was one of the persons rescued from the steamer Arctic, and thinks he has had about experience enough in shipwrecks. —.«.«»«>< — The Earthquake <u St. Douis—Terrible Commotion among the Cutlery. Yesterday morning the city was visited i ;by one of those convulsions ol nature I | which set the world to thinking. Two' i distinct shocks of an earthquake were sen- . sibly felt from one end of our city to the \ ’ extreme verge. Majestic edifices, reared! by the labor of man, rocked upon their: ! bases, the earth moved from her accus-j ; turned rectitude and quaked beneath us, ’ the river was raised in tumult, and many i men shook with fear and trembling. ■ The evening of Wednesday was calm, and the moon reflected extraordinary brilliancy upon the city. Towards night , a slight humidity gathered over us, and later this increased to a dense fog. M°n went to the peaceful slumbers and, woti ted not whereof they awoke at early cock crow. But so it was: at a few minutes i after four o’oclock half the citizens of St. : Louis were agog, with their heads jutting \ from the windows of their apartments, or rushing into the streets, tn. dishabille, terrified at the sudden breaking of their rest, and at the confusion which they experienced, and which seemed to compass them, the fancied danger was soon over, : and they retained to their comfortable ’ couches, reflecting upon the causes which j had produced their great discomfiture.— The crie of earthquake was heard, and then all became calm again; the fog soon cleared off. and we came to our business and talked of the event of the night. The first shock was distinctly felt. — I There were but few persons whose slumbers were so heavy that they did not experience it. From such persons as we conversed with, and from our own sens-1 ations, we believe it was felt about ten j minutes after 4 o’clock A. M., lasting about thirty seconds. Its first effect was not of great force, but as it rolled along it grew gradually stronger, until in its heavings it seemed to ba rocking the houses to and fro. Then people awoke as their windows rattled, as their beds swayed, and as the light articles which mounted their mantel-pieces tell to the floor. There was a grand rush to win- ! down, and heads hung out with alarm depicted upon the countenances which distinguished them; other people found their way inlo the middle of the streets, where ’ they felt somewhat more secure until the ! thing was over. A second shock was felt shortly after; ' there aie no two people who agree as to the length of time which elapsed between . the two. It was not very violent, the more especially as compared with the for-1 mer quake: its force, however, was suffi-■ cient to make the still waking people feel ’ the tremendous motion of their beds. The accompaniment of the shocks can j be placed in but one aspect of resemblance as to ordinary noises. There was a great rumbling, like the passage of aj heavy vehicle over our pavements, while ' the shock itself may be aptly likened to, . the effect produced by the working ofa , steam engine, which after laboring to pass '■ the centre lets itself gently down. We have not yet heard of any great [ amount of damage done. Some few artij cles were broken in many houses by fall- , ing. A three story house occupied by | Mr. Landry, on Wash-st., was cracked . from top to bottom. Bells rung in I sevaral houses, as for instance, in that of i t Dr. McPheeters, and some few people on , their more natural waking, had tempor- , arily lost their senses, as for example, one : . gentlemen of the bar, who living near the ’ i college, could not with all his eyes dis- : , cover the steeple. The shocks were distinctly felt, not oui ly in the city, but all around. It seemed - to come in a southerly, or, perhaps, south- - westerly direction, extending, as we learn ’ for miles on either side of us. The wide prairies of Illinois felt tl.e jar, the cities , below us experienced its effect, and peril haps more forcily than we. The telegraph U tells the tale of these places, and to them t we refer for further particulars.

Disaster on the Lake-The u 'B the I.ouisviHc—s4o,ooo Los. “I?' B '<■ Dost, " -BE We mentioned, in our issue o’ I day, the burning of a propeller of ii 'ten miles from land, abom mi(l )*[< Tuesday. Ihe hour at which the • ■ ter occurred, was too late to I telligence previous to our goin., It turns out that the ill-fated mJ'’® the Propeller Louisville; Capt n'wl jof the Northern or Ogdensburg which cleared from this port on Tr -W ■evening for St. Joseph, with a ■426 barrels of flour, 3Q bales of i, corn, 190 bags of seed, 5 horses .3 .’passengers, who were returnin', ' lowa on their way to Ogdensbur’ ' ■ She left about the same time,% r .1 be fore the clearing of the steamer I" (on her regular trip to Milwaukee ■ pcller bearing due east and the latter I® , suing her course along the north shot-® About half-past ten o’clock anaiart® fire was given, and flames were disco® ■ ed amidships in a portion of the carro® immediately accessible. Capt. Caldwlß was asleep on a lounge in the upperc® in—just turned in; themate was on and forward. S As soon as the alarm was given, ; tempt was made to rig the' hose and ® apparatus, but the dense smoke t/m'B : most instantly filled all the space 9 tween decks, forced the relinquiskmJH of hope of doing anything to arrest tiH flames, and attention was at once dir«teß toward saving the lives of the and crew. I All the accounts agree in givinghE credit, to capt. Caldwell and his and men, and to the passengers—especiiß ly the females—for the coolness and ' euce of mind with which they mettbelß j ing occasion. ■ Tiie engine was kept in motion, B : wheelsman remained at his post, <<B I while the three boats were being put'H j readiness for launching, the propeller bM I turned towards land, and bad mad- ■ mile or two when a sail vessel was : covered making towards them from dB [northward, and two miles distant, anddß 'Louisville’s course was changed toi. S the schooner. As the two neared «B other, the schooner hailed, ‘Can’troß stop her headway?’ and it was tl'.edaraß achievement of one of the firemen, whjsß name we could not learn, to silently <leß scend into the fire-hold, in the veryjwß of the devouring element, and stopdß engines - ■ The boats had been launched previoaß to the stopping of the engine, and all !:»:■:■ got on board safely. ■ The headway of the propeller, liowovH er, carried the smallest boat containing five persons, into the wake, where si® upset, and John Hanley, one of the fireß men, was drowned. The others clunl to the capsized boat, and were finally tai ken off by the other bouts. The schooner proved to be the E::i Captain Ruger, and by her timely an val, and by the sailor-like course of)» commander and crew, she renderedjiu! the service required, and the crew oftii ill-fated Louisville were all, with theme ancholy exception noted, taken on bosh, and the Elbe which was bound to South Haven, put about and returned tothii city with the rescued. The steamer Planet had also come promptly to the rescue, and sent out her ! boats to cruise in the vicinity of the wreck, but the generous service of the Elbe Ind achieved all that the occasion required,B not in the least diminishing, however, thiß noble readiness of Capt. Butjin and lus officers to respond to all sails of humanity. As soon as the alarm was given in tins city, five of our tugs steamed up and went to the rescue, but arrived to late to render any service. They deserve none the the less praise for their efforts. An account furnished by one of those who went out on the ‘Gunnison,’ is appended, and will interest our readers. The Louisville was one of the older i class of propellers. She was burned at Ogdensburg a little less than a year since, on which occasion she was scuttled ar.. sunk, being afterwards raised and rebuilt She was valued at 825,600, and her car- ; go at about 88,000. The vessel in which Capt. Caldiwl' j her commander had an interest, wasiiv I sured for about half her value in the Nor western and the Cleveland Mutual. H' I ■ cargo was uninsured. I John Hanley, the only one lost in}® 0 ] disaster, leaves a wife and five childn'l ; residing at Ogdensburg. Little (nothing of course was saved, i several trunks and other light articks o i baggage were brought off in the boat* ■ One of the passengers whose name «» I could not learn, lost five horses. He w* s I on his way to Pretscott, C. • I Nothing definite can be known as to t." | [source of the disaster. The flames I first discovered amidships, and forty • lor more from the furnaces, from they could not have derived their orig![ ■ It is thought the fire may h ave j caused by the knocking down of » by the horses, which were in that diate vicinity, the breaking of which con. municated the fire to the bales of broo corn and combustibles. __ | The trial of James O. Brayman, lor ' robbing letters from the Chicago Office, will take place at this session > the United States District Court, no* session in that city. The defence 1 motion for a week’s tine to procure a ness. Man is never wrong while he lives U others; the philosopher who from the rock, is aless noble image ■) the sailor who struggles with the *'■■'