Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1874 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL -TUESDAY; -AUGUST -11.-1874.

THE SEVENTH'S WORK. "Y ESTBRDAYy CON VEXTIOXS. HR. FKAUX LANDERS TSE COMIXO MAN AS CONQRI5SSMA! THE PRINCIPLES ANNOUNCED, ETC. THE JOINT CONVENTIONS. . The Seventh District democratic convention nv.t Tuesday at the nail of Representatives, in the H;ate hmse, at 10 o'clock, though the convention was not called to order for half an hour later, hich was done by Col. Maston, ol Putnam county. On motion, the Hon. Joseph E. McDolald was elected c hairman, and C. II. Walls, of the Danville Indianaian, secretary. The chairman thanked the convention for the honor conferred, stating that the c3nvention had leen called to nominate a Congress candidate who would be supported by and voted f r by those who were in favor of reform and beliere.1 the republican party had been dominant long enough. Tre retormeis were thought in the majority, and it only remalnd for the democracy to be true to their principles in order to form in one mass tbo now HOinewhat scattered opposing elements. The secretary alled th roll of the district, after which Mr. J. K. Nett', of Putnam, offered the following DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. We, I he democrats of the Seventh Congressional District ot the State of Indiana in convention assembled, declare our aJhtsion to the following established political landmarks: A strict construction of the constitution of the United States and its amendments; a tariff for revenue, and such an administration of the government as -halt secure to every citizen of the country the equal protection of the laws withut violating the nrinciple of local self government, or Interfering with the social customs of the people. That we are opposed to and condemn the corrupt practices of th9 partv in rower, as disclcned in the 'Crelit Mobilier" trauds, the assiult upon republican institutions in the management of the District ot Columbia, tbo Kinlcrn contracts, the "salary grab," Congressional stock jobbing legislation, and ether enormoua swindles that have teen perpetrated upon the people; acd insist upon a return to a system of honesty and economy in all public expenditures, and a reduction of Balaries, iucluding the President's salary, to a staulard of just remuneration only, for the services rendered. That we lavor the repeal of the naMoral banking law and the substitution of "greenbacks" for the national bank currency, and the regu'aiion ot it in auch manner aa to allow the business intercuts ot the country to control the volume throf so as tr adjust it to the wants ot the country. We demand, as an act of justice, that the bounties of our soldieisin ine late war, and of their widows and orphans, shall be equalized by proper legislation; and we oppose any grants ot public lauds, and loans o! public credit to railroads, or other corporations, and demand that the remaining public lands beet-served for actual settlers only unrier homestead laws. Resolved, That we have entire confidence in the integrity and aiility of the. Hon. Franklin Landbrs, and declare him the choiee of this convention, and recommend him to the people of this district as a candi data for- Congress, and we pledge him our untied and hearty support. The depuration and resolution were received with applause, and unanimously adopted. Juda McDonald then introduced Mr. Landers, as the nominee, to the convention, the latter responding in a brief speech He thanked the Morgan county delegation and his old time associates for the hfaity and unanimous endorsement given him in the nomination. As to the principles and resolution presented in the declaration of

fered, they received bis hearty endorsement. There was one thing he was confident of ; and tbat, tbat there wu a H'rong opposition, enough, in the Seventh District, to defeat the nominee of the Republican party, provided it could be massed. The coming election in October would, however, determine the issue, and whether he (the ppeafcer) was the person to mass the opposition or not. Daring the coming campaign th3re should be no indifference, no listlessii e, but steady work. As for himself, he w ished it known that hereafter he would be found in theJSeveath District. Ue was not in the habit ot engaging on any undeitaking that would fail, aod was ready to meet the issues involved and discuss the questions at every pint. After M Landers had finished his spte-h. Judge McDonald presented the following requet from the "enlisted men" To th iMhinrscJic Cont ention : BeHeviDg that we büve an interest in tha selection cf a candidate to represent this Congressional District and most earnestly cesirin- a man who is in favor of equalizing the Iwunties, and one who has shown himself the frie.id to the- soldier and laboring man, a euch candidate, we therefore, believing thu in the person of Frank Landers we have found the man who by bis acts both public and private has proven tobe such a man. we asenlisted men most earnestly ask your convent ton to nominatehim as a candidate 1 r Congre-s from this Congressional District. Jamfs P. Wright, Com. In Chief. D. N. C'rctchfield, A. O. William L. White, C. C. C. T. D. Whitjjbt, S. C. C. The appointment of a central committee was next in order. The balloting resulted in the selection of the following persons: Col. O.C. Matson of Patnam, Win. Williams of Morean, Wm. C. Tarkington of Marion, and Wm. McKenzie f Hendricks. 1 The convention then adjourned. JOINT SKN'ATORIAL CONVENTION. JAME3 J. MAXWELL, OF MORGAN COUNTY, THK NOMINEE. Af;er th9 adjournment of the congressional convention, the delegates of Marion and Morgan counties formed a joint delegation to nominate a state senator. The convention being called to order, William C. Tarkington was Calle! to the chair, W. F. A, Bernhamer being ap pointed Hecretary. The right to nominate was given Morgan county. It was known that if this county voted solidly Marion would accept the nömina ion. There were however two factions. One represented James V. Mitchell, of Martinsville, a lawyer and former member of the house of representatives; the other faction's choice was James J. Maxwell of Monroeville a granger, with no political creed whatever. The Marion county delegation then put in nomination Thos. Cottrell of Indianapolis. The Morgan county delegation being unable to agree on any one candidate, it was decided that the vote be divided between the Mitchell and Maxwell delegations. A ballot was then ordered, which revolted as follows: Maxwell, "A; Mitcheil, 17; Cottrell, 10. Maxwell, having received the highest number of votes, was I'SASIMOCSt.Y ACCEPTED by the convention n joint senator. The saccesslul nominee was called upon for a speech, and responded somewhat briefly, lie alluded to the fict that he had never mixed much iD politics; having always followed h:s occupation as farmer, though taking great interest in the leading questions ol the day aud those which effected especially our legislation, State and national, lie endorsed heartily the platform ol the 15th of July, and would f'gbt faithfully for the democratic ticket, lie expressed himself as iavorina; the repeal of the Daxterlaw; iut also the enactment of a strict license

law. Mr. Mitchell was called upon for a speech and responded briefly. He promised tola bearty auppoit to Mr. Maxwell, and tie entire democratic party ss well. The convention then adjourned. Alter adjournment, the Hendricks county delegates met, and ajtera brief consultation, nominated John Denton, of Indianapol, as circuit prosecutor. The nomination was auciniUed to and accepted by the Marion county dt legation. THE CONGRESSIONAL. CANDIDATES . F03 CONGRESSMAN OF THE SEVENTH. . The nominee ol the seventh, Mr. Frank Ludeis,i perhaps as wtdl known in the district as any man who has, or has not been eminent in political life. Mr. lenders through his various business interests In tnisciiy, has an exteiive acquaintance not only here, but iu the regions roundabout, lie is native to tbe manner born in the Seventa district, having first seen the light in Morgan couuiy (anu bat a little way distant from tbe confines of Marion) in 1825. His father moved from Kentucky in 120 and established himself as one of the original settlers on White river in this section ot the country. Mr. Landers baa always beeil staunch Democrat in fiih and principle. His early life was spent on the homestead farm which he still holds, and from the age 0121, he "hoed his own row." From stock raising he went inio mercantile pursuit, and early established for hiniatlf a competency. Iu met, it seems to have been bis motto in private lite and pursuit, as in the public line, be has just adopted: not to engage in any work where he ejtiected to fail." In consequence sucves to an unusual degree has crowned Iiis eflbrts. Mr. Landers' political life has bei.n exceedingly brief. In lbOO he was i.ti kitaiu u.nntnr and served three aes

W V. V J.WWV " sums, two in the regular term and one special sebioa, called in the spring of 'ol, at the outbreak ot the releilion. In 104 he removed to Indianapolis, where be has lived up to the present time, beiug largely interested in the pork packing business, and also with the hrm of Hibben, Kennedy Jt Co,, in wholesale dry goods, though still retaining and attending to his sph-n Jul farms in Morgan and Johnson conuiies. The nomination of Mr. Landers is considered the best one that could Lave been made by his friends and democrats generally, who say tbat he is the coming congressman of the Seventh. FOR STATE SENATOR, the convention yesterday chose as their candidate Mr. James Maxwell, of Monroevlle, Morgan eoun'y. He is a "granger" in thw true sense ofthaterm and one cf the leading and best known farmers in Morgan county, of whiwhhsisa native; being born there in lSSii. He has no political record.and was formerly a republican until 171. His first vote "with the democratic party was cast in T2 ior Horace Greeley i and be now "votes solid lor the Damocratic ticket. He received the tecommendation of the Farmers' convention of his county, recently, which was deemed equivalent tj "instructions" for tbe convention of yesterday. He stands bv and adopts the platform of the 15tn of July, and the Democratic ticket entire. HUNTING HOUSE TIIIEVE3. A WOMAN ACCOMPLICE SOME PRFTrY SHARP PRACTICE. The Delphia Times works up this noted case In pretty good style: For some ir.onths past the peaceable citizens of Grant county have been mj-stifled over the .sudden disappearance of several horses, with no clue to the light finzered cuss tbat made free with the horse llesli of that romantic and historical (historical on account ot having tenty-two convicts in tbe State prison) county, but the mystery has at last been solved, it least to some extenr. A woman yes, a woman has been tbe means of unraveling the mystery that ha3 surrounded that community ; a woman whose i maiden name was Hocket, and who has a sister living near Marlon, who is respected and honored, has been living with one IlDb Lrlmore. as his loving and dutiful wife, but she sought fame, and commenced tbe roc fidence business in connection with ber husband. About a year ago she was arrested in Indianapolis for having stolen a horse and buggy under the guise of an agent for some Chicago publishing house, selling books and taking subscriptions for a weekly newspaper published there, but she was ltt go, and about four weeks ago they, Mrs. Lari more, alias Mrs. E. L. Rogers, Mrs. Lihs, and several more aliescs, and Mr. Bob Larimore went to Hartford City, she taking orders for a photograph enlarging company, aud be "runner" for some business. They hired the best team in the place, drove'off and forgot to f-top. Mr. L. D. Baldwin, sheriff of Grant county, was notified, and with the assibtaoce of his partner in such matters, Mr. Alexander Buchanan, they commenced working the -matter up, and last Saturday morning Mr. Baldwin took a buggy and drove to Peru, Mrs. Larimore having preceded him. She bad bought tickets for Danville, 111., and had her trunks checked to the State line. Baldwin took the night train for tbe State line and found that his fair charge had hired a horse aud buggy to take her to ber brother in-law. living about two miles from Dan ville, taking with her her daughter, who is 15 years old, but to avoid detection sae bad the carriage stop about a saile from the relative she intended visiting, and WALKED THE DISTANCE, sending tbe buegy back. Baldwin took the train f r Danville, and on Sunday night took a couple of men with him and paid the pair a visit at their relative's. They beard smieone at the door, and tbe courageous Bob, thinking the under side of tbe bed was the safest side, rolle .t under without regard to c.istumeor appearance. Baldwin, too well posted for that dodge, espied Bob in his "bloomer" trying to see bow small a space he could occupy. He was arrested, taken to Danville and handed oyer to the authori ties for their care.- The woman, under plea of a message ' from home, was taken to Danville tbat night, but was watched, Baldwin thinking she would go whre the horses and buggy were secreted. She, in order to elude him, walked to tbe State line, he going on the train, having changed his clothes to resemble an engineer, and from there she bought a ticket to Lafayette, be ' going on the same train. At Lafavette she discov ered she was watched, but did not know by whom.so to giving them the siip,she bougnt a ticket for Colfax, and took the eastward train on the Wabash road Tuesday morning, thinking 6he had fixed Baldwin. But not so. Baldwin was on the eame train, and when she got ' off the train here he thought be would stop, and looking around the depot he found a pair of snnifeis, and with thejn cutoff his chin whiskers, so that be did net present a very "shenffy" appearance. Sberifl Mitchell joined in the chase here, and after following ber tbrrtngti several of the la ran east of tbe city, finaby ciught up with ber. When told that they were ollieers she told all that was wanted cf ber, during which she made several allu:ons about cowardly Sheriff Baldwin who arrested her husband at Danville, much to Baldwin's merriment. She is described as being good-looking, remarkably intelligent, and a good talker. Larimore was raised in this county. His father used to run the American House here. His mother now lives in Logansport. The above facts were gained In an interview with the pentlemany sheriiy, Mr. Baldwin, in SheriiT Mitchell's cflic9 on Tuesday last.

THE STEAMBOAT DISASTER.

THE DEAD AND MISSING. Tn E STEAMSHIP PAT ROOERS BCRXHO TO THE . WATER'S KDOE THE LIST OF THE IXiST AND TDK SAVED HEROIC INCIDENTS OF THE CALAMITY WONDERFI'ti KSCAPES FROM A WATERY O RAVE PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF THE AWFCL SCE3E. - -From the Cincinnati papeis of tbe 6:h inst. full particulars ol the steamboat disaster near Aurora are obtained. The Gazette says tbat on the first receipt of the news the citiz9ns were stricken, and newspaper reporters were met at every turn'by anxious inquiries. Soon it becams known tbat tbe 8:10 a. m. train on the O. fc M. road would bring to the citv the survivors of the catastrophe, hut that the train due at that hour was more than an hour behind time, having stopped to eather np the survivors. When it did arrive, the crew of the unfortunate steamer were scarcely able, from nervousness, to give ny more satisfaction to waiting inquirers than bad tbe brief dispatch sent. During the afternoon, when the survivors had Income more settled, they' were enabled to give clear and distinct ao-oun's of the accident and loss of life, which we will endeavor to give in a few words. Tbe Fat Rogers' was en route irom Louisville to Cincinnati, with about 50 passeDgerson board, and had arrived nt a point a mile below Aurora, Ind., known as Laughrey's bar, when h?r engineer on watcu. James Holmes, discovered tbat a fire had broken out in her deck room, aft, among some cotton, of which she was carrying but about 20 la!e. He was standing on the engine-box at the time of the discovery, conversing with the watchman of the boat. He immediately called through the pipe to the pilot on watch, Chas. Du four, that the lx?at was on fire, and the Ijter beaded her for the Indiana shore. which was tbe nearest. Cant. Dul ur s iys that the greatest misfortune consisted in the fact that th6 lire occurred when the boat bad reached that particular pirt of the river; for just there the river was at such a stage tbat it was unpofsiuie or ner to rcacu the snore. drawing as much water as'sho did. Steam w8supand tbe engines working, but apt. D. thinks tbat the til ler broke, or that its supports may have burned away, for HER RUDDER REFUSED TO RESPOND to his wheel, which continued to work, and she struck on some object when within .rt0 yards of the Indiana febore. Thefiiehad become so tot in the engine room as to force the engineer to leuve before steam was exhausted. The limit of time between tte fir?t alarm and the time when every body bad left tbe boat, is said to have been 20 minutes. The engineer says that when he discovered the fire it lacked 20 minutes to 5 o'clock in morning. So soon as the engineer gave the alarm of tire, measures were taken to awaken the sleeping passengers, and make tbem aware of their danger, and it is iolieved that not one was left on the burning boat. But what an extremity! Dry land on tbe larboard side, and only 30 yards distant, but a wall of flame in tervening. Land in view on the starlxwrd side, but a broad body of water between. The wind was blowing toward the nearest shore, and drove the fire in that direction. Tbof-e who tried to save their live s by pass ing the flame, esnld, if they bad so desired, have wad&d to lue snore, tne waier bf ing not much over three feet deep. They suc ceeded in saving their lives, but some of them, poor fellows, are disfigured for lif?, we tear, having had the exposed parts of '.heir flesh actually roasted or seared by tbe excessive teat. The other portion of the crew and passengers who decided to trvfst to the water on the starboard side of the boat, met with various results. S.rae, who were good swim mers, passed around the whole lenpth of the boat to her stern, and were there caught by the urrenv .wbicb was very switt, ana car ried down tbe river a mile and a half before they could reach the shoie. Others threw overloard trunks, valises, doors, staging. planks, and other articles which would serve to keep their heads aoove water, and thus reached the shore. Some of the least ner- ; vous took time to properly attach the lifo ! preservers provided for such extremities,and these were all saved, une nttie child which had, with assistance, got to the shore, died alterward in the arms of its rescurer. THE SAVED. All the officers and crew of tbe Tat Rogers were saved, except those named below as missing. Besides these, the clerks of the boat saw and talked with the following passengers after the accident: Lewis Noble, Vevay, Ind.; Lnm. Stepleton, Vevay. Jnd.; Henry Fous Louisville, Ky,; D. M. White, Louisville, Ky.; George C. Buchanan, Louisv"lle. Ky. ; Mrs. C. II. Oeb, Aurora, Ind. ; Mrs.'M.'F. Eastman, Hanover, Ind.; Miss Raphael Sturgus, Hanover, Ind.; Miss L. J. William, Louisville, Kv.; A. M. Ferine, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. n. H. Turpln, Washington, D. C; Mr. Tuttle, Cincinnati; Theo. Bunnell, Patriot, Ind.; W.C. Jewe t, Cincinnati; G. XV. Baker, Cincinnati, deputy clerk Hamiltan county Court of Common Pleas; R. J. Moore, Rosewood, Ind.; Miss Gomer; Miss Eiehenrock; E. O. Ely, Oäwego, N. Y.; A. D. Morris, Cincinnati; W. H. Kinsley, Oneida, N. Y.; Wm. Allison, Cincinnati; W. J. Dupton, New York City; Jno. W. Miller, Louisville, Ky.; Win. Baxklow, Portsmouth, O. ; E. Groves, Shelby Co., Kv.; J. H. Yellman, Lexington, Ky.; Geo. Mossmire, Chicago, (deck boy): Fred. Madden, New Orleans, (deck boy; bis father missing); Mike Crahan, Madison, Ind., (deck); A. J. Crone, Maysville, Ky.; Fred. Shnte, Carrollton, Ky., (deck): F. S. Wallace, Cincinnati; F. Myers, Covington, Ky.; B. K, Fottinger, New Haven, Ky.; Prof. Plato, Louisville, Ky. fninrorl f Sua Finma T??ixv1oti Tjtritavill Ky.; badly burnt about tbe head; F.Stone, North Carolina, burnt; Alex. D. Cunney, Newport, Ky.. (deck) face burnt; C. T. Newell, Springfield, Mass., burnt; Jno. V. Hughes, 1S3 vV. 3d St., C'iocinniti, badlv burnt. , newsman on boat, face burn; Wm. l'ayne, Warsaw, Ind Missing Mr. Madden, New Orleans, de-k passenger; Chas. H. Dittman, New Boston, Ky., pilot; J. R. Scuart, Madison, Ind., boat builder; Mrs. Smith and child, Madison, Ind.; Sherley Soyder, Oldbam county, Ky., third clerk; Jacob Light, Cincinnati steward; Charles lleisiuger, Covington, Ky., striker: Mrs. Tuttle and child. Louisville, Ky., formerly of .Cincinnati; Wm. Brown, CincinnaU; Jacob Garmer and daughter Lizzie. Madison; Minor Munse, colore, barber; Rudolph Drucker, Cincinnati,' lo;:. teen years old; a lady from Warsaw, Ind., name unknown. Besides those named above, three children are known to be mis3ing. Capt. David, who commanded the boat,siy9 the missing comprise eleven passengers and five of the crew. The following dispatch was received here late last night: Madison, Ind., Aut. b. Simon Gettner, Y2fi Gest tired; Anna Cooke and your two children Jeft here last n;ght on Pat Rogers. Please ltt us know If they have arrived. Fdward Geiser. BOOIES RECOVERED. X7p to a late hoar last night only two bodies had. been recovered, and these were of two children, apparently about four, years old. Coroner Skinner, of Lawrciicebur, held an inquest on tbe Inxiies at 10 o'clock in the morning. The first was picked up about a quarter of a mil below the wreck. Mr. Tuttle, of Louisville, one of the passengers who wai saved, identified the body as that of bis child. The mother ia among the missing. The other little body was found about three-quarters of a mile below

tbe mouth of Lsoghery's creek. It was clad in wbatappeand to be a night dress, over which was s green mohair cloak with bright steel button. It has not yet been identified. Tne second mate recollected having seen the chili, conspicuous because of its clothing aod vivacious disposition, in charge of an elderly lady. To-day tbe river will be dragged with seines, and it is hoped i hat the boiies of many who are lost wiJl be recovered. Tbe Pat Rogers was loaded to a little mora than four feet. Included in her cargo-were 80 head of sheep and about twenty head of cattle, all of which were lost. Indeed, no part of her cargo was t.aved. . The shipments for Cincinnati, except in two or three instances, are unobtainable, there being no record kept of them on shore, and all the books of the boat were lost. THK STEAM ER HER VAIXB ASD INSCRAXCE. Toe Pat. Rogers m as built under the supervision o'f Capt. Dan. Morton,' attar the model , of the Moses McClelland, which earned a great reputation for speed about twenty years ago. . She was built expressly for the trade in which she was engaged when burnad, but had put in two seasons In tbe Memphis trade. Her registered length of hull was -2r'2 ieet; breadth, 36.4 leet; depto, 5.6 feet. Her tonnage, custom house measurement, was rt20 tons. She had four doub'e tlued boilers, 40 Inches in diameter and 23 leet long, with flues 14 inches in diameter. Her engines, 21 Inches in diameter with 7 feet stroke, were from the oid Madison packet C. T. Dumont. Her cabin was ls7 if et long, and contained 43 rooms. She was eomrleted in December, 1872, at a cost of $-'0,Oto. She belonged to tbe United States Mail Line Company, and when burned was valued by the underwriters at 5,(io, and insured for $.17,000. All that remains of the once noble teamer, a shapeless ma?s of black, smoking timbers, now lies in a slightly oblique position, with the bow up stream, on Laughery's bar, about a hundred yards above Laughery's creek, and two miles below the town of Aurora. Tbe tire was so fierce as to burn away the timbers to a distance of three leet below tbe water's edge within the iron sheathing. Tne hull is filled with debris and floating cinder and the charred remains of timbers cover the water lor rods. Plnnderirjg wreckers, called by rivermen "pirates," are at work about the wreck, filching every caddy of tobacco and other bit of cirgo, and with a heart lessness almost incredible, doing Dothirjg to discover the missing persons. The citizens of Aurora, however, especially the pastor and the ladies of the United Presbyterian Church, acted nobly in alleviating the sufi'drings of the injured and supplying clothing for the rescued.

INCIDENTS AND SCENES. HE ARTLESS XESS AND COWARDICE nRAVERV A'D SELF SACRIFICE THE WONDERFUL K.-WIAPE OF SOME LADY FASSENUERS. There are numerous instances mentioivd of tbe heartlessnens which characterized the conduct of some of the men who, ps3essedof the means of saving life, with a devilish coolness kept away from the wreck until such a time as they conli pounce with their greedy talons upon the valuables floating about upon. the surface. Four ladies standing inside the afterguard on deck at an early stage of the lire, saw a man not more than a hundred yards distant towards the Kentucky shore standing up in his skiff looking towards the Durning ship, which lit up with a lurid glare the surroundings for a creai distance. Thev beckoned, and rcinloreed by the colored porter, shouted till they were all hoarse, but the man gave no heed to their cries lor help. l he ladle. Mrs. J'astman, auss sturgus. Miss Williams and the chambermaid, Mrs. Jones, were afterward all saved by their own stupenduous exertions. We have recorded above some incidents that exhibit "man's inhumanity to man," and show to what a depth of meanness men may descend. We have heard of incidents that exhibited the brighter side of human nature. Mr. William Taylor, the chief clerk, was standing on the forerjaslle of tbe burning boat, after having done all within the power of man to save life and property when bis attention was attracted by a woman near, screaming "Save me! save me!" Mr. Taylor turned to her and said, "Madam, I will do the best I can. Follow my directions and you may be saved." Taking up a light trunk or wooden box that was i-tanding near, he cast it into the river and told the womau to jump In and take hold of it. This she feared to do, and declined. The box flouted away. Mr. Taylor endeavored to persuade her that to jump in tae river attcr the box was her best chance tor saving her life. He then took - up a vaüse snd east it in the water, requesting her to follow, but still she held baek. Next he laid bold of a berry stand, and cat it in, but still she would not enter the water. By this time tho beat of the fire had become unendurable, and Mr. Taylor jumped into the river and swam ashore with great difficult', and left the woman on the eck. 'He would have cast the woman herself into the river, and thus compelled her to nuke an effort to save herself, but he said that If she had drowned in that case, he wonla have continually seen her in the act of drowning the remainder of his life. Oneof our reporters was telling Mr. Frank Thompson of his interview with Mr. George W. Baker,when tbe latter gentleman exclaimed, referring to Mr. Taylor: "I remember tbat man. He was a noble fellow. I was on the America when she burnea in 1SGS, and tbat same man was clerk on her. He did everything that a man could do for the pasiengers on tnat occasion, ana i teiieve aa was the last man to leave the boat. And 1 have no doubt he did as nobly on the Pat Rog era. ue is a good man." l- erdinand ISeutz, bar keeper on . tbe Pat Rogers, jumped k into the river and caught hold or a plans that was . bold ing up lour oiuers, somo oi whom were sitting on top. He told the others that if they would get down and take hold of the edge of the plmk, all could be saved. "One was permitted to remain on top, because he could not swim. As thev floated along, they observed a little child floating helpless. Mr. Rautz proposed that his party paddle toward the child with their hands and teat, and endeavor to save it. All agreed, aud they had the satisfaction of placing the child in the arms of a man named Jenkins, on shore, who lived near the , scene of the accident, but the little thing died In his arms afterward. John V. Hughes, mate, who was so badly burned, is said to have been the last man to leave the burning steamer. He received his injuries by leaving the boat on the larboard side, and attempting to swim asaore, when tbe wind was blowing tbe heat toward him. The side of bis face nearest the boat while swimming is horribly roasted. Four of the five ladies rescued owe their lives to the exertions of the man named Huff, who appears to be the owner of a floating photograph gallery, which was moored to the Kentucky bide of the river. The result of this hero's sctivity shows what might have been done had not many ol tbe men in skirls been actuated by purely mercenary motives. All honor to Mr, ilufl. WOSDERFl'L FRESEXCB OF MIND. v ' The first to leap into the water were two ladies, Mrs. Eastman, the postmistress of Hanover, Ind., and MLss Stnrgus, an employe ot the the department of the interior, at Washington. With rare presence of mind, Mrs. Eastman chose the aft end of the boat, and hastily whispering a. fer words of instruction in her friend's ear. leaped into the water, her arm

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they came to the surface they wero mil clapped in each other's arms. Their lifepreservers, were not fastened, and they retained them with great difficulty. Mr. Eastman, remembering that si e had once beard a lxy sav that in swimming he paddled with his feet, imitated the action, and was thus enabled to approach and grasp a door, to which tbe two clung until towl ashore by a Mr. Huff, of Kentucky. This gentleman, a photographer, alone sived six persons, four ladies and two gentlemen. i ." . . A MIRACCliOCS ESCAPE.' ) : - ;.. One .: of the - mot thrilling and miraculous escapes was that -of Miss L. J. Williams; a resident of Louisville, who was coming to thi-j city to pay a visit to her mother and sister, who reside at tJ78 Richmond streeV -Miss Williams chose between certain dea'h by fire anI possible escape by water, and throwing away her clothing acd valise, secured the service s of a gentieman in throwing overboard a crate of peach s, and leaped in alter it. without a lile-pre-servcr. She reacheJ the crate, but when she attempted to cling lo it, found tint it revolved like a reel in the water. For two terrible hours she strusgled with tne refractory box, and had just closed her eyes in drspair and resignation whenan apparentlv gigantic form loomed up over her and she was drawn into the skiff of Mr. Huff, who rendered such signal service in half a date: other cases. While Miss Wittum wAssirupgung in me current, sue Dec a me aware tha: the weight of the little clotning ste had on was surely dragging ber downward. Sne had placfld her iewelry. in an underskirt which she wore, but now, actuated by tue same spirit whih had prompte i her in casting aside ber.yalise, she unfastened the garment from her waisn and let it sink to tbe bottom of the river. This ULdou'. telly saved her life, since when she was rescued her face alone was out of the wa'cr. Miss Rowden, of Louisville, unfortunatelj leaped from the boat towards the Indiana shore, and the hungry tongues of flame licking along the s.irfaeeof the water . horribly burned her head and face. She, too, had no life preserver, aud only secured one end or a plank by clinging to the pantaloon les ol a man who swam past her. She says- that while moving through the water, several ensping, drowning wretches extended their hands toward her, some even grasping at her hair, and . tearing out bandfuls in their terror. The beat was so intense tint the maaupon tb other end of the plank threw water upon her face to keep her from being scorched to death. Mrs. Joiv, who wai upon the American when it bnrnel, was drawn underneath tho burning boat, and suffered severe contusions. attoot the head. Sbefina'ly ex'ricated heretlf from her perilous p s:;ion and clung to a mattress, irom which-she wa rescued by Mr. Huff. ...... SAD PENALTY FOR A B-TVI5H FREAK. ' Among the lost is little Rliy Drncker, a fourteen year old son of a citizen of Cincinnati. A fdw days ag i the lad, fancying himself aggrieved by his father's cbidings, ran away from hom wita a la 1 of his own age. The two went tJ Louisville and applied for work, which they failed to get. They were returning on the Rogers, uhea little. Roily paid tbe awful penalty for his boyish impetuosity. Tbe lad " with whom he was traveling sas -that young Drackr waked him. and the two went on deck together. Drucker jumped into the yawl, and he followed, but mieJ h's aim, and tell into the river. Irom whence he was res rued by oneof the deck-hands who iiKt with a like mishap. Tbe yawl was afi erward found empty. One of tho passengers sys that the last living objects sen on board the burning boar, weie a l:ttle child, ihre. or four years of age, and a Newfoundland dog. The child was alone upon me aeon, almost entirely sarrounded by tbe greedy flame?, its legs, arms and fa e exposed to the terrible beat. The poor little t hire ran about the deck, screaming with affright, until death happily released it from its misery. INTERVIEWS WITH PASSENGERS. INSTANCES OF HEROISM. ASD SUFFERING THE PERSONAL STATEMENTS OP THE CAPTAIN AND SEVERAL PASSENGERS. The Commercial gives the following statements made by the parties referred to relative to the disaster: Capt. Charles David Bays: We had abont 50 cabinjpassengers on board, including eight ladies, at the time of the disaster. Two ladies went ashore . at Madison, three at W ill Barker's (Hunter's Bottom), and one at Vevay. -1 am of - the ouinion that four of the' eiht ladies on board were saved, including ' Mrs. Williams and Miss Emma Rowden from Louisville, and Mrs. Eastman and Mrs Sturges, ol Hanover, Ind. The latter is destined lor Washington City. Mrs. Eastman Intended visUing her brother, a Presbyterian minister in Central Onio. I was off watch, and asleep in my room in the texas when ths alrni of tire was given. I hastened down ßtairs into the cabin, which was enveloped in flames nearly to the office, and disoovered that all the lile preservers had been taken from the available rooms forward, and procured matnsses, passing them to the forecastle below, wbele all the pissengers were huddled together, the flames driving all to that portion of the boat. I told Mrs. Smitb, of Madison, who was visiting a brother aamed Craia painter In Cincinnati, and a young lady whose name I could not learn the balance of the passen cars bavins: been provided for, or gone overboard witn mattresses, doors and other life-pre&ervin2 articles I told these two ladies to jump into the river, after I had thrown a mattress for them, but they , failed, to rise, or at least I did not see them again. I jumped overboard, grabbing the mattress as I rose to the surface of the water. One of the cabin boys also caught hold of tbe same mattress, and after we bad floated and swam down the rivtr some six or seven hundred yards, we made shore, completely exhausted. 1 Thi beai from tbe flames was too great to make the inside or Indiana shore, and I, with tbe majority of those on biard, leaped into the river on' the outside of the boat, as the wind was blowing the flames to the shore. A young lady from Covington, returning home from a visit to Warsaw, Kv., was lost. She leaped overboard with Mr?. Smitb, and I did not see them afterward. STATEMENT OF GEOROE W. BAKER, ESO,. I was awakened by some one running along tbd hurricane deck, just over my state-room. The next instant a fellow passenger looked through the outer door and informed nie that the boat was on fire. 1 drew on my clothing and ran down the stairway to the forecastle, and stopping near the foot of the stairway I saw Willie C. Drown standing at my side; think he was fully dressed ; spoke to bim and. asked him if he had a life preserver. He answered no. I told him be had bettar get o ne. Then in tbe confusion I lost sight of bim, and supposed lie had gone for one. Atter 1 was in the water be caught nie around my neck, and we both went under. We c une up at the bow. and I canght a rope that hung over. Willie released mo and a:so caught the rope, which w&s not lastend, and was no support to us. We. both let go the rope and made lor the Kentucky, side of the boat, where Willie caught a barrel oi apples floating, and, with tbe aid of which, I thought he .would be safe; but for some reason, which I am unable to explain, he threw it from bim, and then swam np to the first clerk, who was also in the w ater with a life preserver, and asked the clerk to give him the life preserver." The clerk told him to make for a berry stand, wtich

was floating near him, but he did not aprrar to notice it. Immediately alter this I w h.m go under the first time. He cam to tbe'surface and struck out wildD, bt iain?Mare!y sank again. Tbe barrel which he Lad cast aside then floated toward me, ai d I car-gbt it. Just then he came np witfcin th:eefeetol me, rhiug out ot the wa;tr to his waist, with arms extended upward, and I pushed the barrel out toward him, but v e went down again as suddenly as he had risen, and I saw no more of him. I am rot a swimmer, and had to depend entirely on the life-prtserver to bold me np, a&d was, therefore, unable to render him anv assistance. STATEMENT OF CHIEF CLERK WM.C. TATI-'K. It was between 4:30 and 5 o'clock when Shirley Snyder, the third clerk, awoke me in the texas. As soon as I could get my clothes on 1 went out, and saw she was atire as laras the front end of tbe texss, tie smoke coming up through the chinir.ev ca-dugs, andall tbe alter part of the texas was on fire. Charley Dulonr, tbe pilot cn duty, bad Just left the wheel, and 1ia pilot houe was then burning. Cba-ley told me there was something the matter with the tüier-rope, that it was broken or something: that he had given her the wheel hard down" to the shore, and that she did not seem to answer to it. I went down to the lower deck. The people were all there, women and men acd sonie vhildren on the forecastle. A few had ?.liadyeot off into tbe water. We all c-mi-n.-nced throwing overboard such things us wmld float, a lot of furniture, barrels, bono aid fruit Standsai d lijht bag-raze, and we tri-H to get nil the pwpVti ju up into ti e rivor after them. We all h-id to take to t:io water, and ihe sooner tbe be'tr. I ihiuk the boat had s-truek tbe bottom liefere I le.t the hurricane roof. I was told that there v..is only five !eet oi water at one point ins io where shs s'ru;k. But tbe beat wa .v iir.ertsetbat people bad only the chance of I urnig on that side. I did not touch 1-ottom when I finally jumped In on i he outside. Thelofitwas t ten about forty yards- from the Indiana shore, and ahf-ut three hundred yards above the mouth of L.i-hery creek. In low water it is all lry where the boats ruck. I had a life pr--s?rver, which I did not put on. I threw it : aud went in after it, floating with it. I A not go until nearly all had goue. When 1 licud the low water imiicator b'"w I was afraid of an explosion, and t-ok water, s' riking out into the river arid floating down pa-t tbe stern. At about the time I went in, th cabin by went in on a oor,aüd tlie second clerk, David M.-Clure, with a berrr stand. I had no'.iced that the cac:.n boy bad the cap'ain's hat on h's head and my hat in his hand. (The captain bad gone In with a maWr.-. on which was the Indian boy.) Iu fir.itin down I came np with McJ.ure, who faid. "I'uigone; I'll have to give np." I sä! iio," and for bim not to exert himc-il' but to float along. I called back to the ca in boy and asked him wlut be had there. He answered back "Got yer bat7" I saiJ. "D nit, no; what have yon pot undsr yen? Comedown to McCIure." Presently M

Ciuregotout of the current into the ed.ly and swam ashore. He said it was tbat litt'.e eiionuraeeinent that saved him : that he Lad gnen np all hope. I don't see how Char ley intman was lost, as he had a bed-siead-bead in the water to t'tat w,th. Charley Dufour Has bau lit g up tbe liie-boat that he hsd cr.st over as far forward a? possible, in order to get the ladies in, wheu two men cce blarck and the other white jumped in and cist it loose; and that was toe last I saw of it. An old man that I saw J amp muit hive ln dead when he struck the water, as he did not seem to make a motion afterward, and fell all of a heap. Perhaps it was fr :n over-excitement. Others who saw him co in thought the same. This must have been Mr. Grebmann. The heat was severe, even on ttio outside. I felt it while I was parsing down, but did not realizs how severe it was nntil about 11 o'clock to-day, whPn I d;sered tbat my bead was badly blistered cu top. Mr. Taylor is inclined to baldness. Reporter. I beard ot one case of parties being taken off by a skill". A man who couldn't swim was hanging in the water, on the outside of the vesrel, aft, by something or otter, when a woman oame floating down. He reached out a hand and caught her, and ttey held there until taken oil. He was turne j about the head and lace. I think these farties were A- D. Cunny, of Newport, and Mi?s Emnu Rowden, of Louisville. STAT Elf EST OF A. D. MORRIS, OF MT. AVBVRX. ' He was awakened by tbe alarm, and, thinking that the boat would be able to make the shore, dressed himself oompletiy lo his boots and hat. Finding tta. he would have to take to the water, he stripped to the lfst seek and struck for srvre. Be.ng a pool swimmer, and withal cool-headed, be Und without much difficulty. He 683 s: "I struck out into the river as far as possible, as 1 didn't want anybody to pull nie down. I swam and floated down in tLe current, which was awful strone, until I thought It was time to edge in, for I was getting weak. At last I struck with my feet on the bottom at a bar where others had been saver! beiore me, on tbe Indiana side. . I never felt so glad in Lay lite at touching bottom as I did then. The current was very strong there, and I had hard work to breast it and wade in, but I did that. The first man I struck was Allison, ar.d we shook hands, I tell you. He gave me bis vest and drawers, lor I was perfectly naked, and it was cold oat there. Several came ashore there and were saved. I was blue wlih cold. Somo passed down on the outside and were drowned. The captain was saved there. A boy was with hini, and Bhouted: 'Here's tbe captain. Then the mate - and others joined hands and lormeda line for safety out into the current, and reached him a st:ck, that he caught, and pulled him in. Hut the captain's lile was another m&n's death. This man, whoever the poor fellow was, came floating down alter a barrel that was turning over and over in the water. H? could'i't save htmsc-lf by it, and yet I e hp- I to it as well as he could. I never beard a rain shriek for his life as l.e did. Bat he passed on and was drowned. He and tl.e captain couldn't be saved at the same tim. Onthe boat I saw an instance of a man's hesitation between clinging to his personal property and jumping for bis life that was rather strikirjg. I didn't know Lim. but I noticed him running up and down in a terrible condition of terror and doubt. He had a package of something that he held tightly clasped in front of him. He dropped his watch on deck and turned around to pick it up. His hand was within a loot of it, when the idea seemed to come upon'him that he must run and jump jut then. Without taking up his watch, he turned again acd jumped over, and that was the last 1 saw of bim. Such terrible sigLts and sounds as those never want to see cr b?ir again. As I floated down 1 saw m lady cliDgto the steamer on the outside by a ring, I think. It was hot th?re, and she ras throwing up water with one hand upon ths hand with which she held to tbo boat. I think sbe;was taken oft' by men in a skiST. I taw a lady drowu close by me after I passed the tein of the boat." Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, lias signed the death warrant ordering the execution onthe24stof August, in the parish of Assumption, of five men, who. In April last, murdered and robbed Klisha Kastwood, an old fl&lboatman in that parish, ior bU money. The names of jthe condemned are A. Perry, John Ross, Antoine Maurii, James Williams and James llobmsen. One is whits, two are so lieht aa to pass forwhi:?, Icne is a mulatto and one a negro.