Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1859 — A Loss of Three Thousand Lives. [ARTICLE]

A Loss of Three Thousand Lives.

Near Taganrog, on the Sea of AzofT, a catastrophe occured, about the beginning of February last, which involved a loss of life unparalleled, except by memorable earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. It appears that some three thousand inhabitants of Taganrog, relying upon the promise of fair weather chiade by the genial atmosphere and the cloudless sky, proceeded to the Azof!'Sea to indulge in the sport of fishing beneath the ice—a favorite pastime of that region. The atmosphere continuing serene, the party were lulled into a feeling of security, and ventured [further than usual upon the ice, in th“ hope of obtaining a good haul. Suddenly a breeze ! sprung up from the east, which, growing i boisterous by degrees, whirled the loose snow and fine particles of ice in all directions, and before long succeeded in detaching th? ice from the shore The large ice-field then broke into numerous pieces, with their terrified and helpless human freight, drifted toward the open sea. No assistance could be rendered the unhappy beings by their frantic relatives rnd friends on shore, and within two hours n >t a sign of lite was visible on ’ the surface of the sea. On the following I day a cake of ice drifted tj shore upon which [were five of the unfortunates—three of them I dead, and the othor tw > numb and insens ble. [ The two -latter —a girl and an old man—were restored by me ms of the usual* appli- [ antes, the girl, however, survived but a tew : hours; the mm recovered,' but lost the use [of his tongue—a consequence, pr iba >lv, of [fright caused by the scene he had pissed [ through. He prepared a Written narrative lof occurrences of that tearful night on the I Azoif. By this catastrophe 'at least three thousand persons fotind u watery grave. — B >ston Postfellow went, some time since, into the store of a fashionable milliner. "Have vou.anv skirts!” he asked with a serious emphasis. “Plenty of them!” “What is the iowest brice per cord!” said the chap. .“A cord!” replied the woman in astonishment. "Yes, about a cord. Up in our diggings the petticoats has gin out. I see you advertise •corded skirts,’ and 1 thought while my hand was in, I would take what you had corded up.” 'Die milliner fainted. (£y“lle is a very unfortuna e man,” said Dr. Spooner, speaking ofa gentleman whose ill-luck is proverbial, “and 1 really be ieve, if he should full on his back, that be would break Li* nose."

ETThe paper has been unavoidably delayed on© day this week. ETS. E. Mettee has just received a fresh supply of oysters. ITWe are requested by many friends of Captain. T. W. Lamson, to announce him as a candidate for Constable next Monday. He makes a good officer. 03“ Hon. David Snyder will please accept our thanks for a copy of the Reports of the Indiana Legislature of 1856-9. (pkT It will be seen by an advertisement in this paper, that Miss Lydia Martin opens a school next Monday morning, over La Rue’s store. 03" The fifth debate between the Calliopeans and Eiiudites came off' hist Wednesday night. The question was decided in favor of the Calliopeans, (negative.) Q3"The people of Onarga, Iroquois county, 111., the county adjoining this on the west, have subscribed a thousand dollars, which they offer as a bonus to any man who will build a steam flowering.mill in their town.

Douglas and Buchanan stripe is thus happily described by the “unborn poet;” ‘Foreach carried his head where his tail should be And the two, of course, could never agree. But wriggled about, with main andjnight, And now to the left and now to the right; Pulling and twisting, this way and that, , Neither knew what the other was at.’ 03" We learn from the I ndianapolis Join - nal that sleeping cars are to. be placed on the New Albany & Salem Railroad between Lafayette and Michigan City. One for this purpose was built at New Albany with fortyeight berths, wash room and water closets, and a ventilator for each berth. The upper berths are entirely private, and have no communication with those below. 03" We notice that Dr. Martin is about to go into the book and stationary business in the room befieath this office, (Penn & Fowler’s Building.) A portion ot his stock has already arrived, and the balance, we learn is at the railroad. The Doctor is an accommodating gentleman, and we hope ard expect that Ire will make the new enterprise p«y03 Mr Austin has now on hand a large stock of groceries, which he claims to be of the best qualities, and offers to sell them at the lowest prices. We believe his stock is not surpassed in Jasper county. He is a clever fellow, and has but one failing in our estimation—liquor-selling— but that we will leave to the law and the County Commissioners. See his advertisement. 03-We have had another assault and battery in this county. It-appears from the trial before Esqs. Ho-we and Hopkins on Tuesday, that William Read, residing about tw o or three miles north-east of this place, on Saturday last, attacked William Wolfe, (who had called on him demanding a bushel of wheat that he claims Read was owing him.) and severely pummeled him with a club. A State’s warrant was issued for Read, and he was tried as above, the Justices binding him over in the sum of .SIOO, to appear at the Common Pleas Court.

03" Mr. Peacock-has just received a'notlier large lot of groceries, &c.. which he offers as cheap-as. the cheapest. That his stock is of the best we know by experience, he having sent us a sample ofjnany of his choice articles. He lias on band another lot of that excellent, coffee which everybody so ’much admired who had forrnerlv tried it. We notice that he has now dried apples, peaches, plumbs, &c., oranges, lemons, w illow wagons, wooden ware, &c. In fact, you can find almost, anything in his line at his establishment yesterday called in at. Mr. McSheehy, and saw that he bad just received a very large stock of leather »nd reany made shoes for ladies and boys. JJverv nook and corner, in his establishment is crowded with stock, which is the largest stock we have yet seen in Rensselaer. He is now selling at greatly reduced terms— Lafayette if nd Chicago prices—and if he is not fully appreciated by this community, we mistake our tnan. It is always a favorable mark to see a man drive business along as he does. Give him a call and satisfy yourselves.

C3"The Black Republics ns are trying to crow over their waning fortunes in New Hampshire. ’Nero fiddled whilst. Rome was burning.— Chiago Herald. There is this difference: The Rome of Democracy is on fire, and we say fiddle-de-dee. 03-The coroner’s jury in the case of M ke Walsh, of New York, the finding of whose dead bod- "■ the street was anounced by telegraph, n nd- red a verdict that bis death “was caused by lulling in a fit of appopiexy, after which he was robbed by some person unknown.”