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JOB PBfflTINGEXECUTED WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH

At I hi* Office.

.*&plprtf ii Irtirlpr..From the Olive IJrauch.

The way Goitips end Slanderers are

Made.

Mother behold! the seed burst* forth,"Pis what thy cureless h..nd hnth scattered.

"Yea, I consider Mrs. Way a very imprudentwoman; a very imprudent woman;and I've beard say that she loads herhusband a shocking life when he is at

home, jMHir thing; it's well he's a sailor.and she mi meek and modest, and delicatein company."

I-iiile Maritmld.tlicv ab\nv called thepretty Lu«.-y Werner, Marigold, because .*fIn r vetiow hair, sat appi.rently l>u«v »(

lin^r to her doll, coaxing and scoldingit, but every once in n while th<» carelessglance of her great, eager eyes, up to hermother's fiice, proved that the coiivcr*utioiifell not on dull ears.

Presently she took the plaything himIcarried it into her own little room; there

kitting it up against the head of the crili,she commenced after this fashion:

"Dolly, Mrs. Way is a naught, nuuyhtywoman, and I shan't let you play with herlittle Caroline again. I didn't think Mrs.Way was a naughty woman, any more

than our minister's wife that I told youabout yesterday, because Mrs. Way a!waygives me nice cake and btuutifuljsmies, and you reiiicinlter, dolly, what a

mrge piece of bran liew, white, figuredaiilkilll lis1 iet un hate iiiat made you a

jr«fk moo a tape, ami lots of things, hutliieu ilia.'* ber cobehavior; whenVoliV leu there. alio Tin lioi iliercshe act*0

t«ry oudiy.aiid I'm Dot sure tail what sheionria t'siry; so, mt«« itolfy, don't youeeerJet me see you going oter to lier nouse,

ttjMCiulty willioUl lie."Tlie liltie vix-atun, alter dns tirade, mh

tor a lew uiouietila, buai.y iiniikaig, out

presently tier face ligfi.iti up with au eagerlimit, and she eomnu neeti ng mi:

"Tin u, dolly, there uuo.her pernor)141 HI JOU Ilium inn g ' V*J "J VMV«*un,

nmiim wihi'i uiiu mi< won't i«( im; ami

that'* tli«* widow woman tnat Jive* in iue

liule wUile cvilugo now n by liicUHf. The tolka nil m«y, Uiul at, mania

M)>, liutl »tif mi'i u vary good woman,ml mania ray*, Uial a, «Ar aknuldttl

tromlrr it ilw bail done aoitie dreadful (aidtiling wane lime or oilier. Ami d«m'i youtlnuk, dully, alie only geU » cent's wortiiof milk; shouldn't you be .limned to goafter aueli a little mite? and alie weani a

horrid old calico drw*, I don t know whenit «ru made, but Mm Jenny wid t!»« otherday It viu wer no much before theflood.and in church »h« «tmk, too, tomatiroca,for I teen her nriel(| I wppMt it'a

because Bite's been so bnd. Then there's ]the new teacher; mother don't believe bulwhat »he's very la-cause site goes outso much, with young Mr. Hartley, and bejcause Mr. Hartley collies to our schoolsometimes, and she thinks Mrs. Hartleywon't board her a great while longer, andI'm sure inntuu won't boatd her, and then,dolly, it'll he so nice, she will have to leave,and there won't be any tiresome schoolIbr you and I, will there?" Then the littlefueed changed from glee to gravity.

"< >! dolly, don't yon know how bcauti-fill Mrs. Harper dresses when she conies to Ichurch?.well, maiiiN says that she isn'ttidy at home; that she believes she's real jdirty, because when mama went thereone day, she didn't take off her nasty,greasy apron that she'd Wen cooking in,but sat right down on a nice chair. Andthere was *l»»st on the tnhle, mama saidyon might write on it, and the sofa was in,1 : I II- r .1 < ...ii.« 111 iiiiiii* in me noor, ami tin* brooinrijilit in tin? corner, and.oli! I forpot, Mrs.Leo, t«>o, does dreadful thinps, dolly.oli!you wouldn't believe wlint dreadful thinpsMrs. Leo illh*h. Mama wi*nt there one

diiv, and she tiaid slu* was sick, 1 nit in unatold Ji*nny that she Awte she'd l>eo» dritiking.onlythink! drinking, dolly, Mrs. Li*e!her even were real red, and she couldn't (stand up very well, and she tried to ;urnit off, you kin w, and say she was di./y: 1lnit she wasn't dizzy, dolly, any iiv.ii*than you or 1 are dizzy; I tn don't you n

any body, la-cause main.t says she wuiiii.n'idare to say it to any one hut J -liny.

Don't you pity -little ^lejed .u<rhtcrs.doiiy? Those two little Jo-sup i^irl* anstep danphti r.-, and inaiiia says, for a!'iln v hatk so nice ami neat, she don't la-»e\e hut their in titer that a.nt theirown modnr. you know - treats litem realcruel. Ami don't you think 1 asked themto po to the ]a>ml yesterday, after somelilies, and Delia said Iter mother alwayswanted her to "come r'plit straipht homeafter school," and the clvittcrltox mimi. k< dIter voice and mutunr.

"And then I told Iter it wasn't au\ matter,it wasn't her mil mother, and shesaid she was a pood, dear mother, for allthat, ami she wanted to mind her; hutmania says, she sup|M*c* that eraffv Mrs.Jcssup tenelies them to praise her up..There dolly,, what do you think of that /you oupht to Ih> thankful, as mama teMsme, that you aint a little step daughter.

Joel's see; I can't think of any more,dolly; to-inorrow aunt Sally is coniinp upfrom Denton, and then I'll hear lotsals utfolks, and if you mind and not repeat it,I'll tell you every mite. Aunt Sally, youknow, is uncle Peter's new wife, and she'sreal dressy, and wears all the fashions*ami mama thinks she aint a poinp to likeher, hut she don't know, she may tuaylte.She mvm.i milliner hefori* uncle Peter marriinlher, ami it's kind of vulgar to he a

milliner, hut then she had lots of money.She's boon married In-fore, and her htisii . - ' ...mm useo u» gei nriiiiK, aim she's pot

oik- child that's worse than a fool, mania

says; I don't know what ails him. So doyon sit there, and l-o a pood dolly, andnot go spinning street yarn like that KateMiller, that knows every body's businesshut her own, if you do, I'll whip you, andput you into Mr. linker's family mama

says she shouldn't want to las punishedworm-, for it's a real.I darsn't say theword, dolly, but it means a wicked place.on earth."

Parents, look round upon your delicatehoiv s -d iold -vas« -s, rarer than the costliestporcelain or the richest gold; will youdrop within them, words of pollution, th«vt-hall make them hut fair receptacles ofall that is |*»isoti< us and loathsome, or

will you fill them with gema that shallmake earth bright with the light of heavenlypurity?.Your children are in yourhands.

Tiik (Jenas CosaeiMACr The NewYork Courier and Ktnjuirer has receivethe mivik) iiuiiiImt of the new Cuhan revolutionaryjournal, I .a Vox ilel 1'iinhloCnltno. 'Hie it I iter* awmnie a liohlerami in««e. defiant tone; ami avow that therdieet i»« printed at <inine>, a town ahoul85 miww M>uth of Havana ; hut there i>mid to he rea*ou to ladieve that it w i»

tutI from Havana. CopM*, it i* aliens I,have fouml their way even into the palaeoof the Captain-flem-ml, ami notwitliMtaodingtin* vigilance of the polk** no elite tothe |»uhli*hem low lawn fouml. In thianumticr the Sjiauiarda redding in Cuha are

atrougly prayed to make common groundwith the CuImiIM, <hi tlie ground that theynra equally It i* more thanprobalde, it U * ii-1, that the paper iaprinted either in New Yi»rk or New Or-lean*, and ha* never liren acen in Cul a;the object being to get up another flllibnaterexcitement iu thin country..Char-Ietion Corner,

Biography.The subjoined circular we find in the

Greenville Patriot. The purpose of theauthor, to publish a succinct biographyof the neglected distinguished ntcn of thisState, should meet with general patron-age, and we trust his overture to the liter-ary gentlemen, to whom this circular willbe sent, will enlist their hearty co-oper-ation in his patriotic work:

Gkkkkvillk, S. C., 1852.Dear sir: Perhaps no Suite in the Union

lias produced so many men eminent forgenuis, patriotism and learning as SouthCarolina; and yet it is remarkahle howlittle we have of biographical delineationjf the distinguished dead and living menwho have so signally illustrated the an-nals of the State, and made South Car- |olina, although geographically one of themost smallest States in the mitinnnl imim.

confessedly "the bright particular star" ofthe confederacy. With a view of renderingjustiec to the memory of our ilustriousdead and living men of distinction, andthe promotion of the honorable fame ofour Moved State, it la proposed to writeit very brief sketch of the history of theState, front its earliest colonization to thepresent time, and the lixca of idl her distinguishedmen during the same period.The undersigned does not feel himselfoiupetent, alot e, to perform this groat actof patriotic duty to his native State; hut,on the assurance of aid from several distinU'.t-! d gentlemen in this and ncighlioriiigSt is, tir-t Irt'ilig had, he projioscs to is-ue,iminei'ti tely tiiereafler , a Prospectus

i a «* rk to he entitled "L ves of fcininiS mh Carolinians."I. give character to and confidence in

i! n:« rprise I respectfully and earnestlyg pi mission to state that I have been

! om red with your promised assistance.I' v«'ii have the kindness to assent to mvr» ijui'st, y.ai will greatly oblige bya«i'rissing me at ibis place, and by designatingtl.e lives of those it may be yourptca-nr* to write.

It may inn In amiss to add that theproposed work is expected to be comprisedin one volume, octavo, of 400 or 500pages, an,! to embrace the live* of a greati umber of|H r-oi s- thai, therefore, brevitywill Ik> indispi-iisifile, am! that, as editorof the Isiok, I must necessarily reserve tomyself the privilege of adding to or curtailingthe contributions of my numerousfriends.

In a preface to the liook.propcr acknowledgementswill be made, and tbe namesof those who aid me by their kindness andtalent gratefully recorded. Of course thename of no contributor will Ikj given totin* public where a wish to the eontrarv isindicated.

Trusting, sir, tliat I may Ik* permittedto add your name to the list of those whohave already thus honored me, andthereby give additional certainty to mypur|K>*od enterprise, I am, with very greatres|»ect, your oltedient servent,

Samcel A. Townes.. Carolinian.

Important from the Plains.

Terrible Maxxacre!.Murder nf CaptainMara/* Command by the Comanche*.The Fort Smith (Ark.) Herald, uf the

17th ult., has the following important intelligence:"Twoexpresses arrived tn this city to

Col. Wilson, Commander of the Fort,one from Fort Arbuckle, the other fromFort Washita, on Wednsday eveninglast, bringing the melancholy and distressingintelligence of the destruction of theexjaslitioii to the head-waters of lied Itiver,and hitinier of Cant. Many and the wholeof his command about 80 men.MIt ap|K*ars that a Waco chief came into

Fort Arbuckle a few days ago, and statedthat when out on the plains with his bandof Indians, about twenty days travel fioinArbuckle, a Company of Camaiiclics andKioways came into his camp, some oftiii'iii ilresseil in soldiers' chillies, ami otherswith bayonets fastened to sticks, ami otherarticles he knew belongs! to trisips, amithat they statist to him that as the Camancheswere on their way to attact the|iost on the Bra/eg, they came across

Capt. Marey's expedition, ami when theydiscovered liini, they went into his camp,and he gave them presents, and then lelt."At night, the Indians succeeded in getiiugup <t stani|H'de among the horses and

mules ami run thein off,after which about0 iVhak, or a I suit daylight, they attackedthe coin in iml there Is-ing als.iit 2,000Indians and fought all that day, and thenext day they suceeded in killing off thew hole eoiupatir. It is also reisirted bvthe »tine chief*that theCiimancncs intendiltaekitig Fort Arhmkle and the jmsts onthe He says that he escaped bygi\ ing lip all the |>eltries, Ac., that lie hail,;iud was glad to gi't off by that,means.The Wncim live in the m-ighlmrhood ofFori Arhuckte, and the officers at that postplace full confidence in the rejmrt."Till* oximwrt siMit in from Arbuckleand Washita show planly that an attack isapprehended. Indeed, report* of thegathering of the Caimtm-heH in a body,ami their determination to attack thewhites, have been freipieiit in this place forthe last finir or five months, and it accordswith the statement made by Col. Humphries,of Fort Washita, who wenl outsometime ago to trade with them, ami waarohlwd by them, h a companions n Urdetd,and he barely made his escape; an accountr>f which was published in the Hearld two

«n"'"If thi* report prove* to be true, ami

there appear* to be not much room torloul-t it, an Indian war is inevitable. There

must bo a combination of all the wiMtribes that roam over the prairies andthrough the moutiUfins of New Mexico.The real strength of these Indians is n«>tknown, hih! when combined will presenta formidable force tliat the United Stateswill lind very hard to subdue. The prairieswest will aft'ord the Indians meansof avoiding troops as intricate as thehammocks of Florida. They extend forhundreds of miles, and in many places arenothing hut a sandy plain, upon whichman nor heast can find subsists nee, beinggenerally destitute of water. The Indiansare acquainted with the prairies, and knowevery hiding places for let rest, most ofthem lieing inaccesaible to the whites.

"There *s but mie regiment of troops ontin* ltrnzoa, and tliMt regiment having onlyhalf its complement ofmen, divided intotwo posts, some distance apart, and are,then-tore, in no situation to nn-4-t a largoand forniidalile band of Indians, and areso lar from die white settlements as to beable to get no aid from that puarti-r."The lives of hund-eds of soldii-rs andeitizens are saerifieed upon our frontiersannually, tti consequence of the penurioustu-ssofons Government. Instead of sendingCant. Marey out with sixty or eigivmen, lie should have had ahout threeluuulretl, as the importmce of the expislitiondemamled it, the countrv heingunexplored and unknown,and tilled withhands of marauding Indians, who makemurder and robbery h business."We regret exceedingly the loss of so

many valuable lives, and we are led t«»mourn over the sad fate of Capt. Marey,. hi intimate friend, and an enterprisinghigh-minded officer of the nrniv, and, l>r.< i. <i. Shtitnanl, an atniabh-and respi etahlephysician of our city; alst> ("apt.Strain of Fort Ouehita. and Mr. .1. R.Suvdam of New-York, who ac»ntnpatiieilthe i-\pi-<!iti4>n for pleasim*, hesale others<>f h-ss note, but whose loss to ther friendsw ill In* nothing the lean on that aeeoutit.ami will rill their hearts with sadness andgrief."An express left hero on Thursdaymorning for Little Rook, with despatchesfrom the commander of this post, for

Washington City."itatu'.oiph is. .Marcy was. we perceive

In<111 (lie IIIiir Book, a native of Mus.a<1Missel Is. hihI a captain in the FifthKigimeut oflnfitntry. TlieN. V. Knnini/Post states that he was about forty yearsof age, and that he was among the mostgallant officers of the little force that wonthe first battles on the Rio Grande underGeneral Taylor, anil being wounded afKesaca de la Palina, ho was placed onrecruiting duty in Pennsylvania. After thewar lie was ordered to the Indian frontier,ami was entrusted by Government withthe arduous duly of commanding an eseorlto Santa Kc, and exploring a newroute to that place; a service which lie performedwith great credit. Several otheitasks of delicacy were executed by himto the entire satisfaction of the I department.His last orders were to commandan ex|H'dition to select a site and establisha fort on the remote southwesternfrontier, and it is in this service lie hasfallen. He leaves a widow, who is at oneof the distant military stations, and severalchildren.. Courier.

The Dreadful Calamity on the HudsonRiver.Burning of the Steamer HenryClay.Melancholy Loss of LifeManyPassengers Missing.HeartRenderingScenes.The Finale of a

Race.The subjoined details of the criminal

and terrible steainl<oat disaster.the burningof the HmryCIa;/ on the Hudson riveion Wednesday, which seems to have beenthe ri-siilt of most wanton and recklessracing.we copy from the New-YorkDaily Time* of Thursday morning:The steamer Henry Clay and Ameuiii

left Albany 7 o'clock on Wednesdaymorning for New-York, the latter a littleahead, each crowded with passengers, theformer having lietueen four and five hundredon Itoard. It is stated that the boatscommenced racing from the start.theIm<ats belonging, of course, to rival lines.All the landings were missed, in the eagernessrf the race,. until Hudson wasreached. Here the Armenia made theluiifliittr lirvit niul fin* I M«»«- .....

.""fs ",u *-"n^ w '**

obliged to wait until Iior rival's departure,In-lore she could get to the dock. TheArmenia, ol* course, again got tin* start,taking the west channel of the river. Hercompetitor followed on the ciust side of theriver.the channels l>eiiig scparnrtcd forsome distance l»v a grassy flat. Whenthe boats reached the lower end of thisflat, they were nlstiit abreast of each oth*er, eaeli striving to make the next land[ing (Kingston, we should *M|>|H*e it to l>otrom the description) ahead of the other.The Armenia, it will Is) seen, was nearestiho shore on which Kingston is situated,The Clay, however, crowded her so hardthat they came in eollison, and ran sidel»y aide for some distance, the wheel houseof the Armenia snstnining, meantime,considerabledamage.The passengers, with the exception of a

reckless few, had exhibited much alarmduring the entire passage thus far, apprehendingsome fatal result to the hazardousrace. When the Utats came in collision,their alarm increases] so much thatscvera' ladies fainted, and many othersgave expression to their fears in loud outcriesattd tears. It is proper to state here,that Capt. Tallman was confined to hisroom by sickness, and did not assume commandat all. Also, that Thoa.Oollycr, oneof the owners of the l»oat waa on board.We are told that, after the collision, fourgentlemen went to the |strom who werr

in command, stating the consternation ofthe ladies, and remonstrating against thefearful risk to which the passengers werebeing subjected, and begging that the raceshould cease. i

At this time the heat in the vicinity of 11the engine and boiler rooms was so greatthat it had become almost impossible topass fiont one end of the vessel totheoth-er- The fact was mentioned as an evid-once of the hazardous efforts that weremaking to secure a fruitless victory, at theexpense of the comfort if not the lives ofall on board. The remonstrances wereunavailing. The reply was that the boatw s getting along very well, and thatthere was no danger to be apprehended,The race accordingly continued; the llenryClay succeeding, finally, in crowding hercompetitor so near the shore that she was <

compelled to drop astern, in order to keepfrom rimniinr mrrnmul Tit.. I ......I..i iiv vinj iihmir

tin* landing, tiiok on hoard tin: few pas-seiigerx in waiting, and secured the fewdollars charged for their faro. At whatprice the paltry stun was obtained, the jmelancholy sequel will show.As may be supposed, the feelings of

those on board.a large majority of themladies, many of whom were without pro-tectors.had by this time become soexeit-ed, that few were prepared toaet with pro-setiee of mind in the dread emergency inwhich they were soon to be plunged..The Henry Clay maintained her vantage,and came through the Highlands a shortdistance ahead of the Armenia. Ktnorgingfrom that narrow passage, the hitterfell rapidly astern of the Clay, w hich pass-ed Sing Sing some four miles ahead. Inihe meantime dinner had been served, andthe ] assengers were grouped on the mainand promenade decks, somew hat reassur- Ied. now that the boats were so far separat-

At about quarter belore 3 <» clock, justafter passing the village of Votikers, the jthrilling cry of "Fire!'' resounded from the i

centre of the vessel. A glance towardsthe engine-room showed a column ofsmoke pouring up from one of the hatches.Almost simultaneously, flic llaines leaped ,from the hold near the boiler rooms, andin less than one minute the entire vicinityof the machinery was enveloped in thimcs,cutting off all communication betweenforward and aft. A western steamboatcaptain, who was on board, expressed bisconviction that tar, rosin or some otherhighly inflammable matter must have beenin use in the boiler room for fuel, as wood

j .even heated as was every part of the' vessel iieiir the machinery hv the unusual 1fires of the day.could not, hy any possibility,have ignited and raised a dense wallof name in the few seconds which elapsedaftei the first alarm, and before communicationfore and aft, was cut off. This testimonyis confirmed by other gentlemenwith whom we conversed.

I'anie and confusion now assumed thereins. The realization of the gloomy forohodingsof the morning seemed to he athand. Men, women and children werethrown into an alarming state of eonfu-sioii. Ladies were calling upon their bus |hands for succor; mothers clasped theirchildren to their bosoms with the energyof despair as they retreated from therapidly spreading destruction. Husbandswho were on the forward deck, strove invain to reach their partners, left l»nt a momentbefore in the after-saloon. (!roans,cries, shrieks, imprecations and prayerswere mingled in mournful chorus. Fromthe instant that the fire was diseov^nwl

1 despair seemed to settle upon tin- heartsof a large portion of the passengers amishut out from view altogether the hopecalculated to induce self-jiossession and cf-I'ectual ctforl-s for safety.A cry for the "boats" was raised; hut

no boats could he found. We cannot asicertain that a single yawl or life-boat was[ on board the steamer. If there was one

Midi, w e are assured that none was broughtin use. Nor can we learn that there was

any effective apparatus on board withwhich to extinguish a lire. At all events,every effort to save the vessel became so

utterly hopeless, within five minutes afterthe (lames broke out, that it was abandoned,and the steamer's head was turnedtowards the east hank of the river in orderto run ashore. The necessity fortiusmovement at the earliest moment wasfully apparent. Already were the w heel;houses wrapped iii flames, the engineershad been driven Irom their posts, and thedevastating element fanned by a still'southwind, was sweeping rapidly towards theafter saloon, w here the greater number ofthe passengers were located. The densevolume of smoke, too, was blown direetlyaft, laden with burning cinders, and snh|jecting them to imminent danger of sufjfoeation.

In the meantime, the despairing shrieksfor help appeared to l»e redoubled. It was

instineiively seen that, as the steamerwould strike the shore how on, there bejing no communication from aft to forward,even the approach to the river's hank gav^but little hope to the helpless women andchildren who were astern. And therethey stood, the young and the old, battling,inch by inch, with the flame, sufferinga thousand deaths in the terrible strug,.Ui'... i:r_ .«:i .1 .1»

iwi iiiv, iiiivii me vessel sirucx, leavingthose who were aft, Home 2<r>0 or 300 feetfrom tlie shore. At thin time, it in esti|muted, there were nearly 301) persona1iio1<1I<mI together on the after guards, liesijfating in agony or terror, whether to meetdeath by the tlame or tho floo<l.thesedread alternatives apparently, being theonly bitter choice.The place where the steamer struck is

on the river bank, two and a half mileslielow Yonkers. No lionts were to l»ohndthere of nny description. The Armenia.bore rapidly down, and sent out her l»oata,as also did a number of sailing vessels

11 wh'ch werenoar, but at least a quarter of

an hour elapsed after the Clay struck, ereany assistance came. In the meantime,! o!the panic-stricken unfortunates had nearly wallbeen forced over the stern into the wa-J hiter, where many of them sustained them-1 stselves by swimming, or by the aid of afew floating boards, until rescued from their a'perilous condition. Others clung to the Vguards of the vessel with the energy ofdesperation. The rudder and steering Vgear furnished temporary safety toothers.] t:A number succeeded in getting hold ofthe braces on the under side ol'the guards. t*

Several ladies threw the end of a stern C:line overboard, let themselves dow n into hthe water, and sustained themselves by ii M

until aid reached them; fortunately before <1the line, which was on lire, had heec me htoo weak to support them, l'ut many jJlhcIS ilimiied frantieallv intci tln> ivai.-r tl

*> I t" Jind sank to rise no more. A gentleman "vvlio was forward, and who tJT«»t on shoresoon after the vessel strtiek, says that not wone of a mttnher of ladies.some withchildren in their arms.whom he saw hijump Iroin the larboard side, were saved.!ft'lie expresses the conviction that some fitlyor sixty lives, at least, were lost. We < rwish we could adil that but little reliancecould be placed on his statements; but of 1"all those with whom we conversed, he tlseemed the calmest and most likely to bewell informed.Wc heard of but one person who is t"

supposed to have been burned to death;one child we are told, was seen to fall he- s<

neath the flames in the after saloon. A Mr.Way, of Welles\ ille, Ohio, was among tlthe passengers. When the (.'lay first 1,1struck he swam ashore, procured a raft of t"several loose boards, and returned to save gibis wife, 1 he drowning creatures abouthim, m tln ir struggles for safety, broke uphis raft, ami < mjielled l.im to abandonit. 'l'he loose boards sustained <|uite a t'1number of the sntlercrs above water untilhelp came. Mi. Way got under the <s

-learner's guard again, and sustained hi. l»w ife and two other ladies until the small h<boats came up.

lielbre the Knginect (Mr. Jaeoh / inmerman)was compelled to leave his post, '1he arranged the alve properly, ami left '(ithe machinery in full motion. The engine.. ...i II" :i .1.- - 'VIOIIYI'II »>eu 1111111 Lilt; VCSSCI SHUCK, W Hell 11

the machinery slopped with a crash, prohabiyfrom the giving away of the tint* "

hers supporting it. When the engineerand tiretiien reached the forward deck, "

they tell overpowered hy the heat and suflocationto whicli they had been subject- '

ed.'

Mtiib ixji ar.n and the dead.

No accurate statement of the liunibor ^who perished can now be given. No list «'of passengers w as taken by the clerk; andof course many of those who lost their ,!iliws cannot be known until their bodies

arerecovered. There were quite a nuinberof passengers on board from the West. 'several of them from l'ittsburg. The hitter,we understand, were all saved. Therewere many gentlemen who were returningwith their families from Saratoga and oth-vi .. 'hihi^ I'lum, .-uiiii; »u >> 11<ii11 areknown to be missing, although those who *|report the faet are unable to give any clueto their names or homes.

< Mieladv is said to have been drowned, ^whose husband does business at No. (">'.» ^I 'earl-street. She had w ith her it littlebov w ho was rescued, and w hose piteous (meanings for the fond mother, so rudelysnatched from him, were truly heart-rend- ^ing.A resident of Chicago, named Adam jMurry, was on board with his wife and

one child. All three of them jumped intothe water together. The husband wasrescued alive, but nearly exhausted. Thechild w as found dead soon after, 'and

(brought to the depot of the Hudson l!iv | ^er rail road, where it was recognised last { ^evening by the father, (Mr. Murray.) Thelbody of the mother had not been tound ()when we left. She is about five feet fiveinches in height; 30 years of age, and is jattired in a chamber gingham dress, blackUnmet, light shoes, and had on her person ja gold watch and chain, one diamondring, one wedding ring, and another goldr. >The body of a male child, neatly dressed,was taken out of the water dead, and v

brought to the city. The remains were! |unco in a private room over tlic 1 liaison

Kiver Kail Komi Depot. They liml not | (lieen recognized tip to a late hour last (night.SIThe l>ody r»f a man was also taken out (jof the water, and recognized as that of

Mm. II. \Vhillock, a resident of New-1York.A highly respectable resident of Mont- it

pelier, Yt., by the name of Stoddard 13. w

Colby, was on board the steamer with his Mwife. Moth leaped into the river; and the uunfortunate lady was drowned. Her bus- j rsband was sieved. Last night the body of pMrs. Colby was grappled tip and brought I jito the rail road deitot, where it was identi- fttied by the mourning husband. c<

Mr. S. 13. Bancroft, of Philadelphia, dwas on the. aflerdeck of the steamer in v

company with his lady, who held hold of sihis arm when thev both jumped overboard, aMr. I 'enoroft was saved, but his wife was edrowned. Her remains were recovered alast night and recognised by the afflictedhusband. MA resident of Laurel Hill, New Jersey h

named L. S. Haskell, was also on board srwith his lady. She wns drowned whilehe was rescued from a water}' prove. The Yremains of Mrs. II. were recovered from tlthe water las. cveninp, and brought to the Acitv in the 0 o'clock train. tl

John L Thompson, Ksq., of Lancaster, MIV, lost his wife and two children. Hint- tiself, one child and nurse were saved. Mr. ItThompson holds an official station in the nState of Penneyhr nia, and w as just re- dturning with his family from a Northern 1tour, tl

Mi.-s Mary Bhodes, residing in the eitvBrooklyn, was rescued from the water,

itli serious burns about her face and'east. She was placed on board theearner Armenia, and brought to the city.Miss Tucker, of Milledgcville, Ga., was

Iso seriously injured, ami brought to Nework in the steamer.Willis B. lVeseott and his son John

V., of I.a., were seriously injured, andikon on board of the steamer Armenia.James .1. Jessup, thcclork of the steamr,was in the water, and had a narrow

scape of his life. Mr. Jessup states thate had no record of the names of the pasngers,and further, that all the book",ocuments and monies in the office were>st.Captain J. F. Tallmnn, Commander of

ie Ilenry Clay, was on board laboringnder a severe illness. In his efforts toite others, after the fire broke out, hoas in the water a long time, and whenikcn out was unable to speak, lie wasrough I to tlie city in tlie Armenia. It isa red that he will not recover.The principal pilot of the ill-fated steamhadhis wife in the wheel house, where

le remained until the vessel struck, wheni catiglti hold of her and jumped uponle shore.A planter, named Edward Cooper, redingat M< mphis, Tenn., was overboard,

ltd being an excellent swimmer, he restedseveral f« males, and then saved himlf.

An incident worthy of note occurred atte time of the panic. A gallant younginn named Edwards, who was 011 theitlVail, aft, obsening a young lady it\rcat danger from the fire, exclaimed.A'ill yon go with me into the water andte risk of being drow ned, or will you beunit to dent hi" The female acceptedie noble offer, and both wore saved.James Smiley, a resident of New-Vork,believed to have gone on board of the*ettry C lay at Albany, attd up to a lateuir last night he had not been heard of.There an many men and women tnissgby their friends, who were on hoardie Henry Clay together; and as a largoit of baggage h...- h"en found withoutwners, we here give ti names and itiials011 the trunks:Black trunk marked M. A. F., Wiltington,N. C.; do. do. J. C. Brougham,

letroit: do. do. E. W.; do. tlo. O. Fenttell,Wilmington, N. C.; do. do. I. 1>., do. do.tiss 11. ('leinoiits, Wilmington, do. do. E.. Parker, Vermont; while russet trunk,liss Moore, Memphis, Tenn.; black trunk,1. E. B., Wilmington, N. C.; band box,

I 1 > XT' V I II .1 . 1» in. *t I I'clM'f iU'W 1 OI'Kj IUHCK 111111K,. C'.In addition to the above baggage, thero

1 a large lot at (lie steam boat office, No.02 West-street, which has not boonlaimed, and the owners are. supposed toe either among the dead recovered, orliosc who have not been found.

1.1ST OK TUB DEAD.

The following are the names of thosepon whom an inquest was held :Mrs. Harriet K. Colby, aged 32, wife of

\ K. Colby, of Alontpelier, VtMrs. Elizabeth llillinan, of Troy. N. V.Mrs. Emily 1>ancroft, aged 55, wife of

taeey It. Itaneroft, dry goods merchant,f 1 'hiladelphia.Mr-;. Anthony llobinson and daughter,

f I'err\ -street. New York.Mrs. Owen Eonnell, of Wilmington,c.An Irisli lad who was near the pilot

oiise, is missing, supposed drowned.A. (J. Downing, editor of the llorticuliiist,Newlmrg, missing.Mrs. (i. \V. S .miiis, of Eld ridge-street,cw York, lost two children ; the bodyf one of them, a boy, about two and aalt' years old, has been found and identied.Mr. (I. E. \Y hillock, hone agent, No.

P> Allen-street, drowned; on his bodyras found a portetnonaie, gold watch, ponilease, »kc.A light flaxen haired child, wearing a

1loonier hat, name unknown, standingn the after deck, was burnt.Mrs. Wint lyid daughter, of Pcrry-st.,lew York, missing.Mrs. Bnylv, wife of Professor Bayly, of

Vest Point, and two children, wererowned. Mr. Bayly was saved.Mr. \Y. K. Bay, wife and daughter, of

'inciunati, < Miio, drowned. Mr. S. \V. D.look saved one of Mr. Bay's children, byLviniming from the stem of the wreck to10 shore.

ITCtOKNTS 1 lilt MISSING, ETC.Miss Moore, of Tennessee, lost her lifethe following manner: It seems she

as under charge of Mr. K. Cooper, oflemphis, Tennessee, who was in the af

rpart of the l»<mt, and the flames weroipidly approaching them, when Mr. C.laced on his hotly a life preserver, andimped into the water. Thus securedin sinning, lie called to Mirk Moore to

amo from tlio l»oat, and he wouhi conucther to the shore ; t>ut the poor girlra« too much alarmed nt tho water, amilie coulil not he imlneed to leave the boat,nil, in consequence, sho was soon afternvclojxsl in thiincs and smoke, and dis-^pjieared.J'rofessor Rarllett, of tho i'olloginte Initntent Poughkcopsie, is rejiorted to

nve lioen drowned. Another statementlys Mrs. Itartlett.Stephen Allen, K»rj., ex-Mayor of Nework, H6 years of age, and lady, were onicir return from Ix'hnnnon Springs. Mr.was seen by Mr. Jewett, of this city,on

ic dock when the boat touched tile shore.Ir. J. handed him a rope, and his attenonlieing drawn in another direction hewt sight of tho old gentlemun, and didot see him afterwards. Mr. Allen was airector of the Hudson River Hail Road.Iicre i* very little doubt but he u amongic drowned,