Experiment, The (Newspaper) - August 18, 1841, Norwalk, Ohio the Buffalo Commercial MOST Destruction of tlie jiy and the loss of dred and Seventy Little did we think yesterday in a brief paragraph in commendation of the that to-day we should be called upon to record the destruction of that er with a loss of life unequalled on our own or almost any oilier The left ilio dock at 10 minutes past 4 P. M. loaded with merchandize destined for as nearly as can now be about two bundled including and on The boat had been and although the was blowing every thing promised a pleasant and prosperous Nothing occurred to mar this till about when the boat was off Silver about 8 miles from shut and 23 miles from this when a slight explosion was and im- instantaneously the whole vessel was enveloped in Capt. ho on the upper deck at the ed to the Cabin to obtain the Life of which there were from 90 to 100 on but so rapid had been the gress of the he found it to euler tile He to the upper on his way giving orders to the neer to stop the the wind and way ofthe boat increasing the fierceness of the flames and driving them The neer replied that in consequence of the flames lie could not reach the Tbe man was instantly directed to put the helm hatd a The vessel swung slow ly heading to the and the boats were three on were then dered to be Two ofthe boats but in consequence ofthe heavy sea and the headway ofthe they both swamped as soon as they touched We not attempt to describe the awful and appalling condition of the Some were frantic with fear and ers plunged headlong madly into the others again seized upon any thing buoyant upon which they could lay The small tV boat forward had been It was alongside the with three or four sons in when the captain jumped in and the boat immediately dropped astern filled with A lady floated by with a life j preserver She cried for There i was nu safety in the The caplain S threw her the only oar in the She caught the oar and was It Mrs. of and she was the only lady In this the boat a mass of fierce and the passengers crew ing to save themselves by swimming or porting themselves by whatever they could found bv the Clinton at about 10 P. M. The Clinton left here in the but in consequence of wind had put into She laid there till nearly at which time she ran and had proceeded as far as when just j at the of was ed some twenty miles The Clinton j immediately put about and reached the ing wreck about 10. It was a fearful I All the upper works of the had been J burned The Engine but the hull was a mass of red Tho passengers and crew were 1 screaming in their agony and ing for The boats ofthe Clinton were i instantly lowered and manned nnd every t -I person that could be seen or heard was pick cd up and every possible relief The a little steamboat lying at kirk went out of that harbor as soon as after the discovery of the anti arrived joon after It not thought by the that she saved By 1 A. M. all was still except the dead crackling of the Not a solitary ual could be seen or heard on the wild wasle of A line was then made fast to the remains of the EriCs and an effort made to low the hapless hull About this time the came up and lent her The hull of the Erie lowed within about four miles of the when it sunk in eleven fathoms By this time it was The lines were cast off. The Clinton headed for this port which she reached (i who are several arc badly but none dangerously injured so far as we have j rl We annex u list of the lost and saved so fur as we have been uble to M. Willett John C. New York E. S. Ann Otto N. wife and three Steward ofthe Mrs. Giles Charles J. Watts S. N. Y. Mrs. H. Smith and A. Phillip Henry Peter in the employ of G. Miss A. sister of G. J. D. New D. S. F. Mrs. Spencer and two Mrs. Mrs. Ballston N. Y. Miss do do Miss do Mr. lady and two from Yales moving to Orin Co. from near Fort Clerics S. Mt. has got a family at that List of iss passengers shipped by Messrs P. L. Parsons Co. THE Wednesday County The Democratic Electors of Huron County me to meet in their re- townships on tlic 4th day of September ami appoint ponding the number of in to a County tu be holden at the iu on the at K lur of in suitable In lie supported at the Octo- her tu transact Mich other an may be deemed to the furtherance of correct Tbe from Krie are requested lo meet with us at lime and place above men fnr tne of nominating a ative to ihe Slate JOHN P. j. County Corresponding We luve often had occasion to notice mid point out the glaring and absurdities manifested by tlie leaders of tbe whip party at They seem scarcely to make a movement but w bat n by former Ifo merchant or farmer himself should -ive away a dollars became he had no for and then should mortgage his farm and lands to raise a like or call upon his friends to assist him by their a if not accounted w ould at least be thought the specimen of folly and dence to lake another The county of ever since its has been ill at their nest thu should distribute to the inhabitants of each township five thousand and at Ihe same session levy a lo j ihe expense of this ill-advised What would be thought of the of Mich officers I How soon would Ibe people meet in their primary assemblies and denounce outrage upon their vv of their following is the number of Jurors to each ion 1'airfield, 1 ew Geo G Ii Martin Rettenger JJ Christian 5 7 A M. Reibold Steinman 2 Peter King L. Gilling 3 Peter Schmidt 1 John 1 P. Scheider it 5 J. 4 S. Schapler 54' U. Filling 2 Mr. 1 J. Ivonen 1 C. Durler 1 Mr. 5 A C. 2 C. Wilbur G C. Palmer 5 J. 5i 0. C. Killerman 1 C. Mimch friend 2 0. 0. O. Origin of the the gers on board were painters iti the employ of Mr. G. Miller of this who were going to Erie to paint the steamboat They had with them demijohns filled with spirits of turpentine and unknown to Captain were placed on the boiler deck directly over the Mintch recently from and left his family in this lie was on his way west to secure land for ultimate This list comprises the names of 87 per as it is to nass children at half tlie whole number in this list must reached one hundred Only four persons of the including Durler and three others names nc could not tvere We are indebted to Clerk nl tho Do Witt for the tallowing list of persons saved by that James Hiram Dennis 1st Theodore Edgar 1st Son of T. W. Harrison Harbor Pa. Mass. Three German badly burned Robert colored do M J. 11. St. passenger to C. do badly burned one of the Erie Alfred 0. East Luther B. iN. Y. John Giles Capt. captain of Mrs. Christian Holmes Another Patriot in this towi on Saturday PETER i soldier of the Revolutionary in tin Soth of his Mr. Conradt had fo a long time been a resident of this and for several years received a fo who al limc had occasion to go on the aim seeing Tho the removed They were but by whom is not Im- mediately previous to the bursting forth of the as several on board have assured a slight was The demi- had burst with the and their inflammable taking fire in- stantly communicated to every part of the which having been freshly varnished caught as if it had been Not a paper nor an article of any kind was Of course it is impossible to give a complete list of those on Of cabin passengers Capt. Titus thinks there were i ji between 30 and 40, of whom 10 or 12 were In were about 140 J nearly all of whom were Swiss and German They in families with tho usual proportion uf women and The heart bleeds at ri the t' j It is a singular coincidence that the Erie was burned at almost identically the same spot where the Washington was burned in is 1838. Capt. who commanded the Washington at that happened to bo t on board the and was very active in living the survivors of the inadequate to the support of himself an those dependant upon we the that the last years of his were still by the chill ing effect of and that ho was oblige to resort to the most servile t procure the necessary means of subsistence The day on which he died he had been la boring in the for daily wages Being quite overcome with tho heat of th day and the fatigue of his he set ot his place of and was soon al found dead in the road leadin A inquest was an we understand return of the Jurors to h by the visitation of The dc ceased had ever remained a ing and sustained the of being an honest of the man Government to keep the light house at Ke West having committed a great coi tra has been tarred anil cred by the people of Key and ship ped for Washington in a pilot to lay ii case before Secretary Papc Xew Noru i lit BANKRUPT The federal Journal at the J other kindred are engaged in abusing id endeavoring to bold up lo ridicule the members of Congress for their vote e Tor this they are denounced as e opponents of the poor and a thousand o- er epithets upon with a view to the of A refill examination of this the of the whole and show esc federal who are the bank and who poor ere not a law by who then We ese same wings who am now of their eat benevolence and And why did e oppose the measure then ils prov it included re the democratic parly lo the present law T We for the at were ill favor of the law at Ihe -ion of It and cor orations from its The democratic lotto and exact justice to Under ic present a fnr certain tin be declared a His then be seized by ain old lo pay his A in the o of the is too sacred lo bo thus dealt with may suspend shut their id defiance lo their we have je o learn the reason of this and vv by a inn ied institution ought not to be subjected lo the sain aw and entail upon es the same T wrong as Include corpora and we are for bankrupt law heart and ham without provision ill lion w lib our believe it rank nml foul ice. And here we may that should npt carefully operate upon bunk institutions of the it would mon lian any other to to healthy iie present state of the Ii rose these miserable n low Hooding the country with their worthless irre would be immediately am 10-0 only which are upon solid capital tlie Give Us such a and vv honld bear no more about a Fiscal w oil I 101 bn thought of. Hut if the feds lire sincere i leir regard for the nml if limy re adopted which will once more the bank o their and redeem their U hem go with us on this and place each il and every great and he same and with justice Ii though tbe heavens If thing were naming to prove ihe md conscious guilt of the in regard t heir before election nnd their it may be found in the following made ihe of to the iu this it dors not carry very Compunction i fear of telling ibe whole and consequent conviction of double w must confers we know not ibe import and arrangi ment of Here it read coul he or or more lo the casual his been appointed Po Master or this in place of Hiram K. Could any tiling be more modest and ng I Their readers lire apprised 3Ir. is appointed Post but how the vacancy o to enable him lo receive the by the or i- to them a scaled and many deluded followers will probably neter eume the knowledge of ihe thai wa- HI In make room for a reward fur his political staling tl whole the portion of their party mig have been to reflect that this course of condii did not tally with their before the f lint a- the o power through fraud and it i- fn to presume that the same vv ill be continued retain it. We neither envy them their position their Or all the political tergiversations which vv have ever the one in the last caps tbe We refer lo their publication a letter liy Amos in the right and duty of removal fiom office in justification of their onn and unhallowed for Ixl it be borne in mind this self same letter before ilia most terrible for its unheard and odious lus was assail with all the epithets in the vocabulary of billing So far did their spleen cany that Ib oven denied to Mr. Kendall one But they him with alacrity their own and 0, federalism of their f On such a we there would be no of all parties would unite in hurling servants from their high awl ab- surd as such conduct would vet this v cry game is being practiced by Ibe w big at an they first give lo ihe widow of and then unto three the proceeds of ihe other and eale a is deficit to be at Ihe same they create a National cbl of twelve and the g an ad valorem duty of per upon Ibe of per upon every other article i- heretofore gone duly our well if it was to impo upon needed bj tho o they thus the Treasure Was is ihe reform before tlie election e more for order to afford for at to make this tut a National Debt be and our ear ils We only wish that this subject light lie thoroughly tbe reasons fnr unusual measures might be 1 ertain we that no reflecting mind ought body and by the married or cap- wilh 'a National Debt s a national but vv hat repudiate mid mad schemes of federal flip The federalists are tickling themselves because wheat bears a higher price this ban They give all ihe credit of it to the ad- lustily upon the tu see has been done for don't 0 tile It is enough that it beals a libber price this your than areso stupid that they ihe farmers can sily be made lo believe il i- all owing lo the e- of mid Ill their anxiety to give all the of the wheat to ihe they entirely over- the that they charged upon Ibe stump and through tbe last and succeeded in ig hundreds of tlie honest and unsuspecting of the believe that tho from our revolutionary Let call us what they no matter go in for And Ihe more this subject is examined and the more as right and will it commend itself to the faior and adoption of tlie American By the the N. V. Evening has a very happy Int upon tlw course which are pursuing relative to the of repeal a- v OK ed by the All can bear testimony lo the justice and le of the It is as the recent between the and the the warriors of the Empire hung out lanterns in the form of grim anil other to alarm the Tlis bank parly in ibis country copy the Chinese of and are fighting tht repeal linn w iih nil kinds of hideous ofthe de- Thi captured the the and we apprehend that the charter of the new which is lo ho defended in a like hardly stand a longer of abusive applied in who talk of repealing the contract are but in to some n hich have heard that said Ihe It- IN OLD CASH ORE ITS now receiving and direct from the jl great Commercial of the the largest and Goods ever brought into the Western of every variety ot- DRY It deemed wholly unnecessary to be more in ilw enumeration of In would be to the purpose of and all know that we hav e nothing of the among It is In say lhal the are on mid their are out a parallel in the history of Western In Ibe the Old out goods to its customers 2O per cheaper than ever be- It is now prepared to do STILL bv an large tu lect In this there is no CM It is an old proof of the Wolverine in the to be but the ibis have come well to their f J Tlie can frighten .my IS CLAIMING ITS of thai has been convicted nf bills of to u very large j nnd sentenced lo hard labor in the Penitentiary for the way of the j -or is Hut nabobs and bank do not often gel in being big generally manage lo scape the due their the liltle who are angels to them iu lo for every mi matter bow trill We are pleased to notice Ibo of P. a i an I rule in tire of lint ibe law s are still v and tice We no doubt there dreds and hundreds of batik now running at had they their would be with Mr. Let lus example be u to is TO Ion Morning has risen one cent on n and ten ill consequence of Ihe of the sugar and salt vv ill look out fur another when it the So we go under ibis reform or The insist that banks officers are individuals cannot lie Hence rather than foi iu the places for the revenues of tlie How overstrung faith may have been in this o- we should it lie neatly by this from almost are hereby that the Taies lev ied for 1 current vear ureas Tor and School 5 Mills on the Tor County do do do 3 do do I do do Public U du do Loan for redemption of do Pauper do do ilo do do Amounting to on each dollar of tbe The as far township and school and of the us to mills on the New -J Ii 2 ol Ins attend one dav iu tow at or near tho usual place of i ing fur tbe of receiving snid Aug. IS ury would ruin the reduce the produce to and bring labor down lo 1C cents per charges bine now Ibe banks -ir their Hut this fact they to ibis de- that the ind has been for the past in full and yet not has it. Tire country is nut produce has not diminished in nor labor dwindled down lo Hi cents per With the of guv eminent have been nnd Ihe lell ished under Mr. Van labor and produce bring fair mid prosperous ving tbe whole of the charges the and branding with the seal of lint the prices of as all must do not depend upon the nor upon the upon the and If there ii overabundance of all throughout and no for- eign expected prices remain They must lie entirely by the supply nml It is of and well be departed he bard when it is ed upon so foolish ii us the price lo the favor nf the If they performed the wonders they im- mediately lifter their al the kite election vv as then there would have been excuse for it. now there is Wheat did not rise iu price until it was ascertained that the crop lo be a- wa- very the price Tbe cause is well understood by Ihe mid we presume none uro so or blinded by political its to pose the or the administration had any tiling lo do it. is upon any lias there been more unanimity with the democracy of the than upon the of repealing the dinner of a tional Hank in one should be granted by present Pioni to and from the iu ihe cast to lira faraway Pacific in the the land is vocal wild tlie word It has become the grand rallying cry of the and sure as a charter is just so sure it be d. may talk about the of and all of but it will avail is no sacred than the and when that is infringed or the reign of Ihe an undoubted right to heal tbe nnd restore ment to iu original design and Without Ibis our boasted liberty would be but n We should be mere slaves of corporate bound down ami fastened all hope of ing to a creature of our own Oat away vv ith this It H the moil absurd doctrine that ever was ed. It is contrary to common being at war with the very essence anil spirit of our Repeal must be if would pre- serve of freedom which we their Not a week bv but of honesty and we cannot following an two of the latest cases nf bery and Defalcation lint we of lire II of the Slaw of at to leaving ihe some Letters fr New the di of one in the Canal bail an tion In- us fnr the tion had hail a deficit of over from ll is with mingled with some the mini overthrow of abas in Ibis Tile of e- just for members of the is a glorious triumph for Iu the lower we have a decided and a majority iu the though by no means Lart vear the whig on joint NeM week we shall probably IB enabled to give the tCT Partial ejection returns front and augur well for the complete triumph of ill those shall have lots of election news in a few judging that it will be any but lo the The on a are taking die back a coon and KT II is confidently that ler will Mi. Hank A of ic is said to liaro been wl iu A few at put miller ot this on the Miss John Tbe deceased was for jears an member nf the Methodist Episcopal Church of this which she adorned witli all the graces of a true chrislian ami devoted vant of Removal New Goods O. HAS remove op d his and ibe where he is now receiving a fine iu liis which he offers at prices lo suit His stock consists in nf Wood and Hrass Patent cal nod Gold Kings and German ill Hilary and a good ment of German and of every and nil good for the patronage heretofore iie solicits a continuance of All work d to his will be to by Mr. C. in 10. IBII Sept. 2 Ii 3 15 t ifi Sept. 1 IT Treasurer aNo attend al his for of receiving the months of October and JOHN M. Treasurer's 1641. i A. O. Iv tu the and Gentlemen of he lias a Writing Academy al the where it continue every after- noon and evening during tlie Mr. ing devoted his to penmanship fur himself that be be enabled lo give fei t lion Iu all of his and advance his pupils lar nnd strictest will be lo every and sp for are a elegant suited to epistolary a bold business suited 10 Ibe and or the art of taught iu six All kinds ol mental writing in tlie neatest Powers w call the of the line In a new style of Miniature iu gives a perfect and bv none other in Ibe U. from 3 to 3 P. ini u from 7 lo U iu Ihe Aug. JUST at H. Cheap a I general and splendid uf sillied lo thu as good ui the as cheap as the Steel and iv ed nnd for at ler's Old For- SOO kegs of Also a large stock of Also ity Cast Spring can now be accommodated lo TO KICK bas received a large of Silks Lice and and sewing nul and cap back and side which te very for 1S4L___________________ of is declared against 1'ed bv the introduction of J. new there is not n place about the article fur Ibe back-biting Imle their fund of sweet sleep and pleasant call al W. U. Cabinet a few rods of Ihe Just oil co P a large ment of among which are vv nnd a great variety nf S. JUST at S. Patrick's cash a larse assortment ofthe above aiinc 1. Cabinet subscriber has just on a large Blister and Maple he ii to sell Cabinet at a will do well to call and the article They are assured that nothing which can be found jn this country ci July 1841 with it for W. NOTICE is hereby given have this taken out a n rit of Attachment as a non resident of from the office of A. G. a Justice of- e said NE July 19, 1841. the said NEWTON 310w4 i THE ore now buying Inch do and Barrel at est T. Wl
