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arAtibThis asserts that the Committee had {timely mid of Mr. S'.-hultz; who pasted out tho exceeded its powers, though it agrees with the spot to moms men m a skiff, near to the place, majority that a breach of privilege had occurred, They grappled her under the water,by the hair | *24 it was not proper to ad rams the House how to met, j drew bsr forth, mod restored her to lile. A num-1 ms that would be as if ftfnmd Jury ms re to pre-j her of the umfortunite passengers were sated by scribe the mode of pueishaasBt hr m Crimea! j personm in the boau along the shore, who exer-wbooa they had found guilty. ' ted themselves in the humane manner, to rescueThey wished that a a mo general law against them from watery graves. Most of the houses duelling should be passed, father than the dis- from Whitaker’* landing, in Fulton, to the WaterT!crlineliesitro* graceful penalty of expulston, which did not exist Workx*are filled with the dead, dying and woun-— j am m law at present. Funeral honors had been/ ded. Fourteen of the deceased are lying at Ful’s, 1 awarded to the one who had fallen in the duel, ton, and about an equal number withiu the cor- —Oibrre- and it would be inconsistent totbe eervi-. porale limits of the city. The bodies of manyicof• i ■er. j vors, by expulsion. The mere fatal result of ajof the usfcfiumte passengers, are dreadfully Id, duel should not cause us to view differently thej mangled; eoeuf them cut in two; another devi- j X icd I parties condemned. In this view, the minority I ded into five or six parts, and several mutilated thinks that expulsion would look loo much like I in various manners, too shocking to relate. A gratifying some unbecoming impulses or political | stick of wood was driven thro* the head of one manvnnt,ce-ichdofeeliidi- They concldue with reeowunending tbeand a Mr. Watts, a merchant uf Springfield Mass.' bo was driven head foremost through the roof ofion ; ofn law against duelling and that shall bo a’fwture house, eu the Ohio *«hore,at least a hundred yardsim, law of the House to expel all roeralMmi engaged | with about half of his body inside, and the re-»th | in fighting duels or bearing challenges. Mr. Elmore’s report followed next.anit;stlt;t mmainder oat. He was so completely wedged in,It firmly that his#corpse hid to be cut out. One venerable ! T!is* asserts that the Committee did net transcend its J looking gentleman on the beach, was weeping for stlt;tse powers, but is averse to any action to ho specifi- • tho km of his wife and five children; while anI ofad-put•n»hisincally applied to the recent duel, only urging the other old man, was in agony at Iho loss of nine necessity of legislation for future cases. members of his family. The body of Captain j ^After tbe reading of the report the House ad- i Perin, was fouod under the how of a new boat in |h journed without coming to any decision on tbe I front of Hartshorn’s saw-mill, where it had been | ^ motion to print. j blown; and another person, not known, wasThe Senate to-day concurred in a resolution re- ( found on the side of the hill. The chamber-maid ported by the committee on Senator Ruggles’ , a white woman, was picked up in the river this case and have declared that he is exculpated from j morning, a considerable distance below where the charges of corruption brought against him. i tbe boat is now tied to the shore.The bill for establishing a Board of Comm is- It will be impossible to get out tho dead l*d-s.oners to examine Claims against United States ies that are in the boat, until the river falls.dsththncwas discussscd during the day without being dis- She sunk ao that the water is two or three feetposed of.BLAIR IN A SCRAPE.—It now turns out ! that the Clerk of the Duel Committee, without j . ••«* oth*r order »** «!*“* of * IKrt“n of ,h® ft in s,.p^ed that there^ - m.i. nemt ik. tmirfllll ‘ OCsobutoon the cabin floor. As the river is falliug fast,the bodies will mostly be recovered in a few days, that are on the boat. A number were taken outCMthwere nearly two Hunanhich-Cemmittec, employed Hair to print th. journal ^ ^ „,e Mo#c„ nt ,he ,imoof proceedings, day by day, under the usualoath ^ ^ w ^ d|smfl|er A ^.ntk.man who e8_ '*aor shad-ris,of secrecy. Blaif, without any color « —d computc. lhe number of deck passengers ow of right, gives publicly to the resolution, he on^ hxjtlircd mad lhirty; and the cab.nthuUwas sworn to keep secret,—and in the meantimefib “ ‘en-i»s,13._ . . r / j passengers at fiftv. At least two thirds of thisprints off some thirty or forty thousand of the £mbe* ^proceedings, and the report thereon, for eacuU- . Scvcrm, me|IU,cholv incidents, that wo have not non in ibeLatr* Globe, pamphlet form, and otb-1 M naraed we here 1Dtrolt;IJCC. A female erwise- Tbe House are just beginning to find ^ lhat hmd heen 8areH. kernelbetween tue — —no au-out this pernicious little bargain committee and Blair. In the first place, thonty to procure the printing of this document was ever given to the committee by the House, and if there had been, it would have been ordered that the regularly elected printer of the House, Tbomae Allen, should do the work.— tie | Symptoms of a snarl, or I greatly err.—We will aee.to-•y•*;chidsndcofisoable for the loss of her relations. To all interrogations put to htr, she would exclaim, “Oh, my father, my mother, my sisters.” A little boy about four years old, and considerably bruited in the head, appeared to be regardless of his wounds, in his cries for his lost father; while another lad, nine years of age, was weeping bitterly for the death of his whole family.A lady on reaching the shore, clasped her hands and exclaimed, “Thank God, I am safe.” but in-«n-haFrom Vu Cm. fFfag, ~*pril 251/i.AWFtrK. STEAM BOAT ACCIDBIfT.It becomes again our painful duty to record 1 she fainted at tha sight ofstantly recollecting herself,ejaculated.“but where is mv child.” Her infont had been saved, andit.ndor-•yir-heti-iyitsrtsitlOtleK-11-te*er-»tler-»uhone of tho most awful and destructive occurences known in the terrible and fatal catalogue of steam boot accidents.This afternoon about 6 o’clock, the new and elegant steam-boaI, Molt;elle, Capt. Perin, leflt the wharf of this city, (full of passengers,) for Louisville and St. Louis and with a view of taking a family on board at Fulton, about a mile and a half above the quay, proceeded up the river and made fast to a lumber rift for that purpose. Here the family were taken on board and during the whole time of the detention, the Captain was holding on to all (he steam he could create, with an intention of showing off to tho best advantage the great speed of the boat as she passed down the whole length of the city. The Moselle was a new brag boat, and had recently made several exceedingly quick trips to and from this place.Boon mm the family wore taken on hoard from the raft, the boat shoved off, and at the very moment hor wheels made the first evolution, her boilers burst with a most awful and aatounding noise, equal to the most violent clap of thunder. The explosion was destructive and heart rending in the extreme, ne we are assured by a gentleman, who was setting on his horse on the shore, waiting to see the boat start. Heads, limbs, bodies and blood; wero seen flying through the air in every direction, attended by the most horrid shrieks and groans from the wounded and the dying. The boat at tbe moment of the accident, was about thirty feet from the shore,and was rendered a perfect wreck- She seemed to be tom all to flinders as far back as the gentlemen’s cabin, and her hurricane deck(lbe whole length) was entirely swept awsy.-Tbo boat immediately began to sink rapidlv, end float (with a strong current) down the river, at the same time getting farther from the shore.The Captain was thrown by the explosion entire I v into the street^nd was’picked up dead and dreadfully mangled. Another man was thrownWe might fill volumes with tbe recital of the various incidents connected with this gloomy occurrence, but forbear further comments at thistime.»■tiFrom iht Cineiintti GaiMV, April 27.DESTRUCTION OF THE MOSELLE.Our city has witnessed a terrible scene. For hours after the disaster, s continious stream of persons flowed to and from the sceno of the wreck. An intense excitement prcvadcd the city; nor was it causeless. A more complete and mournful stcavn boat destruction has not been recorded. How it happened, or the total amount of the loss, will never be exactly known. Meas- j ures are in progress to ascertain, as nearly hi ' possible, the particulars: but there must bo some lost who were not known, and who, perhaps, [ have floated down the river, or are indislinguisb-1 bio among tho mail of dead.The Moselle was a new boat—ascertained to be very speedy—with an esteemed commandcr.-9lie had made two or three trips, with high reputation. She left the whaif on Wednesday afternoon before 5 P. M. for St. Louis. She went up the river a mile or two, to take in some paescn-• gerv and freight, and when about putting out blew up. The explosion was witnessed by mrny person?, on both shores; but great difference of o-pinion prevails relative to the immediate cause.— jIV_-------- o.urn ka MMk.toforeaGofnstalI rut—tlvirtringplecpiesDasTand the *com iWe suppose the most rational cause to be. sim plv that she had too AiA steam.We witnessed (be wrerk rood after, and found it more complete, in all ita feature#, than our imng-1 the ' ination could hare conceived. The forepart of j p. K the vessel was splintered and twisted in every | to C timber, in a wav similar to that of a tree struck HU? by lightning. The boat drifted down a little dis-i ceiv«tancc and sunk, leaving the upper p.irt of the cab- HU?BuWhijin out of water, and the cargo floating about.One who was on board, and escaped, says that an engineer who landed, cried out to those on ' black _______ board, that they had too much steam, and -must i p|,nlentirely through the root* of one of the neighbor- | look out, or they would blow up.’ On which, be frCed ing houses,and limbs, and fragments of bodies scattered about the river and shore in heart rending profusion. Soon as tbe boat was rapidly sinking. tbe passengers who reran toed unhurt in thoand his companion walked to the sera, on the i brighgentlemen’s and ladies’ cabins, became panic struck and with a fatuity unaccountable, jumped into tbe river.—Being above tbe ordinary business parts of the city, there were no boats st hand except a few large and unmanageable wood flats, which were carried to tbeir relief as soon as possible, by tbe few persons on the shore. Many were drowned, however before they could be rescued from a watery grave, and many sank who were not seen afterwards.We are told that one little boy on shore, was ssen wringing his hands in agony,i mploring those present, to save his, mother, and three sisters, all of whom were struggling in the water to gum the shore, but whom the poor little fellow bad the awful misfortune to see perish one by ene almost within his reach. An infant child belonging to this family was picked up slive, floatinghurricane deck, and immediately the explosion liber' took place—they escaping. Ho went into tho ladies cabin, and found every thing in confusion;Mbut in tho midat it all, two of Urn Indies, were! q with cool fortitude, laboring to assist the rest.But tha wreck of tha boat, and tbe escape of those who have lost neither life nor friends, are “Den nothing, compared with tbe touching scenes in ling t which are seen the wounded—the dying—and j^ted. tha dissevered friends. Haro was a father, who* lay partially deranged, with a scalded child on i cv one side—a dead daughter upon another—end a • have wounded wife at his foet. One man had saved Comn a son, and lost a wifo and five childrenothers had lost tbeir whole families. One gentleman was wounded, and was seeking his wifo and children,—happily, on the other aide of the crowd, his wife and ehildren ware seeking him, and they were thus re-united.Many particulars are thus given, sufficiently sad and distressing to be loog kept in memorybut icomerenisidown the river on one of the fragments of the hur- Captain Perrin wn standing on the deck abovericane deck.tbe boilers, talking with another person. He was Mown on the shore sod killed,—while lus [From th« Cin. Daily Espmw, April 26.] companion was thrown back on tbe deck, and The scene as described to us, was moat appal- escaped. One person was thrown oa to tho topling. Families, in whole, or m part, destroyed, of • _—children crying for their parents, and men But, it is useless to give particulars. These•nd women locking for their children «od wiJI .how our di»i.ot raodem, bow complete emlterrific wm tin. wreck of the Mooelie.Tbe total lewceoeot be aeeertamed. It is .up-To thfl23rFeUcpuhlithfriend*.Tbe boat ia • complete wreck, from the bow to the lad tea’ chin. The boiler, were entirely blown out, or torn into thousand, of pieces. A part ofooe of them, weighing about three hen-dreJ pounds, struck the pavement in front of Memrs. Hones and Weab, in Fallon, end tarn it op considerably; another piece went through the roof of a tan yard, and considerable fragment, of deck the boat .boilers .etc. ware scattered on both side.posed tbe boat had from 250 to 300 pe hoard. Of these more than one half must be dsad, and wn believe that the loss of life has not been less than 150 persons.Of those an tho ladies cabin, it is thought Most of the hands, and of th* must havo boas killed.Far this sad result wo, ia part.run by ioBL.the rivertncmr where the disaster occurred j We plead guilty, m cotmaoa with ether presses,toOur ioformat states, that when the boat had | having praised the speed and power of tha beat drifted about a quarter ef a mile, and near the 4 —* circumstance which doubtless contributed to Washington Brswerr. there were about fifty or »ho amlaUon of its captain and owners,sixty howls visible ia the rivnt; and some thirty ! to «K«1 others * rapidity. We fool confident,or forty on tha wreck of th* MaasU*. Many who would'have been saved by remaining ea the bout after the explosion took place, either from fright, or (ear of drowning, jumped overboard, and ware lent in their efforts to reach the shore.Tin various descriptions of those who witness •d thn struggle# of so many human beings in the eater, together with the cries of the lemons an land to sere them, are ef wart rending character.A —less who had nearly reached th* nd had sank from exhaustion, was savad bytha paWic are to here any security a-praisedthe care tad dia-itf tooe. Boatsfort, cooveaieDce, aad _______of their —aagora—but nai far their speed. Tbey will always havo ao much opoedao tbeir mocbieury will bear, without tho aid of foreign excitement. Safety ia better thaa opoed.Ftwm ito Ciaei le the met of puohiag flff, tad before tbe eugiue started, her bottecvexpferfod iaall the ously Ic gaaumti
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