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Show GENERAL. More of tUe " Metis " DUaslcr. New York, 31. Tho following aro additional details of tbo disaster to the atoamer "Aletis." Among the missing is the wife YVm. IC. Shoridan, of the Globe theatre, Boston, fchoridan Eays he knew nothing of the disaster until there was a groat rumpus outside his stateroom. " I rushed out to hud tho steamer sinking, and hurried my wife in tho lifo boat, Thoro wore too many of us in the boat. Wo proceeded nearly to land, whon a rough soa caused rt to tip over and all were thrown into the water a terrible moment. Tlioro were tow of us could swim. Only eight or ten ai'iod in laying hold of tho boat. My dear wifo was not among them." Shoridan hore became much elfected and hid his face in his hands. Iq a moment mo-ment ho resumed with a broken voico; "I havo no physical trouble; my grief U elsewhere. I liave telegraphed to Providence to learn if my poor girl is among those 1 taken there by the cutter. Among tho pathetic incidents of the disaster I remember the death of two children. All tho evoning they played about the saloon, prattling gaily with the passengers, passen-gers, seemingly wrapt up in each other. W hen bedtime came, ono of thorn aaid, "tiss mo mamma, tiss mo, for 1 am going to sloop;" und I saw tbom no moroalivo. This morning their bodies wero washed ashore on the beach clasped clasp-ed in each others arms. They wero beautiful as in lifo, and their countenances counte-nances bore a placid smile, as if death was painless Our boat capsized close by the shore, and it was a s.id sight to u who had gained our lives, when wo witnessed tho- struggles ol ilio-e, wtio unable to withstand tho terrible undertow, under-tow, wero drowned in our sight. Their upturned faces and despairing looks will haunt mo to my dying day." Shoridan la much prostrated by tho shock. Another passenger states that he asked tho purser if any damage was dona by tho collision, whon ho replied, "Of courso not. We aro used to these small craft running into us; thoy can't hurt Ui- ' 1 went back to tho state room and laid down, but had scarcely closed my oyes when! felt the shin settling under me. I aronsod my wile at once. This was about twenty-tivo minutes aRor I hrst heard tho cra.h. I opened i K- - ' rom door and fuuud 111 n people, ni"--- ."ixiety, breaking upfur-aiid upfur-aiid trying in a wild way to keep their wits about them. Thoy llircwover bales of cotton lo whioh thoy had lashed women and children, and tried ia a short timo lo build rafts. We felt tho vessel sink surely beneath u, and all hands rnado a rush fur tho hurricane deck. 1 ho boat soemod to sink beneath this deck, for whon it had reached tno levol ot tho water it floated away, forming form-ing a raft itself, and we drifted toward to-ward land. The water seemed lull of human bodies. Thoy drifted about, most going towards land Our ratt proceeded steadily till it got closo to shore, when a big breaker threw all into tho water. I wjis of tno- few who were saved. Capt. Kite-hie, of tho revonuo cutter Mocassin," saved forty-one, and took thorn with seventeen bodios picked up noar tho wrack, to Stoninglon, late last night. The econe was awful and heartrending heart-rending to those engaged in saving the perishing, and can only bo realized by expononco. Fathers looking for children, chil-dren, husbands for wives, m othor for oh ild, eon for father, and sister for brother, beggars description. Among the saddest casos is that of a youiiR couple, who with two children and a boy three years and tho othera baho six weeks, was aroused by tho steward buckled on lifo preservers, and the" husband taking tho oldest child while tho mother clasped tho babe plunged into the ioa. Tho waves ran high, and soon iho husband and wife wero swept apart. Tho former lost his strength, relaxed his hold on tho child and both wero drowned. The mother hold her babo above tho angry waters until hor strength was exhausted, and then a wave larger than the rest dashed itfrom hor armi and sho saw it sink slowly to the depths below. JiiL as she was oxhausted, and after the lifo preserver pre-server had slipped from her arms, the "Mocassin" camo and she was brought to lite, which, for tho nrtisonL nt. oi,'t is bitter indeed. "1 havo my husband i here," she said, as sho sat by his dead body in tho Narragansett House, "but never can I find my babies in so largo a sea." Some days, perhaps weeks, will oiapso before a correct list of the dead can bo made out, all tho ship's papers being lost. The captain and officers behaved be-haved nobly, with one exception, Abel Urey, tho pilot, it appears, fastened himself to a cork mattrass and deserted tho ship the moment ho found thoro was danger. Tho following statement by tho officials, of-ficials, is a full list of the passengers, officials and crew of tho steamer: There were 163 persona on board, 141 of whom are alive. The bodies of tho othor twenty-two havo been found. Many were reported to-day from various sources, who were thought lost. Thet'DannUesi" not Lost. New York, 31. The reported loss of the yacht "Dauntless" is untrue, JSiic is at Newport. M.1 c&ll au c o aa . East Point, Me., 31. The prize-Sent between Jvelly andTimonyfor mm a Mde near here to-dsy, was won by Keily in the tenth round knocking Timony insensible. in-sensible. Now York, 31. Governor-general Grnt, of Jamaica, arrived hero ty-dav. ty-dav. Reported Indian Outrage. Topeka, 31. E. if. Stanley, who arrived ar-rived hero from Fort Laramie this evening, tells a startiiiig story of a band of A') Arapahoe, un Jer Little Kaven, attacking a government train of thirty-six thirty-six mule teams, loaded with supniies for Fort Lyons. Ho says tho teams were attacked while mired in the sand of Dry Crek Valley. FiiVcn of the men who were in charge were kiiled and as many more are missing, ?i:ppo?ed to be carried into captivuv Tne train was robbed of e erytbir.g arid was then partially burned. Stanlcy ciamis he was with the escort of the trun, which consisted of luu men of the 0th cavalry, under lieutenant Mo Far-land, Far-land, but which, being nine miles in tho . rear of the train, came up only in time I to see, the Indian dipprig. WJLXTEB ippn"""" juaBORERS To work on road in Littlo Cottoowood CaDyon, from mouth to Alta City. $2.00 per DAY and BOARD, or $3.00 per day without board, Apply to GORDON & MURRAY, If air block hoik 11 of Knlliond lcpot, tUM SALT LIKE CITY ST. MARK'S SCHOOLS. FOR GIRLS, Opcna Monday, September 2nd, at 0 a. u., is Sun in y School Rooms or St, Mark's Ciiuncu WITH Primary, Grammar and Classical Depart'?. For furtlior particulars, soe Circular, or Miss K. M. 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