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Show GENERAL. Early l-'rontu. Bangor, Me., C Thcrowero heavy frosts in some portions of this State on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. In tho town of Plymouth the corn was killed, and farmers aro cutting it for fodder. Tbo tbormomoter at five o'clock yesterday morning was 37 above zero. Political, Philadelphia, 6. Tho Democrats of the 2d district have nominated E. Joy Morriss for congress. He had previously previ-ously received the Liberal nomination. nomina-tion. Dix Accept. Now York, C General Dix ha3 written writ-ten a letter to W. A. Wheeler, chair-mun chair-mun of the Republican, convention, accepting ac-cepting the nomination for governor. He says if tho convention doomed it of so much importance, in tho existing cendition of things in the Stale and Union, as to mnko tho nomination in opposition to my expressed wishes, I am sure tho m-mbers must have been actuated actu-ated by public considerations too strong to be disregarded on my part. 1 therefore there-fore waive all objections, and accept it. Should it be ratitiod by the people, no etl'ort on my part will bo spared to aid them in reforming tho abuses which dishonor dis-honor tho State, will and inflict irretrievable irre-trievable injury on it unless arrested by timely remodies. The "Bienville" DUmter. Now York, 6. The steamer "Moro Castle," from Havana, to-day, brought captain Maury and -11 of the survivors of the "Bienville." The number of passengers savoi thus far reported is 38; toe number of the otlicers -and crow, 46; making S4 in all. Tho number known to bo drowned is 9; Uio n mider missing from boat No. 5, and probably drowned, 10; the number unheard from, 24; total, 127. Captcin Maury makes the following follow-ing report to the agent of the Pacilic mail steamship company: "1 have to report the total loss by lire of the chartered char-tered steamship "Bienville" under my command, on tho morning of August 15, in latitudo 25.12, north; longitude 74.15, west. At 3-45 a. m., August 15, the lire watch called mo and reported the ship was on tiro in tho foruhold. I gavo orders to call tho crow to flro quarters quietly, and have the pumps started and steam turned on to the tiro extinguishers extinguish-ers leading into the forehold a ud forward for-ward freight room, at the enmo time keoping the ship oil' heforn the wind and hauling down tho head sails, leaving tho head of thejib up, and stopping the engine. " Captain Maury says that ho endeavored to got below with water, but so great was tho volume of smoko Hint it was necessary to closo the foro hatch immediately, Lto then had tho hatches battened over with wet awnings, and started a hose at tho ventilator, but tho steam pumps were quickly disabled and the water was cut oil". Meanwhile the lire extinguishers and buckets were used to keep tbo liro under, and the boats were mado ready and manned. The two largo life boats were provisioned provision-ed and a full supply of life preservers served out to all the passengers. At 5.30 Captain Maury thought tho tiro so far smothered that ho would bo able to run for Walking's Island, nbout sixty-livo miles distant, but ho soon discovered tho liro was working through both sides cf the ship abreast of tho boilor, and that it would bo necessary to abandon tho vessel. Tho passengers woro got in tho boats, the womon and children wero equally divided, as nearly as possible, possi-ble, in each boat Two boats wero safely loaded and sent otV, the third was also Bont off but caught undor tho counter of tho ship, capsized, and slovo all to pieces. Her passengurs wore rescued and placed in another boat. At 7 a.m. all but two small boats had beon loaded and sont off, and there- were still more E arsons on board than tho boats could old. Tbo two Binall boats wero then sont off with passengers to be distributed among the other boats, which had tho lightest loads, after which they were to return to the ship. By that time the 11 anies had gained so much headway that all tho remaining poraons woro hurried hur-ried into tho boats as quickly as possible; possi-ble; and at 7:30 a. m. captain Maury left the ship. Tho flames wero bursting from the cabins by this time. Tho largest larg-est life boat tilled and capsized, but by the aid of the wreck of tho 6 to von lito boat, which was floating around, it was righted and bnlod. Sovon to ton por-nini por-nini howHvnr. warn lusL. An account is then given of their voyage and tho Inndiug of tho passengers passen-gers al Nassau. One boat was cup sized in tho surf, at Elnathan Island, and nino persons woro drowned, but nono of tho names of the lost aro known, excepl Mis. Brandor and her throe children. All tho bodies wero recovered and buried by tho authorities of Ellcuthan Island. There is stilt one boat missing, but it was only moderately loaded ana was one of iho best boats, and wa3 well provided with water and food, The tiro broko out between decks immediately im-mediately over tho boilor, ind not in tho forsbold as first supposed. Its origin is unknown. Mr. Lawlor, of Albany, gives an interesting account of the burning burn-ing of tho steamer and tho subsequent sutlerings of tho survivors. His account of tho breaking out of tho lire and the attorn pis mado to subduo it is similar to that of the captain. Tho boats contained contain-ed from ten to thirty-two oach, the latter lat-ter numbortar too many, and they were : not seaworthy. Tho sun was blazing hot and the sutlerings of the passengers were terrible. One boat carrying 27 was capsized in tho attempts of four others to get aboard, and those of tho 1 crow in it mado no etl'ort to save even tho women who were in tho water. This was sixty miles from the d cares-1 island. The (report charges one of the mates with inhumanity and places on him the I responsibility ot a number being drown- ' ed. I . |
