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Ldmcnfable accident on board The; y.
S. Steam ship Princeton The partica
lars Of the explosion of Capt. S'ockton's
225 FOUNDER cannon, which occurred
on the visit Of numerous guests to. ex
anime his ship, among whom were the
President and heads of departments Of
the government are thus given in The
National IntelIigencer. The gun had
been previously fired several times with
out injury.


''The gun was fired. The explosion
was followed, before the smoke cleared
away, SO as to observe It's effect, by
shrieks of woe, which announced 4 dire
calamity. The gunhad burst. at a point
three or four feet from the breech, and
scattered death and dcsolaiion around.
Mr Upshur, Secretary ofStaIe. Mr Gil
ner, SO recently placed at he head Of
the Navy, Commodore Kennon, one of
its gallant officers, Virgil Maxey, lately
returned from q diplomatic mission at
the Hague, Mr.. Gardner, of New York
(formerly member Of the Senate of
that sta'e) were among The slain. Be-
sides these, seventeen seamen were
wounded, several Of. them badly and
probably mortally. Among those stun
ned BY the concussion, we learn not az
all seriously inInred,. were Capt. Stock
ton himself, Col. Benton, orthe Senate.
Lieut.. Hunt, Of the Princeton, W. y.
Robinson, of Georgetown. Other per-
sons were perhaps more or less injured,
Of whom, in the horror and conru sion
OF the moment, no certain account could
be Obtained. The above, however, are
believed 10 comprise ihe whole Of the
persons known to The public, who wcro
killed or seriously hurt.


The scene npcn The deck may more
easily be imagined than described. Nor
can the imagination picture o itself the
half offs horrors. Wives, widowed in
an instant by the nu rdorous bias, :