BY THOS. A. FALCONER.
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stricken SPECTATORS The wounded sea
men borne down below! The silenr
tears and quivering lips of their brave
and honest comrades, who tried in vain
10 subdue or to conceal their feelings
What ujrds can adequately depict a
scene like this?


The bodies Of the killed remained on
board the ship last night. They will
be brought to the city this morning."


a letter 10 Us from a member Of Con
gress, dated on the evening of the horri-
ble calamity, after giving statement OF
tine killed, says:


''The boa. is now at Alexandria.
Capt Stockton is badly wounded. Col.
Benton is reported hurt.


Mrs. Gimer and Misses Gardners
are on board and not conscious OF their
loss when our informant left, as they
were below in the cabin, and were pres
vented from coming up. You can form
little idea Of tie deep distress that per-
vades the city,


From the Baltimore Sun we gather
the following additional items


"The Hon. j. w. Tyson, 2d assis.
tant Postmaster General, had his hat cut
--and piece of the gun, about six in
ches in length, quietly rested on the
top Of his head.


"The Hon. Mr.. WickliiIe had start
ed 10 20 on deck with Judge Upshur,
when some one below called-detaintd
him for second, and thereby saved his
life.


"The SeGwtary of War, TO avoid the
crack of the gun, advised the President
to 90 below where they were sitting
when the calamity happened.


"The legs oil Messrs. Upshur and Gil
mer are shockingly mutilated.


"Capt. Stockton, as soon as the
shock overwhelmed him, caught his
chin, then clapped his hands up each
side of his face, and was in the act of
eaping overheard, when he was caught
by the Hon. j. w. Tyson"


The Madisonian says:


The breech was severed, and carried
away the bulwark of the ship opposite
10 it,, Ii was the iron fragments, it is
which struck down so many
Dn board, and who could not have been
behind the gun. The accident took
place about sunset "A steamboat from
Alexandria, which was passing. was
eni back to town, and returned with
several surgeons.


"The same number of our paper which
the unfortunate Giimer's adj
dress In his constituents, bears them al
20 The account of his death.''


