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AWFUL SHIPWKECKS. - |
The full-p'irliruhts r f Ihel ss >f the ship
Ft U'haiH’i U’ and srhooiifr 3/ n>ihal an. ail
Jyag Jirarh - Tu'u Hundred and Fifty
X c- 8 Us'. - tnhj ime parson saved from
thetao wrecks.
lie \Vt?c3; ofiSa? Povvhaiaa.
Two hundred and fiftr huinan beings
haTe beeu swept together into eternity—
men. women end children, tliera is not
une left to tell the tale.
‘I he Baltimore ship Powhatan, on the
bight of the loth April, during the terrific
*tor;n which we felt i-o severely here, tho’
c-ouifortably hour.ed—was lying among
ghouls below, with the waves washing over
ter h.ighteen years have passed away
since *e chronicled an account as heart
vending as the one now before us. But
though 13 years have elapsed, who has
forgotten the loss of the Mexico and the
:sristoi? The details of the wreck of the
Powhatan nrocveu .'Ct more terrib't.
Vi thin the memory o< man such a storm
* that which commenced on Friday, t: e
!4th. and lasted during tha three saccecd
'-u2 s. has not been known. The coast
-ilea a with fragments of shipping, told of
uupr.ra'lel and fury, iho tierce north
tr-’er w as fed even here, and damage wa*
dea* to Yc-'seis in our sheltered harbor.
‘i \.% ship, laden W’th passengers, left
Havre fur New York on the Ist of March !
is't tinder the com in and of Capt. My err, |
*A Ualtiin: re. She was driven among the |
Loula at f-.e place we hare indicated a-
ots and remained there until Sunday *
•veniug at five o'clock, before site went to j
pieces It wes obserred by the anxious
vje-witne*** on shore, that directly she
el ruck she ‘’hauled to the wind, ’ from
which circumstance it was impossible for
uy of her passengers to leave without
>*.L3i:i death being the result. They;
however hoped for the best, i hey trust- :
#<l that the storm which had now lasted
n'i 1 :.g must soon abate. During the i
iuug night of Saturday and the whole of:
v utaiay. the unfortunates—it is supposed ,
ro:ue i6O iii number- were see i clinging j
to the .’coward bulwarks of the ship, with
‘hs txi continually washing over them, I
end expecting death at the rise of every
pucee-eding ware. No assistance could be .
* tfered to them, for the sea then ran so i
high that e boat !if any had been at hand) \
*4 ii have bee i instantly swamped
Between four and five o’clock on Sun-!
}iy afternoon, the ship’s bulwarks burst, 1
*ud aljout fifty persons, at the same rao-i
incut, were washed overboard Mr. Jen
nings, the wreck master, with others, made 1
great efforts to save some of those who j
were in the water, but in vain ihe
captain, too, was heard to cry from the
ship, “For God’s sake save some of those
who are drowning. 5 ’ Every exertion was
made, but it was no use; and in all of the
fix bodies which rhe wreck-master suc
<v(ded in rescuing from the water, life was
•xtinct.
I; was imrne liately after this that the
•bip commenced going to pieces in ear
nest So small boats were to lie procured,
for government boats did not arrive until
all was over. About five .’clock the ves
sel was comp’ctcly broken up; most of
her passenger-; and crew were drowned
but a lew h:ill survived, clinging to pieces
cf tha wreck ihe shrieks of the dying
rose even above the roaring of the storm,
which seemed to be increasing rather than
tubsidiug in fury. It was at this moment
that a hugs w*ve was not ced rolling in
wards—the dead and the dying- were n
like eugu! ed within it— arid when it had
passed over them, there was not one left
l.ve of those passengers and crew f the 1
iJ! fated Powhatan, who numbered two
hundred and fifty souls that same morn
ing. A singular fact connected with this
- is, that even the ship itself was splintered
into minute fragments, so that scarcely a
trace of her existence remained, with the
exception cf a few pieces of the rigging
that were washed ashore. She was pro
bably laden with heavy ballast, for her
hall is supposed to have sunk, or else some
portion of it must have been discovered
More distressing even than such a sight
a? this, to those on eh re, was the
f the beach next morning. The storm
bad increased during the night, and the
waves cast up their dead far and near. —
Twenty six men and two women were dis
covered uear the scene of the shipwreck,
and from Absecom —some twenty mile>
below—we learn that about forty bod c
—men, w omen and children—nod been
washed a;hore ea that and cn Brigantine
’ Beach, about a quarter of a mile: across
| the channel. Those seen by our reporter
| appeared to hare been Germans. They
! were all very much disfigured, and when
I our reporter left, bodies were still dim ting
! ashore. Twenty eight of those, when
found, were decently buried at Mamtluvw
kin, amid the profound sensation that the
/event has caused in that village. Mr. Jo
| cl Hayward, a citizen of Westcreek, pick
led up the body of a ladv while crossing
|(lie bay on Tuesday; and it is believed
i that many others will be discovered there
ias soon as the weather becomes more fa
j vocable.
] Little has been collected from the
j wreck to prove the identity of the deceas
ed parties Some melancholy records,
| however, have been saved, and are now
i in charge of Mr. Jennings the wreck mas-
I ter, at Manahawkin. About thirty-live
! juisseitgerh’ boxes were washed ashore un
j broken. Money !ns been found. Around
one man’s waist belt was clasped, eon
jtuiuiiig $40 —his all probably - that he
; vainly sought to save. On this belt the
| name of “G. KilfWas engraved, Seve
; ral ot tiif* frunks hero respectively tlic ini
-1 ila’s ’* i. 0 ” tI S. G.” on another “R.
’ Oriffin ’ was written, and an another “ Pidl
! lip Smith for New York.” A lady’s ring
Iw as found, with the initials “K. L.” in
i’ scribed upon it These are all that have
; been discovered as yet. Intrinsically they
I are trifles, but they will speak volumes to
j those who recognise in them the treasures
■to which their lost friends clung in the
! last hours of life.
[A correspondent writing to the Herald,
from the scene of ihe melancholy disaster,
gives the following additional interesting
particulars:]
The crying of the drowning men nnd
the shrieking of the women and children
was hushed— all lay in the deep, number
ed with the dead, while the wind wail
ed loud and mournfully, adding still more
horror to the a\’ ful catastrop e. All had
sunk captain, officers crew, and passeu- i
gers, of two hundred and fifty persons j
net a soul teas left 1“ tcil the tale. No aid j
came from the government house that i
night, and Capt. Jennings was compelled (
to remain ti.ere by himself, a lonely watch- .
er of the dead.
On Monday morning four men arrived I
from the station house, but their help j
come too late. The storm, it seems, was j
so severe, that while on their way back to j
the wreck on Sunday, with the life ;*ar |
and mortar, two of them fell down exhaust- j
cd, and the whole party of them were i
obliged to return, nearly frozen to death j
I his party of men, under command of
Capt. .leanings, set immediately about find i
ing and gathering together tliose bodies !
that had been washed ashore. In the ;
short space of an hour nearly twenty wo
meu and children were found, almost na
ked, scattered along the beach, some of
them dreadfully bruised and cut.
One man was found about fifty yards
from the beach, up >n the sandhills, with :
a child in his arms; and from bis condi-’
lion it is supposed that he Gone of all on
board readied the shore alivo. and crawl
ing out ot reach of the waves, in or
der to save bis own life and that of the j
infant in bis arm-, fell down exhausted on ‘
the sand, and was frozen to death during
the night The child was firmly locked
in hi? arms, quite dead, and appeared as if
it had also died from exposure.
The whole of this day was spent in ’
searching for the bodies f the unfortunate
people. But one man was found among
the number, all the rest being women amt
children ‘i he> appeared to nave been u:
excellent health, v.ith rosy cheeks and
smiling faces, looking as it they were a
sieep rather than (lead. Tuey were all
laid side* by side, until a boat could be got
to carry them ashore.
On Thursday twenty-two bodies were
removed irom the beach to the village of
.Manahawkia. . heso consisted of one
man and twenty-one ciuiuran, ttii appa
rently, by their features, appearing to be
Germans, the women who had any clothes
ou being dressed in coarse materials, With ;
heavy shoes, some of them wooden on a. ;
All the dead were conveyed to an outhouse j
of .-quire ITckworth a, where they remain
ed until coffins cou.d be made tor them
This melancholy task of making recepta
cles for the dead, occupied the attention
of the men of the village, while the wo
; men were busily employed in washing the
| bodies and laying them out, preparatory
to their being placed in coffins. !oo much
praise cannot be awarded to the iuhabi
tunts of Manahawkiu lor their zeal and
industrv in giving a decent burial to the
idead.
Our reporter visited the dead house,
I where lay in tiers, one above the other,
| women and children, presenting a shock
ling and painful spectacle The whole
; evening was spent in making coffins and
ishrouds; and it was not until midnight
| that these kind hearted people desisted
lin their labors, which were trying in the
; extreme.
{ On ‘K'duesduy morning just as we were
j about vis.tmg the beacn, a wagon arrived
; with the bodies of six more of ti-e dead,
j vr.,o were immediately taken to the dead
house, where they acre washed, and pla
ced in colfius prepared for them. About
one o’clock, r. m.. the bodies were viewed
by .Squire i’eckworth, prej urn lory to be-
I ing taken to the Baptist church burying
j ground.
In the south west comer of the church
yard, deep trendies were dug in the vicin
ity of the place where the bones ot so
many persons wrecked on board the snip
Auburn, many years ago, Ue smouldering
in the dust, and the coffins were deposit
ed one by one alongside of each other,
with a headboard at the head of each
grave, denoting the number and descrip
tion of the interred. The sight was a
mournful one to sec —twenty-eight newly
made graves, extending nearly the whole
way across tne end of the churchyard,
with nothing but a piece of pine board to
mark the spot where the unfortunate peo
lile were buried.
We then proceeded down to the beach,
where we net Captain Jennings and sev
eral of his ineu engaged in collecting the
oaggage and portions of the wreck. A
ooui thirty trunks, with goods iu tl em lay
piled up together’ among them 6e?era: ot
Uhe,r.?imen’r chects and the trunk of the
GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1854
first, mate,. Ambrose Kingsl.and Ilorers,
iu which were several letters, pieces of “oe
trv, a daguerreotype likeness, a lock of
a lady’s hair, and a number of shirts, un
derclothing, coats and pantaloons.
All along the shore for ten miles, mas
scattered the remnants of the chests and
.trunks of the passengers, many of them
having names inscribed on the lids and
sides. Feather beds, cooking utensils,
empty casks and pieces of the vessel were
to be seen on every side Letters of the
dead were scattered he:e and there, and
bib’es and prayer books lay g listening
in the sun, the whole desolation present
ing a melancholy and heart-rending scene.
From various papers collected and frog,
tne inscriptions on the baggage, wo are
enabled to give the following na.i.es of
those who were on board the ill fated ship
at the time of iter destruction:
. Crew —C’apt. James Movers, of Bal
timore; A. R. Rogers, mate,'New York,
2, i Haryon, second mate, Maryland,
24; Benjamin Barnes, steward, New
York, 3 ); John Powell, seaman, Marvland.
3S; Francis Powell, do, do, 45; Martin Ef
im, do, New York. 2 R W n vVa’tm, do,
do, 25; Nicholas Morris, do do, 10; Wash
Seville, do, do, 20; Foster Broalon, do,
24; John Fousliell, do, 23; A. Johnsm,
Pennsylvania, 30; John Johnson, do, do,
24; Win. James, do, New York, 25.
STATEMENT OF CAFfATX JEXVINGB IST B
F.STIXG INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAI* 2*EY
EUS m;i!ING TIIKCAI.E.
From Captain Jennings we obtained the
following statement oi the melancholy oc
currence, he being the only < ye-witnens of
tlie scone, his account will prove highlv in
teresting. It reads as folio *s:
On Saturday the wind blew wit! great
violence from the northeast. The sea ran
very high all day, and I supposed that
there would be many a wreck along the
coast from Banicgat to Egg Harbor. On
v nnd ay morning I observed a ship of a
bout 900 tons thumping on the bar about
one hundred yards from the shore. I im
mediately sent those mou who w re with
me to the government station house, ds>
tant about six miles, for the life cal*, inor
ttr and other wrecking app .ratu-. During
the div the snip’s deck was crowded with
passengers, and when the surf ran out. I
could get within seventy-five yards of the
ve.-sel, which I found out to be the ship
Powhatan, of Baltimore, Capt Meyers,
on her voyage from Havre to New York.
The surf ran mountains high. Indeed 1
never saw sin-h a sea in my life. Several
persons now began to be swept overboard,
when Capt. Meyers hailed me through his
speaking trumpet and asked me for God’s
sake to try and save some of those who
alight happen to wash ashore.
I to! 1 him I had went down the beach
to where the bodies came on shore, but
found them all dean, and it was no use
trying to save them, as they were all
drowned before they got half way to ti.e
beach
Captain Meyers ask and me just before
this if any aid would soon reach them.
I said 1 hoped so as four men - ha • been
sent down to the government station for
that purpose.
Captain Meyers again called out to me
to save any of those who might be wasned
as’ ore alive. *
I replied that I would see to it, and
went d'mvn about two hundred yards on
the beach where the bodies were be
ing washed ou shore. U omen and c.ul
dren came o.i shore fir t.
i lie \essel then lay E. S. E and had
shifted from the N. E. Her foremast was
gone at tin’s time. I suppose she lost it
before she struck the bar. About 5 o’-
clock, P A! on ‘-uuday, the ship keeled
over to windward from the shore. i lie
sea then, of course, made a clean breach
over her. and passengers began to be
washed off in great numbers The sea
running mountains liigu, and completely
hiding Uie vessel from my view, I could no
longer hold any comma dcatioa with the
captain. I never s.w him smee.
The mein and m;zen masts soon went
by the boa<d, and bodies appeared float
ing in the surf in great numbers Some
t enty-live dead bodies, mostly women,
came o.i snore about a m.le south of the
wreck.
About dark the sea rose to a great
height, and one large wave, fully a hundred
feet high, struck tne unfortunate vessel,
and in one moment the hull was scattered
into fragments wnich tossed wildly thro’
the surf The shrieks of the drowning
creatures were melancholy indeed, but I
could render them no aid, as the sea ran
so high i could not get near the unfortu
nate people. In a fe*\ moments all disap
peared beneath the surlaee of th# water,
except a few fragments of the wreck.—
Never did l see such a sight in my life. -
Never do I remember witnessing such a
dreadful gale or such a high running sea.
In many places it made complete breaches
over the island, and carried no doubt many
a poor fellow into the bay beyond it.
Ihe men got back the next morning
from the government station luusc with a
life boat, mortar, and the usual wrecking
apparatus, but it was too late, as all n
btmrd the ill-fatti Poichahn hud parish*a
— no', one rum lined t‘> tell the fen fa 1 tale
None of the crew or officers of the ves
sel came ashore, which is rather a carious
fact; but I think they will be found son.e
ten or fifteen miles further down the
beach.
The luggage and portions of the wreck
lay scattered along the beach. I have
collected all the valuables I could, and
have found some money, ($ >0) in a money
licit, belonging to some of the passengers,
i he friends uud relatives of the deceased
can have all the necessary information re
garding the effects of those drowned, by
inquiring for tne at Manahawkiu, New
Jersey.
t apt. Edward Jennings, Wreck Master.
Long Beach, Ocean county, N J
The Powhatan was bu.lt in Baltimore
about fifteen years ago, and was not, we
think, from the appearance of her timber,
a very sound ship *wol age pieces ot
her hull lie on the beach, also a large por
tion of her waist, the starboard side
of her quarter, m which is lodged an iron
tank that fitted in her run. home of the
ship’s papers came ashore in the Captain’s
desk, and were e?nt ou by Hie resident
magistrate signed Peckwnftli, to the con
signees in this city. >he was loaded with
iro i for b blast, which is the reason pro
bubly why her bottom lias not come a
shore. There is no insur nice on ihe Pow
hatan in this city; ail tile loss will fall on
Baltimore and Philadelphia insurance ofli
ces.
The Wreck of the Hw'ninm.
We published yesterday a sta eincut oi
the total wreck of the- schooner Man
-0(1-1 tan u the same neighbofliood “e
have the following addition il particulars:
Tne schooner Manhattan ran ashore
iboul h.;!f & m.!& below cue seen<s r -f tJU*.
Paw ha tail’s wreck. Out of a crew of
line men, one alone was saved, and he
was thrown into a surf and was waslu-d
ishore perfectly insensible. He was
found on ilie beach in this condition, and
was taken into an adjoining cottage, hit.
was not restored to consciousness until
S hours after. Another man found dead
near the spot was supposed to lie one of
the same crew. The survivor says that
when the ship run aground, it would hare
been practicable for the men to Imre jump
ed off the bowsprit, and have thus bum
saved. Iu fact the Captain ordered tliem
to do this, but paralyzed by fear, tier
crowded to the stern, and were washed
overboard with the Captain by the sweep
of a single wave, and all perished. The
schooner it-elf was completely wrecked.
TUF VEUY I.ATEST rAKTIGUI.ARS
The schooner .Manhattan, of Bangor,
Maine, Captain Fields, came ashore about
a mile below the Powhatan, on Sunday
night.. After a cons derable thumping
on the liar she was driven over and bteaten
upon the shore The sea ran verv high
and drove her up within fifty yards of the
beach. Capt. Jennings repaired to the i
spot and endeavored to persuade the Cap- 1
tarn and crew, seven in mumber, to let;
Ttuemseives down by a rope‘from the end
ut tne jib-boom, w.ieu tho surf ran out,
Hanging over the land; and they could
easily nave got ashore. Instead of ful
iowmg the advice o •• apt. Jennings, the
Captam and ail tiie crew shut themselves
up in the after cabin, thinking, most prob
■oly, tn.it the vessel would outlive tue gale,
nuu would be lngh and dry next mo. n.ug.
r ne waves, However, so mi made qucK
work ot ilie Mauuattaiq and man Hour
or so she went all to pieces
Five of tue men endeavored to get
ashore on a spar, but only one of them -
a man named George Uritiiths, of Bangor,
Maine, succeeded in getting ashore.
ile was found the next day, in an in
sensible condition, lying among tue buohes,
and was quickly conveyed to the nearest
Habitation, wiiere everything Wae done
tending to relieve iiis condition.
He continued raving for many hours,
and was under the impression that those
around him were about taking his life,
as he begged of them not to kdi hiiu
Wucu ae returned to his proper sens s
he stated tnat the schooner was bound
from t'liiladelpiiii whit tnoue’ coal and
belonged io tue Captain and mate, both
of wuom are lost
iUe rescued man is now doing well,
ami will be able to be removed to ms resi
dence m a few days. He stales that tiie.e
was one pa.-senger ou board the Aiauuac
tan, wno lias no uoubt met a watery
grave
Tilt* Packet &Inp Underwriter.
! ‘iue snip Underwriter lays as per last
; accounts. There was no c oninunieutioa
I with tier yesterd .y As the weather con
| t lines moderate, mio will dauntless oe gut
| afloat as soon as suilioieutly ligntened.—
j lay vessels sent down to ner were along
| side receiving tne cargo yesterday.
| .Scene, on board the ship undsrwri-
I ter. —vt e nave already announced tnat
j cue p.isesiigers ot tne suip Underwriter,
{ wnicn went ashore below New York on
| lU.sduy mnr.tin.-, iiad .ill been rescued
1 fney numbered 64 ), and suif red e.ero-
Jly during tne-gale Tue New York
| i lines days:
Among the sufferers the great majority
were females, wnoe cries for water, mann
ings and appeals for ln-.kF were heart
rending. But all this was as norhing,
wnen compared with what transpired
wueu tne vessel struck. Those who were
out of their bert.is ran uoiui wildly,
some striving to rearm the deck an J grasp
ing at auytaiug wh ch they imagined would
ant them in the water I’hose who were
in their berth, although before she struck
they could not have been induced to
move to neip tnemselve-, now sprang from
their beds, almost naked, shrieking, tear
tag their hair, and calling frantically upon
those most dear to them.
All we. e impress and with the belief that
the vessel was about to sink, and they
woulu be lost. Prayers as fervaut and as
heartfelt as ever addressed the Throne of
Grace, were now offered up by a portion
of loose who deemed all attempts to save
themselves useless. Others were frantic,
and amid their cries for help used expres
sions terrible in view of tne danger that
surrounded them. But the vessel d.d not
go down, and after a time they became
exhausted by their excitement, and cum
j parativc quietness was the cou>equeu. e
uni they were finally rescued.
Kai.afat, of which so much has been
said lately, is a town of 2,0j 0 houses. It
is surrounded w.th walls, ti ts a quarantine,
a town mill, a custom house, three church
es, and a cavalry barracks. It is the
chief place of a sub adtfltuTsfrhtor’s ebs
tr.ct. ihe redoubts raised by the Turks
are of great extent and very strong. Tncy
are partly raised on two high hills in the
plain of lvalufat, about a mile distant from
each other, and nave a numerous artillery.
All the neighboring country is commanded
by these hills in such a way that no ap
proach to the Danube can be made. In
1823 these lulls were occupied and so ti
tied by the Russians. Between Widdin
and Kalufat tne Danube is a l.ttle less
than a mile w.de, ami the course of it is
very rapid. Tue island in which the
Turks are fortified is situated near tin:
left, bank; it is partly covered with wood,
and is defended by strong intrencimreuts
in earth, bearing large amllory Above
Widdiu the i urks have constructed a
new citadel, according to a'l the rules of
art.
T m* Cz ir’s PropnsitiiHi
As an ff.r*i t.i tho til itnniis'iinum of
F ir.oa ;),)•) !<Ni>rl*i"l, Nicholas |,ag su'-
t 1 **( io i'i'.o (fiver me'it.s one of hi*
own which is in Miiistncee, this; Tha’
■ f ill“ r ! fl ■* vill ‘e ive h“ B isnho
rns rtU'l lie B Klt ‘*e;, tnil if the COIIC’ S
sions {(,,i e recently bv the Sultan In his
G eJc siilj-c'.H shill he tiuaraiitieil Io
rentv. din I e vi ill lip willing to evaru
•t e the Pi i pci; >a h 1 if>s, and toenange >i i
o her qne-uons by tipgeti.ition.
I Ills Will l>e Ir* a!e>l, piolmM. , hs vrn
t.he l isi übi'-irt not if the Allies by th<
/'em —not re plied t If this is ad he
will ip), then, when i 1 is considered vvl l h’
F A K*** an' 1 E*'lmd have u men alien to
acc-itnplisl). l-efi'ie Bey w ill consent to
p< ac*, ii is evident that a parinr
s luti ‘ii of ihe quarrel is impossible -
\N iat (bev propose io elffci is ibis: to
make t e Black Sea free for ibe fl igs of
all nat'ons, ;nd to -ee that a nev. treat v
is conclude I betv pen liussia and Turkev,
dl oib-rs being abrovaled, which wdl ef
fectual jr Si-ell■ e ihe latter from any kin-1
of -upeivi-i n or ioterfereiM e on the pan
of r4it-sia, “under anv preoxi wnatever.
To*- A'i'ocrat will have in he well flog
ged before he will consent to this
Invasion of Canada jit tite Ir sn
There has been a miner started by some
of the New Y"o k newspaper gossips, to
the effect that some of the I ish citizens,
under the leadership of John Mitchell,
were preparing for an invasion cfi'anada.
A Canadian paper takes up the report,
and throws cold water upon it thus:
“The New York Times talks of an in
vasion of arnula by the ten thousand
Irish militiamen in New York, and the
New Y r ork Herald considers Canada as
good as lost to England. This is all
very well for newspaper excitement, but
we can assure Mitchell & io. that the
gentry beyond the St Lawrence are a
bout the last people from which they will
receive aid in any attempt against Eng
land and her interests.
“We ova libe ty, and think tiie Irish
have good cause of complaint; but the
Canadas are not fortunately selected as
forgers of rebellion, or as likely to turn
against England. For, as matters stand,
they have no grievance t • complain of,
ami the home government have been lat
terly throwing the management of their
own affairs into tiieir own hands so freely
that it would be ver difficult for them to
find a decent excuse lor getting into a
passion This act is overlooked by VI it
ehell, Bennett & o. Dr Nelson was
the leader of the Canadian revolt iu 183 7 ,
but the ‘hero of St. Denis’ is now the
Mayor of Montreal ’
Cuban Intelligence.
The United Su;p> dail Steamship
Black Warnor. J-imns D. Bulloch, E-q.
('o n Slander, i*i * / Tuesday innruing o
Wooile. lit*- Back Wamoi el New
Ymk on the 10 ii a id arrive ! a: Iliv.i-ia
*>!i :h** 15 h. Toe A oencans tn H ivana
tie 1 *ki'jZ wi it much nus-imy iovj,r l *
die Unne'! S .ties to see what wi Ibe 11. t
itSull of lit treaio cm’ ltielv icceivetj t>\
the Bhtck VY ~rrioi in Til port Mosi
of tbefoieign visitors lia<i lefi for home,
i be B'ack Wrt-i--r has e\j>e i u- eil -no g
ga es flu in ihe N -I'.h anil VV e * v\ a1 i SI Ii e
leaving Havana, arc ‘mpanied woh a
tieav, hea.i sea Passed Baik Henry
She!, m off tiie Mom, bound in, of and
Io 11 N <■*.’ York
V\ f oaiher from the corresport Bnt O’
t e ffegis ei the hul >vving imei esting de
ed s ,and Cut an iews He wiite.s the
iii". raiog of the Blok WAnor’.-. vl e -t -
tun
The ApprsnTick Slave fttADa.—
Under ‘.rm/is <4 toe ldoi lost, toe Cap
t.iiu GeoPittl of ( uoh has anicunced the
beginning ot the Apprentice system, un
1 1 e I (ns U • 1 1 1 1 ) a t It’ plea. Ol i) 4 /
“80. at” negroes recently ca iture.l a
I nmdad, 577 h ive iieeu diVuled amo g
tbe f.tvorites oi me Govermneiv, u iei
lease fora to pay for tiie same $5
;ur 111 I in: ill .inti find the useesserv cloir.-
ntg and food, and a premil m to he effi
ci-ils of $1 7 per bead I'llS (ruvtiniine .
c llecis ifie salary, and o ie f lUith of ihe
is m e is devoted to the crow n for pro
teotion ot the negrti, while with the ex
paasion ot the system a thousand empty
Spanish pockets will be provided for
Arrival of the Black Warrior
The B aeit \V ir Oi arrived at her ancnoi
age tins evettiri-* at 5 ..’clock, and was
immediately despatched. She Lto leave
port in me morning. This prompt a'.ten
tion with no i-lle bluster, sii ws sell
;< m wledge of their folly, upon tne part ut
lie u horities, and an earnest Res:re to
creep out >f .neir responsibility for a sou
wront. the t.ext b.undtjn.ig piece ot
Spanish insolence ill it may be dispatch. and
bom Uie Q teen’s saloon it Mi.ind, may
say this is a I illegal, with the same pr -
prjety that the j)ies>-nl nave passed upon
the conduct and authorization of tneir
pi clecessor.
L*t tiie'ii %elile tne account —it i.s ol
i mg standing, past due; and then we will
iu!) nti a oil commence aileW.
I'iirb ( o ‘Lies, We :iv ■ ;]'J2 Asiatic
emigrants a* lived ou the 1.1 u lost, from
llacao, per Spa oso s op Eoc.r.iacion,
one da tied among snhsci uter-.
I’oSTSCKIP r-- As 1 did not cone into
he ou until oite ibis evening, 1 did ihm i
tearn the f >.lowing imeiesung item until
I had deposited my letter wiili a tnead,
an officer ot the G ivemmenl, to put on
no.iid ot me B. iCiv ‘VatTinr.
Outrage ok the American Consul.—
1 sCeills mat Cm. Will. Al. iv ‘oertsm , a*
asUai, w ent on hoard the sleatnei so m
alter her a> rival, for his despatch scks
from the State Dcpaiimem, and that o .
ieturiiing to the shore, as soon us he let>
he whaif, lie Was assaulted ny n office,,
who Seized ill'll and Ins sacks, ami at
tempted to take liiem by force liOiii aim
uln B ack W o rior. Bat he wus no.
ol the person he was dea.iug
.inn, and was thrown back *uli u siigh
dtfori of the A olom 1; whereupon a gu.ig
~ noldiers, ready in waiting, were calle..
upon, and diei lustied l die rescue. Bu.
t was fuo use; toey coutd not block the
path ot the ho.test md man.
I hese repeated indignities were mad*
m the presence of many peop e, tilling
I ihe Wnole Officio siree’.. Tne ouTwge
| vvouhJ :ic >r have been Mtteinpied with >•{
exp els iusiiuciiofi <>f ,!ie wrry h ■* i*t
• uihoi •t, Cipa II Genarai P 3fU*U, ®<ni
M■' <>l'je-t ':<s -u iv > i inu*'v io grt |jd
I SHssion >f die c ami ha 9
|as a,, excuse u> render f-r t; e ign.ralic
j ‘'f ‘tie . fficer in discli. t!i .e .f li,> duty
Shori accourds make lung f, jernis, a m
•e miie i | )e ,hi .ini's will be *d
ll’ e>l in liiiif, f.ir we kmiw not the ntSi
Hvi i! jH | lingers au.. Spain ti “p UC o
‘eu”.
British Dosigtts is putt China.
Some very curious revelations concern
ing English designs upon Chirm are made
hy the W asiiiiigtou correspondent of the
lerald, Amou r other things, it appears
that our Ite minister to the Celestial em
pire would ha ve gone to Pekin had Commo
dore Perry possessed the requisite disc re
tiou to allow him a ship of war for the pur
pose.
At Pekin, the Emperor could have been
brought to such terms as would have given
us the whip-hand over the English. As
matters last stood, her Britannic iVlajcs
ty s agents were making them all their
own way. It was believed that the ulti
mate object o John Bail is nothing less
than the possession of rdiangh ii, which
being at the outlet of the great ( hinese
Amazon —the lang-tse Keang—would
give England the mouop ly of a commerce
of hall the Celestial Empire.
Our new minister to China having a
sort of general rovmg commission, and a
pretty w de margin of discretion, may per
haps do something; but he is a gra*:n
hand m Celestial diplom toy, and may do
uodi.ug at all la thy mea.-.time, it is
suspected taat the are at the bot
tom ot t.ie present revolutionary move
meats, with t ie
the ccmteuding parties tney may at length
secure -innughai audsome other ports, and
thus carry off the spoils, and erect the
.'grand establishment of a second East In
dia t ompany over the Central Flowery
Kingdom
B’Jis Sti!>m riu'j Bitterics lu
Uusunn Waters,
T..h Paris cmr ‘Onncleii’ of die E> don
Nhws, wi inn ,H) he sili of April, says:
1 is said ih ii h- inve n r>f the infernal
u■ mi J.•* iinc ll o7 p s’ aid io r>e in th
. >se-- o of uih E nper >r of Uus.-ia, fm
mowing siiips ont of the water by the
agenev of mi iben ic wne, is a F ench
• an; and M a h* n lie’ CniiiinOniCaled Ills
i ve turn to toe Ku-sian govenitne t for
i coriMderaiion, he t'Xpres-ly stated that 1
in case of war between Fiauee and Bus
sia, be should lie at liberty to give pis
own country the benefit of his discovery.
Ii is further reported ‘hat on Friday la,t
li's g-nilemeU wvSfe eived a! the min
ts’ ry of m.iii e, and, mi ihe presence o;
M. L)nC >s aid a lin.ird ot naval officers,
X,,laiio and ttit fearful means of ‘*estiuc-
!i ii which he claims to liave origmalen.
i tie Ii ard , i .cl e lu.oui at fiist, closely
i- x im'lied me mauer, ami in the eim
Acre very much s iurk by the deinon
-'.ra ion, and not a btile alarmed Si
! Imr es iVauer, in, t|-,e admission of Bit
nvenlor, w ii 1 .illy prepared tor vvjia
e mg ii u ive to e icnumef. A lele
giapme and spttch was immediately setu
off in warn A miral p.tiseval D- scoeues
I _ice mis story a- 1 have heaid it; from
ierv respeci ibie amn ri y; hu oi course
ill .icron Os 0 ! ’ ii vsi •ri n s in g range d--
s rnitivc inventions o.u it be received with
.00 vaOnon
rbe Ho! j- Pi ices
W list the most powet fill and the
nosi civiliz'd noions of the OM VVorl
■re prepared for a struggle which mav hr
cal le a‘* .v >i Id ’a 1 1 eon ie,” a hou quesi i< >n
g'owiug out of the II tly Pl'-e-Sat Jeru
salem, ‘he guai ilians aid ccopa ts ol
those , 1 ices nave token Bio start of the
Uzu tiiid f e allies, Hill whilst he an
•hey have been negoti.ning, w,d palavei
ttig, a. and hu ut’Uggiiig, those most in eres'.-
ed in the inalter have taken ilia law and
i ie (io.spel into ‘heir ivro han Is, as the
io lowing extract ol a lener frou. an eas
tern correspondent of the L union Time*
miorms us.
‘‘ 1 tie aeeouii s T>m are vary
misatisiacioiy, ami the whole eountrx
‘eertis to he id a stale of anarchy, owing
10 the withdrawal of the troops for ttie
war with Russia, and the pashas are left
without the means of ens >icing tlieir au
ihonty I'he Qivt-k amt Latin clergv a 1
Jerusalem Have renewed their s lamtfui
contests ahoil the n<>l\ p.tcrs, while the
L\i kish .di ‘Oils had not the p >Wer to
proven tnem Iron coiling to blows, —
it is a miti and, however, hit this time
toe Ltiins claimed gie.i'Qr piivil ge>
loan t'tey wbi> entitled to, and :!ie Latin
U.t r.aica and F.en-h Cos i>u', ‘VI. Rot a,
tinning themselv’. s u aier tun oi
yielding to the Gieeks, let’. Jerusalem
toi litiiiool Several persons were killed
in toe v.ni ms atfiays ih.tt o ok place.
Tot Li iceks it -ee is, have hid the. best
ot the scuff e, ami ~re now apparently in
possession of me llolv p uces, hy vinue
of itie strong arm as the Czir is of ihe
principalities. Toeii mntining in p<>B
■issioii depends upon n s su- cess. If he
is worsteii, they will no ousied, for Lou
is Napoleon will then t k<- tire mtitter in
to ins own hands, he t eiug the protect r
Lit toe Latins at Jerusaie n as N.cholaa is
<>f the G i eeks.
Bat is it not a scai.d ii to Christendom
and 10 Cm istianitv, that such scenes
sn >uld he w itnessed at the very sepulchre
of the tuu.iUer of it? Is there no remedy
tor Hus shameful disreaarnot only of
what is decorous nnd decent, hut of that
w hich is he‘d to be most,* venerable and
sac ed among Chn.slia is? this is not
the first time ihougti uiai such shameful
Contests have been Witnessed at the same
places, for the same reasons—religious,
uate mid intolerance I he twosec’.s, the
Greeks and laitius, have come to blows,,
oetore • n iw, and their squabbles LavV
ueen gCiitl’aliy ended by the Turks S ep
jjiug 1 1* us moderators, ttml try their using
uiows to enfo'ce oi dei and pe.uce. Can
•tieie In* any religion where there is sc
much vioie, )C e ami vindictiveness? It is
imposs nic. —WaA. Glohe
Pork Eater*
vork enters rur.f believe as much of this
as the* pteaso. It i* said that the Jews,
’ uvkf b Arabians, and nil 4ho.se who ot>
servi che precept of avoiding blood sad
-ivvme’.-! flesh, p inf lite’y mor# fro# from
li-ease than t hristians; more tw;>ec:ally do
they escape those opprobria, of the medical
m t, gout, scrofula, consumption end mad
ness. Tne Turks eat freat *uantiti*3 of
lionoy and pastry end much they
dliO B<it O **W rwdo V or**, j
not suffer from dyspepsia an Christians
1 * ie swine-fed nations of (’Kistendom suf
fer greater devastation from a painful tu
bercular disease of the i owels ‘dysentery,)
than from any’ other cause. ‘! hose per
sons who abstain from swine's Ce#h nd
blood are infinitely more healthy *nd fro®
frvnn humors, g amlular diseastit, dyspep
sia and consumption; while in those dis
tricts an I among those elftsses of men
where the pig makes the chief article of
diet, tubercle in all its forrns'of fefiiptionS,
sore legs, bad eyes, and abscesses, must
prevail. It is stated as a remarkable co
incidence that Prince Edward’s Island has
a climate exactly similar to Great Britain,
yet the inhabitants are not consumptive,
neither is the pig there cultivated—Bus
ton Pest.
The Straw Busiue^
Some p>ettv correct idea may le
ormed of the extent to which this branch
of trade is carried, from the following no
tice taken of it, ia a rcceut visit to the
town us liilford, by the editor of the Col
umbia Register He writes that he *peut
the greater part of the day in the exten
sive straw factory of Mes*r. It
Baldwin, where some 40 ) men *nd wo>a*n
are employed in the man ifaeture of *traw
goods—huts, bonnets, caps. !tc froai the
Pauauju sim triro to the tiniest gostminer
covering for an infant’s head. We h*d
not the remotest conception of the eateut.
to which this business is carried on at that
establishment; the budding is more than
200 feet long, 3 stories high, and is u
complete bee-hive fo’- industry. *nd *uc
cessful application Ihe raw material w
received there from Italy, South America,
Sic. and by Yankee hands converted into
tasteful fabrics which find a randy sale in
every part of the country. There need
not be, and probably is uot, an idle neces
sitous person in u.ilford, of either sex;
while employment in that establishment i*
not only profitable, but from its very na
ture, desirable to females—some of whom
earn greater wages than men *t ome
trades, and yet they cannot procure as
many yaung women as they ceuld proita
bly employ.
Glareleos and Ringless.
Effects of singular elegance are some
times produced by means simple and ob
vious. ihe reader who Hah weeu * younj
lady in full dress, with her hands ungloved
and ringless, Inis behold an ciect of this
nature. One ring spoils it. Tie tetu’ds
must be quit# devoid of onmet or co
vering. And the reason ia evideut. The
band is cue of nolure 6 beautiful things,
•and like ad the rout of ntwe’s Wautiful
things, has two fold beout/ * beauty
of its own, ind o beauty ia proportion to
putts adjacent. Cover the hand with a
kid glove, or put
| and nature is balked of her gweot iJtent
m two particulars: the haul is onlarged
and the hand i linden. Such was the
under current of ruction *hic* passed
through our mind, wiiou we sow the other
•veiling, a beautiful Peristome outer a
Aew iork drawing room, in on evening
dress, ot the simplest end most exquisite
taste, with no gloves upon her fair h aids
and no rings upon her pretty fingers.—
G loveless and rmglesa be all fa r lianda
tnat our eyes see, henceforth and forever
lue lady was Md’lle de Lamotte, the
pianist, who.se classical eoirees have de
lighted the town lately. It u*y have
■jeeii a professional touch; it way be a
IXQW 1 insi;in fashion; but whatever else it
may have been, it was very pleasing to
eyes fatigued with ornament. It wi 1 not
become a fashion, however—and ought
not Some hands—-elderly ones for ex
ample, and those which are hugw, #r rd
or stumpy, or round, or raahf--’-may as
well be covered up. But hands which ar®
young and pretty, can we see too much of
tuem. Im. ossible— Homs Journal.
Os the strictness of the Passport Sy*-
teiD, and the dangers from new comers
which haunt the Neapolitan official mind
a good story has just been told. A lady',
expecting her confinement, was at Capri
with her husband. Bishiug that the
chiki might u$ bora on the mait laud, thej
sailed across the bay; but, the yoathful
Neapolitan having u rexpectedlv made his
appearance during the three hou s’ voy
age, they were not allowed to land, becatus
tile infant was not in the passport.
Forty years ago, three inert, by hand
work, could scarcely manufacture 4,000
small s.iaets of pi)per a day, while now
tm-y can produce 00,030 in the same time.
It has been calculate I that if the f*pef
produced yearly by six machines could be
put together, the sheet would encircle t e
wor J. No where is paper g > much Bsed
a.4 in the United States, In France, wilh
35,000,000 of inhabitants, only 70,000
tons me produced yearly, of which one
seventh is for export*.iun. In England,
with of inhabitants, 66,000
i >ns ar.* pr .iiucfcd, while in this country
tho amount is nearly asgraataain Franca
an! England together.
Bible Pbohibited. —The Archbishop
of Mexico has addressed to all the clergy
a circular, in which he recommends to
t >e n the greatest vigilance in preventing
the circulation and readiug of Protestant
Bibles, which are being introduced from
the Uurttd States in 1 amanlis, across the
Texas frontier. ‘l’he Archbishop says
.that he has received personal information
from the Ministers of Justice that mea
sures have already been taken by thegoT
ernmeut to prevent the introduction of
the Bible and other books, and the ope
rations of the agents alluded to by whow
the Bible Society is said to work
No. 18.