The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

with the steward about some liquor. They at last
got to fighting, when the mate and myself inter-
fered. One of hem, who goes by the niann, of
Jack, then drew a knife on toe, :he
; same time, D— you, I would cut your throat in a
I minute 1' I stepped towards him, saying, ' Don't
do that.' He then went to the side of the boat and
got two belaying pins, and threw them at me, but
neither of them hit me. Ho then advanced on me
with his knife. 1 had two little pocket pistols with
me, and had had them loaded for some length of
time. I drew ono of these out, and took as good
an aim at him, I must confess, as I ever did at a
fowl. I snapped the same, but it did not explode.
He then ran to the main deck, but the others began
to rather around me. I then broke after Dublin
J ,ck with my other pistol. I went a few steps and
then turned back. As I was returning I met one
of the crew with a saucepan in his hand, which he
held as if ho had something in it until he got up to
me, when he exclaimed You d—d long-legged
--,' and hit me across the head with the same.
He repeated the blow, which hit me just over the
eye. The saucepan having broke on the first blow
there were several sharp points on it, which, on the
second blow, cut me very badly. The other part of
the crew wore close behind him, and all rushed upon
me, beating me with belaying-pins, and stamping.
upon me. I fell across a spar, and I had the pre-
sence of mind to pull my coat over my head to
shelter me from the blows. A fe;:ow named Wil-
son, who was formerly on the pilot boat Mary
*Taylor, struck me a very severe blow on the back
of my head with a belaying pin, from which I fell
down and felt confused, as if my head had been
suddenly placed under the surf. The first mate,
Stowell, seeing that they were determined
me, ran in, and throwing himself upon me to save
me from their blows, exclaimed, You have killed
the captain, now kill me.' He sheltered my head
with his hands, but the crew, who had pistols,
placed them at every point where they could get a
crack at me, snapping them several times, but for-
tunately none of them went off. The mate then
jumped up, drawing his knife, saying, at the same
time, ' I will put this in the first man who strikes
the captain.' At this most of the crew drew knives,
exclaiming, ' Ha, ha ! we have all got knives.' The
mate then caught me up and dragged me down into
the cabin. The men followed, exclaiming, 'Let
him fall down the stairs,' also throwing belaying
pins at me, several of which broke quite a number
of the windows. Everybody exclaimed, Oh' the
captain is dead.' I did not then think I should
ever get over it. Ido not now think I shall. The
mutineers then ran into the cabin armed with be-
laying pins, pistols, knives, and other dangerous
weapons each, driving the passengers above, break-
ing open their chests and trunks with hammers and
hatchets, and carrying off everything of value they
could lay their hands upon. Some of the passen-
gers came and took care of me the best way they
could. The mutineers then went after the mate to
murder him, but one of them, known as Phila-
delphia Jim,' cried out, No, no ' • you shall not
touch the mate.' They then took one of the ship
boats and went ashore with their plunder. Dur-
ing Sunday night they got fighting among them-
selves, and most of them turned on Philadelphia
Jim' for interfering on behalf of the mate, and
pounded him to such an extent that he died that
night. There was no one died of hunger, as stated
in the papers. On Monday they all put off into
the interior, and have not been seen since. The
passengers, I understand, have all been sent up in
waggons to Squan. I have not been at the ship
since my accident. I feel bound to say that all the
wreckers have behaved like gentlemen. Captains
Brown and Faulkenburg, who were there with their
vessel, offered to render every aid in their power.
Captain Brown offered to divide hia provisions
with the passengers, but they had quite a supply,
which they took from the ship. There were 301
passengers. Among them were some 30 women
and aboutb 50 children, and about 10 or 15 infants.
I think they were all comfortable when they left
Squan."

Mr. Newbrook, a cabin passenger, in his descrip-
tion of the wreck, says
" The captain and the first mate of the ship cer-
tainly deserve the praise of every one. Better
seamen we never saw, and the men with nobler
hearts we never came in contact with. The cap-
tain, in order to quell the fears of those on board,
remarked that they ' should all be saved if he had
to carry them on his back to the shore.' Ho stood
with a cocked pistol in his hands and threatened
to shoot down the first man who dis)beyed his
orders. One person did so several times ; the cap-
tain kept his word find shot at him three times.
He was in a very low state when we left the beach,
but hopes were entertained of his finally recover-,
ing from his wounds. The result of the captain's
action was that his orders were strictly obeyed,
and, aided by his first mate, they saved the lives
of upwards of 200 souls, whom they safely con-
veyed to shore."

steps had been taken for the apprehension of
the mutineers, one of whom is reported to have
been frozen to death.

THE ATLANTId TELEGRAPH.

The stupendous project of connecting the Old
World with the New by an electric cable laid upon
the bed of the. Atlantic Ocean begins to assume the
appearance of success. The necessary amount of
capital, 350,0001., has been subscribed in shares of
1,0001. each. Twenty per cent, of the subscription
has already been paid in ; the English Government
has guaranteed to the stock an annual interest of
4 per cent., and invitations have been issued to the
manufacturers of telegraphic wires to submit esti-
mates for constructing the cable, according to a
pattern, 'with security that it shall be completed
and ready for shipment on the 31st of May, 1857.
Two steamers, each having one-half of the cable on
board, will meet on mid-ocean, and, joining the
electric band, will move—the one toward the east-
ern and the other towards the western continent,
running off the cable into the sea behind them,
until they touch the opposite shores of Ireland and
Newfoundland. It is expected that this work will
be finished by the Ist day of July next. The route
of the cable will be between the parallels of 48 deg.
and 52 deg. of North latitude, along a remarkable
steppe, which has been discovered by soundings at
the bottom of the sea, between Cape Race in New-
foundland and Cape Clear in Ireland, and which is
already known as the telegraphic plateau. The
great-circle distance between these two opposing
shores is 1,640 miles, and the greatest depth of the
sea along this route is, according to the recent
soundings made by Lieut. Berryman in the United
States' steamer Arctic, not more than 2,070 fathoms
—about 12,420 feet. This depth is reached at a
point nearly equidistant from either shore. The
bottom of the ocean, along which the electric wire
is to be stretched, is generally a fine calcareous
earth, free from all abrading materials, and resting
for ever in perfect repose, beyond' the reach
of those winds and angry currents that vex the
waters 2,000 fathoms above. Now and then
an iceberg, drifting along the surface of the sea,
drops its melting masses down into these sunless
depths ; and brave old ships, vanquished by the
storm, sink and settle slowly into this fleecy bed,
which gradually rounds over their forms, as the
snow rounds over the perishing traveller. The elec-
tric cable, once buried in this silent sepulchre, will
remain'free from every disturbing influence, and
the whole difficulty in stretching it across the At-
lantic Ocean will consist in getting it down to these
far depths, not in retaining it safely there. It is
impossible to comprehend the far-reaching results
of this wonderful adventure. It is the marriage
of the two hemispheres of the globe, but whether
the marriage is to be for the better or for the worse
who shall say ? The gulf of waters by which na-
ture has separated hostile continents is bridged by
the electric chain of thought ; and people of di-
verse languages and uncongenial habits are made
immediate neighbours. But too much familiarity
with our antipodes may beget a dangerous con-
tempt, and it is possible that we shall be led to
entertain less friendly feelings for our far-fetched
neighbourd than we have now, while the ocean
separates us from them. Still it will always bo a
pleasant thought that we are able to annihilate
distance, and make Time, who flies so fast, a dull
laggard. That imaginary period which, in our
jokes, we have styled " less than no time" will be-
come an actual fact. The looker-on in Venice may
send a message over the Atlantic wire which will
be read in New Orleans four hours before it leaves
London on its way westward. The daily Times
will tell its readers at their breakfast tables what is
happening this very morning at Paris, Berlin, or
St. Petersburg. We shall wait no longer with
anxious expectation the arrival of the European
mails. The steamers will bring no news, and
the occupation of our foreign correspondents will
be gone. The Adriatic and the Persia may then
compete for the longest passage across the Atlan-
tic ; and voyagers will loaf leisurely over the sea,
having no concern but their own personal com-
fort. But from this pleasing picture we must
turn to another—its opposite ; for there is one ma-

portant element in the organisation of this Atlantic
telegraph which is worth noting, as it tends to de-
stroy much of its rospective value to the United
States. The company, though it was originated by
our own citizen, will be exclusively under English
control. 262 shares, representing 262,0001. of its
capital, are owned in England, while only 88 shares,
88,0001., are owned in the United
representing
States. The landings of, the cable will be in Eng-
lish territory. The eastern end willland at Valentia,
a harbour in the south-western extremity of Ireland,
about 40 miles directly west of Cork, and the wes-
tern end will land at St. John's, in Newfoundland.
This fact may be of little consequence in the
" piping times of peace," but in times of war i