The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-01-31

md lava Head said vessel having sailed
fro,n China about the 25th of December
Cant. Morrell reported his sails in such bad
condtion that he should be obliged to pui
;n,o the Cape to repair. Nothing further
il known of this distinguished historian nm
Ill the arrival ofthe Louvre in Boston from
Mauririus, where she put in to repair dam
ages She brought accounts of the wreck
Of the NJ. o. in February, 1886, at Port
Dauphin, Madagascar, where Morrell says
(in protest received year after tie wrerk,)
he put in to fill up water, having lost SIR
casks, by the rnis eating iuio II. On re-
ceipt'of this Intelligence at MauritIns, nl
schooner was despatched under The aus
pices of mercantile house, member oi
which was ,he United States Consul. SHE
returned with part of the cargo saved,
and some of the men, hut not full aud o.
second vessel was despatched wIihoi, sini-
lar success. H. the autumn of 1886, when
these facts were known here, an expedition
was filied out ny the parties concerned in
the insurance of the Nj. Oakley's cargo, loI
proceed tn Mauritius in search of The re-
mains or the proceeds of said cnrgo.-Tbel
vessel (ilIe schr Cathnrine Wilcox, Capain
Osyonh,l left New York in Janunry, 1887,
and returned Nov. 7, Milh about S25,0OO
nett of The whole valuable cargo of the NJ.
Oakley, which cost SI50,00O, and would
have produced S250,0O0 IN the U. States,
ii it had arrived in due time. The protest
ofCaptain Morrell, drawn up with c"nsd-
erable skill. aud duly authenticated by sew
eral uareadabke and unimpcochabie names,
purpprtne to be The queen and royal fam
iy Of Madagascar--stntes that the brig
drove nsIlore in spite of The most cnnsnni-
mate skill aud the best anchors and cables
and lllit under divine Providence The ship |
pero are indebted To him for saving n cou-
siderable portion Of the cargo, which, nc-
cording to the same high authority, consis-
ted Of NJ. the plain black and white silks,
sewing silks, teas and articles of bulk, aud
not Of aay part of the fancy silks and other
articles, (pf which he could no doubt make
better use, than to put into prolest.)
lie also STATES, that he destroyed the nuoi-
tes and papers, far fear they might taH in
TO Ms hands Of Tie French, nhh wdom he
gaderstood zoe wsre going TO D0r. The
reader will readily comprehend why he o.
pened the papers. lie took early measures
To get rid of his supercargo by sending hin,
on all expedition across the Island for as
sistaHce and he was supposed, for long
time, TO have been killed by the native
guides to whose tender mercies Morrell had
entrusted him. We next hear of Morrell
ut the Cape of Good Hope on his way to
London, in the British vessel Rio Packet,
with part Of the cargo ofthe NJ. Oakley.
lie arrived in London in due course, and
offered his goods for sale in such n way ms
TO excite the suspicious Of the U. State.
Consul, who took possession of the prop
srty, and now holds it subject to the claims
Of whoever can prove the identity, which i
difficult, ms the marks were changed.
Morrel having got clear Of his ndventur
and of jaslice nj the same time, went owe
TO France, and at last accounts was per
suading the Government tha, he knew th'
place where La Perousc was lost, and coulc
point out the descendants of the unfortunate
navigator, now existing on some island
known only to him. We shall prohally
next hear of him on board some exploring
vessel bound to the Pacific, aud it is 10 he
hoped that he will cnligh,en The public, nnd
especially the owners of The Margaret Oak
ley's cargo, in many points thereun,o rela'
ting whcl, (like the isands) nre only knowr
to him: and finally il is To be hoped thu
his new work will differ from his old on,
inasmuch as we now want fnc,s only, whicl
in this case will he mnch more saleabl,
than his former fictions.