Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-05-06


ings that may easier be imagined than
described. Mr.. Sherman and others
had found the Collector, aud made
similar application to him, and under
stand that he expressed willingness
hat the Cutter should 90 provided the
officers were disposed or saw fit to do SO
But she DID NOT Go-and for the why
or the wherefore NO SATISFACTO-
RY REASON has yet been given, and
| believe there is not fifty persons in
this place, who are not indignant at the
barbarous and inhuman conduct ofCapt.
Connor and his associates-and it is
but an act Of justice to the inhabitants
of Newport, that these facts should be
made public, if for no other reason than
that people abroad may not charge a
whole community Gas they otherwise
must) with being destitute of tho com
monest feelings Of humanity-nnd to
enable them to fix the blame on those
to whom it Justly attaches.
In the r.. /. Republican of last week
ilimsy apology is attempted in the shape
Of a regret that the wind blew so vio-
lcntly as to render it imprudem in the
opinion Of the oDieers Of the Cutter, for
that vessel to go to sea " acknowledging
at the same time, "that she was the
only vessel in port capable of rendering
assistance. And this assertion is made
in the face and eyes Of the simple fact,
that an OLD man, oper serenity pears o1
age, rode out the ,choie gale and main
tanned his position at sea, in little boat
nine feet Keel, Nth tro small paddles-I
within four or five miles Of the place
from which he was first driven, for rs
many hours. And yet we are told that
it would have been imprudem for the
Cutter to go to sea. | should think
that any man who had the least preten-
sions TO scamanship or nautical shill
or who had any pride Of profession,
would have biushed to have had such an
opinion in connection with such a fact
charged to his account--and take the
liberty to say, that if such an opinion
rs the above was given by some of the
officers of tho Gutter, there is one OF
them at least who is too much of u sea-
man, a gentleman, and Il man, ever TO
have acquicsccd in it, or given 1t his
sanction for moment. But there arc
other facts which renders the conduct
of those having charge of the Cutter
negligent, culpable and inoxcusablo.-I
In the forenoon of the same day, and
during tho freshest of the breeze, al
smai sail boat was distinctly seen by
several citizens 20 get under weigh
from Goosebcrry Island, and shape her
course to the westward, beating to wind
ward with apparent ease, and doubtless
making good weather, or sho would not
have attempted it.
Again, as soon rs it was ascortained
TINT the Gutter Wonid not go, number
OF experienced Packet masters of this
place, united with several benevolent
citizens, to procure vessel of some
kind or other to 20 in pursuit Of Mr.. Ma
hc-but unfortunately there were none
IN the harbor except the Cutter, as has
been stated above, suited to the under
taking. They then gave it as their de-
cided opinion, that aay vessel, OF even
ordinary capacity and appointment, might
have got under way. from the same stu
alton in which the Gutter then lay, and
have gone out OF the harbor with perfect
ease and softty-und at the same time
they were willing and eager to volunteer
their services 10 20 TO the assistance oi
MIR. Maize, in any vessel that might
be procured, even tho smallest sized
fishing smack-though in the opinion
Of somo of the officers Of the Gutter the
wind blew 10 violently AS TO render II
imprudent for that vessel to 60 TO sea"
although acknowledged to be one OF the
best goa b0ats and the siaunchcst and best
appointed Of her cicss 80 tons) on the
whoie eoas. Of .4merica Some have as
serted that she was anchored in part
Of the harbor, that rendered It dDicuR
aud oven dangerous to attcnpt 20 get
her under way with tho wind flowing
flesh a, r. ". What business, in The
nano Of common sense, | would ask has
the Gutter vt sVch moorngs al any time
as would subject her TO tho possibility
OF being prcrented from getting out OF
the harbor against the wind, let 1t blow
from any point OF the compass ?-S Suppose
ship had been ashore on Brenton's
Reef at that time, with several valuable
lives on board, exposed to the most I'M
mincnt peril, (and such II circumstance
has taken place within the last % years
and with the wind the same way,) aud
the only available assistance that could
be rendered must come from the Reye-
nue. Gutter; Would any body have cv-
CT dreamed that she might be so easily
rendered useless, merely because the
ca tain saw fit, for the sake of shorten
ing tho distance between his berth und
his boarding house, to anchor her in
such situation that in an attempt to get
her under way, with the wind N. w.
she might, in losing three times her
length, get stuck in the mud that runs
into the harbor, from the sewers at the
south end OF the town, or get cast away
on real Of her own beet bones? The
fact is, this Cnor in tho days OF Capt!
John Cahoonc, was looked upon with
prdo and pleasure by every citizen of
Newport, aud was relied upon with the
utmost confidence as n sure means OF as
sistance and protection al all times to
those " ho mig lat be in distress on any