The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-05-05


fruit of our own procuring, No: we stand in the a-
tuIe Of passive recipens-mere inhertors Ofthe boon
and without eternal vigilance our parts, that which
YVES achieved for us by heroic sTes will be wrested
from by usurpers and political marauders. Our on
ly security consists p the general dissemination on-
tellgence and especially political intelligence. Po'
cal knowledge and political servitude utterly in
compatible. The existence Of pre-snpposes the
the destruction Of the other. Where the one begins
the other ends EGtract from an address by f. More
TRIAL. OF ALEXANDER HOLMES, FOR MAN.
SLAUGHTER ON THE HIGH SEAS.
Our readers will recolect an account published last
summer ofhe loss orlhe Ship VIM. Brown on a voy-
age from Liverpool to Philadelphia. She struck an
iceberg in the night and went down soon after, with
unber of passengers. The captain, with some of the
crew and passengers, escaped in the jolly boat, but
whether they were picked up not we cannot recol.
ect. The mate, part fthe crew and passengers took
10 the long boat, and from other, Of
the passengers were thrown overheard A short timo
aer the boat picked up by the ship Crescent and
those remaining carried TO France, 1--WE beeve) and
from thence shipped to America It appears that one
of the seamen named Holmes, who was instrumental
in destroying the lives OF his fellow creatures, ta
ken up and had his trial in Philadelphia, last week, for
NlansIaughter before The U. S Court. We give below
the most important evidence both for and against the
prisoner.
The first witness called on The part Of the
United States was
BRIDGET McGEE.-l was a passenger on
board of the ship William BtowD; we left Liv.
erpoo on the l2h OF March; il was on Mon
day night the 10 Of Ap il, that we struck The
iceberg. We were all IN bed; man said the
ship was sinking; we all rushed upon deck;
ting out the long boat aud the jolly boat.
waited until the longboat was got out, and as
soon as the long boat was got out got into it:
some of the passengers were in before ne;
Holmes came 10 me after got into the boat,
and ordered me ou; he said should 40 into
the ship agan;l told him that l would no,
leave the boat and return 10 a sinking ship,
then he turned from me said no more; the boat
was then pushed away from The ship with hir-
ty-two passengere in her. -Four Of Scotch
family got in, and one of the sisters remained
on deck; the name Of the family is Edgar;
Holmes then went back to The chip and carried
this girl on his back 10 the boat; her name was
Isabel EIgar. The two boats then pushed
away from the skip; they had lines attached 10
The ship; they then cut the ropes just before
The ship went down. This was about | | o'clock
al night. The captains boat, the jolly boat
and The long boat sad together until morning
tho captain gave Francis Rhodes, the mate,
compass and chart. and told him he was 250
miles from the land; in the morning The captain
took down the names of all the crew and pas
sengers IN The long boat. During that day the
sailors and pas.engers continued bailing tie
boav and rowing. Tha, was Tuesday; on Tues
dav night, about 10 O'Clock, they commenced
throwing tue passengers out of The long boat.
The first heard was passenger Of the name
Owen Riley heard him cry to Scoch wo.
man TO speak to the sailors to spare his life;
don't know who was the next man they put
out; Frank Asken, they caugh, hold Of him
and put him out. He too first called on the
Scolrhwoman 10 the sailors 10 spare his life;
he thought she had so much influence over
them; Mrs. Edgar is her name. Frank AS
ken had two slers in the boat; ono oi the ss
lers name was Mary aud she said she would
20 over after her brother. After they threw
him over they threw her over too, and then
looked for the other sister Ellen; then they
threw Ellen over too. The next know of
was Holmes catching hold of James Black;he
was passenger, when Holmes caught hold Of
Black, Holmes said, who is thisP when Black
made answer "wby it. 's James Black
When the mate heard Backs nsme he said
don, part man and wife They did not throw
Black over: Charles Conlin was sitting next
to me: Holmes came over 10 him; when Char
ley Conlin saw Holmes coming, said, Holmes
dear, Won will not put me out Holmes made
answer and sid, "yos Charley,ycu'll 60 too
He than caugh, hold Of CoulIn and threw
him out. Charles Conlin was the last person
thew threw out ofthe long boat, but there was
Two ,ha, remained in the boat that they did
not notice. When morning came the sailors
saw these two other passengers; one Of them
was hid under The seat oflhe boat, and the
other was under the stern Of The boat; they hid
themselves there; ohm NnGent was one;l don't
Remember the other. Al daylight these Two
passengers commenced bang the boat; when
those men had done baing, they took and
threw them out. About an hour and a half af
ter we were taxi ken up blythe ship Crescent. |
mean when I say t'they threw them over"
Charley Smith, Alexander Holmes, John Set
con, and Henry Murray, a colored cook
Rhodt did not assist or throw any over; he