Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-26


| The state OF commercial affairs rendered il 70
cessary that Parliament should meet zihou, NJ
necessary delay, and The time appointed in cor
sequence is The eighteenth OF The present mon,s
Al the latest accounts, trade in all it's branch.
cs labored under much depression; prices wer.
depressed. and the reports from manulac,u,r.
dlstrics are mos! discouraging
The Liverpool Cotton market has been in
very dull and gloomy state. Few sales have h.su
effected, and the general tendency Of prices has
been downward.
There are twelve thousand factory hands, in
Manchester wi!hou, The means OF elnpoymen
Among the failures mentioned is The Old and
highly respectable banking establishment =, .
Messrs. Scholes y Co., Of Manchester. wbsh
took place on The 2lst u The firm has been in
existence more Than half century, HAVING com.
menced business in 1870.
IRELAND.-Aniicipating scarcity az n,o.
visions, the Treasury have re.apponled % Of he
100 Naval and Military Officers who served m.
der the relief commission in Ireland las, wear in
experimenting the distribution Of provisions.
The Continental news is meagre enough. The
hourly increasing danger Of Swiss civil war il
U0.
The London Daily News States, On the aulho-
riy Of correspondent, but without any great
faith in The statement, shat MessIs. Rolhscblds
have received within the last fortnight itcm
france, via Fokslone Twelve ions OF colonial
gold, or { 500, 900 sterling.
One important cause Of The meeting Of Para.
ment on The 18th IS said 10 be The alarming sim
alton and threatening ds,resses in Ireland
Ireland Still remains prey 10 ANARCHY and
confusion SO that murdeys-cruel ho,rid, blood.
thirsty murders continue 10 disgrace the south and
western provinces.
Among The melancholy events OF The lay We
must note The suicide OF Professor McCullagh Of
The University If Dublin, which took place early
last week The learned gentleman had brought
on temporary insanity by excessive study.
The Catholic Bishops OF Ireland had address
sed the Lord Lieutenant on The certain recurrence
OF The famine with The approaching winter. He
| promised that The government would interfere Tor
| The preservation Oh human lie.
| The number OF commercial bills Que and pay
able 10 the Bank OF France, on the 30h u, was
SO great that il became necessary 10 employ at.
| dilicnal collecting clerksa tact Unprecedented
10 the annals OF that establishment.
Correspondence of the Washington Unionl
New YoRK, Nov. 81 si7
/ ne CAUCUS VI DeUVlldIC Vi me Le-
| sisalure al Albany has recommended a Stale
| Convention al Utica on the I6h OF February, ID,
The purpose OF choosing delegates 10 The Plesi.
Dental Convention. This is in coriaree
with "lhe usages," and will There is liue
doubl be accepted BY the Democracy Of The
Safe, as The best plan TO harmonic the State,
between the conflicting recommendations Of he
convention al Syracuse, (Which advised The Sc.
| lection Of delegates by congressional di>trics)
and OF The meeting al Herkmer, which, ~hieI
agreed with The legislative caucus in The mode
o. selecting the delegates fixed a different DAY
and place-Feb. 22i and HeIkimcr. There vas
mol much difference Of opinion in The caucus
and is unanmity is hailed BY all good Demo-
cras as an earnest OF the returning harmony Of
The paIly and presage Of another such result
in ihis Stale As in 1914, when her great cast
ing vote sustained The candidates, and the mea-
sures OF The Democratic party OF The Union.
DISTRESSING SHIPWRECK. - Inlei-
eencc reached Boston ON Wednesday evening OF
the wreck Of The schooner Caroline or Saco, Cap
tain VIM. Smith, bound from Wilmington, n.
c. for Bath, with cargo q lumber. The fol-
lowing narrative Of The almost unparalleled sui-
ierinss OF the crew Of This vessel, IS from The irs
Of Capt. Smith, who arrived in Boston THURSDAY
forcnoon.-[ Boston Jonn0l.
The Caroline left Tyhee, a, the mouth Of The
Savannah river, on the 9Th Of October. On the
ooh on The edge u lie Gull Stream in latitude
80 i3. Longitude r. took gale from the NNE.
and laid 10 all Thai day. Al 7 O'Clock that eye
ming, The vessel sprung aeak, and in ten minutes
alicr she was On her beam ends, iull Of waeI.-
| One OF The scamen, named John Lockwood who
was sick in the iorecasl!e, was drowned. Capt.
Smith Immediately cut away the weather lam
| wards, when The vessel rlghted full OF wafer
| The gale continued with undated violence, &C.
| compauicd with heavy sea, which mace com.
plrle wreck OF Inc trunk cabin leaving but ore
birth which could afford shelter and sweeping
away all The cabin stores, water, and in tact
every thing movable from The deck. The .a.e
continued for eight days. On the third day l29h
Henry Hughes, one OF the seamcn, went on deck
and was Immediately sweep overheard
| Five DAYS after the vessel was capsizeG (un the
3lsll spoke The barque Isaac Mead, Capt. Brown,
bound rom Savannah 10 New York. CAPTAIN
| Brown laid by The wreck from O'Clock in The al.
crnoon, but could render no assistance, owing 10
the violence OF he gale aud the heavy sea. and
finally the vessels were separated. The Isaac
Meade had her deck swept, whilst lying by The
wreck by heavy sea which broke The second
officers arm-she lest sight Of the wreck, owing
to the violence OF the gale.I
On the seventh day after the vessel was cap.
sized, I'D inst the survivors caught liule water
| as il tell from the top Of the cabin. This was The
first rc!reshmeEt which had passed their lips since
| the vessel capsiZed. The wafer which they
caught, however, lasted them but iweniy-iouf
| hours. al the end OF which time their suierinss
were again renewed
On the 10th instant, having been fifteen days
without food and eight days without water, The
sufferers were nearly exhausted and determined,
as last resort, TO adopt The dreadful alternative
OF drawing lots ITO see who should die to feed the
remainder" The lot was finally drawn, and tell
on an Irishman, who called his name Charles
Brown. Brown who was the stoulesi man en-
board The vessel, was Of violent disposition and
was withal, the only man who had weapon
| He Immediately drew his sheath knife, and swore
that il any one laid their hands on him he would
kill Two OF them. lie was deafto all appeals 10
his reasons as TO the fairness OF the lot and as
serted that The youngest on board. WEIGH boy
| named IIewcy Rose, should forfeit his life
| Capt Smith Immediately turned his back 10 his
companions, and requested them 10 take his life,
il they thought proper This however, they re.
| fused 10 do. lie then crawled into the cabin,
hea!t-sick as we'll as sick in body and threw him.
sell into The BERTH Whilst lying there rejecting
upon the injustice of which the lrishman was
| guilty in booming TO death person who had es-
capped The ot, he saw the handle Of an adze par
TALLY under water. lie called The Welch boy from
The deck, being too weak 10 move himself, and di.
recied him 10 pick il up, which The boy did. Feel
ing his Strength somewhat revived, Capt. Smith
took the weapon and followed The boy on deck
When they reached the deck, the lrishn an,
Brown approached the boy for the purpose OF ia
king his life, bu, had hardly touched the boy when
he fell dead upon The deck By a blow from the
are in the hands OF Capt. Smith, who thus irus-
uatcd The act Of gross injustice which The lrish.
man was about 10 commit. The survivors p'o..
ceeded 10 bleed he body, and with the blood
qnenched their thirst. They then cut the body
into strips for the purpose OF drying.
The survivors sutsisIed on The blood Tor lhfce
days, when it became spoiled, and they were again
reduced 10 the last extremity Of distress, when
fortunately they were discovered and taken on,
completely exhausted, on The l3:h by The bris
Tampico, bound from New Haven to The West
Indies Two of the survivors were subsequent
" transferred TO The schooner Splendid, which
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