New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-03
THE SHIP CHALLENGE.
A Narrative OF the Excitement NJ san IRAN
c,ses-rhe Disabled satisrs. &c.

c,ses-rhe Disabled satiers. &c.
We have gathered from gentle nan VINO
was an witness o. the transactions az pan r'aa
,.eo The following narrative OF the excite neh' anu
the mob Atlsst aivlces. the exciteme h' u Ia SUI
siSed and the consignees hal commenced WV ui'
charge Of the cargo. The mate, Ar Douglass, "N
IN tho hands ef the authorities, ana h'N 0S'N
promised fair trial. We have stated 'h'' Al AZ
tenn, was made OF RIO 10 take possession VI 'no
shin It seems highly probable that theic IS 'nl0"
eIageeratiou in the stories aaoat, IN REGARD u vac
contuo, of the Captain. Tha; there were some aeS'
rsrate men IN the crew, IS shown by me report 'i'
when few days out from tbs port, IN a"emp' "aS
made 10 murder the Captain. mate ana pss'e'soS'
II must have required great cOurage TO attempt %
cary the Oh illense past Rio % san Franc sco Win
a crew partaiy Ia revolt. ho AIDED by An oh cr Dy
doing 30. CAP; Waterman saved FOR the owners ana
Underwriters noble ship and very valuable cargo
Whatever The grievances may be- Il IS but Just that
the rublic should suspend It's judgment uH1! 4
tboyorch inycstica'ion shall establish the Truth
The story We have gathered is as follows
The Challenge arrived shout noon on IhCr>lay'
Nr -, IN ore boat. and Capt -, III anoIhel'
soon got on board. and found Capt. waterman Al
most worn out and his crew he most miserable set
f creatures ever seen on board ship or any where
else. Mr.. SAID, on seeing them 50 long III
furlug TIE sails, that he felt like hoggns them nm
self lie fthe captaIn) must have mad "A hdrd tltne
With them indeed \ plan hal been formed for
taking the ship by party Of the men IN conjunction
with the second mate, who had engaged 10 l9rhlS1
material for so do ng. The naio was stabbed anu
os they had hoped would not have been aOle 10 cry
OUTPUT he only received flesh wounG, ana, as
Waterman says, sung out murder most "a iI i
so that he heard him and with the strength OF u
eer he flew 10 his rescue and dispersed the men, put
t,rr the IineloaGerS under confinement. As soon as
the sails were fuTled these men we're put on ooafd
Al about r. VI. Capt. Waterman and Mr. -
landed and were hoc,ed a, and hissc1 all along the
wha,f On FRIDAY morning Cap. W. veal on Ooaru
with agane OF men to bring the ship 10 the wharf AZ
which time AZ Was found out from good authority
tMt a secret committee Of SIX had been formed Tor
tho purpose Of iynchlng The captain anu u no. 70
Iii him. to leave him barely alive iRey were also
to lypCh the mate.
About noon Mr. - sent Capt. - 20 get Capt.
Waterman off the ship. which was lying but a short
distance nom the wharf, there bong az the time
strong party of desperadoes on the lookout for MIN,
knowing that he was on board Capt. = went ma
small beat with one man, and boarded the snip on
the shore side, told Waterman what was wanted
and then pulled the boat around TO the onshore
SIDE where he got In and they landed without much
observation at private wharf and got safely up to
Alsop & Co.'S.
The men sent TO bring The ship to the wharf en-
tered her without moestatOn, most OF the despera-
docs being on the pier Mr.. -. and Capt - went
down to see the Challenge 10 the wharf, where they
found tremendous excitement. Inc mop had
end for the mate. Capt. - left MIR: - ana went
on board the Leonore, got boat and good man,
rowed to the Challenge and got the mate INTO the
boat When the disappointed mob saw the mate go
over the eangway the noise and confusion became
very great. Capt. - had no time to form plan,
and knew not what TO do or where to go; lie was
afraid they would be oycttakcn by some o. the boats
which the mob had manncdl and destroyed AT once
but away they pulled, and but one boat kept near
them This was Whitehall boatman, who had
been promised hundred dollars 10 track them lie
k.pt NO.
an attack. They passed through such laorynth OF
vessels as to battle all pursuit except by TINS Wht1e
hall man. At last capt. - landed the mate ABOUT
two miles ND the river, gave him his hat and what
money he had with INN, and he lthc mate) made OH
INTO the bushes.
Capt - returned and went abOardthe Challenge
| and assisted Mr.. - and Cus.om-ilouse oihcer 10
| lock up the property He then went on board the
Leonore, where he spent the night, fearing the con
| sequences of the coming day
| On Friday morning he again vent on board the
Challenge and had some sick men taken 10 the HOS
| pital While doing this some Of the mob recognzs 81
| HIM, raised hue and cry, took HIM by force ana
| marched him on the wharf, where they held MN IN
dufance, as the protector OF murderer, and seemed
| to be meditatlng what they should do win MN,
whether to put the rope around his neck o. drownhl
They insisted that he kne where me mate vas ana
II he did rot tell they would make him pay the penal
ty Some tried 10 squeeze and siie in, ana then 10
press him into the dock lie tined to gam time and
! pulled off his cap to reason with them anu answer
! their questions HIS gray head made some ieelng
| in his favor, and his boy stuck close to him. ana
warded Of the crowd by words and hands. Aner
| this ordeal and seeing all who dared to interfere
| driven from his SIDE, and having suffered every IN,
! diepny except serious violence, they promised
| that il he would show them where he tod
| the mate to 90, they would give hun little more
| room to hrealhe They allowed HIM 10 Walk up 10
California St, 10 Aisop & Co.'S where We ielt more
free from personal danger and found more friends
Here the mob entered the store IN grea' numbers,
and searched il, but the Captain. VINO was there "A
short time before. had retired TO place o' safety
| The Police and portion Of tho Vigilance Com,
mtt6e soon assembled. and upon the MAY second
waning. backed 10y the Committee, the moo disper-
SEQ While searching the store and even the safe,
they Threatened the consignoss with vengeance II
they did not reveal the whereabouts OF the Captain
and mate. and swore that they would scuttle the
ship. Efficient measures were taken 10 prevent
these threats ioTm beng put IN execution
Saturday Naming Threats had been made thar
the con- gnces should not be allowed TO discharge
the cargo but guard was procured from the cutter,
and the work went on without difficulty.
NoOn--At this time II was reported that the mate
was taken AMI was IN la IN the care OF the Marshat
not IN the hands Of the moo-so that he was TO
have chance 10 defend his own cause. Capt W.
said lie should not have been able TO have brought
the ship around with any other man Capt. W. was
still free but II IS difficult 10 know what course te
pursue. The mate being taken, relieved the plethora
OF the mob but Capt - did not dare 70 leave Al
sop & Co.'sunt breakias. time for two days, and all
atoCt the house or connected With The ship had
plenty Of excitement.
Some o. The riDgeader, said that they supposed
the mate would get his due from the law. but II they
got him they would hang him-thai they were deter
mined on. The mol consisted Of the most desperate
sailors ard boaimen Of all nations, and not OF the
community. Capt W and others were Of opinion
that would not be possible 70 obtain at San Fran
cisco crew for the ship he Capt w commanded
her hence 4. would probably be necessary 70 give
the command 10 some other person.
private letter has been handed 20 US, from which
We learn the OF of the sailors in the Ma
rire Hoseital at san Francisco They are John
Brown. Michael Gallagher, J. smith, James McCart-
ney. William Mellon, II. Blenkinsop, Daniel Foyer
~, al Of whom suffering under the effect Of
bruises. The writer states that the excitement.
against Capt. Waterman was tremendous, and the
widest stories seem to have been afoat. The writer
himself shared in the general feeling