New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-21

sHRwaEck, AND LIFE SAVED BY AN AMERICAN CAprArS-
The New York tribune pablishss account from the
Mercantile Gssste Published in the Isle Of Fones of the
less Of the British ship Meridian aad tho Of the
and passengers by Captain Ludlow Of tie American
ship Monmouth Of Geld Spring, L..
Shipureck.-The British bark Meridian from London
for sydney has been wrecked the Island Of Amssr
dam and Is total loss. The American whasr Monmouth
number, and brought them to Port Louis Capt Herpe-
man Thomas George the Cook, and Bwiss Passenger,
named Pfsu, were drowned.
Tho saved held meeting and passed resolutions
expressing their grateful sense of the noble conduct Of
Capt. Ludlow Of the Monmouth.
The Meridian struck rock at the 3. W. end of the
Island Of Amsterdam the oath Of August The
went to pieces almost immediately Among the passen-
gers seventeen and fortyone children WHO
passed six days the almost barren rocks
by piece of canvas. They were beginning toxperienco
the suerings of famine, when they observed the Mon
to fear lest those on ship should not their
signal. -
Before long, however, she seen making for the
island The spot on which the people gathered
could not be approached and signal made to them
to pass to the other side OF the island This
work Of extreme difficulty and danger, they having to
pass precipitous clifs-evsry step of which
dangerous After journey Of three days they all got
off Captain Ludlow obliged to make the tour Of the
island before he could reach the sufferers which occupied
four days his ship having been blown of the coast
The paper before has long article in praise of the
noble conduct of Capt. Ludlow, concluding thus:
And when this brave Capt Ludlow shall himself en-
bark upon that long voyage which leads to tho bourne
from whence no traveller returns his spitaph VIII have
been already prepared 1t will be simple and grand it
will be thus
aTo the Memory of Capt Ludlow, An American Oit-
zen. lie saved from certain Death, One Hundred and
Five Human Beings"
HoaRIp MURpER.-ws were informed lact evening of
horrid murder that took place in the lower end of Crit
tenden county Ark about ten days since. As far
informant has been able to learn the circumstances
follows An alteration had taken place between
wood choppers there three Of whom armed themselves
with guns and proceeded to the camp Of
three others. One of them entered their shanty and
shot two dead the instant leaving the third
harmed. After tho commission Of the atrocious deed
they ordered the unharmed gather his punder
which they assisted him to to the river leaving
him there, they decamped After their departure he
went to Sheriff Crumps who repaired to the Of tbs
murder, and arrested young brothsr to the
man who committed thu murder, accessory and
lodged him in Marion Jail. Mr., Cruynp then CANE tc
Memphis In search Of the others who he had learned
made their way here and failing in finding them he tsle
graphsd to New Orleans to have them arrested having
learned they had gone there Sheriff Crump has seted
very promptly In the execution Of his duty aud 1t is to be
hoped the murderers will be speedily arrested and receive
the punishment due to their horrd crime [Memphis
Eagle and Enquirer, l4th.