Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-11-17

Strange Adventure.-Under the head of ma
| rine nteigence, the Valparaiso Herald, of the lst
| inst, gives an account Of the wreck of the North
| American brig Chatham. Capt. Snow left San
Francisco September O. 1852, in the brig Chatham,
owned by himself which was chartered by hrm
/ in that CIV one OF whom, Mr.. Lamont, accompa-
| MED him as supercargo, and DIR. Burke, as pas
senger 10 some island south OF Tahiti, at which
| they intended 10 touch, The voyage was after
| wards changed The Chatham was chartered for
trading voyage, and accordingly touched at three
She le the latter for San Francisco on the 2Sth of
December, 1882 and went ashore January 9Th,
ON an island not laid down any chart, inhabited
by savages, who showed no other signs OF having
seen civilized before, except the fact that they
had a great terror for firearms. The captain had
| saved his instruments, and DIR. Burke alone had
saved his pistols and powder. The captain imme.
| diately constructed boat from pieces Of the
wreck, which was finished in about six weeks,
and himself brother, DIR. Burke, and one other put
10 sea in her, but, she leaked badly, they put
back and in about six weeks went TO sea again and
sieered Tor Humphreys Island where they arrived.
| Mr.. Lamont, thinking the boat unsafe, declined
| going in her. Al Humphreys Island they found
party Of pearl fishers, established by Capt. Hort,
owner of the British brig Caroline Hort, and learn
| ed that he was expected TO arrive there soon.
They accordingly waited the arrival of the vessel,
| in hopes OF getting passage IN her to some ire
quented port.
| The island on which they were wrecked
abounds in pearl shells. Consequently, when
| Captain Hort arrived and learned this fact, he
was unwilling TO take any Of them with him until
he should have taken party TO the island and set
them nj work diving for himself; but finding that
| he could not obtain the requisite Information for
| that purpose, he finally consented to take DR..
| Burke and Captain Snow, on condition that they
should not reveal the locality of the island TO
any one, which they promised. Consequently we
are not able TO give the exact locality Of the island
| nj present. Captain Snow says that he was very
kindly treated by Captain Hort, after getting on
board, though he was several times refused
passage before consent was given, owing to the
interest Captain Hort had in keeping the island TO
himself until he should have established fishery
there.
The Sherb0rn Murder.--A man by the name
| of Noyes Mann, formerly near neighbor of Mr..
| Reuben Cozzens ofSherborn, (whose brutal muir
| der in September last will be remembered0 was
arrested last evening at the Long Pond Hotel, in
Natick, by Deputy Sheriff Banister, on suspicion
of being accomplish in the murder, for which
Chapman is now in custody.
Some three or four days ago, Noyes Mann put
up at the Mansion House in South Pennington,
| and when leaving the next morning, accidentally
left behind vest on which were several spots of
| blood This Mr. Chapman's attorney examined,
| then called upon Chapman, and said to him, Why
didn't YOU tell me that Mann was connected with
| you in the murder of Mr. Cozzens" He answered
| without hesitation, Because we took an oath,
| each to the other, that we would not develop our
| doings." Chapman now says that the murder was
| planned on the Sunday before, 1.-THE murder was
| committed Wednesday night in barn at South
| birmingham that he called MIR. Cozzens out OF
| the house, and Mann struck him with the axe,
| and that he Chapman then ran away, and knows
| nothing more of what happened.
II was well known to citizens of birmingham
| that they were together on the Sunday, and that
| on Wednesday, the day of the murder Mann
| hired horse and went over TO Sherborn to see
| Chapman, and spent some time with him. He
| will be examined on Tuesday next, at birmingham
| Centre-Boston Traveller, 11M.
Mail Observation-Disclosures ofthe Robbers
| In the latter part of August last, says the New
| York Herald we published the rumor Of the loss
of number Of valuable packages and letters COM
ing in the mails to and through the New York post
Office, but it was partially smoothed over by some
Of the city presses, with the explanation that the
alarm grew out of the unusual absence OF one OF
the night clerks who afterwards made his appear
| ance, having, as was said, been detained at home
by sickness in his family. Although this plana-
nation had the effect to quiet public curiosity, and
thus afford better opportunity for official invest-
CATION, il now appears that Mr.. Holbrook, one OF
the special agents Of the Post Office Department,
has been quietly at work ever since TO detect, if
possible, the author Of the robberies referred to.
As the investigation progressed, his suspicious
grew stronger and stronger against night clerk
or porter in the post Office by the name of Patrick
Ryan, until he became fully satisfied Of his guilt
| The matter was finally brought TO head the day
before yesterday, by the arrest of Ryan, and the
| finding upon his person between one and two hun
| dred dollars of the identical bank notes which
were contained in package of 50 200, mailed at
| Middetown, Connecticut, for Philadelphia, and
which had certain private marks upon them. A
quantity of bills, answering the description OF an
other lost package from the west, were also found
| upon him. He subsequently made a full confess
sion of his guilt, and yielding to the demands for
restitution, he yesterday morning proceeded, In
company with Postmaster Fowler and the special
agent to certain place in South Brooklyn, where
he at once produced the proceeds of his depreda-
TONS The sum recovered, understand,
| amounts to 81 300.
A Circumstance.--Two rival drivers tother
day, got in a muss, as is their way, and shocked
all pious ears with curses in damning eyes and
damning horses. AS on their boxes high they
| howled the passengers in anger growled, until
the Jehus, ragged inflated, each took his course and
separated. But they brooded DER their trouble,
il grew to magnitude Just double and both
averred, with feeling stout, they'd meet again and
have it out. So, ere they took another trip, they
threw down ribbons, gloves, and whip, and met
in furious mood TO test which Of their prowesses
was best. But they struck single hit, they
stopped bit to think of it, And then they argued
which was right, till half forgotten was the fight
and, as the talking made them dry, they dropped
into cellar by, where, as the dryness gan TO
wane, they went ahead to drink again Now, as
the talking didn't cease, did their thirstiness
increase until, Win arguing ior the Iisht anu
drinking, they got awful tight; and then, from fight
and warlike bother, they straight began to love
each other. Thus each swore he himself was
wrong-afirmed with protestatons strong-and
vowed that they would stick together through
every sort and shade of weather, and shook hands
warmly DER and o'er-repeated what they'd said
beforehand, that their love might never shrink,
they nailed it with another drink! very happy
termination for such a noisy perturbation; for
stead of fury dire and blows, and blackened eye
nd firm
by hcks, based on pedestal ofbricks.
Boston Post.
Death of Gen. Robert Stanton.-The Nat
chez Courier Of the 5th notices the death of Gen.
Robert Stanton who died near that city, of yellow
foyer, on the Sd. The Courier says
General Stanton was in the 3lst year Of his age
A native of this county, his boyhood and youth
spent among its lovely hills, he finished his educa-
ton at the University in Cannonsburg, Pennsyl.