The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-25

Eby Gfotius is, that where hostages suffer IN
Injury, 1t is to. be indemni6ed. 4 do not say
That they became hostages by the declaration
of BaIfour, but they became SO by the acquies-.
[cenc cesof Gen. Greene in their condition. They.
4 Remained ash hostages Yet from the position
5Einswbieh this gentleman was place., his manly
/ frmness, his Roman 6rmness, his unshrinking
courage a courage that would have fdisdained
TO allow him to become a prisoner of war, had.
! lheknown that his condition was to, be changed
i from fhat5of a common prisoner of war to that
Of q hostage upon board Of prison ship-we
may well believe that heswould baYepreferred
to hayef allensin. tile midst Of the ruins of his
4 city sooner than to have changed his position.
But it was changed !, and in nconsequ Of that
change these injuries We're inflicted upon. him,
: rs well asslpons cthers but more particularly
upon him. lS.s
have not the time TO goirto this subject
at large IshaSe a great deal of feeling upon;
I it, for more reasons than one s And hope my.
friend from Deiagare Mr. Bayafd will yield
at least some ortion of the interest, in this.
ease: al. igg returned home as soon as
lhe had effected his release from the prison
5ship, in +compan with his fellow prisoners, by
taking possession of her, and running her into
. North Carolina and. as soon ass he returned
4 homeshe made an affidavit, and fled it among
his papers, of the amount of his losses, for
which he intended to prosecute q claim either;
against South Carolina or the United States;
/ But he died very soon thereafter; his brother.
in.law also died Immediately, and the paper
was mislaid, and has only been found very re-
4;cently II there is any claim founded upon
Justice, this is one; and whether the whole in.
]terest is or is not to be allowed, think in any
point of view honorble senator's should be dis:
4 posed to give interest from the time that the;
demand was made upon the government Il
hope the Senate will pass the bill as it is. 1t,
] is q bill which has emanated from committee
who have bestowed upon this case due consid-2
Grafton; and permit me to. say that5it does
Etheir heart and Judgment equal credit: 1t
comes from committee that has no northern
feeling upon this subject "a committee which,
dt.Ias yielded to the honorable impulses of the
heart; and those impulses generally dictate,
Bl the law of nations should be. j shall
never 16l lin its gratitude South Caro-
lima will never Seryices OF General,
Greene, whose birthp aQpoSable sena.s
tor who reported this bill Mr. Jam liYorth..
lily represents And at the end of ll;
tionary war we made him donation of S5O,
600, when we were scarcely able to pay our
own ragged soldiers. &
After some remarks by Messrs. Bayard,
Hale and Butler, the further consideration of
the bill was postponed until Friday next.
In the Senate on the 18th, after the usual
morning business, and short Executive ses-
sion, the bill providing for demonstration Of
| q railroad from the Mississippi River to the
Pacific Ocean was debated, but no action had.
r The House of Representatives passed seve-
raj bills, including one appropriating $4,000
| to enable the President to employ Ciark Mills
Ito execute bronze equestrian statue of Wash.
lington, to be placed in q suitable place in the
public grounds ofthis city.
Terrific Scene.
Explosion of a, Vessel By. Gunpo~aer aer-Loss OF
Thirty tvo Lives.
The Mona's Herald gives the particulars of
the stranding and subsequent explosion, by
lgunpowder, Of the brig Lily, of $50 tons. The
vessel left the Mersey on Thursday week, un-
der the command Of Captain John Owens, for
the southwest course Of Africa. The cargo
consisted of about fifty tons of gunpowder,
twenty puncheons of rum, a quantity of arms,
and some bale goods, containing articles for
barter on the coast. The vessel was beating
about the channel till Monday morning last,
| when she was driven by the violence of the
storm to the Sound of the Calf of Man. The
| sea was running mountains high at the time,
and, despite all the efforts of the crew, about
| III o'clock the Lily was stove on kitterland
Island, which lies between the Island of the
Calf of Man and the mainland of the Isle of
Man. With a desperate effort most of the
crew (thirteen in number) reached the rocks
| by the aid Of the boats. The waves beat furi-
ously upon the wreck and the rock. Captain
Owens and three of the crew got on the ledge
Iofa rock, from which two Of the seamen sprang
Ito the land but the captain, in attempting to
ldo the same, was drowned. The cook and
two lads also met with a watery grave. The
fcarpenter was killed by the mast falling upon
him. Thus five of the crew were lost.
Early on Tuesday morning, Mr.. Enos Lace,
grocer and shipbroker, of Port st. Mary, being
sub.agent for Lloyds, repaired to the wreck
with 81 men to see what could be saved. At
quarter before eight violent shock was
heard throughout the southern district of the
island and sheet of fire and pillar ofsmoke
were seen to be hurled into the air, hundreds
of feet high, from the wreck. 1t seems that
large portion of the powder was placed so high
in the vessel that it did not get wet by the
waves breaking on it. The explosion dashed
the vessel to atoms, and blew to broken frag-
ment some 80 human beings! But one, indi-
vdual near the fatal scene escaped to tell the
lstorv, James Kelly, who is still alive, although