Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-29
GeneraI Sntelliaeats.


in Cincinnati. The following particulars of the
affair we cut from the Herald of the 9th:
CINCINNATI, Dec 26 1s53-Our city is the scene
Of a terrible excitement, caused by threatened
| demonstration by organized body of Germans
| against Bishop Bedini, who is now the guest Of
Archbishop Purcell, and oficated in the cathedral
/ yesterday morning. most violent luminosity, il
| seems, is entertained towards Bedini by body Of
| Germans in this city, called the "Socieiy of Free
man !" and last evening about five hundred mem
bers of this society assembled at their hall. and,
having organized, marched in body to the vi
| ciny of the archbishop's residence, with the sup
posed intention of doing personal violence TO the
| nnnco.
i The chief of police, having received an intima-
| ton of the movement, retained the entire police
1 force at the watchhouse, which is situated oppo-
| site the archbshops residence.
As the "Freemen" approached, they set up
dismal groan, accompanied with shouting and dis
| cordant music
/ When the procession was passing the watch
house, the police at the word of command, rushed
| upon it. and each arrested man. A general
melee folled and scene ensued which battles de-
scription. Many shots were fired, and shouts and
execrations filed the air.
| The rioters finally fled but were puIsued by
| the police and upwards of sixty of their number
were captured and placedin the cells of thewatch-
house.
The bitter luminosity against the nuncio which
| led TO this outbreak, is the consequence of that
lnuIVldualS alleged Detrayal OF the cause Oh lDerty
| in Italy during the revolution of>1S4S.
| Several nhamatory articles have recently APP
peared in the German papers touching this matter,
| in one of which the following sentence occurs:
g If the Hungarian butcher, Haynau, met with SO
warm reception in monarchial England, what
ought the Pope's nuncio TO expect in republican
America ~
The excitement is continued this morning in
| the neighborhood of the watchhouse, where a
| large crowd is collected.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 80, NJ
The parties arrested last night have been held
| to bdil for appearance on Friday next
Fourteen Were wounded, of whom one died this
morning. All is quiet now.
Over One Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost.--
The London Times, of the 7th of December, gives
the following details of an awful catastrophe:
The fearful catastrophe which befel the Hull
and II amburg screw steamer Marshall, and the
| lanentable fate of every one on board-number-
ing, il is supposed, no fewer than $50 souls, with
out being spared to tell the tale of her loss
has excited most painful amount OF interest al
Loyds. In the absenSe of all positive information
there is little doubt that she foundered very short
ly after coming in contact with the homeward
bound bark Woodbridge.
The subjoined declaration of Captain Gatgens
the master of that vessel, taken oath by the ad
miralty receiver of droits at Hull, and which has
been forwarded TO Captain Hastead, the secretary
| at Loyds, will be found TO contain all that is
| the Inflated steamer:
Sailed from Stockholm on the 9TH Of November
last, for Hull, with cargo of iron, bones, and
deals, passing Elsinore on the 18th, having very
heavy weather. the ship laboring and straining
very much, and shipping great deal of water,
| the pumps being constantly attended to- We
sighted Marlborough Head light on the night
of the 9th, distant four or five leagues, the
wind still blowing hard from the southwest.
We proceeded, without anything particularly
nncn mt fhxAC A nbnn
| o'clock at night when off the Newsand floating
| light, Of the mouth of the Humber, we We're run
into by steamer, name unknown, the Newsand
| light, as far as can Judge, was at the moment
w. ). W.. distant three or four miles, our ship
being on the starboard tack, lying S. and by L.
| half Z with the wind at the southwest, blowing
fresh breeze, and hazy at intervals. We were all
upon deck at the time having light at our bow
spirit, and showing two flash lights over the star
board side. The moment we saw the steamer
approaching we hailed her, and said she would be
into us, but received no answer. We continued
our course, with the exception of varying half a
point to the eastward, believing the steamers
head 10 be to the NORTH and that by that means she
would have gone clear Of our vessel and it being
50 exceedingly dark that we had no time TO heave
the ship about, as the steamer would have run
into our ports amidships, and if we had squared
the mainyard to wear she would have run into our
| starboard midshps. Notwithstanding the pre-
cautions we took, and the endeavors of myself
and crew TO make those in charge of the steamer
hear, the steamer ported her helm and ran into us
on the starboard side, striking between the breach
hooks, thereby starting the ships stern breaking
several planks in the bow and the forecastle floor,
besides starting the bows at both sides and other
wise shaking her very much. Her jibboom, jbs,
| forctopgaant mast, and all the rigging relat-
| ing thereto, were all carried away, and the
vessel quite manageable. Immediately
| after the accident hailed the steamer, and
| begged of them TO stay by US, as was apprehen-
| sive the ship would go down, as she was heavily
laden. Ireceived reply from the steamer, stating
| they would do so. The steamer, on getting clear
| from our wreck, got round into my starboard
quarter, and in very short period again came into
collision with by running into the starboard side
Of our stern, carrying away the rudder starting the
sternpost breaking the wheel standard, and other
wise cutting the ship nearly down to the waters
! edge Before this second collision, hailed the
persons on board the steamer to reverse her en-
gines, but received no answer. II was almost I'M
| mediatey afterwards that the accident followed.
| / again begged they would not leave us, as ex
pected nothing but that the vessel must go down.
| | received, however, no answer, and the instant
the steamer got clear, she bore away in south
| erly direction. One Of my apprentices, named
Robert Burns, fell through the aperture made by
/ the steamers stem in stern, and was unfortu-
| nately drowned although every attempt was
i made TO save HIM. The night was extremely dark
| and hazy, and the wind increasing from southwest
| to south TO gale. The steamer remained in sight
/ but few minutes | was unable to get q sightpf
L
into US, inquired several times for her name, but
received no answer She was screw steamer,
| with painted ports and bust head figure head.
i Our vessel was totally disabled. cut away the
| wreck before the bows, some hands attending to
| the pumps. She was making water very fast.
| We afterwards secured the wheel standard and
rove fresh wheel ropes to steer the ship. The flood
tide being nearly spent was enabled to get her into
the Humber, when thought it most prudent for the
| safety of my men TO bear away to the northward
of the Humber, and succeeded in bringing up with
| eighty-fve fathoms of chain on the small bower
4 anchor, and forty-fv fathoms the first bower,
the wind blowing heavy Dale II was then about
| three o'clock in the morning. In the interim got
three boats overheard, in order that might tighten
| the ship, and have them in case of her going
down, which I fully anticipated, their being
heavy sea running, and the vessel making consid-
cradle water In getting the boats overheard, the
skif got stove, and went adrift we attempted TO
| get into the boats, for the purpose ofpluggng up
| the hole in the stern where the water flowing
in, but the sea prevented us. then caused all