The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-24
RICH nj 0 ND, VA:
MONDAY MORNING APRIL "a, 1854
APPALLING SHIPWRECK.

''"N"t iS tNheiutltu tue ilOst ItIflDlS catdk-
trophe that ever occurred on the Jersey coast.-
The ship was first discovered by Capt Jennings,
wreckmaster, ON Sunday morning She then lay
with her head to the South the decks covered with
passengers, and the sea making clean breach over
her The wind was blowing perfect gale from
the N. N. f., the waves running mountain high,
twisting the ship about in the sand as if she
merely cork boat. Although the snow storm was
raging violently. Capt Jennings Immediately dis
patched all the men at his comand to the Govern
mcnt house for life car and other wrecking appa-
ratus, while he himself remained to watch the ef-
fects of the pillows upon the illfated vessel -
Hour after hour slipped by and the men did net
return Meantime the ship became more uneasy
and many unfortunate people were swept off by the
heavy surf About five o'clock, P NJ, one immense
wave washed fully one hundred persons overheard,
who were carried away down the beach by the un-
dertow. Some of them came ashore, and were
picked up by Capt. Jennings; but all were dead
and awtuliy mangled. We copy the subioined &C.
count of the disaster from the New York Herald
At this time Capt. Meyers who was on the deck
OF the Powhatan all this while, called out in loud
voice TO Mr. Jennings entreating him to try to save
some sf those who might be washed ashore Cant
Jennings replied that all those who came ashore
were dead, and that it was no use looking for them
as they were all killed before they got out of the
water
About seven O'Clock, the ships masts went by the
board, and almost immediately afterwards the hull
bursted in two, and every soul on board was
launched into eternity. The sea presented black
mass OF human heads and foaing pieces of the
wreck. but in few moments all had sunk to rise
alive no more. The beach strewn with the
dead bodies of womenand children, pieces of the
wreck the baggage OF the passengers, and empty
casks. Nothing remained to mark the spot where
the Inflated ship had went ashore except sureing
waves beating upon fragment OF the hulk which
lay upon the beach.
The crying OF the drowning men and the shrek
ing OF the women and children was hushed-all
lay in the deep, numbered with the dead while the
Wlnd walled lOUd and mourntuliy adding still more
horror to the awful catastrophe All had sunk
captain, officers crew and passengers, of two hun
dred and hity persons-H0t soul 2Ods left to tell
me tale. No aid came from the government house
tnat night, and Capt. Jennings compelled to
remain there by himself, lonely watcher of the
dead.
On Monday morning four men arrived from the
station house but their help came too late The
Storm 1t seems, was 30 severe that while on their
way back to the wreck Sunday, with the life car
and mortartwo of them fell down exhausted and the
whole party We're obliged return nearly frozen to
death. This party OF men, under the command of
Capt. Jennings, set Immediately about finding and
gathering together those bodies that had been wash
ed ashore In the short space of an hour nearly
twenty women and children were found almost
naked, scattered along the beach, some of them
dreadfuly bruised and cut
One man was found about fifty wards from the
beach, upon the sandhils, with child in his arms
and from his candtiOn it is supposed that he alone
OF all on board reached the shore alive. and craw.
hing out OF reach OF the waves in order to his
own lie and that OF the infant in his arms fell down
exhausted on the sand, and was frozen to death
during the night The child was firmly locked in
his arms, quite dead and appeared as had also
died ashore rom exposure.
The whole OF this day spent in searching for
the bodies OF the unfortunate people. But one man
was found among the number, all the rest being
women and children. They appeared to have been
in excellent health, with rosy cheeks and smiling
faces, looking as if they were asleep rather than
dead, They were all laid side by side, until boat
could be got TO carry them to the shore
On Thursday twenty two bodies were removed
from the beach TO the village OF Manahawkin-
These consisted fOne man and twenty-ere chill
dren, all apparently, by their features appearing
to be Germans, the women who had any clothes on
being dressed In coarse materials with heavy shoes
some OF them wooden ones. All the dead were
conveyed to an Clubhouse of Squire Peckworth's
where they remained until coflins could be made
Tor them. This melancholy task of makiAg recep
tacies TOR the dead occupied the attention of the
men residing i'll the village, while the women were
busly employedin washing the bodies and laying
them out, preparatory to their being placed in the
collins. Too much praise cannot be awarded to
industry in giving decent burial to the dead
WICKED FANnLY.-George Gispie aged II
years, was few days ago sentenced to the State
Prison Of New York. for ten years, for burglary in
the first degree. Hiram Gilispe, his brother, aged
%, ID serving out term at Sing Sing. for similar
crime. James Gilispie, another brother, aged 90
Is an inmate otAuburn State Prison, for the crime
of store-breaking. Howard Gillspie a lad of 15
brother of the foregoing is in Jail awaiting trial
the charge OF daring burglares. The evidence
against him is conclusive and there is no doubt he
will be convicted.
sad record, truly, of crime and ruin by the
young members of a siuge familyi
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LAUNCH OF LARGE STEAAIER.-The steamboat
" Metropolis, - intended for the New York aud Fal
River line, was launched at Greenpoint, Long Is
land last Thursday. She is 800 feet long, 45 feet
beam, and measures 2300 tons burden. Her en-
CINE is ofthe enormous power of 105 inch cylinder
and II feet stroke. She is the largest steaboat
built in this country.
Coop PLACE FOR PHYsIcIANs.-A correspon
dent of the Rockingham Register writing from
Wachahoota, Marion county, Florida, says:
"I have seen but two or three doctors that could
give me dose of medicine, if | were sick, since
came to Florida There is clever Physician, fifteen
miles from here who is from Albemarle county,
Va, his name is Geo. B. Paine and he was class
mate OF my old friend DR.. Herring. He goes sixty
miles from home, in every directions: his practice
amounts to between six and eight thousand dol
lars year, SO he told me-"
JOHN GEDGE, alawyer, and Past Grand Master
of the Masonic Fraternity, in Louisiana, died sud-
denly few days since.
HANDS OFF -E. ]. Gomez, Ex-Spansh Consul
at hey West publishes card threatening with
prosecution all who may dare to pilfer guano from
Jupiter Island on the Florida coast.
ANEW USE FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG.-An Aca-
pulco correspondent ofthe New Orleans Delta says
that Mrs Denman, wife OF the American consul at
that place " with real good taste has made her
window curtains of the American flag.
AT the late dates from Rio de Janeiro, report
was in circulation that disturbance had broken
out at Montevideo rendering it necessary for the
military to use violence. Also, that General Urqui
"a had been assassinated.