New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-20

line ashore. We got the line into the boat, and A.
crew. first mats, cook, and FIVE mea roysd .,h,rs
but In gcin-. let 60 the lins They suhscquesty -.
that they did this in order 10 saws themselve.' ~
boat reached the shore all rightbu the se, "a, ~.
high for them to return IN safety. Within Mo-.
hour after the first boat had left the renai,I.
crew with one two exceptions seized The -,
two boats and deserted me, taking with them 49,,
the cabin passengers.
The Captain goes on to say that an atteu,t 4.
launch a surf boat from the shore having r,a,.,
abortive, the mortar was fired, and after reo.,,.I
and fruitless attempts, near noon lac ma,
thrown over the ship and made fast. AIto-bo..
was then hauled of from the shore, bu. IN rs,...
ing them it flied with water. HereupOa-
dumped into it to bale il on, when foana n.
passengers crowding me, and Stacked the ins o,s
little. and ordered those shore 10 haul hY s.,
from the ship. They did SO. ana We got tue b,s,
ashore. with the loss of five persons The boa. 80.
sized twice in gong ashore. and finally the Eas AZ
connection between the ship and the shore psr.ej
AT tbs time got ashore tho passengers were |,
the FORE main and mizzen rigging, and 80 renainaj
through the night as 10 earthly assistance eo,d b.
afforded them from the shore. The scene on hosrS
Of nv ship was dreadful hope in heayea nav
never behold like scene again.
The time was when the commander Of shis
was the last man to leave its deck, and Ia these
chivalric days of nautical heroism the otiicsn ai
crew stood by, nobly seconding every effort h
the death. Such man. however, the Captaiad
the New Era is not. The truth seems to be sha
il. instead Of deserving his trust be hsd remdasl
on board, most if not all OF those then alive o.
his ship might have been safely on shore by night
fall. At noon, when ii was nearly low water. 10
bad line on board. connecting the ship with the
shore This line was strong enough to haul the
life-boat through the heavy sea TO the ships side;
but, as was shown by its cspsizing three times in
reaching the ship, it could not live in the sea
that was then running. 1t was therefore his
duty, assisted by the nine sesmen that remained
with him on the ship, to have secured the boat
alongside, and then by the aid Of the line fromths
beach to have either hauled hawser to the ship
or TO have sent one TO the shore, upon which he
iifecar could have been slung, aud every sod
on board taken off in it in safety before the night
came on even had it been high water. aal
the heaviest sea breaking over the ship. There
is no doubt whatever, that this might have been
safely accomplished by the Captain aud the
remainder of the crew, had he possessed ba!
one spark Of true manhood. But the fact is ap-
parent, notwithstanding his excuses, that be wu
blind to everything but his cowardly fears; and
br the satisfaction of getting his own person o.
shore two or three hours earlier, he basely let
the haggard remnant of his passengers to suffer
all the horrors of despair, and long, lingering.
agonizing death, by cold, starvation, aud the
overwhelming waves.
We have not here considered who should be
held responsible for the original disaster, the
running Of the ship int the breakers In regard
to that the second mate must, We think. share
the responsibility with the Captain. The tws
had the watch on deck at the time; until lev
minutes before the vessel struck, the Captain
was below in his cabin, while the mate was In
the steersge with the female passengers, where
il seems he was wont 60 resort during his hours
Of duty at night. This fact touches upon cause
to which the INSTRUMENTATION Of the crew mast
probably in great measure be attributed. We
refer to the iicentouness prevailing upon our
emigrant ships. We have heretofore had occt
sion to speak Of this subject, and now again ear
nestly invite the ship owners of the Atianws
cities to give it rigid Investigation. II lei
serted that on these vessels the grossest ewdness
is practiced with the female emigrauts, By the
officers especially, if not exclusively Of course
such state of things is not consistent with
discipline among the sailors. II the merchants
of New-York and Boston wish to have their ships
return to them in safety, they will adopt sous
measures to suppress this gross and dangerous
evil.