The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-15

Our informant saw one man staggei
out with his head drcadfully cut and
streaming with blood. He saw the ruff
fans throw a cloth over the head of an
other, who appeared badly wounded, and
force him into n dark recess of the steer
aec. He does not doubt they dispatched
him. They seized another, robbed and
wounded him, and placed him under q
guard Of half dozen drunken savoges
They expressed their determination tc
kill him but becoming too drunk to guard
him lie managed to make his escape or
deck. This scene continued nearly all
night Towards midnight three shot,
were fired, the lights we're instantly ex
tinguisbed, cries of Murder !" were
heard, and shortly after at least thirty
more shots we're fired. There is every
reason to believe tina, several of the pas
scngers were shus murdered.
Some intelligent passengers freely ex
press the belief that the loss of this 40
bio ship was contrived in San Francisco
By the "shouldcr.bitters," some of whom
shipped as hands. and many went as pas
scngcrs. Among them were Jim Tur
ner ard the crowd Of his associates. Of
whom tho citizens were rejoicing they
had Cotton rid. The cruelties committed
BY these mcn, at such . time almost ex.
coed belief
A number Of the most respectable
passengers, on their way back on the
Goiiah, drew up. just before reaching
Santa Barbara, petition to the military
commaDdant at that place, in which they
declare that an armed band of sixty men
more or less, who, according their belief
had committed assault and battery, and
murder upon several Of the passengers OF
tho Blade, were then at the scene Of the
wreck, destroying property and plumber
ing the baggage saved Of all valuables
that these thieves and murdercrs set at
defiance all law, and carried their end,
at tho point Of the bowie knife and re.
volver. They pray the commandant,
therefore, to dispatch military force to
the scene Of the wreck. With orders to
arrest the pirates, and deliver them over
TO some court of the United States, oil
competent: jurisdiction to await their tri.
al. They endorse all VIC have said above,
and give even a more frightfui picture
than we have drawn of the atrocities Of
these outlaws.
During the night of which we have
been speaking. The wind and sea rose,
and by six o'clock in tho morning. both
guards broke forward of the whcelhousc,
and the foremost sunk through the keel
by 7 o'clock tho boats from tho shore
came alongside. and continued to land
the passengers Between 8 and Q o'clock,
the Goliah hove in sight, observable not
more than a quarter of a mile through
the fog. AS soon as she was seen, shout
of joy burst from tho uufortunates who
crowded the decks of the Blade, and
hundreds Of shots were fred to express
their delight and attract the attention of
the Gol'ah. The latter approached as
near the wreck as possible. rounded to
launched her four boats and commenced
taking the passengers of the B'ade. by
means of n rope suspended from the jib
boom. By 4 o'clock in the afternoon she
had them all on board. about 259 being
on shore, and started for San Diego. On
getting On board the Goliah, the passen-
gers were destitute Of evcrything-,hc Ia.
dies were wet aud chilled. but through
the eager kindness Of the ladies & gentle
men. passengers on tue Gokiah, they were
supplied with dry clothes, and made rs
comfortable as possible. They were
landed safely at San Diego whore they
were we'll taken care of, and when the
Goliah left, were all quartered and com
Portable. On Saturday morning when
the Goiiah returned to the wreck. moth
iug was to be seen but the wee,-house,
and portion of the stern turned up
The GoIioh took off those passengers
and the crew who had boen put on shore
BY the boats, and brought them up to
this city.
The Brother Jonathan was dispatched
last night by Mr.. Ralston. the agent Of
the company to bring up the passengers
remaining at San Diego and intermedi.
ate ports. He is entitled to credit for
the promptitudc he has exhibited in send
ing to the relief of the sufferers
1t is repurte! that the !SoKthe,ns on
her last trip up,passcd the Yankee BLADE
not far north Of Point Agucllo. She
1.-THE Southcrncr;,, aftcrward met the Go
Hah, spoke to her, and told the captain
to keep look out for the Blade as. from
the course she was pursuing, when the S.
saw her, she was in danger of going
ashore. This was the reason the Goiiah
ran so close in shore herself.