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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-04-22
Correspondence of The Cecil Whig.l
Ecttcr from View Castle.

New CASTLE, DEL. April 18th, 81.
Mr.. EDITOR THE case of negro Ned Davis,
charged as fugitive slave from Georgia came
up here for trial on Saturday last b, fore Unit
cd States Commissioner Guthrie, Able argu-
ments were submitted on both sides. Mr..
Rodney, of Del, appeared for the claimant
and Mr. Wales of Del, and Col. j. C. G!oolre
of your town Cor the negro Davis was clear
~ proven to have been Slave in Georgia and
equally as clclr to have been before that time
Il free man in Pennsylvania, anil, what at
Iirst sight, was the strangest feature in tho
case was, that both statements were strictly
correct. The magic power by which this
change was wrought was furnished by your
state in the shape ola decision of Hartford
County Orphans Court sentencing the aror,-
said Davis to pay fine of twenty dollars for
coming into the State of Maryland contrary
to the act of Assembly of 1889 chap. So sec. !.
Such at least is the offence with which, it is
alleged, he was charged before that tribunal
though the record Of said court docs not show
it, But upon the other hand the record docs
show that the only proceedings against said
Davis ever instituted in that court were Oh
the fourteenth day of October, while a special
act of the Legislature for Hartford county,
provides that the Orphans Court of said coun-
ty shall hold its sessions on the first Mondays
of certain months and continue for four days
and no longer, thus putting the very latest
period at which the court could legally be in
session at the eleventh day of the month, and
proving con :lusivcy that the case was as the
lawyers say coram noa jmlice. This point was
ably argued by Col Groome who adluced Il
great number of the best authorities to show
chat record must prove itself. This being
the case and no one daring to question the
fact of the negro being frcc-born, it was gen
orally supposed that nothing could prevent
him from recovering his liberty. But Com
missioner Guthrie thought otherwise, and his
dc ison is law of course. Yours L.
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Correspondence Of The Cecil Whigl
Letter from Port Deposit.

PORT DEPOSIT, Apall Il, 81.
The Lumber Truir--Groaite BuSiness-Fur.
mcr<, Gr0in a.,d Gm'no--Stm iccMn', &c,
y. {. RICKETTS,. Esq :--i,usiness has b, CT
rather dull here for some time past, owing tt
The low river, but it is on the rise now ant
Se look for good supply of lumber. TIL,
principal part that has been run so far is tim
Der which has mostly been iloated off to tn,
Philadelphia and New York markets.
The stone men have been very busy quar-
rying and shipping stone to Norfolk, Balti
more, and the Chesapeake and Delaware Ca
nal. Our warehouses are filling up witt
grain, the Farmers taking advantage of tn,
market are hauling in grain and taking out
guano in return, which suppose at this time
suits them very well, as they cannot do any
thing towards farming OH account of the lat,
heavy storm.
\ sad accident occurred here yesterday t,
Il little son of Mr.. John B. Wilson. The par.
.iculars as far as can learn are, that some
,choolboys who were playing in house, wer,
running after each other, when this little boy
ran against the point ofthc door latch and
knocked his eye out and it is feared lie vii
lose it entirely. Yours u.
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For The Cecil Whiyl.

THE PREsyYryRY or WILMINGTON Tie
usual spring meeting of this body was held
during the past week at the village of Christ
lana, and WAS fully attended. Rev. A. II.
Pollock Of Wilmington waScl,cted Moderator.
Among other items Of business transacted
the necessary arrangements for tie lnsalla-
ton Of Rev. John W. Mars, AS Pastor of The
Presbyterian Church in Elkton were made.
1t was resolved that the services be hold on
Wednesday, May 3rd at o'clock P. NJ, and
that the following be the appointments for the
occasion: Rev. James M:Intire to preside
and put the usual questions, Rev. \. d. Pol
lock to preach the sermon, Rev. Thos. Brain
ird, d. d., Of Phila.. to be iavi' ed to give the
charge to the Pastor and Rev. JAS. {. How of
st. Georges to give the charge to the people
James 7. Mccullough Esq, Of Elkton. was
appointed Commissioner to the General As
scmbly Of the Presby terisn Church to meet in
Philadelphia during the ensuing month.
y deeply interesting report was heard from
the Preshytcry's Missionary, Rev. Mr.. Handy
who has lecn visiting and laboring among
destitute nrighborhoods in the southern part
of the Peninsula, chiefly in the counties CT
Worcester, Md, and Sussex, Del; but rs it
is designed to prepare an abstract of the IT.
port for publication we will offer 40 details at
present.
Good people of every denomination will be
pleased to hear that tie Efforts Of our church
TO supply the spiritual wants of the Peninsula
to build churches and 10 impress the cuumu-
nifty with the power of the Gospel, have been
successful to n very encouraging extent during
the past year.
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"lpt"fcr fagers IN The iop Of Spring. $50
the papers are all quoting, and unfortunately
for fruits, flowers, and toes and noses too,
such has been TIL. stubborn fact. But we
don't know where the papers get that quota
ton. The nearest We can come to il is line
in Goldsmith's :.Traveller," where, speaking
of the Swiss, he says:
NO vcrnal blooms their torpid rocks array.
But winter lingering clills the lap Of May
But no matter about the quotatlon-wimcr
fingers rather late and the SNOW, or rather
some of it, which fell on Sunday and Mon
day yet fingers on 1T lap Of Earth.
Still, SHOWS in April have been of common &C
currcncc. and We remember to have seen one
which covered the ground, on the 9TH of May
when the apple blossoms were full blown and
the grass in the fields ankle deep. Summer
will come in ltc season. however, and though
the peach and other fruits may fail us Tie
coming Autumn, ly the time another April
comes the SHOWS Of this will be forgotten.
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Chr 1flnrlicts.

ELKroS Apr. .2d.-"lour S7.25 wheat
Sl.:S5 cora "a = IS cts; oats 10 cts.
BALTIMORE Market, April 2l.-Thcrc was
4 fair inquiry for Flour this n.o.1aing. nn,! a.
bout 300 hblS Howard street brand, in all
sold at SIS per bbl. The adviccs by the steam
cr Asia came to hand and were made public
about one O'clock Ii wing a dccliic of 10
:, shill;ngS on the other 81 to. This unsettled
the market and dcprass .d prices. Sales sub
scqneH;ly Of about 1850 bis in all NJ %I.7j,
also 800 bbls for future delivery, at 81 50 per
bill. Nothing done in City Mills. Rye flour
5,3l; country Corn Meal So II, and City do.
81 per Dbl. nominal
GRAIN AND Snrps.--Grain quiet. About
$500 bushels Of Wheat off red. and partly
sold before The news at 81 for white, and Il
Sl.15 l.Sj to nl.53 per bushc. Corn
About 1000 bushels offered and sales of " hitr
at ''a IS cents. yellow IS cents. Ryc-No
sales. Oa's-Atout 900 In sle,s ,Ecr,d;
sales of l2IO bushels Frgil at 10 cents Ma
ryiand Oats Il a - per b sal -Sar
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Coroncrs for CecH..County.-Joh A. Thomp-
son, John f. Brown and Edward Glacken.
Inspectors, Mensurers and Mu,kprs Of Luuibcr
Andrew Wier, Pcrryville; Fredus Aldridge,
Elkton; William Lindsey, Chesapeake City;
Anthony Wharton, North East; 1hos. Kelly,
lleckart-town Joseph II. Cameron, John
Moore, Greenbury Il. Linton, Washington
Price, William Gather, henry Smithson, John
IL. Michael, John W. Mccullough, Jacob +.
Jennings, Thomas NJ. Sturgeon, William Il.
Davidson, Robert Stephenson. James &. Bur-
lin, William Orr and Philip Hopkins, Port
Deposit.
Inspectors and Carders Of Fae Wood. Fran
els Linton, Principio and Perryvillc, Fergus
&. Hutton, Frcnchtown; William Grant,
Charlestown; Solomon Wooden, North East
Inspectors If Saited Fish.-Wi lillian Falls,
Port Deposit; Thomas Reed, North East.
Test, II. Fl. MITCHELL, elk.
Circuit Court for Cecil county.
n. b. 1t is necessary for the above ap-
pointccs, to take aud subscribe the oath or
affirmation prescribed by the constitution, on
or before the 18th day of May 1851; or they
will be deemed to have refused office Sec
Act of 1852, chapter ~. II. II. NJ, Ok.
April % 1854 3W
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TnE Snow STORM of Sunday and Monday
appears to have extended over large portion
Of the country, IN some places much heavier
than here. In some parts of this county it
driftcd as high rs the fences, and taken alto
gcthcr it was an unprecedented storm. In
regard to late storms. we find the following
paragraph in some Of the papers:
april Snow STORMS, it appears, have
k en- more frequent than is generally supposed.
According to the Philadelphia News snow to
the depth Of six inches fell in that city, and as
far South rs Virginia, on the 10th of A, ri.
1911 and two days after, ~ inches more fell
in Philadelphia. On the 10th of April, 1913,
and the 18th of the same month in 1919,
there were severe snow storms. In 1853, it
says there were several snow storms in April.
INTERESTING MENoRIAL,-Peoplc are in the
halit Of cxpr, ssing surprise at any eccentric
ity in the weather; such, for instance, as the
heavy snow storm of day before yesterday
The annexed note, handed to us by friend,
while il will remind our readers of similar
meteorological incident five years ago, pre-
sents an interesting memorial of lamented
statesman, who hardly ever penncd an ordi-
nary note without conveying some fact OF
id impressive or nstructivc-Nationol IN.
trlligenccr.
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TIE BglpGING OF THE BOnEMIA.-We un
derstand the subject of bridging the Bohemia
River at the ferry is beginning to be agifa,cd
with much carneStness on Bohemia Manor
and in Sassalras Neck. a law has been pas
scl by the Legislature authorizing the forma-
ton of company for that pun pose. and we
learn that many citizens Of that section, of Il G
county, possusst j of means and influence,
ha, expressed their intcniiDn to assist in the
under; akng. 1t would be matter Of gro at
importance to the people ,f Sassafras Neck
itwouli shorten the road of many of them to
he county town and increase the value ofthe
adjacent fans more than the cost of the
bridge.
The county now pays eighty dollars, annu-
aNy, towards keeping up the ferry but from
he complaints which reach US it is very I'M
reliable means of crossing. The slightest
W nd rtildcrs it impossible by the boat rt w
kept th,rc, it is said; and often af;Gr persons
J ave driven down to the shore and waited ,
hour or two, they are obliged to return and
20 around the head of the river.
We presume, however the subject will ! c
brought before the people by those immed:-
n.ly interested. wh,n we shall hear the NJ :
c, ssity of the Bridge enforced by variety of
reasons.
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AUSTRIA AID GERMANY.
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.

THREE DAYS LITTER FROM EUROPE
New YoRK. April 20th.--Thc steamer Asia
arrived a little after noon, bringing Liverpool
dates of April Sth. TIL. steamer Arabia and
Washington arrived out on the morning of
the Sth.
No battle had yet occurred on the Baltic.
The Russians anticipating an attack were
d;smanting their fortrcsScs on the island Of
-\land, of the coast of Finland. The fleets of
Sir Charles Napier was still in kyoga Bay, a
short distance below Copenhagen, as soon as
hostilitics commence in the Baltic, the I'm
press and the Russian Count will remove to
Moscow. Navigation was open to st. Pc
tcrsburg. The allied fleets have entered the
Black Sea to effect movement in conjunc-
ton with Omcr Pasha.
They have Stccrtd for Tarna. The Rus
slams were razing all the fnrtrcssos in the
Dolmdsha to the ground, while the Turks
were falling back in good order upon the wall
of Tlajan. The position of the Russians
was exceedingly critical, and they were call
ing lOr rcntOrcClncntS.
Another report says that the Turks have
gained Il victory over the Russians.
GREAT BRITAIN.
In the House of Commons on Friday, Lord
John Russell confirmed the statement that
Austria was concentrating troops on the from
tiers of Scrvia, but as negotiations were still
in progress, he could not state what course
Austria would pursue.
THE EASTERN WAR.
in Bcssarabia, and forced him to beat rapid
retreat.
The Turks have also crossed the Danube
between Nicopolis and Ratschuck.
1t is now rumorcd that Austria will make
the Russian passage on the Balkans a cause
of war.
The English and French Governments en-
tircly reject the proposals Of the Gar, found
cd on his letter to the King ofPrussia.
A despatch from Berlin states that ncgotia-
tons between Austria and Prussia had re-
suited in their joining in the protocol signed
at Vienna on the 3id of April, between Great
Britain, France and Austria.
A riot took place at Barcelona on the 18th
of March. The m ilitary were called out, and
several citizens killed. A man named Boo
CHI has been arrested as the assassin of the
Duke of Parma.
MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, April Sth.-Flour had dccl-
ned to 37s. for canal-Whitc Corn as
Bellcrd Ais.
Richardson Brothers circular states that
there had been suspension of the excite
ment in Brcadstuffs:- wheat had dtcli-
ned I'd to Sd. per bushcl; Flour Is cd. to 2s.:
and that Corn was a triAc lower.
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Che Cecil tubia.
ELA'EOS, APRIL IL, 1854.


WAA.-Thc foreign uCws in other columns
shows tina. war in Europe has commenced in
earnest. England and France have D,,nahy
declared ware against Russia and are hurrylng
th,ir armies 10 the scene rf hattie. Russia is
exer ring all her giant str, Esth to m, ct the or
,!arEht. They who burnt Moscow before
NAPOLEON ara in,w dismantling their outposts
snl rendering such places defrncclcss as the
opposing allies may first attack. The cnthus-
iasn Of Religion is summoned to aid the cause
oi the 'Nost Pous Autocrat,' as one Of the
Cars t,l,, runs. II bids fair to be lengthy
and u Stv,rv struggle. The resources of Rus
sia arc vast, and rs the expressed intention of
the French and English is,to hunb,e her pr.-
tensions she will rot readily rccedc from her
position. Austria wilt most likely yet be
drawn INFO the contest, and amid the general
sStilitcs and confusion. the Poles, IIungari-
ans and Italians may strike some decisive
slow for th,ir liberties.
How our country shall retain her peaceful
relations with all the parties remains to be seen
Ii we are able to keep out vf the fracns u nd
raise grain to feed the belligerents it will lend
rally to enrich our nation but i'll a time Of
war the rights of neutral powers arc so often
'..',lcstcd, that our commerce and many of our
'mddling and b,licosc people will undoubtcd-
i bcmore or less disturbed ). and il will require
great prudence and forl. arancc to maintain
our peaceful relations should the war con-
sjnnr for any considerable period.
~" ficre is an extract from the Baltimore
Evening Times of Thursday which presents
the war question in new light. and as tina,
Ispr remarks, 'sucgcsts a train Of thought
whicl, is cxhaus;l, So
The effect Of Christianity and constitutions
nj iaw upon the future of Turkey, is more Ger
tain than all the power of Russia. Turkey is
how opened to cmigrants, and las bound her.
tclf by solemn treaty stipulations to open wide
her territory to the march ofChlistianity and
the encroachments of the Anglo-Saxon race.
1t will be seen from our wcll-informcd cor
respondent, that the French and English ex.
redition is to be paid By Turkey, and the Loan
necessary, tneTciOT, " DC negotiated Dr
Great Britain, sat Il reasonable interest. In
other words. England has managed to take
the expense Of hercolonial forces from her own
back and put i, on Turkey laying. at til,
same time the foundation for "dcbt agains:
tho Porte" for which she will secure herself
in the event a partition Of the Ottoman En-
r;,e.
This letter comes to us through the French
legation at Constantine lie. and from the
highest authority. These disclosures will ar.
rest thcattcntion of this country, and confirm
the report lately published in the Times, that
France and England had Interior designs upon
Turkey. Plac ID thus between the ambition
of Russia and the commercial cupidity of
England. the Porte must fall victim to force
or necessity. The days of the Ottoman En-
rrc are numbered, and Prophecy is full
Allied " .-
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CoTroN Is King. Charles Dickens, in a
lac number Of his Household Words" af-
ter cnumeratns the striking facts of Cotton,
says:
Let any social Or physical CONFUSION Wis
it the United States, and England would feel
the shock from and s End to John D Groat'S.
The lives Of nearly two millions of our coun-
trymcn are dependent upon the cotton crops
OF America; their destiny may he said, with
out any sort Of hyperbole, to hang upon a
thread.
Should any dire calamity b.fall the land
of cotton, thousand of our merchant ships
would rot idly in dock; ten thousand mills
must stop their busy looms, and two million
mouths would s;aryc for lack of food to ftct
thtm'
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Con" Sudiiow does not make Snumo,. -
SO saycth tie adagc. and so facts determine.
Last week VIC saw one Of those
Lone wanderers of the upper deep"
rirclins man,ly. round and round, in the sky
OVERHEAD and beating away northwarl like a
tiny vessel a sea against the Notwithstanding
Two days afterwards, however, if it had
strength remaining itmust have made haste,
amid uncongenial snow, back towards the
land Of sunsl.nc.
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1t is said that Napoleon has written let
ter to the Emperor of Austria, reminding him
of his promise to regard the passage of the
Danube by the Russians as a caSus bplH.
France has loaned Turkey lo,00O.0OO
francs. lie Ray tie Chabrol, eminent Partisan
bankers have failcd.
Austria still waivers. Prussia makes no
sign.
The ship Flavio Grovia, from Antwerp, os-
tcnsibly for Montreal, had been captured and
brought into the Downs loaded with arms for
the Greek insurgents.
\ new levy of 20 600 men had been order
cd in France.
Adviccs from Odessa of the 25th state that
the entire Russian feet had left Scbastorol it
was believed to attack Narna.
There are rnmors of treachcry on the part
which have fallen into the hands of the Rus
slams. Omcr Pasha has marched forward 90
900 men to strengthen the position between
the Russians and the Balkans.
1t is stated that Ilissora stood the assaults
Of the Russians for three days before it CAPT
tulatcd.
Prince paSk,cwitch left Warsaw on the 18th
for the scat of war.
The Russians fearing that Ocs,l Island will
be the first point of attack by Napier, have
placed there a garrison of 50, 900 men.
The troops now leaving England will 20
direct to Constautinople without Stopping at
Malta.
Russian subjects have been ordered to leave
Constantinoplc in twenty days.
MOVEMENTS IN ASIA.
Adviccs from Trclisland report that the
Russians were concentrating their forces at
Akhalizik. Their operations arc directed a
sainst kars. Twenty thousand Turks were
concentrating al Sivas.
Persia was tranquil.
THE GREEK DISTURBANCE.
Adriccs from Greece say that the King and
Quccn have left Athens for the frontier. The
French Admiral dc Than sailed from Cen
stantnoflc in a steam frigatc with an cncr-
getic note to King Ohio, demanding the sup
preston of hostile movements originating in
his dominions.
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS.
Mazzini was IT ported to lie in Switzerland
Several Italians had arrived in Paris with
plcc,anations exciting an Instruction m
Lombardy.
AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.
\ council of Austrian Generals had been
Summoned to meet at Vienna, among them
the Ban Jrllachicl.
: \ despatch from Vienna. dated March 3lst
says that when Baron Hess returns from
Berlin an Imperial manifesto may be exyect-
ed, stating that though Austria disapprovcs
of the movements of Russia, she is resolved,
with the rest of Germany, to remain neutral.
An amy Of 400 900 Germans will make that
neutrality respected.
Byron Mcycndorh had been informed that
Russia expects nothing from Austria but
neutrality.
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A GRAIN FLEEr.--The Chicago Journal of
Wednesday last records the departure of quite
a fleet of vessels from that port all loaded
with grain for Buffalo and Oswcgo. Tho fleet
numbered nineteen vessels three barqucs,
six briggs and ten schooners,) having on board
26O, 100 bushels Of of which 20s. 332 bushels
wore of corn, 32,939 bushels of wheat, and
the balance barley and oats. Of the whole
quantity over 2I& .oNo bushc,swcnt to Buffalo.
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Cold WEATHER IN FLoRIDA.-Thc Wa
kulla Times of April 9Th, has the following
relative 10 the weather and crops: during
the past few days, the weather has Lecn cold
and uncomfortable, and it is feared the crops
have been considerably injured if not killed.
On Monday morning, we had considerable
frost, and ice was formed during the nigl t
previous. Yesterday morning we had anoth-
er slight frost"
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CHE G0itor's 1irrsi0c Talk.
ga snappcr-up Of unconsidcred triflcs."

Hate"aShing.-pnring the flrdays before
the storm some Oft thrifty folk had com
mcnced embarrassing their fences and out
buildings. We hore to see a general white
ming up ofthe town this Spring, in all white
washable places. 1t gives an air of Il, anil
ness and ncatncss to tie premises where it is
attended to, while, at the same time the lime
preserves the fences and buildings on which
it is used.
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CONSTAQsiE,,S SALE.

Pf virtue Of two writs Of Fieri Facias, is
- sued by Thomas y. Clayton, Esq, one
OF the Justices of the Peace. of the State Of
Maryland, in and for Cecil county at the suit
of Eli llaincs, use of William Lockhart, also
the suit of John W. Buckley, Jr., against the
goods and chattlcs, lands and tcncmcHls Of
Isaac r. Taylor, and to me directed, | have
seized and taken into execution all the right,
title. claim, interest and estate at law and in
equity, of the said Isaac X. Tayler, in and to
TWO LOTS OF GROU Nd, situate and lying
in tie village Of the Rising Sun, aud known
as lots No. and 4, and bounded by the lot
of DIR. William S. Thompson and others, and
| hereby give notice, that on TUESDAY,
the 10th day Of May next, between the hours
of and 3 O'Clock p. NJ, at the hotel OF Thee
dore Kirk in said village, | will offer for sale
the said property so seized and taken in exc
cution, by public auction to the highest bid
der for cash
JAMES II. MCCULLOUGH.
April %, 1854 Is ConSt.
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Steamboat Accidents and Loss
Of Life.


PHILADELPHIA, April ia despatch just
received from AbSccom says that up to last
night about forty dead bodies Of men, women
and children were washed ashore at that beach
and on Brigantinc Beach, about a quarter of n
mile across Tie channel. These bodies seem
to be those Of German cmigrants, and are
much diigurcd.
4 bed was found further up the beach with
the name of the vessel on, understood to lie
from Liverpool.
At the latest accounts bodies were constant
ly washing ashore at Absecomb.
SECOND DISPATCH.
PHILADELPHIA, April l9th.--The dead
bodies washed ashore at Absocum Beach
prove to be the bodies of the passengers of the
ship Powhatan. of Baltimore, which left
llavre for New York between the 18th and the
10Th of March last. She went ashore off Long
Beach at O'Clock OIL last Sunday morning,
and her passengers and crew, 200 in number,
were all lost. Thirty-thrcc bodies had been
picked up Oh Long Beach. Not tigc of
F, the wreck was left. The Powhatan was of
600 tons burthern, about II years of age, and
worth $4,000.
The schooner Manhattan, of Bangor, Maine,
was also wrecked on Long Beach on Sunday
morning, and all on board persisted except one
of the crew, who is in such condition as to
be unable to give any particulars.