New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-10

however until she becsme insensoe, I'D wu'ea Gu
dition che was washed ashore and 'eft Tor seaa. PUG
amsrsd All ni,ht mon the beach, and neat morning
gave sepa of life and was finally restored. before
the boat was swamped the 6rst mate expressed nsue
termination to 90 back after he hsd LANDED 10 saw
more Of the passengers ne was ni %eve. oas q
The other hosts that started at first was also swampea,
and some of those board persisted. ony TWO oot
were nov left 10 rescue nearly soy SOUS anu 49,
fest closing and the wind raising ineSe ~ 49,, 49,,
boueyer returned TO the wreck and took on Is mfu
more Messengers as possible. BY this time the fos ~
act in more DE- usely th sn ever and the gloom VI n
began 10 overs yread the scene. - ,Lo
When il became known that he poa1s WEI " 80. -
ava ~ leaving the ship for the last time tnat hgu.I
rs,v of the messengers became frantic, and IN tner
eeeerpees 10 get board the boats iong aleI 1uey
we're full Jumped from the deck INTO me sea' sNus
cled 10 GET hold Of the gunwale-gureed a1u weu'
down. Il IL supposed ina, Iafge n S ~ Sasne.
yation iump.d overheard and tired 10 swim asnore,
I'm, dIck could NOT live in such sea, and they soon
sunk 10 rise no more. Our mfrmants esuma.e .uo
number Of lives lost as az least one nunucd NJ 49, *
some say two hundredfar more than reported oy the
Purser. . -, ;,h, Nth
ali its horrors had set in, the scene upon the wreck
was horrible beyond expression All the sier par. VI
lie shin and the lower Storage were under Fa'er'
Tnon the forward deck and in the upper steerege'
were crow ded nearly eight hundred souls we, oy the
surf that broke them and chilled 10 the Mt,ro"
by the cold. All that dismal night they nuddiea To-
oetber expecting every moment that the hulk wnlcn
was auiyt ring and cracking at every dash oil Tue
waves, would so TO pieces and iaanch them INTO
eternity. -, -,
No sooner had the boat struck, than large band
of ,nep armed to the teeth, consisting OF NOTORIOUS
sboulder-strkers and rutians from this city, ana
norton of the fremen OF the ship, rushed oeio
and commenced pagina the baggage. They ourst
into the s;ats.roems, ripped open carpetoags ana
trunks plundered them Of al the money anu ' aius-
md
They displayed knives aud reyvers, and threatened
the lives of all who attempted TO interfere VITA theni
or who even made an effort to get at tneir own Gag
gage After the rise OF the water GROVE neu out o'
IL cabin they betoOk thems elves to the upper steer
age of which they took comp lete possession, and
comm enced course Of Wild not. laey GOT hOld OF
the liauors-msDy of them drank themselves turoasly
drunk-ransack.d all the luggage-obtalned large
an1.nnt nj cold-atacked beat cut and shot all who
vet in n cir way, and became indeed, bSnd OF ln-
furiate fenCs. They stationed guard at the gang
vay 10 prevent the better portion OF the passengers
from coming down. Some OF the passengers at
temp,ed 10 force their way in when they dread
fully cut with knives and bottles and even their per-
sons robbed of their watches and valuabes.
Our informant saw one man siagger out with MS
head dresstuly opt and streaming with olooa. ne
saw the rufliabs throw cloth over Me head oil an
other who appeared baoly wounded, aBd force nun
into dark recess of the steerage He does net doub!
they dispatched him. They seized another, robbed
and wounded him, and placed hlm under guara OF
half a dozen druI ken savages. They expressed ther
determip alton TO Kill hiG but becoming too drunk 10
guard him he mac aged TO make hls escape on deck
This scene continued pearly all night. IOFard mia
night three shots IRE d. the lights were instantly
e1tingWished, cries OF Murder were heard, aHd
shortly after at least thirty shets we're fired
There is every 10 believe that several oil The
passengers were thus murdered.
some intelligent passengers freely express the be-
lief that the loss OF this noble SHIP cOntrved In
San Fransisco by the "shoulder-sulkers, sotne oil
whom shipped as hands, and many OF whom went as
Messengers AmsDg them we're jim Turner aud the
crowd Of bis associates, OF whom the ctlzens were
re,ocirg tbey had gotten rid. The efuelties commit
led by these men, at such time, almost exceed belle
A number of the most respectable passengers, on
their way back on the Goah, drew ap, just before
reaching Santa Barbara. petition TO the military
liant Il that place in which they declare that
al uImed band of sixty men, more or leSs, who, &C,
eordipg to their belief had committed assault ana
battery, aud MURDER upon several OF the passengers
Of the Blade, then at the scene OF the wreck,
destroyng property and plundering the baggage
saved of all yaluabes that these thieves anu muir
derers set defiance all law and carried their ends
at the point Of the bowe.knte and revolver Ihey
nav the commnn ant therefore, 10 dispatch military
force 10 the Of the wreck with orders to arrest
the pirates, and deliver them over t. some court OF
the United States, of competent Jurisdiction 10 await
their trial. They indorse all we have said above,
md give even a more irightful 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 clock IN the MORN
ing both guards broke forward of the wheelhou
ana the foremost surk through the keel BY o'clock,
the boats from the shore again came alongside, and
continued TO land the passengers Between and
o'clock the Goliah hove in sight, discWpasl9 not
more than quarter Of mile through tbs log. IA
soon as she was seen, shout OF JOY Durst from the
unfortupates who crowded the decks OF the Blade,
and bundrt ds Of shots fired 10 express tier de-
light and attract the attention OF the GOliah The
latter approached az the wreck as possible,
rounded 10 auucheq her four boats, and commenced
taking the passengers off the Blade, by means Of
roge suspended from the jb. boom. BY 4 clock in
tie afternoon sbe had them all on board, about 25O
berg on shore, and started for san Diego. On get
ting on board the Golish the passengers desti
tute of thIg-the ladies were wet and chilled
but through the eager kindness OF the ladies and gen
temeD passengers the Goliah, they were supplied
with dry clothes and made a. comfortable "a possible
They were landed safely at San Diego, where they
were wel taken care Of, and when the Gsliah left,
were well qusrtered ana comfortable On Satur-
day morning. when the Golak returned TO the wreck,
nothing was to be seen but the wheel house, and
a portion Of the stern turned up. The GOliah took
off those passengers and the crew who had been
put ON shore by the boats, aRd brought then 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 in
termedate ports. He is entitled to credit for the
promptitude he has exhibited in sending to the relief
of the sufferers.
1t reported that the Southerner on her last trip
up, passed the Yankee Blade not far north OF Point
Aguello. She the SostherIer afterward met the
Goliah, spoke to her. and told the captain to keep a
look out Ter the Blade, as, from the she was
pursuing when the 5. saw her. she was in danger Of
going ashore. This was the reason the Goliah
close in shore herself.
ARRIVAL FROM SAN DIEGO OF THE YAM
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