Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-04-20
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Vessel Capsized-Loss Of Three LIves.-A

melancholy accident resulting in the loss OF three
lives, occurred in our harbor yesterday afternoon
in the vicinity of Castle William situated in The
upper bay nearly opposite the Atlantic stores
4 The wind was blowing very heavily from the
| northwest, frequently changing, and came off in
| squalls, which rendered il dangerous for sailing
crafts 10 be out, unless managed by experienced
mariners. While the gale continued, large mer-
chants lighter came beating around the easterly
point of Castle William with a stiff breeze when
she was suddenly struck by violent squaIl The
man at the helm acted (say the SPECTATORS as if he
was entirely ignorant ofihe proper method Of sail
| ing vessel. II seems he kept The helm hard up,
instead of pushing il to the larboard side in order
| to bring the lighter sup in the wind.n We learn
that the vessel was laden with full cargo OF Rus
STA iron, brought from some ship lying in the lower
bay, and, she capsized, the hold instantly filed
with wafer, and all on board went 10 the bottom.
i II was about o'clock when the calamity occur
| red, and for a few seconds the vessel lay on her
| side.
! During this time the captain and his two men
| clung 10 her, and motioned for assistance. The
steamer Wyandank, belonging TO the South Ferry
Company, had Just got under way, and moved
| from the slip at Whitehall when the sudden flaw
upset the vessel. The pilot of the steamer, Mr..
James Benner, observed the distress of the boat
| men, and Immediately put towards them, but was
unable to reach there in time to rescue any of the
sufferers from their perous condition They all
appeared to be large-sized men, and were aitired
/ water, and probably was the means of keeping
them under the surface when going down the last
| time. The sight is described as having been Pc
culiarly distressing.
| Every exertion, we learn was made by the pilot
of the Wyandank, to get his steamer TO the wreck
| in due time TO save their lives, but all efforts
proved of avail. Our reporter made diligent
search TO trace the particulars Of this terrible
cident, and learned last night that the lighter was
| owned BY company engaged in the towing BUSH
br> hoxr air. IN, hcfra Hhaxy
were bringing the iron TO the city for large iron
warehouse in the upper part OF the city. The
wind blew perfect gale during the remainder of
| the afternoon; consequently no attempt was made
by the proprietors TO search for the dead bodies.
1t is believed and asserted by several veterans in
river navigation, that the remains of the lost crew
will all be found by the side of the lighter when
| she is raised by steam derrick. They must have
| all become chilled 10 the heart Several small
boats put off to the castle, but additional par
| ticulars Of the crew were obtained.
Netc York Times, l7M.
Punishment of the Czar!-A late English
paper, assuming the ground that war is inevita-
| BILE, says:
"The Gear must be made to feel his inherent
weakness. His long-cherished end inveterate
| hatred to Turkey is notorious. Against England
he is exasperated with all the rage of moriilica-
ton; for he has been bafiled by English diploma
fists, who have parted all his eager thrusls with
| been denounced by the universal voice Of the
| English people. And he hates the French people
and their ruler with all the hatred OF low in
triguer, detected in base attempts 10 jealousy
aud ill-will between them and friendly neighbors.
The Turks have TO punish him for robberies per-
petrated and projected at their expense. The
English have to punish him for the insult involved
in the offer to give them share in his criminal
enterprises and their profits. The French have
to punish him for his attempt 10 undermine their
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hatred he feels and the contempt he affects for
them.p
Nicholas will doubtless do ALLAN his power to
evade the terrible punishment with which he is
threatened. He can hardly be expected TO sub
init 10 such humiliation with good grace, how
richly soever hemay deserve it.-Boston Journal
Imprisonment Of an American Citizen in
Italy.-A correspondent of the New York Herald
writing from Messina, mentions the release
through the energetic exertions of Mr. Mann, our
charge d'afaires at Naples, and Mr.. Bebn, our
consul at Messina, ofan American seaman named
James Carbona, who had been imprisoned there.
Carbona, II is stated, was a Sican by birth, al
though an American by adoption. He came to
Messina in November last passenger in the BRIG
Chatham, Captain Hardy, from Boston. On his
arrival there, he was moi allowed 10 land from the
brig. The brig, however, having left port he took
| refuge on the barque Mary B. Barney, Captain
Luther. When this vessel left, ne was obliged TO
go on shore, where he arrested on the 4th day
Of December, and confined in prison until the 22d
Of the same month, and only released after he had
been compelled 10 affx his name to lengthy doc
| ument. which he was not allowed 10 read II was
subsequently ascertaned that, by this signature,
| he acknowledged hmselfto be subject of his
Sicilian majesty, and declared that he had never
called upon the United States consul for assist
ance. Carbona sailed o0the llth utimo for Phil
| adephia. Redress has been demanded, says the
correspondent Of the Herald for this gross insult
offered to an American ctizen.-Boston Journal.
San Francisco.-San Francisco is a city of
.such recent date, and its development has been so
| rapid within the past few years, that even now we
can hardly realize its true position as great COM
| mercial city. We learn from the city directory of
San Francisco that there are at the present time
included within the limits of the metropolis 240
public streets and alleys, which are divided into
| eight wards. There are "a wharves, capable of
| accommodating the largest vessels. There are
also So markets. 81 churches 160 public houses !;
| 10 restaurants 10 banking houses; assay of
| fees; insurance offices, with capital Of
| S26,000000; theatres; 2 concert halls, and Z
lspublic schools. II has % newspapers and period-
| Gals, and can boast of large number of benevo-
lent and other societies. There are also incorpo.
| rated in the city mountain lake water company,
with a capital of Sl,00o,000; plank-road compa-
NY, with capital of S300,000 telegraph COM
/ pany, with capital of 100000; gas company !;
| 3 steamship companies 6 independent militia and
16 fire companies; Ia mills 63 bakeries, and a
branch Of the public mint In the city of San
Francisco are consuls for % foreign countries.
/ The whole number of names in the directory is
about $4,000. The entire population is probably
40,000.--Bostom Journal
| Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt will commence an en-
| gagement at the National theatre in this city on
Monday evening next. This lady has recently held
large share of public attention. Her -Auo5iogra-
| ply Of an Actress. or Eight Years on the Stage,
has been widely read and its kindiness, force and
beauty, have much increased the estimation of its
writer, by her already ardent numerous admirers.
Mrs. Mowatt Is thus pictured in the North Anne
rican Quarterly Review:
/ .Born in afiiuence, religiously nurtured, OF the
most delicate scnsibilities in early life oonscien-
tiously opposed TO theatrical entertainments, mar
ried almost in childhood TO man of forune Mrs.
| Mowatt became an actress 10 meet the exigences
imposed upon her by her husbands loss Of pro-
perry and health; adorned by the graces of re-
fined, the serene resignation and hopefuness Of a
devout, and the tender sympathies of a loving
/ spirit, the profession she once abhorred and on
retiring from the stage has written fe-record,
/ not line of which she can ever wish 10 erase.
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