Demoine courier., 1854-11-23

consisting of notorious shoulder strikers
snd ufians from this city, and a portion
of the fremeh crew Of The ship, rushed
below and commenced pillaging The bag
g1ge. They burs, into the state rooms,
rlrped open carpet bags and trunks, pluA-
dered them Of all the money and ,aIua
bles they found. and cast the rest aside
or overheard. They displayed knl'es
and revolvers, and threatened the lives
of all who attempted TO interfere with
hem, or who even made an effort 10 get
at their own baggage. After the rise oil
the water drove them out OF The cabin,
they belook themselves TO the upper
steerage, of which they took complete
possession, and commenced q course OF
Wild rio, They go, hold Of The liquors
many Of them drank themselves fu.
riousiy drunk-ransacked all the lug
gage-obtained a large amount Of gold
attacked, beat, cnt and sho! all who
go, in their way, and became, indeed. a
band Of enfuriated iiends. They sts-
TONED a guard at the gangway TO prevent
The better portion of The passengers from
coming down. Some of the passengers
attempted TO force their way in, when
they were ~dreadfully cut with knives and
bottles. and even their persons robbed Of
their watches and valuables.
Oar informant saw one man stagger
out with his head cut dreadfullv and the
blood streaming from the wound. lie
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head of another, who appeared badly
wounded, and forced him into a dark re-
cess of The storage. He does not doubt
they despatched him: They seized an
other. robbed and wounded him, and then
placed him under a guard of half a doz
en- drunken savages. They expressed
their determination TO kill him, bu, oe-
coming too drunk TO guard him he man.
aged 10 make his escape on deck. This
scene continued nearly all night. To-
ward midnight three shots were fred.
the lights were instantly extinguished,
cries of "Murdel!' were heard, and soon
after at least thirty more shots were fred.
There is every reason TO believe that
many Of the passengers were thus muir.
dered.
Some intelligent passengers freely ex.
press the belief that The loss Of this noble
ship was conlrived in San Francisco by
The ''shoulder- strikers" some of whom
shipped as hands and many wen. as pas
sengers. Among them were Jim Turner
and his crowd of associates, of whom
the citizens were rejoicing they had got
len rid. The cruellies committed by
these men, at such a time, almost exceed
belief.
During the night of which we have
been speaking, the wind and sea rose aud
by six O'Clock in the morning both guards
broke forward of the wheel house, and
he foremas' sunk through The keel. BY
seven o'clock the boats from the shore
again came alongside, and contin@ad TO
land The passengers. Between eight and
nine o'clock the Goliah hove in sight,
discernable not more than a quarter OF a
mile through the fog. AS soon as she
was seen, a shout of JOY burst from the
uniortunates who crowded the decks Of
the Blade, and hundreds Of shots were
fired TO express their delight and atrrac,
the attention of the Goliah. The latter
approached as near the wreck as posi-
BILE, rounded TO, launched her four boats
and commenced taking the passengers
off the Blade, by means Of a rope sus.
pended from the jib'boom. BY four o.
clock In the afternoon she had them all
on board, about $50 being on shore, and
started for San Diego GA getting on
board The Goliah, the passengers were
destitute Of every lhlng-the ladies were
wet aud chilled. but through the eager
kindness Of the ladies' and gentlemen,
passengers on the Goliah. lhev were
supplied with dry clothes. and made as
comfortable as possible. They were all
safely landed at San Diego. where they
were well taken care of, and when The
Goliah left were well quartered and com
Portable. On Saturday morning. when
the Goiiab returned TO the wreck, nothing
was 10 be seen but the wheel house and
a portion Of the stern turned up. The
GolIah took off those passengers and
crew who had been put on shore by the
boats and brough them up TO This city.