The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-08

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Our Plymouth (Eng) Correspondence. !.
PLYMOUTH, May "a, 1855.
1 Loss Of the Ship George L. Sampson by FIRE
Last night fishing sloop landed here Captain C,hA
the chief officer second mate stswardess and ei1bt x
the crew OF the ship George L. Sampson 1o05 tons d.
sroyed by fire at sea, the Sd Of May, latitude Is
deg NJ, and longitude 35 deg W. BeloE we give the
account Of the calamity romhs pen Of her commander
who appears to have acted with great cooness and
cson under the critical circumstances in which he was
placed The cause of the FIRE win course never bs
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The ship first loaded at New York for San Francisco
in December last, and started In January when abs
struck on the bar She then returned and discharged
her cargo, which has been estimated at $500 asng
which was quantity Of oilcloths. Had she gone On
without striking, in January, she would in all probsb
lty have reached her destination in safety but her
and Of restowed 1t is opscure that the fire.
qusDt removals may have tended to spontaneous con-
buston, especially with such goods oil cloths The
Northern Eagle which frat took the whole Of the crew.
was bound to Austal,a and retained fair proportion
ten, when she passed the others board the Dutch vs
sell and SIX appears fair quota to have been received
BY the ship Revere for Liverpool: Capt Cobos anger
seems be justly raised against the conduct Of the
master Of the Prince Regent when he receive
single tistresssd seaman, excepting passenger
A a tka
Of Capt, Hagsho who ev need from first to last the
true Characteristics of a noble seaman
When lan1ed at Plymouth. the captain and his crew
were eGectuay aided by Mr. Robert White Stevens the
sgent for the shipwIecked Mariners socst, there In
procuring free pas over the railway to Liverpool
CAPTAIH CoBBs STATEMENT.
Ship George |. Sampson, ] Adams Cobb master, left
New York April / for San Francisco Everything vent
on as usual until 45 on the morning Of tho ID Of May
we were aroused by the CRY Ut Fire" On resehisg
mediae ordered the hose stretched along got the
engine at work at the time hauled up the vass
and put the sbp before tbe wind to stop the Draft resk
of fore and after matches to find in what part Of tho ship
the FIRE Found smoke from them, and
placed the matches at Set the carpenter work
and paj ed the hose down. Notwithstanding all our
ertons found the fire gaining Put on the msis matches
and secured them and cut holes in the deck ths
lower deck If possible, but ON srewing the vsn-
tilators ait, fourd plenty of smoke, and there
smoke from the after hatch was forced to the
conclusion that fire had originated in the lower hod
and that there was chance Of saving the ship end
30 fast did the fro gain that in one hour from IN. ar
aa1 m the fire vas bursting through the deck fore aaI
aft When in the act Of hoistns out the long boat,
she took FIRE, and driven on the ill.,
boom. In hour and ten minutes found ourselves
rwenty eight In number) in two Email boats without
Providertiay, at DAY light a ship running for
and soon found ourselves board the ship Norher.
The day fell in with the bark Oostsrsso Of A~-
sterdam, Captain Hag.lbof who received eighteen
ton who took board On the 18th fell in With
TIE ship Prince Regent, Of and from Hun for Qusbes
tergoo ou. now 100 days wss short 81 water pcsisdy
refused to 'ecei,e dny one on board ercept as passc
to Captain HsssSs and his ocsr. for their uade
atiDg sindness we received while hoard the Oostsr
Iem msn 20 9St sss %
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Our Madrid Correspondence.
MADRID, May Is, 1855.
Financial Propositions Of the Ainer-Hs Probable Re.
tirement from OGce-GorTnment Suspicious Qf General
0Gous-SaGyadory State of the Army Result of Ne
Conscription- torcements for Cuba-Re,aons ssiA
Portu9at-7he Spanish Minister to Merico-No Ap-
pointment 10 Washington Negotiations at Rome
Health Of Madrid.
Tho state Of the public finances the principal even. Of
the day, still equivocal not parsyxsd In order %
cover the deficit in the of the present year Of
1885, the Minister of Finance has presented the Par
liamentary Commission Of Estimates thee propose
TONS
!. To impose tag upon OIL bread, meat, and other
articles Of the first necessity.
To sell the scrip Of the new emisson for what IL
To make up forced loan of So oOO 000 grantiag
On interest OF per cent TO be paid off with the pro-
ceeds Of the sale Of the church property released froa
moltman.
The commission refused ths first, being equivalent
TO the restoration Of the gate aud provssa
taxes; the second, because it would put into tbs
market great quantity of paper. and would
necessarily diminish ths value Of government stocks Az
regards the third it 10 much doubted whether the Com
mission will scceds to It, for it is argued that puag
this loan upon those psrtons only who pay tax Of SIS
$50 and upwards 10 encouraging socialist principles
and contrary to the principle Of equality in taxa
ton The vacciations Of the Commission, and thsir
opposition to these measures will probably result
In the retirement of this Minister, and a.
the charge is becoming very burdensome to him
in truth he will be glad II 1t should be necessary for
him to post which In reality he cannot fn and
especially If he should leave it favoring the poorer
clsrses which would permit him to regain little Of the
popularity which be has lost AL these questions win
be decided the COM ing week.
Come movement is noted in the removal from dTerent
points by order Of the government, of various gea-
erals who dwell in different parts Of Spain and Of WHOM
,he government appears to be For instance
Generals Cslonse and San Roman, who ia the eu-
ploy Of former ard who have arrived ak
Mactd uhn these few days past and have received o.
Gers to change their domcl In consequences have
asked for pei minson TO leave the kingdom other off,
not much known have received the Order
spo all this consists in that the " Moderadon and Oar
list plots ave still in secret operation. The government,
which follows their mover ments, every DOW and thsa
breaks up some OF their msch,nstons -
Tho state of tbs army s very satisfactory. Fittesa
days after ths verifying OF the conscrpton, eighssa
thousand recruits already their various reei
mepts receiving instruction. On the other hand, the
vou tsry enlistment has succeeded WELL and both cir
cums.sncsB combined have allowed the goyernment Ia
expedite the sencing Of reinforcements 10 CubA.
Some xix huncrsd men have left Galicis, and in
sli tho month OF May from the ports OF
Catalonia and Andslusia two thousand men will 20 foe
ward and later by the dde Of June seven or eli &C
tbousanS will be in the Havana. The pu oc order has
not been disturbed, although from the rrsgularty tn
Which things are going on account of the SLOW p--
greis Of the Corses IT would not be surprising II