New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-21
YOR EUROPE

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FOR EUROPE.
The Collins maj. steamer Baltic Capt. Comstock.
left this port on Saturday for Liverpool with SO pas
sepgsrs and s45s, ,29 in specie. Mr. Eser,te one of
htI passengers, died of appopexy while she WA so
ing dow the bay. His body Was sent back to the
city.
AUTISr on BOARD rHy SHIP ATALASrA OF THIS PORT
The correspondent Of The Htraid hss furnished the
following particulars of the seizure Of this vessel by
the crew while on her voyage from Marsees to
Alnera, Spain:
"MAnsEILLRs, June s.
"OD the night Of the 25th May, while OF the Spsu-
ish coat, about o'clock, all hands called TO
tack ship, being close under the land; the me- we're
oil ned when the chief officer passed the word
from foi waId " AL ready, SIR the captain gave ;he
order. lizard q iee," which WAS obeyed; sne txt
oIoer, "Tark theets" was alro obeyed, the next
order being Msrsal haul" was partly executed ny
the usin yard beng laid square and there LIT The
captain then bearo rush Of men, sud the next thing
q cry Of cstress from forward. fhiukirg Of tue
men burt, he off the poop, aud iu dong
was kI och I'd dosL By one more Of the crew. Be.
ing dark, could not see how many there we're; tasy
then bound bin hand and foot beating him b. .dly at
the same time"
"After tying him up they took him for ward and se-
cured hlm TO the topgalant fOrecaste He then asked
what wae the matte with the chief officer aud was
the blood flowing plofu-ey, also q stab under tue
left arm, and one in the forehead They had him at
that tine in the oiecase, bound hand and foot, and
bic eong; they then took the Captain from the frecss-
tie TO room in the aft house, a) carriei the crief of.
Scer to the ca pepter'r rUom but the rom lug -
close tnd being in such agony from hs soan Is AMI
bruises Nr Davir, who wss passenger en'reated OF
the to take hin in the cabin which they did; after
hIg consultation they gave the ship ip charge 70 thus
Mr. Davis. Some of them wanted ~ go to Sp tin 9TH
Mar-.illt-; finally they put toward Mar,eilles.
"The next day Monosy. they did alIo~ the Captain
TO take tb, give The portion of the ship. but
si guarded and prisouer, NJ. Davis sailiug he
ship, so wing The bOsswain, second officer an1
ptLter about the ship perform theu seve.
Isl duties rs cbf officer syitg in the cabin ID dan
gerOus posi- ion, ard every tntn Or them
coming to the cabin. Moth ng of importance occurred
until the arrival Of the ship in Marseilies, wdt the
pilot inforns the Captain there Wa eoopo.war ia
port. After the shiD fsst o the bdJy', n CiJ-
tsiI sto!e awey Oeiog ignt, and proceeoed to the
roop Of war stated the oAse; wheieupou they did
sel d sone Thirty armed with Their .fiirers aud
double ironed tte crew, with the ok an second of
hcer who W.re suppo I'd 10 be ih league with tue rrst
of them Tbty were then rent 10 prison to sit tho
dec tiOn Of the Consu wLa should be done with hem
expecting they would se sent home in double roa-.
TIE chef officer -,nt shore in care of ply
sCiGn who, after examining his wounds, said be wouit
90 well IL U short time.
huge chain cable passed under the outer end
of the stsrbOaId c'Huk-lto get al which the heavy
frame TIMBER of the wheel house were cut through
vertical walls of backene oak very high, very tfm,
and 10 Their hight and lergtn suggestive of 8eary
mCntbs OF labor and of payroll long enough for
degree of atitudebiSh walls Of weather rubbed oak,
which lave been gOugsd OF thelt copper bolt and
bsd the metal frames of their dead lights picked off,
bbe sacrigieus tbef5 of coin from TIE lids of men
asleep 10 oeath--a stranded wreck. and Il wreck by
fracture which broke off tne after third part of the
hull us abait the wheels, and 30 gave 1t conveniently
TO fire. which set to cutting out and gathering
10 seiher the iron that pendfully in it-are al
that remain Of the great Hayre steamship Franklin
now vieible from tn Moriche, beach against which
she Lex broadside on. huge hole cat IN her land
ward sice, lets the tide in aud me TIDE Sw ssh
out. Freely the waves charge like lines Of cavalry,
INTO the wiie-Jpcn stern. doorway for the in
ht and outlet OF the tide, made with axe on the
seSwaId side near the bow, gives the vast interior OF
the steamer to the tramp and Of the weter,
eipiocaly rushing in at either entrance IL was no
wantnn band thGt thus opened these walls OF oak.
They the resigned gate way for Neptunes use,
bis employ meht by the wrecker At hard Days work.
light fee of sand laid last year oser the boilers and
cylinders within the hod-thousauds Of tuus heavy.
Tho Sea god uncerenonously baoe to shovel it
ost and luy bare the irn which the vrccher Was lm
patient TO have on the New-fork od-metsl market
So Neptune came twice 8 Gay, en- without cent OF
wsges-wihout any recompense save the occasional
sly theft OF O crowbar all axe, or saw, wotkef rs
Irhhinep COMO not work, and washed ont the Frank
hns bold c, al and sIno0.h-the Wrecker looking on
the meanwhile, aud laughing ut the Trident Bearer as
he handled the shovel and uunoed the barrow.
On the lobely Moficbes sand hui, which overlooks
the ocean, with his besd hid beneath sIouchcd hat
al covered with iron rust, with iron rusty sboes on,
and scales Of rust wors ed into bis well ha:er
nails al iron rust reddeping his flannel shit coar,
and his OIL kin coat and bis oil skin uOwsers, Sat thl,
wrecke week before last With his head 90 hs bosom.
W ss he avoiding the aslant beaGs Ut the DihkiLg
VIZ stern sun--or was be weary at hretit lie Eas
man say OF sixty eight year, thin, wo scanned, yct
strangely nel yOus Over the hill aud IT. lee,
" as rue e hut. A German laboreT ia It's doDr-
way. About il lay heaps VI spoils rescued from tho
seas fack and ps sge OF the great steamer. No d@c-
GIg in sigbt fiUm the b. ach-no MAE save those
two, and tss s1it,r, in Eight Of the wreck. The
wOushtTOu shaft about which tbs chain was wrapped.
and whose rust tht old man had got rom close nu,-
giDg, weighed thidy-two tons. Without derrick,
without shraD without help save the muscles OF tbs
one German be propose to take this immense weight
Of iron cow hOm Ito high place, acro-s the beach,
over the .soh hill, aid into ,cow in the inner bay.
So lonely was the st. OF Ia desperate LABOR, 70 cx-
hau.tug the toll upon tho obstinate submerged
engines sno boilers, that nor money pesn+sion
cOnld bold American Irish labOrers there Tor
over three days. They al fed tho scene, and fled
their oohtractS, saving thn one sNadfast Gernsn
man.
The cylinders are deep under, ,wster, boted imnov-
ably fast. The enormous bed.psie is iustng aud
soitening far down, not TO be moved, or any more
.bouset Of The boilers higher up, are ragged with
Ine Old wreckei's violence. Desperately h.s he
@utcbed at them at low tides, and in the strife b.
t~een nm AID the sea they terribly torn. Tue
TH 'e@ on scrap iron, however, is about gathered.
nle sIals and cranks remain ANAL fortune in val
realizing. NN P'""'
hen abandoned by the under writer's, the franklin
;ohb., to, ,ha onoo Prcrperous New York dry goods
Jopoei iof the sum Of 81 co... He oullt the hut
SOW the herman smoking in and took to solitary life
% ,ne Ss'e s"a !" uniriDg wrcckiny upon the great
bulk We fth g'st.ful t the proprietor of the Mo
riches I'll pos f the lnforms,ioo thst tb. rusty old
brave had already made money out Of his grim -pecu-
latios. hsy he make great desl more cut OF tl
tAeb<sy Eyvssksg IournA