Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-06-14

Though the line was again opened In ten
days, and the fever was commencing its raw.
ages among the emigrants, yet were they
kept in this inland city, cut off from all com.
munication from abroad for an entire month
when. May Doth, news was received of the
arrival of the Sierra Nevada, and we had
orders to be all aboard by 9o'cock that
night three hours to pack the sick mile
through the dark and rain to the steamer
Here, and upon the little open lake steam
or. cnsued a scene which cannot be truthfully
depicted upon paper, and which should bring
down upon the line and its projectors the
well-merited curses cast upon them by the
dying cmigrants. After fighting their way
for mile through darkness and rain to the
lake, the poor sick and worn out emigrants
were met on the dock by sentinels with mus
kets who detained them for hours in the
rain till their tickets, the tickets Of sick wo-
men and children, could be hunted up from
the bottom of trunks or found in the hands
of their friends or relatives, VINO were de-
tanned up town to attend the baggage. This
fatal farce caused the death of many. This
night three of the sick died from exposure
and were taken ashore, making seventy-nine
of the passengers who were buried in Gra-
nada
When all were aboard this miserable little
open lake steamer, with scarcely floor room
for the sick to lie down, we congratulated
ourselves that our troubles were mostly over,
and a few hours would find us at Virgin Bay ;
but we were most shamefully detained here
without provisions, without medical attention
for the, sick and not allowed to go ashore for
nineteen hours, till the next evening. This
was time which tried mems souls-when
heart sick friends and brothers were tempted
to desert their dying comrads and relatives.
AT Virgin Bay we were landed from bun
goes, subjected to more detentions, imposed
upon by drunken rascaly soldiers, who cut
the straps from our trunks and stole every
thing they could lay their hands on, even
stealing the hats and boots from men too
sick to take care of themselves At San
Juan we were detained in open bungoes in a
drenching rain, and finally found ourselves
upon the Sierra Nevada, boat long classed
as "fou" though well oflicered in this instance
The fever still continued on board and thir-
ty-four more of the passengers found grave
in the Pacific, making total, with the seventy
nine who died at Granada, and five or six at
Virgin Bay, of nearly one hundred and twen-
ty; over one-third of three hundred and eigh-
teen healthy passengers, landed in Granada a
month ago, killed by the Nicaragua Transit
line
We, the remainder of the passengers, worn
by disease and saddened by the loss of friends
and relatives do most earnestly unite in pro-
nouncing the Nicaragua Steamship Line"
an imposition and swindle.
SIGNED BY Ii. S. Sanders, Elias Shank,
Seth Beardsley, John Yore, John Fitzpatrick
George Denmark, B. T. Mumma Rufus
Denmark, VIM Rosbrough, James Bannahan
Edward Torbet and Mary Denmark
The HOMICIDE AT WAsHINGToN.-W find
the following account Of the aifray in which
z. L. Herbert, NJ. c., from California, fig
ured, in the Washington Star, of May Sth:
To-day shortly after II A. NJ p T. Her
bert, California member Of the house of
Representatives of the United States. went
over to breakfast at Wizards Hotel, where
he takes his meals, and sent the boy from the
breakfast room for his breakfast In four
or five minutes after portion of his break
fast was set before him, and the boy then
told him that at that hour it would be neces-
Sary for him (the boy) to get an order from
the Office to have breakfast sent up from
the kitchen.
Herbert told the boy to "Clear out you
Irish son Of a D." He turned around to
another waiter, Thomas Keating who was
standing near 10y and exclaimed, "And you,
you damned Irish son of b, clear
out too
Herbert, on being answered BY Thomas,
rose and struck him on the neck behind, with
his fist. Thomas Keating seized plate and
threw it at Herbert. Herbert seized a chair
and threw it across the round table at Thorn
as Heating, striking him with it,
They then clnched and fought. Another
Californian, whose name we have not heard
came in at the door and ran to Herbert's as
sstance, and also struck Thomas Keating
with chair
Patrick keating, the brother of Thomas,
and the steward of house, at that time COM
ing in the room, ran to his brothers assist
ance and seized Herbert, who Immediately
drew revolver The other Californian at
that time was striking both the Keatings
with chair
As Herbert drew his revolver, Patrick
Keating seized it by the barrel, and they
struggled over it for some moments, until the
French cook of the house came in and seper
ated Herbert and p Keating, who let go
his hold of the pistol barrel
Thomas Keating and the other Californian
were mingled in that particular part of the
fray between Herbert and Patrick. After
Patrick let go the barrel of the revolver Her
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