Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-01-01
THURsDAY MORNING, JANUARY /, Is57.

ueting tbs vessel, and had actually broken upe
various boxes and chests slowed away bstwee
o, aecks, robbed some " the passengers of money
clothing, &o., and jnst proceeding to ransacl
the cabin when the captain came on board, and wa
OF the ship
Last evening when the immigrants were coming ul
% the city on the John Potter, Messrs. McAlister
mcknight and Conover, conductor on the 0amder
and Amboy road, raised among the passengers the
sam OF $34 with which to furnish The sufferers SUP,
per and lodgings for the night and the balance to be
| distributed among them s"
Among the Passengers was an English woman
named catherine Bull She has a brother 10 this
city, but does not know his address, He will hear
o. her at the Manchester Hotel, No 106 Washington
Up to three O'Clock yesterday afternoon no steam
er had gone to the assistance uf the wrecked ship
leave.
passenger gives the following account Of th'
mutiny of the crew, and tho attack upon the cap
| tain = sm
During the Captaisss ali senc ce a disturbances had
occurred on board. One OF the sailors, as uhder-
stand, had given passenger his clothes to keep for
him. Fer greater security, to relieve himself of
me charge the passenger gave them to the stew
ard. While they were in the stewards keeping,
they were claimed by German [ understood
that on the Captains coming board, the German
appealed to him, and the Captain awarded him the
clothes. fight was commenced between the sailor
Anu tne steward. Inc feeling OF tho Grew was
against the Captain. They said that when he left
the snip be was no longer their captain The sailor
drew an iron instrument Of sort and struck the
steward, who said that his arm was broken. The
Captain tried to separate them The first mate came
up and separated them. The crew directly showed
disposition to mutiny. The Captain was taunted
with having left the ship.
Delaying pin was thrown at him by the sailor
who had fought the steward. The Captain then
drew forth pistol and presented ii nj the sailor It
snapped but wac not discharged The Captain pulled
out another, and pursued the sailor who retreated
to the main deck, That pistol also missed fre.-
Then heard a cry that the Captain was killed.
saw him carried into the cabin. The sailors at
tempted to follow him, but the mate kept them
back When tho Captains head was examined,
eight gashes were found in it, Still think he
will recover. I saw him afterwards walking on
deck One Of the crew trying to defend the mate
when he was protecting the Captain and the sailors
thinking he was ou the Captains side, beat him se>
yerely about the head and face His nose and eyes
suffered considerably. He was not materially hurt,
bis eyes. lF IN q
And here let me say, that the conduct of portion
OF tho crew tswRrd these steerage passengers was
most atrooious, They broke their trunks open, and
piundered them Of whatever they could lind. Tho
women were robbed Of their dresses the men Of
theirs; money was stolen. In fact, no mercy was
shown to the poor enigrants am happy to cons
tradiet the statement in some eff the New York pa.
pers that the male emigrants turned the females and
children out of the places of shelter and took possess
sion OF them themselves 1t is mot true On the con-
uary, everything that could be done for the women
was done, and the men acted inthe most selt-sacri
hcing manner Perhaps there was one or two ohutl-
ish exceptions but ne more
Nor were our su@glngs quite SO severe as has been
stated Principally ffbm hunger was inoon nyenience
felt. OF course We were cold, very cold, and wet
and wretohed enough but Row. thankful were we
mat u was ne worse with u.s. and that our lives we're
captsln AID tnd hatss NJ nedvct6r. 1ffs-cs1s tif
think, did his duty. Many charged aim with being
Il QO-
oountahe for it. Nobody seemed to know how we
got ashore. We we're In a storm, and that is all
know.
Another passenger says--
Tho captain and hrst mate of the ship certainly
deserve the praise of every one. Better seamen we
never saw, and men with nober hearts we never
came in centnct with. The Captain in order to
quell the fears Of those on board, remarked that
they should all be saved, II he had to carry them
on his back TO the shore.'' He stood vita cooked
pistol in his hands and threatened to shoot down
tne nrst man who dlsobeyed his orders. One ind!s
vidsal did SO several times; the captain kept his
word, and shot him three times He was in
very low state when we left the beach, but hopes
were entertained of his fnal recovering from his
wounds. The result of the captains action was, |
.nat ms orders were strictly obeyedi and aided |
~ his first mate, they had saved the lives Of over
~ tmo hundred souls, whom they safely conveyed to
the shCre.
TIE WRECK OF THE TAsso.
BAREEeAT, Dec. 22.-10 O'Clock p. IN The bark |
Tasso, of ST. Sohn's, New Rounaland, Capt Colds |
worth, went ashore On Saturday morning, the goth ]
Inst. about o'clock, A NJ, on the Longbeach, ak
miles from here. The wind was west-s0 west, cloudy
and dark. The Tassa is about 800 ions capacity; |
was bound fer New York, and laden with rosewood \
and coffee. On the morning Of the 20th, Captain
aoldsworth saw the Abseoom light mistaken it for |
the Barnegat light, when he arrived within four
five miles of the latter, he discovered number of
cod fishing vessels. and just beyond them the saTne-
gat light which he mistook for the light OF ship,
and by of this fatal mistake the vessel went
ashore with tremendous force, carrying away her
spars and slowing in her stern.
When discovered in the morning by the wreckers, |
she lying bow on, about seventy i've yards from
shore at low water. There were fifteen persens on |
board, including two passengers--a man and wo@ \
man. Mr. jeremiah Prsdmore, wreck master, tt- |
gcther with John Jones, John Parker, and CAPT /
HRwses, launched life boat and at the imminent
risk of their lives proeeededto to render assistance 10
those on board With great exerdonI they sucs
ceeded and making fast to the bow Of tho vessel
Five Of the had descended 10 the small boat
when twas suddenly oapsized BY the force Of me
serf. Four of the seamen, together with Mr.. Jones
and Mr.. Parker, wreckeis, were drowned, one Oh
Sailors called "Bill, p swan to the shore captain
n--ses, whS bsissGs 70 ssLoensr reoentiy Mieeh is
cd on the beacn, being active and strong succeeded
In getting hold of rope which was hanging over
the side Of the vessel and was attached to tho bow
SPIRIT succeeded in climbing to the deck.
Mr, Predmore, the wreck master, who is about oU
years old and weighs aboutSOO pounds, caught hold
Of this rope, but was becoming exhausted, and
weuld very soon have sunk, when Capt. Hawses
succeeded in getting rope around bis body, aud he
was drawn on board Mr.. Jones one of the selfman
must have been preoipitated against the floating
bowrprit He was seen to rise TWO or three tines
and then disappeared from sight. There was
dreadful cash across the forehead from which The
blood was fswing freely and the force Of the blow
probably stunned and rendered him gowerless,-
Deceased was about so years OF age, aud leaves /
wife and seven sons and daughters He was an cid /
and experienced serfman, very humane and daring
in adventuring. MS be has many times riskea his
own life to rescue shipwrecked persons,
Jshn Parker, the other serfman, was an unmar- |
ried man, 20 yours Of age, and was always teres
most to proceed 10 the assistance Of the wrecked
persons, regardless of the danger, AS soen as the
boat was capszed he struck out for tho beach and
came within rod OF the shore, wher he was carried
out by the force of the undertow. He continued 70
exert himself and swan along the shore, frequently
end eayor ing to gain the beach, but was as often
thrown back. His companions on thee shore al
Though SO him, had no means OF rendering as
sistance but they encouraged AID cheered him on
to continue his oxertion. IN this way Parker swan
along the shore for nearly half mile, with his
ptxanofb oroduallU failing and his movements be-