Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-12
From the ,ston Traveller. October 6.
The Sailor Abandoned on Deserted Is
land


land.
In the q. s, District Court Yesterday, Harvey,
| 4 presidipg was tried the case III Jeremiah Ans
! lin. master Of the ship Betscy Williams Of New
Bedford, charged with having left ON a deserted
| island John Francis. n cnored man. one of his
crew. in the month of November, 1855. The mate
Of this vessel. Mr.. Weston. has already been con-
,ietei of nm assault, upon Francis with an iron
delaying pin by which the sight of one eye was
! destroyed
| John Francis testified 70 the fact of his being
put ashore. At the time that the orders Civ
en- by the captain. the witness was below in irons;
his irons were knocked off and he was put ON
board boat, the captnin insirur'ng them t.at If
they could not land Francis without stnying the
hoat to throw him overheard ard let him get
ashore m best hc could. lie says that as he was
leaving the vessel the captain gave him or two
smart kicks, and laid that it he should live any
one should ask who put him ashore, be should re-
N.Y. Captain Austin kicked me ashore" They
gave him n sew articles Of clothing and landedhim
alone on the beach, the only solitary inhabitant Of
the island For twenty.-ix days he lived raw
crabs aud young birds soaked in the water. tnking
refuge in hut, which he mule Of sticks nj night.
Every morning he was in the habit Of gong down
To the beach brfnre sunrise To lo"k FORA sh p, be-
cause his infamml eye could no, bear the reiec-
ton Of the sun upon the sand. Finally the ship
Old Hector touched ut the island aud he TIA
ken off and carried to Tacahuana where he re-
manned seven months and n half IN the lospial-
There was corroburatise evidence of his being put
ashore and also some evidence for the defence
which did not deny that fact. The case will bel
gucd Tomorrow
The island in question il ono If tho Galapagos
Group, and was formerly used by the Peruvian
government asa penal statinn: II WAS afterwards
abandoned, but was sometimes vested by wbalers
for tho becfof the wild bullu"ks left upon the is
land, and this fact probably led to the rescue OF
Francis.
F. $. By TELEGRAPH Jeremiah Austin. master
of the whaling ship Betsy Williams, senten-
ced to-day to pay II fine If 500 aud also assessed
$500 damages to the negro John Francis, whom he
left ON an uninhabtcd island.
Ten DAYS LATER FROM CALlroRSIA.-St. Louis,
Oct. lO--The arrival Of the Overland Pacific Mail
here yesterday. in % days from San Francisco.
caused much excitement
Mr. Butterfel President of the Mail Company
was greeted with hearty cheers, and this mails
escorted to the post Office by n procession
headed by music.
The Alta California of the 18th Sept has the
following items:
At Frazer River the water too high for sue
cesstul mining.
OREGON.
Dates from Oregon are to the sth September
Major Garnett had skirmish with the Indians
on Okanagas River. Six Indians were killed A
party III miners, hhderv hhl hoDihs'h Hau Decn
attacked by Indians, and one Of them killed.
\ rnmor had Obtain ed credit ut Dallas that Gen
Palmer's party had been massacred near Okana-
gas by Indians.
Good gold diggings had been found on the We
nat>he River.
\ PoET AFRAID or \ FHIiosoiIiER.-A write
in the New York Evening Post, VIII" is narratini
the incidents OF triple the Saranac Lakes, tells
good story about IongIcllow and Emerson
This reminds me oi IA i"ke TINT was current n
the Philosophers Camp ab"ui Emerson. This gen
tlenan was noted for being somewhat distracted,
and by no means certain shot. When the part,
WAS originally organized Ia come into the woods.
the poet Iongfeow was t. join il; but he subse
qucntly peremptorily declined on hearing tina
Emerson had purchased II double-barrel gun of
large calibre to take with him.
From SAINT, Fr.--st. Louis, Oct. l0.-The In
dependence correspondent Of the Republican say
the Santa Fe mail arrived there on the Sd inst.
The Navajos indians still refuse to surrende
the murderer of Mai. Brooks servant.
On the 10Th of August fatal fight took plac,
between small detachment of troops under Mag
Mclean, and Indians at Bear Spring. Mclean
severely wone led, and six eight of tho
Navajos were killed.
Gen. Garland Mai Nichols and Capt Easton,
L, 5. A., had left for the States
-.s $50
yellow FEVER At NEW ORrANs--BrLLETiN
FROM THE llowAR A>seclATlo>.-\ew Orleans,
OCT 9-The Howard A~saciatht, 81, New Oriean.
deem it their duty t. intilm ne ,ouunN that
the prolonged ex,.te / Yell lcye" and the
present great mortality are solely rwiEg II he in
tlux of strangers who .aI,idly fall victims. Time
" notice will lac issued i.y this Association # the
dceade''ec and disalpea ance of the enidrme.
7. SMlDT. Pro.idc..t.
DO. RlCHARDO Sec'y.