Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-10-15
Moyrns AIEzasDI. sEtEIsk.-I


mAMoDsns ALExAsDEK SEBKfkk--in
Aa U. s.. Dssrist Court yesterday. HerVy
J. asesidire, WAS tried the case ef5 eremiah
Ausfio. master OF the ship Betsy. Williams.
al NewaBedford, charged with hasins lett
on ) Asserted island. John Francas 2 cciored
m,n one Of his crew; in the rRonth OF No
v.mber Iss5.- The mate Of the vessel DIR.
~ as.oa. has already been convicted Of an
-..ssult UPON Francis with an iron Delaying
.pia. bJ which The sighrof one eye was des-
tEsE 81
Il Francis testified to the fsctscf his
4.,nq put ashore. Attic time the orders
were given BY the captain, the wit ess was
Ese oy IN irons; his irons were shocked of.
andshe was put on beard a boat, the cap
.ssaln Instructed then ii they could not land
Transis without sssving the boat, TO throw
him orsrboard ami let hnn get ashore as best
Ae ,ccsid.
he says as he was leaving the vessel, the
captain gave hun two or three smart KICKS
and said that IL he should live and any
shsuld ask him who put him ashore, he
s.should reply. aCspiain Aus.in kicked me
.saSsose." They gave hin 4 few Articles ct
eliot Ing aaI landed him alone on the
bach, after which the chip sailed away. and
~hesmas left tho only SOLITARY inh sbiiant Of
tls island. F,r tweniy-six Days he lived
cnrraw crabs and young birds 5 ,akfd q che
water. taking refuge in 4 hut he had made
of s.ick. at night. Every morning he was
in the habit Of going dawn e The beach be
fore sunrise 10 iook ftr a ship, because ms
jnflarned eye could not bear the reHtctioh q
the fun upon he taId. Finally q ship
zouchsd al inc island, and be was taken oil
and carried 10 T ,iealltIsila, where rrtnain2 q
ssren months aud a hah IL tn. aosPital.--
There Tas corrob1rativ1 rysd.nce q MS be-
Ing pnt ashore, aIsa some rv:slsnee i,r the
tdssence which did Mi deny til Il tact. Tns
case vill be argued to-morrog.
The island in question: wasan- Of
fGalipsros Group and was merry ed
aAy shs Peruvian Gsyernueht - = Pe.~,
nation; Il was afterwards ND .ntioned, bn'
WA sometimes visited by wilalcrs FOR the
beef OF the wild bullosks left upon The island
and tais fact probably led to the rescue =
Francis. Tse trial ST tits cose rem 9
sus OF . some what similar case many Yes.
ago on board an Esiglish IN an.et- War, which
at the time caused great excitement III Eng
-lsnd. There was on board tb. English SHIP
q mere lad from tho West Coast Of Eng
.lsad, who had been caught in some TRIVIAL
theft, and for no o:her cause han This the
eaefain ordered him to be taken, with scarce
" any food or clothes, 10 a then desertedls
land OF the West India Group, and nshwi;hF
ssandinR the tears and prolestatiuns Of the
lad, aeiled away and left him to his fate
Afsesw ards The facts were made public ~
.Englsnd. and greatinterest was expressed to
Knew the tate Of the poor lad 81 great
Swae the s~xc;tement that al last The British
Government was obliged to take notice oi
n, and an expedition was sent specially ie
tbs island TO search for The boy. NylhiHg
was fennd there but a skeleton, from which
ltwas supposed that he had persisted. \
saas not long however, before it was whis-
spsred about that the boy hid been rescued
and Carried 10 the American coRtincnf.-
.Fho English G5vernnnent foundit neees sary
to send another ex petition for the public IN
dignation grew hot against the inhumat
Captain, aad at last the lad was discovered
withsa family at Marbieheads asYaHkee yes
sci having RESCUED The boy az almost the las
moment from his Ia of abandonment
lis was thus restoreu, alter the lapse Of
nanber of years, to his mother in England
So much had the case attracted public no
tics, that as The vessel reached the sporef
the creates curiosity was manifested to Sc
him, which continued as he passed, throug
the country. and in consequence of this ex
preston Of public opinion The inhuman cap
tain was Obliged 10 compound ;ur his cruell.
by the paytnrnt to his victim of a Large sun
OF moneg.-Boston Tfauster, Oet. 5h.
Tua CRFsraL Palace BUILDING TIL
entire Ioss 10 thought to be upwards u
million dollars. The Palace lately becam
The property u the city nateF the cnarte
given the original owners and was. no
known toabe insured. The corporation doe
mot insure its bu dings. Tae PLACE ha,
bsen iassred by its previousowners fur $50,
600, aud by the city rented tothe Aineracal
Institute for $4,000 a year. Il originaliJ
coet from 300. 900 to $500, 900. The bull
ding was erected by the Association for ih'
Exhibition of the Industry OF all Nations
The whole quantity OF iron enrployedinsi h
constructions amounted ~. l.So0 tons, o
which three hundred was wrought and fit
teen hundred tone OF cast iron. Thesquan
tity of glass was aboIt 10. 1000 panes. and q
wood 10000 feet.
Tho building contained on the grount
floor Ill 900 square feet of space, and in it
galleries which were 81 feet wide. 63,U9t
feet more, making a total area otsl73,OO'
square feet for the purposes Of exhibition
There were thus on the ground Il ,er wv
acres and a half, or ex .ctly 552-loe; in tn,
galleries, one acre and HI lo9-total within
n neoBsidcrable ~tractisn, four acres.
at was, with the exception of the hper
roof and d porliun of the dome, entirely con
stfucted of iron and glass. The dolne wa
supported by TWEEN yfour columns, which
ascenied above the second story TO a heigh
OF 81 feet above the q ,or. The bulldin
compared in poipt of sizes and it is though
of beauty vita some Of he greatest edltiee
of the Old World; and until the extensio
OF tn . capitol at Washington is completed
il was the largest in this country.
WHEN SHALL WE THREE MEET AGAts
Tine extatic pleasure OF meeting aglit
affer a long absence, rtien.ls we dearly Is
teem, obliterates I'M a frs5uaent the pam Z
separation After an obsence of twenty
seven years etrom one we accidentally NE
III Nashpi le the o her nay both ui our earl
Instructors in ssthe art preservailvS of all ats
Hon.. Amos r.. j ,hus9n oil MisSis sipp
and Hon. f. K. Z5i!lcoffer ii this State
Fwentv-nine years ago, we entered y li'tt
printing Office at Paris, in This State, in th
capacity OF Pointers devil, with the abov
Gentlemen as editors and pr1prletors. Tni
olice was a model one uf primitive hines
We Ind all things ia cointt.s'p aud tue Pri
tiers devil was about as imp"rtant u persut