New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-26
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Prom Oar Own Correspondent.


between here and Oakland, exploded, killing Xix and
wounding a dozen persons, so far is known. The
Contra Costa was racing at the time with an Oppose
ton boat but at the moment of the explosion was going
slowly, making turn in the crooked channel across
the Oakland bar the Eastern side of the bay For
tunately nearly all the passengers were at the stern
hooking at the opposition boat which was behind.
The boat had two large boilers, side by sde one of
them exploded and was blown completely out Of the
boat while the other scarcely moved 1t IL not
ye. known whether the blame Of the explosion should
be placed on the engineer, the bOiler-naker. I'm
doubtedly the captain must have a share OF the
blame. The Contra Costa a Ow-pressure boat of
about 30 tuns, and was built in November 1857.
The boilers made in NewYork.
No list Of passengers is kept these Ferry boats,
so there is no means Of obtaining undoubtedly
correct list of the killed. The following list gives
the names Of all known to be killed or seriously IN
jured as given in The Alta.
KILLED
David w Cody street contractor formerly Deputy City Sur
v.yor aged years native Of NewYork Mr. C. was blown
,ssen On board the OAKLAND but died soon sfer
op nng basket Of WINE a, explosion. The bar
entirely carried away and he anoIinns'e man was
9senty found which BY ring upon % SIe O. soi the
Henry L. O.trandtT Of the crew dIeadfnly caded
aud brought this city and taken to the Marine hpa
Albert Wn.p one Of the fremen dresdrary scade,
and board the Oakland and conveyed to the
,hore, where he died I'm few minutes.
Georse Mcdowell the head fireman Of the boat native Of
Eew.Jer,y and son of eSAldcrman Mcdowell OF sacra
Joseph Hos,en employee Of the Auneales Department Of
Also another man. unknown who is said to be keeper
ofs boarding house on Pacific street
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
T w Fenu boarding housekeeper Broadway stree;i
MATHEW Mslqueen boarding housekeeper on Market street,
severely scalded in the hands and face -
billiard severely scsded in the face and hands
Smith brother ofthe bakeeper badly scolded-no'
Js.s Garcia; scalded in the face and hands.
jose Maria, badly scelded in the bead
Prs1s Smith mate Of the steamer; slightly scaded
Nicholas KnOwlton deck hand badly scaded' but not
dangerous
Next to the explosion, the chief sensation item of
the fortnight has been the arrest and examination of
Capt. Ephram PendletOn, master of the bark Sarah
Parks on a charge of having treated his sailors with
horid cruelty and Of having killed one of them by
il-usage, while voyage from Cardiff to this port
He bringing n cargo Of Goals, and ut Cardiff had
difficulty in getting crew, and IT seems That
he started at night with some men who had been
"shanghsed," drugged and tied, and in that con-
dition taken on board. That is the fashionable man
ner of pressing men into the merchant service
Among the sbanghacd men were several Norweglans,
with whom the chief trouble occurred. When tins
side of Cape Horn these Norwegans-named or called
Williams johnson and ThOmpsOn-stole some bread,
Williams was no seaman and he shirked his work,
even when il such work that he could do II, and
the captain beat him, kicked him, chained hln up
in uncomfortable positions, placed him where he would
b. washed by the cold sea-waer and deprived MN OF
food and until the poor fellow died. johnson ana
Thompson were cruelty beaten and kept without food
and chained up in uncomfortable positions for ten days
aud when the bark arrived here they could scarcely
walk and so nearly starved that the physicians
had 20 take great care to prevent them from pnrng
themselves by eating too much Several others OF the
81. .loK MT XPf
Capt Pendleion rst drew the attention of the author
ties to the condition of the by having two of them
arrested Immediately after his arrival, on charge OF
stealing hard bread. The Captain was then himself
arrested and when the testimony taken before the u
y. Commissioner, was published the public feeling was
very strong against him. He was held to answer ON
charge Of murder, and on five different charges OF
cruelty TO sailors yet alive. When he was being taken
10 the Jail from the Courtroom alter the close OF the
examination, he followed by an excited mob oi
several thousand men, who cried out, Hang hm
:" Lynch him :" Take him TO the lamp-pOst.' &c;
aud lust before the officers arrived at the JAIL the
crowd made rush To get him, but the officers and
some law-and-order men near them were too strong
and they managed to get Pendleton into the JAIL but
not until he had been hit by several stones and
deprived Of of his clothing. Capt. Pendleton IL
from Bath Maine. Persons who have known him
long say he always had good reputation as peace
able man.
Filhbuster WIN. Walker, ex-President of the Repub
hes of Sonora Lower California and Nicaragua arrived
here on the 3 ult. as second cabin passenger under
HE brother thbuster, Bruno Nat zIner with him Ii
Is said that Walker is preparing To JOIN ienninssen IN
his scheme 10 COLOMBO Arizona with hlhbusters who
intend to take Sonora. If the Administration SID
III the declarations of hostility to hhbustersm,
they viii have good opportunity to prove their sin'
ceny by placing troops in Arizona, and sending ships
of war to GuaymAs to operate against these ruihans
Ii must be recOected that Walker never has had the
means of carrying honorable warfare, but that il
every case he has maintained himself and hs troops by
the robbery of private and peaceabe persons and that
being thus engaged in wholesale robbery save
rufisns would stay with him, and that as he de-
pendent on them he had control over them and that
as natural consequence they were continually COM
hitting the most wicked crimes against the poor
natives-crimes which, IL fully described would set the
whole world aghast with horror. No wonder thst the
people Of Sonora and Nicaragua hate Americans.
terrible shooting ARRAY took place IN San Jose
the 18th uh., in which :. J. Crosby Of santa Clara
County and l.. p. Ferguson of Grass Valley, formerly
al Missouri, were killed. Aman named Scale was being
tried for murder that day, and Crosby, who was &C
cused Of having been accessory in the crime was 10
be witness for the prisoner. Mr.. Shores, brother
sfthe murdered by Scale, shot al Crosby In The
street hear the Count House, while the tYiS was IN
progress and each party being provided with rcvol-
yer, a brisk firing ensued and friends each side
Joined in. Crosby shot dead by Shores Ferguson,
sitting in the courtroom was killed by bullet from
CTosbys pistol intended for Shores the latter received
fesh wound in the leg and several others received
6esh wounds.
The hotel at the White Sulphur SPRING. in Nspa
COUNTY the most fashionable "waterng place" or
Summer resort for fashionable people, in the State
DESTROYED by fire the Seth ult. loss Of $50 900.
There are s3l3 600 in the Mint belonging 10 private
individuals and lying there since the LET Of January
4s3 coo In 1857; $3.50 in 1856: 5000 in 1855 and
A. in 1854. II war deposited in dust ioT cOiusge,