The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-22
ADDRESS TO THE CAPTAIN.

7he following address presented TO Captain Jones by
the passengers Of the North Star
To CAPTAIN A. G. JOKES, Commanding the North Star
SlR-The peculiar circumstances under which met,
and about TO leave you suggest to the duty OF adj
dressing you and will doubt, feel confident, give
TO this Of esteem and confidence peculiar
relevancy and value After some days Of great anxiety
and alarm for the safety of the ship under your command
we reoced to her arrive in Aspnwal and the happ
ness with which hailed her arrvathcre confirmed
by the fact that the grave accident which detained her
had not been attended with loss of single fe and
with little or no discomfort 10 those whose fortunes de
pended on her welfare. Satisfied too that having well
acquitted herself during tho passage from the Of
her mishap TO the place where awaited her. there
no danger whatever to apprehend in her homeward trip
We prepared to accompany you TO New York Various
dscouragng and startling rumors, however, suddenly
broke prt and had permitted ourselves to be swayed
by them We should have abandoned your ship with
feelings OF deep dstrust, and condemnng perhaps
with no little severity the rashDess OF those who conded
their fortunes to her Into the from which those
rnmors came, or the motives which impeled them,
Shall not interfere with the grateful pleasure of this
ment TO inquire would it be just perhaps for
So when in the news of our safety they NAV find
sufficient reproof for the thoughtessness the maevo
ence of the gloomy counses and predconst which they
gave rise enough for us 10 say, that pleased and
thankful experience from the moment left the wharf In
the bay OF Aspnwall 10 the present contradics the
fullest measure the rumors which npugned the
illness of the ship which have proved yourself so
competent to command. Rough weather in the Caribbean
Sea- rough weather the Cult Stream two days without
the possibility observation:
dozen wealthy ships srewng the reefs of Florida our
own pathway through the angry waters of the Atlantic
broken by dsmased craft nevertheless without encoun
terng the slightest dangerwithouI indeed, mourning
slightest mconvenencewe have been prudently, skill
fully cheerfuly and bravely conducted by You 10 the
threshold Of our destination.
All this confirms what learned from hundreds OF lips
the day your ship reached Aspnwal that remissness
or mistake of accustomed the partial disaster which
beie her but that her release from the French Keys
principally owing 10 the practical judgment the treess
energy and force OF mind which You then there dis
played.
On Your good fortune, under such adverse clrcum-
stances we cordially congratulate you, and yonr
approach TO that home, the beloved and loving hearts
sheltered by which have for days throbbngly looked ont
over the deep for the signal Of your coming we rejoice
WIN you sincerely ana warmly, aud we earnestly pray
heaven that your usefulness and sterling manhood may
long be spared the dangers Of the deep 10 be the pillar
and the guerdon OF that house
r. STONE, Chairman, Sacramento. Cal,
VIM Ferris, wilmington NJ. II. kimbal, Sacramento.
julius Dettelooch Mariposa. T. +. Meagher, New York
John lawson, Tuoumne Co. j. Theither, Baltimore
{ r. Griffin san Francisco c. Vaeau, San Francisco.
d. fsherffatt, tonake bar. j. Adams, Chilean, Chile,
Geo. W. ingalls,, Portland and 100 other passengers