The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-13

seen by those on board the brig, the un .ortunate
steamer was one mass OF flame, which lighted
up the atmosphere for miles around the wreck
Capt. Wilson, Of the Minnie Schiller, In his
statement says:
When the small boats touched the brigan-
tine, portion OF the steemer's crew soon hur-
ried on board. after the passengers. and At
tempted TO conceal themselves among the pas
sengers on deck it was only with the great.
est difficulty that could force them to re-
turn to the steamer TO save the lives of those
who still. remained In danger the officers Of
the Connaught deserve the highest praise hut
the sailors the greatest condemnation for the
eoWaroiy manner In which they acted some
OF the men sto wed themselves away down in
the forecastie; had to fight them out of it
and force them into their boats For the mas
sengers OF the steamer l coald procure but
Few PROVISIONS ana less water; the unfortu-
nate passengers mostly subsisted on raisins. a
portion OF which they brought on board, and
the rest formed part of my cargo. The women
behaved admirably; they appeared to have
more nerve than the men believe they
were the least afraid Of the two parties.
HON. WIN L. YANCRY IN NEW YoRK.-Hon.
VIM. l.. Yancey, of Alabama, spoke at the
Cooper Institute, New York, on Wednesday
night, to An OVERLOOKING audience. The anxiety
among the people seemed to be quite as great
to see the speaker as to hear him. and after the
conclusion of his address, it was with diff
Guilty he could force his way out of the hall.
He concluded his speech with answering some
questions which had been put to him, as fol-
lows:
He had been asked to answer several ques-
tions, and he thought he might as well do it at
this time. The first was, whether he would
consider the election Of Lincoln sufficient
cause for the secession Of the South and the
second, whether he, in case Lincoln was
elected, and the South attempted to secede,
would support the government in sup pressing
the attempt, and aid to main tain the integrity
of the Union The first question was a mere
speculation, and q political speculation at
that. He was now engaged in endeavoring to
avert the very thing here spoken of-the awful
catastrophe of the election of Lincoln. He
was showing his allegiance to the Constitu-
tion by abandoning his own private business,
aud going to all parts of the country to en-
deavor to prevent that election, and if others
would labor as faithfully as he bad for this
end, Lincoln would never be President
IApplause.l What was propounded in the
Ques tion was a matter to come after the de-
cision of the ballot box. [Cries of 60 ues-
tion!"l Don't be impatient, gentlemen, and
above all keep your tempers. This is not the
time to fight now, certain. [Laughter.] 1t
was the time to vote. [Another interruption,
tient my friends, said Mr.. Yancey. If gen.
tlemen, he continued, were so anxious to know
| his opinions, they should abide by them when
| he gave them. [Applause.1
was asking whether something would occur
If another should happen He hoped it never
would happen. He was no candidate for the
Presidency, and his views had nothing to do
with the contest. In the first place, there was
no such thing as the South seeding. There
| was such a thing as a State seceoing. He
could see how the State could secede, and he
had no answer to give with regard to the Sc
ceding of the South. He was State's-R Rights
man. The Constitution told them that all the
rights not delegated to the General Govern
ment were reserved to the States. He believed
in the right of secession. The original COM
pact was made between the States willingly
| asserting to it, aud either, by her own will,
might withdraw. But this was mere specula-
| tion, predicated upon contingency. Alaba-
ma had passed law requiring its Govern
| publican was elected. His State in that event
was to decide this question, not he. If she went
| out of the Union, he went with her. lApplause.
| If she remained in, he'd remain in. l.'Good. 81
| 1t was grave matter, and he hoped that
| some man opposed to the irrepressible con-
| flict would be elected President. But when
! the time came to decide it. he would consult
| with the men in Alabama and act with them,
and they OF New York had nothing to do with
| it, In this Presidential question, on the con-
| trary, he had something in common with them
For him here to commit himself on this ques-
ton, with the future undeveloped, merely to
| crafty some political antagonist, would be the
widest folly. The answer to the q ues ton, he
would give to his State when she asked it,
| l"Three cheers for the answer" were proposed
| and given.l
To the second question he replied that he
would aid in main tanning the integrity of the
Union with his life's blood. He was laboring
now for it, But ifit was meant to ask whether
| he would aid in the preservation of an Admin.
| lstration that was trampling on the rights OF
the South, he replied that he would aid any
| State in resisting it with his blood Revolution
| was justif1able before the last expiring throes
| OF oppressed ma tionalities.