The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-12
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- loth.-Wiam Mitchell, (Lincoln,) vice Chas
Chase, do.
lth:-J.P. C. shauks, (Lincon,) vice John U.
Petit, do
COLUMBUS, Oct. 1.-THE Republican majority on
the State ticket is twenty thousand. The Con-
gressiOnal delegation will probably stand l3 Re-
publicans to Democrats.
Trimble, Republican, has been elected in the
Tenth district and Nugent Democrat, in the Fif.
teenth district.
THE RESULT OF THE OHIO ELECTION.
WASHINGTON, Oct ll.-A private despatch re-
ceived here from Columbus, Ohio, says that the
Democrats gain four Congressman far as heard
from, and hold their own everywhere in the State.
THE LOSS OF THE CONNAUGHT-THE PAS
SENGERS.
STATEMENT OF CAPT. JOHN WILSON OF THE BRIGANTINE
MINNIE sCuFFER.
AT the time discovered the Connaughts SIGNALS
OF distress my vessel was heading N. n. W., under
llght canvass. was the first person on board the
brlgantine who saw the signals of distress. i'm
mediately bore down on the steamer and soon got
within hailing distance, as near as two hundred
yards of the steamer. This was about 2 O'clock
r: NJ. L had only. six men on board, four
OF whom were Spaniards, and could speak scarce
one word of English. When the small boats
touched the brigantine, a portion of the steam
ers crew soon hurried on board, after the pas
sengers, and attempted to conceal themselves
among the passengers on deck; it was only with
the greatest difficulty that | could force them to
return to the steamer to save the lives of those
who still remained in danger; the officers of the
Connaught deserve the highest praise but the
sailors the greatest condemnation for the cowardly
manner in which they acted; some of the men
slowed themselves away down in the forecastle; |
mad to tight them out of it and force them into
their boats. For the passengers of the steamer |
could procure but few provisions and less water;
the unfortunate passengers mostly subssted on
raisins, 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 Although the occur
renee has caused me considerable trouble still |
feel happy to have saved the lives of so many of
my fellow creatures.
THE LATEST.
BOSTON, Oct l0.-When the Minnie Schiller ar.
rived at her wharf, immediate steps were taken bv
MAJOR MAJOR BROS & Sweeney, agents of the Galway
Steamship Company in this city, to relieve the
wants OF the passengers. They were furnished
with food and clothing of every description at once
Those bound out of the city were freely furnished
with railway tickets to their destination and those
remaining here, with boarding houses and money!
Everything that possible was promptly and
cheerfully done by the agents.
The passengers of the steamship Connaught have
held meeting and passed resolutions warmly COM
plimenting Capt Leitch, his officers and crew. and
also Capt. Wilson and his for their noble con-
duct
Nearly $500 have been subscribed for the aid of
the wrecked passengers of the Connaught remain
y. SWeeny, agents
the line, have acted with the most commendable
liberality.
The reason that no boat from the brig took part
in the removal of the passengers and crew of the
Connaught was because she had only one small boat
which would not have lived minute in the rough
sea that was rolling at the time.
At Boston Captain Leitch ordered dinners for al
the passengers at hotel, and made arrangements
for having them all forwarded to their respective
destinations.
1t happened most fortuitously that the fire broke
out where it did, as the wreck was then in the
track OF many coasting and foreign bound vessels.
had she sailed from any other port in Europe but
Galway, she would not Ihave been more than half
way from st. Johns to Boston, and the chances are
that she might have burned away and all her pas
sensers been lost, and her fate would have been as
uncertain and disastrous that of the Pacific and
other steamers,
1t was rumored that four persons were lost in re-
moving the passengers from the Connaught to the
brig; but this is contradiced by all the passengers
none OF whom are reported missing. Some three
or four persons did fall overheard in being re.
moved from the Connaught to the boats, but they
were all seen picked up again by every one who
saw them in the water.
Captain Wilson, of the Minnie Schiller, is ma.
tive of Baltimore, his wife residing in New Orleans
where he makes his home when not at sea. He is
about 50 years of age, and in his social relations
no less than among his sea-faring acquaintance,
he is distinguished for his urbanty and great kind
lness of character: With his employers he bas
fault being, they say, that he is so unselish and
liberal that be saves nothing for himself Having
no children of bis own, he has adopted and brought
up several orphans. Though he has been devoted
almost constantly to his profession he has succeed
ed in accumuating only a very moderate share OF
this worlds goods.
The PASSENGERS OF THE CoNNAUGHT IN New York
AT o'clock this "Wednesday morning, the
steamer Empire State, from Boston, arrived at pier
No. ), North River, bringing board a number
OF cabin and about two hundred steerage passen-
gers of the Inflated Connaught. A large number
OF their friends, consisting principally of Irish
servant girls, awaited their arrival on the pier and
as soon as they landed they distributed them sci
throughout the city. They were most of them
| young people of the humber class, and some in
| three or four cases exhibited no symptoms of desti
! tuition. Forty of them were conveyed to the Oflic,
| OF the Irish line of packets company, 81 Soutf
street, from whence they at once transmitted
10 their various destinations throughout the coun
try, Three OF the passengers-two young mer
and one young girl-are at Castle Garden The
| young woman has had money left there for her by
! her friends, and will be sent on to them; but one
of the young men, named John Rubbery a native
of the county of Galway, Ireland, is in deplora.
Bile state of desituton, and says he has not tasted
| food for twenty four hours. Mr.. Cassidy, how
ever, says that all who destitute will be taken
| care Of.-N Y ErDreSs Wednes11u epeuiun