New-York tribune., 1870-10-24

we're rotten and unsafe and at any moment liable
to go TO pieces Great credit E gwen te he SobSs With
and raised subscriptions for the relief OF the -netr
auo1 OF Ban Luis obispo, j. b. Lyttle, Mr.. Martinez
Don Rubcon, and three Mexicans, whose names are u
known.
ant services transport during the civil al which
time she was considered n staneh vessel. she was
built at Lyons shpyard Philadelphia in 1ss2 she meas
ned 25 feet long, 8 feet beam and had II feet depth OF
hold At the close of the the Government sold her
to Mr. liolladay one OF the Late owners, for the small
sum OF $4,000 And she gained some notorety as the
the old bachelors of Oregon under Mercer
who got curses than blessings for his good pen
tons and kind acts.
Loss OF A BRITISH STEAMER.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 23-Capt. Potter of the
bark Alaska, from Havana reports that the British
steamship Sapphire stranded on Florida reef, aud be-
came total loss. All hands saved.
BURNING OF A SHIP AT sEA-FOUR sEAMrN
COMMITTED 70 ANSWER The CHARGE OF
ARSON.
Charles Purd0l. Charles Meredith, Samuel
Duncan and Frederick Allen arrived at this port on Sat
urday on board the steamer South America charged
with arson at and were Immediately taken before
Commissioner Osborn for examination. On the lcth OF
May last the ship Robert Edwards 336 tuns Capt Thos
f. Pease sailed from New Bedford, Mass, on whaling
cruise with crew Of 80 officers and men. Among the
crew was the prisoner Charles Purdo large and mus
cular man, who had served as an English convict In
S s sssrecn of vessel He
Allen shipmate who boasted of his deserton from the
others Of the crewojunsen, Meredith and Duncan the
latter boy, and the son Of clergyman at Fall
River induced to join In the plan TO destroy
the vessel preliminary TO which the officers were TO be
killed: The consprators made an attempt 70 SINK the
snbseauentIy stopped them up on the 10th OF July,
when the Robert Edwards was 800 miles from Bermuda,
rased and ON examnation the lower hold between the
fore and main matches found in hsme and all at
decks we're ed with water the matches were battened
down and holes were cut IN the upper desk I'll Sa
and ne 1t day. and it appeared II the danes had been
controlled but on the second night the names Durst ron ON
the sides OF the vessel and spread TO the sails and he
mssts The boats were stocked with provsons anu tn
entered them, and the boats were ten anu
all abandoned the ship except Capt Pease ana one man
when the ship almost entirely enveIoped m. IN name
the captain and sailor embarked IN san p1at th h
other boats In the morning the captain ann omcers
picked up by the brig Mary Rice, bound to Rio de Ja-
neir0 -. p.o,o
suspectng something wrong, called Pnrdol ana axe.
him II he had started the fire. Purdol that
he had and that he was assisted Two otners, oui
entered the hold with him. Pnrdo admitted sterwaru
that Meredith and Jansen went into the hola WIN MN
Jansen and a seaman named Burns jumped overboard
while efforts were making to eItnguish the names a ana
Jansen drowned. on board the Mary Rice the cap
tain questioned the conspratOrs, and they admitted tha
they had no fault TO nd with the ship and that they
could not tell what had prompted them to hre tne snip
The prisoners brought before Consul CordnO at
Rio, and ordered home Commissioner Shields, ,, De,
fore whom they taken on saturday ordered them
nation into the case will be made today Lns crime %sDt Of
burning h e sea is wph and
Iandre also detained as witnesses.
THENEw- -ORLEANS STEAMSHIP MARIPosA MISSING.
Saving the following dispatch, received by
Nessrs H. B. Cromwell on Saturday morning, no further
information in regard to the missing steamship MARI
posa has been received:
N.w.ORIsIs., Ls. Oct 2l 1870
II CsoxuEII Co.: Capt landed Sand Key. The
particulars the Msposa eesphed yen this morning
Capt Heny Of the Mississippi .So .sssd s The ss.s .i
snnot o~ ye any psusr ereep ths. qsnes Of wreck
cabin srnitar- dect ho9ss. and sats door
MI Cromwell says that he had every faith in the sta
e OF the asposa ana M her nests si
lightly OF the report OF plank having been found bear
Ing the wSrd T owSr 3 Of
officers and crew Ghe Marlposa carried no passenger'
casS osSesr-HeS.lt formerly captain OF E Cid
s,c2sa 9ro.,-R re. G PGnDsy' s5."g
S.ss.a.s 0uarttrwa.Sr-ThOms, w.t.rsor.
B5ssS ssahtR s J"..ps pf Ssa sad JCbn Ecp
Ch CrOIus First Assistant Aer Grant, Second A.
o,icr,-wli,~ par.u, Jane. Mqlls,s; Ncbas w'lsD
g. Robert Collins. MMsnu. F. POyOr, Morris c' aud
uis St,s.nS"cSa SL John 4 Grat .coua Alfred
iSS pss7%Iiss 9- 5sa9 ' Ss%S,el william KosR
si,raTGess-Isnes Mel.
The Mariposa was built in NewYork in 1864. by Webb
& Bell for the Pacific Mail steamship Company and was
afterward sold 10 Messrs. Fl b. Cromwell Co.. for the
New orleans service She OF fourth class rated AZ
and had good fire apparatus board. Her length OF
deck III feet; breadth of beam ?. feet depth or
hold 10 feet draft OF water at load ne 10 feet Inc
of the cylinder Of her engine was ~ lnches
diameter 81 feet stroke and the diameter OF her proOe
ler 10 feet inches. She was brig ngged ana OF l'lo7
II now considered probable that she foundered dur
ing heavy gales that swept over the West In
dis Islands.
THE MORRo CASTLE IN STORM.
The MORO Castle, which has arrived at this
port had very stormy passage. On the outward yoy-
age of Hole in the Wall the 18th Of October, the ship
encountered q hurricane from the south, lasting five
hours but received damage Leaving Havana on the
18th OF October the inward passage In latitude 5 Ion
gitude 75 the steamship again encountered hurricane
from soitheast to northeast, Of eighth duration
The sea very heavy making clean bresen over ane
Load Of zoo barrels OF oranges thrown overheard In
the hight of the storm the boats were blown from the
days the sails though fued, were torn from the yards
the were broken and the skyight blnnace,
and everything movable on deck swept away. me pas
epressiye Of their gratitude for his eIertions to save
the ship aud their lives.
LOSS OF THE HECUBA
The following dispatch, received on Saturday,
add. another the list OF disasters from the recent
storms:
Ioypos. Oct a. ls7O-The iron ship Hecuba, Capt.
walker which left Calcutta on the lst OF July last for
NewYork, with general cargo and 10000 foundered
an sunken rock Sruys Bay the 18th OF September
No further particulars have been received.
ARRIVAL OF A STEAMER OVERDUE
The steamer Gen. Sedgwick, arrived from
Kew West on Saturday afternoon. She had very stormy
massage and her commander was obliged to lay TO
or eight hours so heavy wac the sea and severe the
gale.
RIOT AT COLUMBIA, 9. C.-SEyERAL PERSONS
KILLED.
COLUMBIA, Oct. 21.-The day after the cleo