The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-09-10

precautions 60 rltion Of too DISTINGUISHED
SENATOR h a It's spc,ch uhicb wa>
publ lcd III the Boston J0nrRqi, mm
oil her dlilics, last week. is calm, dis.
passionate able discussion Of tho political
situation. colored to be sure by his own
personal views Of he 'nn'ter, and seems
@ have been especially designed to sh ow
his own consistent course IN following Hor-
ace Greeley. And so much, at least, he
proves conclusively. 1t is doubtful how
ever, if it will have great influence in de.
terming the result Of the campaign.
The Verde. of he People.
One of the main arguments of the
friends oil Mr.. Skif ha. been that Mr.
Trip was nominated 10y trick ; that it
was done by Mijdlebury men, or rather
boys and students, after the regular con.
vcntion had adjourned Oar cuntempor.
AIRY at Vergeuues was quite sure the vo.
ters Of Addison county would at the polls
rcpudiato this trick, by giving Skf u
handsome majority. How is it? Six.
teen towns out of twenty-three gave Trip
mpjoritics, and il the vote of Nlddebury
and New Haven were left entirely out Of
the question, Trips election would have
been secured 10y handsome majority.
Does this look as if Middlebury was alone
in the "uuheard of doctrine" Of recogniz.
ing the action Of mass convention as
legitimate when it refused TO ratily the
nomination Of its committee ?
Burning of the Pacific Mail Steamer
Bienyil.c.
PART OF THE CREW AND PASSENGERS ESCAPE
IN BoATs-TIIiRTY.Foug PERSONS MISS.
ING-INcIDENTs OF THE DISASTER.
HAVANA, Aug. 80, via KEY WEST.
Aug. 3l.-Copt. Jefferson Maury of the
steamship Bienvile arrived here this
morning from Nassau, and reports the
burning OF the Bieuvillc at sea. The
steamship Benvilc left New-Yo rk on the
1oL Of August for Aspinwal When 10
latitude 4512, longitude 74l5, at q
quarter to 4 O'Clock on the morning OF
the 10Th inst, fire was discovered among
the cargo. Steam and water we're mmedi.
ately turned on; but the steam pumps, aft.
er a few revolutions, broke down and could
not be worked. Capt Marry then
ordered the matches battened down, hop.
ing thereby to smother the fire, aud a,
the Same time the FIRE extinguishers were
used between decks, and the steam kept
| on.
The fire gained rapidly, however, and
at o'clock Capt. Maury, fearing ap ex.
ploson from powder stored in the hold il
he remained by the ship any longer. or.
dered the six boats launched, and the
passengers and crew began to embark
AT 1870 Capt. Maury was forced to leave
the ship, being the last one on board
One Of the boats was capsized on leaving
the ship, and from seven TO ten Of the iu
mates, including two women, were drown.
ed. After sunrise fresh breeze sprung
up, the capsized boat was righted and
bailed out, aud reached Cat Island il
safety. The other boats, except one
reached Eleuthcra Island, $50 miles from
the scene OF the disaster The T. issing
boat has not been heard from, bat it j,
supposed it was picked up by passing
vessel, as an empty boat was seen adrifi
near Eleuthera Island with liie.preserv.
er in it. One of the boats in attempting
to land at Eleuthera Island was caps zeC
and nine were drowned, including Mrs
Brander and her three children.
At p, m the Bicnvile exploded
and Immediately sunk. When the fir,
was first discovered it was supposed to bs
10 the forehold, where large quality o.
powder was stored but it proved to be
between decks, over the boilers and amour
the cargo. The passengers and crew losi
all their baggage and saved nothing ex
cept the clothing they had on. Capt
Maury reports tina; the people of Nassau
treated them the shipwrecked kindly aud
administered to their wants Vice Consu
Saunders has cared Tor the scamcn. Anna
Brain, one of the rescued, became insane
and was left at Eleuthera because She
could not be found when the PARTY left
for Nassau
The steamer Anna and the schoone,
Dandy were dispatched by the American
Consul to search for the missing boat
Out OF l21 persons on board the Bien
vile 81 are unaccounttd for, including
the nine lost at Eieuthcra.
Among the passengers reported saved
was Hon Rufus Mead, Consul at Corinto
Nicaragua, formerly editor of this paper