The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-04

1.,,r T,,uRosxE CLAMANT--A BALTIMORE
,.,.r, l>nF.IKEn toR.-ln reply TO inquiries
-, more ,har dozen different sources IN
land relative to a vessel in connection
-, ,nr Tithhoruc impoSture. the New
,.l Ir,,-n7i 0f Commerce has interesting
..,,orn,>. The assumption iii most OF the
,..~, i, that A threc-masted schooner OF 400
,ap ions. called the Osprey. was in Mel
.,,,, hsrnnr IN the fall OF 1884, flying the
,m.rjrau flag. This is undoubtedly part Of
,' .nimaniS case. The Journal says:
,t,,. recall some of the facts. On Fri
$500. ,,,,. 18th Of June. 1854. our paper con-
.;,.l = COPY of letter from Baltimore
....s . very interesting statement. The
,,,nrr Kent. of Baltimore. had arrived ut
~. on thr l>i of MAY. and reported that on
49,. sr,h of April. in latitude 2l:35 :.
..,a t,n,.ittc %S:2D W., she had fallen III
,..g . boat lrtiom upwards, water-ca>kS.
INN furniture and fittings, SparS, and other
..e,.,,3} of 4 wrecked vessel. The boat was
-....r,d and proved 10 he the Bella. Of Lir-
.-..a.f. \, these parts OF the vessel and
l.'ni,urr were in close proximity, the cap
...a nt The kent inferred that she must have
t....u wrecked not earlier than the night be-
.,r.. since they would soon separate. and he
.a-icU the conjecture that she had been
...l rs collision with some other vessel,
10! r!r., all hands were lost.
The Eclla. whose remains Were thus dis
.srr,d. WAS British clipper-Ship. which
.a Elo ,jantiro April 20. 1904, for New
N~h Size had 4.3n0 bags of coffee and 900
.,., ,f rosewood, her cargo being valued at
,..u, 81. 400: and she Is proved to have
.,,.l bnt Crr Ilp h,l
T,rhtrrnc title and estates.
T. would hc easy for one who knew these
,.,,> IA a>,utnr that the ship which colfided
ntN ,}. Bella might have rescued the miss
.,..s >,r Ro.cr and taken him to Melbourne.
H.r tAt ship could it be. He had seen a
.,,,,I in Melbourne called the Osprey. He
,.aa.bt ol her a> an American, since she
...g, there from American waters, and hc
.,,,fhi> II The rv>cucr. and announced him.
,.t - 'hs rescued.
Il.ir never was. IS tar a> We eau dis
,.1,g. s., ihg,t-ma>tcu schooner ur any vessel
.: ~, -,Le of this maine which ever bore
..u American tlAg. Tie vessel which this
,.ru,a- inventor hid seen at Melbourne,
a,i wal,n laid the foundation OF his story,
~l- q liriji>h ship, and not three-maSteu
American schooner.
tn" British ship Osprey, captain I0mlln-
>au. was III The port Of New York in the
-Irjnr II 1874. She was cleared hence by
N.>.g>. Cook X smith OH June /, 1854, I'VE
c.A,. t.sr dae from our tileS.) tor 81. Ste
gHrn, New Brunswick. whence, it was re-
ported. She WAS 10 sail Tor Melbourne. She
Wt, represented then IN our register by
NAiiNcl. managing owner AT Bristol. Eng
.II ~hc was built al St. Johns in 1915.
aud measured IGS tons.
It VIZ undoubtedly The appearance OF this
,1r' at Melbourne which suggested the cum
ag- story. hut il ta>chood l. easily shown.
-. Wa here the month of May, clearing
,ut ih,. 1t ut June, and could not. there
iar,, have been on her way 10 Melbourne,
if tI'uir Il south, on the night before the
-na of April. The error of date which
,o'nc ot lh" shipping papers made in copy
ID, llc ip>> ul the Bella from our tiles was
ia referring the word uitim0 TO tue date OF
u" publication iIlinc lG) instead Of the date
ri tAn bitter, May ). The English papers
''W- gave her discovery a> on May 20 iDStead
ni AWi 70. which WA, the real date. We
!.,r devoted much time to the compilation
- t.ly,v particulars. in reply TO our hume
.yu> correspondents, and this exhausls our
Information.