The Republican journal., 1874-10-01

| LOSS OF THE FLEETNING, AND NINE
PERSONS The Fishing Schooner Fleet
| wing, g. tons burthen of Lamoine, be
fore reported as out of time, has been
| heard from at last, and the fears of anxious
friends have proved certainties The
tleetWlng sailed from Grand Banks home
ward bound, on the evening of August
2lSt at about O'Clock the next morninp
was run into and sunk by the French
Barque Marseilles bound to Greenock,
Scotland. At the time OF the collision.
there was dense fog and it was raining
heavily The schooner was struck by the
Barque on the starboard bow, the forward
tlmbers Were crushed in, and the bowsprit
and toremast. carried away. The Captain,
Isaiah BoWden, OF Ienobscot was at the
time i'll his berth, but awakened by the
crash rushed on deck, and seeing that the
vessel must sink sprang for the main
chains, OF the bargue, which he was for
tnnate enough to seize and was saved
Two others OF the crew were also saved,
Hammond Winterbotham OF T. Lamoine
and Sylyanus Heath.
The remainder Of the crew We're lost
together with two Province men, who a
few days before had been picked up in a
tog from their dory by a passing ship, and
put on board the schooner, wv hte Foam"
OF Bucksport and from thence transferred
to the Fleetwing, ior passage home
The names OF the crew lost are as tol-
lows:
Geo. H. 1Tevett, Mate, of Trenton
- Webber, Cook. Surrv
Selyn Penney, Hancock.
Alonzo Colby. " altman
Emery Wardwell, Penob5cut.
- Wardwel,
--- SellarS.
The names OF the Province men are not
known. The barque lowereda a boat few
minutes after the collision and searched an
hour OF more, but could find no traces Of
the i'll tated vessel or her crew. This sad
calamity will carry anguish to many
home in this county The FleetWing was
owned by Coolidge brothers, Of Lamone
and had about 900 qujntals of fish on
board, on both of which there was no in
suranct Ellsworth American
The Alabama tragedy in which Con
gresham Sloss, OF Tuscumbia, sought to
ayenge the honor OF his daughter by shoot
ing George Long, who was accused of
maligning her, has Just had curious Sc
qucl. Long had sought the hand Of Miss
Sloss, but his habits were so loose that
the young lady's parents refused to accept
him as a suitor Upon this Long began
to detame the lady's character, which so
enraged the father that Immediately upon
the adjournment OF the last Congress he
repaired 10 his home and discharged the
contents OF double-balrelled shotgun at
the traducer. Long fell, pierced with
nt lllt si,, .l,-
enough, he recovered after a few months
All this time Miss Sloss, who appears to
have cherished an undymg affection for
Long, despite the trowns OF her parents,
has been kept prisoner, until recently
she complained OF cold feet, and said to
her mother she wonld 90 down stairs and
get some stimulant, us She feared chill
was coming on, As she did not return
her mother followed and found she had
left the house; also that Long had beeu
seen lurking about the premises. Selling
a pair OF pistols, she started into the town
in pursuit, and after some time arrived at
a magistrates office Just in time to be too
late for a marriage ceremony. In the
midst of a group Of Longs friends stood
Long and her daughter receiving the con
gratulatlons customary on such occasions
Enraged at the scene, Mrs. Sloss flew at
Long and attempted to shoot him, but
was held back by the spectators, who ad-
monished her that the pair We're man and
wife now, and violent conduct on her part
would only tend to make matters worse
After further persuasion she accepted the
situation and returned home, while Long
and the daughter proceeded to the home
of the bridegroom's father Congressman
Sloss was absent at the time Of TINS occur
renee, but is expected to return daily and
make things lively again in Tuscumbia