The Arizona sentinel., 1875-05-22

We knew Captain Wakeman for
many years, and we can truly say
that a good man has gone. May
he rest in peace
COMMUNICATED.
Yesterday we briefly annOunc-
ed the decease of Capt. Edgar
! Wakeman at Brooklyn, and the
following slight resume of his life
and career will possess a sad in
terest for the many friends who
will sOrroWfully persue them:
Edgar Wakeman was born at
Westport, Conn.,, in June, 1918,
and began his very eventfnl life
when he was ten years of age, on
a sloop voyage from Albany to
New York. After a short sojourn
in the great city, he made one of
the crew of an outgoing East In
dia trader, and from that time
until the days of'49, he command
ed vessels of all classes, voyaging
to almost every corner of the
world. Those who knew him
best, will recall to mind the many
stories of storm and shipwreck,
and danger, that he has safely
passed through, and these mani
fold experiences had well prepar.
ed him to become one Ofthe bold
est of the bold pioneers who early
sought fortune and adventure in
this, then almost unknown and
undiscovered country of the far
West. Like many of his fellows,
he passed some months in the
placer regions of the State; but
his heart was not in the work, and
he again returned to the sea,
with renewed affection for its
life of freedom from restraint, and
We then hear of him as command
ing ships and steamers in the Ca
litornia trade. The country rang
with his name when 1.-THE gallant
Ned Wakeman" left a body OF
United States Marshals at Sandy
Hook and steamed the Nea0 World
away from them to California,
His adventures in the america,
on the Nicaragua route, and with
the John L.. Stephens. during the
French invasion of Mexico, are
familiar as household words, and
scarcely is there a traveller by sea
who has not known the "good
Captain and heard some of his
sailor yarns, for he has command
ed at different times, most of the
steamers of the Pacific fleet. Dur
ing the stormy days of the Vigil
lantes, Captain Wakeman acted
as Marshal of the organization,
and was presented by them with
an immense satin banner, inscrib-
ed with their notices, on the &C.
casion of his leaving upon the
steamer NeU Orleans for Austria
liza.
In 1854, he married at the Or
ientaI Hotel, Miss Mary Lincoln,
and he leaves behind him his
wife and five children to mourn
their bereavement. Five years
ago, Captain Wakeman left New
York with the steamer ID. @. Has
kiaS, for San Francisco, and a few
days out, closed the voyage, by
the laundering of this steamer in
a gale of wind, off Batteras. Prior
to this accident he possessed a
rugged constitution, but fearful
exposure in an open boat for sew
eral days laid the foundation for
the subsequent stroke of paralysis
from which he has suffered for
the past two years. Capt. Wake
mans last command was that of
the Webb steamer Mobeago, rum
ming to Honolulu. He afterWardi
accompanied Colonel Steinberger
to the Navigators Islands, and
made an exhaustive report to the
Government regarding tn M
which has exercised its effect, by
the present negotiation in which
Colonel s. is engaged.
Generous to a fault, single mind
ed, pure-hearted, not a professor
OF religion, but believing in God
and having faith in His goodness
to all who steer straight
COURSE" we can well say of him a
good man has gone home.
His funeral will take place from
st. Johns Church, Oakland, Tues
day, at one O'Clock.