Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-14

PASTORAL FROM CARDINAL
MANNING READ IN fHE
ENGLISH CHURCHES.
FURTHER DETAILS OF TIL
SCHILLER DISASTER.
THREE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN
LIVES LOST.
TIE WAR TALK IN ENGLAND.

BERLIN, May 10 -Noon-At the
demonstration made yesterday at the
bnrial cf Joseph Mullens, All American
Feniar, procession half mile long
followed the remains.
LONDON, May 10-Noon-The Duke
If Buckingham has been appointed
Governor of Madras.
Mr.. John Walter Huddleston, Judge |
Advocate of the feet aud counsel to |
the admiralty, has been appointed to |
succexd Judge Pigott. He will be |
succeeded by Mr.. LiLdley.
A pastoral from Cardinal Manning |
was read in all the Roman Catholic
Churches in England yesterday; 1t
protests against the prosecutions OF
the Church in Germany and Swltzer-
land, and acuses Bismarck of seeking
to raise the amnesty of the powers
a sainst the freedom of the next con-
ciave.
All d,y long details of the Schiller
disaster have been coming in. I'm
fortunately no more persons are re-
ported to be saved. Bodies are con-
stantly being picked up. Five men
and five women and two children were
recovered yesterday altogether TWEEN
Ey-fonr bodies have been found. The
total number of lives lost is 81.
Mr. Po!eman, the secoud officer of
the Schiller, and Henry Stern and
Mr. Ffahm, first class passengers,
have been interviewed. From their
narratives we gather that the voy ige
was moderately good until May 4th.
The last three days it was Impossible
TO take observations. The ship was
out OF her course a half mile at the
time of the catastrophe. Capt. Thomas
was oi, deck night and day for four
entir- days. Ar 7 o'clock On the eyei-
ing of the 7th there Was dense fog;
sails were taken in ; the engines put
Oh half spt ed and the fog bells were
used. Bishops Light Was unseer,
though only a half mile distane. At
10 o'clock we struck on the reef and
after four bumps the steamer settled
down. There was violent sea aud
the tide was rl,.rg; darkness was In
tense. Most of the male passengers
were awake There was the usual
rush for boats but nearly all OF the
boats were slowed. One boat, with
few sailors, left the ship, cowardiy re-
fusing to aid Two boats were saved.
The Captain endeayored to compel
obedience 10y firing a revolver over
| their heads. During two hours SIX
cannon shofs were fred, when the
powder dampcned. Distress signal,
rockets and blue lights were unan
swered. At midnight the fog lifted
III a minute, revealing the lighthouse
and the waves sweeping the decks and
carrying away the victims. At two
O'Clock the deck house, in which were
the women and children, was swept
away The cries and shrieks of the
| victims were heartrending. Then toi-
! lowed ghast!y silence. The smoke
stack fell, crushing some of the boats
| The reminder followed the Capt an
to the forward bridge. Each succeed
| ing wave took fresh victims. Sor
persons sought refuge on the main
mast and some on the foremost. At 3
O'clock the Captain and two other
! officers were on the bridge. The Cap
| tain descended for moment to ren
der assistance and was swept away;
thus persisted brave man, says Mr..
| Stern At this time about zen per
sons were clinging to the rigging of
the mainmast and thirty to that of the
! foremost. Tie ship had careened
over, the yards touchi 6 the wat=r.
and the tide was rising. At o clock
the fog lifted. The survivors shonts d
| but their cries were unavailipg, and
at O. clock the mainmast and at
quarter to s the foremost, both of iron,
| fell. Then two of the ST. Agnes boats
! c M and rescued few who had man
aged to keep aft at.
1t was reported yesterday that there
were one hundred and three women
on board. The Survivors were taken
to-day from the Perseverance, to
Plymouth, whence they will be sent
forward to Hamburg, where the
greatest excitement prevails. 1t is as
| serted that life saving belts were
! issued to the women. It is certain
that most Of the passengers found
none. An order was given that the
first boat should take thu women and
children; this boat capsized. MIR.
| POLICEMAN says that seven boats were
launched and only two of them lived.
The others were slowed and swamped
Immediately. Cries for help lasted
until three o'clock. The last voice
heard was that of little child in the
cabin. It is not probable that the
boats could have lived even if they
had been successfully filled. The
whole number saved is forty-four
| Forty bodies have been recovered.
Mr.. Dorrien Smith, of Sicily Islands,
writes to the Times that many addi-
t1onal lives were lost because the
| guns and rockets fred from the Schil-
Ter were thought to be merely ordina-
ry signals Of arrival, which have fire.
querty been the cause of false alarms
Among the bodies recovered and al
ready identified are those of George
Leoheardt, Rowne Luerschell, Andre
Petersen, G. Schmidt, Mrs. Reidever
and daughter, Mrs. Becker, Mrs.
Rldgeway and Mrs. West. Fifty
corpses from the Schiller have come
a bore or been landed at ST. Mary
alone. The dead are much mutilat.d.
Fifty SIX mail bags, including twenty
seven from New Zealand were, saved
| from the Schiller.
The statements made by the officers
Of the Schiller add nothing to the par
ticuiars already telegraphed. All &C
| counts agree that the panic which fol-
lowed the striking of the ship was
heartrending and terrible beyond de-
scription.
There was life belt in every one
of the..S chi er's berths when the disas
ter occurred. The captain issued all
order that one should be fastened to
every woman. This was done bnt the
women were drowned by the heavy
| sea.
The steamship Cadiz was lost near
Brest, while on voyage from Lisbon
to this city. Sixteen persons were
| drowned.
LONDON, May Tonight.
continue to pick up bodies Nearly
| fifty have been found. Seven mail
bags, in addition to those reported
recovered, have been saved
This mornings Telegraph" in an
editorial article on the meeting of the
Emperors of Russia and Germany to-
day says that it is impossible to con-
ceal the truth. The continental situe-
ton wears this morning the very
gravest aspect. If we were to say
| that the question of the future re-
pose of the earth may be prac-
| tically solved before forty-eipht