The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-28

discredited in this city, from the fact !
that an examination of the shipping !
books at the Merchants Exchange,
which form a complete record of the |
arrival and departure of every shipfrom
this port since 1S49, makes no mention |
of the Osprey having entered OF clear
ed from San Francisco between 1852 !
and 1857. This seems to contradict the !
statement of those who profess to re-
member her leaving here in 1854, among
them an old harbor master. who de-
/ clares that he helped to load he~ and
remembers an accident which occurred
at the time. But a sailor has been found
in San Francisco who states that he
shipped on her in that year from Mel
bourne to San Francisco, and that he
heard there the story of her having res
cued the crew Of the Bella on her voY-
age before she reached Melbourne. He
also says that the captain on the voyage
from Melbourne was Griggs, a name
which appears on the records as that of
the captain of the Osprey. It appears
then from the log-book and the testimo-
: nv of the sailors that a part of the
Bella's crew were saved. IF Roger Itch
borne died as the sailor of the Bella did,
it seems probable that Arthur Orton
: became acquainted, from some Of the
Osprey's crew at Melbourne, of the cir
: cumstances of Tichborne's death and
of the rescue of the survivors of the
, Bella, and really told true story at
2 the trial, with the single exception that
| he did not mention the fact that he was
3 not Tchbone and that Tichbone was
: dead. The whole matter is shrOuded
in uncertainty, but it seems probable
3 that some light will be thrown on it be-
l fore another week has passed.
Y The Investigation into the causes Of
!, the wreck of the Pacific Mail steamship
t City of San Francisco has been going
I ON for several days. The testimony in
q dicates that the safety of the whole
y ships company, crew and passengers,
L was due mainly to the horoic calmness
:. of the captain and officers, and the Won
d derful presence Of mind of the passen-
a gers.
t The entire Mexican coast is regard
e ed as so little known as to be danger
: Gus, and it appears that the reef on
q which the vessel struck was not down
: on the charts. The popular theory
q that thereof was new one, caused by
n the recent earthquake on the South
; Pacific coast seems to be borne out by
, the captains statement that he has
e passed over the same spot before with
o out accident. The people. Of this city
S have been Enthusiastically liberal
u with respect to the passengers of the
0 Inflated steamer. They arrived in
S this city by the Costa RIGA a few days
J. ago. None of them saved anything,
S and the very clothing which many of
!, them wore when they stepped from
Ii the steamer on the Mail Company's
7. wharf was contributed by the crew of
L the u. S. Steamer Lackawanna, before
g their arrival here. Subscriptions have
o been started and are being literally
D supported throughout the city, and
t every effort will be made to give them
k a helping hand, especially the steerage
n passengers, most of whom find them
o selves utterly without funds or the
,. commonest necessaries of life, and are
e really at the mercy Of the charity Of
|, the people on whose shore they have
q landed in such plight.
The excitement against the Chinese
: portion Of our cosmopolitan communi-
h ty, which blaZed up SO fiercely year
0 ago, seems to have died out for while.
g The numbers of our celestial popula-
e ton, however, is steadily increasing.
l. Each steamer to China takes back a
/ few who have scraped together little
e money in the "Melican countlee," and
p are going home to live in comfort on
9 the income of their savings. But the
l. same steamer coming back seldom
! fails to bring a steerage full Of China
S men, and their numbers in San Fran
n cisco are swelled every month. 1t is
e not easy to learn how many of these
e much detested people each ship brings.
q The Mail Company are very reticent
e as to the number of newly imported
e Mongolians, but once in while it
: leaks out that ship has an unusually
$ large caygo Of this human freight, and
!. it is estimated that nearly 1000 aspir-
: ing celestials have been landed in our
e city during the past month. The num-
: Der of the Chinese population in San
5 Francisco is always difficult problem.
They are estimated at from 10000 to
10000; the number being much great |
er in the winter than during the rest
2 of the year, when a large part of them
are employedby the farmers all over
the State. The rough Or "Hoodlum"
element across the bay, in Oakland,
seems to be especially agitated over the
Chinese cheap labor" question just
now, and hepapers almost daily con-
: itain accountsOf their brutality toward
the pigtailed race. It is not from the
men and boys only that they receive
persecution 1.-The very ours in the streets
! which pay noattention to the ordinary
passer-by, are trained to attack John
whenever he appears with his everlast-
ing clothes basket in their neighbor-
hood.