The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-01
Graphic Account OF the Sinking Of the
-a Ship Western Belle. N.

IItes. and Longitude forty-seven ldegr ees twen-
/ ty minutes, according to th D story Of the mate
between seven and eight oa the evening Of
May 1. She was going at d moderate speed
under short canvas, with the weather very
thick They had Thar afternoon sighted the
ship President, about six miles Of. but as night
| came the rain poured down. in torrents,
and none could see more than ships Length
through the fegs The first mate had been on
watch and had Just handed the cha rye ut the
ship to the second mate and Captain the latter
remarking that as the weather was thick, he
would remain "a deck. szsa sszss aaa3f ~
At a quarter past eight the watch on deck
/ were startled by huge, unpFoportioned
ghostlike something beari ng down u pom them,
/ while the watch below heard the sharp, quick
/ cry Of "Iee aheadFs instantly followed by the
/ order - Hard up the helm!" The next instant
/ there was crash, and before the men could
rise from their feet the water was pouring into
| the ship in tons through o bFeaehin her port
bow. Confusion ruled for the next ffve mine.
utes as every man felt that the vessel was
soon to sink from under him, and acted for
himself, She was fast settling by the head
while the huge, phantom-like iceberg passed on /
! astern of the ship and was lost to view as sud
denly as it had come upon them.
| The carpenter and Captain wsre qlaieklgbe-
low to ascertain the damage The next 0rler
| was. 'sCut away the h0aFsl These were two
l In number and were lashed upon szit1s ia the
manner of most sailing vessels. The Captain
got twelve men to take one boat. The mate
had charge of the other, and some. men worked
for dear life TO get her launched. Others
skuIked about terr0r-stricken. There was no
| time to load her with provisions. The LASH
ings had been cut with the earpenteE's AK, and
everything WIS done that could be done to fa-
| ciIitate the launching of the Captains boat.
/ 'Come away, Captain; come away to our boati
The ships not going to stay afloat TIL you get
| your boat out" shouted the mate. "For
| God sake, come away Come, all of you I
I We have room FOR goRa al in our boat still
the Captain ana his men stuck to their places
atthe boat. John Kelley, the wheelsrnap, re- /
! fused all entreates to enter the boat and died
at his post. The male, noticing that the stern
| of the vessel was lifting, ordered his men to
| pull astern- There was heavy sea running
and binding rain. There might have been
| twenty vessels to succor them within a mile,
yet none could be seen. The mate, sitting in
his boat, waited a little and watched anxiously
the sinking ship. while the carpenter sat at the
helm. All at once the stern of the Western
Belle rose higher, and the mate cried out to
his men: Pull away, menr' They pulled
with will but got no further than ships
| length from the vessel when she disappeared
from view. going down ike diver. s
1t was less than twenty minutes from the
time she struck that the ship went down,
Thirteen persons were in and around the
boats on deck, whi ch they were trying to
launch, but notone of them foated. If they
did they uttered no cry that could be heard by
the survivors ia the boat. Nothing could be
seen of either Captain crew. 1t was aues-
tionable whether the survivors were much
better off, They were in an open boat with no
provisions. They had saved no clothing, and
the carpenter was in his shirt and drawers,
without shoes. The sea was running high, and
| all that could be done was To keeptIle boats
head to the sea, bail her out when she was
swapping, and wait for morning. The cold
was intense. There was no water until morn
ing, when a small cask floating near by.
1t had come up from the wreck. The crew had
no heart for work. Several gave themselves
up for lost and lay downin the bottom of tho
boat refusing work Of any kind.
At length, late in the afternoon, n ship was
| sighted. She proved to be the President, a
/ Norwegian vessel, and the same which had
teen seen in the afternoon. She was bound
for Quebec, and received the SURVIVORS Of the
WESTERN Belle with true hospitality. After
fifteen hours of exp xposure the crew were hard
Iy able to help themselves, and some of them
had to be helped over the side. The mate was
so benumbed he could hardly. speak. and re-
marked to your correspondent that in few
hours more, had they not seen tho President
there would have been a boat fun of dead mcs
drifting about. t.-Q1tebec f11ug ~ Special to chi.
cdgo Tribune. 81
Guiteau's Fate-Becision OF the District
Supreme Court.
wAsHIEGrON, May a.
The unanimous decision of the District Su-
preme Court on the question raised by the de-
feRse in the Guiteau case viii be ANNOUNCED
Monday. The Post- -te-morrow will give the
following as the pointso of the decision $685.
/" The opinion of the court syiils broadly sus-
tain the position taken by the District- Attor-
ney, that Jurisdiction is complete sxhers the
fatal blow is struck, without regard to the
locality of the actual demise. The court |
holds that the bullet fired at the Pres |
dent by Guiteau on the I'd of July in
this city was the cause of his death,
and that the trial could only have been held in |
Washington; that the deathof the PFesidentfn
New Jersey, except affected by the local |
statute, could not change the jurisdiction. The
assassin had not been in New Jersey, had com
mitted no offense against New Jersey laws, and
the mere fact of the victim being removed to |
Elberon to prolOng his life or save it, if posi-
bile, could not be made to affect the character |
of the crime. The court will hold, IN addition, !
that there are several grounds which the
jurisdiction as exercised might be maintained !
if it were necessary to decide the case:
81. That this is United States Court, with |
all powers of any Circuit Court of the United |
States.
- That this is a Judicial District, and that, |
under the provisions of the law, when a crime |
is begun in one and completed in another dis /
trict the offense is complete in either.
"a That murder being an offense in this |
district against the United States. the removal /
Oh L0S GfbSluCHi 10 new Jersey III not 1ItlkO u
him beyond the jurisdiction of the Govern |
ment against which the crime was committed. |
" Considerable anxiety has been expressed |
ms to the action of the Supreme Court of the |
United States, it being announced that applF |
cation would be made to that body by the de- |
fendant's counsel for writ of habeas corpus. /
There are now only two Justices of that court /
1n the city, the court having adjourned for tile |
term-Chief-Justice Waite and Justice BIiller.
The best legal authorities express doubts
whether such a writ could be granted by the
full court In session, and it is not believed
that any single Judge win take the response
bility on so important question when it is re-
called that the court was in session for three
months after sentence of death was passed. II
may. therefore, reasonably be concluded that
Guiteau VIII hang as sentenced, and that there
is no earthly hope for him"
The Post adds: "After the delivery of the
opinion the prisoner will be taken at once to a
solitary cell in the Jail where he is now con-
fined and placed under the continued guard
better known as the death watch Every
action viii be observed up to the fatal mo-
ment, and not word viii be permitted TO be |
spoken to him except by his spiritual advisers
or by persons specially authorized by the
Warden, General zOfocxer, who has entire |
charge of and responsibility for the assassin
from this timeon until his dead body is ready to
be consigned to the doctors for post-mortem
examination
Distriet-Attorney Corkhill has determined
upon an examination of the brain of the as
sassin by a board Of the most eminent medical /
experts in the United States, to put at rest as |
he believes, forever the question of his sanity
After the autopsy the body will be delivered |
TO the relatives Of the doomed man. If any of
them call for it.
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