New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-08
AN ATTEMPTED RESCUE AT SEA.

The bark Livingstone, OF Yarmouth, from Rot
terdam lO2 days out WIZ R GgS 81 at No. CO
SOuth-st arrived yesterday her master, ap,dIi
Corning, reported that at day6 on fept1H n
~ he sighted sail ahead. terr1hc gaze was olo"
We were compelled" said the captain. TO
keep the ship OIL in order to pass Gs Hs T from u
the other vessel, which proved 10 De prI9 ol
Absrystwith. Wales. We could not make out the
name We signalled her, and her captain Iepheu
that he wished to abandon his ship.
1--WE stood by until 10 a. m, ana then We W?Ie
ship and set more sail At noon we canie aI3Fgslte
leave her, as there was too much sea. hen We
d1ifted away At p ID we again wUlc SnIP tb s
only boat and two men got INTO 1t, but heaVy sea
struck and nearly filled it, The two men jumped
on board the brig, letting their boat 20 lloin 'cn
They then took to the pumps once more AL D. III:
we again came up to them, under their lee ana GOT
our boat ready for launching IN order to get ne
crew oil before dark if possible. The weather
looked bad. When we got alongside we launched
our boat which filled Immediately We go,
on board again, but by that time We had separaleu
from the brig aid We could not see her. as IL was
soually and dark. In the hope OF seeing the Drlg
on the next day we hoveto TO wait until morning.
The wind was then blowing gale.
;" At davbreak we sighted the brig to leeward. A
terrific gale was blowing and the sea was rInhih6
high. II was impossible, Therefore, TO DO AWNING
then. So we lay-lo under short canvas 10 aWa nt
The lnlnq of the storm. On the 18th the weather
moderated, but the brig was no longer 10 DO 1ecn
We looked for her for some t,ne; Dn at canut
ssy1 Whether she mad gone D'"H VI -''
DRINK. AND IN THE HANDS OF THIEVES.
Officer Burke while on duty in Division-st. about
10 O'clock on Friday night, saw two thieves oc-
cnnied in searching the pockets of man who was
asleep the sidewalk The thieves made an 1nur'
TO get away but the officer arrested Cnarles JONI
son. johnson dropped silver watch tnat ne nau
taken from the sleeping man. AT the station mouse
the man who had been robbed said that his name
was James M Freeman, of Ravenswood, l.. L. HIS
coat and hat had been stolen, and he had only 10
cents IN his possession. ,.. 1,a.;oo
Gardner, at the Essex Market Police Court, yester-
day, Freeman was still without his coat The lat
ter stated that ne was ,b Sa ' he ba9
an account at the Park Bank de added that the
silver watch had been gwen to hlm Dy, Je"elIer
with whom his gold watch had been left 1or re-
nars He admitted that he had been INDUCING III
fiouor too freely on Friday On the testimony OF
the officer Johas9n was committed ioF aIa for
iptoxIcation. He entreated the Justice 10 let MN
CO. as he had an important case 10 atlena 10 yoner
day before Judge Armstrong, in Queens county:
He was paroed on his promise to return 10 court
with bis fine on Monday.
MISS MOORE GETS BACK HER MALAY BOY
Jacob Allen was brought Yesterday before Justice
Barrett in the Supreme Court, Chambers, on writ
of habeas corpus Allen is a Malay boy OF ABOUT
fourteen years. The writ was sued out by MISS
JnIa f. Moore. with whom the boy has nYed fOr
some time About three years ago he was resi-
dent of Georgetown, British Guiana, where the
officers of an asylum lndcntureu MIN 10 nIi5 JdnS
Donnelly who brought him TO New-1ork. she
afterwaid turned the boy over TO the care OF the
wife of the Rev ). b. Moore, of Yonkers, who put
him in the custody of Miss Moore. Mrs. Donnellv
made a complaint before Police Justice Duffy to
the effect that Jacob was unlawfully detained Nv
Miss Moore and he sent the boy TO the Society ior
tie PREVENTION of Cruelty to Children pending the
settlement of the proceedings before hun.
Miss Moore then obtained a writ OF haDeas corpus
Mr. Leeds for Miss Moore asked the Court TO pace
the boy in his clients custody. He SAID that Justice
Dnfly had acted without jurisdiction IN the matter
No objection to the application was made IN 6chall
Of The SocIety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children and Justice Barrett made an order by
which Miss Moore regained the custody OF JACOB,
and by which il is said that Justice Duhy had no
Jurisdiction TO do AS he had done.
MONOPOLY IN THE CHINESE COLONY.
Chinese capitalists have recently bought M sew
.ral of the most desirable pieces of real estate In
Mott-st. with q view of monOpoliZlng the trade III
Jamestown. Tom Lee secured No Is Mott 4. for
Si5 MO; Woo Kee bought No. 8, for $500; knong
Hing Long, No. 10, for $500; Man Lee u Co., No.
10 for IS, 600 The persons occupying these
bu,ldings are Chinese grocers lanndrymen,
and clgar-makers These have all been instructed
10 vac1ie their shops before May l..
A TRIBUNE reporter, who cenversed with severai
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