The New York Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1859, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 8484, MORNING EDITION—MONDAY, NOVEMBER 238, THE TEXT BOOK OF EVOLUTION. ‘Treasonable Designs of the Abolition- itd Republicans, Rebellion in the South and Re- volution in the North. FALSIFICATION OF STATISTICS. TRUE VALUE OF THE SOUTH IN COMMERCE. THE SOUTH TO BE COERCED BY THE NORTH. Republican Congresamen Franking Re- volutionary Appeals, &e., &o., &o. ‘We published on Saturday a circular detailing the plan ‘ef the abolition republican party in the North for raising the banner of insurrection in the South, and initiating a Dloody civil war throughout the Union, and recommend- fing a book as the text book of this treasonable and revo- Bationary organization. We also gave several extracts from the book itself, which is endorsed by many of the ‘Most prominent and wealthy of the citizens of New York who are members of the black republican party, and sixty-eight members of Congress. ‘This book is called ‘Compendium of tho Impending Orisis of the South,” and is published by A. B. Burdick, of New York. It is written ostensibly by a renegade abolitionist from North Carolina, but bears on the face of it, throughout, the combined labors of a club of disunion abolitionists, each having contributed his quota to ditfer- ent parts of the work. Its design is treasonabie in its character and tenden- ies. Two main objects are kept in view, viz:— 1. By go falsifying facts and by inserting condensed ex- tracts from abolition declaimers gathered from their most inflammatory movements, both in and out of the pulpit, for the last forty years, to convert the whole population of the North, including native and adopted citizens, into fanatical abolitionists and relentless enemies of the South. 2 By treasonable appeals to the non-slayeholding whites of the South, to induce them to rise in rebellion againat the slaveholders, omancipate the slaves, over- throw the government and to erect another in the place Of it. ‘This is old Brown’s idea, who may have gathered it from this work. And we may remark that there has not Deen a sentiment uttered by him, nor the most rabid abolitionists who have backed him, that may not be found set forth in this book—a work which the Executive of this State, with other leading black republicans, have pledged themselves to raise $16,- (000 to begin with, in order to circulate 100,000 copies, at ® cost for the mere paper, printing and stitching; and over 60,000 have already been secretly distributed. How much less criminal is it vo pay for circulating an incendiary publication of this sort—a John Brown text- book—than to give him funds direct with which to raise the standard of insurrection in Virginia? In a moral point of view thero is no difference. We look upon this as one of the most alarming and widespread attempts, by seqret and indirect means, to destroy the Union ever before made in the history of the government. It has brought all political movements to a focus and reduced them to two platforms, with a single plank in eech, and that is union or revolution. To show how statistics can be made to lic, wo shall confine ourselves to a single table contained in this book. Among other tables, the author then quotes the follow- ing, purporting to have becn taken from the United States Census report of 1850, which is introduced thus:— ‘We can prove, and we shall now proceed to prove, that the aaaoal bey crop of the froe States is worth consider- ably more in dollars and cents than all the cotton, to- ‘basco, rice, hay, hemp and cano sugar annually produced in the fifteen glave States:— HAY CROP OF THE FREE STATPS—1850. 12,690,982 tons at $11 20.......0......00006 -9142,138,908 ‘SUNDRY PRODUCTS OF THE SLAVE sTaTHs—1850, 2,445,779 bales at $32 00.... 1185;023 906 Ibs. 215,318,497 Ibs. 1,187,784 tons -84,673 tons 7,133,000 Ibs. MAM ees Srabea es daaes tteten) hater RECAFITULATION.. Hay crop of the froe States..... Sundry products of the slave Sta Balance in favor of the free States......... Now, if tho reader will turn to the compendium of the Census Report of the United States, prepared by Dr. Bows, end officially published by the government, in 1864, he will find the following valuation ailixed to the ar- ticks named in the above table:— UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1850. Vatue. -996,870,494 98,608,720 13,982/680 12,878,850 247,420 ve+ 4,000,000 ONY. vt cad oe kn yceerss sanine sonore BIRO TLE OGD Total vain of thie hay North and’ South, or in the Whole Union.....c00..eces00eee e008 96,870,494 Excess in favor of tho South... ......+5... 937,842,194 Add one-twelfth of the hay crop grown at the. South. Hii divsesscres cone. - 6)000,000, ‘Total excess... seteecececesonen v4 +o$45,842,198 Making a difference betwoen the book statement and the true value given by the census of 1850, equal to the sum of $49,375,439, in which the sumof $3,503,275 is set down as a balance against the South. Yo arrive at the ‘‘Munchausen”’ result put forward, the author interpolated prices for the articles not authorized ‘by the Census Report, by means of which he raised tho value of hay from $96,870,404 to $142,198,928, And by the same process he sank the value of cotton from 898,603,720 to $78,264,028, ‘The iniquity of the thing, in publishing these falsifiod | figures as if taken from the official United States Consus Reports, is transparent. Suppose the hay, wheat, potatoes, and fruits grown at the North could be made to appear double those produced at the South, making no allowance for the difference in population, are not the cotton and tobacco planting Btates the best home market for such articles, and for the stock raised in them?—a market which would be lost to the North if the rebellion inculeated in this book wae carried out. In no part of this incendiary publication is any allusion made to the exports of the two #ections of the country, a true test of national wealth. It the reader will turn to the United States officia! “Report of Commerce and Navigation,’ made for the year ending ‘Juno 30, 1861, and which cmbraces the agricultural products of 1850, he will find the foliowing table to be correet— Exronm or te Unie Srares ror mie Yaar Ewpinc Jom 80, 1851. te from .the States of all “kinds, me. foreign Exports of Pro- mise. and brord duce of the Soul- stusls of Souhern growth Flour and ‘Total Tif. in favor of South. . In the list of exports for the above year, not a single pound of hay appears, ‘Thousands of bales, however, then as now, were shipped from the North to the planting States for consumption. ‘Tho export of cotton alone for the laat year, ending tembor 1, 1859, amounted to $150,000,000, of which land took about $10,000,000, Franco and othor parts o Furope, $50,000,000, and American manufacturers $40,000,000. The whole value of the crop having reachod $190,000,000. The yicl of this year (1959) will exceed $200,000,000 in value—equal to about two thirds of the ‘entire exports from the Unitod States. Aftor tho exposition of the gross falsifleation of figures of such magnitude as exhibited in the foregoing table, it would be a waste of time to analyse its other statistics Buch inexcusable if not wilfal errors vitiae the whole. ‘We proceed to give o:her extracts from the book, pre- mising, however, that the story of Abbot Lawrence hav- ing been driven from Richmond because he was a North ern man is @ monstrous falsehood: — WHAT THR ADOLITIONIZED REPUBLICANS DEMAND YOR THR NEGRO, What wo want and must have, a8 the only sure means of attaiing toa position worthy of sovereign States io this eminently progressive and ulilitarian age, is an cner- getic, intelligent, enterprising, virtuous and unshackled population, an uptrammelied press,and the freedom of 8 \. ourselves, a8 white people, aud for the ne- gices and other persous of whatever color or condition, we demand all the rights, interests aud prerogatives that are guaranteed to cort ding classes of mankind in the North, in England, in France, in Germany, or in any othor civilized and enlightened country. Any proposition that may be offered con¢ediig lees than this demand will be promptly and disdainfuily rejected. 1 SOUTHRRNERS TAKE THE SOUTH OUT OF THR UNION IT 18 TO We WROUGHT NACK WITHOUT THKM. And now, sirs, we have thus laid down our ultimatum: ‘What are you going todo about it? Something dreaiful, of course. Perhaps you will dissolve the Ugion aguia: Do it, if you dare. Our motte, and wo would bave you to understand it, is the abolition of slavery, and the per- petuation of che American Union Jf by any means you do succeed in your treasonable attempts to take the South out af the Union to-day, we wail ‘bring her back tr-morrow—f goes away with you, she will return without you. Do not mistake the meaning of the last clause of the last sentence; we could elucidate it 80 thoroughly that no in telligent: could failto comprehend it; but, for rea- sons which may hereafter appear, we for the task. Henceforth there are other interests to be con sulted in the South, aside from the interests of negroos and slaveholders. A profound sense of duty incites us to make the greatest poszible efforts for the abolition of slavory; an equally profound sense of duty catls for a continuation of those eflorta until the very last foe to froe- dom shall have been utterly vanquished. To the sum. mons of the righteous monitor within we shall endeavor to prove faithfal; no opportunity for inflicting a mortal wound in the gide of slavery shall be permitted to pass us unimproved. Thus, wrror engenderers of the South, have we fully and frankly defined our position. We have no modifica. tions to propose, no compromises to offer, nothing to re- tract. Frown, sirs, fret, foam, prepare your weapons, threat, strike, shoot, stab, bring on civil war, dissoive the Union—tay, annihilate the golar system if you will; do all this, more, legs, better, worse, anything—do what you will, sirs, you can neither foil nor intimidate us. Our purpose is as’ firmly fixed as the eternal pillars of Hea- ven. We haye determined to abolish slavery, and, 80 help us God, abolish it we will. Take this to bed with Ya to-night, sirs, and think about it, dream over it, and Jet us know how you fee! to-morrow morning. The book proceeds to give brief, disjointed scraps from Jefferson, Patrick Henry and othéf Virginiaus, uttered in some cases eighty years since, under cir- cumstances which have coasod to have any force under the present constitution. These garbled sentences it calls the “Voice of Virginia.”’ Under the head of ‘Southern Testimony” it takes up the Southorn States, seriatum, and discourecs fluently about the non-slayeholding whites in each. In regard to South Carolina it speaks as follows:— Poor South Carolina! Folly is her nightcap; fanaticism isher day dream; fire-cating is her pastime. Swe has lost her bettor judgment; the dictates of reason and philo- sophy have no influence upon her actions. Like the wife who is pitiably infatuated with a drunken, worthless hus band, she still clings, with unabated love, to the eause of her shame, her misery, and her cogradation. The next division of the book is headed Northern Tes- tmony.”” Under this head it gives random extracts from North- ern men of the times of the Royolution, and of a few pub- lic men ince that time, and is intensely abolition in spirit. This is succeeded by ‘The Testimony of Nations.” In eleven pages under this head thoy have condensed choice extracts from abolition writers and speakers of England and other parts of Europe, both ancient and modern. Under the head of “The Testimony of the Churches,” in ten pages are given tho classification of churches as regards abolitionsm, with seraps trom Scripture aud cx- tracts from abolition clergymen. ‘The richest chapter of all is entitled “Living Wit- nesses,” which cot twenty-nine pages. Under this head extracts arefiven from Senator Seward’s speech made in Buffalo and at Albany in 1865; and also that por tion of his speech delivered at Rochester October 25, 1858, in which ho anmounced the inaugaration of the “irrepros- sible conilict.”"—See pages 142 and 143. Choice extracts also appear from the following speakers, writers and proachers:—Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio; Casivs M. Clay, Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson, John P. Hale, Nathaniel P. Banks, Edwin D. Morgan, EAward Wade, Francis P. Blair, Frank P. Blair, Gerrit Smith, Joshua R, Gjddings, Anson Burlingame, Galusha A. Grow, Ralph Waldo Fmerson, Thomas Corwin, D. Gratz Brown, Henry ©. Carey, Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker, William Lloyd Garrison, Henry ‘Ward Beecher, George B. Cheever, Joseph P. Thompson, E. H. Chapin, Henry ,W, Bellows, Lewis Tappan, Joshua Leavitt, William Goodell, Samuel J. May, Horace Grooloy, Thurlow Weed, James Watson Webb, Gamaliel Bailey, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Moncure D. Conway, J. K Snod- grass, John G. Feo, James D. Pattyman, John Dixon Long, William S, Bailey, Richard Hildreth, 0. B, Frothingham, Charles W. Elliott, Charles ©, Burleigh, J. Miller McKim, William Henry Furness, A. D, Mayo, Thomas Davis, Frederick Law Olmstead and Theodore D. Weld. ‘The next chapter is devoted to a batch of erratic statis- tics, among which ft gives a table that grossly misrepre- sents the circulation of the Hiraup and enormously exag- gerates that of tho Tribune, ‘Throughout this whole volume neither State soverciznty nor State rights, the obligations of the constitution nor the Farewell Address of Washington, are in a solitary instance alluded to. Neither haye its authors eyor asked them- selves tho question: What right have they to interfore with slavery in the Southern States any more than they have to meddle with it in the island of Caba, or in Brazil? To give ita circulation among the whites in the non- slavoholding States, whom they have attempted to ex: to rebellion, they have issued the work in the name of Southorn man rejoicing in the namo of “Hinton R. Helper, of North Carolina,” now a resident of New York, having | found Baltimore too warm a residence. And it is believed that it is this document—first pub- lished in June last—which the biack republicans have been so busy franking at Washington within the last two or throe months, where Lewis Clephane resides as an agent for its distribution. We have exposed this incendiary document moro in sorrow than in anger—with feelings of pity that promi. nent men in this State, from Goy. E. D. Morgan down and up, should have so far forgotten their duty aud obliga- | tions to the constitution of the country as to lend their names and iniluenco aud contribute their money to aid in the circulation of such treasonable and di fire- brand. ‘This state of things has to be met, The Union bas to be defended and preserved, or overthrown by its fanati- | calenemies. And there is no better time to settle the qnestion than now, at once and forever, No wonder that the Trilame the other day should have exclaimed that were a million of copies of this book in the bands of the people of the North, it would for- ever prevent anothor slayeholder being elected President of tho United States. Or, in other words, it might have added, it would most effectually and foreyor sever the Union, To frank this document was a great saving, ag the postage on each copy amounts to eight or nine conte, or fully one aif of its cost. Political Intelligence. Reecwmcax Naionat Convaxtion.—The Madison ({nd.) Courier says the “proposition to hold the next Republi can National Convention at Indianapolis has boen favorn ble received by the public and the mombers of tho Na tional Republican Committee. Wo believe Indianapolis will be selected if the committee can be assured of sutticiont hotel accommodations and ball room.”” A Sixxer Tiomav.—A Mississippi paper, in eutogizing the disuniouists, eays: “The everlasting destiny of the aod If this be true, how appropriately may we ex- language of Dr. Watts:— on what a slonder threat ting things! Tx.—The Evanaville (Ind.) nguirer, peen a staunch supporter of Douglas for the se of the 16th has an article repudi- ating him, and in favor of ¢ Jo. Lane for the Prosi- deney. The editor thus sets forth the reasons for his change iu political leaders: However much we may ad- mire Mr. Donglas, we cannot close our eyes to the fact that his chances for the Charleston nomination are on the wane, and every day decreases the probability of his be coming the choice of the democratic party.”” Wisconsin Lecter atene.—The Wisconsin Logislatui 18 divided politically aa follows :—Sena} Independont, LHe) Tntlopendort, 3. South bangs upon such men as Jefferson Davis others.” Reybtican Repudligan 64; Democrats | THE WRECKED STEAMSHIP INDIAN. Return of the Gladiator with the Sur- vivors to Halifax. FULL PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER. Not a Vestige of the Indian Sr. Jonws, N. F., Nov. 27, 1859. As has already been announced, the steamer Indian, Captain Smith, of the Canadian line, which left Liverpool on the 9th inat, for Portland, was totally wrecked at Marie Joseph, a fishing village, about seventy miles from Hali- fax. The Indian had cight cabin and thirty storage passen- gers, with a crew that made the total number of souls en. board one hundred and fifteen. Of this number twenty- four, or it may be twenty-seven, including two women— the stewardess and another—were drowned. Little or nothing of the cargo bas been saved. ‘The mails were cut out through the deck and have been forwarded All that remains of the wreck is a portion of the star- board bow above. The passengers were mostly of the laboring class, many of them Germans and Hungarians. On Tuesday, the 22d, the schooner Victoria, Captain Dixon, from Prince Edward’s Island, came into Halifax and reported that on the preceeding afternoon thoy ha: seen a large ship broken in two, onthe rocks of Seai Ledge, off Maric Joseph, on the coast of Nova Scotia. Captain Dixon was not eure it was asteamer, but thought it was ascrew steamer from the general appearance of the hull, having a sharp bow and an eliptic stern, wit gilt ornaments. Her mizenmast only was standing. She had a flag, (afterwards it was said to bea British ensign,) flying, but so blackened as not to be easily re coguized. The wreck had a white rail, and was yellow jpside of the bulwarks. Her bows were submerged and the stern upright. Beveral boats were near her; also a schooner ashore, and another schooner lying off, which proved to be the Shellnut, bound to Halifax. The Victoria passed within eix hundred yards of the wreek, but could not stop. ‘The above descriptions answered for tho royal mail steamer Delta, which sailed on the Saturday preceding for Newfoundlan 1, to touch at Sydney, Cape Breton. Our agent immodiatoly telegraphed to Sydney, to inquire if the Delta had arrived; also to New York, Newfoundland, Sackville, &c., to inquire what steamers might have been off the coast, and what had been heard of them; also to an agent in Guysborough, to learn and transmit any information that had reached that place as to the wrecked eteamer at Marie Joseph. The Nova Scotia telegraph lines worked badly, and it ‘was night before any reply to the telegraphic despatches was received. The replies were unsatisfactory. Nothing was known anywhere of any wrecked steamer. Opinion in Halifax meantime settled it that it was the Delta. Messre. Cunard & Co. thereupon got the steamship Os. prey ready for sea, but postponed her sailing hour by hour until the telegraph should bring a reply trom Syd- ney as to whether or not the Delta had arrived there. It wns miserable weather all this time, blowing hard, with sleet and snow, varied only by a dense driving rain. On Wedneeday morning the schooner Wright came in and reported that on Monday forenoon che saw a screw steamer of about 1,500 tons on the rocks. The steamer fired three guns. Fifty or sixty persons were ou the for- ward part of the ship. The ship had a Black hull, red botiom and white or yellow decks, and only the mizen- mast standing. A schooner was lying by, and numerous persons were geen on the beach. Tho schooner Wright could render no assistance, and therefore passed on. This additional description further suited the Delta, which, it was pretty generally agreod that it was. The Osprey was on the point of sailing, when a despatch arrived stating that the Delta was eafe at Sydney, Cape Breton. ‘After anxious delay, the first correct information re- ceived ot Halifax was by telegraph from Mr. D. H. Craig to the agent of the Associated Press, that the wrecked yessel was the steamship Indian, of the Canadian kine; that she went ashore on the 2ist inst., had lost three men, and that two of the bonis were missing. This information was made public through the Merchants’ Exchange Rooms. On tho intelligence being confirmed, much interest was exhibited by the Governor, Lord Mulgrave, and the Ad- miral, Sir Houston Stewart. The only steamship in port was the war stoamship Gladiator, and she was refitting from damages sustained in arecent hurricane. Orders were, however, given her by Admiral Stewart that she should depart in the morn- ing for the scene of the wreck. By dint of exertions by night, she was got ready and put to sea carly in the morning. Marie Joseph is a settiement of a fow honges at the head of a small bay, landlocked by low rocky shores and islands. The waters around are tull of reefs, rendering the navigation difficult at all times, and in thick weather impoesibie. A larger island than the rest, named Barren Island, and having on it one fisherman’s hut, lies off the entrance to the harbor. A reef of ledge runs from that extremity of the isiand a considerable distance seaward, It was on this reef the Indian went ashore. According to accounts received from Captain Smith and his officers, they had been able to take but one obser- vation on the passage out. On Saturday they sighted Cape Race. The weather was cold and sleety. When they had run such a distance as indicated they were approaching the shore, Captain Smith had recourse to soundings, and kept the Icad constantly going. He states that he was misled by his soundings, which corresponded closely with all those laid down on the chart for the locality in which he imagined he was— namely’, Sable Island. The shock was not violent; tho ship was going about eight knots at the time. No breakers were seen before the ship struck, The morning was dark, with sleet and hail driving from the land. Immediately after the vessel struck it became apparente| that she was working so much that she would go to pieces. Preparations were accordingly made to lower the boats, and, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the captain, many of the forward passengers crowded into them. ‘Tho cabin passengers—cight in number, including threo young married ladies—were calm and self-posseseod. The ladies were Mrs. Strect, Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Mel- brune; they were accompanied by their husbands, and were saved, ‘Their boat went off the land, and they were exposed for nine hours to the cold, with a gale blowing and aheavy ea, About half an hour after the vessel struck a heavy roll- or came in, and lifting the ship about six fect let her fail on the rocks, when she broke across the paddleboxes into two parte; the bow fell oyer sideways, while the after part remained entire. Soveral persons were on tho bow, but were rescued by paveing a rope over the chasm and hauling them aft. A singular incident ocourred here. An aged Trishman, who bad a considerable sum of money with him, had beea insane for a week previous, from fear of being wrecked. He would frequently pack up his apparel and offer any one money to put him ashore, prophesying that the ship would never reach Portland. After the bow fell over he was seen sitting on the “forecastlo deck ladder, with his satchel in fis hand, apparently unconscious or unable to take advantage of the attempts made to saye him, In a little time he fell from his place, and slid across tho deck into the sea, where he was drowned, as he had foretold a week before, Most of the loge of life occurred at the time the ship broke across. Strange to say, not one of the dead bodies has yet come uehore, Mr. Smith's thirty miles (the fourth officer) bort was ong the coast before it ni: th landing, the passengers were bestowed in the houses in the settlement. The passengers oomplaia serio wtly of the patives for stealing. A store in which was the baggage taken from the sbip ‘was broken oto and the vatuableg stolen, leaving several of the pasreogers literally without a change of raiment. ‘The Gladistor took all the passengers at Marie Josaph, and the officers a!so, and brought them to Halifax. Some had already left in a coasting schooner. ‘The purser having left in a schooner with the mails and Papers before the agent of the Press arrived, the list of paseengers cannot be given. * A correct list of the dead can yet bo made out, in addi tion to what has been already telegraphed. Arrangements are beiwg made in Halifax to assist auch of the passengers as are destiute. The purser of the Indian gupplies the following ac count — On the morning of the 2st inst., at five o'clock, in hazy, but not thick weather, the vessel struck om Deal Ledges, & great number of irregular rocks, almost en- tirely covered at high water, and over which the waves break with great violence im stormy weather. ‘These Jedges are at the mouth of the small Gshing harbor called Marie Joseph, about sixty five miles east of Halifax. The vesse] went on without a shock, but with arip, from the round of which it was very evident that the bottom of the forward part at least, was literally orn out Before the firemen could leave the stoke hole the water waa nearly up to the roof ofthe furnace doors. In twenty min- utes the engine room was filled almost up to the highest platform. Boats were got out a3 soon as possible, but with difficulty. ‘The starboard and port boats, Nos. 1 and 2, were swung on davita 90 low as to be clear of the rail. The entire efforts of the crew wero then directed towards lowering the boats three and four. No. 8, under the charge of Mr. Smith, the second officer, was launched in safety, but all attempts to launch No. 4 were for a long wile fruitless. While the men were so employed, and, a8 nearly as I can recollect, about forty- five minutes after she struck, with a tremendous crash, the vessel began to part amidships. Most of the hands Jeft the boat at which they were working, and crowded to those which were out. It was at this time that the loss of life took place. The two forward bouts, being nearest the steerage, were those w which the stevrage passengers: crowded. The German families, as weli as all the other passengers who were lost, were lost there. ‘The only way in which I can account for it is this :—When the vessel struck, the sea was almost calm. Immediately after a con- siderable swell aroge, and at the very time she began to bresk up the sea was breaking with great violence against boat No. 1, which was crowded, and that some incautious person cried to those standing by to cnt the fall. His orders wero obeyed, and the consequences was the stem was smashed to atoms against the ship's sido, and most of the people in her perished. Port boat No. 2, which also swung on davits, shared the same fate. Une of the davits gave way with the weight of the people in her, and at the same moment with boat No. 1, she was swamped and turned bottom upwards. It is supposed that the engineers were drowned out of her. Mr. Smith then brought round his boat to leeward of the vessel, where he was to lay off until daylight would enable him to pick up some more from the wreck, but this he found it imposible to do. He was driven out to sea, and with great difficulty be managed to bring his boat to land, about thirty-five miles westward from the wreck. An- other boat, in chargo of Mr. Tibbetts, fourth oficer, and one in charge of the boatswain, after vainly endeayoring for hours to return to the wreck, got ashore at Marie Joseph. There was also another boat lowered in comparative safety; but filled as soon as she reached the water. Mr. Biggan, third officer, went down to assist those already in the boat baling; but ‘was driven out to sea and has not once been heard ot. About day light the vessel parted completely in two, the forward part falling over almost on its beam, and the after part settling down in about twenty-one feet of water. Throvghout the day the passengers and crew were taken off by boats belonging to the place, and through the night they sought to reward themselves by vistting the wreck and carrying off all the silver plate, together with the whole clothing belonging to passengers and crow. Every effort was made that night to get a boat’s crew, but not a single man could be found who would go. The magis- trates are endeavoring to trace the guilty parties, bub thus far unsuccessfully. A boat’s crew went out on Tuesdey morning to sco i any of the wreck remained, and they returaed with the news that not a single plate of the vessel was to be seen. Earl Mulgrave, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia; Sir Houston Swart, Admiral of the British West India fleet, and Captain Hickey, of the English war steamer Gladiator, were prominently zealous and successful in their efforts to relieve the passengers and crew of the Indian, {To Mr, Munro, Superintendent of tho Halifax Exchange Rooms, the Agent of the Associated Press fecls under special obligations for courtesies extended to him while preparing the report for transmission over the wires.} STATEMENT OF THE THIRD MATE. {From the Boston Traveller, Nov. 26.] Mr. James Byggan, third mate of the steamer Indian, arrived at this port last evening in the schooner Wave, Captain McDonald, from Charlottetown, having been picked up by her at eea, with four others, from one of the beats of thesteamer Indian. Mr. Biggan says that the steamer experienced revere westerly gales the most of the jassuge, but sustained no damage worth roporting. She made Cape Race, and from thence took a fresh de- parture, but the next day the horizon was go cloudy that ation could be obtained, but the Captain feeling confident of his departure, kept on under a full head of steam. On Monday morning tho weather was very dark; the Captain was on deck occasionally; the duties of the ship were conducted in the usual style— that is, ono watch was below and the other on deck; no danger was apprehended. About five o'clock, howover, going at the rate of ten miles an hour, she ran upon a sunken reef about two miles from the Shore, She was stecring west at the time, by com- pass; the chief and third mates were the officers of the watch: the sea outeide of the reef was smooth and the wind moderate. All hands were immediately on deck, and the captain assumed command. ie ordered the helm a starboard, and the engines stopped, but the stip was immoyeable. She had run nearly her whole leng' aground. ‘Orders were then issued to clear away the boats, of which she had seven, but in lowermg them three were stove alongside and rendered useless. The third officer, Mr. Biggan, two seamen, John Bennett and John Furs- land, assistant steward, Charles Barlow, and butcher, james Gittings, got inso’ boat No. 4, and kept hor along” sido, though half fulf of water, to receive passengers. She was supplied with oars, and there were four buckets in her for bailing, but while clearing her of water, the line by which she was fast, parted, and she drifted’ sea- ward. Tn yain they tried to return to the ship; their boat was half full of water, and was only kept afloat by the air compartments in her. Mr. Biggan said ho saw two boate land, but knew nothing of the fate of the third. Borne seaward by the current and swell, those in the boat could still see the steamer, several hours, and though we havo later accounts by telegraph stating that ele had broken in two, Mr. Biggan saw her mizzen maststanding four hours after sho struck. Considering the suddenness of the accident, and that ‘one watch rushed on deck, Mr. Biggan says there was very little confusion, Every order was promptly obeyed. ‘The men stationed to the boats were on hand, and the passengers gave way to no fears. It was the broken swell which swept over the reef that destroyed the boats moro than any miscaiculation in lowering thom. She had thirty-cight Passengers in all, axnong; whom wore thirteen females, three in the after cabin and ton in the steerage. Her crew, all told, numbered sevent: 0. After remaining in the boat’ five hours, the schooner Wave, as already stated, picked Mr. Bigcan ‘and his com- panions up. Al! hands on board treated them very kindly, and upon their arrival here the British Consul, with his accustomed promptness, Supplied them with clothing lodging and everything else they required, and will send them p hes in the steamer Canada, which sails next Wednesday. ‘The Indian was a fino iron vessel of 1,150 tons, with five water-tight bulk heads, and had sho not broken in two, would not have sunk, uniess all her compartments had been first stove. ‘The cause of her losa may’, in part, be attributed to her compasses. She had made the land; the courses steered were considered correct by the distance run, and it was confidently believed, up to’ the time she struck, that she was at least forty miles cloar of i ‘This was apparent by the facts that sho was kept going at full speed, that no extra watch was ordered to look out for land, and that the engines were not stopped to sound. ‘The captain felt sure of his position, and mast haye been misled by an error in his compasses. Another boat, with six women and two men, drifted to the southward, ont of sight, in a few hours, but was not seen from the schooner Wave when the other boat was picked up, Those aro, no doubt, the two boats reported as missing by the telegraph. The sailors who have arrived hore say that they only saw one man drowned. STATEMENT OF JOHN BENNETT, THE LAMP TRIMMER, ‘To cteamehip Todian left Liverpool on Wednosday, the 9th inst., with good weather and woaterly wind, which continped for six daye. Tho nombor of passengers on board htor @ine in the cabin 1 The grew mumbered four officers, five engineers, sixteen firemen, twelve si: and twenty two sailors. They had a freight of 15u ur 200 ia 3, fea bale Awd ne weatber, altnoug! lorate, was hazy, an? the; did not see the sun but three or four times. attar Weaving Liverpoo} util they struck. The last ume was on Satur: day, the 19th inst Ag twelve o'clock, midnight, of Suu- bry Cha Captain saw a light which be supposed w belong 10 a ship. The mate went aloft, and reported that it was a land light, and be sapponed it to be the Whitehead Light. Tha steamer was go'ng iv a westerly direction at the ume, and tbe Capel ordered her to be headed away a polut wo the sou! There was no fear at the time of striking, and ovly tho usual nuzader of men were on duty, At balf-paxt for o’clock Bennett, who was tn his berth at the time, felt the ‘steamer suddenly rise and heard a crash. diately went on deck and lighted all the lamos, after which he helped the crew to get out the boats. The deck ‘1 the time was a scene of the wildest confusion, the pas. rengers all rushing up, haif drossed, aad setzing everything which they could lay hold of to keep them afloat in case they should be ob'iged w jnmp overboard. The Captain enueavored to maia- tam order and keep the crew under command. There were seven boats connected with the steaner, shey endeavored to get out and map as £00n a8 possibile. The first boat war got out on tbe port side, and imme tiate- ly capsized. Another boat was out on the starboard side, and went down stern first. ¢ hext two boats they succeeded ip getting alongside without damage, anil the ladies, six in all, were put into oue boat with two sailors. The other boat contained the second mate and alko a part of the crew. Another boat was got alongside, into which Bennett and fonr others got, when it was dashed against the side of the ateamer and partially stove, and was near- Jy Bled with water. As { was found impossible to bring the boat near the steamer without being swamped, it was allowed to drift away. The crew of this d0at soon lost sight of the others, ag they went in a different direction. ‘This was about six o’clock in the morning, and after drift- ing away six or seven miles to sca, they were hailed by the schooner Wave, at twelve o’clock, noon, and taken on board. Nothing could be seen of the other ‘boss. They were in good condition when they left the ship. THE LATEST. ’ Haurax, Nov. 27, 1859. The Emperor arrived here at noon, brioging the Pur- ser of the Indian, with her mails, and also about twenty of her passengers. The mails will go forward in the steamer Admiral to-morrow. New York Bible Society. THE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY—ANNUAT, REP@RT— ADDRESSES BY WM. ALLEN BUTLER AND J. COTTON SMITH, ETC. ‘The thirty-sixth anniversary of the New York Biblo Soviety was held last evening in Rev. Dr. Adams’ church, in Madizon square. There was a crowded audicnco, numbering more than a thousand persons. The opening religious services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Adams. John E. Parsons, Esq., the corresponding secretary, read the annual report, which was quite a voluminous document. The political commotions in southern Europe had, during the past year, opened a new field for Bible distribution, and at home the great enemy of their cause—papacy—had re- ceived a vital blow in the introduction of the Bible in the schools. The number of volumes distributed in the city during the year was 47 Of these the city agent dis tributed 1,684 Bibles and 2,153 Testaments, and the 80- ciety’s agent 1,482 Bibles and 1,853 Testamonis among the destitute resiaent population. The num- ber of families visited was 32,035, of whom 6,624 were destitute of Bibles; 2,253 refused to receive Bibies, 2,068 of whom were Romanists. The number of volumes distributed by grants was 8,986. The report ‘speaks of the importance of givivg the Bible to imui- grants, who, it says, come here ignorant and bigoted, and yet seem determined to exercise u controlling influence in our affairs. The number of immigrants arriving the past year was 74,598, to waoom 63,365 volumes of the Scriptures were distributed. To military posts 876 volumes had been given; to uwaval stations 183 Bibles and 449 Testaments, mainly through Rev. J. Stockbridge, chaplain of the reccivi ship North Carolina. No foreign vessels of war ‘visited the port during the year. There had been great revivals among the sailors and marines of our navy, and 160 pious sailors had been drafted to every squadron. On the flag ship of the Paciflc squadron a daily prayer meeting, covoucted by one of the highest officers, was attended by 800 sailors. ‘The general distribution to the avy amounted to 8,037 volumes. To the commercial marine 22,581 volumes had been distributed, and the purcbases ‘amounted to $1.47 26. | About 1,600 vessels ave been guppiied, including 767 American vossels bound for Roman Catholic ports, and 3,565 volumes baye been granted to various institutions abroad for sea- The society is out of debt. The expenditure of the men. year was $15,581 24, against $16,061 24 receipts. The amount expended, as well as the distribution, was slightly below the preceding year, and as population in- creases they were losing ground. ‘WiaM ALLEN Buruxk, Bsq., then delivercd she address, taking for bis subject: **Tie Biblo by Itself, the First Eloment of a True Social Conservatism.” Ho ded the distribution of the Bible as a social movement for moral prevention rather than cure. The struggle against sin must be of afdefensive charactor, rather than aggres- sive. Men in this northern community were begin- ning to consider whether our free institutions when applied to a great city are not a total failure— whether it is safe to trust people with govern- ment whom you would not trust with anything else— whether security is not, after all, a better name than liberty. Men did not like to think £0, and were afraid to say 60, but they feltit in every fresh exposure of corrup- tion, in every new outbreak of violence, especially in every added ponny of taxation, and in every recurring appre- hension of successful fraud. We were on the eve of another municipal election, and we all knew these things were 60. AS g lear said, “A man may see how this world gocs, without eyes.” We might say, as citizens, ‘Let us alone; ccase to invade our rights with too much government; remit us to the oid ideas of right and justice.” How many fathers and mothers were there whose best idea of the city was a confused notion Uhat it has become a bad place to bring up children? How many traiesmen, victims of the hot haste which per- vades every department, who neglect their social and politreal duties? We ought to welcome all who come to our shores, but not to permit immigration to be- come invasion. More Germans sleep to-night in New York city than in cither Dresden, Cologne, Bremen or Frankfort. we haye anything of our own better than we can import, it is worth saving; and Henry Clay’s system of American protection ought at least ts be applied to tho home virtues. The speaker took rather a desponding view of American literature, und of “ the restless mood ot modern piety which yearns for a fuller revelation and a broader faith,’ and even in the glow of whose charities there was somethiug which resembled more the gleam of torchlight through a marble statue than the warmth of the living soul. He alluded tothe press as “that daily incendiary, against which there is to insurance, and to’ public opinion as always crude, superficial, insincere, bad tempered, and far in advance of its own intelligence. For all these evils there might be many cures, but the most effectual, he contended, was the spread of the Bible by itself, which would enable the world to grow wiser and better as it grows older. He proceeded to reply to some of the ob- jections, Protestant as well as Romanist, to Bible distribu- tion. If Catholics objected to the ‘Protestant Bible, be for one was willing to aid in giving them the Douay Bible, which, though a bad_ transla- tion of a translation, had enough in it still to save any man. He was not afraid to let the Bible go forth without leading strings, and did not think it necessary to accompany it with ‘Dodridge’s Rise and Progress,” or the “Dairyman’s Daughter.”” A collection in aid of the Bible Society was next taken up. After which Rev. J. Cotton Smith, Episcopalian, of Boston, delivered a short and fervid address. He spoke of the deliverance of Boston and New York from tho dominion of Papacy, referred to the commercial rivalr: between the two cities, and eaid Boston bade New Yor! God speed in the sacred work of spreading the Word of God among men. A benodiction by Rev. Dr. Adams closed the exercises. The following are the officers of the society olected for the ensuing year:—President, James M. Browne; Vice- Presidents, Wm. Allen Butler, T. A. Bronmer, Henr’ Olmsted, Charles A. Danson, S. B. Caldwell, James C, Harriott; Corresponding Secretary, John E. Parsons; Re- cording Secretary, James C. Holden; Treasurer, 1. é M. Paton. Another Marder. About seven o’clock yesterday morning, James Quinn, ahand on board the schooner John M. Clayton, lying at the foot of Twenty-ninth strect, East river, was found upon the deck of the vessel bleeding profusely from a wound in the abdomen and apparently in a dying state. He was able to speak, however, and upon being ques- tioned, he stated that he had been shot by a man named Thos, Downey, under the following circumstances:—Quinn it appears was watching the vessel, and was the only ene ‘on board at the time of the occurrence. Downey be says came on board on Saturday night and said that ‘the cap- tain had sent him for a gun and some other articles which were in the cabin. Quinn refused to deliver the ty over to Downey, whereupon the latter snatched up the gun and tried to run off with it. Quinn at once selzed hold of him, when a struggle ensued between the men for supremacy. In the st fle the gun was eithor accidentally or ‘by Downey, the en- tire charge entering the abdomen of Quinn, and in- flicting a fatal wound. ‘The wounded man was conveyed to Bellevue Eempiial Dut medical skill proved of little avail. Ho speechless from the time of his admission up to the moment of his death, which took place “at cleven o'clock A. M. On examin- ing the vessel where tho affair occurred, the police found the gun lying on tho deck. It was a double barrelled gun, ‘one barre! was found to be loaded and the other empty. Upon the strength of Quinn’s state. ment the police proceeded in search of Downey, and ‘about two o'clock yesterday afternoon they gucceeded in arresting him at No. 425 First avenue. He denied all knowledge of the occurrence, but nevertheless he was committed to prison to await the result of the Coroner's inveetigation, which will be commenced to-day by Coro- nor Jackman. The police say that Downey was observed loitering about the schooner about ten o’clock on Satur- day night, which seems in a measure to corroborate the statement of deceased. Furthermore, they represent bim a8 a man of bad character, who wag sent to the peniten- tiary on one cecasion for an assault on Sergoant S of the Nineteenth precinct police Quinn was a PRICE TWO CENTS. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. #1,721,3142 IN SPECIE. News from California, Central America, New Granada and the South Pacific. Trip of an American Steamer to Pro- vidence Island, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS. THE MARKETS, &e., &e., ao. ‘The steamship Baltic, Capt. A. G. Gray, left Aspinwall on the nigbtof the 19th inst. for Now York, and arrived at her wharf at an carly hour yesterday morning. The Baltic brings 660 paysengers, and $1,721,849 in gold. The Pacific mail steamship Golden Age arrived” at Panama on the morning of the 19th, with dates from @an Francisco to the 6th inst., baviug been detained forty hours in a severe gale in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, ‘The Baltic brings on freight 100 cases. silkworms eggs from China, destined for Italy and the south of Franco, ‘The United States steam frigate Roanoke, frigate Sabine, sloop-of war Preble and storeship Relief were at Aspin- wall. ks The following is the specie list of the Baltic:— American Ex. Bk. .$147,500 Neustaster Bro..... 918, Butcher & Bro 000 J. B. Newton & Co., a8 » 4,515 A. 8 RosenbaumsCo 20'000 Robert & Wiliame.. 13,000 Rob’ts,Morrigou& Co 20,000 Scholie Bro......... 26/600 W. Seligman & Co.. 44,200 tt A.E Niton.. 2,300 ‘Treadweit & Oo. 10,000 ‘Taatie, McCabili & Co 89,083 Wells, Fargo & Co, ,. 381,500 J. B. Weir........, E 8,283 Wellington & Abbott 15,000 W.F. Weld & Co... 4,250 Ay} 40,000 J. Heller & Bro 13,900 1,920 W. Heller & Co. 19,000 2,560 A. Hardy & C 2,000 400 15,000 900 9,000 700 an 3,429 5,400 850 A = 20,021 $1,721,342 heavy gale in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, which prolonged her connection with the Golden Age, from San Francisco, some forty hours. The Orizaba, with 450 pagsengers, bad not arrived im Panama when the Baltic left Aspinwall. ‘The homeward trip of tho Baltic has been delightful, with the exception of a few days rough weather, which but slightly impeded her progrees. We are indebted to Mr. C. A. Spaulding, of San Fran. cisoo, for files of Cabfornia papers. On the 25th passed a large steamer, supposed to be the Ariel, standing to the southward. Among the passengers by tho Baltic ere Judge Han, Senator from California, and family ; Hon. Bailey Pey Judge Sinclair, the British Consul from San Salva. Hon. H. F. Foot and family, and the officers andcre ¢ the United States ship Saranac, lately relieved. Iu9 following is a correct list of the former :—~ Captain—John Ieliy; Lieutenants—F. 8. Haggerty, H. N.T. Arnold, A. W. Johnson, Wm. Gwin, Wm. G. Dozier 5 Purser—Jobn 8. Gulick ; frapge dat seat) 8. Garnett ; Chief Engineer—Thoo. rt ; First Assistant Engmeers— D. B. Macomb, Wm. J. Lamdin ; Second Assiatant neer—Wm. H. Hunt; Third Aesistant 4, Fogineors—T. B Ely, N. B. Littig, E. Laws, I. R. Greene ; Sailtmaker—H. T. Stocker ; Boatswain—Francis McLoud ; Captain’s Clerk— Louis H. St. Felix. The officers and crew of the Saranac, numbering om - 201 souls, left Panama on tho 10th inst., under orders to return to the United States in the mail steamer North Star, which vessel brought their relief. On their trip by railway over the isthmus, an accident occurred which came nigh reducing the number of their mess. A cow, running between the locomotive and first car, threw tha track considerably out of line and injured the car; forta- nately the coupling shackle gave way, and further disas- ter was providentially avoided. Ero the departure of these gallant tars from their vessel, the flag officer of the squadron subjected them to a rigid and quite unexpected. military inspection, which, considering circumstances, was highly satisfactory. Upon their arrival in Aspinwall they were marched by divisions on board tho North Star, where they passed tho right; but, this vessel having been on shore for six days on her out- ward voyage, and leaking so badly as to require the as sistance of steam to free her hold, it was determined by the commander, with the concurrence of his officers, to await the next opportunity for passage to the United States, which, very fortunately, assigned them to this mag- nificent vessel, 80 well provided by a seaman’s foresight for all emergencies. While the crew of the Saranac re. mained onboard the North Star, one of their number— Jno. Good, seaman, and an excellont man, from Philadel- phia—met with a watery grave. On the passage of the Baltis from Aspinwall hither on the 224 inst., in latitude 15 33 N., longitude 76 17, a Mr. Wells, of Lockport, New York, departed this life of con- sumption. His remains were committed to the deop on the following day, with the Episcopal ritual, read by the Rey. Mr. Holbrook, a passenger. The flag ship Roanoke, frigate Sabine, sloop-of-war Pre- bie and store ship Relief wore in Aspinwall; the Saranaa and Levant in Panama—officers and crew all well. Both these squadrons are in a most efficient condition for activa service. Ancxamination of engineers for promotion had taken place on board the Roanoke, and the following officers had passed the ordeal:—John A. Moore, from Second to First Assistant; Levy, Inch and Purdy, from Third Assist. ant Engineers to second do, By the Golden Age, from San Fraicigco, we have rumors of a sorious difficulty between the English Consul and the authorities of Mazatlan. An English yeesel of war is now before the port awaiting instructions from the Admiral of the station. When in the vicinity of Cap@'San Incas the Golden Aga was arrested in her progress by a brilliant light closa aboard, which proved to be @ signal from an open boat, ten days from Guaymas, belonging to the United States ship St. Marys, under command of Lieutenant Geo. B. Balch, and with important despatches from the commander of the St. Marys to the government, the purport of whiciz is not known, but supposed to be advices of @ settlement of the difficulties between tho local authoritics and the Surveying party under Captain Stone. In addition to the passengers by the Orizaba from Cali- fornia are some fifty or sixty othors, by the Uncle Sam, who refused the North Star, on account of her crippled condition. ‘The steamship Northern Light, from New York, with the United States mails, arrived at Aspinwall at nina o'clock on Tuesday, morning, the 15th inst. The detention of the Northern Light was partly caused by an accident to the machinery, and the vessel taking fire at soa, ‘Thanksgiving was to be held in California on the 24th November. THE SENATORIAL CONTEST, Tho following lotter appeared in the San Francisco. Standard:— SACRAMENTO, Oct. 27, 1859. In reply to your lotter of the 22d, informing me that 1 am charged with having formed a combi with Dr. Gwin in order to seouro a seat in the United States Senate, Ihave to say that the charge is entirely of truth, Thave formed no combination or allianee with any one, nor do I intend doing so. Someof the friends of Mr Gwin are supporting me; others, aro taking an ac- tive part against me. Tam a candi for the unexpired portion of that term for which I was defeated. in 1857, and, if elected, J must go in (as I did in wholly un- pledged and uncommitted to any one. If I the choice of tho Legislature, it will afford me pleasure to resume my old seat in the Sonate; if not, Lean go into private life Without @ murmur. My happiness certainly Joos not de~ pend upon the result, JOHN B WEILER. ‘THE STEAMSHIP WASHINGTON. A decree had been entered m the United States District Court in favor of Hitchins & Co. against the Steamship Washington for $11,000. Libe! dents of the island of Jamaica, and advance bottomry when the vessel was cn route for San Franc