The American barque Escort, Captain Waterhouse, was lost on 23rd November in the Gulf of Pechili sume 14 miles from Lungkow. The vessel left Newchwang on Saturday, 19th November, but grounded near the bar and did not yet away till next. day, and the wind being contrary, he could riot return to Newell Tt is supposed that while she was geo atomed her timbers, for soon after she got to sea, she commenced to lenk. On Wednesday morning ut 4 o'clock heavy squalls struck the vessel, and increasing in force, blew away some Uf the sails which were furled on the yards, The vessel then drifted, though she was not unmanageable, in the thick foggy weather, and as land had not been seen since leaving Newchwang bar, Captai Waterhouse did not know where he w till noon on Wednesday when he saw what he thought were islands and Hope Sound anchorage, 90 he steered accordingly, intending to run the vessel ashore ay she was leaking badly, and the pumps were choked by the beans which composed the cargo. They got into the bumpy and burat the boxes, but the captain tried by raising the pumps bodily to get them free of the beaus, but they still Kept coming in, and he had to abandon the attempt to keep the water under, The men hud been working the punips all Pooadny night and Wednerday, and were thoroughly exhausted xnd wetthreugh, The vearel was run in the dark us it was feared float much longer, and ubout 10 p.m, she took the ground, on x hard sinely bottom. On the mornin the day on which this happened, the mate, the Captain's oon, was struck by " heavy sea which knocked him against spar and rendered him unconscious till evening when he brightened up little. The bonti Inid "up in bed, ay that had to look after overy-During the night the 1 pounded heavily, but any attempt to toon attended with drowning. On the on shore would most probably have
next afternoon, the weather having apparently somewhat moderated, the mate took the small beat, with " line, intending to fasten it on shore, ao that the boats could be more easily' hauled between the ship nnd shore, but the surf was 80 high that the boat was upset, falling on the mate and another man, though all managed to get ahiore, the boat with the line in it having sunk, 'They remained on shore cold and wet and badly frost bitten, the mate's Feet ao badly, that the skin came off. All this time the sea was breaking over the ship. Later$in the afternoon, the 3g boat was Jnunelied from the ship' It contained the captain, his wife and child, and the remuninder of the crew, but before reaching the shore, the buat' wae caught in the breakers and upset and the occupants were thrown into the water, though fortunately they all managed to reach the They had to walk x mile or so tow Chinese village whence the natives gave them " place to sleep in. Tt was bitterly cold and they were wet through, and the room was full of amoke, but it was the best the people had, When the tide went out the natives found the small boat which hnd capsized with the mate and they took the rope out of it and ent it up in pieces which they took away. The ship's sailora broke the beat up for drewood. On Monday, after the sen had gone down, the mate found the big boat, but a hole hed been stove in it so he stuffer his shirt..into the hole and after some trouble succeeded in ge the Manila sailors to go with him to the ship and he got some clothing and things out of her, but everything was wet and had to Bat so far as has yet appeared no such convention was in contemplation, No. negotiations have been' carried on except perhaps secretly; and it. would. be scarcely possible to keep such a secret from be dried.' The natives fed the party on hot the attentive ears of British -and other niillet porridge, not very palatable under Foreign Ministers at Peking. Tt seems ordinary circumstances, but in a case like more probable that what is being done is this, very acceptable. "After the party had to organise Consulates in the chief cities of Ianded, the captain sent a message to the the Chinese territory, north of the Grent Telegraph Office w" be sent to the U.S.
Wall, in accordance with Article X of the Consul at Chefoo, but as Captain Water-Treaty of St. Petersburg, which restored house only had $2, the operator refused to Kuldja China, There is a further forward the message, as he anid he wanted stipulation in Article XII of that Treaty, $10. Captain Waterhouse then appealed according to Russian trade entire froe-tu the mandarin of the village, but he dom from duties for the present in all absolutely refused either to. see that the the region to the Great Wall," subject to message was sent or render avy assistance. the stipulation that the immunity from After x time a Chinaman employed at the customs duties shall be abrogated when the Beach Hotel. Chefoo, passed through the development of trade renders a customs 1 his way to the steamer Krungehi tariff necessary. It will probably be diftibnehor for shelter near Lungkow, cult t induce the Russian Government at: Captain Waterhouse gave him a letter, and any time to admit that the necessity for after a time the whole party set out for customs tariff has actually arisen, Some ad-Lungkow and arrived on board the Ktangvantage has already been taken of the right chi on Sunday, 4th December, reaching to establish Consulates in the northern half Chefoo on the following Tuesday. of the Chinese Empire. Dr. Lansdell, in The wreck was sold at Chefoo for $1,655 i ig letters on. "Kashgar Re-and the cargo for something over $100. he contributed afew months The Escort, x vessel of 636 tons, was built at Newburyport, Mass., in 1870; she was his friendly visit to the columns, gave of
partially insured' and hud been the home Uli. Russian merchants have, however, of the Captain and his wife for 22 years. been more prompt to turn the possession of Last summer she was at Shanghai and the Treaty to account than the Imperinl remained some time and was thoroughly Government, which in such matters is never repaired. It was on her first voyage after this that she was lost.
Better ro let Consuls follow the merchants precipitate. It was doubtless considered
rather than excite alarm and opposition by prematurely tuking up an official position
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