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than that of the treacherous centurion whc
murdered his unsuspecting General,

murdered ms unSuSPeCtinS deneIdi,
LOSS OF SHIP RESOURCE, OF NEw-Y0RK.
We have been favored with the pro-
test Of BarzilIai Wyman one OF the
| crew Of this ship, who arrived in this
| port a few days since. in the ship Jane,
! from Manila, from which the following
is extracted -
The ship Resource, Captain Soule,
| left New York, March sd, 1917 bound
| to the Pacific Ocean on sealing voy.
| age-she arrived at the Marqucsas l.
| stands, and proceeded from thence 10
several other places, and finally sailed
from Kamschatka, in the prosecution of
the voyage and on the goth November
1918, beng in about lat. %, N. and a
bout long, $50, E. while under easy
sail, at about 6, p. Nj. the ship struck
on an unknown reef of rocks. the wea
Their at the time thick and squally--she
! remained about 10 minutes, when she
slid off, and on sounding the pumps,
found she had made considerable water
1.-The pumps were Immediately set at
work, but the water gained on them
fast-tle foremost was then cut away,
and all hands were employed in clearing
the wreck, and getting out the boats;
after putting on board the boats provi-
sions, water, &c. the officers and crew
got into them, Gas the ship was slnking)
pushed off and the ship soon after sunk,
The long boat having most of the pro-
visions and water saved from the ship.
being very leaky, was soon filled and
capszed, aud the contents lost--some
of the crew in her swan to the other
boats, others chung to her till the morn
ing, and were taken off, and one man
was drowned. There were now the two
other whale boats left capt. Soule and
IL men in one; Joseph Harris, mate, 4
2 men in the other ); each boat had a.
bout 80 lbs. bread, and no water-they
now were on allowance of half bis.
cult per man day. The boats kept
company all the next day, but soon al
ter dark the captains boat suddenly
disappeared, and it WAS thought must
have been upset, and all on board per-
ished, as nothing was seen of her alter
wards, the sea at the same time running
very high. On the 5tl Dec. the other
boat Landed on the uninhabited island
of Agragan, having had no water for
e5 days except what they caught as it
fell from The heavens, which gave them
from one to three spoonfuls man per
day. Joseph La Roche died on the sd
Dec; WIN. Sparhawk, died isth; Jo-
seph Adams the 18th; and Mr.. Harris,
the mate tell from rock while fishing,
and was drowned the 18th Jan. Mr..
Wyman, and others remained on the
Island subsistins on what it afforded,
Git having been stocked with goats and
hogs) until the 18th Nov. 1919, having
been there eleven months and one day,
when they were discovered and taken
off by Spanish brig bound to Manil.
la, where they arrived on the Goth Dec.
and Mr.. Wyman took passage in the
Jane--three of the other men took pas
sage to the g. States, two went to Ma
nilla. -TThese two, Smith and May cW
have arrived at Salem in brig Nau.
titus.
Mr.. Mayhem, another Of the crew Of ship
Resource lost in the Pacific Ocean, has pub
lished at Salem more detailed account Of
the hardships and sufferings of the crew,
the substance of which is given in this days
paper. On landing at the Island of Agri-
gan, he says:
With much difficulty re saved the boat,
being so weak that we could hardly stand.
Found plenty Of cocoa nuts and bread fruit.
caught few crabs and other flesh 6sh-
made fish hook by cutting the rim from a
quarter of dollar. but lost il the first bite.
Being landed, the journal proceeds
Dec 22, 1873 Built hut to protect US
from the weather.
9th. Made 6sh-hook out Of a silver
! dollar, and caught the fish that took the first
hook.
Jan. IS, 1919. Killed two goats being
the only meat we had eat since we left the
ship.
Feb. 90. Travelled round the Island, sd "
hogs tracks found house standing, and
the ruins of number of others. Found
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