Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-11-01
From the Ne,o Orleans Bee, Oct n.

From the Ne,o Orleans Bee, Oct IS.
INTERESTING MISUNDERSTANDING the
vessels lost Oh the tloruia rect during the
he"horaoie gale of the 9Th and 9Th Sept
ias'. our readers may remember the brig
olney. Cap. Thomas. This vesscl,whic,,
had left 81. Jaso de Cuba Il few days pre-
vlous with cargo composed Of "a milton
oi cigars, quantity Of tobacco. and IA large
number of cedar loss, was wrecked OH FL,
day. The Iih Sept about ~ miles To the
horth oi cape Florida. She had attemptrd
I'd ah. tor, but the tempest was SO viuI.. :
'ia' ooth her anchors snapped like puck
Unread, and she was driven high and tiry ON
''ie FLORIDA shore. The persons on hoard.
com prlS'ng Tile crew oil seven men, and a
single passenger, remained in the brig in
the continual expectation that the wreck ess
IN the nelShborho0d would come to their re-
hei. Two days after the Oluey had gone
ashore, while the captain and crew werc a,
breakfast, tn" report Of rifles was heard.
Every one rej"iced in the belief that assis,
nnce was AT hand. On ascending the deck
what were the surprise and horror or th.se
poor fellows, at beholdng the brig in posses
sion Oh some twenty ferociOus and weilarm
ed Indians, who had collected on the s,ar-
board quarters, and who menaced them
with immediate death in case of the sIipbt-
est resistance. The crew were totally nm.
armed. and implicit obedience To the n,r-
ciless savaSes constituted their sole cIance
oi ultimate safety.
lhey were ordered by signs to remove
the cigars from the hold nnd throw them ON
the beach Ahont one hundred b lf hoxes
had oeen removed, when captain Thomas.
u h"'i am' irritable man. refused uncoudi.
uo"al'y TO throw away any moxe of his
cargo. One of the savages, enraged n, his
diS"hedlence, knocked him down with the
"utt end OF his rifle. This was the SIGNAL
I" attack, volley of bullets was immedi.
a'e'y d'Srhargcd at the unfortunate com
mahhrr, and having been pierced bv two
r'i'e pans, ne was hurled yet breathing on
!hF neaCh. One of the wrctches percciv
ing That nc still lived, seized The hatch bar
anu plunged 1t into his breast, ex,nguish
ing every remnant oflife. The crew were
then commanded to 20 ashore. Scucel.,
had they touched the land, when q second
discharge of rifles was made, bv whicb 6va
were killed. or the rrmaininp ,wo on.,
who had escaped unwounded, fled so fas,
that the Indians were unable to ov.r,oL,.
nm. The other, Johnson by name. snrune
towards some low bushes which grew n, :,
snort distance. and having heard iha, green
branches were considered hv the savage as
,"Ael oi peace, fortunately bethouehI him
sell "i making an effort to have his Iif,.
spared lie plucked one of the bushes from
the ground, fell ou his knces, and held il up
win signs ot supplication. The savaues
understood the appeal, and he was for q mo
mcnt sate. They gave him an axe. md
pouring TO smack which was Iyinp ,t
some distance on the shore, bottom UPWARDS
lie was commanded into it. He obeyed. and
me Indians took quantity beef out of i,
which they made him carry to their on
can'pnient, which was some miles fro,n
the spot. Having arrived there, il nm.
peared the savages had only postponed the
death of The poor fellow, for several Df Them
leveiled their rifles AT him, and were about
10 hre, when sluaw rushed OUT OF n wig
wan, placed herself before him, and inter.
ct-dec o." Pt.s*'-rfuIIy for his life, thar rh,
ihdians lett him uuharmed, and entered
their tents.
As soon as Johnson found himself unob-
served, ne started with all speed which tn.
love of life could infuse in his franz onJ
soon reached the brig. liz. ascenJeI har
sides, anti stow ed himself among q numb..r
of cedar blocks which were ON tho dect
lie lay there for ~ hours, trembIino with
apprehension. aud rxprr,in. mom.n,ariIv
The return of the Indians. when mnsr ham
PilN, Two wreckrrs came in sight: the crew
Jumped on board the Olurv, and were Ce
'ic'talins themselves on the excellent prize
they had "n'ained, when the Indians were
once more seen approaching. John>onim.
medihtcly appeared from bis hiding place.
and called To them To save themselves
They all jumped on the shore from the
bows of the brig. which lay abou, two fee,
from the water. Johnson followed, and
such was the desperate resolution produced
by the dread of death, That though he knew
nothing OF swimming, he boldly struck out
into the deep water reached the wreck.rs
boats, was taken up. conveyed on hoard the
America. from thence was carried to Kew
West, afterwards to Havana, in the II
States schooner Wave. and was eventually
conveyed to New Orleans. The other in.
divldual who saved himself by running, was
taken up Ivy the America, and is now in
Mobile
we have this simple bur thrilling uarra-
tive from the lips of George Johnson him
sell, and ha'" little houb, nf its entire accu.
rhrr We have given it almost in The very
language employed by him. As is no, nm.
common, he is indebted for his life to the in.
tcrp"sitlon nf n woman.
Macon, Orl. 9.