Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-26

like the idea ofleaving the boat, but wish.
Cd 10 hold on 10 the rail, but determined
10 get out of the way before we were
burned to death, and accordingly showed
the bale along around the stern.
| When we cleared the stern the boa,
drilled away from us. 1t was then eight
O'clock; took out ms watch at the time.
As we left her we picked up piece of
board TO use as paddle to keep the end
OF the bale 10 windward. When / left |
her The sierra was all on fire, and there |
We're but few persons who had not left her. |
| however saw lady and few others
| noaced the lady because her child was |
overheard. floating about two rods from
the boat, and we passed SO close TO the /
child that could put my hands on it
1t was lying on It's Back, and the lady saw
US passing It, and cried out to Us TO save
1t. We then drilted away from the boat
: ana could see no more persons sup
; pose the child was a female from lis
: dress, as think il had bonnet on it !; it
! was then quite dead.
g My back was to the steamboat, and
/ when the lady called out turned round
+ to look at her. could not describe her
5 dress, as the weather was then very
Y rough, and 1t was as much as | could do
i 70 manage the bale of cotton My feet
v were in the water, and whenever it wash
ed over the Gotten was wet up 10 my
middle. L was In sight Of the boat until
. she went down, at three O'Clock in the
:. morning. l was then about mile or a
II little more from her. When we left the
u boat it was cloudy and thick, but about 9
D. o'clock it cleared up, and we had fine
~ night. The moon went down about four
hN1 o'clock. | looked at my watch nearly
r every half hour.
y 1t was so very cold as to be necessary
y to make efforts to keep ourselves warm
z and | endeavored to do SO by whipping
y my hands and arms. About four o'clock
er the bale capsized with US, from heavy
y sea, aud went over end ways and came UP
10 on the other side. We got on the bale
again, and by that time we had lost The
of piece of board, and could not afierward
ed govern the bale. My companion com
he planned of the cold from our first setting
a out. and did not seem 10 have that spiri
he about him that he ought to have, and wa
hit fretting himself about things which coult
e. do him no good. His lame was Cox
". and his wife lived at No. IL Cherr,
as street.
ce Shortly after we left the steamboat,
on gave my companion my wai$tcoal, as b,
lat was poorly dressed, aud had nothing OF
Of his chest but flannel shirt. He was on,
W. of the fremen. Ate: the bale upse
by twice, we got on it again-he remainet
on it about two hours and half, and dur
=. ing the last half hour before he left th,
~ bale, he was qaite stupid and | rubbed
~ him and did everything could to keeI
- his blood in circulation. ] could no
however continually do it, as | had nov
'ly and then to tale hold of the rope which
is was round the bale to hold by.
Sc, The bale at last got broadside to tn
he sea and gave a lurch, and my companion
err fell off and sunk without a struggle
in Some time after this got little more Of
a TO the middle Of the bale TO keep il steady
ne and continued that way for about an houl
tn until the sloop came and picked me up
LAT Before this time the sea had got so smoot
he that got up altogether on the bale an
We sat on il until the sloop came up. way
lis, ed my hat to the slooop which had com
rn- out on purpose to see what she coul
ed learn. | was not frozen. The sloop wa
Fly the Merchant, Capt. Meeker. from Brdgt
ent port.