Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-06-15
VOL. 33, NO. 39-WHOLE NO. 1856.

certain position, with their ieet continually in the
water, aud heir bodies every few minutes covered
with the dashing spray Of the sea. Mrs. VAIN
wr'gh, had held one Of her children in her arms
the whole time, and not being by any means a
ron'ist woman, II is astonishing that she held out
so long Nothing hut nothers love, and firm
trust IN an over.ruling Providence, preserved her
III those hours oil trial. Mrs. Arfwedson WINS al
most exhausted, and her infant having suffered for
want OF the natural nourishment its mother could
not afford, seemed almost ready to die. Some of
the passengers in the boat were sick the whole
time, and, taken altogether their situation had
been more trying than ours.
Once more together, and slowed in the most
comfortable way possible on the quarter deck
some little cheerfulness was shown, although ali
felt that our situation was not in the least acvlo
ted, and many feared that we had but Joined to-
getler to struggle aud to die. Sail was made on
the ship, aud stood of 10 the north enst, and
at noon we found by observation that we were in
latitude 40 OS, and longitude Sc, having driled TO
the South. East with the sea. We were now in
the track of vessels bound to and from Europe
and the United States, and the hope Tint we might
yet be saved inspired some confidence. The men
were now put to work nj the pumps, and the ship
was found 10 hive leaked a great deal, part of
which was undoubtedly owing to the pitch, where
she was caulked, having boiled out of the seams
the water which was pumped up was quite hot
at first, and us long as the men pumped, it coniin-
ued to be warmer than the temperature Of the sea,
or OF common bilgewater.
About 2 P. NJ. this day (Monday,) sail was dis.
covered from tue MASTHEAD, and soon after it was
seen from the deck The oy which this discoy--
cry gave can he imagined but cannot be described;
It seemed MS il some would almost, ifnot quite,
90 crazy. The stranger our signals of distress
| and being to the leeward, hove TO for US to come
up. 1t proved 10 be Boston built ship, called the
Clifton, Captain J. b. Ingersoll, bound from Liv-
erpool to New York, with two hundred and fifty
Iriet To o.,
Anthony's statement that his ship was on fire in
the hold, and that we wanted to he taken off, the
prompt answer was, "Coune all on board of me,
and bring NIL the provisions You CAM
| Before our own boat could he got on: and man.
ned, the boat the Clifton, with the chief mate
and four oarsman, WINS alongside OF us, and the
process of transferring all hands from ship to ship
commenced. The very high and the
guile was increasing, which made our task long
and dangerous one; from three until nine O'Clock
the two boats were passing and requesting with
people and such articles as could be saved from
the deck.
The gale WINS now blowing from northwest, and
both captains remarked that they did not reccol-
lect ever to have seen worse sea for many years.
We were all safely on board by nine clock, and
Capt lngersol nor thinking it safe to risk his own
ship any longer by lying TO, in vain hope of sa-
wing property, made sail on the ship, and we left
the unfortunate Poland 10 burn up and sink a fate
which she undoubtedly met within two or three
hours
| At the time the last boat left the Poland, the
decks had become too hot to stand upon, and her
sides were so warm, that she rolled in the sea,
the water would run off as from hot iron, and she
would instantly become dry, and too hot TO bear
the hand upon. An effort was made to get out
some articles from the house over the cabin stairs,
but on opening the doors, the smoke, heat, and
deleterIous gas drove The people away instantly,
and second attempt proved alike fruitless.
like attempt near the main hatch met with the
like success, and the ship abandoned with
and regret, for sailors iInbibe affection for
the craft in which they have sailed, and feel the
loss more keenly than many people feel Abe loss
| of their friends and relatives.
On board the Clifton we met with a most cor
dial reception from Captain Ingerso and his
whole crew. We had been saved in life, hut we
had nll lost clolhng, and the chests of the sal
lors and the trunks of their commander were free
ly opened, and their contests were us freely offer
ed for our Use. What inconvenicncies ware suf.
ered from the crowded state Of the Clifton, and
onr own destitute condition, were Of no moment.
We were safe, and all things forgotten in feeling
Of gratitude and thanhfulness 10 Almighty God for
saving us fiom the death we had so long seen al
most certain to us.