The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-06-08
AND AFFECTING INCIDENT
AT SEA

Through the kindness of ore or our friends at
Scarborough, we enabled TO communicate to
our renders singular and affecting incident at sea.
On Sunday afternoon the 18th ult. three little boys
of the names Of Davis, Is, Carlisle, IA, and Fostil,
I3,-the two former fshermens sons, anus
ing themselves with an excursion on the sea at
Scarborough, in small boat 10 feet long, having
with them only one oar and small sail.-The lit
lie fellows scnlled themselves ohl The distance of
a few miles fro m land, when, thinking they per-
ceived some other boys coming out in boat to
fetch them back ngain, they hoisted sail, and the
wind blowing out from the shore, the boat was un-
fortunately carried out a further distance to SOD.
To their inex pressible grief, the land length
trely disappeared, and after several Ruthless ati
empts to regain the shore, darkness put a stop TO
all further endeavors, and strong gale Of
wind forced them to still greater distance into
the ocean. When the morning dawncd not d
speck Of land conId be discovered. and sail
hove in sight. The situation of the three boys
became dreadfuliy distressing, not one Of
them knowing how TO make land q, and not a single
mouihfuI Of provision board of The fraiI bark.
To add to tbeii distress the oldest boy. Davis, fell
sick, and continued that state the whole day.
The sun again dawnedl eaving them no prospect but
wn,ery grave. The feelings Of their parents and
while all endcavors TO discover them proved futile.
Tuesday morning dawned, and afler strainIng their
eyes the whole re tho day in search of n sail or
land and wearying themselves with fruitless toll
night came on, and the poor litlle fellows over.
come with fagne, hungry and benumed with
cold, laid themselves down in the bottom of the
boat, and left themselves to the winds and waves.
On awakening in the morning they were horror
struck TO find their companion Davis, dead. The
little distressed mariners found this 10 be the worst
of all Fortunately The nil this time tolera
bly, calm, but the third day passed over with still
| less hope of deIiverance. "Wednesday night ap-
preached, hut no friendly hind was stretched out to
save the two youthful mariners, who. with the life
less corpse of their companion, continued 10 float
/ upon the bosom of the waters during the fourth
night. In the afternoon Of Thu eday, they descri-
ed sail in the distance, and with ey es filled with
tears they beheld ship bearing towards them.
She proved 10 be aDutch vessel bound for Amster-
dam The Captain Immediately took the two
boys on board his own vessel.--Tbey were in ID
dreadful state Of suffering having tasted food
from Sunday afternoon. While the poor little feI.
lows were being received into tho Dutch vessel they
percevedsome of,he sailors about THROWN the body
of their companion ov erboards With affecting &C.
cents they besought their deliverers to let them
have the dead body of Davis TO take back with
them TO Scarborough to his friends: but their en-
treaties were followed by heavy splash in the wa
ter, and the body OF the poor unfortunate fisher
mans boy was lost from their sight. The captain
Of the vessel and the whole crew behaved with the
greatest kindness to the boys; aud, upon the ves~
sci reaching Amsterdam they forwarded their
| charge to London, from whence the two adventure
Gus boys set out for Hull, and to the mex pressible
Joy ofthe distressed and agoniz:na parents they ar
rived in Scarborough on "Wednesday evening last
| - Haiifar Guardian aa fae>, E ta lo8i3n
lThese boys found the "ways Of the lransgressori
! hard" They broke Gods law in nut remembers
ing the Sabbath day, and he punished them there
forl sfss gar $685. t fa