The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-12-11
Horrible Suffering on Sea Board.

Horrible Suffering on Sea Board.
ONE OF THE Grew KILLED AND EATEN
The following particulars Of the sui
iering Of the crew of the schooner Car
%oline, were furnished to the Boston
Traveller by Capt. Smith, Of that i'll ia
ted barque.
Capt. Smith states that he left Tybee
Light, mouth Of the Savannah river DC,
tober "a. On the Goth, took n heavy
gale and sprung a leak. By this disas
ter, both provisions and water was car
ried overheard, save that below, which
it was impossible to get at. Thus we
we're without food or drink. Our only
shealter was one berth, which remain
ed Of the cabin on deck, the hold being
full Of watel. Three DAYS after, Henry
Hughs, n of the crew went on deck
and was never seen afterwards he was
probably washed overheard.
On the Sd instant we caught water e.
nough from rain to last t%wenty-lour
hours. From that time to the 10Th we
were totally without water or food, and
began to feel as if death was very near
US. The gale lasted 8 days. We had
nothing to eat for 10, or to drink for 6
days. We then began to discuss the
question of drawing lots to see who
should suffer death to save the lives Of
the others. We drew, and it fell to
the lot OF an lrishman, named CHARLES
Brown, who had S. ID. marked on his
arm. He was a large athletic man
weighing about IT'S or 1870, had ship
ped at Savannah, and was unknown TO
the rest of the crew. He alone was
armed with a sheathe knife, which he
drew, and declared be would plunge
into the heart Of the first one who APP.
preached to carry out the fatal chance.
Upon this the Captain returned to the
cabin, saying he would have nothing
more to do with the affair, thinking
that they were all near their end.
While Captain Smith was below,
Henry Rose, II Welch boy, ran into the
exclaiming, hat the lrishman
was trying TO kill him, alleging that the
youngest should die first; %whereupon he
seized an adze, and coming on deck
after the boy, saw him seized
round the waist by the now desperate
with the intention of making
him the victim. At this moment the
states that he felt gifted with
extraordinary strength, stepped for
ward and drove the adze twice into the
head of Brown, and he fell dead upon
the deck.
1! is supposed by Capt. Smith from
The fact that s. d. was marked on the
,rm OF Brown, that he shipped under a
name. He was about IS years
Did.
After he was dead the Capt. bled and
dressed HIM. His flesh was partly cut
nto thin strips and laid upon the deck to
Try. But the crew did not hunger for
God, water being their chief DESIRE
His blood was used for drink until the
morning they were taken off, when a
,out a pint remained, which had turned
black.
On the morning of the 18th, early,
hree v%essIes hove in sight, n Of which
he brig Tampico, Capt. Brown, bound
rom NV Haven to the West Indies,
ook off the three survivors, viz: Will
Smith, of Blddeford, Maine, Capt.
Horace Smith, Of do, the mate; and
Rose, of Bangor, the boy pre-
erved from death by the action Of the
The two former were trans
erred to the British schooner Splendid
nd arrived in Philadelphia, as stated in
he other article.
Capt. Smith states that if Brown had
ubmi.ed quietly to his fate, they would
OF have had the heart to kill him.
IN idea may be formed of the nearness
fdeatb, from the fact that the captains
set and nails both turned black, and
is nails have not as yet obtained their
aturaI color.