The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-04
shipwreck,

The poor Mariners, and they that live on the
.,. "a, so,,,.,iroas mora intsrsal, than
any olher class Of men ship"reeA mas always
seemed to Us the severest OF human disasters,
and Sbipwreck Oh the mid-oeaan, black clouds
49,. "a ,.,,,ss,.,ost san ,-ou,a M spn.
ight' no land not enough ior our last Mario"
bed, the most terrible Of all.
We have before US an account Of the disaster
which hefel the schooner Caroline bound from
ca..L .p.h Ch.I.oT,hasO., "a On
CAV 'liu1" 'V' Jan
Tie %oin she encountered a hea'y gae-ahu
sprung a leak. She laid to all that day. At
ii, ar, atom, O,,.,,. &c., and sha UNA IN rouyn
-. - -. a..
on her Oeah ehosi pu' On cutting away VIC
weather lanyards, she righted. BY this accident,
,ba n,ovisions On hoard war. lost. and only one
- :, 10, g.. a.. 80. IT,.
a.
were 'hey "ilh0u' io01 vi "iinA' says "e
Captain:
our only shsiIer was one perm, ~hlch 70,
nSiieu Vi 'sIe 0ao'h On ueeH' '"1 MY '1i'
oI "s.ei' IuIee Gays ai'eL' lieng hughss'
one Vi 'ue S'S" "eH' OA 80 NH, a"u vas Hoo'
seen seen ai'er""ius' TIC was P'0OaOi! "as"eu ''e'-
ooaro'
On the Bird inst. we caught water enough
from rain 10 last tweDty-four hours. From tina
time TO the 10th were totally without water d
food, and began TO feel as if death were very
near rs. The gale had lasted days. We had
had nothing 10 eat for ten, or TO drink for SIX
days. We then began to discuss the question Of
drowins lots TO see who should suffer death 10
save the lives of the others.
TWAS agreed that we should use sticks. We
drew. and il fell 70 the lot of an Irishnan named
Charles Brown. who had $. ID. marked on his
arm. He wasa large athletic man, weighing
about I76 or $50. hnd Skinned nj Savannah. aue
was unknown to the rest OF the crew.
He alone was armed with a sbeatbs knife
which he drew. and declared he would plupue
into the heart Of tina first one who aDnraaeh,sj
TO carry out the fatal chance. Upon this the
CAPTAIN retired 10 the cabin, saving he would
have nothing more to do with the affair, -,hiaIt.
ing that they were all near their end.
A, ,h;s nooDs,,. hav n.u,a5 Uuob;a Rosa n,
Re- w. 80 ~ sooIs NJ, snd ssiJ IN :,
The Sonngsst s,oSld die irst This free will Offer
inc wa- about to be accepted by Brown. as Tie
csotain with the bow went into the cabin. Can.
tain smith states a. he threw himself unon tht
berth his eve was attracted 10 a handle stickipo
up near, which he thought belonged 10 an adze
ne toId the bo- "a fstcb n and n nrovad 10 hs
an adze
Thinking that something wrong was about 10
be enacted on deck. he followed the how when hs
returned, and saw the bow seized round the waisi
bv the now desperate Brown. with The inten.
ton Of makinr him the victim. AT this mo.
ment the captiin states that he felt gifted with
extraordinaTy strength. stepped forward aud
drove the adze twics into the head Of Brown
and he fell dead mon the deck.
ia sunnosAd bv Caotaiu Smith. fron the
fact that s. ID. was marked upon the arm 81
Rroun. that n, Skinned under a f,iqned name
Ha was about IS year. old
A0sr he WA. dad. he cantain HAD and d,ss.et
hin, uis e. yvss ns,tly en-, Sn,o thin s,,;,,,
~ lad n,oO The ~ 80 dry- En, The CO,
AID NOT hunger for food. water he mo- tbei, CHE