New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-01

Burning of the Packet ship Boston.

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Burning Of the Packet ship Boston.
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Few men have had more varied aud inter.
estine history Khan the Painter Oseood His mer.
is IS an arts, are universally acknowledged. n
his female portraits are ai the grace snd de'icacy
Of slllv. wiki more character perhaps than say
painter has given Slice Sraut. HIS masniicen,
picture o.. Hon Ms Norton makes a. Zee. as II We
We're 10 tire very presence OF taat noblesi Of tie
women o. En- and and many o. MS later heads.
particularly one Low m his studio At tie At
aion. of New Yorker. celebrated alike ior Ter
fine intelligence aad stately beauty. may be- I'd
vau.ageous'y c1n,rsstei Ni-i those works which
have made the greatest reputation. BOO the same
depa-ia ent abroad
We referred o. Osgoods early adventures -
Happily he Uses tie pen with almost As much ei-
tee, as be does the pe-ci', and 10 ha. been stated
that ~ are sometime 20 have his Memoirs from
h.. own laud-a r1mor which has cont -mstion in
the appearance of tire following chapter "f s.-h "a
worb .u che IoHi7n Cost -fsyo-i md H. Belle
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BURNING oF THE rACkET SHIP Rn,r0N.
On fy Pq.sage FROM Ciqri,sra s 90 Lir.poi ~
Mag 1880
We len the shore with oy in our hearts tor the sun
sh0ue brightly and the wind vas fair Joy. DID say
Yer there ght shade % sadness s1 blended Nita
10 that ana not certain . would have been 30 welcome
without A. vessel -.ided along. ~ watched fnc
dancing waves they rose broke. loaned and tneH
died away s-d the sporting porpoises too. as they
gamo0ilcd in the loan beneath our bows me wind
grew fainter and the dol phns swan close 90 ne vessel
Occasionally whsle wa seen 10 spout and io raise
ne broad TAI O. the surface 0i Rae now fsuq- ocean
40 icpsth The breeze wholly ceased and al va IL b
The dipping oi the ss that enemy OF toe sailor
speed The scene was indeed changed, from the an
of the sprsy crested wave 10 the grave undus
ton Of the uueNclted ocean.
There on board our ships gallant Admira al, con
hned 70 bis berth with the govt Great was the desire
OF al his shipmae- thst be should witness the beauty
OF the and enjoy the c0olaess OF the closing day
But our entreaiies wer. anayallng lie was TOO lame
O. ascend To- tie deck where al but himself had as
sembled 10 listen b. the of one young and beauu
iul whose tones subdued By lingering disease.
which u hoped this voyage would u not entirely
remove al east aay Tor time. until soc could return
% her anxious parents from whom she had been sepa
rated for three years Tie intense interest with
which al listened while .he sang appeared sufhcent
proof that her ina perfect unison with the
gray twilight hch tact falling around After the
music. conversation divided our party iDto groups
these. one after smother broke UP snd wcut below.
until bu; one solitary being oe-id-s the al the
helm, remained the qusrier deck Iais being was
the Captain. His weather beaten lace aud shYefed
hair sufficient 10 convince you al glance Of his
experience Ia navigation. To hlm We naturally ooAr1
To barometer ascertain the state Of the atm0s
phere. which II must be acknowledged At least 10 the
suspicious OF one among indicated nothing favorable
had but few years before. been common sailor
aud from the manner OF the several Captains with
whom sailed had observed enough 10 know that dan
ger hand BY the silence and Tesessness OF our
own be paced the deck now gsncing AZ the heavens
now heading the ship In another dhecuon-asaln look
ing AZ some dark clouds rising above the western
horizon and next Ia voice u thunder, ordering the
royals 20 be- iured and top gallant studdng SAILS 20 De-
taken in. This order quickly confirmed my suspicion,
and brought two Of uusieepng passengers 70 the
deck, Who perceying the calm, cear say over mead
cause for he srder, rctreated again - the capn
But the practised eye Of the Captain saw not ony Inc
storm but It's rapid approach toward the vessel ana
before his commands could bee obey I'd. the gale struck
and carried away both staTbosri and arbosrd oOOms
All hands called up aud, almost az soon p. said
the main and top gallant sails were cle~ed up and
everything pat n tim o. stand the gale Tor from the
way 10 which 4, had set IN had every reason 10 an
ucipste its rspid Increase We were not disappointed
Ere twelve o'clock the next day. the noble ship. on
which but yesterday crowded al sail 20 catch the
tagging wind barely able % scud before the BIAS
under bare poles But we westhered the gale, which
lued toward night ald the shy 50 lately overcast ~
dark clsuBds. became clearer snd clearer, tiH not
shade was visible IN the broad face Of the heavens.
We had been watching the 6un, ~ Il appeared 70
descend directly into the Sea, until i could no longer
be seen. When We turned away, our attention we'
arrested by a small. dense. black cloud, which had
arisen above the south eastern horizon After passing
comments on singular phenomenon most oil us
went below 90 while away the hours In reading playing
at whist some other Amusement until tea time
when one OF our number, who had been On deck, re
turned and halfseriousy observed that dark cloud
forbOdes no good AZ ten o'clock sharp dash OF
lightning biszed our bark, followed quickly oy 3
load peal OF thunder soon after tremendous crash
was heard ike the fallen of thousand grape shot on
no HgQ
everything seemed envcloped in one bright name ihe
passengers looked ~ another In wild amazenent-
few shrieks followed the fatal shock, and silence
as Of death. succeeded. When We had recovered our
faculties sufficiently look about found The CHP
tain and the Mate bringing from the deck one OF N.
In state Of insensbi'y. He had seen knocked
down, with several others BY the electric huid nn
soon revived by the application OF dose from TIE
medicine chest u ascertained that none OF the
men he'd sustained material injury The deck "a'
carefully examined but no incsion could D. found hoi
could any Of the lightning be perceived on the
masts rigging, except by the main royal easkes DC
ing severed aud the sail oosed without so much a. be
ing snged. The Captain came below, assured Us
that al was safe and proposed game at whist 70 re-
the too painful impressions OF the shock Livery
| one retired 10 hs stateroOn, from which We were
soon attracted by toe smell of ire. We rushed 70 tAt
deck From the after hold the smoke was rising last
The hatchWays were removed snd the ship was found
20 be FIRE Holes cut 10 the deck me scdpPef'
stopped and the wsior-casks stove IN. Wsief wa
/ passed N buckets from the side, and phed INTO 'ns
hatchways The passengers and crew were al Dushy
engaged few OF the closely slowed bales oil Cotton
were broken out and 1t discovered that the hgnt
ming had passed the hold open the bales IRON
one end OF the ship 20 the other, snd eii them IN
blaze The IRE gained upon rapidly aud the Dost'
were now only hope OF safety one Of Tue P'sseh
gers 10 the pantry siih pillow case IN "nicn ns
| collected all the bread be could ind.
Meantime, feeling presenIiment that "e 'hould
/ never see the shore again ! went 70 me tagtaih
askei bis advice and descending 70 the cabin enptcd
the wine cut Of couple Of bottles upon the rcn biHs
sels carpet and alter ~riDs IsO pieces - paper
That the .hip Boston n. c. Mscksy, commander, bsf
been struck By lightning IN the southern edge OF tns
quit ssrssu, s1d hat al hopes Of saving her "ers
gwen up oade al farewell, ana signing my name
placed 4 paper In each bottle then c0rking tnsn
lightly and covering the corks with spermscet threw
them into the sea The next thing wss 70 save The
Admiral As several were about 10 90 below for tha
purpose they encountered the gallant veteran AZ the
head Of the cabin stare lie having heard OF the dan
ger had assembled thus far by the assistance Of his Ger
want and win great and painful exertIon mattrssi
was laid In the whale boat, ~nich the quarter
on thi. he was placed, with his servant By his eide
while man wss stationed ~ each tackle. de al ~
| low. seemed well aware Of the critical situation II
which they were placed bat the Al the stern oos
out bis knife AID when the wave rose 10 the boat GU
h t.se 90 that when the latter ssain the othei
nd heinz fa.t the boat half Sled with water ant
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