Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-11-01
Correspondence Of the Burlington Hawk Eye.
Neutral Papere.

Correspondence ofths Burlington Hawk. Eye.
Neutral Papers.
MsssRs EDlroRs:--Truy may Il be said Of this age
well ofany other period, il is age ofhumbug, and in
few things people completely humbugged than in
the support Of little county NEUTRAL papers Papers
which for the sake Of SUPPORT endeavor secure pat
of all parties, under the sair pe,ence of mpaaty
towards the political and religious feelings Of ALtre ad.
ing the toes Of none Large family paper. in our
eastern cities perhaps succeed in this But how is il
with SECTIONAL NEUrRALs?
party very respectfully in the minority, gets mp neu.
trail under the charge Of broken down party
politician, who Immediately about, like Gov Marcy
"to patch the breaches Of his stalking
all upon the last throw Fair promises and dece piivs
woopss soon win supporters from the opposite side
and then what! Why the fable Of the farmer and the
venomous asp, is realized Poison is infused into the
breast that to lie Sly nsnuatons constant.
y thrown outoUR party papers puffed to the
| exclusion disparagement Of others.
Election victories prominently given side,
and the other Candidates announced, with.
authority for the purposes Of political intrigue.
The papers sent to part Of the county printed
with Of Candidates, and those for other parts with
anothe-so create ealousies the opposite side,
anu vote lot men, 6dcn
under the suppos,ion that they voting for
Items Of aews, statistics, discussions, &c., &c., which
will bear construction rather favorable the other side.
are suciousy suppressed River dare not
say word about thsm--it would hurt OUR side /; and
numberess other things, which belle the title Of
ality and operate fraud upon the honest and
pectins. What have mentioned above, but the pre-.
face volume Of abuses, which poor victims Of
ality have suffer- Oh! who will rejoice when the
| time shall arrive that will be and not \.
aoGUEs-men who will openly their principles and
| stand or fall with them.
The way hasten that time, will be for Of inelli.
gsncs discounenance all such neutrals,
Of the name, and support only those papers which
conducted by an EDlroR. What do you say this !
Wings Of HENDERSON Co., ILL.
DREADruL SuFrERlNcs AT SEA.--The
New Bedford Mercury of to-day gives in
telligence, contained in letter from Capt.
Hosmer, late master Of the whaling barque
Janet Of Westport, furnishing an account
of the sufferings Of a boats crew OF the
Janet, comprising the captain and FIVE 9TH
ers, almost without parallel in the annals
Of the whale fishery. On the coast of
Peru, June 23d, lS49, in lat 8 N, Ion lO4
w, while out for whales in his boat, from
some inadvertence on the part Of the third
mate in putting about, the boat capsized {;
but being righted, signals of distress were
made to two other boats from the Janet,
which were out. Capt. H. saw them TAX
their whales alongside the barque, which
was then kept off in the direction for his
boat, but to his surprise and horror, when
within about one mile Of him, the Janet
kept of on another course until shutdown!
They made every effort TO reach the
barque, but in vain end saw the men in
the barque cutting in the whales, and APP
parently Indifferent TO the fate of their
comrades. II was finally determined TO
put about the boat to the wind, and re-
main. In the effort to bail her one man
was lost overheard !; and they did not sue
coed in freeing the boat from water, but
with the loss of still another of her crew !;
all on board having been up to their arms
in the water during the last 49 hours
Two Of the survivors were seized with
delirium, having been without food or
drink. Thus disabled they raised bit Of
sail, and steered northeasterly for Cocus
Island, on the Peruvian coast, a distance
OF 1000 miles. On the 7,h day they had
TO cast lots as 10 uhich Of their number
should be sacrificed TO prolong the lives Of
his companions, and the unfortunate VIC
tim upon whom the lot fell, met his fate
with perfect resignation and willingness.
At the close Of the day shower Of rain
gave great relief.
Being without compass or instrument
Of any kind, Capt. H. depended for guild
ance on his observations Of the North Star
and the rolling swell Of the sea from the
South. On the eighth day another Of the
crew died Of exhaustion. On the ninth
another shower came to their relief; and
this benefaction was followed by the re-
markable circumstance of dolphin leap
ing from among lis finny companions d.
rec,ly into the boat. Several birds also
approached so near as to fall prey to the
necessities Of the crew, and ministering
greatly 10 their relief. On the 18th Of
July, after 20 days Of suffering. land was
discovered, which proved to be Cocus Is
lasd. nninhabited, lying in lat 5 - N,
lon 81 Is.
The survivors reached it in an almost
helpless condition. They secured pig,
and drank his blood, by which they were
greatly revived. They also obtained
plentiful supply Of birds and fresh water.
After remaining two days upon the island
they were overjoyed by witnessing the
approach Of boat, which proved TO be-
long to the ship Leonidas, wl,aler, Capt.
Swift, Of New Bedford, by whom they
werereceived with great kindness. Capt.
II. arrived at Payta, Aug. 2lst, from
which place his letter is dated. The
names Of those who persisted on board the
boat, are Francis Hawkins, Sd mate, of
Augusta, Me; James Fairman, seaman, Of
Ohio; Henry Thompson, seamen, of Phil
adelphia, Pa; Edward Henry Charlez,
place of residence unknown.
The first mate Of the Janet writes to
the owners agent, that he lost sight of
Capt. HIS boat, and lay 10 all night with