New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-16
,..o,d,,., c..e of shipwreck.

fxtraordinaey CHee of Shipwrech'
M. t,lovine dispatch was received here from
aAc.,p-o City:
,,...rge Davis esp al, Of me schooner Fhorn-
sos -. taken up b. lee s-eamer Jnias U Nor
4o 0g miles cut ram Michigan Ci'y' dJa5ins
upoas apar; was cePHzed VA rrosy lss' AT |
Pr .x miles east o. Chicsso I"o O. 'ha haad'
owe, Dot The Captain IL srrong aud dong veil! ;
wil ,--.er. at Chicaeu per t5e Morton
avn, the safere-. arrived this moroine
4l. - horton "A tread by whom b is
we zaa.ea, paid ylsIi 20 aln tnls morning, IN
mo, 4, an tae arrival OF rhe boat a cDniar.a
bic Ged been made for atm upon some setteea
mi 4sies' cabin, @here ne was seen by oar in.
for1 "a, notwithstanding his long eXpo5urs 20
she = az the elements sOd bis terrible suiisrin5s
from tId aud famine, he sas able TO give history
of ais IL az interesting cheerful manner.
A. un1e Of tie dls4ale~, toe schooner Thorn
on, sagree Of Capt Davis assisted by swo
s1anc. onher passs5e ffon 1uskeg isnt7d
will her belons lpa III. Parks OF the former
plec tne vessel Wes Driven out of hur course
by fence Of the ssorm, and. on Friday alter
.~aea about SIX III north Of ihs porrr
she tne unmanal ea1ia and capsze6, precjpi-
2aIl15 Captain aud crew lut0 the angry h1od.
Foli ,e ely sptr, hich had been lying loose
upo deck foated near them, and al three
grRs T. suppoaing The Vessel had SUCK Though
ahe 4tcrRard aoa,eo es2ote
F. i.,. next twenty io1r hours, the three snip
Ghe VI ard waves they &new not Whlther at
Che 5e Of which time, Saturday aftarnoon) the
&wo e ,,spauions of Capt DAVIS exhausted by cold,
ham and fatigue, reipquished thar hold upon
Che sise nearly at the sEme time, aud sunk 10 rise
10 me- Capt. d auppodes THAI at this iina they
welet newhere near middle OF the lake.
Atter tue loss Of his companion, Capt. Davie was
drivcI 4bous he knew got xAither, the only Incl.
dents occurring to nreas the dreary monotony
being sae sight Of two :hree vescels Only one
of ttefu came within mailing distance, and this he
ahinha " az on Mono sy Or Tuesday, he is not GER
tain VI h.cb. Ths vessel was near enough for him
70 resd der name, and whom he supposes
was The captain, seemed him in tbs distance,
2nd afterwards eevera, o, TIE crew joined him and
l0oks q III the same dis ctiou. Capt ID. thinks they
must heve seen hin, ba' the vessel held on her
oourse. aud the hope Of rescue, which he had in
dulgec moment before, gave place to black dla.
pair
From shat time till ne vas picked up by the
crew Of the steamer Norton, between and 10 a.
d. on Friday, there was nothing to relieve che
horrinis uonotony Of hig long, aimless voyage ex-
cept th6g at time he drifted within about
mile a. tne eastern suore Of the lake, but he was
shen 10 much exhausted. TOO weakened and be-
mum In body and parazed III mind, to maze inc
atten.l, i, e~im ashore.
Ih0 pangs of hune CT became 30 presang, to-
Rsrd ia asst, that the poor sufferer attempted to
reacu cad body that hoeted near MIN, with the
dresdfu bought OF satisfying IL by eating portion
oFa st5-z creature but II eladed his grasp, After
Chs does not know when, he gnawed one OF
his hAuak TO relieve the pain OF famine, and alter
ward rt snawed the other Ia tue same manner.
It's impossible for the imagination to conceive
Of tbs terrible realities Of such voyage during
yhlch Tor seven Gays tue Door waytarer upon the
deep y.l,hout g morso OF food, benumbed with
colo. elu With the pros pect of death every mo
1neni- q here day brought no relief and hardly
hope and the long, dtcAry night added to the hor-
ror o s ton as dritted at the mercy otthe
clemens. Happily ho~ever, by the operation OF
q beaugiial law, by which the intensity OF human
guii, ring after time deadens the capacity to tee
it. Cans Davis has but indietnct remembrance
of tue trial through which he has passed. For
mosr al the time he was in state OF aeml-cOn-
aciou .ness and at times he must have slept,
though Tie strong instinct Of selfpreservation en-
abled ava, through all, to maintain firm grippe
upon the spar
On oeing picked up by the Morton, every atten-
Sion was pRid to his wants which humanity could
1uggest, and q phySolan whose name we were
not Abi. 30 learn was taken on board at Michigan
City who bound up his wounded hands, and other
vy.e nnnistered to his relief This morning he was
quite cheerful though much emaciated from his
long fanIne, and the prospect is that he will short
Nv recover. 1t will be some time, however, before
he viii have the use OF his hands, as they are very
much ccamped aud benumbed by his long continued
granp upon the SPAR and the gnawing to which
they were subjected. His whole body with the
exception of his head aud handa, being immersed
in the water he did sufer much with cold un-
Sil the last night of his exposure
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