The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27


tolerated when rn S Il Il s.ss 3 CON
SSlpP NnVl
suffered the monster s pass her After he
had fairly passed, te kept Of 10 ogertake
and attack him again. When the shin had
reached within about atty rods 81 him. thew
discovered that the whale had settled down
deep below the surfaceof the water, and, as
| twas near sundown, they concluded to give
| up the pursuit
Capt. Deblois was nt this time standing ifig
the nights heads on the larboard bow, with /
craft in hand ready to strike the monster
deadly blow should he appear, the ship NOV
ling about five knots, when working On thel
sideof theship, be discovered the whalerush-
ling towards her atsthe rate Of fifteen znatsll
I In an instant, the m onster struck the shipwith
tremendous violence, shaking her from stem
to stern She.quiVered under the violence
Eof theshock, as il she had struck upon rock q
Capt Deblois Immediately descended into
4 the forecastle, and there to his 'horror dis
covered that the monster had struck the ship
about two feet from tie keel, abreasttIe fore
mast, knocking a greath hole entirely through
i her bottom, through which the water roared
and rushed in itlpetuously Springing to.
{ the deck, he ordered the mate to cut away
J the anchors and get the cables overheard to
keep the ship from sinking, as he had large
| Quantity of pig iron on board.
4 Indoipg this, the mate succeeded in reliev-
! ing only one anchor and cable clear, the 9th
: Ter having been tasted around the foremost
The ship was then sinking rapidly. The
-1Captain went to the cabin, where he found
: three feetof water; he however, succeeded in
, procuring a thermometer, sextant and chart
: Reaching the decks he ordered the boats to
be cleared away, and to get water and proyis-
z ions, as the ship was keeling over. Heagain
: descended to the cabin, but the water was
: rushing in so rapidly that he could procure
nothing. lie then came upon deck, ordered
| all hands into the boats, and was the last
: himself to leave the ship, which he did by
$ throwing himself into the sea and swimming
$ to the nearest boat! The ship was on her
: beam-end, her top gallant yards under water.
They then pushedof some distance from the
ship, expecting her to sink in very short
time. Upon an examination of the stores
4 they had been able to save, he discovered
they had only twelve quarts Of water, and
not mouthful of provision Of any kind!-
The boats contained eleven men each, were
J leaky, and nightcoming on, they were oblig
J cd to bail them all night, to keep them from
! sinking.
: Next day, at daylight, they returned t.
tho ship, no one daring to venture on boarc
: but the Captain, their intention being to Gu
: away the masts, and fearful atthemomen
:. that the masts were cut away the ship WoulC
= go down. With a single Ratchet, the Cap
: tain went on board, cut away the mast, whel
: the ship righted. The boats fhen came up
: and the men; by the sole aid Of spades, Gu
:. away the chain cable from around the fore
4 mast, which got the ship nearly on her keel
:. The men then tied ropes round their bodies
: got into the sea and cut hole through th
: decks to get out provisions. They could pre-
cure nothing butabout five gallons of vinega
e. and twenty poundso of wet bread The shi
- threatened tosink, and they deemed itimprl
~ dent to remain by her longer, 50 they set sa
{ on their boats and left her. On the 23d {
= August, at about 5 o'clock, p. NJ, they ha
~ the Undesirable JOY Of discerning ship
: the distance. They made signal, and wei
! soon answered; and iua short time they WEI
- reached by the good ship Nantucket, of Nal
- tucket, Mass, Capt. Gibbs, who took the
- on board, clothed and fed them, and exten
: ed to them in every way the greatest posaib
- hospitality.
" On the succeeding day, Capt Gibbs We
- to the wreck of the Ill fated Ann Alexande
lT for the purpose of trying to procure som
= thing from her; butas the seawas rough, N
=. - the attempt considered dangerous, he aban
:. oned the project The Nantucket then $
=. sail for Paita, where she arrived on the Is
~ Of September, and where she landed Cal
~. Deblois, and his men. Capt. Deblois "
~ kindly and Hospitality received and entertai
~ ~ ed at Paita by Capt. Bathurst, an EngG
"a gentleman, residing there, and subsequent
- - took passage on board the schooner Pro
"a "a denee, Capt Starbucl for this port arrivi
- here on Sunday last, the 18th inst.
=, At Paita, Capt.-Deblois entered his prot
~ at the u s. Consulate, which was autheI
"a Gated by the following officers and seam'
a., on board atthe tim Of the disaster; the t
-. officers and the rest of the crew havingsh
-, ped on board other vessels j oseph Is. Gre
=" first mate; James Smith thirddo John NJ
gan carpenter; James Riley cooper; Jan
- s.. MeRoberts, John Smith, Vim. Smith, III
-. - ry Reid and Charles ] Booth, Seamen.
hip,
ness From the Mobile Herald 8 Tribune.
ron. Direct Trade.
the -
led, The MessTs Garmany s. Co, who have
anne dertaken At Savannah to commence dbl
nm trade with continental Europe, have ISL
.9e second circular to the people Of Georgia
on the subject, They group together u an
hort teTestIng pointof view Use resourcesfOr 81
d to trade. Many people suppose that i no
and be trade based merely on raw cotton,
Az thatis great error Ihe question Is, Il
non we the elements of thissort Of tradeg Mes
rise arnany & Co, sa that We have Tor exI
b at the articles 81 cotton, rice, pitch, pine i
avs Der, tobacco, sugar, beet, pork, india1 .
men al 81 these articles are q substantial
row ne, and meet With ready sale Wherever ID
duced Cotton IS lie staple article of 9
Ilans lneree and man ufacture q the world, an
.tln giving emp to ID lions alsd el0l