Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-11-15


castle, and there, 10 his horror, discovered
that the monster had struck the ship ahou,
two feet from the keel, abreast the .Orrnasl,
Knocking great hole entirely through her
bottom, through which the water roared and
rushed impernonsly Springing TO the deck
he ordered the mate TO cut away the an
chors and get the cable. over iboard, 10 keep
the ship from sinking, as she had large
quantity of pig iron on board. In doing
this, the mate succeeded in relieving only
ore anchor and cable clear, the other having
been fastened around the foremast. The
ship was then sinking rapidly The Captain
went 10 the cabin, where he found three
feet Of wafer he, however, succeeded in
procuring a chronome,er, sexlant and chart.
Reaching the decks, he ordered the boats to
be cleared away, aud 10 yet water and pro-
visions, as the ship was keeling over. He
again descended 10 the cabin, hnt the wafer
was rushing in so rapidly that he coud
procure nothing. He came upon deck,
ordered all hands into the boats, and was
he last himself 10 leave the ship, which
he did by throwing himself into the sea
and swimming TO the nearest boat The
ship was on her beams.euds her topgaant
yards under wafer. They then pushed off
some distance from the ship, expecting her
10 sink in very short time. Upon an ex
animation of the stores they had been able
to save, he discovered that they had only
twelve quarts of water, and no, mouthu
of provisions of any kind The boats con-
tanned eleven men each, were leaky, and
night coming on, they were obliged TO
bail them all night to keep them from sink
! ng.
Next day, at daylight, they returned TO
The ship, no one daring to venture on board
bul the Captain, their intention being 10 cut
away the mast. and fearful that the moment
! that the masts were cut away the ship
would 90 down. With a single hatchei, The
Captain went ON board, cnt away the mast,
when the ship lighted The boats then
came up, and the men, by the sole aid Of
spade, cnt away the chain cable iIom
around the forrmas, which got The ship
nearly on her keel. The men then tied
ropes round their bodies, got into the sea,
and cut hole through The decks to get out
provisions. They could procure nuthing
| bat about five gallons Of vinegar and twenty
pounds of wet bread The ship threatened
10 sink, and they deemed it imprrdeni to
remain by her longer, so they set sail in
boats and left her.
On the 22d of August, al about five
O'Clock. P NJ they had the indescrbabIe
JOY of discerning ship in the distance
They made signal and were soon answered.
and in a short time they were reached by
the good ship Nantucket, of Nantucket,
Mass, Capl Gibbs, who took them all Oh
board, clothed aud fed lhem, and extended
10 Them in every way The grcalesl possible
hospitality.
On The succeeding day, Captain Gibbs
weut 10 the wreck OF The Inflated Auu Alex
auder, for The pup pose of trying 10 procure
something from her, but as the sea was
rough and the attempt considered danger
ous, he abandoned the project. The Nam
lncke, then set sail for Paila, where she
arrived on The 18th of September, and
where she landed Captain Debos and his
men, Captain DebloiS Was kindly and hos
pitably received aud entertained al paiia,
by Captain Bathurst, an English gentleman
resiLlng There, aud subsequently took pas
sage on board the schooner Providence,
Captain Slarbuck, for this port, arrived here
on Sunday last, The l2ih lnsan'.
Al Paia, Captain Deblois entered his pro-
test al the U. S. Consulate, which was au-
rhen,icaied by the following officers and
seamen, on board ai the timc of the dis
aster the two officers and The rest Of the
crew having shipped on board other YES
sells Joseph X. Green, first mate James
Smith, hind do. John Morgon, Carpenter ;
James Riley, copper James MrEoberts,
John Smith, William Smith, Henry Reid,
} aud Charles F. Booth, seamen. ~
, If you would make good speech, be OH
| The opposition There is IL charm about
abuse lha' no other species Of eloouence
can even approach. Till Byron took tc
satire, no one ever noticed him. Had Juui
, us praised the Duke OF Grafton, instead O
I 'Iamming him, his letter would never have
? gol beyond the newspaper they first appear
| ell in Oralions are like oysters, the mo-,
they are cayenned the better they ar,
, relished.
To OFFSET trouble, always lave a larg'
: stock of hope on hand. This was Macaw
! ber's plan. The very night he went to iai
for debt, he sent 10 an architect 10 see wha