Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-06-20

anu ragged shlft. lhcN setlhtu w w AL
dead bu, the first one, aud were quite stiff.
The ship on seeing our light, wore rount
aud stood for us-soon picked Us up and trans
icrrcJ ,hc FIVE strangers to the cabin. The
s,oycn boat was abandoned to i,s fate, and We
Gllcd away again.
Every elcrtion was used To rccusiialc The
seemingly llfclcs, bodies, and ancr two hours
uurcmiitiug cScnion, With The aid Of warn
blankets, hot vinegar and friction, four OF
them showed faint signs Of life. The onC
Gr,t rcscued, soon ancr. was able To sit up,
and looked wildly around, not knowing " here
he Vas. Three others brcaihcd family, bot
regularly, BY morning bot the fourth, poor
fellow. was gone, and lay siiT and cold on tho
transom.
\, cigh, bclls struck the ncN, morning al
ter the strangers were rc~cucd-lhc decks
having been washed down, the rUpcs coilcd
away, and everything pot IN ordcr-" Nj
hands 10 bury the dead" was passed along
by the mate IN an undcrtunc-and m IN 10
,larl every thing was quiet, save the hPPire
sound Of the water, under the bows, or the
gently falling iool,,rp of some one Of tic crew
%, be came from the iorcc-sIlc, alcr Purrng
ON q clean fruck OF a ucckgrchlcl, aud silcuil,
made hi. way tn the quarcr-dccL
Ga the quarterback, covered by ,hr Tag OF
our country. lay the corpse of the unfortunate
,lllor Poor fellow IT, looked thin and
van. auj seemed To- have died h1rl. lie was
abou, rrou,y-clrh, y,ar of age,
and afterwards learned from h,, shlpma,c,.
,sa, he was a Sco,ehman, named ThOmc'
Harding
S,,a anrr, ihy cep,aru aPpe,r,d on ,h,
luaurt,dcck, with a Biol, and the church
.sr,cr. The maiuiorsall vas gently lhrovu
90 ,hc ml,i-thc c,upsc va, poised upon the
Dee rall upon a wide rIauk-a chapter IN the
Bible vss read, sud the church ,cryicc reel.
ted by The n7tc IN low tone, With uncover
cd head, ard far o., halEmaG N ihc vord,
'' vc commit ,hr bod, TO ,hc Jrr7,' ,hy cnd
af,hr plank va, ,rIru,ly nr.cI, a1j ,hr JoI,
icll with n duIl splash into ihc blue waters,
which. anrr icv eirclrug cidtcs, rcsumrl
.,s vouird mo1olunuu, hc1Nug, MS 'huggh Il
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-5,c an Immortal soul ip 80 the watry
al 1T q lunrly death urun enc, Who once
.rorcd un o., brn, breast, aud laughed ,u
,curn the pacr,lc efforts OF ,lr raging storm.
-, cccan, How mau, secrets will th,
great day di,ulgc, Which sre uow hidtcn b..
Meath ih, walcy pall' What cumc, cha,
iur agr, have .lumb-rcd no The well conlcu,,
70 ieromln, ol th, vast depths, wall thea b.
5roush, forth To lo,nluI rh,,
VIA, unrgvardrI virtues and noble sclf
.lcuucc Will tAsu O.. revealed. vh,ch ror ro'l.
ins wear. las been hidden from ,hc eye OF
man. God BE- with rhc poor sailor, who, al
Ger vcl,hcuug ,hc storm, ct hic, ha, now
l4uach-d h.s barqur oa ,he uu'ucl oc.au Of
eternity
Tho ma.l,op.,al va, again
bucyd forward, ,hr Cog hauled down, and
our auruuou va, now directed 10 ,hc living
Poor. uau.looItug fellow, they were, VIII
,unAcn csc aud trembling slr... Two ot
urc. bad ho5JIuI in ,hg main halrll, and
were seated amid p,a.pcl,ls ani b.auA,'s
Which were KINDLY brought. They locke,
auunI with a satisfied alr, on the knu, o
rough, hardy looking "uor'0,,,cr'," whr
gathered round 10 learn their story. llwa'
.uuu told
They belonged lo New Bedford whaling
vessel, and had bccu Joe, five dsy, before
Their bv1, Was sNamrcd by whale, and The,
had Jcsu without food Tor the whole time, eN
ccpt ono small shark which ihcy had harToon
cd. and a few crumbs oi biscuit. Ouc, lh'
,oor fellow whom vc had buried, had died o
starvation on the prr,ions day-auO,hcr ha,
ben eaten by a shark, as be struck out " io
home. " a. be salj-and the four rcmaiuin:
out of ,iN hearty mca, were nov on board ou
own ship.
They .oon recruited their wasted eucrgic
uu same sNce, PoIatoes aud oranges, whIcl
Wc had procured from a passing ~hslcmal
tuc previous day, and ln fortnight they wcr
well, ard stationed 10 The watches.
Two Of them were pot in our watch. On
was tall r,~ -b"ned. mldilo-anej man. fr'"
ono OF the Western States laci,uu IA his d!s
position, aud Keeping much by himself, tho
Harry. the other one, said be used To be ,h
hlr uf ,hc watch on board their own vessel
with hI, stories Of prairie aud blckwoOds life
lu, I'M, La, sc,crc trial seemed 10 have cn
tirrly altered the man. ! have frequently seet
him seated by himself on the Ice end Of th
windlass, or IA some oui.Uflhe.way place
with clcnchcd teeth and mltching muscle:
muucring some Of the thoughts which crowd
ed his brain, ecs,iculatIng violently, tll hi
rowing eve would catch our own, waichlu
with painful inieres, the workings OF his Dis
cascd mind, when he would suddenly tur
away and walk to some other part Of ll
ship.
Harry, his shipma,c, was Of ua,urall
hopeful and sunny disposition, careless OF IN
future aud ever ready Tor fun a good slilc
for his ycars, and the sior.icller OF our wa,cl
entirely eclipsing Tom johnson, who rcadil
gave up the office 10 the new comer II
hailed from one Of the interior counties {
Maine, and had been at sea from boy-a
ways in the West India lumber trade an
cOasting.
The other two were New Bedford met
,,lo tsn, by themselves much of the tim,