, 1853-10-22
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VOYAGE RoUND THE WORLD WITHOUT
SEEING LAND.-We published an account
obtained from a source which we deemed
authentic, and which proves to be substan
TALLY correct, Of voyage round the world,
made since the month of October last, in the
space of less than five months, in which not
one Of the ships company landed, or even
saw, land. This ship was the Benjamin
Rush, of Warren, Rhode Island, which
sailed from that port on the 18Th of October
last, on whaling voyage 10 the Pacific
ocean, and proceeding round Cape Horn to
TO the whaling ground, after taking two
whales, the captain and three of his men,
while in the act of tIking third, were
killed. The efficiency Of the crew was so
much eniccbled by this melancholy loss that
the mate, on whom the command devolycd,
deemed it eXpcdient 10 come home. Toac.
complish this object, he continued westward
ly on his voyage, and in llS days Of his
own reckoning, or 1I7 Of real time, he
crossed his outward track, and arrived at
Warren, her port of departure, on the 10th
Of June last, no one Of the crew having in
the meantime landed from the ship. We
copy the following account Of this remark
able voyage from the Warren Northern
/ Star.
"MR. RANDALL:- Having seen some re-
marks taken from Boston paper, referring
to the late remarkable voyage Of the ship
Benjamin Rush, Of this port, which remarks
are in part erroneous, send you a correct
and minute statement Of the voyage, which
well illustrates the enterprise of our whalers
who now make the whole watcry surface of
the globe their common fishing ground.
The Benjamin Rush sailed from this port
on the 18th of October, 1852, and returned
June 10th 1888, having been absent from
home eight months and three days. In this
time she had passed the Atlantic ocean twice
in its length, and made the circuit Of the
globe. During the whole time of her abb
scnce, no person had been sent out of the
ship, except in the boats when after whales.
They saw land twice on the voyage, in both
instances in the Atlantic ocean.
On the 18th of November, when 35 davs
out, they passed in sight of the Cape Verde
islands on the lllh Of December they
passed 10 the westward Of the island of
Trinidad, one of the Martin Vas group,
situated in lat. 20 81 S., Ion, DC 81 W, but
did not see it. One hundred and forty seven
days aflcr this, on the 9TH Of May 1858, the
Benjamin Rush crossed her track near this
island, having, from this point, completely
circumnavigatel the earth without seeing
land. A day or two after crossing her track
and completing the circuit, they made the
island of Trinidad, being the second and last
time Of seeing land on the voyage.
The account before referred 10, states 'one
whale was captured in the sea of Japan, and
at that time the captain and boats crew
were LOST This is a mistake, The ship
did not go near the Japan sea. They took
two whales on the voyage, one Of which was
killed by the common enemy Of the whale,
called killer In the attempt to take the
third whale, not far from New ZEALAND,
February oath, the sad accident occurred
by which the capable and promising captain
and three young men were instantly killed.
The ship then continued on, and returned
home under charge of the chief mate.
The time Of the Benjamin Rush's passago
around the world is estimated hom the date
Of her departure from a given point unto the
date OF her return 10 the same point, which
is 147 days but by the ships account, she
was us days, having, as all vessels do,
gained one day by going around the world
east yet her dates agree with our dates,
both on leaving and returning. What be-
came, it may be asked, of the gained day !
II was included in the second week in
March, which to them contained eight days.
They had two legal and proper Wednes-
days of March oh, 1888, being the day or
days they passed from east 10 west lOngi-
Iude."