Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-11-29
THE JAPANESE STRANGER.

feet would soon be produced.
THE JAPANESE STRANGER.
We noticed on Mon lay the arrival
of Lieut.. Pease, Of the U. S. revenue
service, with number of articles Oh
,aineI rrom Japanese wreck, which he
intends 10 eAhbi, at the "Worlls fa'r.
We find the following narrative relative
thereto in the San Francisco Times AMI
Transcript
A few days ago we male allusion 10
the rescue of person from strange
wreck, fallen in with by the Emma
Packer. in lat, % deg. 50 min. North
lon. l5S deg. 46 min. West, during the
recen. voyage Of that vessel from TahIsa
to this port. We wer, waitel on yes
,erlay by first Lieut.. Pea'e, command
inc the H. S. Revenue Cutter Argus, on
this station, who has kindly laid us un
de, obligations for much interesting IN
formation, DO h in regard 10 'hs wreck
cncoun,ere and the strange inilvldual
rescued from it.
!, seems that the stranger turns on''
, as suspected. TO be a japanese. On the
, ARRIVAL Of the Emma Packer al this
port, collector Saunders, when informed
bv Lieut.. Pease ,ha. the stranger was
Japanese, directed that the man be
,piacei in the care Of the officers ol the
= Arlus, until instructions shouli be re-
=. c-iyeI from Washn lon relative 10 his
;, tisposa. The Argus was then lying at
Benicia; but Lieut.. Pca>e, being in this
( city. took charge Of the stranger, and
conveyed him on board his vessel. For
tunately the cook of the cuttcr happens
, TO be il Japanesc-one of those rescued
from shipwrtck some time slnce-and
" Lieut.. Pease was thus afforded the
y means Of Immediately solving the mys
lc ,erv. One OF the seamen on board the
i cui,cr, whose name is Thomas Troy, al
:, so understand, some parts OF the Japa
, ncse language, aul between the Two IN
10 ollowin. history was ma ie out
pt The Japanese junk Ye'lha ma roc
10 with a crew Of thircen prrsons, lei
as Ma,smay, port in the southern part
l. the lsanI Of Yesso, on the Is, day OF tn
}" 9th moon, (Septemher. 1922 bound it
&c the city Of N, ,hecng. eau tina, port
is. the west coas, of the Island OF NiphoI
iii. in the sea of Japan, distant from Mat
ills may one hundred and fifty TWO Japan,
. little more than three hundred Engl's
~, -, miles. The junk was loaded with or
~ hundred and twenty thousand she
cw ha.kee, (salled salmon and hal but
|av small quantity Of rice on board, as Il
I'VE commander expected TO cal at port
-. no great distance. where rice could
81 purchased a., cheaper rate than
Matsmay. They had three tanks OF W
ich ter, two of which were slowed alt, OF
sc on each side Of the helm, and the olt
,,h. forward on deck.
49, They had three days of fine wea,t
'e'' after leaving port, during which III
arc ,hey were carried through the straits a
tain into the Sea of Japan. On the fou
+. in dav, IN the forenoon. the wind died
y;,b way, and in the afternoon, about, Il
49, o'clock, a strong northwest gale ca
'e'' on and drove them back through
Ian Suai,s Of Ma,smay. The wind and r.
ism, increased, and heavy sea running c
, we ried away the rulLcr, fractured the ste
.,L, and washed away the two water ia
aft. At this time they were still in 81
ana of the land, and the sailors insisted
sue taking the boat 10 attempt to make
orms but the owner, who was on board, ol
,b;eb ed the man forty dollars each to stay
49,. the vessel, and they agreed to ito SO.
'"e9 the fifth day land was out Of sight,
Il II. the crew then gave up 10 despair.
last serving some thick clouds on the he
d by on, which they mistook for land,
relig iowcfe" ,. oua, OF" of cIo,h;"" ' % ohcs,s G
the rice thev had, ana some water
scat. Ter pulling abou, mile in the dlree
com of the clouds, they found the sea
nos too rough, ami they were Obliged tt
r0 turn. They reached the vessel, an
It is on board, but could not get the h
,n is, articles up. The boat knocked a.
t:ans. the vessel, and shortly went,o piec
,,o,h. On the eighth day the vessel r
'" r so heavily they were Obliged to Gu
as Tar mas, away. On the ninth day thoi
There wos exhausted, anl it was found
they the remaining water tank, which
Of the been slowed year, contained ou'
Tbsrc water, having become worm eaten.
'' were now without provisions, exec
c's " VI sal, fish, aud bad but small supl
bulk water. The latter they continu
h, and serve out very sparinsly while it
he cas-, and they now began to have reco
imputed their sallea ae'h sa''nT" n'a oe ,ho ,o,h
ID thou. lnOnat"., ,hs frs, deo,h occurred
g por' dressed the deceased in his best c
Ids, but attached his purse Of money arou
bigoted nsck, sowed him up in ma