The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-01-07

Tie rEo'c-23 o f:,e yTycc::,
Tta,,. 30 .n' ,nw u" "-.rr...'nu 81 ., ..,r.-
.rc~ a-~ ,xro>rd 70 mary l.Ii'<. amp...
r 1rr h;iwr".k and starvation. l. J., i
.~r'~ '';rr to - destitute Of fr.! and
..,,. III '..,.'-> '!:v af'.r ilv ~ - o.,...,
=. rr $. ,f;,rc'! We, or rl'.. .,r :i..n
..ari a->'>'anrr. "ra'lra l.>inr >tr,.n,t',
.,l .uiicrr. al' the cravings ot' hunger a,I
!-,' u,i'iI death comes at last and puts an
.r! ;oanon:c> whirh cannot even he CON
,i.oI II Is I'D TINT 4 man possessed of 4
,.! constitution NAV live for <,r,n Hay,
-lor' any >u>.cnlnce whatever: ~, frame
MI -rr'aaIlv waste and withcr, and The
,'.aWin.> ot hunger increase and a mors,l
q: rad or drop Of wafer will then be more.
'.ra'lr 10 lin than all the precious mines
,n'n'! g'nl> IN the world he fill. a
-~i. L. forthwith dreams of rills of clear
-'t-h.in. water, Of gushing springs, of ,lclc-
.,> :-F!.'-. AMI tempting ,iand>, and >u,l.lrn.
;. aw.k,,> in few moin,.nts to tuI sense
.,Le horrors anl .clplessncss Of his condi-
~
Nlnv years 40 when the brave Commo-
-, lruxton, IN the 'nited States frirate
ISOLATION. was returning from his famous
-..>r III the West IrtlicS. the Iook-out at the
H-.,' head one morning. ere the sun had riS-
Il above the horizon. ,lcscrieb at the dis
'.'-r o! three or four miles an object which
iei Ike the wrcck of a vessel. The
''.r'e ot the friratc was altered. and in half
n hour the Commodore had asccrtaned that
''eo' lrct was indeed the wreck of a mcr
ant vessel. Her ma>ts were broken off a
~ fifteen feet from deck, and the hull was
,-' o Wter. They saw no li,irg thing on
''ri'" "ft there was a camhoo>c-huuSc on
''N N vh;"h had apparently been recently
-'.'''! viii, old canvass. or tarpaulin. 4, if
III .' shelter to some remnant of her crew.
1ti. although 1t blew a strong "aIc at the
.lir, tie humane Commodore determined 70
III III 4 boat. with instructions to board the
"rrrl, AMI ascertain whether there were
.'"i any human beings still surviving
N The help o! his tclIow-r!en might save
IN the grasp of death
HE boat proceeded towards the Jr;,t;pn
cck. and while the men were rowino and
-'-"Iing with the difficulty of cc,,no arorn-
r. wnlic a heavy sea was running. and
I'm. all the time as loud As thcv could.
..o'jert which rescmJIel in appearance a
'.i.r "f OLD clothes was seen to roll out Of
'mPoosr-housr, apparently against the
-'''!r OF The vessel. With boathook they
rived 10 seize it and haul j, into the boat.
.-'A II nrovc!t to be The body of human be-
-'r'' h"ai and knees together. and 50
10 '! Il - tr scarcely seen in the am,lc
as winch fitted him when he eniovcd
''''h AMI strength lie seemed a pi-mv in
" c''Ae' OF "art. He looked pale AMI
--.''y indeed: Int. although he was una
''' >i'rAN. h. Sill brcathcd.
TIE 'o2''- rr"w ia~'"ncl bart TO the Con-
WI IL r;i>"ril',- rcI,na..t nf hu-
'y. i-.- t"or ~'-r1:n.. wr,t h va. ,,-
" q "'i.'in'.ii'c SIC that :. la'l
;'''' or! W. ..!.,r To ljlt lam iron, The.
Wien placed on d.rk l., showed ,o
''>i."'ht "t al. >I-nS returning !if,.
'> i'''>H">> H. tIirI 10 move: ,h,n
1i~ r'rchc'i and tl, i,vn,.l lips. and
" "''N' Afrr'wo or three attempts
'''r''r'i n u''erin.. in a faint. hollow
'"i'uIrhr.l tnl.,.. .JJ,,. +, ....J.~
'''''''''"re IrnNton immediately ordered
II 10 shove of a.,in for the wr...k
''fa' ahoriIve attempts. the crew
'''''' IN boarding the wreck. In ;A,.
,'iiou>e they found two other human
'''>'ca Ike the one they had taken
"' The 'rIca'e. to the yerv bone. but
! >i'ark of lie remain;r, In,ar.,
'"T''.'''e, hal suffered every thing which
.'''1'or men 70 suffer. and had died
,. ''..'. 'iea.h Of starvation.
'''i' crew. after completing their
SHrvev. returned on boarl. where
''' 'l' attention of the ships compa-
''''r'i BY efforts to preserve the life
81 ~ 'g'Io"' who. on being brought on
.''lt'' TO have just life enough re-
., % remind his prcservers that ,bers
...., ''''''her man. companion, to be
''''' 70 ''y tina, 70 possible efforts