Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-05-11

Hi,- w du'A VIZ Ntic t.dlcA NhH N'N'' ''~
p 'ospect of relief. In Ibis, however, We
wc.c agaiu disappointed. This vessel the
name of which do not rcmcmbcr, came
within hailing distance of us, AMI speak
ing to the captain asked him TO send me
a boat. The reply was, he could do moth
Ing for us, and leaving Us TO onr fate sail
cd away from us. The sea was running
very high at the time this vessel spoke to
us but SO have laid to and waited for a
calm or to have made some show of a
disposition to help us, we thought was
not too much to expect. When this YES
sci was beyond our sight all hope seemed
surely gone. Still all the crew kept Up
their spirits, as indeed they did to re-
markablc degree during the whole period
of their suffering. During all this time
the weather was cold enough to make ice.
What was most remarkable. after the
third day our hunger seemed 10 a':@'c.
On the fifth and sixth day Souie Of the
crew said they did not feel SO mach the
want Of food as they did on the third
day. THIS was the fceIingsof most if not
all of us. The fourth day and night pass
ell, and no assistance came. The fifth day
came, and with it succor-on this day we
were hailed by the bark Sylph, Cap'. Hell
lox, from Guadalupe bound to St. Peters,
Newfoundland. This vessel spoke us,
and learning our situation promised 10 lay
by till the storm abated. It still blew a
gale, and the sea was vt,y heavy. This
promise revived us.
During the night of the {, Il LAY Of our
sutlcrings-the 9th o. FeJruary-tho
SyIph drifted away from Is, and the next
morning was out of sight. cannot de-
scribe our feelings when The next morning
dawned up, and again shovel us nothing
within our vision but the tempestuous
ocean. Captain lIellox, however, upon
asccrtaining, on the morning of the 18th,
that he had lost us, crowded on all the
sail his bark could carry and commenced
the search for us. He was successful, and
found US aitcra few hours search, and at
ten o'clock on n'the morning of the 2Sth we
were taken from our laShings on board the
Sylph.
| When relieved none of us were able tc
stand, although all of us retained our sch.
scs. One Of the crew when taken from
his prison Of ropes, first his toes, which
dropped from him as lie was lifted fton
the ship. The potash lyc had eaten III,
feet of sufferer to this effect. | canno
speak too highly of the conduct of Cap
tain Helox and his crew, when receive,
on board of his vessel Every attention
was shown us and every comfort at hant
was frcel y extended us. We left the hui
Of the William Laytin floating in the
ocean, with her decks a':out level with tn
water.
Capt Hellox took us to st: Peters
Newfoundland, where we arrived on tn
9th Of March; Here u portion of the say
ed (cightcen in allwcre placed in The hos
pital and in about q week or ten days
werciuIIy Iy relieved from all the pains Of tn
shipwrcck. From st Peters we reaches
Boston in the schooner Amanda Powers
From Boston L arrived in New York t
day, part of the crew having arrived her
short time before me.
i Captain Tucker intends again to try hi
fortune upon the ocean at the first oppol
tunity. From the above statement, h
has experienced suherings which it wou
, have been believed beyond the power G
man to endure. The Lastardly miscrcan
, who commanded the vessel that first hail
| ed Captain TUCKER and sailed away witt
, out granting him any relief should be pul
lished, that the fellow might feel I'll
scorn and contempt of an indignant con
munity. Captain lIelox, for his mob
, conduct, is well deserving of some sui
stautial reward.