American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-04-05


other boats visible. Rain and snow fell
and the unfortunate creatures, wore
nearly frozen with cold; ia addition to-
The pangs ofhunger and thirst They
kept up brayely. owovercheering each
other. The women especially We're
brave. They always are i'm toying cir.
cumstances. NJ M Nv
Day after day passed by, and on the
9th day. a woman, a wife of one of the
passengers, died. They had no shroud
to wrap her in, SO they threw her over.
board in hor fcloihos. The hearts of
the surviving twelve began to fail in ear
nest then. Many werein sinking con.
dition though they had tried to conceal
it. but the sight ofthe frs, corpso plung-
ed overheard unnamed them The
next day the husband of the woman di.
ed. and they threw him overheard. A
huge shark had fnllwed them for two
days past, and when this second body
was consigned to the waves he divod
deeply after it. and disappeared That
evening the provisions failed. There
wero no more biscuits, aud the, demijohn
was sucked dry.
Early in the morning of the seventh
day, two buys. who were brothers, d.
ed and shortly aflerward their falher.---
There were three sharks in the wake of
the boat now, but after these three bod.
les were thrown over board, there was
only one visable and he soon dropped
away and Disappeared. 6--
Some time during that night anoth.
ar passenger died The threw him o.
YER at daybreak. qrg.f.s3 E.fe NJ Ia
On sthe 9Th day the boatswain died.
Him they threw overheard. All that
were thrown overheard were inrtheiri
wearing apparel, and were so disposed
of just as they died. On the same day
another passenger died, who was the
last that was thrown overheard. Mrs.
Atkinson the mats wifo, died about two
hours later, and aftor her in quick sue.
cession, thrce other passengers. The
young seamen Nye, was the sole survi-
vor. and he was SO much exhausted that
he had not strength enough to give bis
dead companions to the sharks. He
sat frozen in their midst. and tho
boat drifted at the mercy of the winds
and waves. ss4o .T INV arF-
On the ninth day, the Germania came
in sight, but he had not the power to
hail her, or to wave a signal. The
drifting boat as we have said, was for
tunately espied, and the poor young fell
low was received on board. He told
his story and Capt. Wood humanelyr re-
solved TO look after the other boats
For two days he sailed to the Northwest
and the South keeping watch
Thick snow storms fell during this time
but when they cleared away there were
no boats to be seen. They had COM
passes on board. They had more food
than tho i'll fated boat, from which Mr..
Nye was rescued. But the weather
was very stormy and cold during all
those subsequent days, and their proba-
BILE fate is one of painful conjecture
We trust that we shall hear something
of them. Some good ship may have
picked them up. If they should never
be heard of, then only one individual,
young Nye will have been rescued out
of all The passengers and crew of the
John Rutledge. And it is not even GER
tain that he will recover. He remains
in very low state on board the Ger
mania now in our port. 1f.
Another terrible hurricane was ex-
perienced by the Germania on March
IL, which lasted three days, driving her
back $50 miles into the Guif-stream.-
Capt. Wood adds his testimony to that
of the many experienced commanders
who have lately crossed the Atlantic,
respecting the unexampled severity of
the weather during the present Winter.
We expect to receive frightful tidings
from sea for some weeks TO come. IL.
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