The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-17

and equally DIVIDED among each mesa every morning.
AND We gradually reconeiisd 70 our nd ate. Five
he thought Of ausshiss forth upos - trsschsrOus
choice between Death sneepntsrsd in soly effort 1t
ecspe life long captivity upon that dsscate reef
sss .ps ~ 2
Ter assistance. Capt Coffin objected g in the
beat said he WIS an old man and prepared 70 die where
but volunteered 70 man to follow my lead.
The nearest inhabited isands we're the society group,
than i've weeks It had been blowing steady trade
gale from the east and reluctantly abandoned all hope
eve, ,ssshins them and turned my eyes TO ssw.rd
though the eistancs-some 500 miss-vas appalling,
determined to seer for them, trusting to kind Provi
depcs selected four Of my best men for boats crew,
spd fixed the day for our departure.
Nothing now rem.ined ior us but 70 survey the open
owing to the wst Of suitable boat but the s1sssncs
when had never given any unessiness end you ey
Judge Of our dmsy wneD, after days dgent Search
Imprisoned In circle OF angry breakers became apps
rent Gloomy despair seemed TO all every breast those
but tewaiiing our unhappy lot and future prospects
would never ELECT deversnce, and summonsd all my
sggiDg energies to the task Iscatsrsd the ships crew
and Ulcers in every direction the reef and
menced systematic search tor break In the rocks
that right offer chance Tor the launching OF boat
n spot ally feectsd, which, by eArryipg the boa
some two hundyed yards, ana IN favorable weather,
nss s % tine orn
,esmsd crushed; felt like one going to the stake
toIebodug Of evil came me- tine weather unset
thought for the time-unhappy and without hope.
The couds gathered in gloomy srsnceur, ami finally
po,e sleep. About three O'Clock in the morning.
and walked down upon the beach and there inoeed
was experienced the climax 70 my distress for he boat
upon which ell our hopes conferred had disappeared.
called the second rate and IS the repor spread rom
tent 10 tent sn women and chidran, yet 10 the gray
dawn OF morning. gathered upon the beach and gazed
upon III spot where the night previous they had
that priceless boat snugy moored Their great mist
tune could hardly be realized; compass nautical ia
ard everything OF value in the boat and
all material had been exhaus ed In Its construction
The loss Of all these bansbed hope every breast aud
seemed to seal the Of the entire party Some threw
themselves in despair upon the beach, the silent
rickled DOWN the cheeks Of speechesy women others
nospeo aloud their Fad sad ats for COCOA nuts we're
nearly exhausted, and starvation stared IN the face
81 to cheer them With the hope that the
IL the bay, would anchor herself again off OF
the eewaId islands. This eventually proved Be the
case, sId the boat recovered nearly full OF water
but unipjured.
Tn. weather seemed to be breaking up the trade
wines tlew less steady, and all appearances ndi stsd
charge. Secretly iphper ced by gloomy Undecided PEE
me Iie OF evil and disaster a. the result OF my pco
poed attempt % reach the Navigator Islands, ANA hav
irgro chsrs-aii CT ny charts were lost nov dsser
mined the apparently desperate of couoe
banking the boat with Of ten men, and, watching
aftvoasie opportunity tndeavcrto pull to the nearest
windward island Against this course Capt. Coffin, An
Gid whs!er opposed al bis influence and experience
said he would rather venture than with uths
deep osced against head wind ard and thai there
was po'hrg under our lee whore could make har-
hor, in the event 81 encounteriDg what might
pecf-easterly weather. That, In fact il was . lie
death ain obstruction wait
I'd But desperate diseases require Desperate
proposed It to my crew, and, with but sirge exosp
tion Ley all volunteered We now impatsn iy awaited
for suitable opportunity to launch our boat.
At daybresk on the morning Of the % Of December
by Mr. OWENS The wiAd blowing in gusts from the
northwest the night had been stormy; neavy clouds
k,ra< ssz A.
overcast and drsy rendered the entire aspect
OF nature chilling and unpromising hsstased long,
releenee that island, and gave the order for
You understand our situation; we were on chain Of
tman low islands, entirely surrounded oy coral rect
and angry breakers, enclosing beau ul lagoon, per-
haps ten miles across At low water could pass
aud boy capable Of service starred on loot While the
crew pulled the boat, WITH the wa'er and provisions,
the lagoon to the place selected to try the reef dis
tan about eight miles, The boat carried the
lar some 2O0 yards and placed the breakers where
she was held by the united strength OF esn
her crew at their stations ana .. the word were
safely launched upon the open sea; and now
gh' Of WIND as or the
depstore we landed safely the island Of Bora Bora
providence seemed to have intsrteed dueotv in our
since wreck that could have succeeded IN getting
to windward, and the very day Of arrival the
east.
AT Bora Bora there we've no white inhabitants. The
Kirg was on whit to neishboripg Island and the
tives a. first locked With much suspicion, takog
for pirates however engaged passage for myself,
Mr. Owens and enc man in small native schooner,
pecrg to sail the following day for Tahiti and despatch
Cd the balance of my crew in the boat the neiehbr
fg isjaLd Of Ria with letter to the British Consul
there being no American Consul nearer than Tahia.
That night he captain Of the Tahiti bound schooner-I
suppose aid to receive board-got under and
went over TO Mora to report US 70 the King leaving
in very bad 'sax' aean-no boat and NO means Of
fha buYi IN ri
you the details Of my adventures, annoyances aud
troubles; and doubtless have already wesred You
Consul, receiving my latter. Immediately dsspatc
express TO Capt Latham, Of the schooner Emma
Packer ST the neishborng island Of Huaiuea who got
beard proceeded to Scly Island rescued che passen
gers and carried us in safety to Tahiti.
without shirt to my back found myself detained by
the French government, 1T the instance of the British
Consul with the unreasonable demand to forward my
passengers to California.
lergtby correspondence ensued.
As an American citizen, demanded permit to leave
ed just in time to get passage in the French snip
Atricaine TO Calso which vesse was under way VIII.
boarded her. B. FRANKLIN POM.
LETTER ADDRESSED BY CAPTAIN POND TO THE UNITED
STATES CONSUL AT TAHITI.
When Captain Pond arrived at Tahiti thu Unsd States
Consul assured him that his obligations towards HIS pas
repeers dissolved by the entire loss of his vessel
However, on the representation OF the BRUSH Consus
Mr. Kelly changed his mind, and insisted that the
captain sbould-Although want Of money clothes,
credit and riendstake his passengers to California
On this view Of the case he actually detsned pri
the island tor time and 1t only at the
latest moment tina. he permitted TO 60 board the
French ship Aicsine, bound to Caao although he ha
fully discharged his duty, by offering TO charter the
Emma Packer for the purpose Of taking the people {,
California His bond for the charter charge was,
ever, refued and 1t was absolutely Impossible he could
do that which the British Consul pertinaso asst
ed on.
The captain addressed Mr.. Kelly thus
PArEyrA, Tahiti Dec. 25. 1850.
To II. KELLY E<q Consul OF United 'ates OF America:
The American bark Jdha AIM from Sidney, bound %
San Francisco otaly Loot the Sd OF October LAST
o Sclly Island and five persons drowned. The
remainder Of passeL gers and escaped the ad
joining isand in most destit1te condition Atsr
NAMING the island weeks repaired the ships
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