Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-19

the boat To imagine the agony ct an old gen
ileman Of sixty yours struggling with death in its
. mnst narrowing aspect, viii fail 10 realize the
scene. lie died before nghfall. Many Logan
| fo think that they would soon follow him T. eter.
nitv. During the night seainan aud myself
found il diffcu't 10 keep our companions alive
By dint of much exerion. however. we succeed
ID Several. however, including myself were
severely frpstbitfen.
We were now entirely out Of prov-ons starva-
ton starting u in our faces. Want Of water
compelled Us To dunk water but this Of course
only inerca ,ed our thirst. We now made up our
mind. that We were indeed lost. II il mpossi-
BE 10 describe frighifll condition.; 40 water,
t f5oa. clothes frozen 10 oar backs. feet wet and
frozen. aud strength exhausted with baiing out
til. boat.
Saturday morning we discovered n sail: Oh
how elnd we were our heart. at this sight but
many Of my poor companions were too helpless
10 SEQ even this coml"g succor. On making
senal- 20 her by the raising Of hnnds and hank
erchef she bore down for u. She proved 10
he the bark Elisp. Capt Nordenhol,t, from Bati.
more for Bremen. who took u. on board and in
the kindest manner did ell in his power 10 alleyi.
ate our ,uferugs and make u rs comfortable AZ
he could under the circumstances. We contin,
ned h. suffer severely from the effects 81 our
/ privarinns AID exposure. fapt. NurdenhoIst
/ found it announcement to accommodate olarge
number aud wished To transfer Us to some vessel
bound 10 the United States. H. sgnalized an
/ American ship supposed 10 be bound 10 some
eastern port, bat hr paid no attention 10 the sig
mi
On Monday morning last, having thcn beentwo
dnv- on board the bark, spoke the Hamburg
! hak Ellie, Captain Nelson, bound FROM liam
! buzz for New Yoll, who sent bont alongside.
'pon hearing If our ml~foflanes, and aserr
| timing our wshto proceed 10 New York, he
! kindly offered usa passage IN bis vessel. All
! ba, two Of Us went on board his hospit bic ~hp,
where we experienced the utmost kindness at
! hl- hands, and tint of the passengers aud cfe@.
! Nj Scheirr aud laly decided II proceed 10 -3re-
men IN th- bark, and thence 10 their de.tna-
! ton
We cnnuot give too much prni-eto Captain
! NtiI.on for his humane treatment OF os.
Mr. Domingo. passenger. m Italian. Is 50
| much frost bitten that bis hfeis despuirrd Of,
fiora solomon aud Mile Ernestine Bellelt
were severely injured by the cold, bat are reeoH-
cred.
The crew nro progressing Us well as can be
expected.
Of thu tate Of ihase on the rift and in the two
bouts together with ihat Of the captain uni the
lrw Of the crew remaining ON the ship, know
nothing, hut snrmse that the bouts were picked
upby some passing vce-o do hot think the
lait could have la4ted in TIL iteaey that roll
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we e'nId not see.
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ut ma "e "ele al IN 'hs'ah, ''aF 81 gong
10 the notion. We S'ald here aaF ana haii
"hen ABOUT eighteen sailors hnd passengers ent
INTO one "i lhe lite oohts nud among th' resi-
We had no hfead or wafer anu no pI"ce 10 Ile
down ana expected every minute I" d" our ia.t.
Ia" only food we had were some meat ana pre-.
sfrtes-ihe bi-euts which we Ind were all sroIi
I'd, and we suffered 81 much from thirst we eoRd
notreiish what Ne had TO eat. One ct the poor
shllo17 died from thirst, tntlg4e ana cold, aud
hls body was thrown into the SEA, and in 1T
lie while one = the passengers, man did not
know dlrd also from the same ohu,rs' We "eir
nn this boat slS days, without comfort ~ Test,
aud N constant iear ct drowning; though some
oi US got So stupid from our aoiiennGs that we
Il was well and strong, aud endured tho saf