The true Democrat., 1857-02-17

And, indeed, he was clever u ..eVer map, all of us were buried long ago in " ,msl'houtb Choupot, l declare 1t with all snaIi m she oces our lives During the days and pnIsl'' pinSi sa, we were struggling for existence sats vt waves which ragged around onr against ' next to God he as a clever pilot ,,~ weak k sinking. f''' saved Usf
 At last day dawned; the stsamo.
 the same position, and appareptlv ro' was siN the water than when we left her 'OS Ti Taieepe boats were spread round her. Attb; heo we saw the boat of the Captain leava as ;, non tunate Lyonnaise. The other boa,. ue Nj wait longer for orders. We also oot t' .d ald l, My heart bled within me at the ei' sish' 10 s unhappy ones we left behind on the TI. ras Of from afar the thick mass proved how IS n S they were. When we set sail tbev Du'a'' y. loud cry, whether for help or not I c.S sa During the whole morning we were sag company with the other boats. Cbo~ 'aa replaced the failing helm by an oar aI me hls intention was to keep close to il. boats, as we had no compass; but when .s4 ed by fatigue, in the afternoon, he lay 1t sleep, hls orders were not followed on, boat fell to the leew ard. At last tho ~ the helm was aware of it; Choupot ~& kened, but before he Was able to os a' one Of the other boats thick foo ar6,' 6o"'.at we were left alone and driftino ka, b, wind. 's
 When night drew on, Choupot ,. helm to the Lieutenant and went to ylee le" ter five minutes, the latter put one ofI x boys in his place. Till then, the rins clear and calm; but, when the moon s.. and waves rose. TheD the Lieutepan, Choupot to the helm, but he wanted :. and said he was sick The Iieutenan,s on him in the most earnest manner asI the only man who was able to steer t,' but he still refused Now I joined mv'. to those of the officer At last he looL to us. The sea rose still higher and Y and It was easy to see that, without v.. hand, the boat could not be kept aboy. Choupot now took hold of the helm
 Never shall forget that night. p,. the roaring of the waves. above us t5 sky, which seemed to sink down upons ter, and besides, from time to time srll. violent showers ofrain. We were soon I. ed to the skin by sea- water and rain l- wave, which had escaped the watch If lots, for now a second man (the oply . steeraman in the boat next Choupot) VI, him at the helm, struck against our boa tunately for us, only the top of it wo- the edge of the boat, which was b,l. with water, and we were thrown from or.' We scarcely expected to live to the dawn next day.
 On that day also the sea was stormy waves rose high, and hail and rain sto,r ed the air. Toward evening, we eot ,~ ! two ships, but soon we gave up the deaT ing them chase. The night was cold ai ;, my. In the morning the storm ceased tr sea was still high.
 On that day two men died, and in the A. ing the bodies were let down into the They were elderly men, and rather b clothed, and cold and exhaustion had I them.
 On the fourth day the sun rose over av calm and smooth as an inland lake ever q on aSummer's morning; above us clou azure sky was spread. I dipped my ha, the water; It was warm. We had been dr far into the gulf stream. Now, we es,aS, some order in our boat; we dried our clot the sun and mustered our provisions. and f that there were on board one largo bag of bulScuit, which had become paste in {. quence ot sea water; two boxes of mea serves; several boxes of vegetable preq sauclsson Of Lyons; several boxes of r room and sweet jelles; half dozen bo, wine; two bottles of Curacoa, and no wa. The calm lasted for the whole day.
 This night, for the first time since we las steamer, was able to prepare on the side couch for my wife, who till then was af, to lie in one and the same uncomfortab. x ton, reclaed against my arm which hs embraced. The men lay down on the Es,s. l was sitting close to the helm aud ar with Choupot, who was absorbed in re-s orance of the past. Suddenly he arog looked attentively into the horizon. 6, ed his eyes and perceived clear, red s which, frightening, grew by and by dimms. then disappeared. Soon a similar ligat discovered on the same spot Now. lIbee, He and movement in the boat. Choupots to send UP some rockets we had on boari. they Were too wet to catch fire. Du1s. whole night We rowed and sailed in the < direction, but We did not see either q ,br, light any more.
 Next morning we perceived d ship but miles rom as; We were able to discern lg. uhctly. The men now rowed with all |. strength; they made merry and laughed aco; ing to their French per, as though iherV already on the deck of the ship. Tue Lisr nant Inquired 'how many bottles of Vle Vi stIl 10 be had" and, as there were four Jeff proposed to drink them all out. Onmyw sluon, two of them were reserved for the al noon ln case the ship should not ua up. We were now so near that we coua tiuguish her hull As her course lay n ours, we saw herinf full breadth Sudds5r; made sail, changed her course aud dlsapn1 from our sight.
 For more than an hour nobody anon. spoke word. In the deepest despair r had thrown themselves down en ther s During that whole day we saw no more si
 It was a terrible night which closed thI , Again calm relgGed around Us. A heavy ! soaked our clothes, which were already VI and we began to suffer from thirst. MyJl grew heavy; l lay on the bottom of ths k gasplng for breath, and when my wife i her hat on, reclined over me, I thought E monk who tenders the last consolation | dying sinner.
 At last, morning rose, and we perceive other ship, but at very considerable dg from us. 4 white shirt was hoisted (o. foregoing afternoon we lost our red flag Dl tried to come near. In the afternoon ss. ship come in sight, and as Choupot, acct to what he was able to of her, believel she sailed toward us, we gave up the fnsi steered for the latter one. It was our last ! we had drank the last drop of wine, sea had already began 10 drink sea water an- particular, the best seaman, after ChoupOt taken so much of it that he was very neg becoming mad.
 With what anxiety we now hastened tC ship! She grew big and bigger, and at hoisted her flag We were saved!
 Next to God, we have to thank the good George Nordenholt Captain of the E7ia Bremen. When we were scarcely visible distinguished by our movements that we be in bad condition, and went immediate our relief.
 At four o'clock in the afternoon, on Sun 9th November, after six days and nights of ger and suffering. and when the eleventh had sounded, and m an apparently unavoid death stared in our face, we were saved stepped upon the deck of the Eljze
 And here I must add that Captain G' Nordenbolt, resembling the knights of Q times in kindness ap1 oo,,r.,, ,-,,,,ar rd the IA