Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-02-06

down into the CABIN, ana one crept upon
his belly out upon the bowsprit Too
feeble to help themselves, they looked
for aid to tho men on shore, and occasion
ally raised feeble shout; but they had
done all that was possible for their assis-
tance. If the men on the brig had only
been able to haul the hawsers out, the life-
car could have been sent off TO them, and
they might have been saved. How pain
fully the wreckers watched their motions
how imploringly the poor fellows look
ed toward the shore Presently those in
the cabin crawled on deck again, and an
other man tried to reach the friendly rope.
He too failed. As the tide rose the
wreckers drew back their surf-boats, and
the men on the brig, thinking they were
about to desert them, set up q wild wall
that was heard high above the crash ofthe
storm. Mr.. Wardle made signs that he
intended to stay by them, and the assu-
rance seemed to cheer them little. In
little while the man on the bowsprit
moved down to the deck, and throwing
over the top Of the galley, or something
like it, leaped into the sea after it. After
bufIeting the waves for awhile he gained
the raft, but it was held fast by line
which hehad not seen, to the vessel. Full
fifteen minutes he clung to the float and
the men on shore could see it turn over
in the boiling waves. Occasionally, only
the feet of the man were visible but he
held bravely on until the line parted
The raft then came toward the beach, the
man still on it, and the wreckers crowded
down as close as they could to the water
to save him. Their humane intensions
were defeated, for just as the shipwrecked
man was all but within their grasp, the
waves dashed him against high ledge
Of ice, which projected from the shore,
and saw him no more. AS the day wore
on, the storm waxed fercer, and the cold
grew more intense, II was evident that no
human aid could reach the Mariners
Three of them returned to the cabin, and
were never seen TO come out Of 1t again.
A fourth, a young and slender man with
black hair and beard hshed himself
along tho lce-rail directly under the chain
plates, and laid his head over on the out
side, as IL to protect IL from the salt wa
ter. The fifth man assembled the rigging,
which had now become heavily incrusted
with ice, and held on for long time.
In their exposed situation on the beach
most Of the wreckers wero badly FROST
bitten in the faces, feet and ears. Seve-
raj OF them were SO badly frozen that they
were obliged to DO driven home at once
to save their lives, and others came to
servo in their places. About o'clock in
the afternoon the man in the rigging loos-
ed his hold and fell backward, dead, on
the deck. The young man lashed TO the
rail was also insensible or dead, for he had
made no motion for several hours; so the
wrcckers, having done all that they could,
secured their implements, and with heavy
hearts wended their way homeward.
On Monday the brig broke in two split
out her cargo, and drove high on the
beach. Many Of her deck planks were
driven by the force Of wind and sea far
ashore, high up among the sand hills and
cedars. The bodies were washed up on
the beach soon after, nearly destitute Of
clothing, and Coroner Lewis came down
and took them in charge. The brig be-
longed to Penobscot, Maine, and was COM
manded by Capt. Bradbury Farnham, Of
that place. The captain was single man,
about forty years Of age, and reputed to
be good seaman. His mate belonged to
Chicago, Ill, where he has brother resi-
ding. We believe that all on board be-
longed down East at some time in their
lives. They appeared, at all events, to
be Americans. On the arm of one oi
the men the letters an. s." were stamped
in India ink. A carpet-bag, containing a
good pair Of pantaloons and pair of neat
gaiter boots, was found. 1t was marked
Jas. w. Knox, Eastport, Maine. On an
other bag was brass plate on which was
engraved Daniel Knox. A card upon il
bore the same name. The names of the
crew could not be obtained, but it is prob
ablo that the bags belonged to two of them.
Unless the bodies are claimed, they will
be inferred in the Methodist battle-ground
at Long Branch. The identity Of the
vessel has been established beyond all
question by papers washed ashore.
The brig was 800 tuns burden, built in
Pcnobscot Maine, in 1851, where she was
owned. She cleared from New York in
October, 1856, for Granada, arrived ar Aux
Cages, from Granada, Nov. l6, and sailed
on the Goth for Gonaives, where she arri-
we'd Dec. 3. What was the date of her
departure for this port could not be ascer-
tanned. She was loaded with logwood,
copper, scrap-iron and turtle-shell. The
vessel was consigned to II. D. Brookman,
No. 81 South street; cargo to Hubbard
& Co., New York. tits believed that no
insurance had been effected on either YES.
sci or freight money.
An examination Of the rigging of the
vessel after she came ashore, allowed that
her main boom had been broken and spill
ced, and that was otherwise in very Grip
pied and disabled state. from which it il
obvious that the captain believed he could
not keep her afioat, and purposely ran hel
on the beach.
! GrAt Ham, in England, recently, q
young man, by the way of joke, placed
caliskin over his head, and rushed ou