Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-02-26
From them. Y. Tiues.l
From the N. Y. Times.l
A Heroine Arrived-The Young
Wife who took Neptune's Car
around Cape. Horn.

Among The passengers from Csifor'
MIA, who arrived by the steamer Geors,
Lar, on Saturday, there was an invalid
who had to be borne from the vessel to hi:
hotel upon litter. his side. superin
tending every movement, was a young lady
of prepossessing person. but with counte-
nance care-worn and anxious from long
watching. The valid was Cspa;a Jashuf
P. Patton, late Of the ship Neptune!
Car, of New York, ana the lady was AIRS
Mary A. Patton, bis wife, both Of whom re-
turn home under circumstances Of peculiar
misfortune. Capt.. Patton left New Yorl
! for San Francisco about the middle of Az
gust, 1856, in command OF the Nepiuns'.
! Car, belonging to Messrs. Foster & Nicker
son, of this city carrying with MIN his wife
who had pre-. iously accompanied him OF
two voyages. Sailing about the same time
| for San Francisco were the~ships Ro
nance Of LAe Seas, and the Iaierpid, both
fast ciipperf. Capt. Patton, proud OF hi:
ship, and confident of her sailing qualities
declared his intention % bea; the others, il
possible, in reaching their common port o.
destination, and made every exertion with.
in the bounds Of prudence to insure quick
passage.
They had not been long at sea, however
before Capt p. discovered that he was not
sustained by his first officer. This indiffer-
ence of,he mate, which by degrees grew
into sullsnness and neglect of his duties,
devulvei ezra cares and watchfullness upon
the Captain, who by the time VI ship had
reached Cape Horn was worn OUT with ia
tigues and cares. The mate was found on
several occasions asleep in his watch, with
the ship under shortened sail, when the
wind weather was most favorable for ma
king the run. A repetition of these mis-
demeauors finally decided C:pt. Patton to
put the mate off duty, which was done about
the time they doubled Capt. Horn. The
increased difficulties which this arp 'easant
state of things occasionec. brought the Cap
tain down with fever about the time they
passed the straits OF La Marie. He strug-
gled against il for a week and ~as then
compelled to quit the deck, not however, with
out hope that his confinement would be but
temporary. As long as he possessed cuff
cient strength he conferred with his wife
as to the management, and directed her, in
case he was wholly disabled, to navigate
The ship TO San Francisco, giving the sec
ond mate the orders now to steer. Despite
the constant nursing of his wife, the disease
triumphed. settled INTO congestion of the
brain, producing delirium and blindness.
True to her husbands directisns the wife
look I'D the sextant. and daily, at meridian
and at night. made the nece=szsy obserVa-
ton, and, unassisted, kept the run of the
ship, giving her orders as to the course to
be sieered. At The same time she consult
ed all the medical authorities at hand as to
the treatment OF her husbanf case, and ap-
plieJ hcrse!fin every way to iesto hs
heath.
The mate, meantime, sought to excite a
mutinv among the crew. and desired TO
carry the ship int, Valparaiso, but in this
he was foiled. Mrs, Patton assembled the
sailors upon the quarterback and explained
to them the helpless condition of her hus
band,,,at the same time to them to stand by
her and second mate. To this appeal each
man responded By promise to obey her in
command. The maize lost his power over
the crew from that hour, and Mrs. P, with
out a rival, directed every movement on
board. The men manifested their sympthy
by the creates; alasr:ty in obeying her Or
ders, as " ell as those OF the second mate,
who superintended the working of the ship,
until she arrived at San--Era1eisse onLthe
9th of November. Those who saw her en-
ter the harbUr say no vessel ever came into
that port looking better in every respect.
The Romance Of the SsaS had ar.Ivel eight
days before her.
The case of Captain Patton and his wife
becoming known to the MaSons, of which
fra.ernity he is member temporary provis-
iun was made for them, and by their assis.
tauce they have been forward to their friends
on board the George LaW. They arrived
he e toally destitute, 'rd The situation of the
devoted wife is rendered the more trying by
the near approach of the period of her con.
finement.
The case having been brought 10 the at
teution of the Board of Underwriters, the
matter was yesterday referred to Commit.
tee, whoss reported in favor of.paying Mrs. P.
81 900 as temporary relief. Her dscre-
tion and he.oi,m have saved very large
SUE 10 insurers, which would have been l1st
had the councils of the mate prevailed, and
the ship been carried into Valparaiso. 1t
is understood that some lurtheFsppropiati
will be made for their relief, and that the
owners of the ship, and the nisfchants of
New York, propose to take some further no.
tice of the case.
The Captain i 5 still verv low, his eye
sight lost, his recovery by no means certain
Mrs. Patton is yet but 30 years Of age, and
has been married about years. Sle. is al
native Of Boston, mighty pretty woman,
and aaHervine. The parties were accom-
panied to New York by DIR. Harris, of this
city, who has had the treatment of Capt.
P,s case since his arrival in San Francisco.
THE OLE SPANlsH CoIss.-We learn that
the average yield ofworn Spanish coirs at
the Mint of the United. States, Philadclphra,
is as follows:
Quarters. 23l cents.
Eights. lo9-lO
Sixteenths. 81 ~
The Treasurer Of the Mint pays in the
iew issue of silver for amour exceeding
i've dollars in value, Immediately upon as
,ertaining the weight of such as are pre-
ented. at the rate of ;5I.23l per toy ounce
Philadelphia 7a9airer.
FocGFr AREFSTEn-A bOut one week 400 |