Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-10-15
IRON the n. Y. Times.
THE CENTRAL AMERICA.
Three More Men Rescued after being Nine
Days ON the ocean.
4 THRILLING NARRATIVE OF FAMINE
AND SUFFERING

Days ON the ocean.
4 THRILLING NARRATIVE OF FAMINI
md SUFFERING.
| The City was startled Yesterday by the appari
sion of three more men rescued from the Steam
er Central America. They came looking almos
| like skeletons, gaunt, sick, exhausted. TheJ
were found drifting in one of the steamers liz
boats, some 47S miles Northeast of the spo
where the Central America went down, and min
days after that sad affair the Brig Mary pickle,
them mp, on her voyage from Cardonas CUBA
to Cork. Ireland. The Mary carried them east
ward days, when she met the Bremen Bari
Lasra. coming from Bremen toward New York
and transferred them to her. The Laura arrived
yesteeap morning will the three men. Thei
names are:
j. Tice, I'd Engineer of the Central Ameyica.
Alexander Dawson, Fireman.
G.. w. Dawson, (Colored, y Passenger.
The story of these poor fellows is briefly this
Mr.. Tice staid by the steamer till the moment
she sank, when, with plank that he had before
provided, he plunged into the sea. He was
drawn down in the whirl, but, in coming to the
surface again, brought his plank viii
him. To this alone he cluug for three days see
ing no sail, nor any of his late shipmates. On
the fourth morning he drifted past an empty
boat, for which, deserving his plank, he swan
and, after tedious pull, got mtoit. On the fifth
day he drifted close past the steamers hurricane
deck-simply an inchboard platform. covered
with oiled canvass. Mr. Grant, one of the steam
er firemen, who was on the hurricane deck
jumped off.swam to Tice's boat, and rowed her
up flor happily the oars had not been lost QUITE
the hurricane deck, and took off Dawson, the
only living tenant it then had The three, then,
drifted four nj yhts and three days longer, north
aud eastward, up to the very eastern edge Of the
Gulf Stream, and out of the usual track OF all
vessels. Tice had nothing To eat nor to drink
from the hour the steamer sank until on the 9th
when he struck dog-fsh with the blade OF his
oar and killed it. This wretched provendefthey
eat ravenously Of raw OF course and then till the
9th day they had no more to cat. On the 9Th
night there was heavy rain. Of the water that
fe they drank freely, and would have killed
themselves with it, Grant said, but that they had
been able to save only little of it and the sup.
ply soon failed. Whether it is true that the two
who were saved ON the hurricane deck had moth
ing to eat is not lNown. They say they had
not; if they had it must have been that they fed
on human flesh. Blu. this Grant stoutly denies
while Dawson stlbbornly refused TO say ''Yes
or No." when his friend, as delicatey as bluff
Old sailor could, 'askek him the question.
fhd NO who were saved on the hurricane
deck suffered less during the first four days thar
the Engineer. Grant says that when he found
himself overheard, still cinging to the piece o.
wreck that he held by. when it parted from the
steamer, there were nine others on it, six OF them
the steamer passengers. They saw no SAIL MOI
could they tell that any survived besides them
selves. On the second day, Dawson. the color.
ed man, drifted by them plank. He attemp
ted to get on the hurricane deck but they remonS
trated, as the weight Of those already on it sank
so low that the sea washed clean over it at every
Fwaxe. lie would not part company with them
however, but chung fast to side, waiting, unit
after another of them dying fell off, it lift
ed TO the surface and Grant was glad to have hi,
company AS we have already said, Mr.. TicC
picked them up on the 9th day.
Though these three men are i'll the City, and w
have conversed with them all, it is little that car
be go; out of either of them, or that they have We
told anybody. So long as they were on board the
brig Mary experiencing the kind attentions o
Capt. Shesrer, they Were utterly Frustrated a.
to be unable to communicate much OF their horri
BILE nine days experience, even ifin their wretch
ed monotonY they Were not like one long dream
On board the Laura, Grant had recuperatcd Ell
ough TO tell his story, if he had felt disposed, bu
he spoke only English. wnile of the 4cU odd Ger
man passengers and crew of the Laura. only tn
mate and one passenger spoke English On tlei
arrival here, their best friends K their physicians
united in advising them to open their mouths on
ly to eat. The statements that we annex are The
result of their occasions conversations since they
reached port Tice is exceedingly weak and de
bilitated. He tainted several times yesterday.
The bark Laura came up from Quarantine and
anchored off Castle Garden at 81 yesterday
The three rescued landed, and passed short
time at Castle Garden receiving the greeting OF
such friends as heard of their arrival They
were almost suffocated by the crowd which
pressed around them. and il was difficult to an
swer one half the questions put TO them. The
colorcd man, Dawson, evidently impatient OF
the distinguished attention shown him, soon
found an opening through the crowd and limp
ed away.
Mr.. Tice and Mr. Grant were driven in a car
rage to No. III West street, where another Ian
ger crowd was assembled in expectation Of thei,
arrival. They went up stairs to the office
where the officers of the company met thea. =
Mr. Tice and Mr.. Grant are much reduced il
flesh, their feet are tender and swollen, and
their lips, face and hands sore, where the skin
has been peeled Off by the action of the salt wa
ter washing over them for so many days, and
their exposure to scorching sun. They have
the appearance of men just recovering from pro
tracted and severe illness; their lips are black
their cheeks are sunken. Both walk with diff
Guilty. Both say that they could not have con
tinued alive many hours onger.
When fallen in with by the little brig Mary fol
Greenock, they could scarcely move hand OF
speak; their flesh was wasted aud their skee
ton forms were fnghtful TO each other They
were also covered with small bois, which were
fast opening into painful ulcers. They had seer
their companions die, one by one, and had lost al
hope of being saved themselves, or being fallen
in with. They had to be lifted on board the brig
by the seamen, u it was YeTai days before they
could walk, their feet were so MUCH sWolen, and
so tender: food was given them very sparingly,
until they were partially restored, and Captain
Williamson and his officers had constantly to
caution them against eating to excess.
bad latN IL
picked up, but they were soon supplied with all
they required on board the Mary, whose captain
and officers acted toward them with great human
ty. In one week from, the time they were pick
ed up, they spoke the bark Laura from Bremen
for New York, Capt. Williamson, and were put
on board Of her. and brought to this port. Capt.
Williamson had ship full Of passengers, but did
everything possible to supply their wants.
LITTLE CHARLEY.-Amost every family has
got little Charley whom they consider the
cutest, smartest, sweetest, and most rognish lit
tie chap in the world, and without doubt he is
for is not every family world in miniature
Does it not represent the cares, tie strvings the
hopes, the fears, the joys the grefs, OF the world
Sin little ~
Little Charley is usually the pet of the house
from the father to the youngest sister-from Bird
get in the kitchen to ohm in the stable-and hi:
actions are related, and his words are quoted as
if they embodied all the importance Of DelphiC
oracle. If anything ais him the whole house j;
unwell, and the gloom does not disperse until his
merry tones are heard ringing through the halls
as he resumes his accustomed sports.
We know little chap who answers to the
name Of Charley. with the most roguish black
eyes imaginable, shaded by long beautiful lashes
his sisters love to kiss; who is the special favor
lite Of every one-"his fathers hope his mother
| Joy and who steals your heart before you are
aware, by his ingenious ways. "Our" Charley
| is bit Of a wag in his way, and is constant
source of amusement TO the whole family. Ht
| had dog that was a particular favorlte of his
and whom some one in the family had named Ne
70. Charley had been running the same over il
his mind one day, and finally he exclaimed t.
to one of his sisters, Il suppose you cali him Ne
70 because he's always near, don't yon? Thi