The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-05-05

! members m" expected in xp'an.!iou of thu.
"l.j' els above mentioned.
FEMALE ROBINSON CRUSOE.
n ChirhTo correspondent q! tn" New
York Times relates :: singular AMI inirr.,,
ing story Of Il young lady, who, he >,a,r>,
was east away i'll >hipwr"ck on Il dies"
late island in Lake Superior three years
! ago, and has I'n u>t been rescued and
taken t" Racine, Wisconsin, The narrative
has AN air OF impr"halIity but may ncv.
cr,hclcss he true. The young la.lv is :.
Miss Rirl,nri>on, aged twenty two. Her
ronn:rnancr, without being positively han l.
s"mr. is pleasing in it, expressions her air
and manner ale well bred ; and, although
when | saw her she was a,ravrd in ca,
mcntS, that were anything hut taSl,i"naI.lr
and cI"gan,, and her hands were rr,1"hrn"I
and Drowned with exposure and toll, it WAS
ini"s>ih" ii"; to p":crlv" 'lrnt she was I'M
educated and intelligent Young lady,
The story is tI,a, Miss K. sailed in MAY,
! $50, in the l'ar,'uc Mary, from ClcvrI;,,l.
Ohio. /" G,ccn Bay, in order t" lr married
there t" l'auicl AShwrII. Near The Sir.irS
"t Macklnaw storm CAME mp. "n'l the
captain anal crew having in,uly"l :, l,llI,.
TO" much i'll iiqu"r. the vessel WIS n., well
niai''S''i, an! the next morning struck .n
II reef about Il mi!c from I'm i>inL the
only ht,' lr-s",vcr "n board was given to
Miss r.. aud the vawI having been slow.
ALI hands. except the mat. WI" WAS Mss
Rs cousin. lc,rrd "vrrlmar,l 10 swim ashore.
hut We're never afterwards Seen. just is
til" cousin and Miss r. were to follow. "a
spar fell. striking the former dead. Miss
X. then tain,ci away, anl after r.vivur
found tl,a, the vessel WAS so w-.lucd l,,..
tween the rocks that it could not sink
She then continues her narrative a, fol.
lows:
Hours passed bv and SAW and heard
nothing of the captain or TIE crew.
was alone with the dead. TE. though,
became mnbcarahlc. and I resolved to leave
the wreck aud rndrav"r t" reach the land.
] brought up my trunks from the cabin,
and l>h"'! one T." each end "f the spar
which had killed poor George Then will,
infinite labor | got them over the side INTO
The water, which had now become compara.
lively calm. Summ"ning mp all my rrso
luton. | I"wrrr'! myself into the waves
lie life prcserver supported me admiralty
AMI managed To reach the spar TO which
my trunks were tied. The wind carried
us slowly towards the breakers. There
were passages between the rocks, and for.
tunaiely We were tloated through one Of
these and thrown Hpon the shore. was
terribly lacerated and exhausted, but man
aged TO crawl up on the sand out of the
reach of the waves and then laid down
with full and grateful heart. After rest
ing for perhaps half an hour. united
my trunks, and rolled them up the bank.
The shore was covered with casks and
boxes and succeeded in securing some
Of them. This fi.tigued me excessively, as
| was then unused TO labor, and was not
SO robust as am now.
Miss r. found among the goods bale
Of buffalo robes, with which she made
bed, and the next morning breakfastrd on
some sardines. The wreck had disappeared.
The rest Of her narrative is as follows:
The next day occupied in collecting to.
getl,er the goods'wlch had saved. found
that had eight barrels OF fofk, two kegs
OF lard, twelve barrels of flour, two If sugar,
several boxss-of, candy, candles. raisins and
dried he-ri"gs,i my box Of sardines, another
bale of buffalo rabes box of drv goods.
needles, pins, thread, yarn, etc.; y box Of
mining hatchets, II box Of heavy clothing,
and bale Of blankets.
On the third day explored my island.
found it to be entirely uninhabited, as far
as could then judge, and afterwards az