Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-21

srzsvGE Sroav.--L.st Fridu evening We OBJ
rved crowd Of men AMI boys go;n, with consul
es@,Ie raPislity towarI sa who lying in the
street i,fFhclately north OF the B,idwin Hjusc.-
The m Rad fallen in it suppose Il t, have result
cl from exhaustion Those of the crowd wtsse
syn,athie rronptcl them to scton trrici the fall
str~nger Office near by, where he lay in
s.usible nearly tw hours In his dcriam he used
language ia 1t led the bystsnlers conclude tint
h. sailor by profession. His fine ape ,r,nce,
,;eIlryent look and present fcrlarn condition,
used the warmest <ympathi,s of hi friends
a q when he had gained sufficient strength to a
low them remove him, he taken to the
hove mentioned Hutel and kindly cared for by
"n,:nc host Nichols He was then supplied with
every comfort the place Afforded. well with
medical aid br one of our mDst hum me aud liberal
Physicians d. BrcllSfoTd- After few hours re
frcshas steep he sufficiently rec vered 20 give
the following rather strange account OF himself:
Some ten years ago On is4S Of Is49) he Icf
Utica, New York. in violation of parental com
,nds shipped abotrtl of a vessel at New York,
and went to California via Cape Horn He re
m ined in California one year and half during
which time he engaged in several kinds of business
at one time carrying the U 3. VI Il. on horseback.
another acting as amanuensis to Col Fremont
in one og his expeditions
Tired o. Gallo MIA life and restless in disposition
he concluel he would carry into effect has first dc
sign when leaving home aud become regular Jack
Tar lie shipped aboard a vessel bound for China,
As comm,n s.rilor before the must. The hTd-
slips incident position of this sort hid not We,
impressed him very favorably with a sailors life
Still he resolved TO love his chosen profession and
fpossibie, one day. occupy an honorable position
in it. For several years he sailed in different yes
sells, visiting most parts of the world. These voy-
ages were frausht with many hardshps, and some
occurrences, almost as strange as fiction On one
ship part of the crew musinied sccoun, of the
inhumanity OF the Captain. In the small boat Of
naval vessel young Mildly raped him on the
head with the side Of sword, for which slight
show Of authority. our s.ilor gave the youthful Of
fcer a sea bath For this grave offense he was
court martialled, and about to receive severe
sentence and punishment, when he was t.kcn be-
fore New York jadgc on writ of haJcas corpus,
AMI discharged from the custody OF the naval off
their jurisdiction. H. submitted to the infection
ola snsi 6ne for assault and battery. For this es-
eIpe from the naval authority he was indebted TO
lawyer Brsdy--thc legal gentleman who figures 50
conscpicuously at the present time In the great
Sickles case Some time after when better fortune
smiled upon our hero he bec,me in,im ateIy sc
quainted with Mr. Bsady-sni also with Capt,n
Herndon, and MANY other notable characters.
Our sailor msr boari the G ,lien Gate
steamer when she struck rock and WIS wrecked
between San Francisco an l P inan, Oar, ssdcr.
are doubtless familiar with tie account of this wreck.
The supposition that the steamer wrecked
by some Of her officers and California dcspcrsdocs
for the purpose Of robong her and her passengers
Of the gold on board The robbery was prevented
ny the determined efforts of a few sailors who
thought 10 their duty 70 stand guard over the treas
urc- or course Mr.. - was one who helped keep
the visil< As our friend was lowering himself in
10 small boat, three Of his fingers we're crushed be
nes<h large hawscr, and he fell upon the edge Of
the boat AMI injured his shoulder very severely
He was then conveyed 10 anoshcr steamer some
sixty fathoms distant that had come TO the rescue
of the Golden Gate Standing upon tie vessel to
which he had been taken, his fingers bleeding and
his BODY pskei vikh pains consequent upon his re-
ccntjj1y - pas intensly watching the transfer Of
passengers from enc vessel . tse other. A smsn
bsss h<1sily lsden with frightened passengers, with
two oarsm,n and one helmsman. was slowly making
is way tkressh the turbulent waters, when about
haf way between she vessels. young lady fell
vesV.6N1 Pie bcsf could not sop to pick her up