New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-12
DEATH OF CAPT JOSIAH @. BOVINE.

On Monday evening, Capt. Josiah Q. ,wns General
Agent Of the Board Of Underwriters die Of paralysis,
at the residence of his brother nias No. lbs Allen
street. The deceased bachelor 45 years Of age.
He commenced bis career with his uncle Capt. Wm.
Bovine, an old New-YoIk shpnsster, rose TO the
quarterback, and for many years Commanded packets
sailing between this port and Liverpool and has sailed
TO nearly all the pheo.pal pors in the Old and New
Worlds. Fer some years past he has been General
Age1. Of the Board Of Underwriters and in that ca
pacy has been Distinguished for great courage and in
trepidity in saving life and property from shpwrecked
vessels Oh the coast. lie sturdy, honest salr,
and warm.teered mar, beloved and respected By al
who knew him. HE funeral will take place at O'clock
this morning. from No. l2j Allen street the.
body will be Inferred in the family burial ground in
Westchester County.
The wri.e- Of this well remembers an event in the
life Of Bovine vhes but for his prudence ard fearless
ness resrly dozen men would have lost their lives.
Three yee.s ago sext December, at the wreck OF the
packet-shp New York, which wss stranded just north
Of Bsrnegat Irlet on the Jersey coast, be was en-
gag ed 10 the dues of his profession. 1t was bitter
cold day and ~ the afternoon fierce northeast snow
storm came Up; the sea Yves lashed into fairy, and
broke iDcesAcntly over the chip. Bovine add the
wreckers were on board We, with three Others
members OF Ln6 NtW-1OIh pItbs, WcIc ctoLuhS VI
the beach. He signsled to haul the lfe-car, which
was slung upon bewser, ashore. 1t was with much
difficulty cccomplisaed-the current running down the
coast buying go deep in the surf that it seemed as
Though the hawser would part-and the engineer OF
the underwriters j1mped out. He came for boat;
bu. in iew of the storm and the sad fate Of two Of
their comrades the day before none of the coast
would venture out. He offered any sum-sl 900,
a a l,,t e
aud they would not 20, for DO boat could ride such
sea. The only course was to man the lines, aud haul
the men ashore in the car through the surf The
coactmen assured US that they had help enough for
the, SO we forr-rsporters allstarted afoot up the
beach for SqusY, 25 miles distant, the Storm having
suddenly filed 3arnegat Bay with ice, so that We
could not get back by the way we came, ar there
being 10 shelter on the beach for us save the life
saving stations and the cabin Of old couple near the
wreck which was already over full. Before we had
gone five miles, the wind rose to gale, the snow
blinded u.s. and the sharp Sand and sleet flying before
the northeast blast cut faces like knives, obg-
ing us to seek shelter for the night by breaking into
one of the ffe-savipg stations. How we Jared that
night, frozen on one side, roasted the other, and
blinded with smoke, of readers will remember.
Our situation was slgbtul compared with that of
hauled ashore as we afterwsrd learned the men left
on board were unable to haul the car back through
the heavy surf and were therefore, obliged to remain
on board ell night. When the sea lose, the breakers
rolled high over the decks Of the ship, and would
have ground her pieces if she bad lain in any other
position than head to them. Bovine and his men took
refuge IN the poop cabin til the water came up to
their waists. Some Of the men wanted to knock in
the head of a puncheon Of and meet their death
drunk. lie told them that he was still commander
there and the first that did would do it at his
peril. Jay HE advice they caught como floating bot
ties Of porter and partook of that instead. The
cold wss 80 intense that they crouched down in
the dark cabin till the water reached their necks,
to save themselves from freezing While in this sit
uaton hundreds of rate driven from the hold by the
water, came swimming around them, tamely, timidy
creeping into their pockets and bosoms for warmth
and safety and licking the hands that touched them.
The sea drove the from this partial shelter at III
oclock-the top Of the tide-and they were obliged to
90 to the tops and hold on for dear life till morning
What they suffered during that terrible night in the
rigging may be imagined At o'clock the next
afternoon-ss coon as the sea would permit-they
were taken elf and carried ashore, all helpless and ter
rby fiostbitten. The said that but for the cour
age tkct Bovine infused into their hearts they would
inevitably have persisted. II was in such rough ex-
peIiesces these that Bovine passed his life, and no
doubt these hsrdships undermined his constitution
and rendered him susceptible to the disease which
tern ated his existence.