The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-03-29

/ (pOinting to the passenger,) "being
much exhausted, fell into a heavy sleep,
or what seemed such, some time before
noon; after an hour or more he awoke
and said to me, Captain, we shall be
relieved this very day" When 1 asked
him what reason he had for saying so,
he replied that he had dreamed that he
was on board barque, and that she
was coming to our rescue. He describ-
ed her appearance and rig; and, to our
utter astonishment, when your vessel
/ hove in sight, she corresponded exactly
with his description Of her. We had
not put much faith in what he said yet
still we hoped there might be something
in it, for drowning men, you know, will
catch at a straw. AS 10 has turned out,
cannot doubt that il was all arranged
in some incomprehcnsiblo way, by an
ovorruling Providence, so that we might
be saved. To Him be all thanks for
His goodness to u.s."
"There is not a doubt" rcioinod the
other captain, "that the writing on the
slate, let it have come there as it may,
saved all your lives. I was steering
considerably South of West and al
tered my course to Northwest, and had
a lookout aloft, to see what would come
Of it. But you say" he added, turn.
ing to the passenger, "that you did not
dream Of writing on q slater
"No, sir. have no recollection
whatever, Of doing So 1 got the i'm.
preston that the barquc I saw in my
dream was coming to rescue us; but how
that impression came I cannot tell
There is another very strange thing
about it, he added; everything her,
on board seems to me quite familiar; yc
am very sure was never in your YES
sci before. 1t is all a puzzle to me-
What did your mate see?'
Thereupon Mr. Bruce stated to then
all the circumstances above detailed
! The conclusion they finally arrived a
was that it was a special intorpositior
of Providence to save them from wha
seemed a hopeless fate.
The above narrative was communica
ted to me by Capt. j. S. Clarke, of tn
schooner Julia Hallock,# who had !
directly from Mr.. Bruce himself. The.
sailed together for seventeen months il
the years 1886 and 81, so that Captain
! Clarke had the story from the mat
about eight years after the occurrence
He has since lost sight orhim, and doe
not know whether he is yet alive. Al
he has heard of him since they wer
shipmatcs is, that he continued to trad
to Now Brunswick, that he became tn
master Of the brig Comet, and that sh
was lost.
asked Capt Clarke if he knew Bruc
we'll, and what sort of q man he was.
Gas truthful and straightforward
man, he replied, Gas ever 1 met in my
life, We were as intimate as brathers
and two men can't be together shut nj
for seventeen months in one ship, with
out getting to know whether they car
trust one another's word or not. III
always spoke Of the circumstance il
terms Of reverence, as Of an incidon
that seemed to bring him nearer to God
and another world. I'll stake my lif
upon it that he told me no lie"
"InJuly 1855 Tho Julia rall1cll was thcu Iynrottf
o0 uf Rutgar's Square, New York She trades uotueo
New York and St. JaEo, IN tho island OF Cuba. tn
Captain allowed me 90 hi7 name, and tU refer 10 h
as evidence Of the trutho Of what is here set down.