The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-27

DrOtn6lS, ana according " WV u.s.
Of my ability, offered up the pray
ers which We're required by his sitta- |
ton and ours. When / had finished,
he asked us to sing the beautiful
HYMN to with he had referred, and
which went in our house by the name
Of mothers favorite.'
While we were singing the two
first stanzas, .he heard occasionally a
low moan from him; but during the
last he was perfectly silent. " hen
we had finished it, James raised him
up and asked him how he felt now !
-he spoke to u lifeless corpse.
We did not commit him to the
ocean; but with the hope that we
might yet be permitted to inter him
on the land, perhaps in the old mos
sy churcn-yara a.---, we wrap
ped up his remains in the boat-saii,
and laid him down Ola the bottom Of
the boat.
Nothing now remained for the
survivors but to wait patiently the
! appointed time for our deliserance or
death. In the meantime we grew
weaker and weaker every hour. Wa
ter failed lis, food we had none. and
worse that all, there was peevisil
and fault finding spirit growing upon
us, as if our present calamities Were
not enough, aud We must increase
/ them, by q sunderipg of the bonds
!, which had hitherto held us in more
than brotherly love and affection. My
brothers upbraided me necessarily
with having brought them into this
| dreadful situation. 1t was my mad
ness, they said, which had led us IN
to the enterprise which must end in
the death of all For long time }
] bore thsir ppbraidinss with patience
confessed my fault, and begged them
not to blame me; but wearied out
at length by them, and my resolu'
ton to avoid discord ovcrborne by
hunger and thirst and excess OF stNt'
ferins, l answered sharply and an
j srily, and even raised my hands te
! strike poor James. But when til,
I momentary flush of anger had subsi
ded, and the recollection ot our hl,h
erto unvarying tenderness returnse
to our minds, We all three sat dowI
i and wept like children. And it seem
:. ed as II the spirit of our departed
/ brother smiled upon us, and tha tevel
The winds were balmier, and waves
more tranquil, while we embraced
and kissed each other, and took
l solemn oath, that come a greater de
gree of Of suffering if it might o
look more hideous the aspect otdeatl
if it could, we would frown no MGR
, on each other.
The fourth day passea, and still
no succor. The weather-there is
; well-known -proverb, after storm
comes calm, remarkabl..
fair and serene l never saw 1t fine'
! The ocean lay slumbering like a
weaned child, the breeze merel
raising slight fretwork on its bi
som. To add to my other Affections
Il it was apparent the reason Of m
brother james wac leaving him. II
insisted that there ~as bread an
! meat in the boat, which we had hit
= den from him, and babe us produc
\ it and a keg Of cool water which h
= said we were towing astern, an
= from which we had repeatedly Stake
y our own thirst, leaving him to peris
7 of burning fever in the heart, w'hlc
= we knew water would assuage. w
e could not reason him out of tt
II strange fancy, for who can spea
. with effect to the understanding OF
"a madmau! Then he became fearful
, " angry, and tried to wrest from
the fancied terror. And when
could no where find it, we had cate
j., up the victuals, and drank the W
= ter he said, and must forthwi'
u disembowel then.' He became
~ length SO dangerous, that to preve
~ him from doing injury to himself
re re to us, we were compelled to bind hil
: But while I dozed in n lnomenta
~ oblivion of suffering, his tears al
Is entreaties aided by the usual pr
" testations of perfect sanity, 50 W.
~ upon the affectionate heart OF Il
an brother Timothy that he unboui
- him.
i. I was walked from my fitful stu
In Der by sound like that Of the ia
ing of heavy body upon the "
"A. ter. 1t was my maniac broth
.as who, vile his liberator slept, cang
in his arms the lifeless body OF I
M brother John, and plunged with
-, into the ocean. We asked, and pie
- with him to return. NO he sa
,o .he wovld go on shore, and bu
1s johnny. He had been dead mt
NV than a year. the weather was ve
= warm, he wouldn't keep, and the fl
would get in his body. And
;. would swim on shore, and see h
,at they all did, and kiss mother a
ow Sally, and get some fresh bait, a
vs. a supply Of water, and biscuit q
~ come back again. In vain we tr
.ea threats, he could not be persuaded
nix relinquish the corps, bat continr
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