The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06
From tie Boston Herald.
4 Romance of ;he Sea


Brief mention has been made in .Lo
marine news department. of the dsiiv
Journals of disaster to the schooner Geor-
gianna, Levi Creed, master, of Cohaset on
the lith of Map. The whole story Of this
disaster, as we have heard 1t from the best
authority, sounds more like romance than
reaiity-so much 80 that we involumtarily
wrote the caption above when We sat
down to indite this article.
The Georcianna was on a fsiling cruise
along fthe coast between Cape Cod and
Montauk Point, the eastern extremity Of
Long Island, and while lying to under .jib
and forsai,, 1T one CLOCK, 4 NJ, on me
day above mentioned, twenty five miles
north Of Montauk, the bark William
Lord, bound from Baltimore to Boston
struck her tnidships, stay.ns her bu!
warks and giving her = severe suock The
crew. numbering about sixteen persons IN
ALL We're asleep in their bunk= below, with
the exception Of the watch On deck, vino
was probably Is sound asleep a. any other
person Oh board. Immediately every ul.tu
rushed on deck, and, concluding that the
schooner would soon e down, scrambled
on board the bark while the two vessel,
were yet atOul OF each other The night
wan very DARK and IN q few minutes tie
schooner had disappeared.
W hen the excitement was over. Gait.
/ Creed ascer;a.red that 4 boy II years o.d,
named Andrew ii. prGuiy a Cohasset boy,
had been ieit on board the schooner an
effort was made to induce the captain OF
. the bark to lie by till morning, but he re
fused, being quite positive lii the belief
that the schooner sank immediately after
/ tae collision. And 20 the bark sailed 10
/ iolmes Hole, and lei. young Proty to
III fate.
( The hoy thus left alone in a shattered
vs.se! did rot wakan unit! about o 'clock k
III The morning he went on deck. and,
f, tlnuing that Ihe whole crew had disap-
peSred- he concluded that they had beer
taken and carried away, or thrown over
board by jeff DAVIS prIyateers OF whom
he h%A heard Tie !ueU talking frequently
during the cgI.sr- lie congratulated him
sell ol h!s O"i sasety. aud attributed il te
the iuc' That his bliih III the cabin w,.>
I concealed by table standing in front o
u His next thought was what was TO b.
done. lie remembered hearing the cap
tain and crew sleak ci a point IN uyitA
ea-'e!ly direction .s being .o; lar distant
and he took The helm a;.d steered that
way. There he VA. 4 dozen wears old
haved Ike a iisro, instead OF abandonirn =
hmseH IN paToXy-u Of terror IL tMg
tragic fate which might have br.a.lel
him If he had left the vessel 10 drift al the
mercy of everything in and on the SEA
and Of the " ads above il, he sr!z-d the
helm aud stesred on 10 the point here 6
supposed safety might bc secured. Be
lleTinr as lie did, that the whole ship :
crew had fallen at the mercy OF the NJ
l.tes, his coo.uess and prose.ce Of rniuC
was remarkable.
While p.o.ecuJing l;S lonesome voyage
in = ;hick toE the boy Prcuty was SyydrI
II ~ the w.iale-hip Marcia. bound int,
New Bedford The March. wanted Dota
toes aud vegetable, but youag Prouty ob
gect-d 10 Their coming on board Thcy
asked ior the Captain, sad lie al frs. told
them he Evas as.eep below The truth
Wa that the young sl..o. ieaEs1 that nt
Marc. All-... Also bc = pT.vateer ! Lo.
was sent ulo--.Cc, aud :Ac chi.d-;uaste &
said they might come on beard il the
would Eot..h!l him. i.e quickly disclose.
ytAlug-tAat tie crew y: the -caUoue
had disappeared while ne wa ASLEEP. Az,
be supposed that they had been murdered
10y Jeit DAVIS prlVale@rs1Ien. He va
taken III tow by the Marcia. and carried
into New Bedford No damage had beer
done TO the schooner, except staring he!
bulwarks, sai the Captain Of the Marc.4
believes that the boy would have b.ouch
his craft safely 10 per. without assistance
and he made him :. prese4t OF sIOl: th:,
was followed by contributions from TIA.
maritime citizens OF New Bedford TO III.
amount Of 5000, aud the Captain Of IT,,
Marcia was appointed trustee Of the fun,
uutli the brave sailor boy atiaiu> l.is ma
Jointly The schooner Grorgisnna va
valued. Nlth her outfit. q. Si.yly