The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-02-16
DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY FEBRUARY
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We take from . very old monthly pub
licati6n the following extraordinary haf.
ratlve Of an adventHRein thS'lE'0saS BSoas
The circumstances arc seeYtainlp within
the range Of possibility, since no Putretac-
tiOn could take place whilst the bodies OF
the sufferers were In the tciHtseFAttsre OF .
vessel strongly encased In chick IibOed
ice." , ~ Fl. a~,... 81. o.
In the spring Of the year 1910. a wha-
ling vessel smiled from The port Of London,
upon voyage to tho Polsr Seas. Moth.
ing material is Sald 10 haVe occurred until
thei: arrival in those sHlitary regions, when
it became the duty Of the crew TO keep
perpetual lookout upon. the horizon in
search of Ash. Whilst thus CccGded, II
was ianOied By one Of ths sSatheN, that
sail was disccrnAble, as EaSl to the north
ward as the eye could reach; a. the course
of the whaler was toward the supposed
vessel, u mast became gradually dlstin-
guishable amidst the mountain Of ice,
which appeared an that quarter to bound
the sea. 1t was now summer, and the
afternoon unusually Calm, whilst the wha-
Ter gradually nearcd the object In view,
the suppOsiti0D being that Il was q vessel
engaged inOpcrAting upon the blubber, In
bay which would open to the view upon
approaching nearer to tho ice. Upon ar
rivihg, however, at the spot, Il became
clear that the vessel was wreck, embed
dcd in the ice, and could only bc approach
cd by boat. This having been lowered,
the captain and several Of the scnmen
landed upon the ice, and proceeded to the
vessel, which proved to be brig. The
sails were furlcd, very little appeared up
on the deck, aud all the arrangements
were those Of vessel laid up for n long
period Of timo. Descending to the cabin,
the first object that was seen, was large
Newfoundland dog cOiled upon mat, and
apparently asleep. Upon touching the
animal it was found to be dead, and the
body frozen 10 tho hardness Of Stone
Entering the cabin, there w'Hshext seen q
young lady seated at tables her eyes
were open and gazing, with, =, mild and
steadtast expression, upon tho new com.
ers TO that solitary spot. She vas = corpsel
and in that apparently resigned and reii-
gious attitude, had been frozen tO death.
Beside her waS young man, who, Il ap-
pcared, was the brother Of the young lady,
and commander of tho brig. I1c, too, was
dead, bat sitting At the table, and before
him lay sheet Of paper, upon which was
written the following words: "Our cook
has cndeavoFcd SlIcs yesterday morning
to strike light, but in vain all is now
over" At the other side Of the cabin
stood the cook, with flint aud steel in
his hand. frozen to a statue, in the vain
endeavor toprocure that fire which alone
could save him and his companions from
the cold arms Of death. The Supersti-
tious terrOrs Of the Scamen now hurried
the captain away from the wreck, the
log-bOok alone being brought away, and
from this It appeared that the ill-fated
vessel was brig. which had belonged to
the port Of London, and had satied for
the Arctic regions more than fourteen
yedrs before! ..t ........,. '...