Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-08-23
In the manufaclure Of boots and clothing.

In the manufacture of boots and clothing
the ingenuity of the sufferers must have
seen taxed idcrably, and eventhen the
wearers seem 10 have presented an appear
ance somewhat more motley than did their
great prototype, Robinson Crusoe, him
self.
Soap was extemporized from seal-Oil and
a kind of potash extracted from wood ash
es: I've OF the same ashes was also found
exceedingly etficacious in the preservation
of skins for clothing purposes.
1t is somewhat touching to read this jour
nal. and the continued and repeated instan-
ces of hope deferred which it affords. At
| first the writer chronicles the time of his
exile lv weeks, and wonders how many
more of such periods must pass ere relief
is afforded them. Alas, ii was to be many
months ere the hope supporting him all this
time was to he realized. During the car
lier portion OF the time following the wreck
the party seem to have thought of little but
the erection of suitable habitatiOn against
the anticipated rigorous winter of that la;
itudc.
Escape by means of some passing sea!er
seemed 10 be generally looked for. This
hope proved f;tllacious: another that of Sic
cor being sent from friends in Sydney. came
to- have been fondly cherished. At last the
dreadful truth dawned that help ould on
" come from themselves With true Brit
iSl pluck they turned inStinctively to their
sadly battered vessel, and suggested whcth-
or she might not he patched up sufficiently
To carry them, at least. to New Zealand. l.
BIZ tlint of great excrtions. the little schOon-
er was Turned partially over. and her
wounded side examined. 1t was found sad
w broken. The damage would not have
been irrcmediable in a appointed dock
yard but i'm such situation the task of
making the craft even partially Sea-worthy
seemed hopeless indeed. 1t proved So
They could not move her farther inshorc.
and il WAS impossible to repair her where
she lay: the only resource now was To build
an entirely new vessel out of the materials
of the old one. This seemed more feasible
but the tools were wanting. The mate
NIr. RI-nal. happily knew little of smith :
work. and acted a. Vulcan: he had to burn
his own charcoal to build his own forge
to cXtemporiZe an anvil out of u block of
BALLAST. They had found Il file. and b.
great cXertion hal managed to sharpen il
and render il avilable for the manufacture
of saw out of plate of sheet iron. VIVA,
however. was wanted most was an augur.
diltt ttp Il3nuldttuIs llllS WIS D. OilNl tllt
smiths skill entirely. He seems to have
failed rather from lack of materialS-all the
steel possessed by them being pick and a
shOvel-:han from lack of ability. He gave
UP al last. an d only one plan of escape pre-
scented itself Ii was TO make the voyage
to New Zeal and i'm the .dingy.' This was
n boat scarcely twelve feet in length, and
described as shady The same. was
however heightened a little, heightened
little. strengthened much as possible
and decked over. In this work almost in
supersble difficulties attended them. The
old planks would not bend. and were nj
last obliged to be replaced by green ones
cut lIv the aforesaid iron saw, which hadtO
BE- rcSharpened every half hour. When the
work was only half accomplished III. GIN
let broke. but was fortunately so PAT to
rights that holes could be bored with it. and
the boat was finished.
Accompanied by the mate and one man.
Captain NIusgrave arrived at lnvcrca r"ill
ON the 10Th of June, 1865. and the inlIahi
tantS of the place immediately chartered u
vessel of ten tons and sent the same off I'M
der the pilotage of Captain MuSgrave to
the relief of the other men still left behind
upon the inhospitable shores of Sarah Boz
som.
During the voyage down, smoke was dis
covered on part of the island never visit
ed by the sliipwrecked crew of the Graf
ton" and on examining the deserted settle
mcnt of the Messrs. Enderbv there was
found the body ola man some time dead,
and by him slate with some writing. near
" dcfaced by time and the elements. These
facts being reported at Melbourne by Cap
tain Musgrave, the Victorian Government
very promptly despatched the steam cor
vettee Victoria" to explore the mystery
thoroughly. II is more than probable that
vet other sufferers are dragging out mis-
cradle existence upon these barren shores
The question, however, will be speedily set
at rest Let us hope assistance to any sur
viving sufferers NAV not arrive too late.