The New York herald., 1866-08-27
AWFUL sUFFERINos At SEA.
Detaiicd Account OF tho Terrible Privations
Endured By tho Survivors Of the Ship uor'

Endured BY tho Survivors Of che Ship uor-
from an account in the Sacramento tCal) Union, by
nave SAG that In the few minutes time allowed him.
captain nitchel was only able seize upon the few
articles Of food and other necesares that happened TO
e about the cabin Here is the list -Four hans
pieces o. salt pork leach piece weighed about four
about barre twelve two pound cans Of oys.
ter CLANS and assorted meats; six buckets OF pota-
she l0ss ss w 80 .ss they GO. but little benet
twelve gallons Of water in forty gallon terce or scui.
tie but four gallon demUohns full Of water, three
pipss matches, and hundred pounds Of tobacco; had
no medicines That was all these poor fellows had to live
Each boat had compass quadrant, . copy Of Bow
dtchs Navigator and nautical almanac and the cap
tain's and chief mates boats had chronometers
OF course all hands put on short allowance at
The day they set sail from the ship each man wa:
times day. 10 understand how very light this ration
seven Of these biscuits TO weigh pound. The first
two days they only allowed one gin Of water day 70
weather was lowering and stormy, and frequent rain
squalls occurred The rain was caught In canvas and
Whenever there was shower The forty gallon casE and
even all the boots that watertght pressed
into this service except such the matches and tobacco
There Injurious occasions when there plenty
Of water to drink But after that how they suffered the
i
/ HOPING AGAINST HOPE
For seven days the boats sailed and the starving
raw pork in the mopnns and hunay counted the
tedious hours until noon and night should bring their
repetitlons Of And In the long intervals they looked
mLeiv into each others faces turned their wlstful
eyes across the wild in search Of the succorng sail
that was never to como
..Didn't you talk ?" asked one OF the men,
"No; we were too n-hearedhat is the first week
or more We didn't talk; we only looked at each other
And thought suppose thought OF home, Of shelter
from storms, OF food, and drink, and rest.
Inc nope o. oeng picked up hung 70 them constantly
| hunger. And in the captains mind the hope of
making the Clarion Islands, and he chung to It many
| day:
The nights very dark They had no lantern and
could not see the compass and there stars
steer by Thomas said Of the boat She handled easy
and we stored by the feel Of the wind in faces and
the heave Of the sea" Dark and dismal and lonesome
OF the sailors friend, the north STAR and thea they
lighted match and bastened anxiously to If their
compass was faithful TO them for had 10 be placed
close to iron ripgbot in the stern, and they
afraid during those first nights that this might 1t
| TO vary. II proved truo to them, however
sUMPrUOUs
On the nth day no able incident occurred They
caught dolphin and while their enthusiasm still
at its highest over this stroke Of good fortune they
tured another. They made trifng fire In a tin plate
! and warmed the przes--to cook them not possi-
be-and divided them equally among all hands and eat
them.
| Gu the sixth day two more dolphins were caught
Two more were caught on the seventh day, and also
going TO live in This exiravagant way but was not 10
be- these were their last dophins and they could
get another bonita, though they them and iongcd
for them often aftcrwaYd.
REDUCED
On the eighth day the raons were reduced about
hall. 1hus-brcakfs one fourth OF biscuit ounce
| Of ham and gill of water to each man. dinner, same
supper, water and bread the same and twelve large
raisns or fourteen small ones TO a man. Also, during
the first twelve or fifteen days. each man had spoon
| fu Of brandy day; then it gave out
This day. of the men gazing the duh
waste Of waters usual, he saw small dark object
rising and falling upon the waves He called attention
to II, and In moment every eye bent upon u In In
tenscst interest When the boat had approached little
nearer II discovered that il small green turtle
fast asleep Every noise hushcd they crept upon
the unconscious slumbcrer Directions given and
hopes and expressed guarded whispers AT the
fatefu moment-a moment of tremendous consequence
TO these famshng netbe expert selected for the high
and responsible office stretched forth his hand while his
excited comrades hated their breath and rcbled for
the success OF the enterprise and seized tho turtle by
the hind leg and hauled him aboard His delicate flesh
was carefully divided the party and eagerly de-
vourcd, after being warmcd, like the dopnins. which
went before him.
The eighteenth day memorable to the wan
dorcrs the lonely On that day the boats parted
three chances for the saving OF some OF
the party where there could be but one chance II they
The captain told the mates he was still going to try to
make the Clarion Isles and that they could initiate his
example IL they thought best, but he wished them TO
freely follow the dictates OF their Judgment
matter. AZ eleven O'Clock In the forenoon the boats
all cast loose from each other and hcn friends
part from friends whom they expect 10 mcet
fs all hands hailed with a fervent "God bess you
boys; goodbyl' and the two cherished calls drf,ed
away and disappeared from The longing gaze that io
'0"'a '"''" y ''''Jssgy isoyiyn c.,rrs5f -a-ai1.
On the afternoon Of this cventfu day two s'boobes
were caught-a bird about as large duck, but all
bones and feathers-not much meat there Is
pigeon; not nearly 40 much, the men say. They
norse was wasted; they were carefully apportioncd
among the fifteen mon No fire could be built for cook
ing purposes the wind strong and the ran 80
high that il was all could do to light his pipe
AZ INCIDENT
On the morning OF the twenty fret day while OF
the crew were DOING the thwarts and others
buried 10 reflection, one OF the suddenly sprang
his feet and cried, "a sail sail! ~ OF course, slug
gish blood bounded then and eyes turned 10
seek the welcome vision But disappointment their
portion, as usual IL was only tue chief mates boat
drifting their path after three days absence In
the two parties were abreast of each other
and In halling distance They talked twenty minutes;
the mated reported sal wel and thon sailed away and
they never saw him atcrward
REDUCTION RsrIoNs
On the twenty fourth day Captain Mitchell took an
norih and longitude III degrees wcstabout 900 miles
from where his vessel burned. The hope he had
cherished so long that he would be able 70 make the
Clarion Isles deserted him at last; he could only go
before the wind and he obliged 20 attempt the
best thing the southeast trades could do for hm-bow
him to the "American group 10 the Sandwich Isl
andsand therefore he reluctantly and with many mis-
gvings turned biz Prov towards thosc distant achpca
goes
What these suffered during the next three weeks
no mortal man NAV hope 10 describe. Their siomachs
aud ntestines felt 10 the grasp like couple of small
tough balls and the gnawng hunger pains and tho dread
fu thirst that consuming them in those burning
latiludes became almost nsupporabe And yet as the
men say the captain said funny things and talked cheer
iu talk until he them converse freely md then
they used to spend hours together descrIlna dccoas
dinners they had eaten AT honc and earnestly planning
nteTnnablo and prcposcrous bills c fare fof dinners
they were going 20 eat shore, 4 they lived
through their troubles 10 do u, poor fellows Tho cap
tain said PLAN bread and butter would be good enough
Tor him all ,lc days Of his e e he could only get T.
But the saddest things The dreams they had An
unusually Intelligent young sailor named Cox said :ln
those long DAYS aud nights dreamed all the time
not that slept don't mean-Do, only
sort of dozcd thfcc-fourbR Of the faculties awake
and the other fourth henumhcd into the counter
fcit OF slnmbef. oh, no--sotne or never slept
for twenty three days. and no the captain
aslecp for upwards o thirty But we barely dozcd that
way and drcamed-and ALWAYS Of such fcastsl brcad.