Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-01-27
"A srsdsrn Rsblpson cru,osy

In ~ bV'Fo'Tl','l'I,1 VIZ l,Elt0lilf fi9'rOu91
cola these dsyslof aeannshi o uand, nocssn
teiegrnp phse desert sislasdsl ARE scarce, sud
AIexander lSelkisk the solitary - ot Ihis ,rfcr
ticious but seemingly more, tangible alfsr
ego. Robinson ,Crssge,. yould' have some
difficulty 10 finding convenient place TO
De cast away where be could be. ffee1ffom
Interruption BY ibquisftite white Yhcn.lA
Hsswbhfd bave to6saH i6way'Hto the iufar
Southern latitudes wheeenoadiooe aofitbe
saw age Auckland dslAud he mgihtI fiud
place to 'lve forgocieo,T as oneI Csplsie
Masgrassi apds bis Yeompapiops 'didlTtor
twenty mpRtbs the account of . WHICH we
find ~ q, Melbourne, Australia paper.
- Early 10 January OF last year, Wusgt9ye
eomhandihg smai scaling vessel called
the @ rdhoa, QUITO the bott Of Sydney,
" &as driven ia o. gale Of Wind ooni 10, ooue 6f
those Island aud his shipobecame wreck
With difficulty be and his crew Cont rived 10
resehr the lshoreiias loat.od'Ehs seyerty
of the weaiber-Tgaless Of wind, being the
| rule rather than the exception in tina,
bostero ous latitudeL.preveote them from
eet'i6g many things ifiomo the}svessel, and
the only tools they had wete a. hsmubrVau
az, to alsflze, aadas gimlet, ,awitb which they
eoutriyed 40 makeg long end psrse3
yering labor, o. thing they called, ah hopse,
With "a fire place and cbimpey to III. ,Fot
provisions. they were dependent on seals,
widgeons muscles, and d sort Of saccharihe
root found on The isiaod, Which served FOR
bread and potat oes, aud which Sfyet some
,itieR they leatntVto brew iintoEsome hstuir
which, although Gotibeert tthea captaid said
assIbelisrf,han csldf vaser,,n Fustl catch
yosf,se4l ssli Has, rconstantlg ", The cardinal
pripeiPlsro5f aahis island ssOsfyta aTbe, seA.S
%ere. n prSodlgops nan n beTs pnd fsS SeptAlp
Musgtoyes, diary, is; Interesting in IFS
bolfaAessr " these curious eteatnres.a I'hey
g0 rearing fabodt the woods, BE says,,' Ike
wild rattlei Iddeed,, We expect they win
come adestorm II be otent iisome. dnigbt III
Speaking Of ranoiherpart r0f the iisa0d, he
says: lAk,thiso place we saw hpgdredss Of
seals; .bstb the shore and, the IVA GwyateF d were
| literally swarmiUg With them In Que
instance We saw Black seal aud a i;,r
seal fighting. Tbey wereest it when We
irst Saw ftegDo' we watched them iabout
half an hour and left them still hard spdtg
iheyi6ght as sfsroCioasiynas dogs, andIdo
I
large iu,ksJthey tear each OF her oalmestste
pieces Iaiorher PORTIONS of5 i be diary gre
entries which show thslfiom the excessive
ly ppghci3us chlractet of the old seals,
especially of The bulls. (Which showed 6ght'
even whef assailed Sitn' clubs by Several Of
the crew together, }ot the young calves were
generally deemed the safer & lame and were
knoesedeon .hesbead accordingly. iG After
some months ofg,tbis JwreteAed struggle
against Starvation some twenty. Of. ibe
men grewginsubordinate. a,Oo. Sunday, the
7thro February, Nusgroye's log has, mis-
snthropic tipge about il, He says-.Up
to the present time the msu have worked
well aud conduct themselves in q very
obediant and otesp csfnl manner towards
me, but fod 1hat there is somewhat of d
spirit of obstinacy and Independence creep
ing inaamong them jItyis true. Ino longe'
bold any command oyergthem; but Shalt
Everything that has been sased from th,
wreck in common with them, and / have
worked US hard as any of them iu.trying tc
make chem comfortable audi1 think grati'
tnde ought tOlprompt them TO still con,iar
ue willing and obedient; but you might ps
well look for The grace of God 10 a High
landman's log book as gratitude In q sailor,
This is q well known fact qiiO2i'o9 81 5lgoli
By subsequent entry of the 1stsef May,
be shows how he had successfully, dealt
with this disafecled spirit:-I have adopt;
ed measure for Keeping the men in order
and sntj jctiohs whichnI fudo to- work
admirably, and it also, acts beautifully, and
il also,acs benelciaAy on my owu mind ~
This is teachipg lschootin the evening and
reading and e1pounding the Scriptures OIL
Sunday TO the best OF my poor. ability
We have done this for some titne now; and
sm happy to say, with much greater
success than q, frst expected They are
all getting particularly foud Of reading auC
hearing the Bible read Some of lheu
cannot read yet, but they are learning
very fas' add haze not heard "a profau'
word spoken for bong ,imbog So1mncl
for moral saasion.l / Itust that The rssu
will be beutGcial 10 all parties. ,... i, ,o.,,y.
In another mood, ibis poor sea captain'
entry shows US glimp pSe of bis iuner sui
feiing:-My urgent prayer TO Heaven is
that l may be permitted to retain ny
health aud reason through this distressing
trial ,sr 500, .oi ,s.nuiy nj -.zri 10 sssy19g
s- Aud so 90 the diary proceeded, "a litilt
desultory. of course tss most diaries are
occupying nearly two pages OF the Ag,
newspaper, with the daily warfare on tBC
seals; with an account of the mdtdet Of 1
fine, phlegmatic, ever.preseDt, imuovabl'
old seal they called tRoyal Tom, th'
plaques of sa0d flies, aud ,boils breaking
out on the faces of The sufferers, until q
last some of them determined on attempting
an escape from The island. Their on
craft was the little dingy n which they ha,
escaped from The wreck, The nearest ir
bAbiled land was New q :laud, 400 mile
of. To traverse such tract Of storm.
ocean in such a boat. Captain Musgrov
knew was, little other than form Of SD
eide, but. grown desperate, he deternios
On che attempt! AS weil perish quickly a
, sea rs slowly on shore, he said. 10 Prndenc
I or consideration for others, need net n
|, ssraia, him. 70. his wife and mother in sgd
ney, must log since have given bin up 70
lost, He aud his men raised the sides Q
r the boat and otherN ise made, bsr htte
4 for o sea-way, and whep ready, question
arose who should accompany the captain