The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-09

"Captain." reioined tie other, the Whoie
thing is most mysterious ana eAtraoIpiiiary'
and / had intended to speak 10 yoi apou.lGsas
soon as we got a little quiet Inns gentleman
1nointin0 10 the passengerl 'Delng much eX-
SHpa,,stad' fell into a heavy Sleep Or what seem
al such. some time before noon; after an horr
or more he awoke and said to me, 'Captain
we shall be delivered this Very day. W hen /
asked him what reason he had for saving so
he replied that he was on board a baroue1 and
that she was coming to our rescue. He descril-
ed her appearance and rig; and to our utter
astonishinent, when the vessel hove in SIGHT
she correspondent exactly with his description
Oh ner. Me mad not much faith in what he said
YET sun hoped there might be something in it,
Tor drowning men You know will catch at n
straw. AS 1t has turned out / connot doubt
tnat 1t was all arranged in some Incompetent
sibie way, by an overruling Providence, so that
we might be saved; To him be all thanks iof
his goodness to us.
"There is to doubt" rejoined the other cap
tain, that the writing on the slate, let u nave
come there rs it may, saved all your lNes. !
was steering at the time considerably south oi
west, and ] altered my course 10 nol 1
| and had a lookout aioft, to see what could
come of il. But you say" he added, urlihg
to the passenger shat you did not ream Of
| writing on the slate?
/ "No, sir L have no recoiiecuoh, Whatever,
| of doing So / got the impression that the
| harnue saw in my dream was coming to
| rescue us; but how that impression came
| cannot tell There is another very strange
| thing about it, - he added, "evergthing here on
| board seems qnite familiar; yet j am very sure
| Ineyer was in your vessel before. 1t is all
| puzzle to me- What did your mate see?" 4
Thereupon Mr.. Bruce stated to them all the
| circumstances above detailed. The conclusion
| they finally arrived mt was that it was spec
| ial interpositon of Providence to save them
from what seemed hopeless fate. .a
| The above narrative was communicated to
me bt Capt. ). 5. Clark, of the schooner Julia
| Hallock,* who had it directly from Mr.. Bruce
himself. They sailed together for seventeen
months in the years 1886 and 1887; SO that
| Capt. Clarke had the story from the mate
about eight years after the occurrence. He has
| since lost sight of him, and does not know
| whether he is yet alive. All that he has heard
| ofhim since they Were shipmates is, that he
| continued to trade to New Brunswick, that
he became mate of the brig Comet, and that
| she was lost. lf'' 'i '7ias in5a 8 al5s9!t
| I asked Capt. Clarke ifhe knew Bruce well
| and what sort of a man he was.
"As truthful and straightforward . man" he
| replied, las ever met in my life. We We're
| as intimate as brothers; and two men can't be
| together. shut for seventeen months in one ship
| without getting to know whether they can trust
| one another's word or not. He always spoke
of the circumstances as an incident that SEEM
ed to bring him nearer to God and another
world. I'd stake my life uponit he told me no
lie." .A- -95 ''ii4'g q. 20 = "997
| -IJuly, 1885, The Julia Hallock was then lying
| at the foot of Rutgers square, New YORK. she
trades between New York and St Jago, in The island
OF Cuba. The captain allowed me to use his name,
and to refer TO him as evidence ofthe truth of what
| is here set down. ieaie3t %. -aigl liH .t