The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-10-30

never look down on you again! No
therc h no smoks-siack. 10 Is not tho elm
trcpid." hut IL Is somebody. Pray see me,
good somebody. Are you a Yankee whal
err am glad to sec The Yankee whalen
! remember the Yankee wl,alers very
pleasantly.
We had q happy summer together once.
\. Il will bc dreadful if they 10 not see
me bat this ice, this wrctched icc They
do see me, know they see mo, but they
cannot get at me. DO not 10 away, good
Yankees; pray come and help me. know
! can get out ir You win help mo little.
But now IL Is a whole week and
they do not come! Are there any Yankees,
or sm getting crazy? have heard them
talk Of crazy old ships in my young days
=. No! am not crazy.
They are coming? they are coming. brave
Yankees! over tho hammocks. down into
the sludgc. DO not give II up for the cold.
There Is coal below, and wc will have q
fire in the Sylvester, and IN tho captain .
cabin. There IN horrid lane OF
water. They lave not got u Halkett.
q, if one Of these l,oats OF mine would
only start for them, instead OF lying so stu.
pidly on my deck here! i,ut the men are
not afraid oi waier! See them ferry over
on that ice block! Come on; good friends I!
Welcome, whoever you be,-Dane, Dutch,
French, nr Yankee! come on come on I!
II is coming up gale. but ] can bear q
gale. Up the side, men. ! wish l could
let down tho gansway alone. But here
arc all these blocks Of leo p,led mp you can
scramble over them Why do you stopf ?
Do not be afraid. I viii make you very
comfortable and Jolly. Do not stay talking
there. Pray come in. There is port in
the captains cabin, and little preserved
meat in the pantry. You must be hungry (;
pray come in o. he is coming, and now
all four arc coming. !, would bc dreadful
IL they had gone back They are on deck.
Now shall go home How lonely il has
been 80
u wns true enough that when Mr.. Qnnil
the brother Of the captain Of the Mcclellan,
whom the Resolnte had bcir;cnc,i. the mate
OF the George Henry, whalcr. whose mas
ter, Captain Burlington, had discovered
the Resoluto In the icc, came To her alter
a hsrl days journey with his men. the men
faltercd with liitle s,iperstiious feeling,
and hesiiated for minute about going on
board. Hut tho poor lonely ship wooetl
hem too lovingly, and they climbed over
he broken ice and came on deck. She
was lying over on her larboari side with
,eavy weight Of ice holding her down.
|laiches and companion were made fast,
Is Captain Kclleit had leii them.
But, knocking, open the companion,
cropping down stairs to the after cabin ihoy
oun,l their way TO the captains table;
somebody put his hand on box OF lucifers
struck light, and reyealcd-books scatter
I'd in confusion, a candle Standing which he
Il once lighte,l. the glasses AMI the decant.
,rs from which kellett and his officers had
trunk good by to tho wssel. The whale- |
non filed them again, and undoubtedly ielt
less discouraged.
Meanwhile night came on, and gale
arose. So hari dill II blow, that Tor two
DAYS these four were the whole crew OF the
Il ''Resolutc," and il wus not till the l9lh OF
September that they returned to their own
ship, and reported what their prize was.
Al these ten days, since Captain bud.
dng,on had fst seen her, the vessels had
been nearing each 9th or. On the 10Th he
boarded her himself; found that in her
hold, ON tho larboari side, was good deal
Of leo on the starboard side there seemed
To bc water. In fact, her tanks hal burst
from the extreme lower deck. Everything
that could move from its place had moved !;
everything was wet everything that would
mould was moully. "a sort Of prespira.
ton settled OH the beams above. Clothes
were wringing wet. The captains party
made fire in Captain Kellett's stove, and
socn started sort Of shower from the va.
por with which il filled the air. Tho Res.
dilute has, however. four fine force pumps.
For three days the captain and six men
worked fourteen hours day on ono OF
these. and had the pleasure OF finding that
hey freed her OF water,-that she wns tight
,till. They cut away upon the masses Of
ce and on the 23d Of September, in the
evening. she freed herself IRON her incum.
bcrunces, and took an even keel. This was
or the wes, shore Of Bafiin's Bay. in lati
lude 67. On the shortest tack she was
Twelve hunlre,l miles from where Captain
kellelt lelt her.
There WAS work enough still tn be done.
The ru,ider was tn he shipped, the rigging
To be made taut, sail to bc set and IL prov
ed. ny the way, that the sail on the yards
WAS much Of il still serviccable, while a
suit of new linen sails below were greatly
injured by moisture. In week more they
hal her ready to make sail. Tho pack OF
ice still driited with both ships; hut on the
2ist Of October, after long northwest,
gale, tho sResoluts" was iree-more free
Than she had been for more than two years.
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