Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-04-03

tiic sup w HtH uHllIntI came, tilc bOdlt
!, were lowered; there were. including TWEEN
!, " tonr of crew. eighty three passengers
IN all. among whom We're six ladies and
ahot twenty children. OF these there es
capped ,.oin the sinking ship four male pas
seugrrs, ten sea,nell. and one ieliale, the
ewardess-fftrcn in all.
The GeneLaI Grant was Al vessel of 1l05
tons, doubicdecked copper and iron fastened
and 81. feet draft of water. She was built in Bath
i Maine, ia 1888, by j. +. morse, and hailed fon
BoJton where sc nsrs was owned & by Messrs, Page
in state street for Sln500o. About year ago all
hopes OF her safety havi y been given up, she was
Announced as q a"mssng vessel, and it was sup
/ posed that she had foundered at with all ON
| board .-EDIToKs.
THE LOCALITY OF THEwRECK.
The Auckland Islands were discovered
! hy Captain Abraham BrIs,ow in August.
1876. The discovery is related in the log
book of the Ocean which 1T the tire
mas on II Whaling VOYAGE. In the follow
ing Year. Captain Btstow visited the 10
cahtv in the Sarah anu planted the British
| II " ii ere; b, fore he left he let loose il
htuiht.f ut pigs. The place WAS a favor
IL, re>att o ~halrrs, who senrraliy made
u good harvest il The surluundlng waters
ln;a he nuluulols bays the whales would
go to caivc il the months of Apfil and May
5tid large HutHbrrs et seas -nflhcpaiil
IA iians-Wtrc caas.it there. Ihe islau,!.
did not excite serious nttciitioii for uishy
Years in iS20. they We're visited hy III
| American navigator. Captain Morrell (tlIt
,iiscuvcrcr OF the guaHo deposit ut iclaho,l
and in the year lS5h by many vessels
amongst others by those engaged iii til,
| Unit.l States exploring expedition, und''l
CAPTAIN Charles Wilkes. During til,
Whole Il this tln,e t,c islands were unin
| hAhitea; bat Shnf.ly after i5l). Il band o
/ New Zralandevs catse over ina whale ship
and lauGed on Endc,hy Island. Th'
5Icssrs Eu,!er'y townets oi the Qcea!
and ,he Sarah) o!4taincd ii grant ol iht
group from the British government. All
made Eudefhy Island the cchtfe ot th,
operations of thr 5uutlirrl " tale Fishery
Company. This WAS Ill $3.50, and gtea
hopes We're at that time entertalaed oi til,
Auchiaud isles, bnt tXo years atierward
the whole settlement WAS ahandoucd-th
great Southern WGaic Fishery Company
had proved iali,itc,-tile Ne" Ls.a!;,nder'
mad qaaricicd among themselves an"
separated: aad ir0til That iiiiic 10 this tn,
only human beings hsil'ss upon THE iel''ad'
", re these who had been driven thcr" hr
stress, II weather, TT y hnac ships had been
WI rci.e, upon til. lrraehtruas rncas.-
! ), h!i,.tbe NV Xet,iiEtlerS were on Tn
d,lhr I.4u'i IA Y Ffoycd iheqnaiiiy OF the
sail i.l raising iuiHtpS. potatoes. eahhages,
and other Vegetables. the excellence OF
winch WAS sat5i.ct el rc44aflt. There are
no aIli.nals uf9n the islthd with ihe cXuep-
+ .t,t4I , -
nles,.r pig introduced tr GHrtaln BiistoW
t ih7sc pigs live upa" the 1if"hi' p"ftzts'
NhItii l}I. ii,nkrr icsr,i}l,a rs ''unr ct tne
..aoss ivautfui ana singular at the yree-
'.sahl,. productions et the island II inhab
Ills; srawiH. IN large orificnHr hasses oil
"fock> and banks near liIp s,''. "r amongst
.,ur lts4lst and gloomy Vegetation of thr
.,n,,,Js. lis cop.uns hnISht green i"i.aor
"5nd large uubris OF w.Xv ilaNers have Il
..u.n>t SINKING appearance. T,.r trees
are. trnln thlrty IL seventy i,et IN height -
Nu.,i,,rfs ot tncS,. are overturned III every
>tinay car; this is 0"llis 10 the nSlit
g,aiy sSJl in which ;hcy grow. The Gil
mani. is muist, and Water abundant al
ccstan periods OF the year the bays abound
IN seals.
| |l,al,ta,n Thomas MuSgravc, who was casi
away en- the l. ,tUts II the beginning ol
1854. says in his diary, ave saw hundreds
.ut seals; both the shores aud the water
..wcie literally sWarHns with them; the
..lir,r seals keep one s'dr OF the harhnf,
.ani the black seals which are much the
..larrest the uthpr. But in one lnstai Z"
1--WE saw IL mack aud IL tiger seal lighting
sImy " .rea it When We hist sd" them
4 "a sII - tinTs and ui,
mot m l,r the least noise, and with Their
large tu>kS, they tear each "liitr ai'hns'
.,tp pirers We ais" SAW Il sea HON ; h'
"Nas very i,rsr. ana he had hten lishtias
sand his urcn ANA back were ldfetfatcu IA
ia fearful nauncr; IalSe pieces "i !ila'
land hrsA were torn ul, perhaps iuot
".oils. AMI four or five .nchcs Wide, We
we're close IT, llAi; he st and looked ut
aus in the hoat with all possible coolness
.and uncomccrn.' Many kinds OF birds
.Inlud; among others, the green parrot
and ,ohhn roubreast.
Ii his heen often suggested that. i'll the
absence If tre ScttettI' ut. the IL 5 sSh"aid
Ia. rendered available rs Il convict Sla'luh
IN that case, iii" hsudShips "i the nnlor-
Inmates " hn might happen I" be cast away
un hose shores, Wou!d nc nnca i!h'io'ieu'
Wlihni the last tour years tdfee Vessels
lAa\c hc,ll lust tAcrc-tat "Uf&ttoh' thV
"luyrrvauli," :" ANA the III nrrtl Grant;
and the crews Of all ihrrr have rnd'ied
,un,h suif rluw. Oi the tltc OF thrS we
,noA. h,I otncr vessels, whose course lay
pns, th,. Isles. haze sailed anA never h1rn
ncard of 1t Is almost W'thl'i 'if region VI
certainty that some oi these have met theiI
la,r II, lhat locality. For the position "i
the Auckland Isles is most dangerous YES
srls on the homrWard ,hound tdck f'on
Australia to Europe and the Last coast ol
America The hishert ti"'nl Is "hl! io-o
f,..t ahuyr The lrNui of the sea, ahd III the
: ,,utrr thrIe are srlsc t"sS. which re
ourutly vntirc.y obscure the laid. acre
is auothcr pr,i the nature OF the iSiahd'
il rxtraoIumv magnetic they hu'e hetl'
described as one huge ihaghet' Az u'e
tnue of the visit OF the Erebus and the Ter,
ror. Sir James Ross states that ''sohle .!
"lhe r,ayncts W, re 10 nd entirely to depend
t ..l,r thplr direction Of the North and Sou l.
..pors on the fragment OF rocks afrouhu
.thrnl. and that the compass iii llie leti"'
.w.rc 81 much affected as 10 mask tie 10
cal attraction ol the iron III the sup. -
. Many of these particulars are onttine,
! from +, al records. and the description q
the wreck is complied from the statements
of the survivors.
TIE WRECK.
The General Grant left Hohson's Bay
ON May lth, 1866, hound Tor London.--
! Frun the 4th to the ! ith, she experienced
hyht westerly winds. The weather hein5
yerv loggy, IA "looli ont ior land WIS KEEP
nm III. in. The last observation wa
~ - n,tln attrr 8 n'clnck A. NJ. on TIN