The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-16

improperly in her Whispering with VACANT s'afe
Upland pc, and exctedp"
TIE SCHOONER MOSES WaRiNG.
Foundcring at Observation-Disclosures
ti0n-Humnn Flesh Eaten by CrnZed MARI.
ners.
Tho ocean is q world by itself, presenting few anslo-
giles, either in form scenery, with the continents u
embracea II to stand aoof from the dusty aud
beaten paths OF human ambition the digoity Of con-
scous Independence. Man may bring desolatIon upon
the green earth dwarf Its gigantic pnnaces 10 the
stature Of his grovelng conceptions h over tho beauty
and majesty of the ocean he has NO power he may
mine the solid mountains, dig up buried cities upon
which lava ashes have mpudsred for centuries. ana
TX his habatlon their lonely courts, but he cannot
fathom the abysses Of the deep. He may visit the
sepuchres OF the patrarch he may lift the csrements
from the queens Of tho darker ages but he cannot 60
down to the grave OF his yesterdays friend to
close his eyes cast the flower upon bis uncofned
bosom One docs not know whether humanity Is capa-
BILE Of forming true platonic attachment Tor an mani
mate object, but It is believed that they may. The
shrine which friendship has treasured up ito cherished
keepsakes the ring that sparkes on the finger and the
rinclet that once shaded the brow OF tho departed
whatever, indeed, serves as . remembrancsr OF
the absent or memento Of the dead, speaks
home of childhood has . spell OF gladness for our
hearts, long after the beloved Ones who formed its
endsarmens have passed for from It's portals In
the devotion OF the idoator aeo there seems too much
OF reality to DO the calculation OF hypocrisy. The
rivers she hills and the deep forests have their
shippsrs-the sun and moon listen to the hymn Of
dsvotee. who regard them with the expression OF
the astrologer gazss At the star whose benignant In
huence like an invisible guardian, has in his belief.
wrought out whatever there has been OF happiness Or
PROSPERITY in the unfolding OF his destiny
Nor has the lacked It's admiring votaries It's
renowned poets have passed thcr brightest hours
its waters and at last found welcome grave in
their hidden bosom. Shelley was one Of these, and
Byron appears to have possessed delight in its Wild
scenes, amounting almost TO passionate fondness
In his murmurngs Of whispering waters, time and
space to be annnlated, and one feels himself
fresh cool brsezes. you 60 bounding with him over
its glorious expanse. he was emphatcay the poet Of
the for the proudest march OF his genius was
upon its .'mountain wavesn
But whore these brooded the ocean, and In the
romance OF their poetcal enthusiasm regarded II
living and intelligent existence they bent over
prows OF their vessels in the gentle moonlight dis
coursng with friends, and in its bllowy connections
gazing upon u with mingled reverence and JOY who in
the wild reality Of the oceans vagaries has not thought
Of many wild storms, where hurricanes and light
ming dismay to thousands OF hearts, where the
pillows and the cries of drowning mariners
wiped with single brush all the beauty all the
sublimy OF conception and vvidness Of colorng they
The HERALD's prophecy, full OF sad thoughts and
piercing winter gales, record weeks SINCE, seems to
have thrilling realizations than in the history Of
the Sacramento, the Columbia and Neptune, for while
the helpless and passengers OF these noble shps
bufeting with the late storms in momentary
feeling that each succeeding would wash their
bodies along its trackless sotudes other proud vessels
not fortunate in their endeavors to breast
them successfully. The terrors Of the ocean, with its
privations suerngs starvation deaths and incidents
revolving attending that oner soul palsed, have
no more vivid actually than in the meagre details
which reaches this port from Gibraltar OF tho pers OF
the schooner Moses Waring (ninetytwo tons burden)
and her crew on their voyage from Brunswick Georgia,
TO this port.
THE SCHOONER MOSES wARNo
This gallant craft LETT New York the 2Sth Of Octo
Der for Brunswick and after pleasant voyage arrived
at their port destination Immediately reoadng with
lumber and copsgned to Messrs T. N. Mayhem Co..
New York they started 70 return on the evening OF hs
29th of November with the very quiet hardly rip
pie being raised upon surface It's ceaseless gentle swell
giving inem hope OF a safe voyage The whole
seemed Of liquid gold in the sunset and sky up
glowed II blazing spirit lowered the void.
from bed Of flowers lulng the feelings Of the
| crew, composed Of Charles E. Bunker master; John
seamsn and cook, to that delicious calmness which
pleasant memories always INSPIRE and which feel
| moro sensiby than the tempest tossed mariner.
Up to December IL fair winds waited them on, bu
| then change the mysteries Of tho deepl violent
along until within iry miles southeast Of Hbsscom
light, with prospect Of weatherng II, the schooner
men at tho pumps. to keep The vessel from setting In
Finding that part of the cargo must DO lost. and u
order to thor lives. Captain Bunker ordered the
gripes that held the deck load to be cut which
mediately DONE This accomplished the vessel fell
over her, washing away all movable objects on deck
with cabin, drinking water and provisions. leaving the
now wornout crew perfectly destitute Of everything but
| the clothing they stood in.
| rnE DEAD AND DYING
The world has been shocked with shipwrecks, with
the bowling waters and wavelike flash of lightning,
making more vivid the thross Of drowning men, with
strandng ships and prayers going up to high Heaven
dows OF suffering when compared with the dying and
dead Of this schooner From December IL December
Is. seven days OF intolerable suffering, filed with
DEATH these men cung to the fra portions OF
vessel trusting for deliverance Nothing to and
nothing 10 drink for . week. Think OF this Durlna
the 10th Of December Mr. Green died in all the possible
anguish and agony OF away from homo aud starvation
His comrades now almost insane, tn. pangs Of hunger
sending their steel points through body and BRAIN
not long withstand the temptation and cutting up tho
dead body Of their friend each gnawed portion the
human flesh, and life was kept still little longer 10
their frames. Not a word was spoken The cook
Perry, washed overheard and each still chung 10 the
vessel hoping TO be relieved oy come providsutia
means
| AZ each thought his spirit wrging its wsv
TO another world each retiring further in the
recesses OF his own hears-a sanctuary TOO sacred 70
bc vioIated-the British bark Minnie Gordon hove in
sight, relieving Captain Bunker Lewis and Tracy by
rescuing and taking them on board and little more
life Was infused by their Kindness into their
frames
What was done TO these stricken seamen and their
dreadful APPEARANCE Is well told by Captain Leslie OF
| the bark In question. II is suboined -
December Is, lat IS 10 north. Ion. west scuddins
of southeast by east under double reefed topsails
foressi reeied mansaii and foreopnast saysa, wind
west northwest blowing hard and heavy runnins
As daylight broke saw bearing north northeast from
me- something which looked like two spar buoys stand
ing at angle Of sixty Degrees just far the eve
could reach supposing II TO be vessel IN distress
although past II and 70 esward OF it-imme diatsly
hauled by the wind on the port tack. As day broke
clearer could make out With the glass that
sci wateroggsd and her beam ends then deisrm
70 close enough ascertain II there any OF the
crew still on the wreck. AT half past eight O'Clock ~
could with the glass make out what appeared men
upon the port quarter. On approaching nearer saw
n pfp Of uh rtns
up under the lee OF the wreck hove got large
boat in doing which stove side OF her Mr. Charles
fer the wreck; after great sIersion and a
hard pull succeeded in getting the captain and
two remaining In the boat and got safely
back bark hoistod In the boat and proceeded
the voyage, taking the weak famished men into the