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

rive have received the following remarkable nc
count OF the wreck of the ship General Grant o
Boston, from correspondent at Dunedin 0tago
New Zealand, who writes under date ofFeb. ~
The account which am about 70 give o
a terrible disaster and Of (tor solne) Il hap.
py deiivprancc, will Iie oil interest to voul
readers. as it concerns an American vessel
which smiled from Boston on the 23tl o
November. 1865, aud which. after n ia
,orahlr passage, arrived at IEol,sons Bay
Port Philip. on the 18th. st March. 1866
Tir good ship General Grant. then i20O
tons. (.wnefs. Alessrs. Page. Richardson
g. Co. of Boston. William Iicrby Longh.
In. uastrr sailed from Boston far the
Anstral;au COLONY of Victoria on the 2.tll
Of Nov,nthcr, Isis. arrived there in
safety on the 1871, ut Mach. lsG6 and
lt iIai,son's Bay. hotil,'i tor London. III
The Ill, MAY. le66. With u iul cargo
and with g, passengers. From that day
unlI! tie 18th al ,januafr. iSt5. she Was
not .ca,d OF. except ty the wllaIing brig
Ah|ferst, which on the 2i>t of Move Mbpr.
iS61. WAS the happy inratiS OF the arlivcr
ance 81 the Surviving passengers On that
day til" Aihhrrst. Captain i. Glror. of
!n'ereargttl, the capital OF Southland.
rne al the nine provinces vi New Zea
bud Was running along tlipeas eoaet
Got ltic roa'hward. when u host was ob
serve. putting off troin E.ndcfly Island.
which i. the nof.hra>ttrn island of the
group kn"uuas the Auc land lsies. lrimg
IN ahuu, latitude 30 .es. 81 see. 5. longI-
tudc lGj deg. II : c. L A lie was a!
nncr t!tr,,a,i out Ia the boat. and the pas
s,.um Is uer" tahcn on hoard the brig
ih.V proved to t,t. ten ont ui the eighty
three " ilo sailed tIon llobson's li;.1 ii tn
General Grant. over eighteen months be
fore the date Of tnclr delivVraucc Fo,
nralle the W hole Of that time these pool
people had endured harashps and prva
ion< Which IN Y h,. more readily imagined
han lrscnbcd They W I've lh.oWn upoa
Il 1nnmltaiHnils, iuhnspiiablc shore Hiert
nany h,.lofe tIc4n had igl."tra and per
!Shrd they were almost destitute ot cloth
ing; Tor fifteen isfoHihS thrv lived chiefly
uloa seal flesh ; they suffered ninc!i ifou,
,.XeoSttte and wrt and eald: in tnt. eaIlv
nj. his they hid tn htttldi' close io.c,h =
iol warmth, thcr uas covering heiu.
grass; ,lay after day ltey kent what at
tiltill Sttttttu " az I'll 5fAtttAAi iit'IitSS
.luolI out E" and durias the Whnr t!ur
they endured in the present nnting hui
misery, and hr future was Tiled with dc
Spair lIoaing against hope, until huge
almost died within them did they watch.
and wait. aud suffer. When they We're
iisSt saved fr"n. F." wntety sF''.o t"s - nt.rt.
fifteen al tln4u; noY they toHat, d uitly
ten. For loHr. whose hearts were sick
with hope dcicrr,t Il, after eight months
privaiio,i left the island in N, open boat
ior New Zealand. and since thea have Eoi
hrcn heard of white. thrrr months bctnr,'
tiI,,il ,irliyrranCc. an usl,t.lnaa! @luts,u WA.
thrown over the su viNors lay Nae death ii
one of their party Dav.d Mcclellan aged
-. who, before he expired. SAID hat hc
nadia wife and tltHily fs'~i Il = III Glasgow
ihc names al thnsc who SET a;t ii tie
roa, are Bartholomew Brown (citi ulccl
oi the "Grnrsal Grant William NrW
ton ScuIt. Andrew Morrison. aud Pete
AcNcvu. aud the date Of thcit sailing the
2ISt ii; January. 1867.
Before proceeding to the account propcr
uf the wreck. the locality. aud the deliver
ancr may mention one or two circun
stances oi interest The cargo WAS com
fused chiefly of wn"l hides. and gold tot
the latter ahoGt $500 ouucrsl. 1t was in
teuded TO transmit II large portion OF this
cargo by The STEAMER London, had she
rcachcd Melbourne; ; but. It's alauy o youl
readers kuow, that i'll istcI vessel, with
uea,lt cve.y one nf its nualeronS conl Ir-
meat oi passengers, fuui'!ered of th'
spanish coast. he News ot the terrible
ialc at the London created great excite
ulcnt IN the Au>lrdiiln colonies. aiIl tlirrf
are many Mho NOM shake Iicis heads. and
Y thai the General Grtnt achieved lIe
oN Nn dnu.n WHEN she took Oh hulrd ear.,
ORIGINALITY intended for the l.oldnn. An
other circumstance VIII c!l has caused mucl
.h.kim. ut heads is that the General Grau'
s,iI, d iiun iiuhsun Bay ON il Friday
Fild,N. the horror OF old salts. | really
hcl,rvr that il large nunher OF sea'uru
Waui. il they coiid, blot that daY out ui
the ". ok But ony OF tie uiust suggcsli,,
circumstances oi the wreck, 10 inN mind Is
ihAt the ship had gone down IA twenty iir,
iaihauis ot water, and the fifteen survivors
haa reached land, they found lhu there
Was oniy enc luctftr match in the p1ss So
iul ii the nh"ic party 1t WAS the drpll
o, WINTER rand ii steady. drlzziins tain wac
l,ihn.. sir king ii chill 10 the mnrFoNS u
the sllipMrrckcd pea, lie. Th" wind was
h.uning hard, ANA tho hearts OF AL wrr,
i.unt wlh terror AID exhaustion The,
conid not Disguise the fact thai if that sul
iiary' lucii Ter match iaiird. they would IN
III probability perish iro II cold aud expos
ure. Tor they could nut haze obtained fir,
i,um suppiug wood As much as the,
cruvcd iu.' food, they cravrd for warmth
Your readers may cnnc ike how mucl
rested upon that one match, how anxious
they were to keep dry, aud how careful
~ the holder ot IL was shielded hy all 9th
rrs fro.n the miserable rain. All the gnl,
in the world could not have purchase,
from the wrctcled hand that single luci
Ter match. There was great joy when, at
ter every precautlun had been taken, aitp
Wet chips Of wood had been gathered an,
dried as well as possible. II fire was raise,
ny means of that match, when the rescue,
sufferers III naged to get L little warnt
into their stiiienrd hmbs and crampe,
joints. 1t was raining during the Who'll
OF the first night, and IL two hours walcl
was KEEP to plevcnl the fire going out.
1t does uotappear that any care cnull hav
saved the ship. Everything was dole tina
could be done. The General Grant wa
noble vessel she had u stout and abb
crew; yet notwithstanding every effort
'she drlfted like Il log ON to the iron bonu
''shore Of the Auckland Isles, not to b
'ground to attonls against the almost end
.less wall of rock environ them, but to b
"e,uhayed in one of the cavernous crev
'.iccs Ii re and there formed bv volcani
"of other action aud then slowly bu
"surcly To he drawn, as it were. into a gi
..ant cave, against the sides and roofs ,