The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-03-26
A Female Sea Captain.
From the New York Herald.


est Ut Its detail, mOre like y wild legion OF
the nction than plain recital Of simple
facts how Mrs. Patton, the wife of sea
captain, upon the death Of her husband as.
sumed clmmanu OF the ship, and low she
safely took the vessel through series OF
severe storms from San Francisco to Val.
paraisO-ls still, though 1t happened years
ago, fresh IN The public recollection. A
case presenting some parallel features
10 this, happlly devoid Ut that link, the
death Ut her husband, and that element of
,lhtensuyihg Interest, specially tempestu-
Gus voyage, has just occurred. The heroine
ut this latter caae-iOr heroine she is, and
thus deserves to he dcsighated-is Mrs.
Mcguire, wife of Captain Mcguire, of the
ship Ch. eitaIn, which arrived at this port
TUESDAY evening, from Calcutta. The
foOwibg are the facts Ill regard to this
iat,er case as yesterda, Ubtalne1 on board
The Cnleitain, at Harbcck stores, Brook
4n, where she Is now lying
The Chleitaln Is a ship about 800 tons
burden, iull rugged aud staunch. She sail
ed trJln PhIiaueiphia, where she is owned,
Year ago last September 10 Liverpool,
aud thence 10 Calcutta. At Calcutta she
loaded with ilIsced, ju e and guuDy cloth.
She lett Calcutta Oh the 18TH ut last Oclo
Der, but uld not get outside vi Sand Heads
the Sandy HOOK OF Caicuttl-tlii No
veuiber 4th. The crew numbered twenly
| three, inciudlny a second aut tiIird mate,
the first being ott duty and Captain Ma
gulre IN command. EserthIng went OH
well; there were iavorlng breez.s aud the
snip made good Roadway ut the Commence
ment Ut The return voyage. At the end
Ut i've Weeks, however, Capt. Maguire rs
| fr.f.. ~ .,tk, ID
mates We're comparatively l,iexperien ed,
and neither had ever commanded vessel.
You have beeu with me twenty years
on my voyages, he said 10 his vile, cali
ins ~ hlo berth, Il want you should take
coa.iiaud vi thc ship. VIM you do it..
| 1 viii, she answered.
anI coinuiauder Ut ibis ship by my
husband order ., She SAID - the crew
you Will "ocy nie as such.
Promptly she tuuk command, and faith
July anu Wei! tue crew uOcyed. Aimed to
tnIs promptue.s Was bravery, and under
| y ing THIS bravery Was sell -cuLhdencc III
iier own aUliltles 10 discharge the duties
she had assumed. Sine ncx every span
and rope aud SAIL OH the vessel She new
every word vi ccihLuduu. She made all
the OBSERVATION hcrseif. She Kept the lrr
DAY aud nisnt. Sbe watched the barolne-
ter. She noted the shifting clouds aud the
| varying brc.Zes. She Was de tactO the
captain. But III the midst OF her mani
io.u uullcs siie never Jailed in her atlen
t.ous ~ the sl;A husband. Here the VIZ
manly tenderness vi u devoted vile slow
eli Itself IN suit and soothing words oi
CONDUIT aud III glvins hun his medicines,
n der 4. M, hen
pleased 10 note the gradual mastering vi
the disease that kept hlu, through thirteen
long weeks vonpictriy prostlate and hep
1855. Ou drcK she was stern, unyIelu,ug,
prc-emptgry. Happily The crew had BEEN
vel disciplined anu there Was very little
trouble with them. Most loved Ilier cap
tain as much as They respected and oOeyed
her. Auu IL Is beautiful Incident III cui,
DectlUn with this, The triUute OF devotion
these stern ser,IlOrs Ut Oid Neptune, these
rude, coarse hammered men ut the sea-
with hands hard US iron, bu. hearts a.
soft as chl.d.e s-pald their sick AMI
loved captain. They walked down oL
up-toe, SAID Mrs. Mcguire, land sloAe
| only III soft whispers. W hat better eu-
cumlum could Ue pronounced than this
Un Inc loan of January The vessel stopped
at ST. Hacn.; auu rcmalned there five
days. Mrs. Mcguire speaks III the highest
plulse vi the AInd attention shown her, land
particularly her sIcA h sOanu, 10y Messrs.
Ouiumun, Moss, Gluucun Il Go. They
HAD her husband taken irum The ship, auu
With herse.i ami sun, urlght-eyeu 10y vi
eight Years unl.anylCg them on the
voyage, taken ~ private house, ami the
Uest vi care given them, and best of med
| h..r A,
ST. Helena here there was nothing special
| to Eiark the voyage. The weather az from
Calcutta to ST. Helena, Was most of the
time exceedingly favorable. At ST. He
lena, however, the Unl,eu States Consul
1t ueIng the opinion Ut the physicians
there mat Captain Mcguire would not live
desired 10 put another captal.i ON board,
but she reso.uyeIy joined her husband III
opposition to lny such disposal Ut her
cvu.u,anu uf the Vessel. As has already
Dccn stated, sne brought the vessel here
.aleIy, aud The hcw York con>i nees,
Alessrs. Charles Wright and Co., Of No.
| ST South street, expressed themselves
| highly pleased at her having retained COM
| mand.
The above is not the first time that Mrs.
| Mcguire has commanded u vessel. Sever
4
| Urlg, aud lie aud the crew were sick with
the yellow lever. she took command vi
the vessel Ill fact, to indu ge III Hlu,rn'
| lanisin, was the only well man on board,
and was captain, crew, cook, nurse, and
everything. lu our conversation With her,
| We asked If she knew Mrs. fa,ten, the lady
| alluded to at the COMMENCEMENT Ut our
present narrative. Il know her we'll, she
answered !; she was as good a seawomau
rs ever went to sea. 1 knew her husband,
too Both are dead now.
Mrs. Mcguire Is thoroughly sensible
wouIaD, with undoubtedly good deal OF
the MASCULINE IN her cunpUsitiuR, but yet
entlreiy aud plesingiy woman. She is tai,
almost AmaZuniau, III TACT, but though
otrong aud aUie-UOdlcd, shows none Ut
those p.ysical pecullarties and angular
poiutediIess CHARACTERISTIC Ut our modern
school oi .tIony minded women. Captain
Mcguire Is cunvaiesccnt and able to he
atuut, though stlil weak anu unable TO at
tend to his duties as commanding Uhcer VI
the ship. HIS health PROMISES 10 be fully
restored In u short time.
EEA- a man who several days since di.'o-
Gated his jaw, walked twelve miles to ST.
Peter, Mimi, with his mouth agape, to
have h. IN i,iut ,d mpmhpr set rig ht Ia