, 1869-03-08
A FEMALE SEA CAPTAIN.
The Captain Of a ship TAX N Sick and
Hts Vsasei Brought from Calcutta IL
Thls Country by Hts VFifx-A Htchty
lnfe E3 htiuH Mar


Thls County by HtA yFift-A Highly
lnteresilue Narrn.lye.
:, That deeply thrilling narrative Of the sea
That seemed, In the exciting interest OF its
details, more like Wild legend OF f7clion
than plain rfcltal of simple faets-hoW
Mrs. Patten, the wife Of sea captain. upan
the death oi her husband assumed conmand
or the shiP, and bow she aaEeiy took the ycs.
sci through series Of severe storms, from
san francisco to Vslparaiso-ls still, though
1t happened years ago, fresh in the pnhijc
recollection. a case presenting some parll-
lcl icaturs to this. thouEh b ba ppi:y devy,d Of
that painful link. the death of her husband,
. specially tempcstuous voyage, has fust
occurred. The heroine in this Inter ca:c-
for hcroft e she Is, and thus richly Eeseryes IN
be destguated-is Mn. MagulIe, wife OF Can.
tsin Mcguire, of the ship Chletsain, which
1IrtScd al This port on Tuesday evening from
Ing this LATTER casc as yesterday obtained On
board the ChIeftaIn at uarbeck stores.
Brook!yn, where hhc Is low lying:
The Chteiialn Is ship Of about 1,3o tons
burden. tu!l tisEed aod staunch. She sailed
from Philadelphia, where she "a owned. =
year ago last September to LIVERPOOL sni
thcnce to Caleutta. At Calcn.ta she loaded
with llpscCd, 1ute and g1nny cloth. She left
Calcutta on the 18th oI lust October. but did
Eot gel outside OF Sand Heaa.-,hc sandy
Hook OF Calcutta-till November /. The
crew numbered tHentY-thsec, including a
second and third maize, the arrt being OF.
duty, and Captain MaRuIrp in command.
Everything went on well; there wtrr fAypr.
ing breszci and the ship nude good bead
why ut the commencement Of the return voy-
aRe. A. the end OF Hve weeks, however, Cap
tain Mcguire Was pFtstral d with Calcutta
ftytr.. beth mates were comparatIyeIv in.
experienced aud ntithcr had ever commanded
vessel.
"You hare been with ne twenty years on
my voyages" he said to his vie, cailiac her
to his terth ~ want you should take COM
maId Of 1he ship. Viii you do It ~
~ WILL" she ans sTeled.
~ an commander Of this ship BIZ my
husbands ordcts,' ahc said to the crew !;
"you " Ill obey nc is sssuch."
Promptly she took command, and faith
tu!ly and we'll the crcw obesed her, Allied
10 Iss ,b,o ,PbI,o"psnsss VS. orave.y and under
own abili les to discharge the duties sbc had
aksnned. She knew every spar and rome
and sail On the vessel she knew cyefy wnrd
Of command. She made all the observations
lctielG she kept the los book, She
But in the midst Of ner ~ m IrlIi ,n'f III
dutics she never failed In ATTENTIONS to het
sick husband. Here the womanls tenderness
OF dcyotsd wife showed itself in sol, and
soothing wo1ds Of comfort. and In eirine
| him bis medicines, under whose bcuetieent
| working she wa4 pteased to upte q gradual
mastering Of the disease that keps bin
thre ugh thirteen long weeks completely
PROSTATE and helpless. On deck she wss
crew had been x.1l disciplined, aaa there
| WAS very little trouble With them, HI3sf
loved their Captain rs much as they respect.
ed snd obc5ed her. And>it is a beautiful In
c!dens tn connection With this, the ,ribntt
Of devotion these stern servitors Of Old Sep.
| tune, th.ke rude, oaree-rnAunefcd men a
ltcisea-With bands hard Us iron but heart:
as sols Is ch1le cu's-paid 10 their sick an:
on tiptoe." ta1d Mrs. Magalsc, I'm "snd
srckc only, in soil whispers" Wha
better encobium could be.pronounccd thar
th.s 0n TIC l0th Of January. the yes.c
Etop{ cd at St. 1Ielcra, and remained thcrt
arc days. Mrs. Mag u1re speaks IN the highes
! praise Of the Bind attentions shown her. ant
particularly her sick hushard, by Meyers
Solomon, Moss, Gideon l. Co. They hat
her husband taken from the ship, and witt
herself and sou, brtsht-eyed bog 0: cish
years accompanying them on the voyage
taken to private house aad the best OF car,
] given them, and best Of medical attendlEct
Ctyeu htr husband. From St. Helena her,
there was nothing special TO mark ii,
ycyaEr. The weather, IS from Calcusts Il
Ct. Helens, was most Of the time xeeellngl,
favorable. At St. Helena, however, thi
tIitcd stafes Consult being the opinion
Of he physicisn there that Captain Ma
J euife would not llye-desfted to put an
other captain on board, but she resolutcI,
intd her husband in opposition 10 aSJ suci
disposal ofthe command Of the vessel. A.
has already been slated, she b:oush. tn
vessel here saicly, and the New York con
tignecs. Aessrs. Charles l., Wright i Co., 0
No. 81 South street, expressed thcmselye
highly pleased at her having retained th
commsud.
The above Is not the first time Mrs. Nagutr
has commanded vessel. Several years u,
her hut band commanded q brig. and hr aut
the crew were sick With yellow fever. Sh
took commsnd Of The vessel; 10 fact, to io
dulge In HoesnEci.m. WAS the on,y vel
rau on board, and wa4 Csptatn, crew, cook
nurse aud every thing, In our conversation
with her, We askrd u she knew Mre. Pattep
the lady alluded 10 at the commencement o
our prefent parratiye. II knew her well,
she answered "she was as good = scaw um u
as cver went to sea. I knew her husband
too. Both are dead uow."
Mrs. MaGutre Is thoroughly sensible VIC
man, with undoubtedly q good deal Of th
masculine il her composition, but Jet entire
" md plea1rciy twomanly. She Is tall
s,most Auazou!aD, in fact, bu: thou 4
strong aud able bodied shows none Of thos
physical peculiaritles and angular pointed
ness characteristic Of our modern school q
strong minded vomer. Captain Magui.e |
con5aiesccut and able to be xbout, thout1
still weak and urahtc to attend to his duue
as commanding officer Of tho ship. His healt
promises to be fully II stertd in a short time
-IN.. York Hrnld.