The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-01

went away to the WlnoWaroI IN spite OF
our prayers and curses and wavings,
Gy1hieh probably could not have been
heard two hundred yards,) and left us
as completely disheartened as men
The midship oarsmRn laughed and
laid down in the bottom OF the boat:
M. s. sat down on the stern sheets and
hid his face in his hands; while l, una
HE to bear the sudden destruction Of
nv hopes of plenty of fresh water. and
determined to have something to drink,
picked up the boat piggin and filled it
rom over the side; but before l could
take a mouthfnl the third mate struck
the piggin blow with paddle which
sent it flying twenty feet from the boat,
and ma on my back In the bow with
INV mead under the line box.
remember but little more. Once 1
onened NV ewes, and by the light of the
moon saw Mr.. s. still sitting on the
stern sheets with his face in his hands.
THE next thing recall ia the third mate
and after oarsman THE only ones left
on their feet) stepping the mast and set
ting the sail, after which all Is blank
tor a time. AS I afterwards learned,
Mr.. s. had seen, at daylight, a ship
LAYING with her main yard back, hull
down to leeward, and the sail had been
set and the boat kept away for her. She
was q whaler, and we had been seen
probably before we raised the ship, for
they had seen our sail when 1t was set.
Mr.. s. steered right down to the ship,
but In attempting to round the boat un-
der her counter he fell down, and the
whaler had to send a boat to tow us
alongside We were hoisted up, and
humanity and skill saved every life,
though the whole lot of us hadn't half
enough left for one.
IN hn I'd n w n q I0Ch hi ~ NJ
for some ten weeks, and at last were
taken into the port of Tumbez, In north
ern Peru, where the ship went to pro-
cure vegetables, give liberty, &c. Here
we were to leave her las she was over
manned with our boats crew. and
make our way to Payti, where there
was an American consul. On what was
to have been the last day of her stay,
another whaler hove in sight and let
20 her anchor late in the afternoon
about four miles off. Mr.. s. had been
looking at her for some time, and as
she swung to her anchor and showed
him her side he dropped the glass as II
it had been red hot, and sang out, "clear
away the boatI come on, boys, that's
the old H." 1t didn't take us long to
reach her, and as we came near we
could recognize one after another the
Shipmates who had for three months
mourned us (sailor fashion) as dead.
Our approach had BEEN noticed, and
the mate, Mr.. G. was in the gangway
to receive us, as we shot along side.
The crew were aloft, furling the sales,
and the captain below, fixing up for
shore on the morrow, when the mate,
leaning over the side, recognized US.
He turned pale for an instant, muttered
an exclamation of surprise and pleas
ure, and then burst out with shout:
"Hnrrah! here's the bow boat back-all
hands safeI Whoop" and in another
minute we were in the scene of most
glorious confusion. The skipper ran
up from below, and the men slid down
from aloft, and shaking hands, laugh
ing, hugging each other and all talking
together, made quite lively scene. [
don't think any of us we're quite so alb.
surd as to kiss each other, but more
than one blew his nose suspiciously;
and if Mr.. 8. had not displayed SO
much cool courage and endurance
while In the boat, 1 should have been
certain that 1 saw tears in his eyes; as
it was, was probably mistaken.
It would naturally be supposed that
men who had suffered so much from
the effects OF one drunken spree would
have foresworn liquor ever after. But
we were sailors, and whalemen at that!
and don't think the boat experience
did US any good; for that same night
Refreshments" were distributed freely
in honor of the joyful OCCASION one OF
the boats crew slept under the carpen-
ter's bench in the waist, under the i'm
preston that he was snugly slowed in
his bunk; and Mr.. s. himself stuck on
the BOBBY hatch till daylight, singing
remarkable selections of sentimental,
drinking and sea songs, in remarks
able manner.-POTtSmOu Chronicle.