, 1869-10-24
TINE WaEeK OF THE olexlsspE,


n As Editor " The ck<uueo 1stbun<:
In your sssue Of tne 4;s. inst aspcass an ar.
count u the loss Of The schooner Daaael o. Dick
lnso1. which IL some Whit Incorrect. Tue crew
did nos seturn TO Chicago % tho Franslfn; thcy
cane On the propeller TEuesdell, and, instead Of
being enc day from Oconpo when the scaoouer
got sshare, We were only four and oae-hsif
honrs We lett Ocouto n II r. n. on tho 7sh, and
tot aRIoand At s:su 4 m oE'tre sta. The Ac.s
amply are, that the night beng very DART au,y
hAzJ. We dhl not see Tie lgh: % Gre1n Isieni.
Nd, 70 me best Of ny opinion, "a which the mn.
~ the time. In consequences, We .an Aaaore ups,n
tls southeast end Of CnaGbesl lsaand geu-
s5nuy ,S,1,y nj, 1Io-9 = = stsshsH1 Aeeth asoas
Informant must have teen hEf.seae.ove1, OF else
fet5 little acquainted xnh Green Eay and III
nany thoais ana klands, 10 g.t hls aero4pt O; tia
wreck 70 nuch ul1eo % as he ma de:e. AsIo
sntm getog . Neuont1ee. such Vas n9, ia ea.e.
oeeJed ever oFder- dong Their duty fuklg, 10
utu+ There WIS heavy .sa and . s!tocF FipI
sp,qos Ip asssr usr SETTING o. the beach. 30 taas
70 looh four q The oe* win M sei in ne ~ Il.
rtnt 70 AeE0tnfbee aad procure1 tns NJ
) r n The VIII 1lai Ssa ~ 'ne zox ssnoSnsa essa:ss :,
70 tne sonthwrzt and wAs hlo~ing vsry
nyeell aud crew bcsfTied nef n tAc 5a~1 aud tnu
tuK returned 10 Asuo4nnte Next iaY. the in.
toe tug returned, With seow md ten naads. nj
49, - Ntk3A AoeALA4* OAk CQAlu u0k APPROACH
enough u renies L. asJ all. Du1inK ihst n,Sl:
We al remained On t0srd, tt being very .ialS and
the wind blowing very hard from the sournwrsi
Al 4 H. on tho 9Th. sna 4ea Was bfeAklna ali
ottf her, Ahl the wafer ras up and over tue c1Na
aoor. roulA have xut Oh ehusr With nj crew,
10y. WIZ Lane, nye years old. on board; Asa,
3ouhg Robert EInmet, ron OF ~ l. Mo,.
r1sor, Of tl!s city. Although they were Lnt
Children, theF acted ltke herues, auo never even
tnnlIaufei We Ill left the vessel At daylight "a
the W, u tst 3awl, aud safely IAnted on Guam.
the sea Eunn1nE ftsr1ullJ ht2h We remained en-.
camped IN the woods until the folio vlox Tu,,siaT.
tie ls1n inst Fortunately for tnJ aster aud the
tEo ChltIeG, We Met Root SaEarltau, in Door
nthei AZ, the ou,S luanoita1t on taas end OF the
:s!std, M Eho EcnetorhlJ gave mp possession Of hts
uitle hut, xbuut 10 bs 4, AId Gannpeti out in the
4odda Win rs hta sell. IN InA1 evening, on bJAtl
t6s little schooner Cecuis- We embarked vita
HI TIT taiss ENC ruEtlng gear witch
s.,,.,a " haa ~ Ieen ahls 10 rescue. Ia
to~ed by the wreck'ng rn4 Lev!athan Which ha.i
beeh sent 10 cur Assstantt ty ihe R-pab!lc Insns.
Rhte coz pRnJ. The schooner got 6fuEtp sD1d.
shsr~ tutihR The FA'e trn tae nonlh west on the
3th xttt 10Th: Md, with the exception Of luu un
iht t1tn and le'h, 1t continued 10 blox until the
ine Tlrd naF1nH I!sen again at nhio.4at, Nota
mhsA went BY the board; her decl1 bnflt open.
AId u0AEd 1Ka}. Sne tacn, 1n4lIy, washed Qref
The Trrf, Ata disappeared fEusn view. WAS att
QnG ut tee tine I'll The top Ut FISH Greek ILL., four
n;l!es distant. anu watched the wreck through my
R.ass until The last stick Of the welkKpoW1
schooner u. y. Dickinson disappeared from view
bcnca1h sbe acfs Of Green BAY. We Loaf oil GU,
pstsunnl propersJ, tut saved the "Ereen faS."
Respectfully, w. +. cAkDwELL
Last Master OF the ILL., tatet schooner u q. iNcktu.
CHICAGO Oct eS lsfo