Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-07
I q TERRIBLE SCENE.
PEI i, .lars Of the Loss Of tho Br: tish
1ronolad Captain.

English papers contain the fol-
lowing particulars Of the loss Of the
Captain: About midnight, on the
9Th instant, the ship was in com
pany with the Channel feet about
forty miles off Cape Fimnesterre,
cruising under double-reefed fore
and maintopsails, and foretopmast
staysail and mainsail, and foresail
hauled up; there being at the time
very strong breeze and heavy sea.
The starboard watch had been call
ed at IL o'clock, and were being
mustered, when a squall struck the
ship on her port side, causing her
to give a heavy learch to starboard.
AS she did not right herself, Cap
tain Burgoyne, who was on the
bridge, gave order to lower the
foretopsail, but in consequence of
the yards being sharp up, the ship
at the time being on port tack, it
did not come down. Orders were
promptly given, ''lct 60 the lee
braces and man the topsail down
hand" but by this time the ship
had been again struck by heavy
sea and was completely hove on her
beam ends, with water pouring
down in the funnel, and she then
turned bottom upwards, and grad
ually sank stern first. From the
time the ship was first struck to her
going down only from tive to ten
minutes elapsed. The numberTon
board at the time was about $40.
When the Captain was first lost
sight of, it was thought she had
missed the ficet-not an uncommon
occurance on dark night, and
when it is blowing hard, and no
one imagined she had gone down;
but alas the sad fact soon became
apparent when first was picked up
a boat, then spar, and subsequent
ly one man who had lashed him.
self to grating, but did not sue
ceed in saving his life. On the
morning Of Thursday the Monarch,
which had been searching round
the coast, brought intelligence to
the flagship that one warrant officer
and seventeen men had been landed
from the Captain. Mr.. James Nav,
gunner, states he was awakened
about ~ O'Clock on the night of the
9th by some marines making a
noise outside his cabin, and finding
the ship more than usually unsteady,
he dressed himself to 90 on deck
and see if the guns were all right in
the turrets. When he got up into
the attcr-turret the ship gave very
heavy roll to starboard, and continu-
ed III that position, gradually heel
ing over more and more until he
found the water coming into the
port-hole on top OF the turret,
through which he crawled, and then
he found himself overheard. He,
however, succeeded, with FIVE
others, including Captain Burgoyne,
i'll reaching steam pinnace, which
was floating bottom uppermost,
and observing launch passing
within few yards Of them, he
cried out, Snow jump, men! this is
your only chance" He and three
others did so, and succeeded in get
ting into the boat. They in vain
endeavored to regain the pinnace to
save their Captain, but the sea run
ming so very high prevented them
fulfilling their task; and in the at
tempt they were struck by the
heavy sea, noarly swamping the
boat, and washing one man over
board. 1t was then determined to
let the boat run before the sea. AS
land was known to be leeward, they
made for it, and succeeded in land
ing about noon Of the 7th.
SITTING on EGGs.-We put the
eggs safely in our coat-tail pocket,
and walked cautiously. 1t recalled
a piece of disreputable carelessness
on our fathers part, who once sat
down on dozen eggs, and went up
as if every egg was bomb, and
every bomb in explosion. But then
he was Il notoriously absent-minded
man. His very example was our
safety. And yet. we dwelt with
some inward mirth, as we walked to
the house, on the ludicrous figure
which our father cut. Dinner was
spread as we came in. Some ques-
ton came up which diverted our
thought from the discovery of the
ncst-indeed, we forgot that we had
eggs about us, and drew to the ia
BILE and sat down with alacritv
which was only cqualcd by the
spring with which we got up.
'Graciousr why, what is the mat
tcr?' Matter enough Are YOU
sick? DO let drew my hand
from my pocket, streaming with IL
quid chicken, never to he born, and
the disgusting secret was out. That
woman was 4 saint. My pockets
were duly cleansed, without one cut
ting word. l can imagine the pro-
cess. but | never like to dwell upon
it. Would you believe it, the same
thing happened in few weeks
again? 1t did, and to the very same
person. But never since, no--nev
cr! From that day to this we do
not remember ever to have taken an
egg from nest.
l. When see man who allows
himself to be pulled up and tlatter-
ed, | know that his time will come
when he will sit down on his eggs.
2. When | see men who are rob-
bing right and left, and filling their
pockets with unlawful wealth which
other men earned, | say, You will
sit on those eggs yet.
3. When over-cunning men think
that they can outwit all their fell
lows, and are cxulting at the sue
cess which their shrewdness has
achieved, l say to myself, Fill your
pockets! BY and by you will sit
down on those eggs.'-Xenry Ward
Bcecher.
The first velvet factory in the
United States has been started by a
French colony in Kansas, at the
town Of Franklin, Is miles south
west Of Ottumwa. The colony be-
hn