The Portland daily press., 1872-10-04

A HORRIBLE SToRY-A New York despatch
says: "a -
A man giving his name as James Dugan, who
arrived in this city to-day, says be was pas
senger on the schooner Lancaster bound to
Sydney, c. b., from Charlottetown Prince Ed
ward Island. On the night of the 18th ult
they fell in with dismasted brig, on whose
bow the word ''Glenaloon" was family discern
able. Splintered spars entangled in canvas and
rigging gear, and the planks of boat torn
asunder by the wind and sea were scattered be-
low heap of rigging and broken by the weight
of spar which had fallen.l Across it lay the
bones of human being The skull had been
crushed. Shreds of canvas trousers and Guern-
sey frock were found near the bones. Further
search revealed five other skeletons, on one of
which the skull only could be found A slight
covering of crisped flesh remained on four of
the skeletons, showing that they had died more
recently than the other two Many of the uten-
sils of the galley were found, and Capt. Marten
made strict search among them to assure him
self whether there had been any food on board
at the time of the death of these men. Not
single remaining pot or vessel of any kind in
the cooking department of the Inflated craft
contained the least particle of food. In the
forecastle, which was almost filled with water
there was most terrible stencil, and only two
men could be induced to enter. There were
two corpses on the floor, one stretched across
bunk. The remains were taken ON deck and
the nine bodies were arranged in line and car
ried away. The fastenings of the rudder We're
broken; the foremost had keen cut away to
save the vessel from, founde ring, one of the ex-
tremest emergencies in hurricaneat sea- The
jib-boom had gone and the whole, in fact, was
complete wreck.
Entering the cabin most foul odor was dis
covered, but not intense enough to forbid
thorough investigation. Toward the end of the
steps leading to the cabin was fetid pool of
water, and the men had to wade through it to
reach the cabin Between stationary table
and couch the head of a corpse, very much
decomposed, protruded from berth in the wall.
A buttoned jacket, of good material covered
the corpse, and blue pantaoons, a flannel shirt
marked vt. L" and one boot were found. The
chronometer in the cabin pointed to half
past four, and on the stationary table was an
open Bible turned downward; a revolver with
two chambers loaded and bottle containing a
piece of paper, upon which was written, "Jss-
us, guide this to some helper. Merciful God
don't let us perish" The words were detached
and hiatus occurred between every two or
three of them, showing that the writer must
either have been in the lowest stages Of debility
or driven to madness by hunger. In the cap
tain's stateroom a corpse was found lying bent
upon the floor. On the bed books and news
papers were scattered. Among them a letter
from Robert c.. Hart, dated Martinique, May
80, to "Dear Kate, No. 6, Hone street, Mt
Pleasant, Liverpool" in which he tells her to
write to Hart in st. John, N. B." The bodies
were buried at sea Capt. Marten took the YES
sells books and papers, intending to give them
to the authorities in Halifax.