, 1873-10-12

;. AB noticed statement in the HE CHICAGO
TRIBUNE Of Oct. l, Of tlo loss of the brig lIamp-
ton, which ~ incorrect in almost overy pnrticii-
| lar, a,ld as It r,akca "Moses of one and does
eroat injustice to tho ha}anco Of the crow Mr.,
George llatcholla story to tho contrary notwitll-
htandlngf-l wish to enlfghton tho readers
thoroof, and tho sailing community In particular
Mill low give, particulars which aro true, and I
M Wll VI warrant 5T =, that the Srow with the oxccp
Wo loft Racine OH Sunday morning, Sort. 20,
betweon and 10 O'clock, bound for Fish Crock,
| Groon Bay, whore tho voEeel waB to undergo re-
pairs Wo hold fair wind until botweon md
so'clock in tho evening, when the brig was
taken nbnck by n frosh breezo from the north,
obliSlng III to shorten sail, which wo did ac-
coringly. IuE Tn1pu:,E's statomont aays
"Ihey scarcely know what to DO which ii
shortened sail. We then put her OH tho 81 ar-
board tack, att1 stool for tho land; but tic
wind being from the northward, a,aa heavy
sca running from $. s. w.. wo took the sca oi,
and tho wator ut this limo was about
al ito Dirt from aft ''ti forward, war "asn.| With!
wAg lablo to clog Tho pumps. Tho wind cantod
to n: W., aud wo won't about aud stood to lLo
az possible in order to relieve her Of tho water;
but tho pump, whom We can,o to Etnrt It, was
sIogged., No got it oloar several times, but 1t
pump. wo stood for tho lind again. by this time
there waa heavy sen running from N. N. ",
and Tho yossel was rolling very heayy, anu tho
WI water gaining in tho bold; sho Looked as though
with pinn, oars, bucietH, etc, roady for la,,nc
and had got tue storm OIL the rail {the boat
being, OH dock), aud woro getting tho bowu
Oh, whom, b., so1no misunderstanding or excite-
mont, tho stern waz showed OF, aud tic boat
was awanped. Our hopes woro gono III that
quarter. Doing in fenr lose tho yossol should
rull over, wo cut thu Hpars out Of her,-uot
BY Mr.. llatcholl'a orders howoyor, for / cut tho
my orders. tho noxt thing We did wes to ie. rc-
lievo her Of hor nnclorg and clal1,s; that wns
not dono by Mr.. Hatcholl'H orders, aid doubt
wlfother tho idoa camo into his head until the
order Ind boon issued. The next thing VIC did
was to burn torches, mud also to construct q raft
to escape death if possible.
Alr. Hatcholls story TINT begged Of him to
uso hiB ingenuity to savo tho crow, and did not
know how to build raft otc. ia all Haloon-tallt
ovory man excepting tho Steward, Barns, and
my son, 16 years Of ago. They wore lcopiug tho
torches going while wo worked. Tho story that
Alr. Hatchell stood BY with an AK. to keep
for at tho tilno We built tho raft NO Ind no
ax,t bcing lost in ousting..away tho foro-rigging;
aud, furthermore, there WAS not Il man OH board
who showed tho least sign of rebellion, or re-
Hatchell or myself. Tlcre was as good discip.
limo as at nny other tiulo. Sonlo OF them 1t In
true, woro anxious to launch tho raft; but nftor
talking with them. tLoy agreed with AIr. Ifatch-
oil aud myself that it would DO safor to hold u,,-
til tho vessel was about sinking altos ,tler. AIR.
Hatcholl was quito suro TINT tho Vcssol would
not sink, with anchor, chains, etc., on, a1ld told
mo, whom was huryilg up about tue building
Of tho rift TINT wo should mt need it, aud stuck
to that idea until size went from uudor l1a,
told him We had better mako it, ~ wou1d
rather bo glad twice tllan sorry once. If wo did
not need it, 60 much tho botler; and, If wo did
need 1t, wo would havo it, That III llots ho bujlt
tho raft alouo (aa TUE Tl1DvSE's statement lua
Our floating on the rift for eleven hours ia
Ha!choll diSeating himself Of his Bl.irt etc., it |
liz ail talk. Tho tncts are theso I hold 4 boarl
With an ol-coat Oh 1t for two hours III tho ulorll-
ing (rolioYed ly George Willienla), al long ~
thoro wefo any prospects of attraotiuY tho at
tentlon or my passing yeaao but, at tho tinlo
VIC sighted tho Joe Wins Nir. IIatchoIl llat been
mailing ol,nnge In his clothing, and in wriug-
was proposed tlat bomothing white ba pat Up,
as 1t might DO sooner discernod tlnn tho oil. |
cont. Hntcholl, coming across tho old shirt, |
handed it out. aud George Williams spt it M |
tho back and tied it OH. while hold Tic bonrd,
and took my turn holding 1t up ilEst, and waa |
relieved ly George WilliA!na. Mr.. IIntchull |
noithor put tho Ghilt on tho board, nor took lis |
turn holding 1t ,ll,.
1llayo lnAlo tho above statement 10 do iustioo |
70 al concerned and to Eyo credit to s.one wllo
deserve It; hnt tho idoa that Mr.. 11aiool lid Il
oil, nnd tho ha!uucn OF us looked Gu, is mis- |
take. doubt very much il, when atr, IIatelloll !
told his htoly, lo expected it would oyor spuoar
IN pr1ht. TnEononE LANu,
Maatpr Brig Hampton.