The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-01-14
TsEE FROZEN SHIP!

amnny :m immense number Of ice
her4<, in abont - degrees Of north
latitude. Or one side, and within
i n.i!c Of his vessel. these were Gi
l:nnrcnSc Ici ish; ani cl"srly wrtly-
rt together, and Il succession "i'
>n"w rovrrl! pea k appeared
rI:;:d each other as far rs
;i'v eye could reach, showing
that the ocean was completely
blocked up il. that quarter, and
Ihat ii Lad probably been so for 4
long period Of time. Captain
Warrens did not feel altogether
satisfied with his situation; but
there being no wind, he could not
move either one way or the other,
and he therefore kept u strict
watch: knowing that lie would
be safe as long rs the iccbcrS>
continued in their res pcctive
places.
About midnight. the wind rose
toa gale, accompanied by Il thick
shower of snow, while succession
Of Tremendous laundering, grind
ing and crashing noises, gave fear
It'll evidence that the ice was in
motion. The vessel received violent
shocks every moment; but the
hazincsS Of the atmosphere pre-
vented those on board from dis
covering in what direction the op.
en- water lay, or if there actually
was any at al on either side Of
them. The night WAS spent in
tacking as often as any cause Of
danger happened TO present itself,
and in the morning the storm aba
ted, and Captain Warrcns found,
to his great joy, that his ship
had not sustained any serious in.
jury. lie remarked with surprise
that the accumulated iccbcrgs,
which had on the preceding crcn-
ing formed an impenctrablc Larri.
cr, had been separated and disar-
ranged by the wind, and that in
one place canal Of open sea
wound its course among them as
far lis the eye could discern.
1t was two miles beyond the ell.
trance to this canal that q ship
made its appearance about noon.
The sun shown brigh ,ly at the
time, and gentle breeze blew
from the north. At first some in
t9rvening icebergs prevented Cap
tain Warrcns from distinctly Sec
ing anything but her masts; but
he was struck with the strange
manner in which her sails were
disposed, and with the dismantlcd
aspect Of her yards and rigging.
She continued to 90 before the
wind for a few furlongs, and then
grounding upon the low iccbergs,
remained motionlcss.
Captain Warrcns' curiosity was
50 much excited that he iinmcdi-
atciy lcapcd into his boat with scv-
eral seamcn, and rowed towards
her. On approaching he observed
that her bull was miserably wealth
er-beatcn, andnot soul appeared
on the deck, which was covered
with snow to 4 considerable depth
He hailed her crow several times,
but no answer vas rcturncd.-
Previous to stepping on board, an
open port-hole near the maln
chains caught his eye, and, on
looking into it he perceived q man
reclining back in a chair, with
writing materials on 4 table before
him bnt the fcebleness Of the
light made everything very indis
t,nct. The party wcnt on deck
and having removed the hatch
way, which they found closed:
they descended to the cabin.
They first came to the apart,
mcnt which Captain Warrcns
viewed through the portfolio. a
tremOr seized him as he entered it.
Its inmate retained his former po-
siLion, and seemed to be insensibIe
to strangers. lie was found to
be q corpse, and q green damp
mould had covered his checks and
forehead, and yelled his open eye,
balls. he had a pen in his hand,
and Il log. book lay on the table be-
tore him, the last sentence in
whose unfinished page ran thus ::
"Nov. II, l772. We have now
been enclosed in the ice seventeen
days. The fire went out ycstcr-
day: and our mas ster has been ever
since trying to kindle it again
without success. Ills wife died
this morning. There is no re.
lief"
Captain Warrens and his sea-
men hurried from the spot with
out uttering Il word. On entering
the principal cabin the first object
that attracted their attention was
the dead body Of i female reclin.
ing on bed, IN al attitude of
deep interest and attention. Her