The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18

A WHALING DISASTER.
LOSS OF A BOATS CREW OF SIX MEN IN SNOW
sQUALL WHILE LOOKING FOR WHALES.

From the Hawaiian Gazette Nov 18th
The James ". Alien reports melancholy
| accident which happened near Herald Island
on the 1st of October last. Captain Kelley
says that the above mentioned day he
lowered his boats for whales close to the ships
bow; the mate stood out ahead of the ship
about mile and tackled, standing on the OPP
posite course until he was about three-quar-
tiers of q miles from the ship on the weather
bow. The weather was rugged, with frequent
| thick snow-squalls. The mate lowered his
sail to have a better chance to see the whales,
and was last seen in that position. At this
time the Captain saw whale off the
ships lee-quarter and siglaled the boats to go
there; he in the meantime W ore ship, and be-
| fore the vessel came to the wind looked to see
| II the boats were coming, when he missed
THE CHIEF MATES BOAT.
He became alarmed at once as there was
heavy snow squall coming down, and he i'm
mediately set the recall signals in hopes that
| If they were all right they would set their SAIL
| SO that they could be seen. AS the approaching
! squan threw dark gloom on the water he
, could not see them; no boat could be seen,
| the snow squaH enVeloped the spot where
! they were. He then made sail for the spot
| with the ship where the boat was last seen
| When the squall blew over nothing was to be
seen of the boat. The mastheads were manned
| by the SharpeSt-eyed men on board, as all felt
anxious for the safety of the boats crew.
| When the ship reached about the place
aaWHERE THEY WERE LAST SEEN,
| She wore round, standing short distance on
| the opposite lack, with the am erlcan ensign
set at the peak to call the attention of the bark
| Triton, which was to windward and steering
! down toward them, in hopes they might see
/ the boat and if she had struck a whale and
| had been towed to windward to render assist
ance The bark then came do wn spoke the
! james AHen and luffed to under her lee. The
! james AUen wore off to cross to leeward when
they saw an oar and two hats lowered boat
to pick these things up, not knowing but
there might be a man. The next moment
they saw the boat off the lee quarter, bottom
up, with
NOT Soul. TO TELL. THE STORY.
, Captain Kelley says, from the appearance of
the boat, he Judged they had struck whale,
and been drawn down by the line getting
! foul in which case they could not have kept
atioat longer than ten minutes as it was bit
! terly cold and the ice making very fast the
spray freezing as it struck the ship. The lines
in the boat were frozen stiff, and the Captain
thinks that it was from this cause that the
line got foul. The names of these unfortunate
men were John Norton, chief mate; Alexan-
der Collins, boat-steerer: Thomas Barker,
! John Scypan, Charles Amber, Charles Boyer,
, seamen. This sad occurrence cast gloom
over the spirits of the whole ships 1mpany
and put an end to promising seasons work.
/ THE DEBUT OF QUEEN V1croRIA-The King
! died at twenty minutes after 2 in the morning;
the young Queen met the Council at Kensing-
ton Palace at Il. Never was nything like the
first impression she produced, or the chorus of
praise and admiration which is raised about
her manner and behavior-and certainly not
without justice 1t was very extraordinary
and something far beyond what was looked
for. Her extreme youth and incxperienoe
and ignorance of the world concerning her,
naturally excited intense curiosity to see how
she would act on this trying occasion. The
doors were thrown open and the Queen
, entered, accompanied by her two uncles, who
advanced to meet her. She bowed to the
/ lords, took her seat and then read her speech
in clear, distinct and audible y6ce and with
! out any appearance of fear or embarrassment.
She was quite plainly dressed and i'll mourn
ing. After she had read her speech the
1 Frivy Councillors were sworn, the two
royal dukes first, by themselves; and as
. these two old men, her uncles, knelt
before her, swearing allegiance and kiss
ing her hand, | saw her blush up to the
eyes, as If she felt the contrast between their
civil and their natural relations, and this was
the only sign of emotion which she evinced.
Her manner was very graceful and engaging.
She kissed them BOTH and rose from her chair
and moved toward the Duke of Sussex, who
was farthest from her and too infirm to reach
her l particularly watched her when Mel
bourne and the Ministers and the Duke of
1 Wellington and Peel approached her. She
went through the whole ceremony, OCCASION
ally looking at Melbourne foi instructions
when she had any doubt what to do which
hardly over occurred, and with perfect calm
ness and self possession, but at the same time
with perfect lnode,tv and propriety, particu.
iarly interesting and ingratiating. The young
Queen who might we'll be either dismayed or
cOntUuiItied WltlI tle grandeur and novelty OF
her situation seemed neither the one nor the
other, anu behaveG With a decorum and pro-
priety beyond her years, and with all the Sc
dateness and dignity, the want of which was
SO conspicuous III her uncle.
pRoPosED RAILROAD FROM Boston TO THE
WEsT.-Boston, Nov. 2I.-The project of new
and direct railroad from Boston to the West is
receiving the general attention of business
men here at the present time. The route pro.
posed includes New York and New England
road, from the city to Willimantic; the Hart
ford, Providence and Fishkill Road to Hart
| and Eastern lines to Poughkeepsie, and, cross
, ing the Hudson, line of eighteen miles to
Pine Bush, yet unbuit. AT this point direct
connections will be made with the Pennsylva'
min ots1 Eric Xyest aud with an entire