The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-24
Saved from the Sea.
Adrift on the Ocean.

AOr1IL on the ocean.
Our readers will remember the drifting
out to sea of boats crew from Southwest
Pass, some days ago. Through the courtesy
of Capt. j. H. Wright, Jr., we are enabled
to give the following details;
1t appears that the mate Of the ship Zimi
sent boats crew up to the pilot station,
whilst the ship was anchored off the bar.
The rapid current carried the boat out to
sea, and as they had only two oars, no head
way was made against the wind and tide.
After it was apparent that tho crew could
not make the ship, the mate, who was on
board, ordered boat lowered to 60 to the
rescue. At O'Clock in the afternoon tho
second boat got up with the drifting crew
and endeavored to take them in tow, the
wind blowing a gale. The second officer
unloose and make for the ship, and after
a trial it was found impossible The first
boat tried to make shore but failed.
After some time lost in awaiting orders,
the boat gave up the attempt. After en-
deavOring for some time to reach the shore,
both boats gave up the attempt. The wind
at this time was blowing heavily from the
northeast. The men in the boats had had
but little to eat, their stores amounting to
only six crackers and q breaker of water.
The Captain Of the lugger, Mr.. Cosgrove,
luckily at this time came to the rescue, and
ho NrtU Aa0f hu
starvation. The second officer Of the ship
Zimmi, who had suffered considerably, was
taken ON board the lugger and attended to.
The lugger COsgrove headed for Fort
Livingston and landed the crow on Timba-
lier reef where clothes and food were given
them.
1t has seldom been our office to chronicle
SO narrow an escape from terrible death,
and we cannot but regard the sending of
the second boat out without compass and
food as an oversight.
The party of men saved arrived in the
city this evening, via Harvey's Canal. much
exhausted after their four days' exposure at
sea and we have to commend the brave
action of the second officer of the ship
throughout. 1t is source Of cobgratula-
ton that these hardy mariners were not
lost, and it gives us pleasure to say that the
active services of the master of the luyger,
John Cosgrove, effected their rescue.
What might have been their fate no one
can tell, and the generous daring Of the
Captain of the lugger saved the drifting
crew from death. We are indebted for many
of the details to Captain J. II. Wright, Jr,
of the TowbO line. The boats crew who
were thus unhappily driven cut to sea,
lived for four days on six crackers.
Dog-killing sheep and goats are the latest
novelty in the pastoral way. John Jones,
of Magnolia, Ark, is as rich as Job was be-
fore his difficulties. He has 500 Cashmere
goats, 800 CotswOlds and 200 Southdowns,
all doing well. Mr.. Jones writes to the St.
Louis Republican that his sheep "instinc-
lively hate dogs, nor do his goats love them
any better. my flock, says the patriarch
"have bitten, hooked and otherwise killed
more than Thousand head Of dogs, and
now sheep killing dog will no, come with
| III d Mllc VI LLcD anu Luttf lOuR, sharp
horns.'
In the House of the Ohio Legislature, bills
have been introduced TO amend the code Of
civil procedure, so az to exempt editors
and proprietors Of newspaper from testify
ing as to the identity of persons from whom
they receive comm unieations.
A New York paper says that little war
derer, who was found on the streets, could
give no other information about himself
than was conveyed III his of repeated as
sertion: My papa's abnmmer7 Sad story
in few words
The Turks who have control IN the City
Of Constantinople have got their backs up,
and have prohibited the sale Of the scrip
lures in the Turk.sh language. The Koran
su it's their civilization better than the Bible.
San Francisco claims the third loves.
death rate in the world. Zurich and &C.
neva rank first and second.
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