Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-29
hitter far for woe or veal.
NE OF THE .ARs:ONAITS.
From the Gold Hill News.

From the cold Hill News.
|ong the .Argonauts of 10, those
we're of the earliest to join in the
rush to the newly discovered
eg.ons of California, was Il rcso-
enlcrpriSiny band of sixty men
Sag lIarbor, Long Island, y. V,
the prime of life and full blush
anlv hopetulness, styling them
the ">outhalnptona and California
BIZ and Trading Company They
based the ship Sabina, an old
er which had made many Il sue
hl raid from that port in quest OF
tea.inou> leviathans of the great
! fit ed her out properly for the
klition. and took their departure
be land of gold on the Sth day OF
hiary, ls4S-twenty-iive years ago.
b the sag IIarbor Corrector, a re-
{copy Of which lies before us, we
) that there were sixty stockhOld-
,n the company, and the shares
$500 each. OF the stockholders,
|went themselves, and the balance
substitutes. There were also
! Passengers and Il crew OF twenty
\ Included in the company ON
II the Sabina was no less than
feR old whaling captains. surely
)gil Il have brought calamity or
! sort OF retributiNe evil upon any
|time voyage. vet the Old Sabina
ntlv weathered every trouble, got
3 nicely. and brought all hands
II 10 their golden destination, ar
)g al san Francisco Of the 9Th day
august, 1919. The most serious
Pap encountered on the voyage
a iaw days out from home, when
|shlp sprung a-lcak " and the
lp> had to he called into active re-
Ptlon till the ship arrived at -.
lerne'S, Brazil. where she was
fed for repairs and detention of
Pal weeks occurred. The COM
I, however, bore this little delay
phllo>ophically, considering the
snreS, novelties, and general en-
(lenls OF that tropical country, with
fnliS. flowers and friendly dark
|nci population.
le Incidents of the long and tedious
lYe We're simply duplicated on
"a all the numerous ships with sim
|eXfeditlonS, being at that same
On their way to California. There
the usual unavoidable conflicts
'een the stockholders and passen-
and crew, the little .jcalou>ies in-
ed by tavoritiSm. the claShiny of
rivalry Of the different meSSeS. the
fth OF jul " dinner, practical jokes,
y ahimo>ltle>, theoretical and re-
'u> Arguments, attempts at Sunday
ices, target shooting, porpoi>es,
couSe, setback, whist, seven-up,
all hat sort of thing. Then there
! lhe various individual character
developed and brought to init
I View. There was Seeley, noted
us !, hiorilnate fondneSS for "dutf, ;"
ms amusing nervousness in tack
snip, While others were fully as
NJ m other peculiari,ieS. There
I plenty of forecastle lawyers y
Apolihd the maritime law and the
Us oi mankind on shipboard or on
l. ana there We're at least II dozen
aeur ~ naNlgatorS to keep run of
snip and who figured her to be II
,saild or two miles out of her course
lie Time, and who were willing to
It II to the officers whenever called
IT, iiad the ship run atOul of Il
NE island nobody ever knew of
ai lg' 'here We're pleltyto have said,
olu Sou so; knew the mates
oiihS WAS wrong" Then there
u, ,ie occasion, when Captain Barney
~ TOOK command OF the ship, and
eo san, and carried away spars ai-
Nyie best known to that bold and
'eu e ola whaling skipper, and to
'oiSlernation of the legitimate
,ei !, Oh the ship, who came on deck
loalid his vessel dashiny t'uriou>ly
" 'he bounding pillows like the
!us , iying Dutehman. Then, too.
n>l , nor least by any means, there
- .iie debating society, with its ami
~ ~ ui>clissionS, especially as to
;" was entitled to the most credit,
INDUS ~, ior discovering or Washing
", ireelng America ?" when Cap
- ,,ahd and Howell decided in IA
u =, 'ollimbus, the former asserting
an,, ,ne uciSon waS given ON the
",'p M the evidence, by Cd, and
a" @'i!eh .,,, there was no appeal"
,a; aitef their arrival in san
!. nv" The company broke up, like
y n'uch all other organizations
1,s N"ltions of their Kind, and the
.i",, members chose their own di-
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