The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-02-24
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Horrors Of .ihe STA,

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Tile Straits Times Of the 10Th OF
November contains the afGdavits rakel
1T the British Consulate Batavia, ol
five men, the SURVIVORS Of one boat.
crew of tho ship Euxine, which left
North Shields on tho l,th jung, las,
with coal Tor Alden. y hen she was
less than two. months out, after she
had enoountelwl heavy storm her
cargo Of coal WAS. foppd to be on Gre,
and, after several duys, of gallant but
unsuccessful struggle with the flames,
the captain, officers .and crew, iu all
thirty men, had to confess the msaly ycs
vanquiShod, to leave tho ship and to
take to their boats in tho open sea
The fate IF two Of the bouts is as y-t
unknown, but those in.the third Suf.
fered almost incredible ugonies. The
second mate, james, Archer, after de.
t"l'ing the sufferingo" Of" their boat'a
crow of seven men from August 8,
when they left the ship, says: "On
August 80, our thirst aud hunger
we're intense @e commenced to
d'luk salt water August 80, Miller
drinking moro thuu any Of the
other. On he 3lst Of August, Mil
ioc got delirious this s>was probably
brought about by ,.s drinking So
much oalt water. He declared that
he offered lilo body as food fo~ the
Others, aud cutrea.eA them to kill and
dovour him. We did not heed him.
After q time the man Mauus sSchutt
proposed that they should cast, .lota
who should fall az Il sacrifice for keep
ing tho others alive. ~ this We all
consented, Having no other means
TO make lottery we hit upon uaing
small sticks Of all sizes, deciding
that the one who drew tho smallest
should be The victim. Aftc: having
made the sticks ready, held them
in my hand while the Others drew.
On comparing. them. together we
found that the Italian, Frapcis Shu-
fuse, held the smallest stick. I1avn
ing also agteea that the lottery should
be thrice repeated, and that when
1T should then prove that two or tbree
Of us had !drawt the shortest stick,
Tn 'Se should. cast lots &mong them
sel'es, so that the victim nj sht be
singled ont, we found that the
same man had Tor second time pick
cd out the same object. FJancis
Shnfus, when his turn caipe ,fur, the
third drawing hesi'ated. to Join and
would not dr,w, upon which the man
Sandstrom proposed he would do it
for him. This he did, snd the short
est stick was found i'll Ssnstrom g
baud. Shufus bore it With great
calmnesS,. and showed the .utmost
re:ignation. lie WAS lett alone tor
somc two hours, while he now aud
then eagerly Looked rou4d th. hpri
zpn to bee whether suil tuuld be
perceived or any help would cou,e.
We stood upon the ,hwa,ts. Shufus
prepared himself to meet his fate BY
praying and speaking ii, Ittlian. He
gavo us no parting message, TO be, sent
to his friends, most probably as, he
hardly knew more English thrn Il 0
say yes and no: Ills bearing was
that Of man whose miud Was made
mp. Seeing We wore pact help, and
feeling that our ,hprger ard II ir It
had grown beyond further endurarys,
we saw ourselves driven to sacriflo :
Shnfus. lie la ID himself down, but
befo' c that August Muller had told
him that he would take :his flao 0
and dio for him. This Snufus re-
fused, and laying himself down in
the bttt, m of the boat, gave hlmself
up to be tied, then one man held. .tho
empty bouilfi. tiu 30 ~ TO catch in
the blood. Muller, on. saying that
now spme Que must die for the oth''
crs, passed the knife around the
mans throat, IIa did not scream or
struggle. The blood Was drunk by us
al.
Muller then out out his liver and
henIt. These we cut into small pieseA
and ate them mixed with, the bioed
aud salt water. AT last tho. nom ents
Of Shufus, / was in the helm. The
hoad and foct were thrown away, the
trunk aud tho limbs were put into
Que Of the alr-tight tins of our life
boat, which we We. had opened. We
continued Oh our way. 1t might
have been 3 o'clock in the afternoon
when tho man Shufus diod. Some
three hours after shi = was been
which, on perceiving the boat, made
for us. On nearing the J., vessel We
throw away the romans Of tho oorpSs
In our exhausted state We were help.
cd on board. Thy vessel Was tue
Jaws PACKET, Captain C. .Tfeppen
mastor Of Amsterdam, from that por,
to Batavia. This wac op tho 3lst OF
August. We were we'll treated. apd
I'd Of November the vessel arrived 81
Batavia roads. - SM francisco
Chronicle.