The Republican journal., 1875-10-28
Tempest-Tossed.

Oh IHo SoCOllu udJ OIL Jnc gdlc luc b'' N
. load shifted, and while trying to replace
1t the captain was jammed between two
spars and died in about an hour after be-
ing extrlcated. His backbone was broken
and be was almost crushed in two. one
boat was stove by the sea, and the fore
top mast and maintop-gallant mast were
carried away boy named John Car
micheal was washed off the poop by the
same sea that stove the boat. When the
weather moderated damages were repair
ed as much as possible, but the vessel
leaking badly the crew asked the mate to
put into the Falkland Islands. This he
refused to do, saying the leak would take
up" after they had better weather
After this they had succession of lad
weather, until, when in the latitude of the
River Platte, the vessel was struck by
''pampero' which threw her on her beam
ends. shifting the deck load and part nf
the hold cargo to the leeward After
spending three days in trying to right
her, the mate announced that they must
take to the boats Accordingly on July
2, at 3 80 p. NJ, the crew lett the vessel
the mate, George Hughes; the carpenter.
John Hendrickson; the cook and FIVE Srt-
men in the small litc-boat, and the srrnud
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James Madison, steward in the giL. In
the lite-boat they had two bags Of brrld.
a case of preserved meat, and lum hreik-
ers of water; in the gig they had about
one bag of bread part of which was uu-
eatable on account of being damaged by
salt water, and two breakers (about uinc
gailons) of water James Madison. stow
ard, who was in the gig, gives the follow
ing narrative OF the sulleringS Of himself
| and his companions in the Lomd,n It,'" --
papers;
-Four days we had very bad weather.,
and were obliged to keep the boat gong
free in order to keep her clear Of water.
Two of the men grumbled AT the ntltr
because he refused to give them mu"'
than the allowance ot water. namely
halt pint Il day, which We had agr,-I
to restrict ourselves to- and they made all
! attempt to get possession of the hrcahrr.
| but the second mate aud my sell had I"
repulse them by violent measures. In the
afray one OF the men made an attempt
| to stab the second mate who was cuul-
pclled to knock him down with stretch
er, and he was insensible for two or three
hours The boat during the fray WIS
nearly capsized. ! he following day. uri
overhauling a small ditty bag which bad
been thrown into the boat, we found
line and some hooks, and, there bciUg
some bonita (iish) playing about, we sue
ceeded in catching one weighing about
seven pounds. which was divided into
shares, and eat with considerable r'.I-A.
raw rs it was.
We tried to catch some more the nest
day but could not, owing to the boat hay
ing too much way to her, Another dis
pute took place this day relative to thc
allowance of bread, one man alleging
that his share was SO soakcn with srt
water that it was uncatable To prevent
any further disagrcemcnts the second
mate arranged that the portions OF bread
, should be placed on Il thwart, and One
man with his back turned to them should
call out who should have each share rs it
was touched by the mate or myself This
day we found few nails in the locker ON
the stern sheets, and we stretched Il piece
OF canvass clear of the bottom OF the boat,
which enabled two men to lie down anal
get u little sleep with some degree o'
comfort if the word could be propcrN ap-
piled to men in our miserable condition.
We also divided into two watches, the
second mate having charge Of one and
the other
At this time, Us nearly It, can iud-c,
we had gone about 500 miles, steering
northeast (nearly) the greater part ot th"
time, and we judged we ought to hc in the
track OF vessels to or from the River Platte
but settled feeling of dcspondcucy c;uur
over all except the second mate, WI.
showed great pluck all through. He W.
a small man and the only En%i-Aman
among us John lIenck, one of the luru
who fought about the Water proposed
drawing lots for the death OF one Of W..
but was severely beaten by the other men
for proposing such Il thing, as we -tiii had
one days allowance OF food. Tins WH, ru
the thirteenth day after leaving theNc~~rl.
We We're all getting weak, and when il
fell calm and We had to pull hcr ahead qua
| the sea, one or two We're hardly able to
hold an oar. A shower OF RAIN fell ;titd
, we saved a little in the SAIL and had ail
extra allowance in consequence, and Nr
also caught another fish which weighed
one pound only, and was hardly mouth
tul each. | had the head for my share.
,johu Hanson about this time became dr-
lirlnuS and had to be lAshed 10 the bottom
OF the boat to keep him from JUMPING
overheard.
On the fourteenth ljay We "A" Il Nc~-,l
to the northeast. We rot out the oar,
and tried but were all 50 weak Wc Wrrr
Z unable to make much headWay, md a>
night closed we lost sight of her. Ihe
day we consumed the last food We hd
On the following day ,Johu Hanson died.
about meridian. We wrapped the bad.
in Il piece of canvas, and placed it Nh ttu.
bow of the boat The fresh water -l.G
held out; but on the eighteenth day Ny.
almost gave up hope The second mat.
and myself took turns at steering, ,yh.r
was hIrder on account UI being Obliged
to steer with an oar, the ruddcr hayU.
been carried away That evening the
question was seriously debated us to cat-
ll 11e poI'' 'tI,'1 T,'s I"P,''f U'Jo''il l7'''