The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-16

tains tho afidavits, taken at the British
OonsuIate, Batavia, OF dve men. the
survivors Of oHe boats crew OF the
ship Etxine, which left North Shields
on fhs 11th Of Jane last, with GOALS for
Adm. When DE was less than two
months oat, after che had encountered
Q heavy storm. her cargo Of Goals was
found to be on fire, and, after several
dsyslof gslIant bnt unsuccessful strug
gle with the 6smss, the captain, OIL.
GERS and Grew. in all thirty.oue men,
had to oonfess the mselyes vanquished,
to leave the ship and to take to their
boats in the open sea. The fute OF two
Of the boats is az yet unknown. but
thoee in the third suffered almost in
credible agonies. The second mate,
james Archer, after detailing the sui.
terings Of their boats crew Of sevsn
men from August 8, when they left the
ship, says: ION August 80. our thirst
and hunger were intense; We o3m-
menced to drink salt water August 80,
Miller drinking more than any of the
others. On the 3lst OF August, Miller
got delirious; this was probably
brought about by his drinking SO
much salt water. He declared that he
offered his body as food for the others,
and entreated them to kill and devour
him. We did not heed him. After a
time the man Msnus Sohutt proposed
that they should cast lots who should
fall as sacrifice for keeping the others
alive. To this We all consented. Hav.
ing no other means to make q lottery,
We hit upon using small sticks OF diff,
ferent sizes, deciding that the oIs
who drew the smallest should be Ihe
victim. After having made th>> sticks
ready, held them in my hIhd while
the others drew. On oompIriug them
together We found that Ehe Italian,
Francis Shufus. held the sEnallest stick.
Having, also. agreed thai the lottery
should be thrice repeated, and that
when it should then prove that either
two or three OF Us had drawn the
shortest stick, .hese should cost lots
among themselves. so that the victim
might be singled out, we found that
the same man hud for q second time
picked out the same object. Francis
Shofus, when his turn came for the
third drawing. he.itated to join and
WOULD not draw, upon which the man
Sandstrom proposed he would do it
for him. This he did, and the short.
eat stick was found in Sandstrom's
hand. Shufus bore it with great
calmness. and showed the utmost re-
signstion. He was left alone for some
two hours, while We now aud then
eagerly looked round the horizon to
see whether a sail could be perceived
or any help would come. We stood
upon the thwarts. Shnfus prepared
himself to meet his fate by praying
and speaking in italian. He gave US
no parting message to be sent to his
friends, most probably as he hardly
knew more English than to say yes
and no. His bearing was that of a
man whose mind was made up.
Seeing that we were past help.
and feeling that our hunger and
thirst had grown beyond further en-
durance. We saw ourselves driven to
sacrifice Shufus. He laid him self
down. but before that, August Muller
had told him that he would take his
place and die for him. This Shufus
refused, and laying himself down in
the bottom Of the bout, gave himself
| up to be tied; then one man held tie
| empty bouilli tin 30 as to catch in it
the blood. Muller. on saying that now
some ono must die tor the others.
passed the knife around the mans
throat. He did not struggle or scream
The blood was drunk by US all. Null
Ter then cut out his liver and heart.
These we cut into small pieces, and
ate them mixed with the blood and
salt wafer. At the last moments of
Shufus, was at the helm. The head
and feet were thrown away. the trunk
and the limbs were put into one of the
air-tight tins of our life boat, which
we had opened. We continued on our
way. 1t might have been o'clock in
the afternoon when the man Shufus
died. Some three hours after ship
was seen, which, on perceiving the
boat, made for US. Ga nearing the
vessel, We threw away the remains OF
the corpse. In our exhausted state, we
were helped on board. The vessel was
the Java Packet. Capt. @. Trappen,
master, OF Amsterdam, from that port
TO Batavia. This WAS on the 3lst of
August. We were we'll treated, and on
the I'd OF November the vessel arrived
at Batavia roads,"
San Francisco Chronicle.
The BEEoHRn SCANDAL FROZEN UP.
Brooklyn enjoyed little sanitary re.