New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-02

1879 OF the crews of the whaling noot ADAM
doned in the Artic. The statements made
BY the masters of the Three Brothers and
the Arctic, which are published in the Hon
olulu Commercial Aduertiser, are corrobo- |
rative of the story Of those masters OF the |
abandoned ships who reached this port. |
The following is an extract from the /
statement of Captain Owen, msster OF the |
Three Brothers: 1--WE found it . much |
more icy season than We anticipated. |
The latter part Of August the ice closed IN
on the land and beset most of the feet and
drifted them to the eastward 6utside of the
ground ice, passing the Point on the
chored. protected by the ground ice. yet
packed in BY Q heavy and impenetrable
body of ice, extending far away to the
northwest, north and northeast. 1n this
the ten ships were drifting helplestly past.
We lost sight of them on the twenty eighth,
and as day after day passed with nothing
but ica, ice, to seaward, our situation began
to look serious. On the ninth of September
we saw large party coming from the east
crowded iull Of people TO the number OF
twenty in . boat, which told us OF the loss
of their ships, abandoned, hope lsssiy beset
in the ice. And they found us still closed
in by the same great pack as they had J
drifted in for fifty or sixty miles during the
ten days previous. And now there
seemed grave spprehensions of the future,
for although there are probably two OF thre,
vessels outside somewhere, yet 1t wa,
found impossible to 60 to the southwest,
even to the end of the Ice, or to open water
on account of there beiHg no bOxt passage
and the impossibility of transporting boats
overland. So all returned to Point Barrow,
and contemplated winter quarters, and
forming q sort of cooperative union, to
make q common stock out Of the scanty
stock of provisions on board the four ves-
Brothers, Florence, and Clara Bell, the
two latter lying eight and sixteen miles to
the south west, but just as hOpelessly closed
in % ourselves. To help NJ to live and sup
port life strong party was to keep con-
stantly out in the boats looking for whales,
and catch all that they possibly could tor
food for Us to eat. All of this and many
more things were thought Of and contem-
plated, and neglecting to send shore par.
ties to the southwest to try and communi-
cate with the outside vessels. BUTT Was I'M
expectedly worked ont by the hand Of Pr0vi.
dence in Q much better and brighter way,
even after the manner Of His great work,
which seems to us 90 convincing that over
the destinies OF man . merciful Ruler pre-
eides, and to Him be our thanks due. The
winds breezed mp from the eastward on the
the thirteenth go that the Florence set sig
malls that she could be worked ont, and ell
the wrecked people departed for her. In
the afternoon of that day We saw her get
out and sail away to the southwest. This
raised our hopes that We, too, could soon
get out, but a. day after day passed and
did not spring one trap, and the young ice
was making freely, it began to make rs
again view the prospects, OF an Arctic win
havo msth n1o
time q strong easterly gale had been blow
ing, that we thought forty-eight hours of
such a gale would surely relieve ue, and yet
we had it for six days and no signs of re-
lief. But when we had really begun to
despair, the same invisible Hand opened
for us narrow passage, fifty feet in width,
and we sailed out, thankful, indeed, but
fear not in such manner as We ought.
We went Immediately down to the Clara
Bell for consultation, and proposed that,
as the Florence had been gone four or five
days, and not thinking that We should fiRd
her, to release Captain Cogan from going,
and leave him to pursue his season, and
would take all tho wrecked people ON board
and look for the Florence, and, failing to
find her, would take them to Honolulu a.
quick as could 90, and if Captain Cogsn
should get enough oil to make him up 1000
barrels, that the Rainbow should give the
Three Brothers one good whale. This was
agreed to by all, and each expressed him
self perfectly satisfied, and, wishing Cap
tain Cogan better fortune, We left him to
pursue his whaling, while we went to look
for the Florence, and the result was We did
find her, and took on board 0ne.half his peo-
pie, and proceeded to St. Lawrence bay,
made all fioal arrangements and sailed for
eur respt olive ports of destination, and
were in company until We came out through
the Onimack passage on the twenty seventh
Of September.
Captain Owen continues: My seasons
catch is as follows 1850 barrels walrus oil.
$50 barrels bobhead oil, IL, 900 pounds
whalebOne, 5000 pounds walrus ivory. Also
reports bark Rainbow, September IL. with
No report from Northern Light or Norman
since walrusing on the eighteenth OF July,
when they were doing we'll.
LOSS OF THE ARCTIC IN THE ICE PACK.
Captain Benjamin Whitmore tells the
story of the crushing of his vessel, the Arc
tic, as follows: July 7-Begins with thick
fog. Ship still in the ice. At 7 A. N. the
log lifting, found we had drifted about
thirty miles to the northwsrd Sea Horse
| q little, and the wind breezing up from the
southeast. Made all sail, and worked the
| ship to the south clear water about twelve
miles off. At 3 p. M the wind breezing up
! and hauling to the south west, and the ice
| packing all around us. Made the bark fast
to large foe Of ice, lying quite easy until
| 1l:30, the ice then beginning to work and
| grind around the bark, one large cake OF ice
working and striking the vessel very hard
| under the counter. Hearing loud crack
| ing under the counter as of planks break
irg, sounded the pumps and found thirty
| inches of water in the hold. Started the
pumss and taking off the run scuttle found
the water coming in with rush each side
of the stern post, about six feet from the
waters edge. 1t looked as though the
wood ends were started from the stern post
each side. Sounded the pumps again and
found the water had gained sixteen inches
in ten minutes. Commenced getting thu
boats and provisit ms on the ice, the barl
very heavy. At l A. NJ. on the eighth tn
ice packed solid around the vessel, holdin,
her up; all hands on the ice. The holl
filed so quick that we could save but
very small quantity of provisions. At p
NJ. on the ninth the ice loOsened around tn
ship, she fell over on her side. carrying
away her fOret0pmast and Daintopgallant
mast and settling fast. At A. NJ. of tn
tenth nothing was to be seen of the ship
hull but about one-half of the port side.-
San Francisco Bulletin, November ii.
Boucicault, the famous play wright, de
vlsed curious memorial of his son, who wa
killed by q railway accident at Hunting
name any public building the people o
Huntingdon might desire. They decide,
to ask that the grammar school should b
rebuilt Mr.. BOucicault acceded. In tn
mpleted school portrait of Willie Bouo
caul5 hangs over the masters desk, and