The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-16

| The boat New Bed1Oru, Itef q NOy-
age of forty-nine days, arrived in
Mounts Bay, Penzanee, last night. This
tiny craft is schooner-rigged lifeboat,
20 feet long Her entire crew consisted
l,of Mr.. Thomas Grape and his wife. On
the 9TH inst, when thirty-five days out,
she was spoken by the National Com
pany's steamer Denmark, which found
all well, and supplied the little sailer
with provisions, brandy, and twenty
gallons of water The fourteen remain
ing days of the voyage were most ardu-
Gus. Grape and his wife were exhaust
ed on their arrival in port. For the
three days previous the woman was I'M
able to help her husband, and his left
hand had become useless, owing to its
protracted employment in steering.
During fifteen days the New Bedford
was hove to in the worst of three gales
that were encountered The adventur-
Gus couple lost their reserve of clothing
overheard.
The voyage was begun on the 28th
day of May, when the vessel left New
Bedford, but by stress of weather she
had to put into Chatham, Mass, where
she stayed until the I'd of June, when
the sails were again hoisted and the
New Bedford started on her perilous
voyage with fair wind. All went well
for the first three days, the wind being
southwest and the sea calm. The wind
then changed to southeast, and it came
on foggy for four days and continued
foggy up to the time they reached the
Banks, seventeen days out. Here a
most fortunate thing happened for the
navigators. The drogue which they
had brought with them was found to be
of little use, because it was too light.
While off the Banks, they saw keg
floating by, which, luckily, they were
able to secure. Capt. Grape knocked
off the iron hoops, and, with some can
vas, made a new drogue, which answer
ed admirably. When it is considered
that at one part of the voyage they were
obliged to lie to for nearly three days in
a great gale of wind, it will need no eff
fort to imagine what fortunate acqui-
sition the new drogue was.
After leaving the Banks, where they
lay to in a gale for 10 hours, the wealth
er improved and they sailed on till the
21st of June, when another gale was en-
countered. While lying-to the New
Bedford spoke the steamer Batavia,
from which assistance was offered and |
the opportunity given to be taken on
board, which was declined. After this
incident, they encountered succession
of gales, the only wonder being that
they survived to tell the story. During
the voyage, which lasted 40 days, the
rudder broke, but happily there was a
spare one on board, which was used I'M
til the first could be repaired. The sea
was running very high, and during all
the time when lying down to rest they
had to lie on wet clothes, every thing |
being wet. At one time the Captain |
was for 20 hours steering without relief,
the weather being so frightful, and at
another he was Is hours conSecutively |
to the drogue. Capt. Grape |
says he could not have stood another 10 |
days; indeed, he had not slept for 20
hours when he landed. His average of
sleep while coming across was under
four hours day.
One of the many extraordinary things
with the voyage is that it had
to be run by dead reckoning, as the New
Bedford was not big enough to carry
chronometer. Only on two occasions
could they get their longitude, when
speaking the two vessels. Capt. Grape
had intended to make for Falmouth, out
the wind was against it, as the boat can
not beat on account of its lightness. He
bore up for Graves Lake, which he
reached at about midnight, and they af-
terward came ashore and received the
kind attention to be expected from
Cornish people.
A correspondent, who signs himself |
"a Briton,n writes to us to point out
that if Mrs. Grape, who accompanied
her husband, and who during the last
three days of the voyage was so i'll as
10 be unable to render any assistance,
had died in British waters, Mr.. Grape
would have been morally guilty of man
slaughter. He trusts that Grape will
not be made much of in this country,
having exposed a woman to such
hardship and SUFFERING
London Standard. ~
Curious MalfOrmatiOn.