The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-21
THE TEMPLAR.s TERRIBLE
TRIP.

The tragical events attending the
voyage Of the chip Templar. which Ar
rived st San Francisco Q few days ago
after . voyage OF nearly year from
New York. have exciten . widespread
interest. The ship was discharged from
quarantine on Thursday last. and on
Saturday. representative ofthe C!ron-
icle sought the Captain aud his dsugh-
ter TO learn more Of tho Circumstances
Of the sad trip. Miss Armstrong is =
slightly-built girl OF twenty-one. her
f.cs looking pale and worn from her
late experiences and suffering. Her
language and manner indicate culture
aud refine ment, AMI . brave, unseltish
spirit shines in her eyes. Sbe was
born ct Hampden. Maine. and educated
1t the. Female College st Bangor. (which
she regards as her home. She finds it
hard to talk upon the subject OF her
late voyage. host Of sad recollections
crowding her mind As its mention aud
checking her utterance.
AT RIO JANEIRo.
When we left New York. eleven
months ago. she said. 81 had little
idea Of how long it would take Us 10
reach San Francisco. as l am no sailor,
but expected 10 arrive there i'll about
four or i've months. Our voyage to
Rio de Janeiro was remarkable for no
thing except the heavy gales. which
obliged US 70 put into port ~ BIO.
While there the yellow fever attacked
a portion Of the crew and my father.
and line Of the crew died. We re-
manned there seventy -four days, and
when We left father WAS so i'll that he
had TO be carried down to the ship in
q carriage aud helped aboard. We left
there the Goth day Of February. and on
the second day after the fever broke
out Two seansn died. and my mother
WAS taken sick on the Esd Of February
and died on the 9th. l WAS attacked
with the fever on the cath We had
every care that could be bad on board
ship. On the 4th Of March. when my
father was lying sick and helpless. the
first mate attempted to put into Monte
video. On the Sth Of March. when thy
fathe- discovered what was being done,
lac li-v,d The first mate from. duty.
placed the second nae. who Is con-
petent navigator. III charge. and put
I hu ship o., her cour,. again
Did th. sailors make no objections
to continuing the voyage?'
They were obedient t. orders. OF
course they had to obry orders.
THE GOOD SECOND NATE
Miss Armstrong j. very much averse
to being regarded in the light of "a
heroine. or taking any crodit that does
not belong to her.
1T would be very well if it were
true" she said. II suppose hal
taken sll the responsibility they ac-
credi, me with. aud had done all that
they say l did. / might feel proud Of it.
But it is mistake. did nothing that
was remarkable. My father navigated
the ship oil the time. and Thomas Pat
tersoD. the second mate. took charge OF
her. He took observations and at
tended to the chronometer and worked
up tine calculations 1t is the expert.
ences We have been through ana the
we have suffered that make
our voyage notable. 1t is something
that l cannot describe, aud 40 one can
realize wha. it is without having had a
part in it.
II suppose when you got here you
must have found many letters awaiting
you from anxious friends
u"Yes. very many; and our friends
here had given up oil hopes of ever
seeing us again"
"How do you feel since you have got
on solid ground once mcres'
1t seems very pleasant here aud l
presume shall regain my health. 1t
has only been the power Of my will
that has sustained me oil aloEg. Ihave
. very strong will, and when deter
mine not to give up. do not am.
Of course. very far from we'll. Any one
who has not known me before would
not realize any change in my appear
ance, and / can scarcely perceive it
myself. it has been so gradual. But On
old friend OF mine whom l have Just
seen tells me she would never have rec,
ognised me, am altered So"
LITTLELULU.
A pretty little girl. called Lulu, not
four years old. child Of an adopted
daughter Of Captain fArustrons. ac-
them, and for days and
weeks the little child, scarcely more
than . babe. had no one to care for her.
For nearly tWo weeks che did not have
her clothes changed. and slept ct night
on . settse in the cabin. Tho Chinese
cook finally took CON passion on her aud
tho tendsrly nurtured child shared his
berth iu lieu Of a:better 'place to sleep.
The little girl now eviuces . horror OF
the ship. - il it were . huge monster.
which had been the cause of oil their
She says the Templsr is
e naughty, bad ship." aud cannot be
induced to go on board again. Cap
tain George n. Armstrong is native OF
Aroostook county. Maine.
and forty eight years Of age. He first
came 10 California in the year 1858. re-
msined = year and then went back and
WAS married TO the estimstle lady
whose death under such sad circum-
stances he now monrns. He then en-.
gagged in the Calcutta trade for five
y ears. and returning here at the expi-
ration Of that time has since sailed back
and forth from here 10 New York. lie
10 known - . skillful navigator aud has
been eight times around the Cape Of
Good Hope. thirteen times around Cape
Horn As mate or master, twice overland