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

tnat ne Will not recover 1t. His gait
formerly firm and vigorous. 10 weak and
almost to,tering, and it will be month.
before be regains his strength. He Ia.
been through enough TO kill most men
and only an unusually strong coustitu.
tion has enabled him to survive it.
1T would be simply impossible &
describe what We have been through,
he said, gloomily viewing the ill-stsrred
ship. as he stood on the edge of Vallejo
street wharf. whsee she lies. at can
never be written. for the simple reason
that tsrre are not words in the Engiish
language, nor any language. TO tell it.
: There have been months with every
day and night filled with anxiety and
sorrow. You can imagine our helpless
condition when you think Of that little
child. three years and . half old. lying
there oil alone. tossed and pitched
about with every molten Of the ship
and no one to raise a hand to take care
of her until finally the old Chinese cook
took pity on her"
THE DREADFUL PEsrILENCH
The Captain e1presseihimsslf regard.
ipg the voyage in vigorous language.
when | went aboard the ship at Rio,
l didn't walk much, / can tell you.
They took me down in . carriage, and
two men lifted me out and carried me
on board. Twas just able to stand up;
aud tbs, was all The reason left iu
such condition was that it was so
terribly sickly where the ship 10y after
they got her off tho wharf into the
stream that was afraid all on board
would die, and made up my mind had
better get of. have been for months
the most helpless man you ever saw.
This yellow fever gets into the joints
and leaves the system in . terrible con-
dition. For months had to have both
arms in sling, and l am Scared up
from head TO foot When my wife died
my daughter aud were very low, and
l heard the second mate tell the crew:
The Captains wife and daughter are
both dead. and the old man is about
dead He can't stand it more than half
an hour longer, for his tongue is as
black rs ink When my wife was
buried the second mate carried me up
on deck. and read q portion of the
burial service only managed to get
through with q part Of it. You don't
know what it is for man to have to read
at SEA burial service for his own wife"
and the Ciptsin's voice shook as he
wiped his eyes. and added. impatient
of what he deemed . weakness: II am
not in condition TO talk of this-it is
almost impossi ble tor me to speak Of it
without tears"
DEATH OF THE FIRST MATE.
He went on: From the time we
left RIO until We reached San Francisco
l did not undress once except to change
my clothes. l had no bedlto sleep on,
for when my wife died We had to throw
everything overheard. The oircum-
stances Of the first mates death were
peculiar. He was sitting on the car.
pentcr's bench smoking. the carpenter
tinkernz at something close by. and
steward standing in the door near. No
one saw him go overheard, or knows
how it happened. He left note with
the carpenter for his (the mate's) wife,
telling her that he loved her. and say
ing that he hoped she would forgive
him for having been cross to her. He
WAS Prussian by birth. aud his name
WAS William Smelling. His wife resides
in Boston, aud is also . native OF Prus.
sia. We think his head WAS a little
effected from the time We left Rio"
How did you come to be so long on
the passage from Rio. Did you have
bad weather or adverse winds ~
"On the contrary. the most favorable
weather and winds; but the Templsr is
IA ather slow sailing ship" drawling
out tho word with curious accent.
Shall you continue to follow the
sea-"
ooh, yes; l expect 70. l have fol.
lowed it all my life. you know, and it
is late to change. You may say for ne
that all l want out Of the Templar is
my salary and the money l have put in
her-laid out for expenses, etc. you
know. That's what l want, aud you
may put it in - big letters ss you
please"
THE OWNER OF The TENPLAR.
"Who is her owner!"
They tell me that William Freeborn
10. He 10 out of town now"
Captain Armstrong spoke in high
terms Of the second mate. who. he said,
had acted nobly in the cmergenry.
Referring to bis dsushter. he said:
When l first saw her she Was .
month and twenty. -four days old. I
have been separated from her pretty
much ell ny life. OILY seeing her few
days or weeks at . time, sometimes
years intervening. might almost say
that l did not know her. have seen
her 50 little. But I tell you she is .
noble girl. She is very modest about
taking any credit to herself. but I think
l may be allowed to say . word in re-
gard to this matter. and say that
without her aid never could have
brought the ship here. She says that
what she did was insignificant I say
that it Was invaluable. Why she helped
me in q thousand ways she does not
realize. but which never could have
got slorg without. started with the
intention of moving my family out here
and h.d our household goods aboard.
Ny daughters birthday occurred while
we were at Rio. and the captains of the
port celebrated it by profering her the
loan of q steamer for the 6ay, in which
she aud her friends made . pleasant
excursion. We little thought then what
was in store for US.
To asAcrf that fhis sad And calamifnus