Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-12
seven Bays on n Hsaff.

seven Bays on Il asaft.
Richard hlcDonsG. first officer OF the Bn'lsn
bark County of Richmond, which left New
York Ocober 3. With cargo OF c'al tor st
Thomas, aud WAS wrecked at seq. arrived 10
New York on Wednesday from Boston. de
su6 seaman of the bark, Harry Lang, the sole
survivors, were picked up from a raft, after
seven days exposure AID suffering, by the bark
Leandro. Csptain Gsudslich and taken into
Bosom. The story told by Mcdonald illustrates
10 terrible ElanDer the perls OF the sea-
After describing the wreck and bow he sue
.sded 10 getting on rsft. he ssld AS large
as cur raft was the heavy sea tossed IL ABOUT
like cork, snd we were in Imminent Danger
of being swept off every minute. We managed
however. 10 lash uulseiGes to it, the sea Keep
ioo ns drenched all the time. For seven days
I cannot tell how the time passed: When
,hriss tortured US too much we rloseo our
months With sea aater. which seemed to relieve
N, Our mouths and lonEu"s we're parched
and swpcu aid the :uu WAS teaIiug doWa up
II, L.pe had only his Shirt which Was 10
shrgds. aud nn old pair OF psn'aloo1s o5, sno
snffered from the cold as we'll as from thirst
and buoger. He stood it bravelS. hcw yer, and
rried 60 cheer me up although L Wts 10 pet
ter condition than timselt His tscs oo the
9th dav was bisaered and his lips we're bl1ck.
Nv ouu p4re lirrle better. Alter the tniro oav
neither of Us suffered 20 much from hooger Us
might hbve been exproted. Ii was the tnirst
that torornted US From this there was not
a mjou,g's rest. Du;ink the third and fourth
dsvs the sea was alnvs; periec ly calm. Inc
snn beat doUu upon the sec and .lnost blnded
ne bV its r. fl ctiun. O, the fifth day We we're
both TOO W. k 10 stand uD uuasssIed, 0ut we
sulI msnaptd TO keep lookout tof Sail. Lang
would sir up 90 ,he ra't and would stand be-
hind him, aud bY pl,c ug my hsuds upon DIS
shoulder ,uId support myself end loVk over
the s.a. This We did alternately aud at iuter
y.ls durinx the Gay. At night We sat side oy
side upon the raft.
O, The second d,y we saw near the RAFT
uumber cf 6nGack sharks sod some or larger
sz.. They piashei aud played scout the rais
for hours at time, aud seemed, as Lang sslu'
waiting for o chscc, turn OF b. ratt 70 iurnlsn
them with meal. o. the fifth d,y Lang be-
| gan 60 show silrs of delsrium. he had p,en
| shiowcrck befte snd had sun;reo teti'oiy'
| Whep h. began 10 grow f hghty he r,ciled thls
avent and cootuuuded cur situation vi b hlS
fcrner uisio,tune. l Ros sl,w TO noics 1t tor
nv own head was Light The sky and sea
snrmed as opo to ne, AID | could hear 10 the
nois. Of the seas voices tha, l kueW 90 shore.
7 Vas frs, made aware of LauR'5 condltIon oy
mis- startlos up suddenly, whso We rad potn
heen I,ioe side by side for hours silent and
almost mMiun!Gss on ihe rstt, and cr5'og ous.
"The ey're mug -iLh the boats l raised
nm and lloked out, but saw no sail nor eoy
boas | ,urped round to Laus sDd saw
py the glitter 10 bis eyes AID the unearthiy
look 10 his face that be was out OF DIS
head, All tnas day be would point to the
vbite CAPS of tho waves abd say that
the boa,s we're coming. Sometimes he would
ssy thew were isherm; o, but that they Would not
save ~, for they did not care. By hisht his
haucloa,ious began to sffsc. me. Each time
oe would CRY out a boat' would ssagker TO my
feet and look about he horlz 70. lo moment
gss conscious OF L.og's delrum, and would
settle back to my position only 10 start up aoo
repsat il over and over agalo:
.O1 the sixth day our suff RIGGS were terfi'
BILE. oao't give you any idea OF them: rs.
memb.r oais tba, L'ng improved; while i'I'
nvs.lf giving va. He chrcred 40 wonder
, fnIo and II ed toimpart soma ef lis confidence
~ me. He sal tbst be kuew that We had been
? slowI7 10, surely drifting sonthward, and mts.
9 h near The track of the h1newRrd bound west
Iodiameu. In this he was right, Va the Elk
nivht W. had ueen lying aide by SIDE without
;. n,terny word A. the 6rst sign o! daylight
managed to get q INV kuees aod look about.
: looked toward the east. and was rewarded oY
seeing sail. As the light Increased saw an
other sail nearly opposite the latter, out both
! of them were bearing swav from us. aod neither
L h.d cvidently seen Us Wesk and exhausted
as va we're We mapaged by turns 20 ~atcf
these sails all day. The Wiod Wss so slight tha
i thew made little headWay, and we saw them al
r as tho sun weut dowo, bat tney did oot see ~ US
In tha morning neitner .ssel was 10 sight. we
comf ,rted ourselves, however, With the tnouRo
y that wa were in be track OF vessels aoo $1,000
pood cF,accs OF berg picked up Va the nex
day they were re0cuea'
B. Jackson Wacott was sentenced to the Easterr
nenitep.isry, Phisdelphia IL years ago f6
horse stealing, bis term Of imprisonment bsln
- ls yesrs. Upon entering the prison he made
VOW not to do days work and has strictly az
bsred thereto, urging. when ordered to Vork
ihst he was slrs, aod screaming IKE n 20 nal
gh.n a ubysican tried to examine L %. bu
for his obsIinscy he would now be entllted TO re
"a Lease bv commutalon Of his tt ne tor g)od De
bsv,or' but he still refuses TO ~orK, and VII
have 10 com oil te the tu length OF MS sentence
A7RW GOODS in The AakDW Alb.
~ LINE ut So kiDg. corner OF Roysl stree
: lust rccelvsd, the STEAKbRElTa, lot III
~ ~ proving oeeisteak; it never falls 70 maze IL
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