Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27
TfaAs or eCBsCaIPTIoH,
startling story of Inhuimn;ty at sen.

! petTersl:y Of 1e It rto%yp. : csptaa, Rho
l2t 0rluZ tae srtt,iluEs tbs tcllaH b. nss, has
! lett them 10 1iIt Tor h, IL ,eSes oa nnprO7i.
Sided fatss or boats on tie open seq, but seIs
! dGm 10 real life is cw4dgy3 eusc ed the story
which couil9 OF css aWa.s brought with theu,
| .ooardsh p TO this port. The oJmmsuder 10
question Is Csptain Carney, of the American
ship CHARLIE. D5unis, Of Bath, Me. The vessel
| left this port 10 November, 1879, laden with
| case Oil, D0nLd tor Yckohaln,, Japan. The
| ship reach her destlns,ioo with six ucn miss.
! rg luc u1l 6 The stcJod mate but the detai :
| G! h.ir disa, OearRoUo ware never % ad3 ku. W
| atd perhaps utVer would be had DOT some of
| the meo serted the vessel snd gained this
rort through other nesns. Among these VS.
sailor named Johr Lawson. who arrived hcI"
| s't Wedoestsy 90 the ship o Jbelln, COW lyiug
| st The Emnlre stores, Biookiy1, lsdep With So.
g'r lrom \ Okohaus. De tals the story of
| n5 voyage with Captain Carney as follow.
Ii Was shCTt the - h OF November, 1879,
that ~e left n W Y .. city b urd for JsYsu
| had oever soii 10 The Charles D -nns o. fore,
but WIS acquainted with somo of he crew, aud
| ,hcy ,aduc me TO 3lc them. Oar voyage
was pleasant one, sod | had bcglu 10 COT
gfatuIste my self vn having secured good berth.
Wheu I'D laclient occurred that chauged uatiers
c)Oslier:biy. We had b=eD 100 days cut spa
were 10 he So1. ncrn 10 an Co. an, between III:
Cape o! Coed H9po snd Aus rails, hen light
sq1sl bleH up and one of tie meu yhu
oouas. who wss trying at the tina to lead
malo QaIIsn. br:oa was swept overheard by
wave ard 10 !wlnkIiag va some distance DE-
hlhd. AL aeuCs we're aWs r. Of the ccCu.Ieic c:
10 few inmates, aud the nate who vas slauG
lua near u,t then, picked up lite uuoy and
thTe1 It u into the sc. 10 the direc loo Of b:
mao owe. board We coud see hin plstly
SruggIiog S 10 the water al ut twenty tsttCms
| 10 our Wax :, sod hastily mouuied mast aud
sto.d up 10 the rigging SO as 70 TOLL It's muve-
men's lu the Tat r. Tns csp,aio then csm
90 deck aod buslled srout with bis spy glars,
but IL .dJ 90 attempt 20 sncken The vessels
! seed or to save the DR. w-iog nan. II was
iuy 40 hour and a halt s,terWsr1 and only
whsn there wss glumb log smoug some of tho
ssllor5 III a. be csuIsln ordered boat 70 be
lowered and maou,d; but with such ses sGd
so loug a time elapaiuR the etfJct Of rescu
was deemed truiless ty all Of u.s. The csptaio,
| however. siei, a,d would Dot listen 10
| the protest Of Dis nate, who only saw
death staring them Ia the faca shoui they
make the attempt at rtscue. The mate
ssiu that il was ncW too late. No
| mac, 90 matter how good Swimmer he might
be, c)uId have lasted above water tor 30 loug
TIM 10 the strong sea. but despite his rOasCn-
| ing the cIpt0iD o!d9red him, together With four
OF the crew, TO &c. into the sDali boat and row
back 70 the p0iUt @oere the msa had been
washed ovorbosrd. We tad drif ed msuy
miles from the sUos here lhumaj was last
zen, and 1t seemed ridiculous to seach for
% So who must ccrtsloly have been then in the
bottom Of tie ses, but there WAS no use trying
! 4 do ha frnn In
seemt 10 fee! ths. he had not scteJ right in the
first place, and endeavored to show 90 X1ibi.
| tlon OF zeslousness ii :nding Cff part rf tie
crew after th: missing Sailor. mere was 20
msu ou the ship who did MT feel thu: the meu
wLO We're about to leave them would uevsr re-
| turo, our OF curse they cJu d say Dorhlng lu
the face OF the captains orders. After the
| sms boa, was lowered toto the sea and tie
men toyk their respective positions the cgp'ulo
tut the helm up and Stood to the sou Inward for
short llmc aud then hove to.
The sm sll boat theo pulled away TO wind
ward uo, ;ht S! on board the ship cC aid sse but
ll.ie speck o. the water ridioR over the SaVts,
which grew taiottr aud fainter unul h1eliy they
| LOST signt of the slaa cAtt sltoertner. There
was lu 90 board the ship, Msoy of the boys
| "a hcred together in groups anI speculated Oh
| the acons of the csptsln, Some cjnd.mn d
| the prtc yediugs, Wills Others did not seem to
| care, bat ouiy gru nbied sc the delsY caused by
| the nlsbsp. Thus We o.utlnued for nesriy
Two hOufs, the captain malDg 10 bis csb'o,
| when suddenly he came or deck and clEl.d I'll
| hssds att. l. VS. gt0Wog dusk aud light
| .uu,lI b. gan to brisk 90 Us wre0 the captain
lcnded 40 elevation sud addressed Us ss We
stood all together. He spoko of Or positoo
| being in l.trude about 53 degrees sousn aad
! iol giiude 90 degrees cssS, and nesry 2,G00
! ul.us from be neares! polot OF aod. Accord
ing TO I'll. reasoning there was 90 Use 10 waiting
FOR the return OF tie Grew, RbO By this tine
psrh,ps had persisted, and he advocated the
idea Of proceeding on the voyage vi hout
turtaer de,y. 1t was thus be spoke to the
msp, Offering arguments which they. Of course,
were afraid to protest agalns;; b sides there
were msny hHsrtess rsscais sUosld, who had
icven less ply tor their late cOmpsl l. Ds
ntd urged the proprlely OF going h,rd.
,lsay Of the msu had work.d herd and
were pretty tired By this ume snd oniy
900 glad !, be relieved from the labor OF
| bestug about the ocesn for the missing met.
| They mad eaten noihing for some time and tnei.
| eyering neal being IN reSdlness hsstened TIE
| m.ioriIy to the conclusion that retura was Ia g
| besL thing to be done under the circumstances
The Captain then gave the order to squsse away
the ylros snd in q little while the vessel pro-
| cseded on her course to the eastward, and in due
| lime reached Yokohama. No incident worth
, noting occurred during the trip to this latter
usce bu. the actions OF the Captain were no:i .ea-
Bic and it wsE thought be hsd some Id ga il view
wh: ca was only too quickly learned upou the
lsac ing of the vesse at Yokohama There
| q msce us unload the cargo of oil, and wher
we hsd f i:hed, got ready TO sail fer 1loio, pOr
| ia the fui4ippine Islands. As We ISsre about tc
start the Captain approached SIX OF US and sWori
th,t .nv of US si1 returned with tho vessel ht
: would lash US to the ships side and otherwise
, msl.rsst US OF course we dared not return
de would not even give US our back pay. ou
lett US without cent in Yokohama he KneV
we did not care to sail with him on account o
his treatment of our companions, and be tooE
this means of getting square. tnen fell in Will
> the Opheln that was just leaving Ios cham
| and secured berth that brought me BACK 81
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