, 1881-04-12
fottcctor Merritt Confronted by a
Big "Brown" Sugar Suit
for Damages.
The New York Episcopal Conference
on the Subjects Of Divorce and
Po1ygamy.
A LAWYER Named Huntlay Recov.
= ers $40, 500 for Fees Due
from a Client.


now MEN ACT WHEN llAIlD PRESSED.
Nrw YoRK, April little steamship
Neho. from Rio Jane!rot arrived today. Her
Capta1n reports that ho full In will, the bark
TIae.. from Liverpool for Baltimore, scyen-
ty.seyen days out, short Of provisions, and
snpp!ted her, Tho crew wcro III the most
loplorablc condition, having sustained life
for several days on strips Ut leather
soaked In 1amp-o1i, until thu oil Rnyo ont,
and then OH the Captains dog. after
which there was nothing but cannibaElsm
and death staring them III the face. 10 add
to their slifferIt1gs, two vessels passed several
days before within short distance, but pntd
no attention to their signals Of distress. As
The steamer Nebo cat1le UP with the Tiger,
they saw the latter lowering boat. After
some moments of hnrd struggling sha came
alongside, her occupants dressed In ollskins,
a1d evidently very weak.
"WI.at do you wantP" sang out Capt.
Gordon.
"wE ARE STARVING TO DEAT11l
Wea starving to death !" exclaimed man
In tte Btern-stects, oxctted1y.
"Dld YOU say you were starving 2" de-
maudeit tho Captain aRntn, in surprise.
"Ycs, we afe starving. See. this Is alf VIC
haye had to eat for nine days"
lie held aloft the skin OF dog, and ono Of
ths %en e ~ up pieSc Hf b9ot l; 1eather; e!ar,,
"Cotno on board, right away, and we will do
lowered, a1ld The men heipetl aboard the
Ncbo and given, fo0d. The young German
tha Nebo he lad been III lays out from
Liverpool with cargo Of common suit. and
he had been IN
4 MOST DREADFUL CONDITION.
lie was bound into Baltimore, and made
cap9 Henry emily " I J9ngary and wy blow!. ,,n,
S e sSs1 s as b been en- tossea @ hItor an M tithes s
by tho winds and currents. lie, had, t'yclyo
MEN before the mast. all Of whnm had dis
played tho utmost fortttudo under
ts vso, most 1 t1y'ns sSrt Steust1Seos oao dt n52
ago Tho beof gave out first. aid then lie
spaken BY tho N e6o. rhp Inst tirop of wntor
was drunk. and then. three days later, every
sonred They were literally t.without plt ar
sup" Tho Captains dog Ind been killed,
skinned, and eaten. Then lots were cast for
thc cat. The poor beast was snved by the
q es,4oy s'' IT, %S afaSyins mon Ms sparea @ lie
cat cut up their boots, sonkcd tho strips in
lamp oil. nnd alto thon,. This horrible food
gave cut. and then
fHE roon wltETcl1Es EYED EACH oTuEIs
auSIlE4UUaAf
md lunerlly, and would have killed tho cat
could they hayo found It. But tile Captain
hd Il and tho pangs !nf lltlngor were unalr
ttated suicide. God knows how many OF
them thought Of murder md canntbaiisn.
Had the steamer not come to tho rescue,
tho Captain OF the Tiger aa!d he. Thought
sonethlng moro terrible than. starvation
would lavo been enacted. The NHbo aont u
months PROVISIONS on board. When the. first
baatload arrived tho nato lehped aboard the
Tiger, catnG n biscuit, lie was poul,ced
Upon by his ship'nntes, who literally fought
like dogs for cracker. Then
THEY RuslIEp uroN TIE OTHER pRov1s1oS8
wolves might have donu. The otlicer OF tic
Nebo adds: ave got tho provisions on board
~ get them at largo. once more. ,Thoy
tAer topgallant saits, and steorai lii our
wake, The wind was right aft, but tho
vessels bottom was 50 full hf barnacles TINT
sts could not make much t,eadway. She was
aoe 70 get alonE, however, and when Inst
thanks"