The Evening critic., 1882-04-27
A Thrilling Episode i'm the Life OF
Governor Thomas l.. Young, Mem
bcr of Congress-.


A Thrilling Episode I'm the Life OF
Governor Thomas l.. Young, Mem
Der OF Congress.
One OF the most remarkable mon in tho
country to-day ls the Member of Congress
from the Second Ohio District. Mr.. Young is
famous not only for his hard. fought and hot
political campaigns but for his battling with
fate and fortune, In moro ways than usually
present themselves to q sojourner in this vale
of tears. Mr.. Young has had many adventures
by land and sea, but he has fortunately sur
vived them all, and now he nlls one of the
most honorable positions in the gift Of tho
American people.
Thomas L. Young, of Cincinnati, was born in
the town OF killyleagh, County of Down, Ire
the United States when but boy OF tender
years. The last year of the Mexican war
found young Thomas as an enlisted soldier,
Cruz, ETC.. he remained an enlisted soldier UNI
til 1857. 1t was during his term of enlist
ment that the romantic Incident given below
occurred. Young Thomas had been selected
by Major Hawkins U. S. A., TO accompany him
on voyage to san Francisco, from Now York,
on the steamer San Francisco, a splendid new
vessel, which was to make her first trip Tor
The Pacific Mail S. s. Line. The steamer
cleared from the port OF New York in Deem
Der, '53, with more than n thousand souls
aboard, from the military and the civic ranks.
Every thing went well with all until the 2ith
day of December found the vessel in u gale Off
Cape Hatteras. Tho roughness of that quarter
is provcrbial, and the gallant ship was soon
laid waste and pulreted by wind and sea.
is remembered as the 1ercest that ever swept
those waters. When day broke on the 26th,
the San Francisco was little better than a dis
mantled hulk upon the ocean; her masts and
smokestacks hal been carried away, and her
engine was useless, q shaft having broken,
thus totally incapacltatlng her. Her steering
apparatus was now all that could be used In
the guidance of tho good ship, but the fates
decreed that even that most useful of all the
ships apparatus was to become useless also.
| On the night of the Doth her rudder chains
parted, and she thus became hopeless
| wreck OF tho suffering of her passengers
and crew from this time forward we give Mr.
| Young's own words. He says:
"That night was the longest Of all the long
| nights of my life; the tossing and pitching Of
| the vessel, the bowling OF the tempest, the
| booming and kissing of the mad waves and
| the agonized shrieking OF the passengers ring
| in my ears even now. The morning Of the
| Both our condition was pitiable in the extreme.
| The sea ran mountains high and broke over
| the vessel necessarily. About 10 o'clock was
| standing beside the wheelhouse, and was
| holding tightly 10 the brass rods, number OF
| which ran in a lateral way over the window,
| when terrific wave struck the ship and
| careened her / felt my feet shoot out In
| straight line with my body, and knew that
| The ship was submerged. For moro than
| minute, seemingly, We were completely hidden
| In the trough of the sea, hut the good vessel
| recovered herself, and we again reached the
surface. The sight which met my gaze as
| soon as l was sufficiently recovered to look
| about me, was horrible in TIC extreme. lO6S
| the only HciHD being on the deck Of the steamer
| all others on deck had been swept away, and
| where but minute or two before had stood
| the main cabins, now glistened rows Of bright
spikes-over two hundred and fifty persons,
| who had crowded the decks and cabins nest
ling here and there from the fury of the gale,
were swept into eternity insthat awful mo-
ment. l was horrorstricken, and looked on
each succeeding moment as my last.
1t was fearful. Day by'day, men and wo-
| men, crazed from fright, thirst and hunger,
leaped over the ships sides into the mad sea.
The morning of the 2d of January will be 10
me an ever memorable time; TO the sufferer
relief is always doubly welcome. He who
drags the weary chain OF time, while waiting
and hoping for reprieve from death, knows
and only knows what suspense Is. The suf
ferer from some dreadful disease, who watches
the eye of his physician and is cheered by tho
smile of hope; the sufferer from that most
dreadful and most prevalent Of all diseases
rheumatism, who "a anxonsy \ & graspss pps, the one
what the shipwrecked mariner feels whom,
after days and weeks of suffering, the sail OF
| hope looms in sight. Those of us who were
able to be on deck on that memorable morn
ing sighted a vessel bearing down upon
us. All day she endeavored to near
us. but found IL impossible to render us any
assistance, and when the vail of night shut
| out the sea from our gaze, and with IL our
whllom saviour, our hope gave way to dis
| appointment. Another night OF suffering
ensued. But the morning broke, more prom
Using than any which had preceded IT, and we
soon sighted the ship again; this time from
her main cross-trees hung blackboard,
broad and high, bearing the cheering, and, to
me, DISQUALIFICATION, words, 'Be of good
cheer; Will save you or sink by you. And
we were saved. The ship proved to be the
Scotch ship "Three Bells" Captain Campbell,
bound for New York from Liverpool Speak,
| ing of hope and despair, of suffering and
relief, of rheumatism and 81. Jacobs OIL,
reminds me that the words Of hope from that
| blackboard would be a very suitable motto fol
ST. Jacobs oil. was the second last man 70
| leave the vessel, but was in pretty good con
| dition compared TO several others However,
| ] attributed the rheumatism from which
| have suffered for the past few years 70 tho sur
ferings and exposure Of that time. IL only now
remains for me 10 say that 50, Jacobs OH has
| M IN p1 N "a NJ
| nXed me up In ship shape. My shoulder was
IN an awful state with the rheumatism, and
kept me n regular martyr-so to speak-tO thai
very uncomfortable ailment for long time
| but Il soon gave way under iudicious use ol
the OIL In fact, II took Just eight days to effec
permanent cure, ana free me from my rheu
matlsm. st. Jacobs Oh Is to the rheumatl,
sufferer what n staunch ship and a smooth sea
is to The eNoyager-eYerything II Is q destroyer
OF bodily pains, rheumatism or otherwise, and
the safest, surest and best remedy known.
have recommended II to several persons, botl
in Washington and Cincinnati, and as u
hearing people speaking well OF the greai
German remedy, that Is am everyday oc
currence. II is a needful remedy,
assure you, on land or sea. and II
| my opinion tho best In the market. Bu
that MAS rather bad wreeking scrape, was 4
nOtY one In which, as / said before, the OF
| would not have much show. ] always lool
| back upon that time with horror, and shuddel
| when think Of how near was TO DEATH W.
| certainly coincided In the opinion of Governor
| Young, and as we took our leave OF tho gen
| tleman and walked toward the Office We coult
| not but reflect on his remarkable career.
few years after the adventure above related
| Mr.. Young was practicing law In Cincinnati
and was one or the aDlest advocates at the ba
| of Justice. When the Rebellion broke out h'
| enlisted in the volunteers as q First Lieuten
| ant, and through the war was steadily promo
| ted until he returned with the rank OF BreYe
| BrigadierGeneral. In 1865 he was appointed
Assistant City Auditor Of Cincinnati, and wai
elected the same year member OF the Stat
| House OF Representatives In 1867, he wa
| elected Recorderof Hamilton County; in 1865
| was appointed supervisor OF Intorna
| Revenue; In the same year was dele
gate 10 the Republican National Conven
| lion Of Chlcago In 1871, was elected Stat
1 Senator; In 1875, was LieutenantCOyernor
| IN 1877, succeeded President Hayes as GOV
| ernor Of Ohio; was elected 10 the FOrty-sixtl
Congress and reelected to tho Forty-seyenth
| where he now, with unequaled elOquence
| with powers possessed by hut few OF his col
leagues, and with tho rarest aud most howerI
oloquence, advocates the good OF his country
tho rights OF his constituency and the merit
| OF st. Jacobs OIL, the great German remedy
Governor Young, as viii be seen by the above
is, as We said at the beginning, most re
mafkable man, and Yet, Notwithstanding IN,
fact that he has met 80 many adventures ant
honors, he Is to-day the worry QulntesseHce o
. | modesig- He IL affabie, polite and courteous
| learned polished aad urbano. What NOR,
could we sayf What more can DO desirodf