Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
SAFE IN PORT.
Arrival of the Schooner Geo. L. Pes
senden-BIoWn 500 Miles on the Coast
4 Succession or Gales

Arrival of the Schooner Geo. L. Pes
senden-BIown 500 Miles on the Coast
4 Succession OF Gales.
For the past seventeen days considera-
be anxiety has been felt In this city as to
the safety Of the schooner George L. Fes-
sender, which vessel was boarded On the
1st instant By Mr.. Chester Sexton, a sa-
yannah pilot, and had not been heard from
since. Yesterdays MeRxISG NEWS con-
tained a statement Of the fact
Of the vessels Feing blown Of shore
in a gale on the day stated. but while the
paper was being printed the missing YES
sci was rapidly approaching Tybee,
having been driven so miles from port.
The news Of her arrival in the river was
received with rejoicing by the friends OF
Mr.. Sexton, and word was Immediately
sent 10 his father, VINO carried the glad
tidiBgs home % the young pilots distress
"a mother. Later in the day when dr.
Sexton reached home his mother was 50
overcome with JOY at her sons return
that she tainted.
The schooner came 10 TO the city about
/ 30 O'Clock, and was mOOred at the Ocean
Steamship COmpany's wharf. A repre-
sentative Of the MORNING NEWS was at
once On board, but Capt. " eeks had gone
back - the city WhaTyes on the tug 70 see
the cOnslgnee Of the vessel, Mr.. Jos. A.
Roberts, and the following particulars Of
the eYentful voyage were given by Mr..
Sexton:
The schooner sailed from Baltimore on
February % with cargo Of guanO 10
bulk. and arrived of TTbes about a week
after sailing. but was blown on shore
some distance. The vessel. however,
managed 70 get back on the
lst instant as stated. During all
this time she passed through the
rough weather previously reported by the
vessels bound down the coast. Dir. sex
ton said that he boarded the vessel nine
miles Of Tybee light, bearing west By
south. about 10 O'Clock in the morning
beat along. the light bearing northwest by
north, and took the squall from the west
northwest. during which carried away
fore staysail. Lay 10 under double reef
mainsail and spanker until Sunday morn
Ing at / o'clock, concluding 10 scud her;
took spanker in and set jib; steered
east-nOrtheast. wind from west
southwest; ran IN this direction
until Monday night a Y O'Clock, and hove
TO next morning: the wind was north
northwest; steered down west, south
west, when the wind died ont that night
at y O'Clock. The next morning the wind
was southeast; at ! O'Clock it was west
southwest; lay 10 under double reef main
sail and spanker during all night: next
day the wind moderated: set all sail and
stood in. That night tackled ship about 10
O'Clock to stand of. and carried away
fOresaIl. Before 4 O'Clock was again un-
dei double reefed mainsail and spankeT.
The next day the wind moderated,
but did not make sail on account Of heavy
rolling sea, which went down about 2 a.
m. stood in, wind about west, under
double Teefed mansail. spanker and jib.
Standing on in the morning after daylight
sighted a black buoy. with red stripes,
adrift; stood of in the Gulf stream; lay to
all that night until Y O'Clock; next day
made sail and ran in nOrth-nOrthwest, TO
get out Of GBlf stream; that evening
about , O'Clock took the wind from the
north, which bowed 50 hard that we had
+ 70 lay TO; when it moderated kept her
of west-sOuthwest until next evening.
About 5 O'Clock wind canted around
southeast. Kept canting to south sand
west until she fetched in around Cape
Lookout, when we took wind northeast
again in shore, and we ran down TO about
Cape Roman, where We lay becalmed all
during the night and next day until II
I O'Clock; took the wind light to the east
ward, and steered in west all that day
and the following day, and next night
made st. Helena light; kept of south
, west Dy west, ana ran down % IyDee.
/ During all this time the vessel labOred
very hard and was strained, causing her
/ 70 leak very freely, the cargo being dam
/ aged considerably, the crew being kept
I constantly at the pumps. During
/ the most trying periods the whole
+ crew were in good spirits and did not CON-
Z plain. Mr.. Sexton says that it was sin
! gular that the steamship VIM. Crane did
not report them, as they exchanged
salutes with her on her last outward trip
/ 10 Baltimore. The vessel was blown 10
/ the eastward, going fully $50 miles to
/ the northward Of Cape Hatteras.
Mr.. Sexton speaks in high terms
/ Of Capt. Weeks seamanship, and SAYS
Z that had it not been for the
skillful manner in which the vessel was
/ handled, there was no doubt but that she
would have fOundered on the first night
/ Of the gale; but the vessel proved to be
/ very staunch, although she is thirteen
years old, and the crew labored unceas-
ingly. When she arrived yesterday all
hands were pretty well tagged out, having
/ suffered from the loss Of sleep.