The Republican journal., 1886-12-23
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
FIVE HEROES OF THE OCEAN,

at New Ork Dee. s from New Orleans re-
ported the loss of her first officer and four
men i'll gallant attempt to rescue a distressed
vessel off the Five Fathom Banks. The men
had volunteered to get line from the schoon-
er, and the steamer hove to and lowered her
life boat for that purpose. A terrible cross sea
prevailed and the spray froze on everything it
touched. The boat reached the schooner. the
Mary D. Carver, bound for Philadelphia, and
the sailors on board threw them hawser. On
the return trip the boat was capsized several
times but the men succeeded i'll rghting her. but
each time with greater difficulty, as the men
We're benumbed i'll the icy water and becoming
more and more exhausted. Meanwhile the
wind had shifted to the northwest and the
schooner was borne off shore The last of the
struggle of those who went to her rescue is
thus graphically told in the New York Trib-
une Again the people on the knickerbocker' ;
deck saw the gallant crew struggling toward
them. The sailors We're coated with ice. their
limbs were numbed with cold. and the angry
seas contested with them every inch of advance
they made toward the steamer They had al
most reached her when great bilIow lifted
the boat and held it and its occupants for sec
ond suspended over a foaming abyss of water.
line was thrown them from the steamer. but
their hands were frozen and their limbs so
numbett with cold that they could not grasp it..
and then the lfe-boat and its crew were hurled
down and swallowed up in the waves. A boat
was lowered from the steamer and crew Of
volunteers manned it. They pulled to where
the life-boat was being whrled about by the
waves. but the angry seas swept beyond their
grasp the stitiened bodies of the four sailors
Of Mr. Uonrv froIen stir was fn,,L ontar
elol in thn lifa-l;ro ,f ia n,,,siloI inat VIII,
tho ,,rnntext avcrtion If ,yau n>tr;e.toJ NM
taken on the reScuing boat. Then Il wave
caught both boats and hurled them toward the
s1dc OF the steamer Inc men III me second
boat managed bN great eNeftloh TO Keep thelr
off lint hn of
lfiHlpl uishtd the llle-poat against tlle steam
err IRON sides, breaking 1t INTO klndIlhg Wood
AItef conSIderahie dllhcuIty the second boat
was Eol aboafd WIN Us crew IN safety.
flfst othcef Is. y. Henry was gehcray
khoWh as 'apldl i1eniH. lie lad beeh III the
employ OF lhe fomWtil Line lof thfee years
andWaS formerly captain of one of the smaller
steamers OF the me PREVIOUS to that he was
taptalh OF several large salilllg NesSeIs pelong-
my 10 snow burgess. lie was lofty-IVe
years old ana leaves wife ana two sons IN ms
hatlNe pace lh0maSton' Me. All SPEAK OF
MN as sailor ana a gentleman OF great aplIlty
aud most e>lInable qualities. Ihe men who
uicH ~ Win nun 'ohh J9nilnoh' Gcor@e daffl'
fTedefick Johnson ana " imam MltSaten, We're
Hh 9eaHdiifiN lthS. oi Whom ho'hli% Is known
mere except that lhey were good sailors and
uled llke heroes. VT. Seaman>. agent OF the
me said Ill speaking OF the SAD all;tlf aptah
iiehfy ana ms crew are 's great heroes as any
VINO nave won the applause OF the world on
t1e battle-hGiu. hcE Went TO rescue tle
schooner Noiuht'trlif' wen SHOWING that the
chances We're greatly against their Surviving.
nut scofhng 70 leave iclloW-btlhgs III DISTRESS
4 IL, steamer prou9ht lle remains OF MI. Henry
10 New orh ana lheH were sent 10 MS Ialhly
at lhoiAa>loh lor oUIlai.
THE SEBASTICOoK AND MOOSEHEAD RAIL
ROAD.
4 UartIand corrosnondnnt .avs of tho road
.orn,1tI,. .nlnrt.+nI tn tl,.t ,,,.o fror, ,jitt.
fpli. we hive n railronb rirst-rIass IN its
rnnstrurtinn hnvimr a. Good stool raiIs az ora
mnnufarturnd wiz roIIin~ stool, sutf.;nut tn
,ln thn nrnsnn+ h,,sinn.s ,nL a. tinn n iittia
dn,ot oi thare i in Na;no .,,1J ali othor ~,
nm trpancos hnlnn%inIr thnrofn An thi1 we we
have and if * ali naid far. not one jnii,r If
dpht AGAINST tho rn1lno,,v no ,nnrtua,rn no
nrrfnrrnJ storl- attarhnI therrto This !. thn
trst instance in Maine whore a raiIro,d has
been bu;It without one or more of the fore~o-
inc emharra..mnnts some of tho Inadinr
raiIroaI ofi,.i1Is in the STATE said if co,,i nof
be built on such principles, but it has and
thaI Is ai lhefe Is 10 IT, ne NEXT IMPORT
~ ~ luIS'lon WI Fay lts' 1t "ots pay
rom ihe star, ANA now 0u! clllIehS propose
10 l,ii,hG IT. pay Soou ulElIeili, 80 tilal all
Sio'NuolueiI my receive Il ldlI lliteIcS! on lhe
Hi""G4 ii nITii theH l''e iiNesteu' ills NGch's
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oi we >pt"h' ouI eitiHchs nave hot uIaheI
dneiI ,n pockets III the pHliu!h@ OF inis roal'
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THE MAINE MILITIA.
In the annual report of Adintant General
GALLAGHER which has inst been iSsurd tha
strength of the present Maine militia is stated
as ,iytv-nine commissioned officers and g45 en-
listed men orpanized a. follows. one BRIGADE
of two regiments of infantry, eight companies
each one company UnattachetD infantrv-J2
men Frontier Guards Of Eastport) ana First
Maine Battery. seyenty-one officers and men,
composed of two platoons of four light ~
Founders or NAPOLEON brass Guns. with imberS
and carriages and caisSons complete General
Gallagher saws that the four days now nroyid-
ed bv law for encampments. is TOO short and
should be increased TO a longer period. saw six
or eight days. for the reason that under the
present law troops actually oct only three DAYS
in camp as a part of the first day is taken up in
going to and preparing the camp, and the last
day in packing III, and returning home The
one great evil or lack of discipline in these en-
campnents i. the failure to keep the men with
~ M i, t p7 7 o ~ ~ ~ GNU ~ o' W.. W >
forms of the militia have been used seven wears.
and though nearly all seryiccahle need much
repairing. The Adiutant General thinks the
entire militia should be reuniformed with y
,uit son ethinw like that of the reUIIar l. :
Army
INSPECTOR General Richards saws that the
short average term of service is n GREAT evil.
He saws thai if any DELAY occurs in al1taiuinu n
DISCHARGE as is GENERALLY tbe ease. the enlisted
man absents himself. 20 penalty is inflicted.
and others absent themselves whenever they
find il convenient. ana fins i introdured one
of the most demoralizinp elements with which
we have TO contend. IIe wouIL recommend
that the term of enlistment he chanued from
five wears TO two wears: that n service strap he
allowed for each reeuIistmrnt. that n man who
is absent without leave from two successive
replIar rolIcoIIs he dishonorahIv DISCHARGED
The Insnector Of Rifle practicn Col Farrino
ton shows what wonders h,s heen lonn IN
the morksmen in the militi, anI calls for y
more liberal nolicv from tbe state The roster
and rerorIs If thc marksmen are OWEN
primo,lo. G,naroI p,.a,,-,, ,.,,f,,,,,,,.I +b,+ .