Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-22

dian was shot Indeed. Ah Say sioutly
! maintained that he gave them hatcneJ
at O'clock on Monday morning when the
Indians were out of sight, aud tnat No
gave them the large ak at about O'CLOCK.
IL was 9, however, when they broke on.
after the danger Of facing the Indians mad
passed.
In the tumult OF the moment, while the
men were acting like mRniacs, or halt
drunken wretches Weakened from sleep,
smoke was seen Issuing from the alter
hatch where the mates were slain, and 10
was some minutes before the Captain
could get the men TO 20 into the hatch
with revOlvers to kill or capture the In
dian whom all knew TO be the incendiary.
At length Henry Wilson and Hendricsen
led the way, and all the Others who were
able followed. But the tween decks was
already filled with smoke, and the Indian,
fourishng his knife, kept well concealed
behind bale OF hemp where their bullets
could not reach him. They we're Un-
doubleday stified with the smoke and they
say they thought they had killed the In
dian, so they scrambled to the deck and
began with will TO fight the nre. But,
alasl there were only eight men besides
the Cinnamon able to work. The Captain
says that, however their earlier conduct
is Judged, it cannot be denied that they
did all that they possibly could then TO
oAUuuG lut uIes Dub dil III Will AHt
breeze was blowing fresh and the flames
spread rapidly.
The rest is soon told. The Captain got
the men fairly to work and they had taken
the hose into the tween decks by the port
leading onto the main deck, when the
steward came to him IN a state of excite
ment, saying that Mrs. Clarke had locked
herself in her room and could not get out.
she had put the key through the window,
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outside but could not. The lock had never
been used since the ship was built. so
the Captain went and tried il, and the KEY
broke in the lock. The brOad-aXe was
again brought into requisition, Mrs.
Clarke released, and the Captain returned
TO the deck after assuring her there was
no further danger. He found the fire
raging, and the men told him that while
they were IN the tween decks the assassin
and incendiary had gone out through the
hatch. All Say completed the
story with the information that
when he came up he uttered yell
and leaned over the side. The sharks
were about the vessel, and no doubt took
him for what be was worth. Such dose
will probably prove too much for the poor
fish. By II O'Clock the flames were coming
through the decks, and the Captain saw
there was not moment to lose if he
NOuAh 1NhC bu6 NnAuNu vi bdNiuE lie Nv
means OF the boats. Already every sail
and mast was burned, only a scanty sup
ply OF provisions and 200 gallons OF water
were got into the larger OF the two boats
that were launched. The three men who
had charge of the smaller boat swamped
it under the bows of the ship with a cask
OF water, and all hands were packed into
the other boat. Up TO the last moment
the Captain had thought the fire could
gfrl no not h,,t /, 10
was too small, and they must either take /
refuge in the boats or perish in
the hames-a rough alternative IN
mid-Ocean, 700 miles from the I
nearest speck OF land, and that
land a small island which is often missed
by good mariners who arc in search for il. I
During the rest of Monday, and until 10 (
O'Clock on Tuesday on Ian. D, the deeply /
laden boat lay waiting IN the glare OF the .
It's human freight of sew
onteen souls hoping and praying for res /
cue. Abandoning this hope at length .
The Captain mad three oars dashed together !
for mast, and rigging a sail OF blankets /
took his bearings for st. Helena. The I
southeast trade-winds blew fair and
steady, and by carefully feeling his wav
and calculating for the currents, Capt. !
Clarke had the good fortune to sight the /
island at about p, m. on sunday, Jan. /
10, and landed safely at Jamestown at 3 /
y. m. on Monday, Jan. IL.
The wounded men were sent to the hos
)ital, where they are rapidly recovering:
he others have been clothed and provided
or by the United States government, and
iapt. Clarke has mended so rapidly that
ne leaves the island with mis- wife and lit
lie daughter for London by the steamer
which conveys this letter.
| have sought in vain for the motive
which prompted the Indians to commit
his horrid butchery. If they had any,
more tangible than a savage thirst for
blood, 1t remains hidden in the realms OF
conjecture.