The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-07-15
The Ocean Chronicle.

We have received a copy of the Ocean Chr0n-
icIc, published at sea, on board ship Frank
Pendleton, by Capt. +. p. Nichols. 1t was
printed June 1st and contains supplement
dated June %, one day after the arrival of the
ship at Quecnstown-121 days from San Fran
cisco. The first page is occupied with an ac-
count of picking up in a dory in dying con-
dition. Il man who gave his name as John
B. Olstcn and who said he was mate of the
British bark Arklow, which had been sunk by
a collision. Brief reports of this ease have
been published, with the later developments in
which OlStcns story was proved to be false.
A memorandum on the margin Of the Chronicle
says:
The account of j. b. Olstcn is false about
the loss of the Eng. bark Arklow he having
private reasons of which you will likely hear,
Sc" | know no facts Of the case only as
herein printed r. 7. NICHOLS.
SHINING MAN ALIVE.
of the treatment of the man after he was
picked up the Chronicle says:
After getting him ON board, his knees and
elbows We're found to he badly chafcd-while
clnging to boat. He was covered with oil and
bandagrd with oil bandagcS, could find moth
ing in "Warrcn'>" to guide us-giying him not
quite gill of water. and the same of beef-tea
alternately every half hour, gradually incrcas-
ing it, The first night about ten o'clock he
had some fever (puSe 1860 and was delirious,
but it passed of before morning. Monday he
could use his hands, Tuesday he could move
his legs. Wednesday we sat him in a chair;
Thursday, he stood ON his feet; saturday, he
walked; and Sunday he sat and eat with Us at
table. lie had all he wanted to drink after
Tuesday night, and all to cat after Wednesday.
Every particle of skin came of of his body,
and this was our first attempt to skin man
alive, but we did it. AT the present time (June
lSt Mr.. Olsten is well and hearty, and we
now hope to land him well, hearty and tut.
QUEER STORY OF DESEElIoN AT SEA.
\ Quebec despatch of July brings the
following additional particulars concerning the
man picked up hy the Frank Pendleton:
The barque Arklow, Capt. Pyc, from Manila
arrived tonight. The Arklow is the vessel
which was reported by the mate at London.
Eng, as having been in collision in mid ocean
and sunk. The captain says they had fine
weather throughout and no accident of any
Kind. He tells Il somewhat romantic story of
the mate who he says, shipped with him at
Boston. The mate, J. b. Olsten held a cap
tain's certificate, and had previously been
master Of the barquc John +. Robertson. from
Prince Edward Island. 1t appears that the
barque Robertson had been loaded i'll such
manner the bulk of the cargo being fore and
aft that, in rough weather. she would be like
~ to spring aleak. The vessel put in to st.
Thomas to be surveyed and was condemned
and sold, but the insurance companies refused
to make good the claim on some technical
grounds. This is said to have preyed upon
Ostcn'S mind together with the threatening
letter he had received, and Capt. Pyc adds that
on the night of May !. latitude 4.20 south,
longitude 22.5S west. OIstcn. who was then
first mate, deserted the barque \rklow in the
ships ZIG. about thirteen feet long. taking with
him provisions. chart of the Brazilian
coast. Il quadrant, clothes. ETC., and leaving the
watch in charge of the barque master. the star
board watch being asleep at the time. 1t is
stated that he was assisted hy some of the
crew getting clear of the vessel. They assign
the mates departure to fear of being arrested
on his arrival at Montreal for his crime, which
he believed was punishable by fifteen years
Imprisonment. The captain says he has in his
possession letter left behind which is of a
very impicatn" and convincing character, and
that some startling developments may shortly
be looked for.
'VEEY RAD MAN" GOES OVERHEARD.
Durin" the voyage one Of the seamen, a
German, was missing. He had told some Of
the men he should jump overheard, but they
thought it was only talk. The Chronicle re-
ports the occurrence as follows:
;'Oth Of Apr. is Il mystery. He was telling the
other men that it would be Il nice place to 90
down in the hold among the cargo forward
and stop for few weeks. The day before, he
said to the md mate, 81 am very bad man |
think | will lump ovcrhoard.'' but he said he
should wait until the water was warmer. lie
was walking abaft the forward house at 40
A. NJ. and at coffee time was not to be found.
1t was Il fine morning and a smooth sea-
Cannot some of cur most worthy cmblcms Of
Peace, and Quiet. with their vivid imagination
picture something 'horrihlc" in this disappear
ancc,-we mean the papers which said The
Captain not killed, but the public would
not had many regrets had he been one of the
victims" Let them Just picture out that man
fleeing from brutal captain VINO is chasing
him with royal-yard i'll his grasp; picture
that yard as it breaks over the mans head;
show how the Capt. then in tiendiSh rage,
graSped spare topsail-yard and hurled il at
the man. who, rather than be killed. ran out
on the spanker-boom, jumped over the bow
and was drowned; sketch that man AS the ship
passes, graSpng the end of the jh-sheet which
is towing over the stern put in a few walls Of
agony, and cries of ''help," paint the captain
calmly walking the deck, eating peanuts, heed
less of these cries; then.-well. go on about
this way; it will be just as sensible and a
Slight change in form from usual.
MARINE LOCALS.
The sky was M"e, the waves We're htuc, and
we were 'biue." but the wind, never blew
Crossed the equator MAY 2lst, .. days from
san Francisco, it being the "Frank's' longest
record
The editor of this paper in now Getting very
llcshy, and hopes soon to join 1.-THE boated
bond-holder>." All we lack ut the present time,
l. the bondS.
MAY 9th saw the ship 'kcnncbec,' we did
not get his signals. but knew tor think we
knew the ship, Lat. about 20 = lon. 80. W.
Lost sight OF 'kenncbcc" June 18th, about lat.
i6. Ion 21
Our hens are like many oliice-hoIderS they
make a great noise and invite one to '>ce what
have done" but when we 90 to the nest 1t is
found empty, or perhaps contains an empty
c4g-shcll.
This number is printed in 50 many different
parts OF the globe that il would be impossible
to say just where it was printed; AS one page
is printed in \. Pacific, one in s. Pacific, one in
$. Atlantic, and one in y. Atlantic, and one
would think such an office hard to beat; well,
so it is, as we found out the past twelve days
against the wind and current
Our paSsenger-list as it now reads Is, one
monkey. one cat, two dogs, six pups, three CA
nares, two hogs. one dozen hens, one Hong
Kong goose, two doves, and guinea-pi@. The
monkey, though not musical is a-musing, and
the cat is a-mews-ing too, but attends strictly
to work. The dog family are Il kind of hai-
Sance,-but then, they are Hetr dogs.
June 8. AlanSon, It's no use; here you have
been six days striving to spoil all the latest
charts of the coast of Maine, by trying to put
"Kcnnebec" east of the PcnobScot We now
protest Can you A. Ford. fight il: Well, 50
far neither Of Us have a chance to ''crow" over
the other, and we think we are aS evenly match
ed as two vessels can be.
We shall all have to acknowledge we have
had good 1Iyde-ing by Capt. Phin; but was
it not little mean, Capt. p. to take all of the
wind from II n. to the equator, and leave for
us poor devils nothing but Gains: WE'LL it is
no use talking, for every one knows that Hyde
makes the best of Rope (s), and when made in
to Il whip, it is not to be subducl by 'thc sling
of David"
We are compelled to compress our "matter"
and acknowledge a temporary defeat, as the
''Kennebec,' after an eight day struggle, got
us on our weak point-wind, dead aft-and
succeeded in getting by. We then tried haul
ing too, but there was too much Larn Ford on
ahead to make it work; if we could only have
got patch over that hole in our main-skysail
we would have stopped you from hiding in the
fog ahead this llth of June, 1856.
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