Evening star., 1886-11-05
Rescued Just In Time.

OF the 22d instant
Rescued Just In Time.
CAsrAwAYs FROM A SPANISH BARK PICKED
UP AFTER FIVE DAYS OF suFFKRIN0.
From the New York Sun, Nov. 4th
The trip Of the three-masted schooner Anna
B. Hutcheson from Chagres, United States OF
Colombia, TO this port, where she arrived yes
terday morning, was exciting and eventful.
She left Chagres on October LIST. On the 9th
heavy gale came on. through which the ves-
sci rode under close-reefed main and fore
sails. The wind increased In the night, ana
early next morning Capt. Zelun decided that q
hurricane was brewing. All sail was taken in,
under bare poles. The hurricane did come up,
and at nine O'Clock that morning the foremast
was carried away st the cap. The flying Jib-
her headway and fell into the trough OF the
sea, then lay over on her beam ends and be-
came unmanageable, the sea breaking cogn-
pletely over her. She lay helpless for six hours,
until in the afternoon the wind changed and
moderated. In the evening . clOse-reefed lore
sail was set, and with hard gale blowing. the
Hutchinson went east as best she could. On
Monday morning, October 1lth, the weather
cleared and became fine.
On Thursday, the 14th, the schooner was
standing north with ali sail Sci, when, at 2
o'clock in the aftrnoOn, the steersman dlscov-
cred q speck on the horizon almost dead ahead.
soon made out u party OF men standing on
what seemed 70 be q ahaif-submerged boxt 1ney
were waving shirts and other pieces OF clothing
10 attract attention. Capt Zelun sent boat
TO their assistance and brought them aboard
the Hutcheson. They proved TO he the captain,
Irst mate and four seanen of the Spanish bark
Tres Auroras from Barcelona for Havana. The
Two officers were 80 weak that they could not
stand; the sailors had suffered less. Capt
Zeiuf landed them AT Key West on October ls,
whence they were sent TO Havana by the span
iSh consul.
Capt. Zeiuf, in the office of his consignees,
said yesterday afternoon that he had lost the
with tho the rescued m0n
and could not give them. "W nen we first dis
covered the men," he said, "they were about
We lay 10 when we got near enough, and sent
q boat TO them. thought they were in n boat
half full OF water, but tney were ON the top OF
what mad been a deck house. The top was
about twenty feet square, but it was up
side down, and the men had TO hang on the
ends. which were the only parts out OF water.
Tue captain and mate were In an awful
condition. They were sitting ON the ends, with
their legs in the water. Their legs were swol-
The sailors were Manila men, aud being more
accustomed to roughing Il, were better on than
the captain and mate. We took them aboard,
and managed TO keep them alive till we got To
Key West. Then the mate was ablo 10 creep
around, but the captain had 10 be carried of
the boat Their vessel had been capsized in
six men managed TO swim to the cabin top.
They had been on il from Sunday TO Thursday
without food, and what was worse, without
water. They would not have lasted much
longer. The second mate, the cook and i've
seamen were never seen alter the vessel cap
sized, and they must have persisted. IL was a
wonder that 30 many men escaped Is did man.
aye TO reach the cabin top"
The Tres AurOras was built in France IN
1858, and was owned by Pedro Vidal, OF
Barcelona. Her masters name was Morris. He
WAS bound for Havana With wine
Changes In the EpiseePel Prayer Book.
From the chicago Tribune.
1t is now made legal decision that morning
prayer, litany, and holy communion are dis
tinct services, and can be separately used. This
before was mainly an opinion Of the bishops. A
large number Of proper psalms tor feasss and
festivals have been set forth. The selections
used in place Of the psalter for the day have
legal TO sing hymns before aud after any office.
This hitherto was u liberty constantly taken by
clergymen, but it was not lawful; number Of
is no longer permitted to any church 70 omit
the words, "he descended into hell," In the
creed, though they may use the words In place
OF II, "He went into the place OF departed
Spirits" The word ''again' is inserted i'm the
creed, SO as to read, 1.-The third day He rose
again from the dead On days other than sun
day, at evening prayer, the minister, alter the
sentence from scripture with which the service
begins may pass over the exhortation, confes-
Lords prayer, and Sundays and aiI days he can
al evening prayer omit the exhortation, merely
using in its place, Let US humbiy confess our
to evening prayer two canIicles which Episco-
paIians ia America have long desired-the
Magnificat (St Luke l., 1853 and the Nunc
Dimittis (St, Luke IT,, 20-33)-and certain alter
atiOns for the canticles already there are allowed
in Lent, as those penitential In character. The
collect la evening prayer, called against
Periis," is very much changed TO make II har-
moniZe with the beautiful language of the cor
collect In the English prayer book,
"Lighten our darkne o LORD" and as soon az
he has said that collect the min ster s at liberty
to end the evening prayer with any prayer in
the book which he chooses.
These changes greatly shorten the service.
In the litany q new petition is put in, "That 1t
may please Thee TO send forth laborers into
Thy harvest" and in the burial service after
the lesson the use OF the creed aud fitting
prayers is allowed. In the Office for holy COM
munion very great relief has been afforded Ii
there arc two celebrations In one day the say
ing OF the ten commandments can be omitted
from the flrst, and the long exhortation which
consumes much time. need only be said once
Q month. The mode OF saying or singing the
Ter Sanctus ('Holy, Holy, Hoy'') is clearly de-
fined. II has al ways been In confusion, the peo-
pie In some churches beginning at one place
and in others at another. The articles OF re
the prayer book and form no part OF It. The
which have been made. A number Of others
were considered and will be proposed to all the
diooeses, and will come up for action In the
next triennial convention. Those cannot have
the force OF law until they have passed two
general conventions.