Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-18
RESCUE OF THE SHIP HISTORIAN.
Extract from . Private Letter from an
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Extract from Private Letter from an
Onicer ON Board the Tennessee.
We found her laden with cattle, hundreds
q, which were dead or dying with thirst The
vessel had broken her main shaft and was in
frightful condition, having lain inert for
five days, with provisions and water almost
out The officers and crew were glad to &C
cept our services, can tell you, and made all
haste to take our tow-line, which we got on
board of her with great difficulty, there being
heavy swell and sea running, and both YES
sells rolling fearfully, but we finally sue
ceeded, and headed for port. It Is q grand
sight. indeed-a great man-of-war with her
sides bristling with guns, steaming and strug-
Cling along ahead with her tow-ines astern,
depending from which Is the great iron
steamer, helpless and disabled, lifting her
huge iron bows like some great leviathan OF
the deep and burying her stern almost to the
rail, with the water gushing in streams from
her hawse-pipes, which look like two great
eyes OF some monster.
She rolls and plunges terribly as we tow
her, and one moment the tow-lmes, or haws-
crs are slack and in the water, while the next
they straighten out like bars OF iron, and
crack from the strain bearing upon them.
We can easily see the decks Of the steamer,
which are covered with cattle, many Of which
are dying hourly, and being thrown over
hoard to feed the sharks which follow the
ship in swarms. One Of them swan up to
the whaleboat to-day while carrying out the
hawser and actually bit at the oar blades,
and when the officer in charge struck at it
with boat hook the monster snapped at the
iron prod viciously. They arc utterly fear
less, and when they once have the taste Of
blood are rapacious to the last degree.
The manner Of throwing overheard the
dead cattle was peculiar and interesting and
watched it for hours. The dead COW is sus-
pended by the neck to large derrick worked
by q steam winch and hosting engine and
run up in this manner until high enough
above the deck to clear the rail. then the
crane is swung over quickly until the animal
orerhangs the side Of the ship, when it is
dropped into the sea and is quickly torn to
pieces by the sharks. A great many have al
ready been thrown overheard and many more
are dying. We expect to get in with our
"prize- about O'Clock in the morniug, and
right glad will we be, too, . this Is the most
disagreeahle duty have ever had to perform
Army and Navy Journal
mrs. hayes Lnuusnce.
Hrs Hayes exercised . greater In dusncs
over public affairs than any lady had since
Dolly Madison preside over the White
House Tall. robust, and with . dignided
figure, the whole expression Of her lace.
from the broad forshsad, which showed
below her hair, worn in the old fashioned
style, to tn, firm mouth and modest chin,
bespoke the thoughtful, wsll-halanced,
matronly woman Notwithstanding the
protest Of Secretary Evarts and Of WASH
ington society, wines were banished from
the stat. dinners, although the guests who
were known to the steward received, mid
way in the repast, q glass OF Roman punch,
which was nearly all potent Saint Croix
rum Such was its invigorating effect that
it was named the lifssavinG station
While Mrs Grant had always denounced
tbs White House IS not suitable for prssi-
dents residence, Mira Hayes was charmed
with it Shs once took IN old frisnd through
it showed HIM the rooms and exclaimed:
mo matter what they build, they viii never
build any more rooms like thesa" Shs had
The lumber-rooms ransacked, and old china
snd furnitare brought out and rsnovated,
ss,ertainiag, wh,n it vas Possable, it, his
tory. Every evening aftsr dinnr she bad
an informal reception, friends dropping in
and leaving at their win, and enjoying her
PLEASANT conversation Even the vu1su
spoke wei OF her, and soms Aatesrsd hG.-
Ben Perlsy Poora
A Big Organ AsAs Yeass 49,
Ths Apollonicon ~ IN fmmsns organ
6rst exhibited In 1877 a& TIE nanuHnetnry 4
The bull :ers, Flight & Robson, 81 Martins
lane, London. Ths instrument vas sslf.
acting, and could also b played In IL
ordinary manner By one q several par-
fo-nasr2 The Apollonicoa vas I've ysars n
courss Of coaseruseioa, aaA ooss ahoul
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