Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-03

ton upon his face.
 July 25th midnight-We buried Wilkins to-day. Captain Holding read the burial ser vice, and was much affected, for Wilkins was agreat friend of his we then lowered the body into tho sea. I spent the evening with the Concanens, the captain being on deck Snd too depressed to receive consolation.
 July 18th to August 4th.-There has bNer nothing to record. The wind has been fair ax yetthroughout, though it dropped yesterday August 3rdl, and we lay for some hours in a dead calm.
 August 5th.-One of our hands, Griffith, fell overheard to-day and was drowned. He and Colliver were out upon the fore-yard when Griffith slipped. and missing the deck fell into the sea. The captain was below at the time. but rushed upon deck on hearing Colliver's alarm of Man oVerboardl' It was too late, however. The vessel was making eight knots an hour at the time, and although 1t was immediately put about there was not the slightest hope of finding the poor fellow. In deed we never saw him again."
 At this point the Journal becomes strangely meagre, consisting almost entirely of discon- nccted jottinSs about the weather, while here and there occurs merely date with the lati- tude and longitude entered opposite. Only two entries seem of any importance: one of August G0th, noting that they had doubled the Cape. and a second written two days later and running as follows:
 August 22nd.-Dr. Concanen came into my cabin early this morning and told me his wife had just given birth to son. He seemed prodigiousiy elated, and congrat ulated him heartily, this is the first child born to them. He stayed but a moment or so with me, and then went back to attend to his wife I spent most of the day on deck with Captain Holding, who is increasingly vigilant now. Wind con- tinurs S. F."
 After this the record is again scunty, but among less important entries we fe-Ind the following:
 Sept. 6th.- Sighted Ascension Island.
 Sept. Sth, 9th.-Wind dropping of and heat positively stifling. A curious circum- stai e occurred to-day the 9th(, which shows l dld well to be careful of my Journal. was sitting on deck with the Conc2nens, beneath all awning which the doctor has rigyed up to protect us from the heat, when our su1Ily of tobacco ran short. As 1 was descending for more I met Collivcr coming out of my cahin. He was rather discOpccrted at seeing lpr ,ur invcntNd some trivial excuse about fetri!is.4- a thermometer which Captain Holding had l"n. me. l am confident now that he was on tho lookout for my papers, the moro so as I had myself restored the thermometer to the cap tains cabin two days ago It is lucky that contided my papers to the Concnnens. AS for Railton, the hangdog look on that mans face has increased with his travels. He seems qufe unable to meet my eye, and returns short, sury answers if questioned. Here follow q few jottings on weather and speed, which latter seems to have been very satisfactory. On the 17th they caught a light br"eZe from N E., and on the 18th passed Cape Ne"dc. Soon after this tho Journal becomes connected again, and so continues. "Sept. 24th.-Just after dayhrcak went on deck, and found Captain Holding already there. This man seems positively to require no sleep. Since Wilkins death he has man. aged the navigation almost entirely alone. He seemed unusually grave this morning. and told me that four of the hands had been taken ill during the night with violent attacks of vomiting, and were lying below in Srca: dan ger. He had not seen Ele doctor yet, but sus- pected that something was wrong with the food. At this point the doctor joined us and tooA the captain aside. They conyerscd earn estly !Nr about threo minutes, and presently l he rd the captain e4claiming in ;I loudor tone, Well, doctor. of course you know best but can't hC tcHe it for all that. shortly after tho d 'rtor went below again to look alter his pa uentS. He was very silent when we met again at dinner and have not seen him since, Sept. 25th.-Ono of the hands, Walters, Lad during the night in great agony. We sighted the Peak of Tenerfre early in the afternoon,
  watching it. The doctor is below. ana! y&;nl, the food. I believe he is completely ,uzl.Ied by this curious epidemic
 1 "Sept. 26th.-Wind \. E., but somewhat | lighter. Three more men seized last night with precisely the same symptoms. With | three deaths and five men ill, We are now left wi,h but nine hands mot counting the ruptainl 1 to work the ship. Walters was buried to-d;y learned from Mrs. Concanen tn;.r her hus- l ho H bxS a of the body. do not know what h.s ronclu- l SiO.S arc.
 | II open my Journal again to record an other disquictinS accident. Ii is odd, but have missed one of the pieces of my fathers els T. 1 am positive it was i'll my pocket last night now have an indistinct recollection of hearing something fall whilst was drr>A@ ing this morning, but although h.ve so,,ruhcd hotIl cabin and statc-rOOm thoroughly, can find nothing. However, even if it has fallen into Collivers hands, which is unlikely, he can mako nothing of it, and luckily know the words written upon it by heart. Still the loss | has vexed me not little. I will have un- other search before turning in tonight.
 Sept. 27th-Wipd had shifted to NV. The doctor WAS summoned during the night to vis.i one of the men taken ill two nights be- fore The poor fellow died before dayIIoak, and hear that another l. not expcoted to live,
 
 deck for few minutes to-day and these he occupied in talk with the captain, who seems to have caught the prevailing depression, for he has been going about in & state of nervous disquietude all the afternoon. I expect that want of sleep is telling upon him at last. The clasp is still missing.
 "Scpt. 2Sth.-A rough day, and all hands busily engaged. Wind mostly S. w.. but shifted to due ". before niGhtfHll. Three ,.' the invalids arc better, but the other is s;..s lying in very critical state.
 Sept. 29th, 30th, Oct. 1st, 2nd.-N c..,.,, squa ly, SO that We may ,xgoot heavy 1;,S iu the By ui ii,shay Ali the invalids are by lllis tin in a fair way of recovery, and one oi them VII be strong enough to return to work in a couple of days. Doctor Concanen is still strangely silent, however, and the captains cheerfulness seems quite to have left him. Oh that this gloomy voyage were over!
 Oct 5th.-Let me roughly put down in few words what has happened, not that see at present any chance of leaving this accursed ship alive, but in the hope that Providence may thus be aided-=as far as human aid may go-in bringing these williams to justice, if this