The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-03
CAPT. B0DEN.

with lot 81 letter and bill files, etc. on
each side Of it, ia a bound volume of The
London Mercantile Marine Magazine. A
Clip O: rcd ribbon serves a. book mark
In H. II - not customary for merchants
10 keep old magazines among their pa
por5. and a friend of the merchant asked
him Yesterday If there was any special
reason ios C,ng 50.
'lc., said tic merchant 1T contains
& reference to my first voyage TO sea Be
side. Ike 10 show il to Capt Boden
When .c comes ia to see me. Capt Boden
is % prosperous Long Island farmer now,
hvilr u"lr Northpori, but twenty years
agO d. was tine master of the rev Haven
schooner Pandora / was lad Of 10 then,
and l,Gdc my lir5t sea voyage IN the Pan
dora SO the captain and | arc old friends.
~ this time tire merchant had got rid
of the dust on tAc ont side Of the maya
zine. and h-l opened it at The book mark.
On one pace. ia black faced type. was the
hcaair~. Rewards and Testimonials"
beneath which was the statement that
her British uaicstry and the board Of
trade had awarded various articles as
pri.5 TO sailor mcn for humanity and
bravery. a. stated in the paragraphs
following. One Of these paragraphs had
blecl; pencil mark around it. 1t was as
folioUa.
"T, Capt Isaac Bodcn, of the schooner
Pan logL Of New Haven, L. s, a gold
cnronamclcr IN acknowledgment of lis
humanity % The master and crew Of the
air annie Douglas, Of Nassau, y. p,
whom Dec rescued FROM their vessel on
june 80.
Tho entire crew of the Pandora, con-
tinUcl the merchant. were Northport
citizens, ueighbors and friends, you may
say. al home and a. sea a well. The
mate. Ezekiel Norton, was the captains
bro,Acr.iu-law; both men owned shares in
the schooner and both were good seamen
The second mate Daniel Clement, who
was about fifteen years older than either,
was acknowledged to be the best sailor
Inan mailing from NorthpOrt That he was
q second mate instead Of q captain was
duo solely 10 hi taste for liquor.
with such a crew as this it is not sur.
prising that discipline Was somewhat lax.
Man o war discipline never yet got over
the rail Of a coasting schooner so far as
know. but | rather. thinl; that We had
more slack rope to ours than is generally
found even in the coasting trade. In
spite Of this. however, the men had
sailor pride in tho c:eft, and it was not
too mach to say that the Pandora was
hanCl "A and cared for as well a. any vessel
in tho trade.
owe were on the return trip from New
Orleans 10, Fall River with cotton, and
had last brought latteras abeam when
there ,agac piping gale out OF the north.
west that l...ed % have ended Us then and
Their lie wind came in "A squat, ana
We lo.i the maiutopmast while taking in
the tyinr lib and fOretOpsail. Then we
hauled dOwa the jib and lowered the fore
sail o. Gecl; in hurry after which. find
inc ~, wind increasing constantly we
close rcefed the foresail and furled the
rest q the canvas and SO lay to and let
her DRIFT OF course we got the wreckage
cleared away as soon as we had snugged
her.
"Wcll. the Pandora was a good sea
boat. and after drifting for three days
and losing nearly 100 miles the storm
blew III ont and settled into Il westerly
wind at promised to make up partly for
what We had lost We were all ANNA
ton IL getting The canvas on her again to
take advantage OF the breeze, the more SO
as she Lad had q mach slower passage upto
the time the storm came on than usual,
Oh account OF light winds. As soon as we
govthc sails SGT Mr. Clement and one Of
the men BEGAN blocking out new top
mast from q spruce log that We had CIR
ricd for sue! 80 emergency. Clement was
a good ships carpenter, and had saved the
Pandcga q great many dollars for minor
repair.
about 10 o'clock in he morning, the man
at the wheel saw wreck long way OF
t. loowc.l /, was plainly brig, for,
ALTHOUGH both topmGstS and the bowsprlt
were gonc. tho lower pasts remained.
When the wreck was reported Capt. Boden
came on deck and took long look at her
through The glass.
"'Shes British, he said. pretty soon.
$50 anybody on her! asked Mr..
Not a soul Take look at her
yourself.
"I'p mighty glad of that, said Mr..
Norton. taking the glasses. Wed lose
half day Of this wind if we had TO run
down there
with that Mr.. Clement got rid OF a
larcc chew OF tobacco. and said with
emphasis.
"'lf we lad to run down to herl Amt
ye going to run down anyhow Mr.
Clement had been twice picked off Of
floating wrecks like the one we were look
ing at. and each time it was after seeing
number Of vessels pass very close to
windward without paying any attention
TO the wreck. He was sensitive OH the
subject. naturally. No one made any re-
ply to his question. After looking the
wreck over MIR. Norton said:
"'British she is for sure. Tho squall
must have caught her all standing. 1t
bowed the canvas clean out of her. |
can't see enough tapping about her for
dishrag except that piece Of the spanker
ut the end of the gait. There's nobody
aboard Of her. for there isn't any sort OF
a signal to be seen fore nor aft.
MIR Clement snol'ted rather than said
Give me the glasses
lone glance was enough for him.
There's nothing like shares In the
vessel to blind the eyes Of skipper, no
said Piece Of the spanker, ehY AT
the end of the gaff, chr Can't sec
20 signals, ehY Don't know no
1tHo~opca ix.f uaon tavOanl;po and tho