The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-08
ONE MANS LIFE AT SEA.
READ, YE LANDOWNERS. AND THANK
FOUR STARS FOR TERRA FIRMh.
Capt. HnriIrs "Life on the Ocean Wave ~
from Boyhood to Mnturity-whnt KniEht
OF Old Ever Had such Stirring Adventures
as This Nineteenth Century Yankee :

on Oct 81. aged 81 years. In view Of his death
II Il deemed lifting to reprint from the Jownat
asdyenturous experience in storm. mutiny. and
The The ' stoly OF the sea ia indeed a strange
one. lie that goeth down upon It in ships may
be afforded the sight OF much that is striking,
however at the present era from poft to porf.
Is diyested OF tho romance OF the old time
tunity OF viewing foreign lands. other than
the principal commercial entrepots OF II COM
parativey limited number OF countries. is apt
| 70 be ewho chascs tho cetaceau from the
| southern Pacific Jcean to the Arctic seas be-
y ond Behring's straits; and from the rugged
olation Island. in the semi IN ystical Indian
Ocean, citizen OF Providence. or rather a
citizen OF the world. who was born In this city
| and who still claims 1t as his residence. has,
during the past thirty years, undergone about
man. A representative OF the journal recently
met capt Charles hamill., and by him was
meath the eres sun OF the tr ,s IN Possesa
a hn, Of his thrilling adventures in the frozen
Cart Hanill, who 70 a brother OF OK Council.
m Hamll Of the Tenth ward left his home
sd ths city IN June is5S sailing from New
Tor the Arctic whaling ground near Behring's
STRATA strait For year he served as ships boy
and perennial existence in the midst Of train
oil %hi nnd 81, su6ber Performing any kind OF duty
sons cruise young, Hamil ioined the bark
India OF New London. remained on board "a
New Bedford az Boat stee Perk and lett
the a ater an Arctic voyage at Honolulu Al
Republic Of bremen as boat ste ena 1hs Uae
tam TAN ma first mate. together with the crew
were leutons. while the second and third OFF,
G Ee anu the boat steerers were Yankees.
f fnd y Grew before leaving port, and alter
resolved I mntny Tor Mr. nml t Was crew lev
low IN his room in the forward cabin. |
noise on deck. followed by a heavy iail. He
f rRsh er up t ths eomnaniop ladder and found
flrst nate. The Captain came on deck. and. |
Was todrg, to drive the crew, forward.
pie: The second mate was sick and unable iSi to
leave, ,n, his berth. Mr., Hamill. with the other
boat steerers fortified the quarter deck armed
q q the refractory seninen. meanwhile turning
t ne ships head back to port On arrival. the
men. and coralled the men in the yard Of !
Capt; , Thomas spencer. formerly Of East
Of Honolulu. where he now resi- resides The ling
Leaders were shipped OF to Germany for trial, |
en Ssce not TO tho &c ssys the
<f h1,Sl in the blubber room, between decks.
and there no further trouble "a1e '"e' gave 'n
CANA .s 81 N Mr EHam Joined the bark Bra
made prosperous Arctic voyage. eS Then he ah he
ran on steamboat among the islands OF the |
h bnrn ua he hppsd q
New Bedford. and sailing under tue Hawaiian
rs sS TO bsp oss6 T from the
Ocean. and 10 April. 1865. In company with
Mdd the sand Of in
the trn,d Caroline group retitting and laying in
:, The other ships were the Pearl. the Edward
nory G san transiseo and tn the on the
idly at her anchor close to tn" baautfa shurs
of Ascension; The island is lovely SPOT OF
toward 90 IN hair Of hpn
yellow stem weed eocoan!Its. and broad. fam
and sns Fe SUN shSne sea Srry AND and
tHs a and Wh the Of
see long. narrow black steamer full spar SPARED
ond DS 81 he " abo SIC
rapidly IN let go her anchor after getting
aratinG the anchorage from the open sea.
and ran out kedge nstern so MS to moor the
ships and their thInder.truck crews. Mr.
Hfmlll thought she was a Russian corvette. no
iSSs ni nesr each Of shs s
Der hunters. and an Officer went on board.
Mr. hamil was in barge q tire Harvest. the
Together with the other officers Mr.. Hamiii
Shenandoah. for such the stranger proved to
be. and on his arrival was nncerem onousiy
placed under the forecastle with the officers OF
the other whale ships. under guard Of marine
PARTON of them were put in irons. but Mr..
Haml escaped this indignity.
taks 9ath as t" TIE nationality Of the Har.
would not respect the Hawaiian flag she iipw
The work. Of spoliation and destruction Mt once
souhernsrs AVE some Of the oil" removed DsaS
Sperm oil was taken Mr. Hamil was T i5srs:s ID
clothing OF the Captain and other officers.
When the personal effects were brought on
that nice sense Of honor suesesive Of the conn conn
svs saor % HaHf was H.s
money were taken, The crew wore landed on
as they had On their backs As the ships aV were
stripped Of articles q value they were set on
Capt waddell. possibly imagining stray coin
captive non com hntants. ordered another rigid
search. even to the contents ottheir mattresses
prisoners, over the ships side and set them
adrift on the beach. Whom they protested that
there n were b On me
skipper informed them that the natives lived
yams ara am nf shs s Wh Hhs
andoah Mr. HamI signed the following:
I'I.>p o. AsctNsaN,
T. the undersigned hTst officer OF the bark Harvest,
con DE u OF
the commander of the confederate states steamer
he anuoah do hereby soIennIr Kwear not TO bear
N rms or n an against the Confederate
stat rs during tho pr"rsnt war,
de that the above parole |
and d uly signed my presence the I.th day or April
vest j. g. ELAUkiR
CaptAins Clerk. &. :, s. shenandoah.
Then the pirate craft pointed her nose sea-
ii was at once decided that an attempt should
be made at rescuing the crews from their con
on ( nd "A "A |
die Of the Pacific Ocean. Mr.. Hamili proposed
that he take his chances Of getting to some
island whence the civilized world could Ie
,orn m nicated with, Accordingly n whnIe-
boat was cut In two parts In the middle,
heightened six feet. widened. built up four
feet decked oyer. and provided with mast
and sail. In this small craft Mr. Hamill the
second and third mates Of tho Harvest and
her cooper took their departure ia July lthe
ATTN. three months after the departure Of tho
rebel cruiser. Mr., sturges. the missionary.
under which they Iabored. The