The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-08-02

isre The sale lo5gef thso We ai1t sos tl'
ss 10, ia sish, vhen II broke npon us
/. Rslng higher oat Of vster and more heaE
: ~ SPARED, shs sss slso drifsisg faster
; Aboai nine o'clock sbe drove slowly pas
= us sl cot more than . cables length sway
; and ss saw many evidences tia, ttics'
! wefe rot ship sAsps sbcsrd Tier. eincs
, The crew hsd decided on q rovlng iiis
! they would naturally shsks OF al disc
, pline, We eould see plsinly ebeush that
! they had done 90, although the hfig was
/ iog 10 on the sane tack - ourselves
} aud mskug equally good weather, Of IL,
By three 10 the siternoon she s@ ont OF
sisht, sud about ihet time the gale settled
dosn into . fair ssilipg breeEA. We got
Of on our coarse sesin, bat an hour be
fore sundovn We saw the Car coming
down upon us from tho north.
Oar captain had no idea Of being plan
dtred by the fellows. and We cracked on
sail urtil II seemed that sysrd more
would take the mssts overheard. Had the
Rnssian been asiera OF us We should have
csrtsialy heli our owp, II not walked away
from her, bat sho was coming dosn OF
right angles. and rybody realized that
she was certain to ent Us Of, bad not
| told any OF cur etiisers or men Of the
talk had had With the Russian sailor that
night dunng snchor watch, knew be
would be elected to some office by the N at
ineers, and believed be wouli iniefcede
to save our bark from being despeiled.
Therefore. while oil others we're muth eI
cited was so cool about ii as TO attract at
tention.
just II sunset The brig fred a grn for
as to heave to, There was an ugly cross
sea running now, aud We doubted il they
could lowef boat We obeyed the com |
msnd to lna up. The slovenly wa! the
brig was hsrdled ss she made ready to |
take position on oar starbosrd quarter
proved that every thing sbosrd was st skies
and sevens, There was fight o, her
decks before the boat was lowered. and 81
ter pulling hallway to as the yswl, which
had eight men 10 1t, returned. 1t was
lying alons sside the brig when solid shot
was fred at us Owing to the heavy sea
the aim was bad. and 1t few above the top
mssts. This action startled US oil, sad the
csptsin had determined to put the bark
on her course and try to ran away, when
there csme q sudden and awful explosion.
For moment thought the clear heavens
had been rent 10 twain and every man OF
Us was knocked about over the decks.
We soon realized what had occurred.
The Gar bad blown up. She was to wind I
ward OF us and about half mile away,
There was q dark cloud and sn awful I
shock, and she seemed to be lifted bodily +,
up to q heish. Of 100 feet and then 10 dis I
solve Some OF the fragments fell upon
our decks, and the sea was Uttered far I
around. '
One man escaped just one solitary man. {
He was one OF the eight men in the boat.
Perhaps the other seven had left tie boat
the explosion came The boat was
not injured, and ii came dosting down mp
IN Us with the man sitting bolt upright .
N thwsrt. He wasn't cut or bruised, !
,ut the shock had acted altogether on his q
neatsl faculties. He had become en- idiot Q
nd was deaf and dumb on top Of that. I
lis face took on q childish grin, which
lever left ii. end be conducted himself p
ust as idiots DO. Although man OF forty II
We and an old sailor. be acted ss il he "
sd never seen ship OF any sort be.
ore.
We couldn't get ony news from the man,
or did we pick up any oithe wrecksge p
xcept the boat Man and boat we're turn o.
d over TO q Russian man OF war at Rio,
nd it may be that the poor fellow suffered et
cath for his share 10 the mutiny. Every u
aims was taken to hush the matter up, D.
ut the news got abroad and was toucbed
pom by v.rious correspondents. / have u
zen three or four sccounts,cf t,but none
ere half way correct. being colored 10 10
le interests OF the officers OF the brig. VI
ave since then met plenty OF Russian
city ofIicers and sailors who had never
ssrd Of the disaster, sll news OF II being u
oppressed 10 Russia. II was doubtless 81
semed unwise to let the Russian sailor n'
,ow that Russian could be driven to 'e
pint where be wonld mutiny.