Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-07-15

a young man left to take care OF him.
The next day the captain gave orders /
for the third time to tear up anchor and |
make another start for San Franciseo. /
The sailors worked very lively to get |
up the anchor Everybody was expecting I
tidal wave or an earthquake. but |
nothing of the kind happened.
We sailed out Of the harbor into the |
broad Pacific Ocean, UP and close to /
and past Suan Fernandez.
We had duff once a week. I sup
pose everybody knows what duff" Is.
One day we had a particularly fine one. |
1t was so good that We could hardly gee /
enough. Att last It was thought every |
body was satisfied, but one man said he |
believed he could eat another slice, and |
his knife cut through q rag in the pud-
ding which had come off the cooks sore |
finger. All said mo more.s
The Fourth of July came. We ran up
the Stars and stripes and fired or our
revolvers, for every man had six-shoet-
er. We had very light winds and work
ed cur way slowly up to the north st.
One day we took fierce gale from the
northwest into a thick fog and heavy
mist so that we did not see the sun for
nearly week. One day the captain stood
on the quarterback with the sextant in
his hand trying to get glimpse Of the
sun, and about noon the fog lifted and
he got his I0CAOI1il6. w . saw We " u 2 :
running right onto shore as far as the
eye could reach. Nothing but breakers
could be seen. We changed cur course
and ran down the coast. About dark
we made the entrance to the barber
There was in those days no hghtheus-
es, no trigs or pilots. We had to push
right in and anchor. Soon after We
found we were aground. The vessel
keeled away over in the night. but
next day the tide and strong winds took
us off.
We sailed into San Francisco Bay ant.
anchored July "a, 1S49-one hundred and
eighty-four days-six months and one
day on the trip. All hands glad to go
ashore on the. little camping ground and
| the log fire in the center of the square,
| A few cabins with Indians in the back
| ground That was San Francisco seven
! ty-two years ago. As we eat around the,
| fire and thought of home and the loved
ones there, we thanked Ged we had ar
| rived in the Land of God in the days of
| forty-nine.
Below is given a list of forty-fve men
| who sailed from Newburyport. Mass,
Jan. %, 1S4s. on the brig Charlotte
| bound for, San Francisco. Calf.
| William 6. Bartlett, master
| Jacob Noyes, Jr., first officer.
| George F. Tanning, Jewett City, Conn
John L. Brown, Salisbury, Mass.
Charles NJ. Brown, Newburyport. Mass.
William Bartlett, Jr., Newbuiryport,
Mass
| Rufus Rand, Newburyport Mass.
Charles B. Slower, Newburyport, Mass.
| Henry Sweetser, Newburyport. Mass
James K. Titcomb, Newburyport,
Mass.
Amos F. Jacques. Newburyport. Mass
/ Charles W. Brown, Newburypert,
Mass
Peter Atherten, NewburypeFt, Mass.
! James H. Musse, NewburypeFt, Mass.
Amos Goodwin, NewbuFyport. Mass.
James B. Brown, Newburyport, Mass.
Thomas Gorwaiz, Newburyport, Mass
Franklin Marsh, Newburyport, Mass.
/ George Sawyer. Newburypoft. Mass.
Benjamin Pratt, Jr. Newburypert,
Mass
Henry A. Hill, Amesbury Mills, Mass,
William Smith, Amesbury Mills Mass
John F. Damon, Amesbury Mills,
Mass.
B. o. Sanborn. Amesbury Mills, Mass.
Augustus G. Feunstead, Amesbury
Mills. Mass.
John Hovey, Amesbury Mills Mass.
James w. Folsom, Ameshury Mills,
! Mass
| Francis D. Roades, Lynn, Mass.
/ Sam P. Nye, Aneshury, Mass.
] Charles G. Boardman. Amesbury.
Mass
| Edwin ], Christian. Amesbury, Mass.
/ William K Reed, Amesbury, Mass.
| William Wiley, Salem, Mass.
| > Michael Tenney, Salem, Mass.
/ William Tenney. Salem. Mass.
c. H. Waters, Waterville. Me.
Gardner Waters. Waterviile, Me.
William NJ. Gupton, Waterville, Mo.
William x Hudson, Waterville, Me.
4 Cyaa1IaaE Doe
Albert Foster, Clinton, Me.
Henry Gullifer, Clinton, Me.
Rufus Kendall, Kendall Mills. n. Y.
! George F. Kimball, West Apesbury,
Mass.
Jacob T. Follansbee, Hampstead, N
H
| Charles Wardwell, Andover, Mass
Augustus A. Newhall, Amesbury Mills
Mass.
This is a copy of a, slip of paper some
friend sent George F. flaming from his
home town after he had sailed:
Newburyport, Mass, Jan. %, 1S49.
| The Brig. "Charlotte" sailed from
this port on Tuesday. for California
! with forty-f1ve passengers, whose names
will be found in the Marine list.
She is a fine vessel. nearly new, vel
equipped and in good trim, and hel
passengers are intelligent, respectable
and enterprising young men, sixteen o.
them belonging to this town and tht
principal part of Essex county.
They left with moderate weather ant
fair wind, and in good spirits, and wer,
greeted on the wharf which they return
ed right manfully SO long as the vesse
remained within hearing. We saw on
or two of them who looked rather Sc
rious as they left the wharf and i'm
| printed parting kiss upon the cheek
of the young ladies who accompanied
them to the vessel; but such kisses up
on the sweet lips, and a place in thu
affeetienate hearts of their fair friends
are worth all the perils and hardship
of a trip around Cape Horn