Year: 1878

himself in the sea he tried TO make for land. but
being driven off the cost and away from all hope Of
aid from the shore. he took his necktie-a long and
strong piece of black silk-ripped Il in two tied IL
together and fastened end around his waist and
made the other end fast 10 the spar. With his right
hand he clnng to the mast until he had use Of his
right arm. and then he clung with all his strength
with his left arm and in this condition he said ha
found by the Norwegian bark Forto.
rescued, tenderly cared for and landed in Chris
tiansand, Norway. Now, what ann next anxious
10 find il whether there is such vessel and 10 learn
from her officers the cir umstances Of Buders
lie told that in the confusion OF the wreck the car
penter handed him the key of his chest and told him
10 get out of it, That key he put in his pocket
and had preserved it,. He wanted me to accept it.
looked at the rusty relic of the fated ship and told
him he had better keep for luck There is doubt
about the man being Buder. He told us how many
days he the Colorado on the Guard and on the
Tallapoosa which statement verified by The rolls
of the Navy Department. Having become convinced
of his claim upon the Navy at once ordered him to
be provided with clothing and quarters and directed
that his name should be put the roll of active
men"


BURIED As WILLIAM DUDEE.


After the investigation was over the story Of the
robbery of Mr. Stewards remains brought very





Naval Cemetery at Annapolis according my orders,
the remains of the washed on shore at Kitty
Hawk from the wreck OF the Huron had been buried.
and there beneath green mound body identi-
fled by the burying party that of William Buder
and at the head of the grave tombstone erected
to his memory. Looking at his stalwart form and
good-naured face thought how strange it would be
for him to stand beside that grave and with his
own eyes the stone commemorating his eventful
death, and if he wants to visit Annapolis
l will readily give him leave TO do so.
The | think of this solemn fact
the l reminded of the story of Jonah
and the whale. This story of Budsr is one of the
oldest heard. 1t gains in interest from my
personal knowledge of the details of that sad disaster
Of the Huron and every time recall his face think
l see him standing at his own grave convulsed with
laughter he reads the epitaph which grateful
ton caused to be inscribed the grave OF some
poor fellow whose name is now and will forever be
unknown to fame. l ordered the rescued seamen
from the Huron, seven in number, to assist
the burying party i'll identifying the remains OF
those pickei mp the scene of the wreck. OF
course William Buder lost, and somebody was
identified answering his description. But Buder
is living. and who the man is beneath his tombstone
we will not know until the day of Last account.


Buder is the lion of the hour among his messmates
in the receiving ship, st. Louis His story will
doubtless be forecastle yarn for ages in the Ameri
can Navy.


NO SUCH PERSON AS BUDER RESCUED BY THE


FoRTo-sTATEMENT OF CAPTAIN sKARE.


by TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.


BALTIMORE, Nov. u, 1873.


Captain Skarc, Of the Norwegian bark Forto,
at this port, denies that he picked up at
William Buder, the who went
to the Navy Department in Washington
Saturday and stated that he survivor of the
Huron saved by the Forto The Forto in the
Mediterranean at the time of the loss of the
Huron. and could not have rescued the man.
man named Oscar Grentoft, who stated that he was
an old man-of- wars man. shipped on the Forto at
Antwerp and deserted upon her arrival here. Captain
Skare thinks Grentoft and Buder the person