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A SEA-HORROR.
MAN-EATING ON THE OCEAN.
TIIE CREW wno LIVED ON THE CORPSE OF
THEIR SHIPMATE.
The Killing of George Seaman—The Story of
the Man who Cnt n/) his Ihehf ami Packed
it in the Brine Barrel—Ready to Answer.
The ercw of the wrecked schooner Sal lie
M. Steelman, win* were driven ly Imnger to
eating one of their shipmates, off tlie Ber
mudas. alter they had been seven days with
out food, were found yesterday in the hand
some three-masted schooner Speedwell, which
rescued them on the 31st ult.. and brought
them into this port. The story of Capt.
Higher, of the {Steelman, was published in
The Sun of yesterday.
Walter Sampson, who shot George Sea
man in the forecastle, is a short, thick, full
faced negro, 21 years of age. Since Jan. 31.
the date of the rescue, lie has fully recovered
from the effects of his long fast. lie says he
got terribly hungry and weak from working
at the pumps. At one time the schooner was
within sight of the Bermudas, hut the gale
came up again and blew them off.
•* On the morning of Jan. SO.” Sampson
said, “George Seaman, George Hicks, and 1.
all colored, were in the forecastle together.
We w r -re all so weak we couldn't work at the
pumps. Seaman gave out first. I think lie
wasn't any worse than the rest of us. but he
gotcrazv. I don’t think he was in his right
mind when lie came aboard the schooner.
h *Urtivionail to kill the Captain and
David Barrett. He got angry w ith Barrett
because Barrett told him to come out of the
forecastle and work at the pumps. I was in
Hiv bunk. I don’t know whether it was 6
o’clock, ( J o’clock, or 12 o’clock. All I know
is that it was in the morning. Seaman is a
mulatto, lie slopped at Charleston, but said
lie came from London. lie was a smart fel
low. He used tube head cook on the United
States man-of-war- Wabash. Once he work
ed at steel-making in Philadelphia, under the
name of Joe Williams. We used to think
it. rather odd that a fellow' as smart as he
was. should ship before the mast. Some sav
he was a Spaniard, but he wasn’t. He came
into the forecastle on that morning and found
rne in mv bunk undressed, lie ordered me
to get up and go out. I don’t know whv he
wanted me to go out. He wasn’t afraid that
I would hurt him, because I was in my bunk.
I think it was only a crazy idea. I got up
and hurried on with ray clothes. He didn't
draw his pistol, Imt I was afraid of him.
When I had got my clothes on I backed up
toward the door, keeping rav eye on him.
Just as f stood by the door he yelled at me
to get out. and put his hHud into the pocket
of his jumper. He didnt draw a pistol, but
1 saw he was going to. Afterward we found
that he had a pistol in that, pocket. When he
put his hand in I was ready for him. It was
then between him and me who could shoot
theqn ; ekrst. I shot three times at his head,
lie didn’t draw his pistol at all. Afterward
I found one only wound. That was on the
left side near his ear. He fell right down
and died. The first man to come into the
forecastle after that was the cook, Sylvester
Herbert. Seaman raised himself up and took
hold of him by the legs. Then he fell down
and died. The next man to come into the
forecastle was Capt.. lligbee. lie aske 1 all
about- what had happened, and George Hicks
and I told him. Then we all went nut on
♦leek. The bodv lay there just as it. fell for
two hour* h*. least. Nobody went into the
forecastle during that time.”
George Flicks, who stood near while Samp
son was being questioned, confirmed all the
essential pointsofthc foregoing storv. Samp
son said his home was in Beaufort. South
Carolina, where his mother lives. His fa
ther. Jacob Sampson lived in Brooklyn last
summer. Walter thinks he now lives in this
city. He is a stove founder by trade.
“Who cut tip the body ?” the reporter ask
ed of Sampson.
“There is the man,** said a short, hollow
cheeked. wiry, red-whiskered sailor, standing
at Sampson's side. The speaftferJuid extend
ed his arm, but. with his wrist sharply turn
ed. was pointing at his own breast. 'T’iiis,
was David Barrett of Great Egg Harbor, N.J.
He is one of the white sailors.
“Seaman was mad at me.“ lie continued,
“because I wanted him to goto work. lie
had threatened to kill me. I have no doubt
that if he had got out of the forecastle at that,
time lie would have killed two or three of us.
We 1 iadn*t proposed to draw lots to see who
should be killed. That was not talked about,
but we did talk about Seaman’s dying. We
thought lie couldn't last long, the way he was.
an<2 we hoped he would die. We were look
ing forward to that as our hope. We
had plenty of water, llis death, we knew,
would be life to us, but nobody proposed to
kill him. or any one else. After he had been
dead for some time, I went to the Captain,
and he said, ‘Go ahead.’ So I went into the
forecastle where the body had been left.—
This was in the afternoon. I’m not certain
about the time. I dragged the body out of
the forecastle to an open place on the deck
by the side of the mainmast. Some of the
crew were looking on. The reason I did this
part of the work was because I was the strong
est man on the vessel at the time. After cut
ting tlie clothes away, I cut a piece of flesh
weighing three or four pounds off of one of
the legs. This I put on the stove and par
boiled. After that I broiled pieces of it on
a gridiron, and gave them to the rest. I did
all the cooking, but all of us ate the meat.—
I didn’t like the idea of it. lint as I remem
ber the taste, it was very good—better than
that of any meat I ever tasted. Some of
them put mustard on it. and some ate it just
as 1 gave it. to them. I did not see anybody
eat any of it raw. I cooked it on the stove
in the galley.
“After we had eaten some. I went back to
the body on deck. I tallied with ttie Captain,
and it was now a question how long we could
make this man last. There were six of us
left on hoard, and all of us were starving.—
We had been blown oif the Bermudas, and
were, you might say, in mid-ocean, without
any means of making headway. Our only
chance was in being picked up. and we were
out of the path of most vessels. There was
no use in being delicate, because, when we
got out of meat again, somebody else might
Have to le killed. So I stripped the body,
and cut all the meat off of it that I could
wherever I could get it. After that I brought
out the barrel in which we had had our salt
lieef. The brine was yet in if. I put the
meat into this brine in layers just nsthe ,, eef
ifad been put in. With the brine and ad. the
barrel was-alwmtone-third full. After that. I
sewed up what remained of the lx>dv in a
canvas sack and*threw it overlioard. There
was no ceremony at the burial. NN e did not
think rnucli about that.. I threw the sauk
overboard alone. H hat we ate of the body
strenghened us a great 'fe and. I :ie next day
ve were taken off by the Sj eedw£!l.’
First mate. Sawyer, of the Speedwell, told
the reporter that when he fell in with the
Steelman, there was no hope of saving her in
tire condition her crew were in. He saw a
piece of meat in a pot boiling on the stove.
He made three trips to the wreck, two to
take the crew ofl. and the third to bring
away what valuables lie could find from her.
On quitting her the last time, he left the
hatchway open, so that she won hi fill and sink
more speedily, and thus lie out of the way of
other vessels.
Sampson says he is waiting in the Speed
well to give tlie proper authorities opportuni
ty to take action in the case if the}' desire to
do so.—A. } . Sun.
RELIGIOUS.
“Too Late."
A year or two ago a lady entered the of
fice of a skillful physician.
“Doctor, I have conic to you to see if you
can cure me.”
The case was examined with care, ami
then the Doctor said, “Madame, I regret to
tell you, in all candor, you are beyond my
reach. 1 can do nothing for you, except to
suggest some treatment that may for the time
relieve your pain. The disease is too far ad
vanced to be cured by me. or by anyone.”
“ Could you have helped rac a month
ago ?”
“ I think not.”
“ Could you three months ago ?”
” Perhaps so.”
“Could you six months ago ?*’
“ Yes tnadam. there is no doubt, had you
come to nte six months ago, I could have
cured you.”
The poor woman started from her seat,
and with a w’ild look and a piercing tone said,
“O Doctor. I knew* of this a year ago, and
then my husband and children urged me to
visit you. I live only one hundred miles
away, and in six hours time could reach you.
But I was busy with my housework, and it,
seemed hard for me to leave home. So I
put it off. in hopes the disease wolud get bet
ter of itself. And now can it be, Doctor,
you say it is too late ?”
The physician looked sad. but repeated the
words, “Too Late!” and the disappointed
woman left his office to go home and die, an
other victim of procrastination.
Just such cases as this are comparatively
rare, but do they not forcibly illustrate the
very common folly of men and women with
reference to the soul ? Can anything be
half so precious to man as his soul ? Yet if
not healed by the Great Physician. Jesus,
from the deadly malady of sin. we know it is
in jeopardy every hour. Death frequently
passes by his door, and every now and then,
with suggestive warning, points at him his
bony fingers, lie bears the tolling bell. lie
helps to carry the remains of one and anoth.
er of his neighbors to the grave. Ilis time
to die is approaching. He knows it. “Pre
pare to meet thy God.” a voice whispers in
Ids car. As ho walks along he hears a rust
ing noise i is feet, apd remembers the ad*
monition of the prophet, which has been re
iterated with new power every season for over
2.500 years. *• We all do fade as a leaf.”
“ What if I die—nm I prepared to enter
the eternal world ?” Conscience says,” No :
for you have not complied with the require
ments. either of the la wor the gospel.” He
knows he has never repented of sin, and in
faith applied to Jesus for pardon. A dead
ly disease has taken hold of his heart. Eve
ry day his spiritual condition becomes no bet
ter. but worse. At times he is alarmed and
f rjes out, “ What must 1 do to be saved ?”
Vlnd then a gracious voice says. “Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved.” He is only to believe. Gilead is
near, and there is a balm in Gilead, and a
Physician there, and he is invited, and urged,
and entreated to go at once and he healed.
But he waits. Hardly could he tell why.
Like the Roman Govenor, Felix, he trembles,
and knows lie ought at once ta salva
tion. if he would be sure to have it. But.
maybe with a sigh, he says. “ Not yet.” This
j would interfere with some of his projects.—
I His reply to every earnest advocate of reli
! gion is. “Go thy way for this t ime ; when I
j have a convenient season I will send for
I thee.”
Does the convenient season ever arrive ?
Every t ime he refuses he puts himself farther
from God and mercy. The way becomes
more hedged up. The heart becomes more
hardened and wordly than ever. 0 pilgrim !
why will you not see your true condition ?
Satan is leading you with increasing veloci
ty to destruction. Daily lie winds his cords
around you. and you become less able or wil
ling to resist him. and yet you continue your
course. Every day the sinner’s case be
comes more desperate. At length he sees death
coming toward him. Running to the Heaven
ly Physician, he cries out, “Have mercy on
me, and heal ?” But the reply is v “ Why
have you waited so long ? Do you not re
member how often I have called, but you
have disregarded my voice ? Only a few
months ago I knoweked at your door, but you
refused to open to me. I was then grieved,
and left you never to return, and now it is too
late !”
The graves opens before him, and as he
looks down into the dark chasm he reads the
words. I*Too 1 *Too late !” “Too late !” says the an
gel of mercy, as lie mournfully turns away.
“ Too late !’’ cries the wretched one him
self. as lie bids farewell to earth, and plunges
into the unknown eternity. “Too late! Too
late !” — Preshy.
The general end Doth of Old and New Tes
taments are one, the only difference between
them being this, that the Old made wise by
teaching salvation through Christ that should
come, and the New by teaching that Christ
our Saviour is come.— Hooker.
Nothing so fatal to the romance of a kiss
as to have your girl sneeze at the very mo
ment of osculation.— Boston Herald,
FACETIOUS.
A Warning to Young Husbands.
A young and very handsome wife in Michi
gan had just got settled in her new home. All
seemed fair and promising, for she did not
know that her husband was a drunkard.
But one night he came home at a very late
hour and much the worse for liquor. When
he staggered into the house the wife, who was
greatly shocked, told him he was sick and to
lie down at once, and in a moment or two he
was comfortably settled on a sofa in a drunk
en sleep. His face was reddish, purple, his
breathing was heavy, and altogether he was
a pitiable looking object.
The doctor was sent for post-haste and
mustard applied to his feet and hands. When
the (Foetor came and felt his pulse and exam
ined'him and found that he was only drunk,
he said :
“ He will be all right in the morning.”
But the wife insisted that Tie was very
sick, and that severe remedies must be used.
“ You must shave his head and apply blis
ters, she urged, “or I will send for someone
who will.”
The husband’s head was accordingly shav
ed closely, and blisters applied.
The patient lay all night in a drunken
sleep* notwithstanding the blisters were eat
ing into the flesh, it was not till near morn
; ing that he began to beat about, disturbed
i by pain.
; About daylight he woke up to a most
| uncomfortable consciousness of agonies,
i “ What does this mean ?” he said, putting
his hands to his bandaged head.
I °
“ Lie still—you mustn’t stir,” said the wife ;
; “ you have been very sick.”
“ I’m not sick.”
“Ob, yes, you are; you have the brain
; fever. We have worked with you all night.”
** I should think you had,” groaned the
j poor victim. “ What's the matter with my
: feet ?”
| “ They are blistered.”
“ Well, I’m better now ; take off the blis
ters —do,” he pleaded piteously. He was in
a most uncomfortable state—his head covered
with sores, and his feet and hands were still
worse.
“Dear,” lie said, groaning, “ if I ever get
sick in this way again, don’t be alarmed and
send for a doctor, and, above all, don’t blister
me again.
“Oh, indeed I will; all that saved you
were the blisters, and if you have another
such a spell I should be more frightened
than ever, for the tendency. lam sure it is
apoplexy, and from the next attack you will
be likely to die, unless the severest measures
are used.
He made no further defense. Suffice it to
say lie never had another attack.— Chicago
Herald.
Ben Holladay’s Nose.
“One night,” said Ben Ilolladav, “long
before the Pacific Railroad was Imift, I wiis’
m • • r*< *
bouncing over the plains in one of my over
land coaches. My wife was with ine. She
was sick, and lay asleep on the bottom of the
stage on a bed of buffalo skins. The night
was fearfully dark, and a drizzling rain was
falling. Mrs. Ilolladav and myself were the
only passengers. Several stages bed been
robbed within two months, and the driver
was ripping along as though a gang of prairie
wolves were after him. Suddenly the horses
were thrown on their haunches, and the stage
stopped. I was heaved forward, but quickly
recovered and found myself gazing at the
muzzle of a double-barrelled shot-gun. Bv
the dim light of the stage lamps the barrel*
looked as big as nail kegs. ‘Throw up your
hands and don’t stir,” shouted the owner in
a gruff voice.
“Up went tny hands, and I began to com
mune with myself. The fellow damned my
soul, and then coolly asked for my money. 1
saw that lie did not know who I was. and I
was afraid that my sick wife might awake and
call me by name. My coat was buttoned
over mv bosom, but hardly high enough to
hide a magnificent emerald that cost me over
SB,OOO a few weeks before in San Francisco.
I hardly breathed through fear that the light
might strike the stone and its sparkling bril
liancy attract the attention of the robber. I
had about $40,000 in a money belt close to
the skin, and several hundred dollars in my
pocket.
Suddenly my friend shouted, ‘Come, shell
out. d—d quick, or I’ll send the devil a free
lunch.
“ I passed out the few hundreds loose in
: iny pockets, and handed him m3' gold watch
and chain. They were hefty. I think the
chain alone would weigh five pounds at least.
“‘There.’ said I. ‘there's every cent I’ve
got. Take it. and let me go on. My wife i9
very sick, and I don’t know what would hap
pen to her if she knew what was going on.'
“ * Keep your hands up,’ was the reply,
while a second robber received the watch and
money. Then a search was made for the
express company’s box, but the double-bar
reled shot-gun did not move. Its muzzles
were within a foot of my nose. For my life
I did not dare to stir. My nose began to
itch. The stiff hairs of mv moustache got up,
one after another, and tickled it until the
sensation was intolerable. I could stand t
no longer.
“Stranger,’ I cried, ‘I must scratch my
nose. It itches so that lam almost crazy.’
Move your hands.’ he shouted, ‘and I’ll
blow a hole through 3'our head big enough
for a jack rabbit to jump through.’ I appeal
ed once more. ’Well,’ he answered, ‘keep
your hands still and I’ll scratch it for you.
I hate to see a partner suffer.’ ’’
“‘ Did lie scratch it ?” asked one of Ben’s
interested listeners.
“Sure,” said Mr. Ilolladay.
“ How ?” asked the breathless listener.
“With the muzzle of the cocked gun,” said
the great overlander. “He rubbed the
muzzle around my moustache and raked it
i over the end of my nose until I thanked him
and said that it itched no longer.”
Recently a minister received a minister’s
half fare traveling card, as they are called,
and wrote to the superintendent, asking if he
“could not embrace his wife also.*’ The
superintendent replied that he thought likely
he could, but did not want to say positively
until he had seen the wife, as he was some
what fastidious in Ms tastes.
A Warning.
She was only sixteen ; she was pretty ;
Her foot was bewitchlngty small!
Her father was warm, as the phrase is,
And, fact, most delightful of all
I had reason to think, as 1 fancied,
That she was attracted by me,
(Let the time, if you please, be last summer,
The scene at St.John* inJN. i}.)
..■m Ji .*1 .1 •I
- was there op a excursion,
Had found it exceedingly tame.
Had reviled both the place and the people.
In terms Pd be sorry to name;
When it chanced with this charmer —
You'll excuse ip\- not mentioning how ;
Suffice it to sav that her father
(I can taste his Madeira e'en now).
Knew some of my friends or relations.
And. in hearty Canadian style,
Declared me his guest for a fortnight.
And would take no denial the while.
And she? Oh. she blushed and said nothing.
But she looked so deliciously sweet,
I’d have gone if he lived in the almshouse.
Instead of on Oliver street.
We’ll omit the events of my visit;
Enough that with rapture 1 burned.
And, as mentioned before, I had causes
For believing my love was returned;
And we'll come without further preamble,
“"•To the story 1 started to tell.
Of the service, she asked me to do her,
And the fate that my efforts befell.
She said slic'd a cousin in Boston
To whom slic’d some trifle to send.
And (here came the daintiest blushes).
Regarding me quite as a friend,
She asked, as a very great favor.
That I'd take a trunk under mv care;
Aud then. I consenting, she gave me—
-1 won't tell you what, I declare.
were just coming n* Boston harbor.
When a man in blue flannel came round,
i And, demanding the keys of their owners,
Examined what baggage was found.
Imagine my painful emotion
When in-very grutf tones 1 was told
That the duties on what that trunk carried
Would be ninety-eight dollars in gold !
I paid it—it took all my money
And some that 1 borrowed—before
That trtyvk was released from its durance
AnAtfiroWefl to be carried on shore,
warning I wish to inculcate,
On all who this episode con.
Is to never bring trunks up to Boston
From the people who live at St. John.
Vrocidtner Journal.
The enamored writing-muster thus discours
es’to his fair pupil; “ I can teach you noth
ing; your hand is already perfect, and your
I’s are the most beautiful I ever saw.”
A little gill in Clinton. 111., was learning
her little brother the Lord's Prayer the other
night, and when she had said, ’give us this
dour daily bread.’ he suddenly called out:
‘Pray for syrup, too, sister.’
‘‘Thought I*d leave mv measure on your
floor,” sail a man who fell down in a nr
room. “No necessity for that.” said the bar
keeper ; “we know exactly how much you
hold.”
Angelina: “Do you like this style of
moral decoration. Kdvvin Kdwin : ' Ye*,
love. It citable* me to see on every wall tin
face and form I love best in the world.”—
Angelina : “Oh, Edwin, darling ! You mal<
me blush.” Edwin: “I didn't mean yours,
<ove; I meant mine.”
jPi'ofessimuii <fc i?)iißtnesß dnnts
WILL,. F. I'IKK. W, 8. M’CARTV.
J)!Ki; A flctAßTl,
ytloni*y* at Ijiw,
JEFFERSON." JACKSON CO., (iA.
Will give prompt and thorough attention to all
kinds of legal business in .lackson and adjoining
counties. One or buth. filways in the office, rx
cept when professionally absent. I'eb2
\\r ib.
• Attorney at Law,
Associated with .1. B. SILMAN. Esq., -Tefl’er- i
son, Ga.
fiSy*Special attention given to the collection o) 1
claims. Jvnuary nth. IS7S. j
R'l’. >HB.YIN, AttorneyiifDiw,
• Harmony Gkovk. Jackson Cos.. Ua. j
Will practice in Jacl son and adjoining counties, j
Prompt attention given to ail business entrusted j
to him. Refers to lion. .John !). Stewart, Griffin, 1
and Hon. J. T. Spence. .Jonesboro*. Ga. nett! j
EMORY SPEER, W. S- MORRIS.
Athens, Ga. i Jeflcrson, Ga.
MVEEIt & MOK It 18.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW ,
•It* Her* on, Cn., will practice in Superior,
Ordinary's and Justices* Court*. fcSrs*“( Rtiee in
building with Col. Silman, CP-ST A I US. aug2s
Bl*. nOii'Olth, ltlwrne>.iit-Law.
• H.uimow (iitovE, Jackson Cos., Ga.
Will practice in all the adjoining comities, and
give prompt attention to all business entrusted to
his care. Collecting claims a specialty.
March 3d, 1877.
WILEY V. HOWARD. ROH*T S. HOWARD.
W. (. & 11. S. HOWARD,
ATTORNEYS AND COINS EL LOIIS AT
LA ir,
f2 4 J KFFKKBOX. (SA.
J. J. FLOYD, J J. B. SILMAN,
Covingtmi, Ga. j Jefferson, Ga.
I;i,oyi> a Nium,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Will practice together in the Superior Courts oi
the counties of Jaeksbn and Walton.
iunelS — ly
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSON. GA..
DEALERS in Dry Cootls and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
June lit Iv
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SURGEON DENTIST.
Harmony Grove, Jacksou Cos., Ga.
July 10th, 1-S 7 •*. Gm
DIP €. R. GILES
OFFERS his professional services to the citizens
of Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at
the office recently occupied by Col. Mahafley.
Jan. 22. 187G—tf
Dr. J. M. BURNS
HAVING resumed the practice of Medicine,
oilers his professional services to the public,
Thankful for all past patronage, he solicits a lib
eral share in the future. The Dr. can he found at
his residence, three miles east of Jefferson, when
not professionally engaged.
Aug 11 JOHN M. BURNS, M. D.
Charles Corbett,
PLAI.X . LXD GRAI.XLXG
PAINTER,
OFFERS his services to the citizens of Jackson
and surrounding counties, lie is prepared
to do all kinds of House-Painting, inside ana out
side—plain and ornamental. Special attention to
nainting Buggies and vehicles of all descriptions.
Charges to suit the times. Address. CHARLES
CORBETT, Camp's Mills, Gwinnett Cos., On.
May 20tli, 1877.
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