Show WRECKED SAILORS RESCUED and they their bark went ashore and suffered from hunger exposure f M aug lon l on new bedford masa peninsular board the portuguese steamer which hag arrived from lisbon and tho three were capt joseph mates of the whaling bark president which has wrecked on the west coast of africa on may 8 the president struck about midnight somewhere in the vicinity of port alexandria according fo abo story told by second mate barney after one boat bad been smashed and another had reached shore according to mate barneis barneys Bar tale there were ten men left on the sinking president without any boat to leave in these ten finally embarked on a raft on which they floated about tor six hours before those who bad previously reached shore were able to rescue them A cask of bread came ashore and a cash of canned goods so there was plenty 0 food but the party was entirely without water they were 31 miles from port alexandria and walked along the beach to that place which they reached after three days intense suffering being without shoes their feet were cut by the shells on the beach and were blistered by the heat of the sand one nian was bitten by a poisonous eel and died as tho result of the wound the captains wife was one ol 01 the apty pty 1 |