American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-08-27
FROM THE LONDON LITERARY GAZETTE
THE SHIPWRECK.


!" Fate spurs her on" FaLcOner's ShipWreck.
We had been out about ten days, with tolerabl,
fair weather, when Just the end OF the dog watci
CHATS about eight O'Clock in the EVENING" sudder
squall hove the ship on her beam ends, and away
went the maln-top- sail clean out oil the holi-ropes-
what scene oil confusion The shrlll howl OF thu
wind-the shrieks Of the women-the Tapping o
the fragments OF The sail-the groans of the suffer
ers below-the dashing waters, and the 20. hoy o
the sailors, with the believing of The captain ot
concert which dare say you have no desire t
hear. We cewed up till the squat was a little abated
and then all hands were employed in bending a new
top sail this occupied US till midnight, and the
gale continuing, we iurled the fore and mizen top
sails and set the reet'd iorcsa and rysall BY the
reckoning, were at no great distance from Ushan
and the wind being fair we entertained hopes o.
soon getting into plymouth indeed. by the time
we had got all snug The storm abated considerably
SO, Instead OF turning in, we were obliged 10 remain
ON deck and set the top sails again but had
we oosed The sails, when The wind took US rig bit
ahead. and blew harder than ever. or all the places
in the world, the Bay Of Blscay is the worst for a
cross sea; you never know where it will take
Hold on alalt - roared the captain, who saw il
coming, and chung to the weather shrouds " Hold
on fore and aft; mind your helm ease her, boy,
ease her" The sea struck us midships, and a
whole body OF waters burst upon the deck away
went bulwarks. boats, hen coops, and every thing
movable. 6 A man overheard, man overheard"
was echoed on all sides. and as soon as our eyes
were clear OF salt spray, three poor fellows
hutiettng with the waves one was the hemsman.
the others were inyads. who had ciawl4d on deck
Tor air Oh, Sir, twas distressing sight AT FIRST
we could hear them hallooing for assistance, and
then their voices were lost 10 the bowling Of the
gale; but we saw them, sir, long while The
helmsman had got hold Of spar, and one Of The
/. ~ .r~,4 -. ~. "a
kept sight OF the FIRST nearly all day out couldn't save
him, for another had carried away The bowsprltI
and toremas; The second, alter remaining some
tme on the boats bottom. lei 20 his hole the boat
snll tioatrd on the wave, bu, he was gone forever.
On what mus have been my poor mes,mate's iee-
lngs: his ship ~ view though leaving himself
devoted to distinctions; the da K waters yswning
On all SIDES 10 receive their prey every billow a
threatening grave; 10 hope Thought he then ofI
home. his vile his little ones: On. sir what must
have been bis feelings AS night approached sol
da ker grew each Of horror and its deepening
saade. Tel hsavy on the seaman's soul. We had
out little command Of the ship, and were last drift
ing 70 lrewa'd Night came, and sky and ocean
seemed blended together in the Distance while the
sea around was one white foam.-Waye after wave
washed over US; the well was sounded, alarm was
pictured % every conference.-the had sprung i
leak. Az hands mustered at the pumps, but the
n
From the commencement Of the gale all the hatches
were hattened down, so that the poor creatures Be
low were IN total Darkness and nearly without ioodI
or air. Some had fallen out OF their hammocks |
and unaole to rise, had been dashed from side to side
with the motion oil the ship ill they expired. TheI
good doctor >exerted himself 10 the utmost, but To-
little purpose. About four in the morning The wa |
ter had gained SO much that every hope had fed |
aud the ship sinking fast. The passengers
r NdSI mr. he dpc hut
cured, when a dreadful shock told us another fatal
truth The ship had struck Men, women, andl
Children rushed from below, and every breaker car /
rled If its victims. Oh what sc4ne of horton III
We saw our companions washed from our side
witnessed their struggles preiud, 10 our own
heard the loud yell when the last death pang
parted soul and body; and saw the children cling
nag round the paens, as they sunk together! Eye.1
~ wave threw US higher upon the rocks, and hone
daVned with the day but vain we're our efforts to
discover land, all was one raging foam Il had as
rlsted 70 secure Capt. RI aud his daughters 10
inc ta7arel; the captain and mate had done the
same by Lieut.. N and his wife F.; the doctor had |
shifted Tor himself, supporting Lieut.. b, who
chung round him IN trembling alarm. till sailor 4
Observing his situation, gave him Iashing to the
ring bolt and there he sat pale and quiveing, wish
ing the bitterness OF death had passed. vet dreading
Its approach, trying to pray, YET mingling curses
with his prayers shriekin5 as the roaring pillows
dashed over us, and hen laughed in all the con |
sulsed agony Of bitter de pair. What cont asst to
the wothy Doctor there was 10 fear in Ms looks.
twas calm eslgnatlon. and an eye Of tender com /
passion bent upon his fellow sufferers heard him \
repeating 10 himself, 81 know in whom have be- I
ileved, know that my Redeemer veth"
But oh, the anguish Of the gray haired father, as
each arm was thrown around those lovely plants, 4
whose growth he had watched from earliest infancy ".
and hrst he turned 10 the younges-st Enma" saidI
he,-and 70 the other, Eliza as ifIt was dread.
tul dream, whose certainty he feared: Emma, \
Eliza, both my children--boh doomed TO perish
Is there no hope Great Cod On me-n1l me inlllct