American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-09-23
From the NetO FORK Statesman.
LETTERS FROM EUROPE-No. II.


events rendered all our arrangements unnecessary.
On Saturday evening, as was mentioned ln my
first letter, il is customary at TO drink sweet
hearts aud wives" " One OF our passengers, in an
idle moment, attempted to pOetize the toast and
wrote the following slanzas, 10 be said or sung on
the OCCASION
Come, send round the can though the last of lives
Be this night will drink to sweethearts and wives"
And pledge them the warmer, and dream of them more
The farther we rove from our dear native shore.
Good angels protect them, wherever they are,
And peace be their portion while afar;
May their spirits pursue, as the pillows we stem,
And be thinking OF lis while we're drinking TO them.
As trembes the Needle, and points to the pole,
Let each still be true 10 the girl Of his soul;
And whatever attractions may lead to roam,
May the magnet OF feeling be ever at home.
From the full flowing goblet as each of us sips,
Let him think how much swecter 5 the nectar OF lips
Then send round the cam though the last of lives
Be this night, will drink to sweethearts and wives "
AT half past O'Clock on the morning Of the first
of July, land dimly deserted through the clouds
and mist, which obscured the horizon. The report
soon circulated through the ship, and called the
passengers from their births 10 the deck for al
though our voyage had been neither long nor te-
dous, the sight of the shore was welcome. To
some OF u.s. the interest Of the view heightened
by novelty; and to others, by the ties of kindred
and country. Even the eyes OF jemmy sparkcd
were seen skirting the horizon. The first land we
made was mzen Head, and the high lands in the
vicinity, forming the south part of the isl
and So accurately the ships reckoning kept,
that i; did not vary three miles from the Captains
estimate.
BY o'clock we we're opposite Cape Clear, which
| is high promontory, with liGht.hous upon the
summit, in a very conspicuous situation. As the
wind was fair and the sky clear the ship ran within
fo.u of et.. aL- -
the glass full and perfect view Of every object
along the coast. A large number of boats and sma
vessels covered the Channel, frequently sailing close
under the cliffs, TO the very bases of which the sea
is in most places navigable for the largest ships
whale boat with crew of seven miseraby clad and
dirty fishermen, boarded us of Cape Clear, and sup
piled us with fresh FISH, eggs, and new potatoes, tax
| ing 10 exchange, pork, beef, bread and bottle o
rum, priced above all the other articles received ir
the way of barter. This crew furnished specimen
of the rudest portion Of the population of ireland
Their language was scarcely ineligible; and they
had made but little progress In civilization.
The aspect of the Island for some distance afte
making Cape Clear, is rude, barren, and solitary
the high hills being composed OF naked rocks anc
wastes, exhibiting neither tree nor shrub, and bu
little vegetation Of any kind. Farther up the Chan
mel, the appearance of the country greatly imp owes
the soping highlands being laid out into regula
fields to their very tops, covered with verdure, anc
bordered with flowers which visible through
the glass from the deck OF the ship. Ii is however
a rugged, precpitous and inhospitable shore, wltl
few buildings in sight, and those apparently inacces
sible. The cliffs are in many places abrupt, crag
gy and cavernous, with here and there insulated rock
rising above the water at some distance from th'
shore.
II At about Q oclock we arrived opposite the cliff
on which the packet ship Albion was wrecked. |
is memorable spot, and every passenger manifest
ed an eager curiosity to examine the rocks which
proved fatal to many of our countfymen, anI
caused so much affection We were near enough
to have distinct view Of the precipitous ledge
which is more than hundred feet 10 height Or
one side is sandy beach, and on the other, sma,
bay or inlet indenting the coast Had the ship pro
vdentiay drfed few rods on either hand, The pas
sengers and would probably all have been saved
as the shore slopes to the waters edge. But sucl
was not the destiny of the melancholy wreck, which
dried TO point where no human aid could be al
forded. Two transports, filled with troops TO tht
number Of about twelve hundred, were wrecked
near the place few years since, and the whole
perished. A large hole was dug in the earth, ant
officers and men made common grave. More re
spect was paid to the remains OF the passengers
who were lost in the Albion. Their bodies were
numbered and decently Inferred side by side, at
little distance from the fatal cliff. 1t has been III!
good fortune to become acquainted with Mr.. C5ib
bons, of Kinsae, and Mr.. Mark. the American Con
SUI at this place, both Of whom witnessed the wreci
Of the Albion, and did every thing in their power
for the preservation of life and property. They
have given me minute descriptions OF the ow!u
scene. Most of the particulars were however pub
lcly stated at the time and have no wish to re
vive the sorrow which this affecting occaslonec
] in our city and country.
S In the course of Friday forenoon. pilot boa
came alongside the Corinthian and offered to taxi
, US ashore at the Old Head of Kinsae. AS the Sc