Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-12-16

'"S '"i IL" MINUTES, lie observed person making.
towards hum, but thinking hc might cling to him. and
heinS much fatgued he did all ia his power In eydo
h. Tie deems this person 10 be the Captain of the
Comet, who was saved. lie SWAN at random for
some tne but recovering somewhat from his fright
recoliectcd the wind blew Shore and he took that
course N
When he came to :hc shore, or was near it, he was
caught hod OF by the persons there waiting. lie was
i'iiios stupled and cannot describe the emotion lac
eit when he heard human voices around him. The
dancing, lie says, had finished some time Gro the acci
dent occmrred-shorty after the moon went down He
i'S Il" dooo' IN his own mind that, by the slightest
i'uuCeu're' the ayr n'ght have alongside the
Iomct' and saved all that the deck.
sutherland says, the cries of the people around him
when they found the vessel sinking and the AYR making
oil, were dreadful They mpored the crew of tl,e
ayr 10 render them assistance, they would all he lost;
but, alas! their cries in vain for the he. rt f t
crew and people were made of adamant He (Suther
land rs confident they might all have been saved
W men he found She was sinking he endeavOurpd to
ahe OIL his shoes, but could not they were hgllows
and laced up To the ankle. He managed to cast off his
great coat and alter freeing himself from those WHO
we've hanging him, he jumped into the wafer and
swan alter the hyr, calling on them ''by all that's
good" TO pick him up. This they did not do aboumh
ne Is sIre they must have heard seen him. After
swimming half an hour, he observed light ON shore
and nadc for Had il not been for the assistance
rendered to hun by those land he mus; have perish,
ed lie was bcnumbed from head 20 foot and coulJ
not stand upon his legs. lie heard John AlIIachlan
II,
This term means FOR the boat 10 fall TO the starboard
which he believes attended to- Their crew cried
also 10 the other boat 10 keep of, but notice was
taken Of this direction. Sutherland cried out when
the conclusion took place, vou have done il noyy
but the words scarcely of his mouth before
tae order was given Ito set the engine" The Car
tam OF the Comet Instantly ordered his engine 20 be set
on ana the boat 10 be run ashore. Five six ininu
after this she went down The Ccines stern boat was
put out, but she was instantly overloaded and went
down. Sutherland was cast awav on the coast of Uo
land, IN 1917 at The time he Albion smack of eth
bound for llamburgh, was lost and 10 1919. he was
on board the Stirling steam hoat ,yic, s!a
at GrangemOuth.
| "A poor woman, the wife of Donald Ni'Intyra resid
ing at EaeesIlan, but native of Douaw with her IA
mIy, consisting of six children were all lost She had
been picked up together with her infant and two
ters. Three OF the still missing The un(nr
tunae pregnant, and within few months of tho
time OF her accOuclnent. Thus was this Door man at
one fell swoop, bereaved of wife and children and loft
solitary being in the world.
From. tie GltsgO,r Courier
The Ayrsacj over the spot where the sufferers were
struggling IN the agoDies OF death, and The principal
steward at the Comet probably met with his ,le..i
by stroke from the paddle of the AYR as he was orc
cut on the nech.-Thc body of Capt Sutherland was
found cSerday, but that Of his arnable and unfortunate
wife, still remains TO be discovered. One OF the Grey
states THAT ne saw them jump together into the sea- from
the starboard quarter; Int MIR. Anderson seems
lain that Is. Sutherland clung round lin, ior sore lime
! ser Il To-
ever
From Tie Grec;loch .fdrerfiser
| The poor woman who lost her child, but who was
saved herself describes The rush water INTO The steer
age az most appalling; II carried every thing before IL;
she had Just time 10 grasp her infant and run on deck
where she already found number cabin passenmcrs
The Comet began 10 sink, and every creature on board
Instantly Of the danger. They shrieked for
mercy, and implorcd the Ayr to near and save
them. They seemed TO listen; bat before The Gomez
lp u in 10
Ii econ aud III the lsUguage of the poor creature she
yeDt III faster than tic T.al coach" When the Comet
had sunk beneath her, she chung a box and succeed.
ed in kecp1g the head Of her baby above wafer but a
and coGHle of dogs wir? were struggling her
pushed the box from her grasp, and for two three
seconds she n1sucCoured Another box floaed
within her reach and she seizedi BIT in doing So she
wrosted il from the hands of gentiema,7. and she saw
him sink beside her. With dis she kept herself a1oat
till assistance came from Gourock; but she too mach
exhausted TO preserve her child: was stl warm III
her arms. but no longer living.
On board the Ayr, from the time of the collision the
master, engine man, and crew, were panic struck.
The engine had been instantly stopped, and the master
and had collected the fOrecasc, the former
wringiOg his hands and indicating that their immediate
death inevitable.
Four English gentlemen Mc7srs. 4. Morrison and
C.. MarHcau. of !oI!doD Mr.. r. Mar .lcau of Nnr
wicb and MIR. Gloyer, an eminent Landscape paintcr
had been landed at ROthsay, and it is said that Mr.
'AIi;ster, w. 5. of the sufferers would likewise
have debarked there but for DISTINCTIONS in get
ting lis luggage ON shore. If blend the number
saved with that of the bodies already discovered and
add TO these the number known to be still buried in the
deep, we find total Of IS.
GREgNocE, o'clock, Saturday night-Yo 'erday
morning brought on shore dead bodies, and tic 9 Of
to-day make the whole so. |, with many others exa
mined the countenaUCcs, Of almost all Of them and
could hardly convince myself hat death had stretched
his sCepire over them There was ind sweetness ne
cuiar to sleep every face and little infant about
two years old lay amongst The dead fits mother was
ung it asleep This unfortunate Innocent attracted
universal sympathy.
There were two young ladies, at little distance on
whose cheeks orc woaI think The Of health had
not began 10 fade there slight tinge of red on
their lips, but alas they cold 5epuChral mar
BILE; and tic o1y indication Of death which struck one
first sight, tie loose and CARELESS state of their
head-d rs if iiyiug back with The wind
I Captain Saifcr'quG.-Capt Wcyfn5s Erskine Suih-
erarJ Of the sd Foot vino lost with his bride in
te Comet steam. packet, the tlrd son of Capt
Sutherland, of ScbcrscTos, in North Britain and onl,
remaining brother Of Lieut., Col sutherland of the 5th
Foot AMI Ener young map, whether in personal ap-
pearancc or sweetness OF disposition, is seldom to be
4 D. loo.