Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-04-11

'"tt"htH"V CGf0St1opae The editor oil the New
Haven Con Herald has W favored with the follow.
ing extract of letter, from respectable shipmaster
OF that port. giving account of the destruction OF
the whole Of the Methodist Mission fely located al
inc island OF Antigua, by shpwreCk II is dated.
"ANTtGUk, March 9Th, 1896
"a most distressing and melancholy shpwreck occur
rcd near tie island the past week attended with such
circumstances as seem almost incredible, and
oy say ta Tor The wisest purposes, though oflen TO
US inScruablc, the Lord has done If.
about four weeks siuce, there was yearly general
meeting at ST ks of the Methodist missionaries from
inc negh6ofpg islands; from this place the Rev.
Mr. w mite, wife, and three children and servant; Rev.
MIR !iiiiiar, Rev. Mr. Oake, Rev. MIR. Jone, r o. and
an infant child. They left ST kits n few da \, siic,
TO return TO this island, having added 10 their number
Air. another missionary and his ,yfe-'rhc vessel
IN winch they embarked called At Alontserat the nur,-
ucr Oh inc mission family, at that time amounting
thirteen souls, as above including one servant. At
Montserat, their friends advise, them to leave the ycss
In which they were (being dull sailc,) and TO 90 on
board the mail boat Maria then ready TO sail for this
island They did so; and young lady also took pas
sage with them. The schooner which they had left ar
rived here seasonably and brought the bappape of tho
mission family which they did think best to take out
inc ordinary passage being only n few hours. Some
alarm after the schooncrs arrival felt for the safe
" OF the mail boat; but the ind was very brh il
was supposed that she had probably lost some of her
SAILS, anu put back On Friday =. NJ the Sd inst how
ever word was brought to town. that part Of wreck was
seen on the Wcymouth,t with persons on it, Two
o. urse boats immediately went down TO her. and found
1t to be the wreck of the mail boat Maria and the onv
survivor OF - souls was Mrs Jones, in state of in
scnsloltE Ii appers that she had been placed by the
captain (Wmtney) between the bowsprit, where she
could not wash away. She was m her night dress only
with her husbands cloak only on and sa iIors
cap on her head. The body of Captain Whitney tho
only one found, was lying near the wreck He was
buried yesterday. He had not been dead proh,bl,
more than an hour as he on the bowsprit
about o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs Jones' is slow
~ recovering and far restored her recollection as
10 say That she knows all the circumstances of the shin
wreck but the doctors forbid her being questioned at
present.
The following circumstances, however. have boon
communicated by her:-The vessel struck on the reef
IN The night Three or four day had elapsed when she
was taken of. Mr.. White his wife, three children
aud servant, were all swept away together clinrinp to
Gach other Mr.. liiiiiar attempted swim, TO Sandy
1Ianu' ana was drowned in her sight; her infant was
washed away from her her husband died en- her Ian
the night before she taken off and was washed ,r,
as returning recollection opens her the horrors of
te scene she had Witnessed | am told she often ev
claims "C, captain Whitney why did he save me!r She
must, indeed be unhappy lonely woman: and time
can never ciface from her remembrance this mournfl
event She is undoubtedly most 10 be pitied for ,vo
nave coed reason to indulge the hone that her kind
Iiehds are IN heaven-that the scenes of Wcyrnou,h
shoal were but passage TO the haven of bliss Darl,
ueeP' ana mysterious, the ways OF righteous and
unerrlng Providence! w ith wonder and establishment
we behold delicate, slender woman of % core 81,
onr days without sustenance, exposed 10 the pcIeneo
OF 'he weather supported while hardy seamen yere
dying around her, and finally the sole survivor of u
PERSONS! We see, in few short hours The whole ,nie
sion family of this island called from their earthly Ia
"o's out TO receive as we trust, heavenly reward bu
who can stay his hand? who shall say TO the
governor OF the Universe, what does thouo Shall not
the Judge of all the earth do right3r
shoa about four miles from the harhor and only In II
mile from small island called Sandy Island.