Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-17

Of assistance from the shore. the long boat was
launched, but soon filled and rendered uselcss.--
A raft was then constructed. on which the second
mate and E ur passengers gained the shore with
much difficulty.
The gale continued increasing and the weather
20 look worse Each thump she gave appeared
harder, and we knew not at what moment sh.
would go to pieces. We now sent line ashore
by a cask, which was made fast on the beach, and
attached at the foretoprnast head, down which the
rem ainder e us on board successfully slid, AID
dragged from the edge Of the breskers oy those
on sh, re- We were altogether seven passengers
and the captain, officers and crew consisted oil IL,
il all 26 souls, who have all been saved.
We suffered much from the cold. All the bags
gage that could be got at was thrown overheard.
and drfted on shore. I have saved the greater
part of mine, bu, nearly ruined by water and sand
left the wreck in company with one OF the Other
passengers yesterday morning, and have just ar
rived here. We brought with us the letter bag.
which ~ wet also. When we left the ship she
did not appear TO have bilged The goods that
are in her, sbou, one third Of cargo. will pro
badly be got off when the weather moderstes, bun
do not think the ship will be got Of. ("
.aWora.
From the JNe,c Faris Commercial .adrertiser.
Morgan. following remarks were pre-
published last evening, but were excluded nj the
want Of ROOM A. at this distance from the cir-
Gle in which he moves, his character ma oct be
correctly known, to quote the Editor OF the One
bee Mercury, ii is but JUSTICE since his name has
beec brought forward, t. lay, that MIR. Brandt Is
generally respected; and there need be no hesita
tation in believing what he says. He Is well
educated young man, and was as much esteemed
by the officers of the division of his maesy's
my, 18th which he served during the last Ameri
can war, for his gentlemanly names in soc.
", as for his courage and humanity in the field.
Mr. Brandt some time ago visited England, and
while there surprised the public, and the poet,
Thomas Campbell, by letter, as creditabe To his
dlial feelings as to his literary attachments. in
which be successfully vndicated the character OF
his deceased father, Joseph Brandt. from the
aspersions cast upon it, without sufficient inquiry,
by Mr.. Campbell, 10 the beautiful but uniaii hfll
! narrative poem OF " Gertrude of Wyoming
Thus, then, every material point of the alledgei
discove cries Of the celebrated Newark conven ION,
has been successfully over brown. We were iold
that Morgan taken TO Niagrs s. bntrbered, & tina
MIR. Chaplin, IT Buffalo, was one Of the murderers
! But that story proved not to be true: We Were
told that traces OF blood were found in Fort Ma
| CARA. But that is not true. We told thai
Captain Brandt was consulted about killing him, oil
putting him away; s hat was not tue We have
| all along been told, moreover, that there was
conspiracy originally, to get Morgan from Bata
| via to Canandaigua, false accusation of lar
ceny. And now jury has solemnly declared
that that story untrue. And one of the men
convicted at Canandaigua, convicted by
means of perjury A gentleman in one Of the
Upper Canada papers, under his own signature
argues very plausibly, from the fact of Morgan.
| having left that province over head and In
debt, that he dares not show himself there, and
suggests reasons why he has probably gone off &c
the wderne-ses of Ohio; while il is stated in JET
| ferson county. New York, paper. that il is beev
ed that Morgan was on board the Lady OF tn,
Lake. which was. with every soul on board, los
IN December last on Lake Ontario Now amds
, all these falsehoods, contradictions and absurd
4 ties. hal are we TO helieYeS