Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-06
|, MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKs.

go MAlsANCbOL1 SHlfWHECKS.
NANTUCKET, March co. About 40 sail of vesscis
passed threughthe Sound Saturday afternoon lasI;
In consequence of the violent storm next day, muoS
anxiety was felt for their safety. On Monday. the
painful intelligence reached US, that two schrs were
wrecked the eastern part of this island and ihrcS
mon lost from each.
:, The Ranger, Cornelius WaRgate, Of Salem, for
N. York. with spare, was one Of the schrs. and tho
M lost from her. were Thomas J.. johnson aud
Samuel Adam, of Nachas and Obadiah Weed, Of
becr Isle. The othor was the Ann, Reuben Moss
man, OF Thomastown,. for Now York, with lime.--.
inc persons lost from the Ann. wore Reuben H.
anu l1ioridge Mossnan, sons of tho Captain, and
George Hart Of St. George, Nc. Vessel and car
60 entirely lost. Noinsurance.
The above schrs. came out Of Catlin.n on Sunday
morning IN co. with schra belonging to Maine,
bound to y. York, Que Of which also struck on the
" shore of the island, aier carried off from the
shore, and afterwards disinasted and
hled with water but with no appearance sfany per-
son on board. The last time Capt, NJ anu thcofho-
schr the course she was steering inclnes him IN Nc
icve she must have been lost on or near Bass River
and that II Is quite probable that Of the scirs which,
ieit Chatham together, the only property that may
ever be saved from them will consist Of tho sua "a
which may be taken from the Ranger; and the num
Der of Persons only five, viz.---Capt. Wasrat,-nnd
one other. belonging to the Ranger; and Capt Moss
man, aud two others, of the Ann. Some of the I'M
fortunate persisted after they had succee,i,d l.;
reaching the shore, before they could meet with a
house protect them from the severity Of tho s,o,
and Capt. NJ. with all the energy and iortitude OF
ms
was exhausted carried them alternately in his arm,
as far as prudence dictated in hopes of reachino,
house, but they both expired before reaching =
and he was unable himself to crawl it ON his hand.
and knees.
The six bodies were brought TO this town ON yye5
nrsday and carried 20 the Methodist Chanel ,vbara
vast concoarse OF persons assembled to Witness tho
funeral solennities. All the clergymcn ON m ,JsJ
and attended, aud discourse was pronounced b, ,L
Rev Mr.. Webb. From the Chapel TO the pIsco ~.
nterment, the remains were followed by long pro-
cession' ana inc two brothers were placed in one
grave.
Seventeen persons have lost their lives nv bo;r.
shiPwrecked on the Island within four months. .
larger number than had been lost by shipwreck for
seventy years previous to the LIST Dec.
The soop Comet, Colesworthy, master with 6v,
other persons on board le this port on Sunday morn
ing last for Edgartown and has since been heard
or 1t Is feared all ON board are lost
shooncr seen on Tuckanuck SboaJ s;r,-,
the late storm, and as she disappeared il Is feer
ed she vent to pieces. II supposed ,hat this 10 tb
schooner which came out Of Chatham in CO. with tn,
three which went ashore. VA
In the nth number of the London QuarterIv RI.
Hall) observes: ''''
''Thc Southern States (of the American rrn;or,
and South Carolina il is said will refuse IN hc
the Tariff law. The State Assembly will probablv
exercise the power of declaring all the ports of South
Caeolina to be free ports, in order to bring To
sn issue the right of Congress to enact such a
,law."
= The same writer udds-
"ifit should appear that the tarif.law has bner
enacted, not by sectional greediness or domestic nn,
ty-splr. but by desire to rctaliate on Great Bi,
AIM there methods, the use Of which we bv NO
means recommend, wlnch would cause America 10
rue the experiment. Opening the harbours Of New
Brunswick, of Bermuda, and Of the Bahamas. ma nor
fectly free ports, would affect their revenue and
shipping interest: and n slight encouragement n,
the growth of cotton, the chief staple of the South
ern States, in Brazil in india, and especially in
Egypt, OF tobacco i'll Turkey, and OF Rice in Afrc,
would innct heavier blow on the export trade oY
the United States, than wish to see applied ey
cept in very extreme case, when patience ond
negotiation shall hive utterly failed.n -