The Arkansas advocate., 1830-12-15
From the New York American.
 THL HORNET.

ssP pSssieiallG Oi lIiG IIOTueI- lN0I q word oi lnteili5eAce, good or bad, has come
 Dack rom her. Inc mariner who has passed Vita anxious eye over the scene oi ilcl disappearance, iias been aDie to
 trace no Yestlge ol her wreck. Ui tue thousand floating objects that are apt 10 cast themselves loose from sibkiIIg shlp, and saim upon the surface oi tue ueeps n0tnfng-not So muChas aa oar Or a naidsplke-has yet come to hand to teii her tate with something more than the uncertainty of vague and cruel ap- PFehehsfon. 1he sea seems ln its lnsa- tate vortex to nave swallowed ali. but time, the great diValger of secrets tells loo certain tale. 'ihe dreadful co.'s vielioil of the loss oi tllis galla.st snip ], With all ot hef crew, is uow as well es- abolished as Ii eyes of living met nad seen her perish, or the drowned dead had come back among us to recount the story of their disaster. The despond- lng have long since ceased todoubt thelr bereavement, and even hope has dicd m the bosom of the faithful.
 We have lately passed over the scene of this hopeless disaster, and the facts, as far a8 they are known, arc as loilows: ihe iornet happened to be cruiz4g of lamplco at the season of the autumnal equinox. This is the boisterous part of the Oail of Mexico, which is in turn one of the most indictment and danger ons seas on the globe. Here treaehe- rous currents sweep the navigator from his course, casting him upon the rocks and =qaleksands that line the inhospita. ble coast, while winds pouring in differ ent directions down the opposite coasts ot Cuba, meet and keep up perpetual conflict of storms and tempests; or ar. rested by the mountaiss of Nlexico. wheel of i'll terrible and de8olating yor- tices. Here, too, intoierabie thoughts, and rains which threaten to drowI the very mountains which rise in bold graf- deur in the interior, succeed each other. iieats that burn the earth, and almost make the soil to boil, are sent forth by the stead J and blazing ardour of tro- pieal sun Gains that leave the.sea So quiet thatit seems to be sinking into the sleep of death, and hurricanes sweep lngevery thing in theirrelentlesscourse. ln turn Yex and deyastate the face of na- lure.
 1t was at the worst of this inclement climate that the Hornet was compelled to remain oil fampico, to protect 4me- riean property, during the tumults at tending the invasion of BarFadas. She mad taken considerable sum of money on beard, and the day before her loss q number of tho residents visited her on party of pleasure. 1t was destined to a fearful termination. The weather be- came threatening, and the Hornet put to sea, carrying her ill-fated guests with her. The prognostics proved too true !; toe blast came; one of the most awful ever known in that region of violent convulsions. Sweeping down the lofty mountains, which, form the landward barrier of the horizon, it overturned all before it; crops, buildings, men, and animals, disappeared before it's fury. The vessels anchored in the smooth ri- yer of Fampico, and sheltered by it's banks, were either stranded or over turned; and those lying in the roads without, were driven to sea or founder ed at their anchors. There was q schooner in company with the Hornet, tine master of which states, that though he showed nothing but his slender low CT and topmasts, his vessel could scarce withstand the force Of the hurricane, but was nearly blown over. A ship. with her tall masts and yards, though with every sail furled, could, he said, lever have withstood it, but must have perished. If ship can be kept before the wind, 1t would seem difficult by it's mere power, however great, without a tremendous sea, to destroy iier. For she then presents herself to it in the direc- ton Of her length, in which sense, be- sides being almost entirely masked, 1t is impossible to overtuFn her. Moreover, in running rapidly away from the wind, it's force is diminished in proportion to the velocity. But the force of the blast may have first taken the Hornet on the side, or in scudding before it she may have preached to against the power oi her helm, presenting herself in the po- sltion, in which, whilst the wind acted with the greatest force upon her, she dnriNnd tlnn lnno. ........4 c l. = 1