The Arkansas advocate., 1834-03-07

,dward, and t was the intention 0IsP04sl D; 2. nbr aaebor there for the night.
 aca come 70 al,s a,aar but dark night-the wind ~Sai4 aas .,s we were going about seven srEsssv' VI "s. a reef of rocks ,ared sns' sts Point de Lizardo, about forty
 of tb;a qasd laa, .'a Vera Cruz. The sea was Nasyy s s nd aag inc spray dashed over the yes aared na gg' ho Inv on inc rocks ln the trough of ubl;cao as rss. s As might be expected, the nr,gS s'' Ha'es confusion, but the officers act n .I Es,s ,xndenee and regularity. |, being psefved "" Gafsin,s aid, had good opportunity ieeward " oag s.sno his manners, and | never saw Close oOs.1'1. cornoscd. Every endeavor was le eutsai paD \, ssrtng the water, kedging her our ensis sas, over the guns, to get her off zee of 1t mo n'g bnt t was of no aYail--hef loss ,Pefplexe De 'e., o;n and we saw our danger: the o' as to sas roed heavily, and she heayed 10 qa a'es .Sa rocks with such force that 1t 'clion. s'pss .ast impossible to stand on the deck strange as yet she had not hilged. I he !" 'le re g@ ,eye lowered--the two remaining guns
 lh ie aas s.sd n quick succession-blue lights o' oi he eie h,yned and rockets sent up, as sig Y hef sFs of d;stress sAbut there were none to awaT gseIu h' Im. The Captain called consultation '""y ne st.. ofcefs. and it was deemed adysa- my, and hs olloe's' tha ,,.sts ,.,ho hoats M,i. Ia emf away IDC ilietctS. t{C OOdlS sYon igs sant away from the vessel to keep out to gS' tb;S 4 danger was III the he crew le loss hat were in my boat were old sailors, and
 %Tories among us; they sad nothing, but
 .laa, 6ere was sufficient light for me to discov- n o,,' ther eountenances, and l knew they a b3 gb Sep greatly distressed; and when the i an9 @ass ottered and fell, they could restrain ,sl 'u a' Ismselyes no longer, but, without speak ;tsba1 ma burst into tears. It was an interest 'l0 saa5 as moment: and with such men in the Ma i on' " as these, thought |, what power on sea st t,a: 5re defy us l returned 10 the now dis I ba. aa masted schooner. All hopes to save her ..st. hd fled. There seemed tosbe Q reckless nj ness among all, and each one had laid him. or ~. slf down 10 sleep, for 1t was useless now
 h keep watch. l walked about the deck h Len avhile. rumnating on all those ideas which od m scil an event would naturally bring into ey aes mind, until drowsiness came upon Inn me. 1 went down into the steerage, crawl f ;tso d upon two camp-stools, and slept sound- mic + till daylight, dreaming of home and all in at ts--l was going to say, endearments! p-dI was awakened by the call of the quarter wac master that 1 was wanted to go in one of I han fife boats. The sick were put in, and ;pa aeered for the island to the windward; the E G sea was high and rough, and we were . aODs considerable time going. The wind fresh asba ening, and appearances indicating q Nonh- ,ad CT signal guns were fired for the boats to
 ds redoube their exertions and hasten hack to ,efs inc relief.
 q Happily, we all arrived at tho dcsolate mon Island of Aretio del .hiedio tafter saving ,ona many things from the wrech,l and on is na highest peak we planted the American en- he sign--a tremendous Norther, usual in that st climate, came up shortly after, and the aA Porpose was dashed to pieces on the CO., "a rairocks. A MIDSHfPMAN.