Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-01-19

themselves on land were frantic with
JOY. The women embraced each other,
and burst Into tears ofjoy-the brothers
folded their sisters in their arms-the
husbands their wives, and wept also with
tears OF joy. Even the cold-the terri
bic piercing cold. could not restrain the
overfiowings OF their joyous hearts.
Now they treaded once more the solid
earth. LET me be sure" said one,
that [ am safe"-and he jumped on the
shore as if he had been crazy. Oh
death /! Oh i! eternity! Oh 4! thou dread
hereafter! how we pant to avoid thee
even in the keenest throbs of suffering
this world can throw into our devoted
hearts
The New York Express of the 9Th,
says:
The awful tidings relating to the
loss of the ship Mexico are not only con-
firmed, but are worse than at first re port.
ed This is as great sacrifice Of hu.
man lives as has ever taken place on the
Long Island or Jersey shore. The pub
lie mind is greatly excited. aud not lit
tie exasperated at the conduct of the Pi.
lots. Our harbor is filled with floating
ice. but observing the state of the tides,
vessels get out and in without difficulty.
The steamboats, have as much as they
can do in towing vessels up and down."
"Marine losses thicken upon us.
News reached us this evening of the
loss OF the shiP Tamorac on Fire Island,
LII, She was from Liverpool, with
OVERWHELMINGLY none were lost.
Brig Veto, ashore near Sandy Hook
Capt. McNear, of the brig Veto from
Hamburg the 26th of October, ashore at
Sandy Hook, has furnished us with the
following particulars
"The Veto was off the Hook through
the whole ofSunday, with a signal fiy-
ing for Pilot. but on account Of thick
weather and the crew being exhausted,
was obliged to stand off, and the same
night got ashore about two miles TO the
South of the Highland Lights: There
Is an Egg Harbor schooner also ashore
on the Hook, bilsed. A lighter loaded
with goods has arrived up from the wreck
Of the Veto"
There are numerous vessels ashore.
The seamen are in many instances, Sc
verely frostbitten. We can give no fur.
Their details.
The port Of Baltimore presents also a
gloomy spectacle. Many vessels ashore.
Some small craft cut to pieces by the ice
and gone down, crew and all. The
ship Orozimbo is in some danger; she is
~ days from Liverpool with valuable
cargo.
Philadelphia tells tale of suffering
also. In all these ports the Pilots are
charged with neglect.
The shipping OF Boston seems TO be
ia better condition than that of any of
the Northern ports.
The foregoing was prepared for yes
terdays paper; but was unavoidably
postponed. The last New York papers
are not so much filled with disasters.
THE MEXICO-PUBLIC FEELING
IN NEW YORK.
1t is with pleasure we notice the follow.
ing paragraph in the Evening Post. The
suggestions we doubt not will be FOLLOW.
ed. Such all affecting and heatt.fend-
ing event, as the wreck of the Mexico,
cannot be too deeply monrned. And a
general and public manifestation of the
pain and poignant sorrow inflicted on
that city, would be most appropriate.
"7he passengers of the Me1ico.
has been suggested that this community
should express its sorrow and remorse
at suffering the mischievous regulations
Of the pilo, law TO continue so long in
existence, by burying the bodies of those
who persisted in the wreck of the Mex
leo, at the Publicexpense, that extensive
funeral arrangements should be made for
the occasion, and that vast and solemn
procession Of citizens should follow the
dead 10 the grave.
''lt is the least that we can do to give
these victims of the laws Of our port de-
cent burial. A solemn public funeral,
in testimony of the general mourning on
account of this terrible calamity, for
which we are all as members Of the city
and State in some degree answerable,
would convey to the Legislature at Aloa>
ny the strongest expression Of the feeling
which peEvades the community,