The Arkansas advocate., 1837-02-10
From the New York Courier and Enquire DREADFUL SHIPWRECk.

Ii is wi,h sorrow and shame we again take LID he peu to record he parNeulars of the wreck Of another vessel destined 10 lhs port when almost ia sight of it serow at the immense loss Of life win which the event has been accompaned and shame that our port regu- iaeas are insufficient b guide the mariner 10 his ha- ven, when he has reached our coast.
 The information give below has been derived by our reporter from the captain of the shpwrecked sel, and from persons the spot where the ship came on shore. He reached town from the scene of the disaster al early hour this morning, having been de spatckcd by thiher the news of the hor- rid catastrophe reached
 The barque ssfeEico Captain jTinslop, sailed from Liverpool on the 25th October last having board of twelve men, and one hundred and four passen- gers, in all hundred and sixteen souls She made the Highland light Saturday night last o'clock, and or Sunday morning was off the bar, with thirty square rigged vessels all having signals flying for pilots, but not pilot was there in sight. The Mexico continued standing off and on the Hook till midnight and at dark she and the whole fleet Of ships displayed lanterns from the yards for pilots. Still no pilot came. At midnight the wind increased to vio- lent gale from the north west, and the barque longer able to hold to windward, and was blown of distance of some fifty miles, At this time six of the badly os bitten, and lie captain, naie and two seaen all that left to hand and reef the sails.
 On Monday morning at I o'clock, standing in shore ahey made the southern end of the woodlands, when
 
 close reeed main topsa, reeted ioresa, two reefed lfysai and fore saysail At o'clock the next Inorn- me The took cast of the lead and reported to Captain WnsIow that he had fifteen faihoms water. Supposing from the soundngs, laid down in the chart, that with this depth of water he could still stand two hours longer with safety, the Captain gave ders that effect, and was the more induced to do il, as inc crew were Tn disabled state, and the ther intensely cold that If impossible for any 10 remain deck longer than half an hour at tme The event has shown that the information given by the mate, to the depth of incorrect; his error probably from the lead line being frozen stiff the time 1t cast.
 Fifteen minutes afterwards the ship struck the bot tom in tsenty-sx miles ot Sandy Hook at Hampstead beach, and not more than cable's length from the shore The scene that ensned on board, we leave 10 the readers nlagination For hour and three quarters she continued dumping heavily without king any water, the however breaking continually over her. Her rudder was knocked off, and the Captain ordered the manmast to be cut away. The boats then cleared, tho long boat hoisted out and veered away under her bows wh stout hawser for the purpose of filling with passengers, and letting 1t drift within the reach of the people who erowding the beach, then hauling hor back again, and thus sa- ving tic unfortunate people on board. but this intention was frustrated by the parting of the hawser, which snapped like thread the boat exposed to the heavy surf The yaw was next got alongside, and stove pieces almost instantly At ' o'clock the morning the ship bilged and filled with waier- Orders followed from the Captain to cut away the fore mast, aud that every soul on board should up deck. In inexpressibls agony they thus remained un- ti o'clock in the afternoon, when boat was nunch- ed from the beach, and succeeded i'll getting under thc ,bowsprit of the wreck. Fms boat took off Captain Winsow and men, and succeeded in reaching shore with them in safety.
 The attempt however was attended with such immi- nent danger, that none could be induced to repeat it. and now the horrors of the scene were ndescrbable Already had the suferngs of the unhappy beings been such as to surpass belief. From the moment of the disaster, they had hung round the Captain, covered with their blankets thick set with ice, imploring his slstance and asking if hope still was left for ihem When they perceived that farther help came from the land their piercing shrieks distinctly heard considerable distance, and continued through the saght, till they one by one pershed. The next ing the bodies of many of the unhappy were seen dashed to different parts of the wreck imbedded sinice. None, ii is believed drowned but all fro- zen to death.
 Of the one hundred and four passengers two thirds were women and children.
 Itis but justice 10 the people on shore 10 say that every hing that human belngs could accomplish to tho untur.tates, doue that iheir means per miied. The only boat which boarded the vessel was hauled distance ot miles, and manned by an old man and six others, four five of whom were the old mans sons and grand sous. For thry-hve years has he been ving on the sea shore during which he has rendered assistance 10 numerous wrecks. and before have he or his comrades shrunk from the surf; but a addition to its violence the present casoa, such was the extreme cold that Il second at- tempt 10 rescue ;han they dared venture; would inevitably have proved fatal to them.
 The following are the names of the persons saved: Capt. Ninsow, Wm. Brown, lad, brother of the own CT; two and the cook; Richard Haynes. Ihos. Mullohan John Wood, passengers.
 The boat put off from the vessel without Richard Haynes, but lie sprang from the bowsprit, and was drawn from the sea by those in the boat