Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-10-01

Sne gaze Oh the 10Th ut there 10 scarcely douos
Their loss, with those who were board falls heavi-
" upon Glass; the most enterprising OF any. There
are no SET Of daring, frank and so useiuias
those who are engaged in the dangerous service Oh
plotting vessels in and out the thousand different sea
ports. Millions of dollars worth Of property ana
millions Of lives arc annually entrusted to their care,
and with perfect safety They cruise alta times, and
ne matter how severe q may be,their raksh lit
tie scheoners are 10 be driving all before them,
boardine vessels over a hundred miles at sea and
rendering nportant services to the distressed mar
liners or the thousand pilots scattered over the
world those Of this pert stand pre-eminent IN skill
and courage. Whatever seriously affects them is
felt not only by their families, but by the whole
shipping interest also. We have now to record
calamity, the like az which has not occurred for
many years, and may il never take place again
The severe hurricane which swept the coast from
South Carolina to Maine on the 18th and 30th ult.
undoubtedly carried down the Gratitude and John
McKeon in its fury.
The former was the New York pilot boat No. 3, Of
sixty five tons burthen, and valued at $4,000. She
was built in 1874 by Messrs. Bell & Brown, and was
aunched early in january 1925. There was no in.
uranoe upon her. and the loss will fall wholly on the
Sots. Just previous TO herast and final cruise she
aad been put in complete repair, coppered, Sc Her
usual complement Of men was eight piets, two boat
keepers and three boys, making in all thirteen. OF
this number the Gratitude sailed hence the 18th
alt with only nine, hut she was to touch at Staten
Island Jarvis Calvert, and thence proceed her
cruize But before she reached Quarantine, Mr.
Calvert had engaged to pilot to the ship Gondola
bound to st. Petersburg, which he did on the 9th
While the Gratitude was at Quarantine another Of
the pict, William Stevens, engaged to ma igate
a. h. Ill Il. -
leaving behind him only four pilots, the second boat
keeper, her first having been detained in town by
death in his family, and the three boys With these
she proceeded on her cruize. David Keso another
of her pilots, piloted TO the packet ship Sid.
dons but returned to the city in the steamer Hcrcu
les. Mr. Thomas Coin left the Gratitude off Sandy
Hook on the evening ofthe 26th ult. BY Invitation
he was to have gone the cruize in her, but in
sequence 81 being taken suddenly i'll the pilots made
signal the Thomas H. Smith bore down and took
him oii-so he was saved Those who went, and
have probably been lost in her, had, with
exception, families to maintain. Annexed is cor
rect list ofthem:-
Lyman smith, second boat keeper. aged s. had wife and
three children TO support
Eon Harris pilot aged =. had wife and two children Who
Owen Wilson, pilot aged % had aged mother and
father hiring in Newark, whom he supported
Joseph Henderson, plot aged &c had blind mother Wis
loo. eli 10 hiu soey her support.
Sydney WAITE pilot aged D. brother Of Captain Benjamin
L. Waite OF The packet ship England only himself to take
oC
The New Jersey pilot boat, the John McKeon, was
not quite year DID, having been launched in
November 1893. She valued at $500, and no
Insurance. Her builders were Messrs. Webb & Al
len, and she measured one hundred and four tons.
This boat had only four board, her pilots having
been put out" These four were:-
Lawrence Jackson aged 90 Of Shrewsbury boa, keeper
John Rogers do % do Perth Amboy.
Eros Resell, DO -, do New york, cock.
With the exception Of the latter Of the above
had any families TO support. Enon Russell has left
wife ard one child in this CITY to be provided for
The John McKeoa was last seen on Thursdsv the
10Th ult. off Montask, hove too with every thing
tight, John b. III. Ward was the last man frem he r.
He left her on Wednesday evening, and ploted up the
brig Aladdin. He thinks that she must have been
run down by some vessel scudding from Montauk
point to the Capes Of Delaware during the hurri-
cane,
were manned by the most experienced navigators
extant and by men and boys who had been born and
bred sailors, then have idea OF the severity
OF the gale. We have conversed with pilots, and
others who were out in the hurricane, and they all
say that they before suffered much and felt
such blow. Not rag Of canvass could be kept
the yards, and their osiy wonder is that SO few YES
sells have been wrecked These pilot boats bal
lasted with iron and stone, and the probability is
that heavy struck and instantly sunk them.
TUE LoArERs IN LrrBRATCRE.-When we saw
Moan and few Of his old clothes friends busy about
the meeting 10 build new theatre, we surmsed
that they were at their old tricks with respectable
people. In the Star" we find the following
NEw Yosx. Sept. 9Th, 1899.
SnI perceive from the published report Of the proceed
sna. meeting Of the friends OF James W. walack ESQ.
last evening The Aor House that the meeting dad
- honor elect me-withost my eonenione Of the
.rs,itte. appointed to carry inio effect their views.
tss>s The earliest opportunity TO INFORM you that my
ggentn such entirely TO preclude participating
The dsch9r q the duties assigned the committee there.
fore respectfully decline to sir your OBJ di.
ssrvaIt ANTI BARCLAY
~ NJ NoAH. Esq. Chairman, Se.
Many Of the other names are, no doubt, equally as
northumberland as Messrs. Davies, Ruggles, SC.
I Noah and the loaers imagine that theatres be
built as easy they can get mp complimentary
benefit, merely TO flourish their in public, they
will md themselves mistaken. Would net some OF
these theatre builders like a subscription to pay
their board and grog billsl or perchance TO buy a
w.rm cloak with a reasonable length OF skirt to il,
Cor the winterl
PREPARATIONS ron THE coMisc coSrEsr.-To-
S.~ht the wings will meet al their respective
wards chose three delegates for each ward TO the
rop utoa and Eve del gates IN the Nh,