The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-08-16

AN.xpov ESCAPE On Friday towards sunset,
as three Of our pilots returning rom me Day
In the pilot boat Relief one OF men r' ns, Island
which he at first thought to be buoy, out taxing
spy glass TO scan more carefully, soon made out
the object TO be man IN a small BOAT, up TO ms
middle in water, drifting at the mercy oil the winds
and waves The pilot boat was Immediately steered
ia that direction and the man taken on board, be.
numbed with wet and cold, and IN such state OF
exhaustion that there can be no doubt he would
have persisted in few hours, had he not been res
cued. The person proved TO be Mr.. Joseph Bubier,
sailmaKer. OF this city, who had made one Of par
" ia the pleasure boat Gen. Marion, which got
ashore on Bird Island bar One of their number
having lost his hat overheard, Mr.. b., IN order TO
recover It. had started of IN sklff which was
leaky, soon became full Of water, and unmanageable
He had drllted upwards of two miles when taken
up Although he could not swim. he had several
times righted the sklff which had been upset, and
gotinio il agsin Il will be rccollected that Friday
afternoon and night the wind was strong, and the
weather cold for The season. Mr. B states that he
hailed schooner which passed him, and requested
10 be taken on board, but the crew told him he
would be able to reach some Of the islands; He
thinks that this vessel was the Cygnet, OF lslesbo-
rough, Maine Boston paper
A male child, about - hours old, and supposed
never 10 have been dressed, wrapped up in piece
of cotton cloth, was found on Friday afternoon,
about FIVE O'clock, by Mr. Samuel Wesson, in a
corn field belonging TO him on the Pawtuxat Turn
pike, and about three quarters Of mile from this
city. Mr.. Wesson was engaged in picking corn,
when he heard the cries OF an infant and on look
ing in the direction from whence the sound proceed
ed, saw the child with its head out of the cloth,
lying under squash vine, which had partially pro-
tected II from the weather. woman was seen in
an adjoining held In the morning, with bundle in
her arms, and is supposed to have been the person
who placed it there. The child was much chilled
and corld not have lived long in that situation. 1t
was taken by MIR. Wesson TO house near by, where
Il was dressed and all possible care taken Of it, bat
II survived only short time. rovidence paper.
ScTN The Gle
Capt Coffee, left Spears wharf last evening
moonlight excursion down the Bay, projected by
the Independent Blues, a military company OF this
city. The number OF persons on board wasprobably
not much less than six or eight hundred about one
halt OF whom were ladies. Most OF the passengers
had congregaied upon the upper deck. Soon after
the boat left the wharf, the excessive weight above
caused her 10 rock and overbalance. AT this, many
became alarmed, and thinking TO right her again
they changed positions in body TO the other side.
This made the matter worse, and The lurching be-
awfully frishtful, so that the boat seemed on
the eve OF capslzing. Terrified and heart-rending
screams ascended from the vast multitude, espe
cially The female portion, several OF whom tainted
and fell senseless upon the deck, whilst others
were crying TO he set on shore, and many seemed to
anticipate immediate and certain destruction. One
man in the fright, we learn, jumped overheard and
swan 10 the shore Others were in the act Of fol-
lowing the boat reached the wharf, and was
brought TO rights, when a large number Of those
who had taken passage got of and returned home.
Many, however, remained on board and proceeded
down the bay about thirty miles, having delight
full time, and no further cause tor fear They re-
turned all safe and in good spirits about half past
twelve O'Clock this morning. The moon shone
beautifully, and the music of the band was very fine
The conduct Of Capt. Coffee during the exciting
scene, was calm. deliberate and highly commend
able We think i. would be prudent in getting up
these excursions hereafter, where the attraction is
such to draw large crowd on board, to have the
number of tickets limited Baltimore Patriot.
RAIL ROAD AccpENr.-The failure OF the North
era mail yesterday was owing to Gn accident on the
Wilmington Railroad. The locomotive which left
Wilmington on Wednesday last with the passenger
train, having broken down when about 80 miles
from that place, having come in contact with COW
which was across the road The locomotive, it is
said, is nearly, if not wholly destroyed. negro
man attached to the road was considerably injured
and several OF the passengers slightly injured
Chayieston Patriot, 18th