New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-24

Loss OF BRis MENTOR, OF BosToN.-We are H.
debted TO Captain Carsen, of the ship Adirondack,
for the following intelligence:
"The brig Mentor, Capt II. F. Merrill, sailed
from Bath, Maine, the lst of October, loaded
with lumber bound for Guadaloupe. On Sunday
the 9th, in lat. 40 30 Ion. Co. encountered light but
feting winds, from the North and East, accompanied
with heavy sea. Toward evening the wind IN
creased, and before ten o'clock 2. NJ. heavy gale
set in, wind blowing from the Southeast; by III
o'clock hove 10 under u close reef main topsall.
The gale all the while increased and before
o'clock A. NJ. of the 9TH, il blew hurricane; every
particle of canvass was blown oil the brig, and
heavy topping sea making clean breach over her.
With difficulty the lumber lashngs were cut away,
and with the loose timber seaman by the name oi
Peter Francisco an italian, was swept overheard.
By six o'clock, every spar was blown OH the ves-
sci, The fore and main mast were snapped on even
with the deck. In few hours the hurricane aba
ted leaving the wreck with eight souls on board en-
trely at the mercy OF the waves. For thirteen
days they were drifting about on the ocean.
barrel of bread some pork and few apples
we've got out by cutting through the deck, on when
the crew subsisted. While on the wreck they pass
ed by vessel OF about ~ tons, bottom up, painleu
green.
,tandns toward them it proved 10 be the Propon-
tes OF Salem Capt. Silver, bound for Sumatra, who
Immediately sent his boat and removed the unortu-
nate sufferers on board
Hs maid them every attention humanity could
prompt. In about three hours atterward The ship
Adirondack, Capt E. B. Carston, from Liverpool
bound to New York, hove in sigh and kindly TOOK
the sufferers on board and brought them TO New
York.
In about an hour after the removal OF the crew
from the Propontes the Adirondack fell in with the
wreck OF the brig, and passed her about 200 yards
to leeward. She was completely water-iogged and
every thing above deck swept clean ot'
MELANCHOLY SHlrwRECK. Loss ol bTIg Sara
toga, Of this port, with t,csnty one sonls The brig
Saratoga Captain Bedell, oi and from Newly ork
for Apalac hicoia with assorted cargo, was total
ly lost of Orange Key, Sd inst. Mr. S'monton. ID
mate. and Samuel Smith, passenger, arrived at
Roston. in the bark Zaida yesterday morning. The
s. dnring severe gale on The So inst. al A. M.
struck ledge Of rocks TO the eeward OF Orange
Ksy. and Immediately went over; on sounding the
pumps found she had sprung a!eak, immediately
wore round when she struck again; tearing she
would go OF again and sink IN deep wafer, ln' So
both anchors and after pumping all day. ut I. Nj.
she went down.
The top Of the poop drifting of MIR. Simonton,
who was washed overheard as the brig went down.
succeeded in reaching il on which was smith
They remained eight DAYS on the poop, and were
nicksd I'D by the bark Zaida, on The llih INST. IN
fsr 95 4O Ion. 79 As. The following persons were
- hoard the s. and all no doubt persisted Pas
senpsrs. Capt. Z. G.. Wood, Capt. John Perkins,
Donald Campbell, Mrs. Larkin and TWO children,
Mn, Fitzgerald Mr. Hewins, Mr.. Markham, Charles
McK;nn.y. wife and child, and two German s'eerase
Also Capt. Bedell, 81. coored sea'nen' steward
The last seen of these passengers by DIR. Simon
,on. four or five of them clinging TO The stump
of the mainmast.
~ A PRESIDENTIAL CHART has just been go'
ND, and is for sale by w. H. Graham Tribune oi-
6co It's statistics are timely and useful; and we
hope its predictions will mainly prove true, but Inc
Whigs must work hard TO accomplish this.