The New York herald., 1845-03-04
The New York Pilots.
New YeRK, March 3, ls45.


In looking the Courier and Enquirer of February
writer had made some mistakes they may have arisen
from want of ledge the subject but be that as
may, they are gross falsehoods
First, The writer says" 1t was proved that one
both OF these ships" eferrng to the Bristol and Mexico
had been of the Hook with signals flying for Pilot
though Pilots were laying within the Hook, not one wen
the 70 The writer OF the said article should
~ We better on that subject. EU by
seron that the Pets or Po that had s Se "f "oea
out" were within the Hook at the time spoken Of
1t is well known that the Bristol lost Monday
2lst November, 1885, at A A. M; and by their own aC
they made the Hghsnd Lights on Sunday @
taken in the time the Captain could not have had
light up for Pilot otherwise the Pilots must have seen
it, as there were four pilot boats out that day. viz thu
Lafayette. No 4; william Bayard, No. s; Thomas H
Smith, No. s. and John D. Aymar, No.7
The T. H. Smith left New York on Sunday morning
the goth Nov, 1886, ION turn" with seven Pilots on
board We arrived at the Hook about meredan, and went
outside; the wind was eastward stood to the s f.
ly, will make few extracts from journal, which
have in my possession Of the vessels boarded tina,
Brig Avon D: spinnage pilot brig Fanny Colt
Jackson Kelso, do; ship w. Irving. White, do.
2t Alter "Iyng too" all night sea, boarded the
ship Aurora-Hsnry Kelso, do; brig Columbuss- SD D.
sherry do; schr. David B. Crane-Robeft Thompson do
When left the Hook, there were three pilot boats outside
The above facts In relation to the Bristol.
List Of vessels from the same journal boarded on the
sn
son brig Orantas r. Johnson schr sybill, H. Wheel
also left Mr.. J. Henderson board brig not
ascertain her name blowing fresh from southwark and
being dark at the time
LETT Sandy Hook at 10 P. NJ, for hsrbor having nc
more pilots on board at II M passed two pilot boats
from putting ashore Al Hicks called clifton
3, M SI and there found three
towed to New York by steamboat Linn@us merely
mention these facts to show that the harbor block
AIDED by ce and the pilot boats could not get to
pilots had power to commend the ice to disappear and
the winds be still, he might have saved himself the
trouble oabrcatnR such gross alsehoods contain
cd in the statement made by him.
The following facts are in relation to the bark Mex
co, from the same Journalistic lost tho night
the 4th January 1887 Jan. 3d. this day the pilot boat
Thomas H. Smith was hired a relief boat and we Sc,
sail for the Hook with eight pilots twenty and eight
osy, j., we had 70 cut our way down through the ice Jan
zil with potatoes and beef brig Corinthan with beef
brig Hendrick Gage, with beef Jan. 5th, spoke brig
then went to brig veto ashore to the southwark Of
the Hghlands, boarded and gave her two men
while there received information of the barque
Mexico being ashore to the eastward Of Rockaway
We made sail went to her. and came to an anchor u
der her stern Capt Dayton landed with four men, they
could render no assistance the barque being complete
wreck. So high the surf that had to leave
their yaw and come of in the surf boat Jan
ployed wrecking schooner North America to get our
or ~s s% % %
der weigh and stood to SW and did not board any
until the Ilth on that day supplied schooner Topaz with
pilot, Mr.. John white on board. F''
think the above facts sufficient to convince the
writer article that he Ia mistaken in his assertion
there being pilot boats az at the time spoken Of
PrLor Boar T. H. Smith, YEARS lss6-'s7