Mobile register and journal., 1846-12-24
Further particulars of the Loss of tn

As the wee landed. Mir Clarke. dis reg ,rdug the most sirenunus enneaiirs. ,esnluel, shuved nif ag ,in wiih volunteer crew the imin- nen hazard ol ther lives Less Ihan three minutes iiier lh1 boat eIl t.e brig. Capt Semmes, hndl"R the vessel sci ling under them. gave an order for every man to save himseli 4 il si rul,ane"usl, plunged into the water. and grasped the posis. graiings spars oops and other dJaIng objects at hanl. Man, mn-i have gone down from the want oi my s1ppurI whatever: others struggled on Trail fl ,aIs To be finally rilied the reefs and dasf ed n pieces Some were driven to to be hea,d of nD more. and others encountered Ihe worst fate which could be apprehended in being devoured bs sharks of near sixty who plunged from the wreck only seventeen escaped
 Through all this appalling scene the grsates com posture obseryed by and officers. There was appearance of panic, no exhibition of sel fshness. Those he could not swim were paricu larly enioined 10 go in the boat. large man by the | name of Seymour, the ships cook. had gol no the boat. Lieut. Parker commanded him to come out m order to make for TWO smaller mea, and hs obeyed fhe order hut was afterwards dreeted go the boat when u was found he could swim. Capt Semmes and Lieu, Parker were pIcked up by MT Clarke from grating, and Jacob Hazard, yeoman, was rescued swimming near them Those who sur vived have told ol many instances of heroic self devotion. The acting master, Henry Clcmsen, l, struggling on small steering sail boom with five others two of whom could noi swim. He found that all could not be supported and he eft and struck out alone and unsupported. He was seen for the last time upon sky-ght and probably pershed in the surf The five meH he Jeff were saved. the TWO who could noi swim being supported bV their coil- rades, Amos Colson and John Williamson. This completes the history of our own efforts; hut win grateful heats we have yet 10 mention the daring and devoted exeriions of the foreign men of wisr.- There were lying at SscriGeios, about two miles to leeward of the wreck, Il R. M, ships EndymIon, | and Alarm and the brig Daling, commanded re- ol,, i,, Mafe the French brlgs Pyh,de and Mereurc, Caplr Dubut and LaVoyafe; and the Spanish corvette Louisa Fernanda. Capt Pnene. As sooa as the accident was disco.ered ihe boats of all these vessels were simuli ianeoasiy called away. The crew of the En- dyini0n to the number of two hundred came ai aad volunteered. There was the most noble eirula'ion as to winch vessel should the greatest expedition and persevere the most strenuous exertlons. The violence of the gale such at that time that none or the boais cond pull agains Il and il was with the deepest regret that Capt Lambert and others m au- thorIty felt II u be their duty make signals recalling their boats. An hour or two afterwards, when there waI slight abatement of ihe gale. they aguin put forth al the peril of their lives, snd succeeded in saving fourteen persons and bringing from Green Leland those who had landed ihess. The first lieu tenant of the Endymion, Mir Tarle,on, rescued the Isl lieutenant of the Somers from Paaros reel when he sucreede'l by miracle in reaching safely, but whel hs situation was most critical. The most gallant and well dire c,ed efforts made by the officers a;,d crew in ibe bJat ol the Mercure She rescued ten men al sea 10 eewaid, on spar ODe hardly knows which to admire most, me lore
 hough or the daring of this noble adventure. The risk was incaIculable. Five boats, representing each of the foreign vessels reached the island, and took of 23 persons to their respective vessels, where they were received with degree of kindnesss aud delicate consideration winch cannot adequately desciibe. but which none of us will ever foiget.- Isey save ps rsbssh~sou Hsa spPPlisa w whb