The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-18

LATEST FROM THE sCENI;--POsIrIoNs or THE sHrr
CORNELIUS GRiNNELL, BARK IsPERAszA, AND
pILOT-RoAT WASHINGTON, ET0.
y arrival from squan Inlet Sunday morning last
yesterday informed readers that the two vessels
ashore that point stl remained in their former stu
tions One of them, the London packet ship Cornelius
Gnnell, before reported under command of Cap
tain Fletcher. She had 30 passcngerEnglish Irish,
and Gernans-witb assorted cargo of bar iron block
and sheet tin OIL dry goods, and chalk and
signed oGrinnel Mnurn& Co., who also her
The other vessel the bark Esperanza (new,) Captain
Feriitt had been out ffiytwo hours from Esspori Me-
with a cargo consisting entirely Of laths
The c. G. struck the bar at twenty minutes three
clock The morning OF Friday 1fth inst In the heavy
noiheast storm which then prevailed The bar being
composed of quick sand the force of the wind sen
caused her very forge way the beach
and Captain Samuel Curtis with eight Of his men, then
went of in OF the wreck boats for the purpose of
ming lines and haRsers TO secure the vessel and to aid in
passing and repaing the life boat This having been
complished the work OF conveying the people 10 the
shore was begun and kept up until, finally, at r. NJ,
all the passengers landed without Of them hay
ing received the slightest bruisa AT Ii A. NJ of the
day Captain Pearce wreck master AMI Captain Brown,
agent of the underwater thought proper - relieve the
vessel oil her top hamper and accordingly her fore and
main lower and mi2gep top maits were cut The
vessel which until then wa considerably heee OF shore
brought nearly keel and her position 9th.
are changed 10 bring her iarboard how 10 Tho
shore During the whole day aud the following night the
wreck Her false keel and part Of her keel gone and
these with o the cardboard araks and several other
pieces OF her rlankng, came mp alongsid They
torn on by her humping, which she continues to do
heavily at cerain stages of the tide. Her back said
bc strained if not broken and part Of her deck split
fore and att II II supposed that III her cargo that Is
porishablc viii be saved but the vessel viii obaby be
entire loss.
INC disaster wa produced by CAPTAIN r. ristakln- In
The darkness OF the night Of the Highland lights for
that rTo Island. On account Of tho thick weather he
Ind rot been able 10 get an observation for two days and
b,ttn of thp hen bp
very naturally mi.tool t. Heading OF according to the
suproed circumstances, he then raised some lights
the shore, ahead which he concluded the Highland
lights. One Of them undoubtedly at the point wherc
the pilot boat Wa hington Is ashore rs the ship
stranded about far to the norhNard she would have
been north Of the Highlands in passing sandy Hook The
G. g. fine packet ship OF 200 tons burthen, aud
built at Boston in 1850 for her present owners.
The bark which lles nearly o hall mile to the south
ward was brought there in the same way that the c. G.
was and both captains make and the statement
Both vessels struck within less than half hours time of
each other The cargo of the bark being very light, she
will probably bc got os In the Of eek, should
the weather remain favorable ~ at present.
On Sunday, at 4. NJ, the ~nd, which he day pre-
yous light from the northwest, sudday freahened
into gale from the quarter, and blew until last
evening without abatement, which tended in great
measure 10 corneract the socs the watcs OF hc pre-
The piot-boat Washington has been sheat,ea under
water, and Is now daily expected to arrive in tow Of
stesmtug.
The ship and bork are both water logged.
Besides these there other vessels known TO be
About fifty of the passengers we're brought up TO the
city, on Sunday evening by the steam-tug Achilles
The steam.tug Titan which came up to the city on
Saturday, with twenty of the crew Of the & returned
yesterday morning. and TO receive the remainder Of
| the passengers and bring them also to this port
On Sunday very small quantity Of the cargo OK the G.
g. had been oot ON shore Il was Hight commodity and
contained In bags.
The pssscngers who owe much Captain Curtis for his
indesable exetions in saving them, which he did With
re orF Iprcc or no gr hu,n. ,cre 10, idcd WI
suAster. ny Mr. iiankinson the lathe.