St. Mary's beacon., 1857-12-17
A ROMANCE Ar SEA.

The Secretary Of State a. Madrid has
communicated 10 the Minister Plenipo-
ientiary Of tie United States ia Span.
The following declaFaticn, Transmitted
through she Minister of Marine. and
made before The Captain of The port at
Tarragona, by d. Jose Bosch. captain Of
/ he SrIaeh brig Jacinia,
zAa 80 Il Euly las,. Il seven
o'cldke Che morning in north latitude
13e s, shd wesi Longitude 81 80, being
bound for Spain from Kew Orleans. after
being out thirty-three days. / perceived
boat with people who were waving I
uhile Handkerchief ard pulling II fbe
] direction Of nv brig. Believing they
were sbipwrecked ] instantIv gave or
ders to bear down to them, and. being
side BY side, they told me that two DAYS
before bring out in pursuit of whale.
they during sqall, had lost sight oftheir
bark. in which they had left behind the
wife Of the captain. who was The man
that was speaking to me. adding that she
was in an interesting position, having
with her besides little boy and two
other per$ors
A little further north perceived two
other boats, all belonging 10 the Ameri-
can Bark Alto, Captain Thomas Fl Law
renee, Of New Bedford. whence he had
sailed forty-three davs before. The men
of the said bouts, numbering in all eigh.
teen, having been taken on board, ex.
hausted from fatigue, were provided
with food AID clothing, and seeing the
dispair of the captain on account of the
loss of his family and has vessel in the
midst of the sea, resolved at any haz-
ard to go in quest of them. The stormy
weather. the foreign idiom Of the cap.
tain which did not permit me to clear.
ly understand the direction where the
bark might be fo"ud-The time which
had passed since they had lost sight o.
th"ir ship, aud my own obligation TO con.
tinue my course, after having experienc.
ed thirty-three days OF bad weather-al
these powerful reasops did not induce me-
10 give up my resolution of aiding those
unfortunate inen aud consolins them in
their affliction: and trusting 10 Proyi.
dence and my good cause | Isteered 10 the
north. .af m
W.. passed the day without perceivine
any vessel, and the night over,aking u,
without having attained our purpose, We
passed it with the utmost vigilance, the
captain being IN a state of extraordinary
prostration and anxiety, which increa- ed
! determination to continue my enterprise
The dawn of the 23d came on, and my
vigilance was redoubled. At 10 a. m
the masthead deserted a sail bearing v
; n. E. Immediately stood for il, and
with freshening wind. at ele ven o clock
! distinguished bark. / induced the
captain 10 go aIoft, encouraging him, and
! trying 10 console hlInsin every possible
manner, to see whether he could make
her out; AID at hali-pa=t eleven God had
crowned my undertaking and fulslled ms
1 wish--it was the bark Alto. The trans.
ports Of Captain Lawrence wereunboalsd:
ed; he embraced me and offered ne 1
large amount of money when he sIsoaie
get on board, which refused. fov xousd
/ mol Crown my act by accepting fnos<y
When short distance rom her I14a.
/ cred The boats and carried the csex an<
lheas captain tn their bark. nheres ii .<|
found poor young lady. with - Ii
il bet arms, breathiess and in the ess "
f6< sgoEy. 7fAaf
The captain, after. the first eirusion \