The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-30

Wreck st the Bris Rmeiise e..guHerinr and
Death sfall On Beard.
The brig Emeline, Captain Bradbury Farnham.
OF Penobscot, Ne, bound from Gsrsslye, for New
York, was wrecked on Sunday, the 10Th. off Bar.
negat. The New York Tribune has an accom-, of
her coming on the beach, and the subsequent loss
OF all on board. She was DISCOVERIES, from tho .hnr.
about y o'clock In the morning. II says.
On she came nearer yet till the fsces Of her er.w
TSa'o S oe sesn pale snd shsstly, from the shere.
Inc white brsskerrleap and roar eassrv To ths
man cried asd sa PsGw part. a. The mky foam
Ten ngsine Another moment and shs has strust ths
oe~ssn. and the sea e dashins wildly over her dscs.
Edward Wardle, the Underwriters, sr.nt .nd so.gy
Or OF the life saving apparatus Who ieavins orS.p.
ioI his trusty crew to follow with surf boat. fs ssr'
ed of to the wreck Twenty minute. fes, ana oasn
ne was ON the beach near her She lav hs.S ~
the s: ZONE ssneny or eighty yards from the beach
were only SIX men to be seen ON board Wh.th.r
any o.ne were lying in their buaks below, frost
III. main .s 70 sTaT up may never be lnown
under the lee Of 1t, were for while samsvhss shsi
tered from the storm. Capt Hsggsrty thousht that
soon a. the brig struck they might have got safely
ashore; bnt they seemed physically incapable of ex
ert'on Probably they were frost bitten or had not
soo as a 20 launch the boat and very it
scfibes It, the storm came heavy enough to blow
the oars out Of their r0wlocks" 70 launch boat
soon as the mortar arrived Mr. Wardls shot lins
over the briggs rigging The poor fellows cheered
feeble cheer, but It was almost dismal enough for
grosn, and one of them tried to Chamber up the lev
ratlines to catch il He was evidently too much be-
numbed, and the attempt was abandoned.
Another aad another line was thrown over her bv
Mr.. Ward!e; but they wore too far gone to help
themselves. Fives lines were fred at various eeva
tions across this brig, but not ons Of them was Of
any use to the doomed men It was q terrible Storm
the wind driving the sea In huge over the veg
sell and hailins torrents of sharp sand and pebbles
into the faces and eyes of the wreckers on shore
Soon the ma'nssil gave way, and the sea swept the
deck. Some of the men took to the rigging; others
went Gown into the cabin, and one crept upon his
belly out upon the bowsprit Too feeble TO help
themselves they looked for aid to the men on 81
and occa' iouay raised feeble shout; but they had
done all that possible for their assistance If
the men on the brig had only been able to haul the
hawsers out, the life ear cov have been sent off to
fully the wreckers watched their motlons-how i'm
plorinsly the poor fellows looked towards the shore
and another man tried to reach the friendly rope -
He tso failed. Al the tide rose the wreckers drew
lack their surf-bosts and the the brig think
wall that was heard high above the crash Of the
storm. Mr. Wardle made sgus that he intended to
stay by them, and the assurance seemed to cheer
spit moved down to the deck and throwing over the
TOP OF the galley, or something like it, leaped into
the sea after it.
Aher buffsting the waves for awhile he gained
not seen, to the vessel Full fifteen minute he cung
to the float and the men shere could see Ii turn
only the feet of the man were vi.ble, but hs held
bravsly on until the line parted. The raft then
came toward the beach, the man still it, and the
wreckers crowded down close they could to
the water to save him. Their humane intentions
were defeated, for just as the shipwrecked was
albut within their grasp the waves dashed him against
and they sew him no more. As the day wore on, the
storm waxed fercer and the cold grew more inters
it was evident that human aid could reach the
mariners. Three of them returned to the cabin, and
were to come out of 1t again. A fourth,
young and slender man. with black hair and beari,
lashed himself slong the lee rail- directly under the
ch siu plates, and laid his head over the outside
az If to protect it from the salt water. The fifth
man assembled the rigging, which had low bee ONE
heavily incrusted with ice, and held on for long
time.
In their exposed situation the beach, most of
the wreckers were badly frost-bitten in the faces
feet and ears Several Of them were 50 badly frozen
save their lives and others out TO in their
places. About O'Clock in the afternoon, the man
in the rigging loosed his hold and fell back ward Dead
on the deck. The young man, eshed to the all,
also insensble or dead, for he had made motion
for several hours; the wreckers having done all
that they could, secured their Implements, and With
heavy hearts W ended their way homeward.
On Monday the brig broke in two, split out her
cargo and drove high the beach. Many Of her
DECK plenks were Criven by The force OF WIND ana
far ashore, high up among the sand hills and
cedars. The bodies were washei up on the beach
soon afer. nearly destitute of clothing, and Core
The brig belonged to Penobscot Maine, and was
commanded by Capt. Bradbury farnham, of that
place. The captain was single man, about forty
years of age, and reputed to BE- good seaman
His innate belonged to Chicago, Ill, where he hsss
brother residing. We believe that all on board be.
lonsed down East at some time in their lives
They appeared, at all events. to be Americans
On the arm of one of the men the letters IN. S."
were stamped in India ink. A carpet bag, contain
ing good pair of psntaloons and neat alter boots,
was found. 1t was marked Jas. w. Knox, Esstport,
Maine. On another bag was q brass plate, on which
was engraved Dariel Knox card upon it b1re
the sene name. The names of the crew could not
be obtained but it is probable that the bags belonged
to two of them. Unless the bodies are claimed,
they win be inferred the Methodist burial ground
at Long Branch.