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Jonathan Crawford, lieutenant, third company: appointed March 27, 1813; commissioned April 15, 1813.
Aaron Eldredge, lieutenant, third company; appointed March 12, 1814; commissioned May 6, 1814.
John Schellenger, ensign, third company; appointed March 12, 1814; commissioned May 6, 1814.
Jesse Springer, captain, fourth company ; appointed July 7, 1813; commissioned July 21, 1813.
William Hildreth, ensign, fourth company; appointed July 7, 1813; commissioned July 21, 1813.
Furman Leaming, captain, artillery; appointed October 2, 1813; commissioned October 27, 1813.
Joseph Ludlam, first lieutenant, artillery; appointed Oc- tober 2, 1813; commissioned October 27, 1813.
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John Haines, second lieutenant, artillery; appointed Oc- tober 2, 1813; commissioned October 27. 1813.
Isaac Smith, captain, artillery; appointed June 30, 1814; commissioned August 4, 1814.
Stephen Stimson, first lieutenant, artillery; appointed June 30, 1814; commissioned August 4, 1814.
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Ezekiel Stevens, second lieutenant, artillery; appointed June 30, 1814; commissioned August 4, 1814.
Richard Thompson, captain, Fishing Creek artillery; ap- pointed July 16, 1814; commissioned August 4, 1814.
Aaron Woolson, first lieutenant, Fishing Creek artillery; appointed July 16, 1814; commissioned August 4, 1814.
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Recompence Hand, second lieutenant, Fishing Creek ar- tillery: appointed July 16, 1814; commissioned August 4, 1814.
Amos C. Moore, the major of the second battalion, was born at Lamberton, near Wenton, March 19, 1776, and was a son of Nathaniel Moore, the ferryman there. He served. in troops which went to put down the Whisky Insurrection in Pennsylvania in 1794. He died at Dennisville June 25, 1857. aged 82 years. He was fifty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for thirty-seven years was a teacher and Sunday school superintendent. He "rendered efficient service in the late war (1812) in defense of the coast of Cape May."
Captain George Norton's company, an organization of volunteers, which was composed of four officers and ninety- one men, did service at Town Bank principally and at other places along the Delaware Bay shore. It belonged to the "Cape May Independent Regiment" and was ordered into service by Governor William Pennington for the defense of the sea coast of Cape May county. They were first called out in May, 1814, and from that time until the close of the war they were often under arms and performed several tours of duty away from home during their service. They were `all enrolled into the service on May 15, 1814, and continued' in active service or in readiness therefor until February 17, 1815, when they were finally discharged. The following" were the members of the company:
Captain, George Norton.
Lieutenant, Joshua Townsend.
Ensigns, Jesse Springer, James T. Scott.
First sergeant, Ezekiel Van Gilder.
Sergeants, Samuel R. Springer, George Rutter, Jedediah' Tonilin, Joshua Crawford.
Corporals, Webster Souder, McBride Corson, Gideon Palmer, Jacob Nottingham.
Fifer, Jonathan Hewitt.
Privates, Jacob Baner, Constantine Blackman, Joseph Bowker. John Braddock, David Camp, Eli Camp, Daniel Church. Zebulon Collings, John Conover, Aaron Corson,
Amos Corson, Cornelius Corson, Jr., Elijah Corson,
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Jacob Corson, John Corson, Nathaniel Corson. Eze- kiel Creamer, Anthony Cresse, Jeremiah Dagg, John Daniels, Thomas Douglass, Mauldare Earnest, Amos Edwards, Jacob Eldredge, Jeremiah Ewing, Jr., Ste- phen Foster, Thomas French, David Gandy, Joshua Garretson, John Gaskill, Elijah Godfrey, Jr., John Godfrey, Daniel Goff, William Hacket, Aaron Hand, Miller Hand, Elijah Hays, Job Hickey, James Hildreth, William Hog- burn, Jacob Hughes, Moses Hughes, William Hughes, Edward James, Jacob Johnson, Daniel King, Spicer Lean- ing, Jr., Abel Lee, Anthony Ludlam, Norton Ludlam, Thomas Ludlam, Jr., Elijah Mathews, Enos Mulford, James Nickerson, Jeremiah Norton, Samuel Oram, Jr., Amos Pep- per, William Peterson, John Pierson, Thomas Pierson, Jo- seph Ridman, Abel Scull, Jeremiah Shaw, Smith Sloan, John Smith, Uriah Smith, George Stites, Israel Stites, Charles Strong, Daniel Swain, Samuel Taylor, Wallace Tay- lor, James Thomas, Zebulon Townsend, Daniel Vaneman, Joseph Ware, Samuel Warwick, Jonathan Wheaton, Joseph Wheaton, John Yates.
During the years 1813 and 1814 the Delaware was block- aded a part of the time, and there was almost continually some British man-of-war upon its waters.
It is related that on one occasion while the British fleet were blockading Delaware Bay, a boat was sent ashore from the 74-gun-ship Poictiers, with a flag of truce to Cape Island, with the request to Captain Humphrey Hughes, commander of a small body of men stationed there, to allow them to obtain a supply of water. On his refusal the boat returned, and shortly after another was sent ashore with the threat that unless allowed peaceably to get water they would bombard the place. Captain Hughes, with the advice of his officers, discreetly acceded to their demand. He was, however, arrested on a charge of treason, for giving supplies to the enemy, and narrowly escaped severe punishment.
Another story, which probably refers to the same inci- dent, reads in this way :
One day, while the British ships were lying off the Capes, it was observed that several barges from the ships were be- ring rowed ashore, containing numerous Redcoats. "Long
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Tom," a long gun, twelve feet in length, belonging to the county, was run down to the beach and planted behind the breastwork of a sand dune. As the barges approached our men wanted to fire on them, but among the crowd gathered was Abigail Hughes, grandmother to Pilot Albert Hughes, who in her excellent judgment quickly decided in her mind that to fire on the British boats meant but to invite their wrath and bring destruction on our own heads. So, placing herself in front of the gun, she said sternly: "You shall not. fire. We may not be disturbed if we don't, but we will sure- ly suffer their vengeance if we do." The men obeyed her mandate. The British, instead of landing on our beach, rowed into the bay and landed at Town Bank, where they raided cattle and appropriated whatever was useful to them that could be carried away. This wise and brave woman's first husband had been a Revolutionary soldier, a lieutenant col. in Washington's army, belonging to the Fifth Pennsylvania Brigade. His name was William Williams, and he fought on Long Island and in the various battles in New Jersey and at Trenton.
Captain Humphrey Hughes was a privateer and used to relate how, when they had run into Egg Harbor, they would disguise their vessel's masts, in order to escape detection by the British, by cutting off pine trees, which they would stand upon shipboard beside the masts, the thick browse hiding the vessel's rigging, so that from sea they could not be ob- served. He was the fifth Humphrey Hughes, and was born November 10, 1775, and died August 21, 1858. It was he who, when in Rome, met his Holiness, the Pope, and his reckless, never-caring way, refusing to "do as Rome did," got him in prison there, the custom being then for all' to bow on their knees as the Pope passed. He did not, calling out that he was an American, and recognized no one to be his better. He was, for this decorous act, seized and hurried to prison. His sailors, who were as bold as their- captain, broke into the jail and released him. They quickly sailed away.
On the bay shore the people fared badly in the loss of cat- tle and other possessions which could be carried away. Vessels owned by Reuben Foster and Aaron Crowell, of
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Fishing Creek, were destroyed by fire by the English. Two sisters, Mrs. Anne Edwards and Mrs. Webster Church, while coming home from Philadelphia in a sloop, were tak- en prisoners trom it and the craft burned. Elijah and Jacob Hand had salt works there, which were molested at times.
Ab:jah Reeves was a soldier in the Revolution and in the War of 1812, it is said. He was born in Cumberland county in 1750 and came to Cape May with his two brothers, Adon- ijah and Abraham, in about 1772. He died in 1822.
Richard Thompson (the first), who was captain of the Fishing Creek artillery, was born February 12, 1768, at Fishing Creek. He died at Goshen December 21, 1824.
In the latter part of 1813, as several small coasters were sailing around Cape May from the Delaware River, bound for Egg Harbor, they came in contact with a British armed schooner, lying at anchor off the Cape. She put to chase, fired upon and overtook the schooner "New Jersey," from May's Landing, which was manned by the master, Captain Burton, and two sailors. Having placed on board as prize- master a young midshipman, with three men (two English- men and an Irishman), she ordered the sloop to follow her, and continue the pursuit of the other vessels. As they near- ed Egg Harbor, the approach of night compelled her to cease the chase, and she then put about for the Cape. The sloop followed, but made little headway, the young mid- shipman being an indifferent seaman. He at length placed the sailing of the vessel under the direction of Captain Burton, directing him to steer for the Cape. He designedly steered the vessel so that no headway was made. Morning dawned and found them off the mouth of Great Egg Har- bor. Burton feigned ignorance of the place. Shortly after a man was sent aloft to look out, the prize-master and one of his men went below to examine the charts, leaving the three Americans and one of the enemy on deck. Burton availed himself of the opportunity. He and his two men se- cured the one on deck and fastened the others in the cabin, having made all prisoners within an hour. With a fair wind he brought his vessel to anchor off Somers' Point. The prize-master was imprisoned for a short time, the two Eng-
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lishmen found work in the neighborhood, and the Irishman afterwards fought under the Stars and Stripes.
The Philadelphia "Daily Aurora and Advertiser," of De- cember II, 1815, says that a London paper of a few weeks previous said that a court-martial had been held on the ship Queen Charlotte for the trial of Midshipman Richard Willi- min, of the Royal Navy, on the charge of desertion. He was an officer on the Jasseur, which had captured many prizes in the Delaware Bay. He was recommended to mercy, although condemned to die. When this young offi- cer had charge of one of the Jasseur's boats, the sailors ran it on shore near Cape Island and deserted. He could not return to the ship alone, and was surrounded and made prisoner by the inhabitants. He was delivered by them to authorities in Philadelphia, but through some misunder- standing he got away, but liad on his person a letter requir- ing him to keep within certain bounds, of which his English superiors got possession, and used as evidence against him.
From the beginning of the war with Great Britain the people of New England had been opposed to the conflict, and that spirit prevailed to some extent in New Jersey. The leaders in this opinion in Cape May county were Joseph Falkenburge, who was then a member of the Legislative Council (Senate), and Robert H. Holines. They were the two delegates from Cape May county who met in the State convention at Trenton on July 4, 1814, to name candidates for Congress who would vote to discontinue the war. Holmes was elected to the Assembly that autumn on this platform. Falkenburge had previously served in the As- sembly from 1803 to 1804 and from 1810 to 1811. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1808 to 1809 and from 1812 to 1814. He was born in Gloucester (Atlantic) county April 24, 1769. He came to Cape May in 1790, a poor boy, but when he died, April 30. 1846, he was the wealthiest man in the county. He was a tailor and mer- chant. After the close of the war the military organization, "First Regiment-Cape May," was kept up until 1835. The officers of the regiment up to the disbandment of the same were:
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First Battalion.
Somers Corson, lieutenant, first infantry ; appointed April 6, 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
Edward Cole, ensign, first infantry; appointed April 6, 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
Somers Falkenburg, captain, light infantry; appointed April 9, 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
Jacob Souder, lieutenant. light infantry; appointed April .9, 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
Jonathan Crandol, ensign, light infantry; appointed April .9, 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
Jacob G. Smith, captain, second company; appointed April 9, 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
Richard Smith Ludlam. lieutenant, second company; ap- pointed April 9. 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
John Iszard, Jr., ensign, second company; appointed April 9. 1816: commissioned May 20, 1816.
Joshua Townsend, captain, fourth company; appointed April 10, 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
Hugh H. Young, lieutenant, fourth company; appointed April 10, 1816; commissioned May 20, 1816.
Christopher Ludlam, ensign, light infantry; appointed April 20, 1818; commissioned May 15, 1818.
Cornelius Corson, captain, first company; appointed March 19, 1818: commissioned May 15, 1818.
Allen Corson, lieutenant, first company; appointed March 19. 1818; commissioned May 15, 1818.
Enos Corson, lieutenant, fourth company; appointed March 20. 1818; commissioned May 15. 1818.
David Corson, ensign, fourth company; appointed March 20, 1818; commissioned May 15, 1818.
Moses Willet, ensign. first company; appointed April 8. 1820: commissioned May 20, 1820.
May Lawrence, ensign, third company; appointed May .9. 1820: commissioned May 20, 1820.
Joseph Goff, lieutenant, third company; appointed May 9. 1820; commissioned May 20, 1820.
John Goff, captain, third company: appointed May 9, 1820; commissioned May 20, 1820.
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Christopher Ludlam, lieutenant, second company; ap- pointed April 7, 1820; commissioned May 20, 1820.
Jacob Smith, ensign, second company; appointed April 29, 1820; commissioned May 20, 1820.
John L. Smith, surgeon, second company; appointed March 6, 1820; commissioned May 20, 1820.
Joseph Fifield, surgeon's mate, second company; ap- pointed June 14, 1821; commissioned August 28, 1821.
Allen Corson, captain, first company; appointed April 15, 1822; commissioned May 21, 1822.
Seth Corson, lieutenant, first company; appointed April 15, 1822; commissioned May 21, 1822.
Smith Van Gilder, ensign, first company; appointed April 15, 1822; commissioned May 21, 1822.
Joshua Swain, Jr., captain, fourth company; appointed May 3, 1823; commissioned May 22, 1823.
German Smith, ensign, fourth company; appointed May 3, 1823; commissioned May 22, 1823.
Aaron Corson, lieutenant, first company ; appointed May 5, 1823; commissioned May 22, 1823.
James L. Smith, ensign, third company; appointed May 10, 1823; commissioned May 23, 1823.
Jacob Souder, captain, light infantry; appointed May IO, 1823; commissioned May 23, 1823.
Edward Rice, lieutenant, light infantry; appointed May 10, 1823; commissioned May 23, 1823.
Christopher Leaming, ensign, light infantry; appointed May 10, 1823; commissioned May 23, 1823.
Christopher Ludlam, captain, second company; appointed June 12, 1824; commissioned July 27, 1824.
Samuel Matthews, lieutenant, second company; appointed June 12, 1824; commissioned July 27, 1824.
Nathaniel Dickinson, adjutant: appointed February 1, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Joseph Fifield, surgeon; appointed February I, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Samuel S. Marcy, surgeon's mate; appointed February I, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Jeremiah Hand, captain, fourth company; appointed Feb- ruary I, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
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Joshua Crawford, lieutenant, fourth company; appointed February 1. 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Philip Stites, ensign, fourth company; appointed Febru- ary I, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Seth Miller, captain, first company; appointed February II, 1825: commissioned March 4, 1825.
Ephraim Hildreth, lieutenant, first company; appointed February 11, 1825: commissioned March 4, 1825.
David Hildreth, Jr., ensign, first company; appointed February 11, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Samuel Springer, captain, first artillery; appointed Feb- ruary 12, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Absolom Hand, Jr., first lieutenant, first artillery; ap- pointed February 12, 1825: commissioned March 4, 1825.
Miller Hand, second lieutenant, first artillery; appointed February 12, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Robert Edmunds, captain, second artillery; appointed February 18. 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Artis Hewitt, second lieutenant, second artillery; ap- pointed February 18, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Aaron Schellenger, captain, third company; appointed February 18, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Samuel F. Ware, lieutenant, third company; appointed February 18, 1825; commissioned March 4. 1825.
Thomas Eldredge, ensign, third company; appointed February 18, 1825; commissioned March 4, 1825.
Enos Corson, captain, fourth company; appointed March 27, 1826; commissioned April 11, 1826.
Ezra Corson, lieutenant, fourth company; appointed March 27, 1826; commissioned April 11, 1826.
James Van Gilder, lieutenant, first company; appointed March 27, 1826; commissioned April 11, 1826.
Joseph Goff, captain, third company; appointed March 28, 1826; commissioned April 11, 1826.
James L. Smith, lieutenant, third company; appointed March 28, 1826; commissioned April II, 1826.
Jeremiah Foster, ensign, third company; appointed March 28, 1826; commissioned April II, 1826.
David Cresse, captain, second artillery; appointed April 20, 1826; commissioned February 15, 1827.
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Robert E. Foster, first lieutenant, second artillery; ap- pointed April 20, 1826; commissioned February 15, 1827.
Joseph B. Hughes, lieutenant, third company; appointed April 20, 1826; commissioned February 15, 1827.
James J. Ludlam, ensign, second company; appointed April 19, 1828; commissioned April 28, 1828.
John Little, ensign, light infantry; appointed April 19, 1828; commissioned April 28, 1828.
Christopher 'Cole, ensign, first company; appointed April 21, 1828; commissioned April 28, 1828.
Richard F. Cresse, captain, fourth company; appointed April 21, 1828; commissioned April 28, 1828.
George Ludlam, lieutenant, fourth company; appointed April 21, 1828; commissioned April 28, 1828.
Second Battalion.
Joshua Hildreth, captain, fourth company; appointed June 7, 1815; commissioned July 15, 1815.
William Hildreth, lieutenant, fourth company; appointed June 7, 1815; commissioned July 15, 1815.
Henry Hand, ensign, fourth company; appointed June 7, 1815; commissioned July 15, 1815.
Aaron Woolson, captain, second company: appointed July 4, 1815; commissioned July 15, 1815.
Richard Thompson, first lieutenant, second company; ap- pointed July 4, 1815; commissioned July 15, 1815.
James Hoffman, second lieutenant, second company; ap- pointed July 4, 1815; commissioned July 15, 1815.
Jonathan Nottingham, captain, first company; appointed December 8. 1815; commissioned February 4, 1816.
Nathaniel Tomsen, lieutenant, first company; appointed December 8, 1815; commissioned February 4, 1816.
Joseph Norbury, ensign, first company; appointed De- cember 8, 1815; commissioned February 4, 1816.
Daniel Cresse, Jr., captain, fourth company; appointed January 13, 1816; commissioned February 4, 1816.
Jeremiah Hand, lieutenant, fourth company; appointed January 13, 1816; commissioned February 4, 1816.
Joshua Crawford, ensign, fourth company: appointed January 13, 1816; commissioned February 4, 1816.
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Joseph Ludlam, captain, artillery; appointed May 20, 1816; commissioned June 22. 1816.
John Haines, first lieutenant, artillery; appointed May 20, 1816; commissioned June 22, 1816.
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Harvey Shaw, second lieutenant, artillery; appointed May 20, 1816; commissioned June 22, 1816.
John Dickinson, Jr., lieutenant, second company; ap- pointed June 12, 1816; commissioned June 22, 1816.
Joseph Baymore, ensign, second company; appointed June 12, 1816; commissioned June 22, 1816.
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William Thompson, captain, first company; appointed April 1I, 1817; commissioned June 10, 1817.
John Price, lieutenant, first company; appointed April II, 1817; commissioned June 10, 1817.
Elijah Corson, ensign, first company ; appointed April II. 1817; commissioned June 10, 1817.
Jolin Haines, captain, first artillery; appointed May 12, 1818; commissioned July 7. 1818.
Harvey Shaw, first lieutenant, first artillery; appointed May 12, 1818; commissioned July 7. 1818.
Samuel Eldredge, second lieutenant, first artillery; ap- pointed May 12, 1818; commissioned July 7, 1818.
Aaron Hughes, captain, third company; appointed May 9. 1818; commissioned July 7, 1818.
Jeremiah Eldredge, lieutenant, third company; appointed May 9, 1818; commissioned July 7, 1818.
James McCane, ensign, third company; appointed May 9, 1818; commissioned July 7, 1818.
Jeremiah Eldredge, captain, third company; appointed September 25, 1819; commissioned January 17, 1820.
Aaron Schellenger, lieutenant, third company; appointed September 25, 1819; commissioned January 17, 1820.
Jeremiah Ewing, ensign, third company; appointed Sep- tember 25, 1819: commissioned January 17, 1820.
John Price, captain, first company; appointed April 17, 1820; commissioned July 10, 1820.
Seth Miller, lieutenant, first company; appointed April 17, 1820: commissioned July 10, 1820.
Ephraim Hildreth, ensign, first company; appointed April 17. 1820; commissioned July 10, 1820.
Wade Dickinson, ensign, second company; appointed June 14, 1820: commissioned July 10, 1820.
Almain Tomlin, captain, second company; appointed April 16, 1821; commissioned June 28, 1821.
Wade Dickinson, lieutenant, second company; appointed March 15, 1823; commissioned April 1, 1823.
Thomas Hewitt, Jr., ensign, second company; appointed March 15, 1823; commissioned April 1, 1823.
David Reeves, lieutenant, third company; appointed De- cember 8, 1827; commissioned February 11, 1828.
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George Bennett, second lieutenant, artillery; appointed December 8, 1827; commissioned February 11, 1828.
Philip Stites, lieutenant, fourth company; appointed June 13, 1827; commissioned February 11, 1828.
Joshua Hildreth, ensign, fourth company; appointed June 13, 1827; commissioned February 11, 1828.
Wade Dickinson, captain, second company; appointed May 13, 1828; commissioned February 1, 1829.
Thomas Eldredge, lieutenant, third company; appointed March 27, 1830; commissioned May 26, 1830.
Nathaniel Holmes, captain, artillery; appointed June 12, 1833; commissioned October 25, 1833.
Benjamin Springer, first lieutenant, artillery; appointed June 12, 1833; commissioned October 25, 1833.
William Hewitt, second lieutenant, artillery; appointed June 12, 1833: commissioned October 25. 1833.
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During the latter half of the eighteenth century once in a very great while an itinerant school teacher would appear. As early as 1765 we find the children of Aaron Leaming, 2d, attending school for about a month, but in the begin- ning of the present century we find three school teachers of prominence going about the county, boarding out their claims for teaching at the homes of the parents. From 1810 to 1820, Jacob Spicer, 3d, Constantine and Joseph Foster were the teachers of prominence. From 1830 the presence of teachers became general. The old school places had no desks, and hard wooden benches with straight backs, and sometimes no backs at all were afforded. The books were such as could be gathered for the scholars by the parents themselves, and sometimes there were no books at all. The "rule of three," or reading, arithmetic and writing, were all the studies that were then considered necessary.
In the latter part of December, 1815, the brig Persever- ance, Capt. Snow, bound from Havre to New York, with ten passengers and a crew of seven men, was wrecked on Peck's beach, opposite the residence of Thomas Beesley.
The Perseverance had a very valuable cargo on board, of rich goods, china, glass, silks, &c., which were strewn for miles along the beach.
On Friday, the day before she was cast away, a ship from New York was spoken, which deceived them by stating that they were 200 miles east of Sandy Hook. It was with great gratification that the passengers received this joyous news; and, elated with the hope of soon resting on "terra firma," gave themselves up to hilarity and merriment- whilst the captain, under the same impulse, spread all sails to a heavy northeaster, with high expectations of a safe ar- rival on the morrow.
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Thus she continued on her course until three o'clock Sat- urday morning; when the mate, whose watch it was on deck, was heard to give the dreadful cry: "Breakers ahcad!" The brig, by the instant efforts of her steersman, obeyed her helm; but as she came around, head off shore, her stern striking knocked off her false keel, deadened her headway, and she backed on the beach stern foremost. In less than fifteen minutes the sea made a clean breast over her. The scene, in the meantime, beggars description; the passengers rushed out of the cabin, some of them in their night clothes; six of whom, and two of the crew, got in a long boat. One of these was a young French lady, of great beauty. The remainder of the crew and passengers succeeded in reach- ing the round-top, excepting a Mr. Cologne, whose great weight and corpulency of person compelled him to remain in the shrouds. Soon the sea carried the long boat and its passengers clear of the wreck, when it was too late discov- cred she was firmily attached to it by a hawser, which it was impossible to separate. Had it not been for this unfortun- nate circumstance, they might possibly have reached the shore. Their cries were heartrending, but were soon silenced in the sleep of death; the boat swamped, and they were all consigned to one common grave. The body of the lady floated on shore.
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