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1 By Ile arrival of fie Creole, from New Orleans. al a ate Agu. Last night were pneed h possession ol an extra from the Picayune, containing fnl par

 culars of the total wreck of lhe U. 8. brig Somers. u Com 'dg Sennes, and rhe boss of hiHy seven ipesi We compelled fs abrilge for the present the melancholy details of the catastrophe

 From the Pieayuns e1.ra. of Monday. ! By the arrival this inornihg of the bark Morgan Hix, Capt. HamiIlnn, save received datrS from the sQuadi on al Amoa I.istdo 10 the aftrnuon of Sunday, the 13lE in-t. The fu particulars oC the mell lncholy loss uf ihe United States brg Somers will be found be,ow . t"-ss=. ffi...l | ., .4.ss- | us. SaUADRoN. Aaton Lizardo, Dec9, ls46.

 On approaching the anchorage another sal was discovered, apparently st'nding down for Vera 'ruE through the passage bat~een Green Island and Bau. quilla Shoal, with the intention, supposed of running lhe blockade. ApprehendinP that the s:ran- ger vessel ghi succeed Ter dt sign Capt Semmrs was induced To chaege his purpose and run by Green Island. standing across tue passage intercept her, making short lacks between lhe reels. The ind was then iresheuiug from the nnflh west, but Calt. Semmes hoped 10 be able 10 ma uiain his position until the suspicious vesse approached and 10 cut her of from Vera Cruz To ehecI lhis object II WAS necessary press Ihe Soners with canvass, in or der to avoid failing to eeward rpon Ihe reefs. and hnl.ly To fetch Green Island anchorage. | The Somers was exceedingly light, having on board oY fourteen barrels of provisions and about SIX hundred gallons of water. Alter standing across the passage, be vessel was tackled and us bick to- wards Green lslaad, and approached berth I Capt. Semnes said he would anchor but as ilei was ull at the monent and the weather ratltF s3Itened, he determined to hold II d liile longer al wore round and stood across the passage again. As VIC eaIed PajaTos eel. tackled and stood for he northern point or the Green lslaad reel. The slrai | ger vessel down rapidly. but showed no cUors. Ah.tI hal taa Din a..bCln lnel- | A NJ, while Capt Senines was standing on the lee arm chest, observing the reef win his glass ,he off of the de' k, Lt Paker reported the appearance 1 of squall The brIg was then the Arboard tack, under topsas, Courses, jb, and main rI sail. Capt 5 immediately crossed 10 windward aud order l ed the mansa to be hauled up, followed ,Ie in- sant by the order to bra up the rysail. The mAin- sail hauled up but he trysail took the lee rig gng and m part braied up with grea. difficulty. | at the same time inc helm put hard up. The | sqnal now passing her, the order iven by tho | officer of the deck 10 let go the lee maint0psaiI sheet, and on the ne kt instant 10 cut away all Jacks | and -heels. Finding she would pay off Capt Semnes ordered the helm lo be put dowr, hoping to briIg her to the wud. ll however all avail- ing. From hemoInent she commenced careening she continued to go with great rapidity, and in thirty seconds her beam snds In less than thirty minutes she sunk. The puff of wind was much nofe violent than could have been expec- ted from the appearance of the weather. The accI. dent however IS nainy aurbulabe 10 the extreme lightness of hervessei. One or two minutes after she was r,inOst of llfe and officers had gam ed the side oi the vessel or the tops nr Wright and Lieut. Parker passng through the weather after port were ihe hrst 10 each lhe main chains. They were followed by several men, aud an attempt was made l with such means as were at hand, rut aaay inc | man riggin, the men and officers sing their peh- knives and sheahknives for the purpose. eapiain Semnes, who had been ta-hed the lee sIde, wa | now drawn from the wdt6 and a5 le gained the side directed our exertiohs. '

 The first lieutenant, The master. and passed mid shipman ByUsJn. with ialge number of men, had by hs time reached the side of The vessel and were | III kng strenuous ex rlions b relieve her of her masts: but iruiIess effort. for tli- brig was se far that tho re WIS strain upon the wea- ther rigging The small larboard quarter boat was in the mean inc cl cred awiy and dropped cart lily round lee~ ard, ahd manned by hs usual compliment of five oarsmei. mdshpmsn Clarke, who had gained the mantop by swimming from the seeTape hatch, ordered by Capt Semmes 10 take charge of the b, a~ Finding thai there no chance of saving the brig, md hat she fast sink ing, Capt | SemInes ordered lir lark 10 shove uf win Df Wright and seventeen m n, be sides Purser Steele, | (~ho reached the boat by swimming as she was clea' ing the wreck. first inqur,ng fhere vas room in the boat for a"othei, 10 pull for Green Island. about hall mIle distant, and immediately to turn If possible and save noie lives. This order was'at once txecut~d but not un'il some of those in the boa had solicited, by ,iame, each of the officers Jeff

 

 resolutely declared thai they would wait and take ther chances with the brig. ''-

 Passed MiGshi ipman Hynson, who had been Iai. tially disabled by Lad burn received in the fring | of the CreCl3, was particularly mpior ed go int. the boat. A lad by ,he name o Nnter iumped ou, of the boat and offered his place Mir Hylson. and man by the name of Powers did the same thing. Mr llynson relusing bolh oilers, those then ds cared that others might have their places and that | they would abide the wreck with Mir Hynson Capt 1 Selu lin was ad al treated 10 go. but refused. Lieut.. Parker answered Il similar selIciiude ny saying he would drown with the brig. Lieut. Claibourne and Acting Master Clemson held the same language lis a remarka. be circumstance that three of the officers and all | tho men who acted thus noby are saved. When he boat showed of, tue gale was blowing with great violence and \ heavy sea running, thai for l moments it was matter of doubt whether the boat would llye. Purser Slees at one time proposed leave the boat for sh-dayit he saw floating by. The boat however, reached tho island m about 20 | - "t+ es s't

 The Mexicans saw he accident from fhe mo le, u nd checred and exulted fr long time. The brig had been for along time engaged in the blockade, aad had done more to interrupt the commeTe of the port lhaa almost all the oher Vnssels. Wibiu the 1asl fortnight both town and castle had been kept in state of constant alarm by the burning of he Creole, and oilier demonstrations which presume you will | hear of m due time have no huubt the Mexcans

 

 append list of the lost and saved-37 men saved -S7 lost. One officer. Mr. Rodgers, Passed Mid shpmsn, and one man, John O. Fox were captured by the Mexicans two days before while nnoiter- ing an important point, in company with Dr. Wright the latter escapipg to witness the cataslroi phe Of the brig. LIST OF OFFICERS & MEN LOST IK THE sonERs Henry A Clemsen. Acting Master.

 John HynsOn. Passed Midshipman.

 Wm G Brazier, Ebenezer Terrell, Charles II Ha- Thomas Young, William Gillaa, Matthias Gravel, Major Gaia, DenAis Kelly, AIexandsr Anker, Chas Mcfarland, James Fenncl, Charles True, Jshn Day, William Purdy. Edward McCormic, William Elms- ley, William Quest, John Hargrave. William W Cardy, John Christopher Myers. Clement c W illen, Thomas McGowen, Joseph Antonio, Adoph Rel nenie. Manuel Howard, William W Powers, Henry w Spear, James Chapman, Lewis Johnson, Jona- thus Leopard, Thomas Jefferson, William II Rose, | Peter Hernandez.

 LIST OF THOSE SAVED,

 Semmes, Lieutenant Commanding.

 N G Claiborne. Lieutenant.

 John Parker, Lieutenant.

 John Steele, Purser.

 1 Jokn Wright. Passed Acting Surgeon. | Francis Clark, MIdshi pnan

 Edmund T Stevens, Purser's Steward. | Jacob Hazard, Yeoman.

 | Amos Colson, William Johnson, Mathew Back, 1 John McCargo. John Van Norden, Charles Sey- | mouf. John Williamson, John Pollen, John Smith, | Henry Stromneli, Thomas Mulhellen, Geo Wake t f, William Key, FrsIcs Hare, William roland. William Thompson, Christopher Lawrence. Jos Todd, Stephen Maynard, Samuel Bennett, Thomas D Burns, William Power, Joseph Skipsey, Joseph