We were about to shove off to the struggling mate, when Captain Thompson, who had not taken his eyes from the man after he had fallen overboard, and kept making signs and giving him words of encouragement, exclaimed, in a mournful tone, "Avast there with the boat! 'Tis no use.

He's gone he's sunk, and out of sight.
We shall never see him again! Poor fellow poor fellow! May the Lord have mercy on him!" It appeared that Mr.Pierce had stepped on the lee gunwale for the purpose of grasping a rope that was loose.

His left hand was on one of the main shrouds, when a sudden lurch disengaged his grasp and precipitated him into the water.

He was not a hundred yards from the schooner when he disappeared.

Whether his body struck against the side of the vessel as he fell and he was thus deprived of the full use of his limbs, whether he was panic-struck at the fate which appeared to await him, or unable to swim, we could never learn.