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Loss of a Liverpool Vessel.—Sagacity of a Dog

By advices from Newfoundland, Nov. 14, it appears that the brig Emma, Captain WHITE, 80 days from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt, was lost about midnight "on Saturday last, at Seal Cove, a small opening three miles north of Flat Hock, 10 miles from St. John's, Newfoundland. A heavy swell setting into the bight, the ship became unmanageable, and finally went on shore.

The cook, an Italian, jumped overboard with the intention of saving the crew by means of a rope attached to his person, but the surf on the shore cost, the noble fellow his life.

The captain and crew succeeded in getting on shore, the vessel parting shortly afterwards. Here we must record one of those instances of sagacity peculiar to the dog, which, are much oftener read of than witnessed so near home. A fisherman, of the name of MAYO, living near the scene of the wreck, with two sons, were aroused from sleep by the barking and scratching of their dog outside the door, and supposing some person was larking around the premises they got up, when the movements of the animal attracted their attention, and they followed him to the edge of a precipice, some 70 feet high, at the foot of which Captain WHITE and his men had landed. This circumstance saved their lives, as it was found necessary to haul them up with ropes, the surf beating so furiously around them as to render their position very precarious.