Northern Lights.--High Winds.--Spoke with Captain Clough. --Ships seen in the Distance.--Storm increasing.--No Observations.--Blowing heavily.--Scene awfully sublime.-- Ship struck by a Sea.--Shoal Water.--Rocks and Breakers.-- Ship unmanageable.--Fore and mizzen Topsails carried away.-- Ship striking astern, bow, and midships.--Foremast cut away. --Narrow Escape of Captain Norton.--Mizzenmast gone by the Board.--Sad Condition of the Seamen.--Land in Sight.--Ship drifting towards the Shore.--Undertow.--The Lantern Keg.-- Mainmast cut away, and falling towards the Shore.--Men escaping on the Mast.--Trying Scene.--Captain washed ashore.-- Affecting Deaths.--Wreck piled up on Shore.--Fire made.-- Men perishing with Cold.--Five missing.--Prospects dark.-- Destitution.--Tent erected.--Merciful Circumstances connected with the Wreck. On the 21st of September, we finished cutting in a whale, about twelve o'clock, midnight, wind high from the north-east. The northern lights were uncommonly brilliant, which prognosticated a storm; and the broken water and flying spray round the vessel seemed as if composed of an infinite number of diamonds glistening in the rays of the sun. The season of the year had now arrived in which, in those high latitudes, sudden changes and violent storms were expected. At three o'clock on the morning of the 22d, the ship was put under short sail; rough; unable to keep fires in the furnace; ship heading to the south-east. We spoke with Captain Clough, who had just taken in a "raft" of blubber. We took a whale; and for a little time the wind moderated, which gave us hope that we should have favorable weather some time longer. Captain Clough left us that day, and turned his ship towards the straits, saying, "I am bound out of the ocean, and have enough." His ship was full; he had thirty-two hundred barrels of oil on board. We concluded to remain on the ground a while longer, in lat. 68 deg. N. The wind, which had in a measure subsided, now began to rise and increase, until it had reached a heavy gale. We saw in the distance several ships steering for the straits, and bound for the islands. On the 23d, it blew hard, and we were unable to boil. We judged we were, at this time, about one hundred and fifty miles from land. The weather had been thick for several days past, and therefore we were unable to get an observation. We saw several ships lying to, and heading some one way and some another. The water, we perceived, was very much colored, which indicated that we were drifting towards the eastern shore of the Arctic. At twelve o'clock, wore ship, heading north-west by north. At the same hour that night, wore ship again, heading north-east.