The sinking of the barque "Ansel" - The Barque "Ansel" of this port owned by Messrs. DeVeber & Son, C.W. Weldon, Messrs. Vaughan and others foundered at sea on 28th Feb. last. Capt. Edwin BENNETT of Hillsboro commanded her; J.D. DOWNEY of Carleton (St. John) was mate; and Alfred BENNETT was 2nd mate. There were among the crew several others of Hillsboro (Albert Co.), some of whom, it is very probable, will never be heard from again. Mr. DOWNEY, now mate of the ship "Kalos" furnishes us with an account of the foundering of the "Ansel" and the escape of himself and the boat's crew: We left London, Jan. 18th, 1870 and had pleasant weather with fair winds up to Jan. 25th when the wind veered from the N.E. to S.S.W. and blew a whole gale, the ship making considerable water... We then continued pumping till about 6 a.m. on the 28th, when we launched our boats, and with some difficulty took on baord all the ship's company, 21 persons including two women, the wife of the second mate and the stewardess. We had just time to get into the boats when the ship went down. Capt. BENNETT then took charge of the long boat and gave me the charge of the pinnace, he taking 13 of the crew, including the two women, and the remainder eight persons came with me. With the Captain were his brother and wife, and another man named BENNETT, a cousin of the captain; also William JONES, all of Hillsboro. Rufus O'NEILL, Henry BALSER and ___ McFARLANE of Hillsboro, were in the pinnace with me. The weather being moderate with heavy swell through the day, we kept in company till night of 28th, when the wind increased, accompanied with squalls of rain. We spoke the captain's boat at dark and did not see her after. We were then 300 miles W.N.W. from Cape Clear with five gallons of water and a small quantity of hard bread, wet with salt water. (see original)