Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-01-21
roudy executed ; and you viii ALTO make
it the ground of your inRruaions to the
fub-prefects and mayor Of your depart
ment.
Health and fraternity,
(Signed) LoucHs.
LOSS OF THE DROMEDARY.

dated Sept. rs, fays-" You will pofibly
have Teen by the papers, our misfortune
of hipwreck in coming to the relief of this
ihand, fuppofed to be attacked by a force
from Guadalupe, or ~endeavouring to get
through Abacas, lone of the mouths of the
Gulf Of Paria.)
His majefy's fhip Dromedary was car
ried by the current into the midf of the
breakers on the defert rock, and complete
~ wrecked, at ten at night of the 10th of
Auguit. You will think it extraordinary
that the patient obedience and fortitude of
the folders of the I'd Wet India regiment,
contributed to the faving Of every foul on
board, which was defpaired of for many
hours. Our efcape was confidered the mott
miraculous that ever occurred /; Captain
Taylor, his officers and Geamen, behaved
with a c%oolnefs and intrepidity unexam-
pied in fuch circumstances. The hip con-
tinued beating to pieces among the rocks
and breakers againf a coat, which to gain
by fwimming would have been attended
with inevitable deitruaion.
She was at laH driven in fuch a ftuation
that her bowfprit reached a rock, which
man gained by fwimlning from a rope
~feveral got to it by that means, till a ipar
was launched from the bow, by which the
whole efcaped from the wreck. There
we were, about 500, clinging to tie fde
OF a rock, iurrounded by breakers, which
no boat dare venture to approach; with
not quite ahogfhead Of water, every mo-
inent expecting the wreck to break up and
go to fea with the change of current, and
leave us to PERTH by a more deplorable
fate.
In this fate we remained fifteen hours,
when to our great JOY and furprize, we diff
covered a aotilla difpatched by Gov. Ke-
ton to our relief, in which we embarked
before night, by regaining the wreck,
which fill food our friend, as nothing
could come near the rock we were on, TO
take US off; incredible to imagine though
there were %feveral women and children, not
one life was loft the children were tied on
THAR parents backs with the officers fafh-
es. | cannot avoid mentioning acircum-
ftance of one Of the feamen who was tying
his wife tohim, and was on the point of
committing themfelves to the waves, but
by which | pointed out to him both mutt
perth, adding, that if he left his wife with
me, and take the folders, I would give
him leave to get a fpar, by which he
would faveher life and every woman and
child on board !; he did 70, and fucceeded,
and after leaving her in fafety returned to
the wreck, and would not quit me until /
got on hore. When the hip became full
of water, and people were preparing to
twin, however fruitlefs the attempt, feve-
raj folders, expert fwimmers, came and
food by their officers, declaring they would
not leave them. Poor fellows! their good
nature and fidelity would avail but little.
Lieut.. col. Carmichael was prefcnt at the
whole Of this miferable fcene, and acted
with his wonted p~refence Of mind and man.
ly fortitude."
D., - 1Aos &C., - 1no.~ =.