Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-11-19
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Cast away On the beach at Cape Hai,eras
on the 25th ul,. me brig John and James Of
Charleston, captain Gafman, master. Sail.
ed from Boston Oh Tuesday 2lss October,
bouadso Charleston, cargo rum, chocolate,
butter, &c. Passengers Mr.. aud MRS.
Claude, Rsessrs. Bigsby, Lothrcp. VALDEZ,
Manson and 0. Sullivan. Upon ieaving
the roads OF Nsn'asket, light wind lrcns
N,'T. bns gradually increased unit! VS. @ac!a.
ed tae Vineyard, when it came en frssl
tres, NNE. AID SO continued CnT,lursday
took The sun (weaiher remarkably plsassat)
and found ourselves "a she ia!:.utle OF n.
York ;owarda evening became lis,ss ia,
IF; and GA Friday sos c.el..y TO GET ea 90
ser4aeiea, weather not ssishstsns,iDe to,s,ar
bly, Pleatan. wlill 4 moderate sea:a,lwslye
o'eiock cs F,i>;sy aigat The n1scn aspsar.
ed, aaa every prospect, q. Yves supposed.
OF fair weather.; bur to cur as.onishrnera
and horror on Sasars'av moraing, q! about
hait past five o'slscs, We were reused from
our births by a v!c!eat sea pouring threue!s
Our sly ilghfs. Amopg the passengers
scene OF eoniasioa ,Vas he nata.a! rcsiIs
bua orr fears were partially haahed by ,hS
na's's (whcss "atsi, 's~as) iafofra:as Us.
opon his beitg questioned by sae captain,
'hst we bad opiy shipped a ga. al va.
COW quiet; Bot alas! Csy Tor t..on.rnt,
Tor we Instantly felt eco seasiby, that CIR
hrs, fears were right, ard that We wers CT,
some shere or sI'oa. The frss iSrortfyon,
!. 7, .i.ns, :
CT Cape HssieTas 5o. 10 sur 10y, If suck.
a sensation could eafeF the bosom ef man
atsueh disressisg psriod, we found eur.
selves within few yards Of ihe beach. ~
hu3 were w by BE ever wa,chtul care of
an almighty Ged, sassetad fYo.a wass-
rya grave. and eaps more safely landed
Several OF the iahso,aa.a OF the island
were upon the shore sheir intentions 40
pesred friendly, aud we cherisksd he here
that We shos!d by their assistance be sna.
Died 70 peTsue our jouroey. TIE FIRST day
We waited patiently, eadsr aasuEsace fron
Is'r. Baum, shat by the second i.,orn.ag
eur baegags shoaid be CO board d s,.a;
vessei We bad chartered 10 carry us 10 Z.
deaton from wbsncs sse undstsseod we
could proc ure an immediate conveyance bv
land or water. to Charleston. The nest
dav passed as The preceding. We then be.
gan to suspee. (waat we afterwards fousd
TO be The faeD that this Baam's intention
was to keep us with him while there was
probability IF gaining g cent.
We advised with sach her, spd esnar
so a differentiation sha, if they would give
us no assistance VS. would assist each oif1-r
enough fasigusd alrsos. 20 dcath with the
dis.resses we had uodergoae) and drop in
the attempt, or take our goods and Baggage
from the beach to the vessel we mad hired
Whea this man q humanity, Baum, found
we were seso!uss, he very good nsm,ealy
offered Us the services of his negroes bu
did net forget to make an sxcfbitant charge
as will appear from the following state
mep,, for he seas particularly uniform in
one respect; which was his charges. Our
fare consisted of nothing bu, s,ewed pork
and sweet potatoes (brsad we proyided
principally oursehes) for which he Charged
each person one dollar per day
Before we close our detail of this unfor-
tunate occurrence we deem il but justice
to The captain to declare tina, be gave the
most marked attention to his shiPwrecksd
passengers; and that from tbs moment
our situation was discovered, he acted no |
nestly the part of tar. From the little
conversation We have had with him since !
our lasding, i. appears he attributes the
accident TO the lncorrestness OF his com
pass, or the uncommon forss OF the cur.
rent. -.
NOPFOI K November a.