Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-17

Gosson, Lewis, Bah schr. Commerce,.
Stevens; Dorchester q schr. Of ~. X.
The brig captain Russel Of and for
X lsxanaria, aud the schooner Dick.
SOD, came ous inscompauy with The So
phronia.
{; CsptaiuHird was Informed the following
vessels were lef. at St. Ubrs, waiting for
salt, add would most, If not all. sail on or
about The iss Of October. Ship Commerce,
Rav !; ship Penelope, flaming, and brig
Am. Marks. of and for Philadelphia Mi
nersa, Heron Uncle Toby, Parr /; Ship
I James, Parker, for New York brig Thos.
sampson Of Dosbnry brig Hiram, Lough,
I head, Of Warren brig Mary, Clark,
{ Charleston, aud the brig, commodore
Barry, for Philadelphia.
Captain Bird on the 9th Oct. ii lat. SO,
IS, long ~, As, spoke brig Hero Of and
| for Portsmouth from Demarara, OUT %
days, and on the 9Th ia lat. So, IS, long.
~, SO, spoke the ship Polly, capt. Gray,
| from Turks Island, for Providence (R ID
who was very lcaky and had been obliged
10 neave part Of her cargo of salt over
board.
Captain Gray infor med captain Bird. thar
on the Sd of October, In lar sc, 6, long.
Ire. he fell inwith the wreck ofa vessel.
her. foremasr gone with two men on her
! mainmas, head !. hesent his boat on board
aud brought off. the two men, and left one
dead made fas.,o the shrouds. The men
say the schooner. was the Betsey, captain
Hewes, Of and for philadelphia, from ST.
Iago de Cuba ;,h2s on the Isl of Oct as
the sehr. was laying too, they shipped q
sea. thar filed her Immediately, so ,ha. all
below persisted there, except Mrs. Hewss,
the vile Of the captain and the mate, who
forced. their way through the schooner's
skylSgh,s were seen, bur they sunk & were
drowned bsforthey were able to reach the
shronds
The persons that pesished on board were
the capt. his wife, and litt'a. SOP, Andw.
Clerk na.e, John Bartlett, Eli Wheeler &
Andw Gibs seaueu, Wa. Ncside.h, a boy
and 4 seamen, passengers names nnknewn.
The persons saved are John Reynolds, ap.
pteotiee 10 the captain, aud Robers Elhu,
Of Washington N C.,hsy being the only
persons On deck, except the naa who died
In ,hs ahrouds. al the time the sea struck
her, whom they suppose got hurt by some.
loose 1spars this occasioueL his death. They
q further add thar the schsr lay OF her bear,
Gods about an he's. and half, when the
fore mast gave way and she righted, bat
full Of water, the hasshcs ard companion
all gone-la:hsd oa.yhe Tsiainmast they re-.
maaDed about ~ hours when they were
happily relieved as aaove, almost exhaust
ed-aad ready to expire.
Same day arrived, brig Agnes captain
Godfrey, ID so days from Jamaica. Spoke
Sept. Is il lat "a. %, brig Washington, OF
and for SaIsm, from HAVANA, out2 days.
On the 9th of Oct lat 50, So, spoke theship
Fame, SIocum. from, Norfolk for Falmouth
Eng. out 4 day; the 18th off Delaware
light house, spoke fch'r Regulator for Char;
lesion. from this port. out % hours; and
next day spoke the scar. Jefferson Gamble
SO days from Guadalupe, for this port,
having in gale of wind on the I'd Oct. car.
ried away his flying glib boom aud main
boom and received other damages.
Capt. Godfrey, the latter end Of Sept.
was boarded, by the British ship of War
Elk, the capt. of which told him, that a few
days before he had spoke brig of and for
alexandria; the Capt. ofwhich said he had
some Of the people on board lately belong.
ing TO the Jason, Gsult, of and for Phila.
delphia. from Jamaica, who was cast away
90 the Grand Commanders.
Captain Fountain ofihe schooner Perse.
verance, left at HAVANA, the 11th ultimo,
schooner Mary. Am, Muir, for Charleston
10 days; bark Active. Rust, for Salem,
in q; ship Two Pollies, Eu,man, Charles
ton, 4 days. On Sunday, September 18th
Mono bearing S w by S distao, 10 leauges
was boarded by the Adanant British ship
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