Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-07

~ P0iich h:L,ren. and maid rereyra
i foSss. xho were lost By getting INTO
ta0s 'sere Immediately washed over
ulra \, .;sr. the life boat came along
sShoFg IN he captain and three sailors
&C. e. So~sprit, who telling the eapsala
apan rs s. 0g boat that every one else was
q ~ : hoard, it put eff, leaving US
y'a,a : the round-h0use' u water VI %
s . - WIS ~onlysone dry bed-Place, into
slnS's The Children, but Mr. Focke
sas,s ss s Fsaa's sake we would permithi =
P's''o, { .. IS he could not endure the
ps0 IL. Peyrsra set upon : chest and
ea1, - Pollen on his knees Mrs. Barnes
h'a ~. soorher chest, with hes little ore at
8 = a,.,ss. the water covering the chests.
BE- - Hs1 order 10 shrw the people on shore
!, : were still living people on beard,
= las.s NECESSARY for some OF IS to shew
= We ssss occasionally. Mrs. Po.len's two
cunts 'sr's,ts. Anthony and Hearn, and myself,
FIN. ,ss only three who would venture out,
w. W. ~ Of IS did SO every quarter OF an.
~. Dariing tils lay, tas Ife-ooat made
- q Eve attempts 10 re!;s Ve us, bat could
q cone ncar, On account " 4 reinend-
" 49, afZIfE E eN
OILS sea. g.
4Tut NIGHT we all went to prayers, for-
e,ve ou enemies, and resigned ourselves
nths Almighty.
s Net morning, at nine O'Clock, Amino
,.so vas cut, gave notice that the life
III =. At the oowsyrit. / went with Mrs
Palm and the youngest caild ; vi. 2 with
sr,st dilEculty reachsd she life boat. was
ssice Knocked down by the seq, with the
,Abid u one arm, but succeeded In keeping
Est hold NTH the other. Fading, howe
81, uv strength laiiieg me, gave the child
!. AM Mrs. BIS maidl desiring her to e
nan where she was I'll could send one
The rsn from the life-boat 20 take the
did Whetls.r she attempted 20 follow
me Or not, Icaanots say ; but Just as ! threw
ryaf into tie boat, the sailors called out
faIlbe wog,as wish the child, and a man,
srs Washed overheard this man vas
Hssra, Mrs. pollen's servant.
The weather too ~hcists-ous to permit
lie boat to remain long where it was I; it
thssiae pat Of with MRS. Palaea, her ser
ANTHONY, MIR. Peseyra, and myself.
aNhenwe reached the shore, told the
there saess ssia four living persons
hoard, VIZ. Mrs. Barnes, her two chill
drsn, and The sAira servant Of Mrs. Pollen.
They we're with difficulty persuaded to re-
turn, and succeeded in saving them.
3My. Ecske had died during the night,
hon cold, IN the little bed place before de-
;sribed; the body is now on shore, andi is
tobe buried to morrow, accoraingto dlrec-
he gave me about halt an hour before
Is death.
4Mr. pereyrai IS not expected to survivs
bis day.
Mrs. Barnes is laid up, having had her
frozen. Mrs. Pollen is teIerabIe, but,
you can imagine, very low. We were
pwards OF forty hours without meat or
INK, and mus have all persisted, had we
snainsd SIX hours longer.
: An Estafette hasbeea sent to the king at
Acsnssberg. The Fssnch consul here is
ssry eSl, and has offered to do every thing
! ns power to ass. Us, even to write to
rams Ter passports.
tfavelost everything belonging to me,
aaa there is little hope Of my recovering
81 'hng, as the ship is gone to pieces
. .a.s Barnes saved only a small trunk OF
'satIsn's linen.
ihe hospitality and attention we poor
'S1sls0's meet with It this place are beyond
Expression.
Los--Lord Rovston, and man servant 7;
:s'1'si Pollen, and one mas servant Mrs.
.slies man servant, maid servant, and
'o1nS child, Mr.. Halliday's servant Tho
~ Z BARLEY, Mr.. Bechsr, Mr.. Renney +;
! s.focss (died On board, and MIR. Percy
: Slace dead on shore).
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