Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-11
GAZEFTE M.1RIyNE LIST,
For the NeW-Year 1893,

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WITH The CARRIERS REMARKS.
ARR1vED this morning full of freight,
The New Year eighteen hundred eight,
Spoke, outward bound, towards oblivion,
The old year eighteen hundred seven.
On board the old year go events
OF int'rest and of consequence,
|Shipt by tn experience of mankind,
And to posterity consign'd.
The foreign cargo inner mold
/ S damaged much, as We are told;
The bales marked thus-Denmark, Prussia,
Holland; Germany and Russia,
And Portugal, are said togo
Consign'd to Bonapart' and co.
But, Britain has, we understand,
Tow'd Denmark in as coniraband-4-
Goods shipt for enemies supplies,
And therefore captors lawful prize.
The former owners of the bale
Mark'd Portugal, It's said will fail,
Unless by transfer they can still
Continue business at Brazil.
SHIP lcfl-The BRITAIN, waiting orders
To sweep the oceans farthsst borders
OF enemies and convoy those
T Who dare resist the worlds worst foes.
IN latitude of darkest fates
Deserted the ship UNITED STATES s.
The weather dark and blowing gales,
Her rigging shattered and her sails.
Her upper works much damaged too;
But timbers sound, and men all true;
And though the helmsman in flaw
May sometimes let the vessel yaw,
|She'llne'er be left to so to wreck
For want Of good men OH the deck.
IT'S said she has her anchors tript:
Her men all muster'd and equipp'd,
Her boats drawn up along her side,
And waiting only wind and tide
To steer.for France. This voyage think
will make the owners credit sink;
For should the Britain cross her wake
Shell fore and aft her commerce rake;
The wealth and honor of the nation,
She II tow in for adjudication.
The Bum conspiracy on shore
BY Wilkinson, the commodore,
Has had it's trial, been acquitted,
But ship can never be reitted;
We therefore here may safely say
She'll never more get under weigh.
The commodore, we are inform'd,
Is somewhat damaged in the Storm
His &C soldiers honour" rather crank,
Has open'd seam or started plank;
And did not presidential pump
Work hard to save sinking lump,
His fame and character would be
soon foundered in ss tempestuous sea-"
Stoke, outward bound to dissolution,
The ship AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONS;
It blowing Democratic blasts
She's scudding under jury masts,
But let the masters orders here
" Throw compass Ger the ship to clear,
(" And if the chart don't please my view,
/" Why cancel it, and make anew
i" Or let's have none, who cares about them,
&c I J-----rl can steer without Them"
stoke ship Neutrality, ran down,
By Bonapart's indignant frown;
Twas thought if she survived this shock,
She'd founder next ON British rock -
At all events, by observation,
She's near the coast annihilation;S
\ In such case, rotten ship,
To Davy Jones must take "trip:
tS1o1e, ship, Tom J-----+----n boundin
As gales " tempestuous now begin
To agitate the public sea,
And Stir the waves of Liberty =
Our captain, wise, t'avoid the strife, >
Viii close the voyage ofpublic life,
Acknowledge he SO weak is grown,
This men of sense have long since known,
And better it had been no doubt,
lad he much sooner found it out,
,rbo+ he ca, hrId- the helm no more.
When clawing off dark lee shore--