Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-17
aleranorta Eaflp Gasette.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER II.

0Ctober 6, 1909.
This goes by the schooner James of
philadelphia, capt. Watson, who | anu now
nnly;ne with water, she being short, out
~ Jaws from Kingston. The day before
.,srday fell in with the sloop President of
!SebT,dslphia, captain Swain, out nine days
!. charleston, in very wretched condi
, y having lost his mast the day before |
sn;p with her; supplied her with two
, :, aud part of a steering sail, and assist
Thin in getting jury mast up; she is
:. ..s in sight, making the best Of her way
sr New York. We have had severe gales
!. since leaving the Havanna.
l~,r;con Patriot or Washington PepubH-
With much satisfaction | have just seen
4. sr0s1ectus OF new Federal paper to be
,,b,shrd at Richmond, Virginia, and that
,,isfaction he's bgen rendered corpicat by
lrowinc that it is to be placed under the
.0nrnntcrdance Of an editor every way we'll
ona6sed{or the task. More I DO not now
heel al liberty to say.
[M. York E7enias' Past.
Disaster u the slip G1r'stQbher Gore, Zenas
Rogers, master.
Op,ae afternoon Of the seth Of August,
n lat. As, long. So, 10. west, the wind 10
westward and clcudy-towards night much
rain and thander--at 6 p. NJ. the tempest
ceased, the small sails taken in reett fore
pp, sail, and close reef main and miZ-n
3D. sail-,he wind at f. n L. and cloudy,
boxed likely for a storm-st7 P. NJ. hand
tdmain and fore sails, then standing south
md eastward, the wind increasing; at 10 P.
n, handed fore and m;zen topsails-~ fading
the ship would not lay to, put her before the
Wind, under the close recfed main toPsail,
md found the wind TO increase very fass and
he ssa to rise--set the fore-top nlast stay
sai, the WIND soon blew violently. took
he helm with the mate and three fnen-the
Hi5stcersd well-cn account OF ths yio
tnce 81 the wind, and the dreadful Sra, at
lone o'clock in the morning, IN spite OF our
|rdeavors, the ship preached 10, hove down
yads in the water, and cid not right
Until tie ruasts were cat away. When the
mizca mast was cut away, the mainmast
went with it Just below the rigging-then
|the foremast was cut wav. We now found
|himpossible to do any thing more to help
de ship and went below and left her to the
mercy Of God. Most of the small lumber
vas washed overheard. In the morning it
vas moderate found the most part of the
main and mizen rigging hanging to her;
he ioismast and arPendaees gene the
ridge anchor and water cask gone saved
auuch rigging and sails as possible
IN tie 18th of September, found the ship to
Increase leaking, and to strain badly and
labor very much, the sea being bad wind
s1oug at w. and S. thought ourselves I'M
Ger toe necessity Of heaving the timber off
DECK, for the safety OF ship and cargo. The
salp being under jury-masts, BY tin bles-
sas OF God, We arrived in the harbor of
Bristol, N. S.
baltimore american.
ihe Ne7cs fran 'bain.-We yesterday
vas the Baltmers Federal Gazette Of the
~ aa INST. copied from che Salem Gazette,
I'Seral capt. Leaeh's accounts of the
Spsnch victory over the combined armies.
l0,day We have the Salem Register (dsmo
"@J OF the 7th, which adds the following
Capt. Leach found it impossible to OBJ
10 any particulars of this action, as the
iea'a would not permit it to be published.
was however firmly believed by the En-
I@'P gentlemen AT Cadiz, from whom capt.
s'@h received his information on the i4th
t[Sost. Capt. L. heard the same account
sA an English ship which he spoke two
e after he sailed"
). Ias following remarks are by major Rus
w pf'm the Bostsz Centinel Of October Z.
/ 'S give fhIs dow fp,a ipooortapf b,,t con-