Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-07

ward to the bowsprit, with two PAIN.
wine and little salt meat; and ss s,,' Of
stage was raised upon the bows ), ne
upon. 'ss
After the upper deck and Il.
were gone, the vessel rose oonsider,LlssW a
that the water was only abou, knee ), ~ 50
the lower deck. They were able , ,,
boat hook TO collect from below bam sNns
but for the want OF water these wer. Sc
tie benefit. The wine above mep,;,n. ID,
all the drink they had for seven DAYS va sis
then with great labor procured 3 -; 'asy
brandy from the lower hold, which r n,s =
Immediately fatal to many Of them a'0'sa
their great thirst prompted them 10 d., "
too freely Of it, and fourteen perish ak
succeeding night, among whom Were M ,as
Carpenter and M. Prince, two mn,h 'l
mented young gentlemen of this town
One "a black man had persisted two d'
before. OF hunger and thirst, and anob
died the day alter.
" During their lying in this wretchea.:
teation, their miserles were aggravated
seeing no less than four sail of vessels D,.,
at distances too great TO observe the wrrrI
the FIRST Of these was on the third dav s6.'
the long boat had left them, and was :,
near that the yawl was dispatched 10 me-.
cept her-but in vain she approached uipb
enough to see the men moving upon d.rs
but not to attract their notice. and Voc
obliged to return unsuccessful.
Seventeen days had now passed aw,r
without relief, and Little hope enlained i
much longer preserving their existence
Captain Larcom tllen suggested the ehar,.
of moving with the boat further ao,lhvad
rs being more in The track OF vessels there
were only three on board the wreck WI,
were in situation to take any interes in it.
and these thought their chance as good to
remain, as TO venture off in such shat,e. !
ed boat, without provisions. Capt. I.arcor,
however, and the four that were with him
(yiz. Messrs. E. a. Irvine, John Ver7
Jepthah Lay,h and John Treadwcll, all III
Salem) determined on this expedien,, and
accordingly set lit,le sail, and steeri
northwest, having some pork, some bran.
dy, and quadrant On board. They LEI !
the wreck, by observation, in lat. SO, r.
! Using the brandy very spariug!y they d. 4
rived some support from it their pork thy +
could not eat tor want of drink. After tea
or twelve days sailing, i. raincd, and thy h
saved some water by soaking their handksF
chiefs and wringin3 them into boz they L
also made Dip ne. of their handkerchief,
and caught some small fish, which they spill
and. dried, and deriyed from them sems
nourlstlmrnt. But their fatigue was e5
cessive: while one stecred, ssother was Oh
hsed to keep necessarily baline out the va
ter, SO that they nearly wore the 'botlOa
thu ough. They had also some very rough
weather. The 18th day after leaving tn
wreck Mr.. TreaewelI died, and ON the 2lf
Mr.. Lay,h. At different times they had
seen three vessels pass without being SER
by them. Atlength, On the Esd day, tatH
strength being almost exhausted and scarce
ly a ray Of hope remaining, they gave over
all further eNertion, and resigned thsn'
selves to that fate which seemed ineyItaOa
when looking up, capt. L. espied sal, Z
bout four mites distant. This gave THEN
new life. Fortunately they were to WIND
ward, and they had laid their courses &
curately as to meet her directly 10 her paD
Improved to be the schooner Genera! JONI
son, capt. Stephen L. Davis, from LISBON
for Gloucester, on board of which ta9
were received, and treated by capt. DsIa
with the tenderness Of friend, and !"
care and skill of physician; and on S''a a,
day evening they arrived at Glouoess1 !"
days from the time Of being taken up :.
The following is a list OF the pe''uIG.
living on the wreck when capt. Larcom'|
it, viz Henry Tucker, Benjamin H s,J
capt. ]. Janvrin, John Merrill ha r'r
Wingate, Nathaniel Sheffield, JACOB. - ~,
- William Rnrrlli, - "a