Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-25
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sE$traes Of a Lestef yrem T"ary 0a~e,,
4 NJ psrearye Of the Srig Elise, dsssd' fasa'.
March so, 1910. ~ ~ q
eve left the edpss Of Delaware /" two
e,slSek pm. on the aiss Of Feb. with
q ssiir breeze from N. w. and got 900
y oisns before night. When few days cut
we were besalmsd for thirty six hours assr
: which Il blew a gale, attended With r''n'
hal, and. excessive cold, ill the 7ssi,Msreh |;
ortsha, day the wind-biew SO violen.iy that
=. a, % under our nissail. non the morn.
;px. 81 shs stu she rissailsplis and blew a.
way. The brig lay under bare posss-as
4 half pas. seven o'clock A. M. in bat as,
;NsIons. Is w. was struck BY sea from
s,arboard, which threw heron her beam
ends, washed captain Mssdy overheard
carried away her long boat, jolly boat, wa
ter CASES and tool chests, fore seussie, main
-scudding sail, uissail, mast and gait, part
of the companion top. Ave Of the quarter,
s,snShions, all the ,quarterboafds,ths sky
light. the stiller, the hen coops, 10 short eve
.ry thing irem on deck, and unshiPped the
e.mboose. Mr.. Briard whoto the com:
smaud .vinced great hrmness .andpressnee
Of mind. BY his exertions we sue:
,eeeded in rigging piece of spar tor a
tiller, which enabled the brig to head the
sea, and in about two hours, both pumps
going, we had the satisfaction to Ind her
fee from water. The, blow she received
considerably shattered her hall, and caused
her to leek good spell e, cry hour. The
fore scuttle was secured with canvass, and
Obliged Sc receive the RsssRdlf lHSe ths
wind, bu, to,ths water we were aln avs sx-
9possd. :
1T is not, my intea.iou 10 enlarge upon
our sufFerings, yet il may not be improper
to observe that the cabin, having been halt
filled with water, did not contain one inch
of any thing dry; that all our liquors
were destroyed, that all our wood exesp.
what was in cargo, went with the long boat,
and at,,-of consequence swe were nine
days wet, cold, and wi,hou, any thing warm
the greater part Of the time without any
thing cooked TO eat, except on one occasion
when We made FIRE Of the shattered res
mains of our table and procured "a little
warm tea. After the fear Of immediate de-
sruc,ionhatL given. place TO hope ofdelay
Of our fate, it required very linle consids'
ration TO 'dstevmins.us 70 make the best Of
eur way 20 the Azores, as the nearest land,
after. laying to for several days, in the
course OF which we lost our main topmast,
with sailsand running rigging attached, &
were near laosing our ruddsr, the nails ha-
wing worked on. sftwo Of the irons, We set
eur ferssail and sailed .hi.hsr. Co..
ron the SAorning Of the 18th We very an.
sxpse.sdly saw this island, and about ele-
ven e'sloek che same day we anchored 10
che roads. Immediately On our Arrival,
Jahn D. Dabney, Esquire, the American
consul, furnished Us with assistance from
she shore, cod has continued 20 behave in
che most hospissble and friendly manner
'Unsil Monday nsthing could bedone, ow.
sng 70 The violence Of The wind aad surf
che brig was thsn warped nearer 'in,shore
and securely moored with Eve cables and
anehers, and surveyed. The hurricane had
reached this place and ragged for = weeks,
with q violenes unprecedented in the me.
msry Of the eldes. iuhab;sanss. About IL
sad Of American .vesssls parted their ca.
Islss and ssas 60 ssa, SONS .Eishous bow.