Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-27

should leave them notwithstanding ouy d-s.
pera.e ssiiuaaions atsthis time ,key hid
secured on the wreck Two quadtsns., ,wo
compasses,l bid. Of wa,sr, bread, -Four, & \
plenty of provisions, as they frSepentlyin.
formed US, hut they would not spare us anv
of those. articles unless we consented to
come along side the ship with the loa,.
which had we have done We should haze
been sunk imam instant, a. ttsey wer. pre-.
pared to Jump, hsving oars, chessa. &c.
ready for the purposes on the tatsel Ssil--
Notwithstanding they fnsw our detsrmina.
ton and the impossibility 6f tsting them
into the boat, they still persisted in getting
into her, and one Of them jumped into the
sea and made for the small byat which Law
veered 20 The leeward Of the ship, which
boa, he reached, and finding We could not
take him into the long boat, he returned to
the ship with the small boat. BY which time,
seeing they were all determined to pursue
The same plan as this last man, we were un-
DIR the painful necessity Of cutting the rope
BY which we were fastto the ship, and row
add sail from them for the preservation of
our lives, being in hopes OF falling iu with
< a vessel to relieve us, which was almost the
only hope we had left, being about 400 miles
distance from the nearest lapd, and in the
desperate situation before stated. AZ this
time il was about meridian. with moderate
! wind from the Southwark and westward, we
made our course. as nearly east as possible,
for the island Of Corvo or Flores, and the
last we saw of The ship she was lying IN the
same situation as when we parted from her:
it was DOW about 61p. NJ. the 22d Of May;
+ we continued our course for the eastward,
having the winds variable from S. S. E. TO
N. w. add two men constantly Lbailipg.
steering I'd the nigh, by the stars, when 10
be seee, and " htn dark cloudy weather, n.y.
the hraving Of the sea, and in the day time
by: Judging Of the bearing Of the sun, when
to be seen. and WHEN not, by the best Of
our Judgment. We continued 10 this 81.
tua,ion without seeing any vessel until sa.
turday, a6th of May, a. 1 ,. M. when to
our great joy we espied a sail which proved
to BIZ the brig: Poacher, Of Boston, captain
Ianea Dunn, from Alicane: who took W
on board and treated US with every atten.
ton and civility while on board his vessel
for which We reform him cur mos, grateful
ackno~ Judgements, and also to caps. Richard
'Pedrick, who very generously afterwards
took 6 of lis, on board his vessel, and hre's,
u. into: Marblehead aud treated, u,pwl,h
grea, poli,entss. J.. ,,,.E,.ss{ :. , 80,
william Faitdeld, ;','J,ahu. saford, -, ,.,.' .
Louis Barney, AIrxr:Thor,son,
Zrrub'l Kemp, John NJ. Peck, >.
William Graves, Nahum Warren,
Robert PeeIe, Edward Richardson,
List 5f officers, crev end passengers, Of
the ship Margaret Of Salem, HIM. Fair
field, master, 7Urecked on Me-2lst ofAlav, .
1910, in lat. 40, NJ lang. SO, 30, ". oh
Ter fassas from Naples towards Salsm,
Dig.
Wa. Fairfield, master, .Rsber. Peele,
mate, Edward Richardson, I'd mare, and
John Hayman, seaman, all Of the ship
Margaret; Alexander Thomson, late mas
,er>of the schooner Kite JfBal,imore Ma
ham Warren, do. do. Hound. Of do WIN.
Graves, do. do. Peace. of Newburypor,
John NJ. Peck, do. do. Urania, of New
York; Louis Brney.Iate supercsrgo Of
brig Orizimbo of Baltimore :; zerubable
Kemp, late mate of ship Frances Of ;Salem;
Joshua Stafford do. do. Iof brig Romp, Of do.
John TYLER, Rufus Wilkins, Jacob Sehol,z,
and Alexander Mkenzy 'seamen. All Of
the above were picked up in the long boat.
Left on the wreck, as jsllows:
Henry Larcom, late master of the schr.
Mary, of Beverly John fanvran, do. do. :
of schooner Syren, Of Newbuypor,; VIM.
Burrill, seamen, and Isaac Choat, cook Of
said schooner Syren Henry Tuct.-, su.
rercargo of ship Francis Of Salem George
F.. A. Carpenter, clerk Of ship Hercules.
ofdo. George Prince, clerk Of brig Rsmp,
of do. John c.. Very, I'd mate, and Green
Perry, cook Of said brig Romp; Ernest
A. Erwin, I'D mate, Benjamin Peele and
Jep,her Layth, sesmen of brig Viaosy, ,sf
Salem; James Sinclair, I'd mate. Maybu-
~ Orion, apPreutice, and John Joses, sss-
man. of schooner Kite, Of Baltimore Hem
~ Gin Sd mate and John sBvactl.., .~S