Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-12-02

mouth scbr. Boston, Of Hsfpsweil, for
Boston; brig Eros, Nash, for Boston brig
J;.'ia, Of Boston, end several ships, briggs
and schooncrs at Old Town.
Vessels Leff-At Belfast, Oct 8, ship
Columbus, Stevens, of Wiscasset, for New
york IN A days; Africa, Scott, OF WIscAsset,
cleared for Ahcant; Hornet, Glass, Of Wis
casset, Just arrived-At Newry, ship Swift
sure, Harding, of Bath, for Savannah, in 4
days; Ever Green, Of Wisc9sset, Just ar
rived.-At Cork, ship VIM. Carlton, Carl
ton, of Wiscasset, for Belfast.
JenRet, Of Portland, Jane, Of Bath, Mount
Hope, OF Georgetown, and a schooner. be-
longing to Bath, were at Charleston, 17lh
ult.
The schr Rachel, of Wiscasset, 90 days
from St Ubes, arrived at Plymouth on We'd
nesday evening last, with the loss Of her
foremost
Faal Ship1oreck. The brig Success, To-
bias Lear Porter, master, belonging TO
Messrs. J. & S. White, of Salem, "a days
troq st Petersburg, on the 2Oth ult. struck
on tlhe Brant Rock, Marshfeld beach, by
| which accident The Captain, nate and four
seamen persisted, two only being saved.
The names Of thOse LOST besides the master,
are, Nj. John Nichols, Of Salem, mate ;
Peter Union, John Capeil, William Brooks,
anti Giles Pike, Of Msrblehesd, seamen.
! Capt Porter, al whose death soc ety has
lost a very respectable, enterprsing and
valuable member was son 20 Rev Nathan
lei Porter, IF Conway, N. I'll a clere lyman
much respected for learning, and venerable
tor his age and pety.--It appears that on
the approach of night, the wind blowing
fresh at the eastward, Capt Porter consul
ted his mate on the expediency Of running
IN tor the land, they beng very short of wa
ter, having but about gallons on board, and
q they supposed they knew their situation
| lhAy,ag spoken vessel out from the land
that day, on mutual deiiberation concluded
70 run in sounded several times in the e.
vcuing until they sLoaled the water to IL
tathoms. Concluded they were on the
northern shore, they hauled off to the south.
ward shortly after they sounded and had
40 fathoms water continued their course
To the southwark until nearly 8 O'Clock, p. NJ
when they saw breakers, and immediately
wore ship and stood of,-directly after
which she struck. After beating for two
hours she bilged and filled the cabin with
water the mate and people then left the
cabin lexcept the two that were ssyedl and
went forward and lsshed themselves. the
bows being then quite out of water /; some
time after the bows settled away in the cav
ity of The rocks, when all those lashed for
ward were drowned Capt. Porter con
tnued about the decks doing every thing II
his power for the preservation of the whole
tuntil after o'clock. A. NJ he then called
to the people tina, were holding on the comb
ings OF the companion way, and asked if the,
were alive they answered, though the wa
ter was nearly up to their mouths-in few
moments he was heard no more. His bod
was taken up, together with those of th'
mate and people, that morning, and on th,
following Sabbath were carried into tn,
| meeting house, where sermon adapted 4
the occasion was preached 10 a large con
course OF people, by The Rev Mr. S6azu
from Prov. xvii. /, " Boast nor thyseT D.
ts-1'po'rOzD for thou kaOzpesl naf svhat day ma
bring f0rtA"-when the bodies we're inter
red.-SaleBl Gazette.