Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-02-04

yernment sch, arrived in so days from Cadiz,
bringing dispatches from the cortes, and ln-
formation that at the time Of her sailing, there
was embarking for Porto Rico 5000 troops,
5000 of which were. Spaniards and 1000 Eng-
lish, and it was generally believed at Porto
Rico, their ultimate destination was Terra
Firma Spoke, January IS, lat. 80, 23, long.
Is, 90, sch. Edward, Graham, 10 days from
St. Barts for Newborn.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 81.
Yesterday arrived in town, illiam Mitchell,
late master of the brig Three Brothers, 80
days from St. Thomas, who reports that ne
left St. Thomas the 9Th December, 1911, that
it was reported there, that an express had ar
rived at Porto Rico from the Governor OF the
Havana, that every Frenchman was to depart
from the Island of Porto Rico within Is days,
and all their property was to be conlscated;
several French families had arrived at st. Tho
mas from Porto REQ. Left at St. Thomas,
schr Juliet, capt Bingham, discharging,was to
sail from thence to the Havanna-thcre was no
other American vessel there-Flour dollars
per barrel, and every kind of American pro-
duce very low-In lat. IS, Sc, n. long. Is w.
spoke schooner Oliver Cromwell capt Allen,
Of Plymouth, % days from Porto Rico, bound
to Plymouth, she had carried away her fore
stay in gale the day before. On the 9TH ia
nuary, being in lat IS, 80, n. and long. u,
after we had been 20 days on the coast OF A
merica, could not get into any port in the u
nited States, laying too with hard gales the
most part of the time. Spoke the ship Ocean,
of Derby, from St. Ubes, bound for the first
port she could get to, being In distress having
but | 90 lb. of bread on board and entirely out
of all other provisions, and the ship very leaky;
we. could not supply them, as we were entirely
out of salt provisions and very little bread On
board for ourselves when we first saw her a.
bout 10 o'clock, we hoisted our colors in dis
tress, expecting to get some supplies OF pro-
visions from the n, but we found they were as
bad off as ourselves, they expected to get into
Charleston, but is uncertain whether they will
reach there,a as the wind has been blowing since
the 10Th day, to the westward, and no appear
ance of shifting.
We experienced very hard gales from the
llth December, after having been 20 days Oh
the coast, the most part OF the time lying too,
the vessel very much disabled by the beating
of the sea several beams of the quarter deck
broke; and also timber heads, plank sheer,
aud all the seams of the upper works entirely
loose, and also the stern loose, the whole In
consequence ofthe sea and bad weather; Oh
the 18th instant, at half past midnight struck
on Chincoteague shoals, where we lost the rud-
der and part of the stern, the counter split,
lost the gorgers Of the stern post, both anchors
and cables, laid on the shoals about one hour,
when she went over the next day steered BY
a part of cable, on the l4th got pilot on
board, and bought an anchor at Lewlstown, and
anchored in the Roads, where we laid until
the DIST, with wind NV. and hard gales, with
great deal of ice in the bay; on the 22d, was
obligedto cut the cable and run ashore ON the
beach between Lewistown and the light house;
the brig will be got off at the first fair wea-
Their. On the Esd there was no water to be
seen in the bay for ice !; on Thursday last an
earthquake was felt at LewistowD, about 10
o'clock, A. M.
NORFOLK, Jan. %.
Arrived in Hampton Roads, brig William
g. Ezra Fowler q days from Newport bound