Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-22

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NRw-YoRk, Sept. 10.
! Arrived, the British ship John, Vanx,
% days from Cape Henry, Hayt. bound
Ito London, put in in distress. Suffered
lin the gale Of the 31st ult. in Crooked
Island passage, sprung aleak which caus-
led us to make 6 feet water; lost part of
the rudder, cable, and anchor washed Oft
the deck, our bulwarks stove in, 4 CON
siderable other damage, which compelled
Ius to make for this port. Left 2 briggs,
4 schooners and a sleop. August 9sth,
3pick e crew (Iaaster, supercargo
land of the schooner William
land "A Baltimore, from Psrt-au
Prince l5F Baltimore, lost the 9sd ult.
OH the Hogsties: put them on board a
schooner next day, bound from Halifax
Iior Jamaica: the schooner was going by
the Hogsties to save the rest of the crew,
and as much Of the cargo as they could
get out.
The British ship Berkeley, Dubois, 81
days from Kingston, Jamaica. August
ls0th, so miles east of the Havana, fell
lin with the brig Somerset, Bartlett, from
fNew-Y ok for Turks Island; she had
)passed the island in thick fog, and in
tended to put into the Havana. The So
}mersct had in tow the schoone; Thomas,
Iof New ork. bound to Martinique, with
live stock. The Thomas was in the ut
most distress, having sprung a-leak, and
every man on board except the supercar.
|go sick. The captain and one man died
some days before. Captain Bartlett fell
lin with this. schooner in lat. 80, loag.
|6e, and ran for Turks Island, but passed
that port in thick. weather. She then
bore away for Havana. 1t was expect
ed they would reach the Havanna the
next day. September /, off the Matan-
|zas, spoke light ship from HAVANA for
(NewsYork. OF Cape Hattaras, spoke
schooner Liberty, Of and from Baltimore
for st. Jago de Cuba, 18th, lat SO, so.
Hong. "a, IS, spoke schooner Charles,
Rider, FROM Baltimore fer Havana.
| The ship Chase, -inaEi., l2 days from
| st. Croix. Left, brig Freuonia, Nuzzv,
TO sail for New-YorS in 4days: schoon
or John, Day, for dirto, in Z brig Jane.
Bacon, Of Portland, to sail in 4 Gays Cor
Turks island. The brig Visitor, of Bath,
sailed August SO, for Turks-Islana.-
schooner Arge, Of New-To rk, just ar
rived. BRIG Fortune OF Wilmington.
sailed in CO. and Septemhero, in lat 80,
40, long. 20, is, spoke her, ali well.
bound to Wilmington. Lett at West-
End, Q schooners and lumber laden
slip, discha.sing. August 90, all the
vessels at that port were driven to sea
in very hard gale or hurricane, from
N. w. 5. ard =. W. The ship passed Basse
End September l., with her mnentcp-
mast gone. Sleep Jane, Of St. C,oix,
/ was lost on The no:tb side Of the islaad. !.
September S. in lat. IS, Is, hang. 81.
passed ship steering to the southwark
VITA the loss Of the mead of her main and
|maintopmast. Next day, passed small!
black schooner, with the loss of her main
land jib-boom.
BALTIMORE. Sent. IS.
Arrived, brig Geo. Washington, Pow
lell, 90 days from Orleans. Left,
ship Three Sisters, and Pallas, of Balti-
more, and several other names not re-
collected. Captain Groom, ofthe e. W.
was left behind very sick.
Brig Amazon, Wysham, 16 days from
st. Thomas. On 80 and s1st August,
very heavy gale was experienced at St.
Thomas, vessels were driven ashore.
S of which were lost, among them the
schooners Lydia and Happy Return, Of
Philadelphia. On the day of sailing was
boarded by Carthagena privateer who
robbed us of a barrel beef and part of bar
lrel sugar and coffee, and in parting, in
chase of another sail, fired pistol into
us. On the 18th instant, off Hatteras,
Experienced most violent gale from
northeast, which drove US outside the
Gu!ph--,the next day passed several pie
ces of wrecks. Left besides reported by
the Spy, brig Sally, Pastorius, ancer-
tain; schooner Aris, Beamby, George