Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-27
BasToN, Sept. Is.

5 Arrived brig aurora. Seule, (of Dux-
bnry,l tro.n Lisbon, salt sailed Aug. z.
I.e.t. ship Sterling, Ross, Providence, for
RIO Jaaeifo, l2sb: New Jersay, Hodg-.
k;nAoi.. Alexandria, Ioth: briggs Jane,
sapt. Atkinson, Baltimore, 18th Silk.
sss.;a.. Baraha,n, from Georgetown, 8. c.
Far ,sossan, 18th. Glory, Hnwland, from
N:smingseu. n. G. Tor Boston, goth.
Also. left a Ph!Iadelphia ship, cargo -four,
iasel arrived fran England: brig Mer-
c:,ant.s Array, Page, for Rhode Island,
next aay: and a Portuguese brig from
CAaTeston, Baldwin, supercargol had
been IN 9 sor S weeks, not begun to dis
charge. Snip Maria, Atkins, of Boston,
fran, Alexandria. arrived at Lisbon July
aa. and sailed FIVE days afterwards. for
Rarceloua. Markets duh at Lisbon -Four
5 20 6 dis: rice 4, corn 30 Spoke, Aug.
IS. lat, SO, As, long. s1,a schr. Ia days
from Baltimore for Barcelona, supposed
Il, be the Burrows. Arg 81, lat. 50.
4s, long. ST, spoke ship NancY, Goldman
of Providence, Is DAYS FROM Charleston
for Amsterdam. Sept. y 2, lat ~, -
3on. SIS. experienced a violent gale from
sS to ssE received little or no damage.
Sept. 5, lat. AZ, 700, long. 81, spoke an
hermaphrodiie brig from Portland fo;,
Bordeaux ;(supposed tobe the Alfred -
which had apparently received no damage
counted only two bales otcotton on deck.
Sent. 8, lat. 4s, long. Ga. so, picked up a
hale Of American cotton, marked M c III
= diamond, No. ga. Sept. 10. lat. Al,
40. long Go, 90, passed the body ola man
with white stockings and blue pea jack
et Passed immense quantities OF fioat-
inc lumber, slaves, &c on the 9Th INST
Cant. Mayo. from Martinique, Sept. 2,
lat. 81, Ion. rs, fell in with the main
mast, main boom, &c. of large sch.
with the sails and rigging attached to it,
succeeded In saving tue boom, with part
ofthe sails and some of the rigging. The
ba,n is 81 feet in length, painted green
at both ends, AMI the other part llght
yellow the head of the mast vas also
painted green as was the end OF one OF
the davies. which was also picked up
The duck is of American manufacture,
and not much worn. 1t appeared that
the mastha been cutaway in two places
and that the vessel bad been upset. a
small quantity OF gravel stones were
found in the sail probably some OF the
vessels ballast, washed out. The main
tosraast was broken oF., aud hanging to
tss rigging, and it appeared Cat she car
ried a gatf-topsail The articles belong
ed TO some schr. buta few days wreck
ed. Sept. 8, OF Cape Cod Light, capt,
. Mayo fell in with TIE attefpart Ola yes
sci hull, the tnainmast gone about ~ tees
from the deck.
The British ship trafalgar, of London
sailed from this port ON Sunday, for tae
w. Indies.
Extract Of letter from gentleman on
board the brig Hero. capt. Southworth
dated Sept. 2. lat 81 loag; IS.
slam nov about 500 miles from Bos-
ton and perfectly vel. We experienced,
the night before last, a most tremendous
gale OF wind. We leaked the next
mornans complete wreck, sails spl't,
&c. &c. We are now, however, ali re-
paired. and have a fair wind. This
moYningwe took four men irnm ne wrecI
ofthe English schr. Hector, capt, heid-
ing, of Ha.itay. She was throWn on hei
beam ends III the gale. and lost tie capt
and three. men"