Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-25

She might probably hare been cot intol
port, had she had more cotton ON baard.
as that would have kept her afoat.
Loss OF THE SHIP SAVANNAH. |
Captain Brooks, from Havana, informst
US, that the ship Savannah, of this port
from Liverpool, bound to New Orleans
with cargo of Dry Goods. has been lost
upon Mucaras Reef, in the Old sireishts.
Capt. Bowers, with part Of the crew, ar. |
rived at Havana the day before Capt B.
sailed, having been taken off by French
ship. 1t was said that after leaving her,
S Of the crew pettioned capt Bowers Tor
leave to return to the wreck, which bel
!granted,& that they were afterwards seeni
by a Spanish brig, in great distress. the
boat half full of water but the spauiardi
beiEg at that tine in chase OF vessel
supposed to be 2 Carthagenian priyateer,
did hot stop to pick them up. Captain
Eowers was endeavoring to procure a
|snal vessel to proceed 10 the wreck but
the gale which followed immediately;
must have Totally destroyed her.
BY captain Brooks, I'VE also learn. that
Ijusl before he sailed, an elegant armed
S8panish brig, it'll 4GO slaves, arrived,
| there from Africa having had an engage
ment of Gal;ena. with British sloop Of
way. which she beat oil, after sharp ac-
/! Ion OF one hour and hail in which the
scoop OF war suffered severely. The Cir
cnmstaGce dad very much alated the PEG
PIE at Havana, as the brig was O6icered
and manned entirely by sPa!iafds. The
Above Spanish brig was called the Cam
ipedore; the name or ,be sioop Ct war IS
rot recollected. The Spanish schr. Do
i0res, had also arrived at Havana from
Africa with $50 slaves.
Loss OF TIE SPANISH DRIG LAR
DiZABAL.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dat
ed June 7th.
we have Just learnt tie melancholy
news ofthe shipHieck of the Spanish brig
LaraIzabal. capt. Liez, Which left Charles.
lton, on The 18th April, bound to Havana,
She va. lost on {he Little Isaac, in the
Bahama Channel. Tie stlpercargo anti
crew we're carried 10 Havana, by a Bri-
fish sloop CT war from the Great Isaac.
where they had landed--and where they
Undetermined three DAYS in the most dis
dressing state. The brig and cargo are
Ientirely Iost.'
| Salem, jane II.
| Arrived schr. Agawam, Roarlman, Is
idays from MarseilIes, and 10 frnm Gi
braltar. Lett at Gibraltar, briggs Triton,
from Baltimore, lischarging !; Tom, Up
ton, Castine, do. Spoke, lat. 81, long,
I27, ship Hamilton. Grenoagh. from Pcrts
imoath tor Calcutta, out Ii days. May
lis, tat. Sc, long. so, brig Agent, Lewis.
% days from Alexandria for Gib' altar
| May "a. lat. SIS, long. Al, was boal dec
.Ifrom British ship Amy, Porter, Of Len
don. from whaling voyage, out L
months, with $50 tons oil, several of he
Grew sick of the scurvy; supplied her witt
|necessaries; informed that 2 days before
she boarded schr, which they had rea
son to believe was a pirate; she hoisted
several different eolofs, had a number q
Iguns, and was fall of men found the A.
my was we'll armed and manned, and il
ia situation to stand her ground, partet
rather out Of knnor, after exchanging CT
UTILITIES: and informing them she was fron.
HAVANA for Cadiz though standing quite
Ia different course. June l, lat. SO. long
156, 40. ship George and Mary, Shaw, Z
Gays IRON Newport for London.
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