Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-11-29

him into the sen. the nutineers ran a.
threw nln' their comrade, they were re-
70 a, s md order was restored.
q Day broke upon US Tor 'ne si ~, . nsn
Az hour Of repast | counted our Pee
at tue aO- s.sre only so: we had lost nye
pie ~ fs;tbful seamen, The SURVIVOR
OF our .Ss nest dep!crable state tn
we e. m ~ had taken of tie ePldermis
ssa nri lower extrenities: we we're CO
Of GU either with Commissions or wounds
'ereG l e ;ir'r,tated by the salt water, forced
wmen' .oyr;sle ciqes; SO that only about
irom : - we're able TO keep on our legs
~ "a walk about-Nearls aliour wine AMI
anu @a e 6.h we're exhausted we had
stosT Iagt for only four days, and only
Fsle ,s s.b renaining. In four days we
w. We shall have consumed the whole
s ED .l4atb will be inevitable, Seven
a aaT Have now passed since we were a.
uasI We calculated that, if the
Saats were not swamped en- the coast,
,bsv would require at least three or feur
I ~ ~ reas h St. Louis: il would then
sao,,;,e some time to dispatch vessels,
inch aos;n would require some time To
end as We resolved to hold out as LONG
a. no.sisIe. In the course Of the day tive
soldiers crept behtad the only cask OF
wine left, they pierced II, and were
sS.;tb n;,,e. We lad all sYort
hat the man pho should resort TO such
means. should be punished with death.
tn. law was executed On the Nome"t I;
and tbe two culprits thrown into the sea,
Tins there remained only 50 OF Us. 0at
Of this uuln5cc 10 alone app aled able to
exist foar days longer all she others. CO
yered with large wounds, had wholly LOST
the,r reasons. However, they bad q
share in our rations, and might be-
fare their death, consume forty
hotties of vine these forty bottles
Of vine were TO US OF mestpua
~ vale W. he'd ac0uaciG to put
tbc SICK on BALI ratioas was to delay their
dpsh bya faw moments: TO leave thsm
vit,oat provisions was to put them 70 a
SLOW death. sttei long deiiberatloQ we
resol.esl to IL cw them into the sea. Ih,s
mode. however Jelugnant to our feelings,
wOrll procure to the survivors Tor SIX
DAYS. at the rate of thre qaarts OF wine a
day. The resolution taken, who was to
execute it? The habi Of seeing death rea-
Iyto ponce upca Us. despair, the certain
~ a sur infallible dcyt. nc Son Without
thi futai expethent, every thing, III q
werd hid hardeaed our hearts 50 as to
become insensible to every other feeling
but that of selF.preServation.
6 Three seamea and solder took up
on themselves the cruel execution We
averted eur eyes, and shed .ears d blood
ever the tate OF these unhappy creaturs&
This sacrifice saved the 10 who lamain-
ed For whea the brig Ar9els fell IN with
Us, we had only one reyast of vine ief5
and this was on Inc 9Th day after this
cruel event, which have just Described
The victims mad not more than IS hour.
to live, aad By keeping them on t,le att
oarSubsiStence would have been gone tvc
DAYS before our deliveraRce. Ater this
catastrophe we threw all the arms intu
tie sea, they Inspired US a;th hofrov
that We could not conquer. We hal
scarcely wherewit! % spt MI Eve days cn
the raft, they were the mos painful Of all,
Our minds were soaGSd even IN the arms
of sleep, our Imagination depicted che
mansled limbs of oar unfortunate COW
rades, and we Invoked death with load
cries. a barring thirs,, reioubiel by
the rays Ola ferg sun, consumed Us. ii
was such thst our parched lips sacked
with avitlity the acme, which we eniea
vored to c0ol IN small tin veasels.
We sought also to allay it by tri4k
ing sea water: bat this dlniEish
ed thirst only 70: moment, TO ren-
derit more acute the next instant.
Three days passed il anguish ;nezpress-
i5ie: we desfisei LIE 80 sGcb "a degree
that several OF us we're not at.aid to
bath even in siShtnl tie sharks whica
surrounded our raft. Wewere coininc-
ed there Femaiaed in our cask onlq &c
Or Is bottles OF wine we began 10 ey-
perlenee an iDyincibIe dtsga>t at the
flesh which had fed as hitherto
''ua the l7ih in the morning Capt
Dupont, Costing his eyes towards the hu-
rison, perceived a ship, aDdannounred II
20 Us NJ cry o. joy We perceived i 70
be a b lg, bat twas at a very geat dis
ta"cs. We coQla only distinguish the
Top OF is aas;s, The sight Of this yes
Sci spread amongst US JOY WHICH It
would De difficult to describe. Fears