Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-05

he Nara sai..d IrO.;I New IuIE abC-t
.wa Inouths snoe IN Isll.st. tound =,
I Barbados; ar ived there after pl.s,ar-
Passage Of eight DAYS; took in . catgo,f
.rarses. lemons and rsisins. and sicJ
thence in complete order sboyt IaD,,.
TOR EdeRfoi, \. G. About The l7fh Inst.
according to tie best computation Of ssr
informant who j. a Yer, lili'e ate Youth
being about 100 miie. from Cape HATTIE
Ias, a severe gale commenced l!rcm due
east he thinks and encreased 10 a few
hours 70 a p'f.ct huricsne. which cen.
tipued ~, DAYS without any interni.sion.
On lie & $ DAY the Maria sustained little
other dan sse than that Of splitting her
f"re.sil and j.. On the second day tie
rsH AIM! 81 !. ue;e torn 10 ta.ters. and,
:, ne yard, blown from tie mast. and
fhs rgsinc generally much dsmased.-
o. tie til d day, shout an hour alter
.un- e. tie gale still undated in its fr.
~, al tie lea making Continual breach
IS ever he, discovered shell Castle light.
about . mile, distant. Fa,irg subsis,ct
the tHn previous GAYS OF raw PROVISION.
from ter z unable 10 make Ere, our il
iorIDant was e-.Savor.ng TO kindle one
TOR the purPoss OF cooking something.
when all h1uds were called to consult
On the test means Of preserving them.
selves from impending destruction, the
vessel being then only half a mile from
Ucracock bar. with 10 possibility of keen
lag clear 81 IT but by .ettipg 20 her an
cLor, when, frcm Tie reu endous sea
then running. he would inevitably have
sunk. X was determined finally to run
her sshcre on the shOsi, and endeavcr TO
save their lives by swimming, both Il her
boats having been washed from tie deck
in the early part Of the day. About ii
o'clock A. N she struck ia 4 feet water,
and Immediately sp.i open forward, y hes
her foremost went Uvrf-and every one
being told to shit TO- himself, the captain,
with tie two white and The black seaman,
jumped overheard, leaving tie male and
oar informant Oh IKE wreck, the former
doubuns hl- ability 10 SWIM SO far. aud
the latter being unable to swim at ALL
Shocking however to relate, they had
scarcely swain go rods from he schooner
when heavy sea s,iu,k ana overehelm-
eJ them all, never IL ri,e again.
About five MINUTES after witnessing
this boirid tate OF their companions, the
vessel Vas r"mPe'e'y sundered, and TIE
main'mas' 'eb, oe Car yirg with it
tie mate ID cur informant, whV appalled,
wi b tie CONVICTION ,ha! they haG lot long
TO survive, vet trusting To the mercy ot
kIId Pro, deIce. had led sot-e c~aii "
ia tGe TlsgIrg. AID '!In,iug t. 'he ia I,
had resolved u Commit th5I- lsrtU'.. >
I've waves. aud 10 ut 10 { cif Ift.ig
lhem t" sprne port oi ssfvry. iias,As
reached TIE STORE upon tie masi within
about qusr.er OF me, the N tie pu OF
t.Um II 10 swim 10 me beach, which e
reached bout : o'clock. cur informant
tei'g Unable 10 swim. clurg To The mast,
and about O'Clock il the morning (ha-
wing been about IL hours al the mere Of
the winds a. d waye.) was drif'ed a,-ere
Oh ucI acock beach, almost in a STATE OF
S yation, and 20 benumbed wi cola as
10 De scarcely aUIe to tiCuiate a word.
La shot tine he reached house
small distance from tie beach, the resi-
dence ot some P lots where be Wa, kid
" received, 8 found the late cOH pa ion
Of his su!crinss sinki z under the effects
OF the cuid and fatigue which he had en-
dared. The ensuing evening", At o'clock,
the male expired. aud vas buried on the
leach by tie pilots, Leaving 10 otter his
tJrian VI tbei. disasters than the youth Who
furnishes Us with this statement. lie was
carried to Edenton IN boat, asd tence
CAME On loot 10 this place in purssit Of
employment. We will give notice Of the
direction in which he soes from this
place, that airy persons ~ho may be con-
Serned 10 tie iuss OF the schooner, may
know where to apply tor further parteu-
lars OF this shocking catastrophe.
Or Informant states, that lie Is a ma
tive OF b, stOH, where his mother s,s on
ly surviving relative at that time) dltd a.
bvut year aso.
GGS Co.