Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-05-27
~ Erchangs C9tss House SXE
@MARINE JOURNAL. ED
PoR7 OF ALEXANDRIA. MAJ 26,

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PoR7 OF MAJ &c.
| CLEARED,
Brig Golden Glove, Smith, Lisbon.
ARRIVED,
Sloop Challenge, Murray, S days from
N. Yort oats, FAX, butter &c. 10 tho
master.
Ship Hazard, Crabtree, previously
aoticed) 46 days from Cork, VIA Norfolk.
8 days from the latter place, with butter,
&C. to Lawtason s Fcwle Passengers
in the cabin, Mr.. Patrick Downes, lady
and five children; Mrs. Cronan, Mr..
Stubs. and Mr.. Hugh Cox. and l6 in
the sleerage-otter passengers and cargo
discharged in Norfolk. 2lst, a VII.
Ioughbys Point, PASSED at anchor ship
Talbot. Of Salem, boupd up; sane day,
on the Horse Shce, spoke brig Panopes,
Crab,rer, and shipsPOtcmac, Bradio,d
hence tor ses-bs,h anchored IN the tail
Of the Shoe, wind being t,om the east.
rard.-On shore, on the wolftrap, brr
Rising Sun, Blanchard, from Portland,
fSr Baltimore, with Ilaister--rar on 10
heavy gale from +. N. F. on Saturday
mornibe the 10th instant E; on passing her
observed she had all sail set, apparently
for the purpose of forcing her over the
.hoal-near her VAS large top.ail schr,
high and dry-name unknown-apIesred
to be a northern vessel same evening,
n the mouth of the Rappahannock, spike
bound down, schr Gen. Armistead, from
Baltimore for Havana Friday NOR
ming, of Smiths Point, passed laige
ship coming tut Of the Potomac, with var.
nish side. aud white bottom--same tine
passed, standing down the bay, a large
rakish schr. supposed to be a patriot phi
vaieer ;-off MAJ land point, Saturday
nosn, passed the big Peggy 4 Pamela,
Of Norfolk, bound down.
Particulars &f the los, Of the brig Active,
Of Philadelphia. Richard GanI, mas
ter, furnished by Capt. Crabtree.
Left the Capes Of Delaware on the
Esd January, hound f., Limerick 10 re-
land, and or the ssth commenced a Sc.
ries of tremendous gaIe., which continu-
ed without int mission or alteration ill
The Goth Feb, uary, when, judging them.
selves within 2 degrees OF the land, they
hove to with the wind N. w. next day
sounded in 70 fathoms, still laying to-
22d, the gale increasing to IN alarming
degree, took in the msintopsail. and lay
under balance reeted trisail until the al
ternoon Of the same day, when they sa.
the land on the Irish coast directly under
their lee, about a leagues distant, when,
it still blowing tremendous gale, wi'hs
very high sea, and they finding it impo,.
sible to show any sail to get of, concluded
their only chance to save their lives was
to run her ashore in some place more
sheltered from the sea, accordingly they
'uade for little bite called Smerwick,
few miles to the northward Of Dingls
Bay, when at 7 p. M. they let 90 their
small bower anchor by which they rode
until about 9, when coming on violent
squalls with snow they let 60 the bes.
bower, both Of which she dragged and 1t
10 p. IN. she struck on reel Of rscks abog!
a quarter Of a mile from the land, when
the sea made fair breach over her, and
drove every person into the rigging.-la
this situation expecting every morett
the masts to 60 over the side, lin which
case every one must inevitably have Pc.
rished) they continued until about Il,
when the tide had lett the vessel so as to
permit them to leave her, which they dd
by making hauser fast 10 spar which
drifted on shore, where some Of tie IN.
habitants being collected received The
end and made Il fast on shore, while the
either end being made fast on board they
all safely gained the land without SAVING
he least article of clothing except what
they had on-and it was with much d.
6cuIty the captain saved the briggs papers,
The inhabitants had. in the can time,
collected to the number Of 9 or SUI
making many Intellectual attempts to ge
on board for the purpose of PluHd''
which they were pre-, vented doing oy ID
violence Of the we.ther-they were e.
,remely savage and hostile in their ds
meancr, ard were mostly armed WV
hatchsts, hooks, and other implement
for p!under. Early the next m'rnIns
quad OF 90 men arrived commanded
a lieutenant, being a detachment fC
the regiment quartered ct D'nsle' WI
took charge of the vessel until The re-
nue. officers arrived. who wa. on
next day-They were only enabled 10
cain about 200 casks fayseed, and
5000 slaves which drifted on shore
seed all damaged. The next n,sn'
brig went entirely to pieces. "hen
Hazard loft Cork the caUtain WIS stlh