The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-04-07
GAZETTE .&s News.
PORT OF PORTL And.


March 81, arrived sloop Liberty, Moody, from
Newburyport April /, schr. Aretas, Prince, from
Salem Cd, brig Francis, Capt. P. f. Merrill, "a
| days from Havana, with cargo of molasses, to
Capt. j. Dicks and n. Kinsman, Esq brig Argo,
Capt. Hubbs, q days from Havana, with molas-
SEES to Messrs. Knight and Farmer Sd, brig Cas-
tor, Capt. Winslow, p days from Havana, with
molasses, to Mr.. Jacob Knight 18th. sloop Pack
ct, Lowell, from Boston. Ship Syren, from the
West-lndes, for Bristol, (Me.) put into our roads
on Saturday last, on account ofthe storm.
CLEARANCES.
Foreign. April, /, cleared brig Rising Sum-
Blanchard, for St. Andrews; 4th, brig Pacific,
Greedy, for St. Andrews.
Coastcase.-April i, schr. Reaper, Blanchard,
for Baltimore brig Morning Star, Spear, for Luz
bee ; Sd, schr. Levant, Schofield, for Alexan-
dria 9TH, schr. Industry, Tompson, for Edenton !;
sloop Express, Racket, for Fredericksburg.
SHIPPING MEMORANDA.
Brig James Monroe, Capt Sawyer, from Mar
tinico, via Boston, with so or 60 bbls Flour, and
small quantity of sugar, &c. was wrecked on
the 5. w. point Of Jewels Island on Thursday
night last, during the severe snow storrn.--The
brig, owned by Mr.. B. T. Chase, of this town,w
be entirely lost-but principal part of the rigging
and sails, and about one half of the flour has been
saved.-We understand about s. 5000 was insured
on her in Boston.
Capt Brotherton, from New-Oreans to Pha-
delphia, who was cast away near Cape Henry on
the 23d ult spoke, 7 days before, brig Betsey, of
Portland, from Havana, bound to Boston, but
having suffered much by shifting her cargo of
molasses, was then bearing away for Charleston.
Ship Fisher Ames, Capt. John l.. Lewis, of this
port, was at the Isle of France Jan. l, to sail for
Copenhagen in 10 days.
NORFOLK, MARCH 80.
ShapaCreck.-We have again the melancholy
task of recording the destruction ofproperty, and
the sacrifice of human lives by the inclemency of
the late gales. Two seamen named John Carey
and Peter Murray arrived here on Friday after
noon from the eastern shore of Virginia, who had
suffered shipwreck on our coast and communicate !
ed the following distressing particulars to the 1ee
per of the Steamboat Hotel reading room books. |
They state that they belonged to the hermoph |
brig Alfred, Capt. Rolf of Portland, Me-. that
said brig sailed from Portland on the 5th inst. |
bound for Alexandra, with cargo of lumber,
rum, molasses, &c. From the time her depar-
ture till the 9th, she experienced light breezes |
and good weather. On the morning of the 9th !
came out of Tarpaulmg Cove, with the wind at
~ H. from that period till the 10th, the wind
was variable, but generally ahead On the
morning of the nth, about O'Clock, the wind
blowing pretty fresh from the N +. with fall
OF snow the vessel struck, little to the north of
Hog-lsand All hands were Immediately en-
ployed to clear the decks and to endeavour to
get her head round to the S. E. but found it i'm
practicable, as she had run too far on, and the
tide was then falling. AT Z O'Clock the same
morning, got the long-boat out, and two men got
into it to pass around the bows, but in attempt
ing to do so the boat was unfortunately stove,
and they were drowned. The names of these
men are not recollected. Capt. Rolf, his mate,
Isaac Redman) and the two men named above
CAREY and Murray remained on the wreck till
the Goth, subssting entirely upon few biscuits
and water, and exposed to the severity of the
cold until they were badly frost bitten. On the
goth the vessel went to pieces, and they having
constructed kind of raft, drifted on it to Hog
Island. They were unable to save any thing
but the clothes they had on. Capt. r.. and his
mate went to Matcha pungo to endeayor to get a
passage on to the Eastw ard.
pessets Leff.-At Fort Royal, March A, Re-
becca, Stevenson, for Portland, in Is days Bet
sey, Lincoln, Wscasset, u; Amity, Maxwell,
Bath, waiting cargo Juliet, Bath, 10 or 70
Eliza-Ann, Snow of Ihonastown, for Turks-lsl-
and, 6.
At ST. Croix, March IL James Monroe, Crook
er, of Bath, for Baltimore in Is days Jane, Nc
Lellan, Portland, discharging briggs Nautilus,
Rich, from Bath, discharging Merchant, Ken
nebunk, do; brig Thomas & Edward. Hall,
Bristol, loading 18th, Bangor Paclxe t, Perkins,
of Castine-would not be all owed to take away
cargo, having only coasters manifest Monroe :.
ofHampden, and several others.