The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1819-01-06
MAlL RODBEpS.

/ circumstances are related to US as follows.
the careless driver it appears, lost the
mail bag out of the stage, which .-as
found by the two negro men above men,
| toned. U.s.
itappears doubtful whether they knew
what II was when they found it, as they
appear we are told, to be very ignorant
slaves They contrived, however, to
make their way into it by the aid of
| knifc, and finding it contained letters, they
| contrived TO open these also, took about
$4,000, IN bank bills, and burnt the lett
tiers and the mail bag. We understand
about $4,000 of the money has been re.
covered; what has become Of the remain
der is not yet known. Bali. TEL
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.
Lfue1hooi, Oct. 99.--The following is
an extract of a letter from one of the sua
trers on board the Isabella, West Int!ia-
man, captaia Dale, lately wrecked on her
passage home" The shipwreck of the
Isabella, Capt Dale, which took place on
The 29thot August, was attended with the
loss OF 1--we persons, who were crowned
at the time of the ship laundering. She
sailed from Grenada, and was bound to
London, with a full cargo I; on the 2Sth
OF August violent hurricane corlmen-
eed, and, notwithstanding the eSertions Of
the captain and crew, they could not save
the vessel. After beating about for seve-.
raj hours, she foundered on the s9th, at
3 o'clock,A. NJ. in lat. 60, Ion. 65. No
assistance was near. and the only alterna-
tive was the long boat for 81 persons 10
cram themselves into the captain and i9
ofthe crew Immediately got into it, and as
the vessel went down, the boat floated ii,
the sea; we picked up three more unfor-
tunate sufferers, which made our compile
mcnt 10; the other 5 poor fellows met
with watery grave. In this frail bark,
without oars, sails or clothing, except
what we stood up in, we put compass,
few pounds OF biscuits, some cheese, 9
bottles OF rum, but no water we were
now lett to the mercy of raging sea,
which broke over the boat, and every mo.
ment we were in expectation of perishing.
We formed a Sail with part of an old
blanket, and lay right before the wind,
committing ourselves to the mercy of
Providence. The first and second day
were horrible to our feelings, OF reflect
ing upon the situation in which we were
placed, and the lamentabc prospect be-
fore US. OH the fourth day, despair be-
gan TO take possession Of sOlne of the
men; to add to our calamitics. the boat
was slowed, and two men by turns were
employed night and day in bailing out
the water to keep her aHoat. On the
fifth day, the crew were so exhausted by
fatigue and thirst, that one OF them drank
his own urine, several others drank the
sea water, which only added to their af-
Fiction; those who attempted TO partake
OF the cheese and biscuit were nearly
choaked, and nothing appeared before us
but ineetable destruction. In this me- 4,
lancholy condition we remained until The
Sd ofSeptember, when we were disco
vered by the ship Caroline, in lat Sc,
lon. %, bound TO Copenhagen from Sam
ia Cruz. The captain took us on board,
but we were put on short allowance, the
captain not having provisions for such an
additional number to his crew Threc
days after, we fell in With an English cut
ter, capt. Shaw, bound to Barbados, who
took cuts ofthe crew, ard assisted the
Caroline with provisions. BY humanity,
care ard attention, the whole survived,
notwithstanding the exhausted state in
which we were, having been six days Is
nights IN an open boat. Previous to the
Isabella going down, she had lost in the
STORM her foretopmast, part of the main
topmast, the maihmast head, the MAIN
mast toar feet below the top, and the iib-
boom the sea had also stove in the star
board dead light and when she went
down, she appeared to have number &C
planks Of the stern started. The long
boat was in 50 shattered state, that the
captain Of the Caroline, after taking the
crew out, had her broken up alongside
for frewood." -.
JERUSALEM.
According to the latest accounts from
Jerusalem, the Catholics there were still
more furiously prosecuted by the schis,
| matte Greeks. Several of them arc said
to be severely wounded, and their procu,
I'rator general had been assassinated. Eve,
ry effort on the past'of the Catholics to
approach the holy sepulchre was produc-
tive of a fresh attack by the fanaticaa
Greeks, who are further accused of hav-
ing defaced the arms of the emperor Of
Austria, and those ofthe kings Of France
and SPAN.
Aaother .Accou1t.--A traveller, re.