The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-12-07

The Victory, Rowe, u Boston, arrived al sur
- Oct 90, saw on her passage two arcclis, one
Them schr from BDcssport with no .sIon on
ard
<ha syrrn Wilkinson. 81 II 'nesisceuiI. and
VII. Div hranc''. nissan. yf Bath, hart Fatal ~
1T lei At -. BstF.
Eig Diligence. jones, q this port, was 3, ga-
- OH nif ready Tor sea.
schr. II illiam Baker, 81 Gardner, 7 days from
10. far Havana, was spoken 18th uIt tat. 81,
20. 70.
Chr. Retrieve, IA day from 3 ,th, for savan-
IN. was spoken 18th nit. lat. 33, long. 10.
M PRO Co-ielia, Z lays from hence, was spoken
>pth nit. lat. 80, long. 60.
n shp Betsey, Cox, days from Newcastle, for
vaauah, was spoken 10 lat 80, long. 70.
Sch. SCION, Drinkwatcr, 10 days from Port
al fst Havana, was spoken Nov Is, lat. 81 !,
81 Ion. 68-hsd carried away her larbosri fore
S;rrins a few nights before, il gale, aid was
Brig Dorcas. Savage, 6 lays from 81. 4 adrew,
a. Belfast, was spoKen oct. %, lat AZ lou 60.
!. Brig Jane, Jei son, 20 days from Pt. Petre
a. Bath. was spoken Nov. q.
THE F,shsoies.-The Salem Gazette DE- Tugs
aay last reports The arrivalhf rs fishing srhrs. at
beveriey, ilom the Bay ofChaleur and the Banks,
xi,h III, 600 fish.
Sch. Carpenter Stinson, of Bath % days f.. ST.
cro,x. w = Cor Boston, with full cargo Tin
r,r,,,r deck leah ufram and sugar. vert ashore
40 Wesa~et sael, On TIE 10 ring OF he pa nlt.
.ho.s Aao'cieck, o the 2irh her cargo lad beea
IA safely landed. The mate and all the crew Tex
eco, one MAIL arrived in Boston on Suaday eve
ming. They ,ef, her on Friday afternoon, at which
fims she had received 90 essential niur y-she had
been partly stripped. snd they were preparing 10
ntsmpi getting her of. Cap. Stin.on re nain. al
TeIdeet
Pieces Of large vessel have been found at
Cranberry Head, port of Yarmouth, n 8. Also,
empty herring boxes, marked Gilpatrick, Mount
Desert.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.
Letter from a capt. Of one of the lost vessels in
Davis's Straits, dated Edinburg, Sept 10 - The
destruction Of so many ships in the Straits in one
season. | believe is unprecedented. No person
who has not visited those northern regions can
form even from the most correct description, a
Just idea ofthose immense masses of ice called
icebergs, and of those heavy sheets of ice flaws,
which, when set in motion by gale Of wind,
spread destruction wherever they are waited
As am lately returned from the Straits Of Davis.
my mind j. still pregnant with the magic scenes
which were presented to my view.
"On the morning Of July z, the Mary-Ann of
Dundee, and Raith, Of Leith, were seen totally
wrecked their masts were level with the ice
As our situation was critical, our only safety was
placed IN being in dock, which are spaces cut out
in the fast ice, in which the ships are placed !;
but, alas our trust proved of no effect. On the
morning of the 18th two other sail were seen des-
troyed, not far from ship, viz. the Equestris,
Of Hull, and the Sisters, OF Krkaldy their docks
gave way from ID excessive pressure of an in-
sress Office. On the morning Of the 10th a strong
s W. gale arose, and we observed at an early
hour, from aloft, that quantity of heavy flaws
were put 10 motion, and were setting in fast upon
rs. There were four ships all placed in docks,
ito one (which Belonged viz. Majestic, of Lon
don ; Tay, of Dundee Royal Bounty, and Thorn
as and Ann, Of Leith. At p. NJ. the destruc-
tive masses of ice were near at hand, and the
collision Of one piece of ice against another con-
veyed sound similar to q peal Of distant tkun-
ler-20 minutes after, the ice, which was run
ming three knots first came in contact with the
most windward dock, where the Tay and Males
tic were-in a momeat our ears resounded with
the destructive crash-in few seconds, the 9TH
err two ships shared the same fate. No language
can picture a state more truly alarming-the APP
paIiug cry ofIeave the hip, leave the ship, SCUM
ded from every quarter. We next made tents
upon the ice with spars and sail cloth, and spent
the night amidst thick fog and showers of snow.
thermometer stood at four degrees
below the freezing point. BY the end o. the third
Law the fog cleared away, and number OF ships
we're seen to the S. about 12 miles distant ; a
signal OF distress was hoisted, and men were seen
coming across the ice, to learn the extent of the
losses On the 2ist, the Dexterty, Of Leith,
1homewari bound, with shipwrecked men) pas
led number OF casks, heaps OF ashes and lum-
Der, lying upon the ice-sent boat, and ascer-
aimed them 10 be the remnants Of me Ocean
Ind Samuels, Of Hull, that we're crushed to piec-
5 on the l4th or 10th Of the same month. Out
If ten ships crews, only two men Per-hed"