Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-10

cal history and antiquities, that at the ue'
feat OF the Roman legions in Ffancon'a' III
the days Of Augustus. one o! their ensign
bearers (AauiIitor) buried the Eagle tnat
was con6aed 10 bis charse, in ditch, lest
it should TALL into the enepy's hands; ana
that afterwards, whea the vlctors were COM
PEELED to resign their troph IS, one OF the
captured Eagles could not be procured
Time an chance have at length brought 1t
to light. Coun, Francis of Eul 'ach, who
has country seat at Eulbach, and who has
formed a magnificent collection OF Roman
antiquities, has found IN the vicinity OF bis
residence, Roman Eagle, in good state
of preservation 1t was discover in
ditch, not lar from some remains OF Roman
entrencbment. 1t is of bronze, thirteen III
ches in height, and weighs seven pounds.
1t is not easy to say positively that this is
the very Eagle formerly missing, but the
presumption is strong III its favor, & there
fore il may now be appropriated to the 2sd
Legion, or the Britannia Legion, which has
stationed in the lines OF the forest OF Oden-
valid.
From London papers received at ". York.
Loss OF THE ABEoSA TRANSPORT.
1t is with the most poignant regret we
have to communicate the melancholy fate OF
the Altoona transport, Of 328 tons, under
the charge OF lieutenant Nudge, of the Roy
al Navy, which sailed iro.n Greenock in
October last, with settlers for the Cape Of
Good Hope
On the 25th Nov. about noon, in lat. 4
deg. 80 min. north, and long. IS deg. 81
min. west, the Altoona unfortunately caught
fire, and was burnt under circumstances of
the most awful and distressing nature. Out
of crew Of FL persons, and lao emigrants.
men, women. and children, making total
of l61 persons, only 40 are saved. These
are happily all safely landed at Lisbon; and
have subsequently, sailed in the Royal Char
lotte merchant brig Tor Greenock, except
ten orphan boys, whom the gentlemen of the
British factory. at Lisbon, have taken un-
der their kind protection.
The fire broke out in the after store room,
whilst the chief mate was occupied in some
necessary business there; and such was the
awful progress Of the flames, that only three
small boats could be got overheard, before
the flames consumed the tackles, &C. neces-
sary for hosting ort the long boat.
In these three small boats, 40 persons were
received on board, with so scanty supply
OF provisions that the consequences m ust
have been almost equally dreadful with
the untimely fate Of those left on board,
had not Portuguese ship from Bahia, bound
to Lisbon, most providentially fallen in with
them at day light next morning. and receiv-
ed them on board, in which they were safe
ly and Hospitality conveyed to Lisbon, after
cruising about the fatal spot till noon, in
hopes Of deserving Some of the miserable
sufferers who might have chung to parts Of
the wreck, but without success.
OF crew consisting Of 81 persons, IA
are saved, including lieutenant Nudge, the
agent; Mr.. Fisher, the surgeon, the master
of the ship and the second mate; the first
mate, in the most feeling manner, refusing
to 60 into the boats, saying that be would
abide the fate of those left on board
Ofthe emigran,s, chiefly natives of Scot
land, consisting in all of II men, "a women,
b5 boys. 80 girls, only 10 men, women,
10 boys, and 6 girls, are saved.
IRELAND.
A letter from Dublin, dated December
81, says. An occurrence of an extraordi-
nary nature took place few days ago in the
part OF the county we have just Quilted
The marquis of Londonderry dreamt that
his Sun lord Castlereagh) came over to his
house, and that he went down to the statue
gallery to see him. With this impression
on his mind he got up in bis sleep and walk
ed down to the gallery in his house, and
against statue, knocked it down;
the noise brought the servants to the gale
ry, where they found the marquis in an ap-
poplectic st, in which state he was carried
to bis room, and still continues in the most