The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-11-27

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New-York; James G. Boughan, Virginia;
BENJAMIN Tallmadge, jun. Connecticut j;
Hubbard H. Hobbs, Virginia Samuel
Mercer, South Carolina Franklin Buch.
AMMAN, Pennsylvania; George F. Pearson,
New-Hampshire Charles Lowndes Ma
ryland.
DISASTERS AT SEA.
The ship Charles Mills, Commanded
by capt. Wise, was lost in May last, in
lat. Is N. long. SO so. on her passage
from Calcutta to the isle of France, hay.
ing experienced severe gale on the 18th
of May. From that time to the Goth, ev,
| cry exertionwas made to save the ship.
which proved fruitless. The best boat
was washed away. The long boat was
broken to pieces in attempting to hoist
out. A small jolly boat, which hung o.
yer the stern, was Immediately cleared,
into which was put female and child
with four or five men but, while in the
act of lowering her, she filled and capsis-
ed, and the woman, child, and two sea.
| men, were drowned, A small boat the
only one left, was got adrift, in which the
second officer S seepoy were launched;
she drifted astern, when the captain ium-
ped overheard, and was picked up by her,
together with the gunner, two seamen,
and little boy. j,
A few minutes before eight, Jon the Goth
the ship foundered, with sirfy-sir unfor-
funate beings standing ON her quarter
deck ; and, in about four minutes after
wards every fierson and every thing ON
board had atsahfeared In small and
crazy boa!, four or FIVE hundred miles
from the nearest land, with tremendous
sea running, and nothing but few pump
kins to subsist on, did these seven survi-
vors, without compass, put the boat be-
fore the wind aud sea, and stood north
until the s5th, when being near tile shore
off the Black Pagoda, to their unspeak.
able Joy they discovered sail, and about
half past II they succeeded in getting a
longside the French brig Scythe. They
were in such a weak and reduced stale.
that, probably, another day in the boat
would have occasioned the death of them
all. The first officer was amoug those
who persisted.
BoMBAYJUNE 1O.--Arriyed ship Buck
inghamshire from England. On the 18th
OF May, off Laguila's bank, fell in with
the Portuguese ship Europa, from MOI.
antique, bound to Rio Janeiro; had been
out two months, and was very sickly.-
She had lost 200 out of 500 of her cargo.
slaves, and was altogether in very disa-
oled and distressed condition. She was
supplied with provisions, wine, sSc.
from the Bnckibghamshire, who also took
her IN tow, for the purpose of bringing
her into fine weather latitude, or to port
where she might have repaired her dam
age, but the breeze fresheDing considera-
BILE, at 8 p. VI. the cable by which she
was towing, Broke, and it being very
dark and squally night, she separated.-
The Buckinghamshire carried a light
the whole Of the night, and at two A. VI.
hove 10, until the morning, at which time
the Europa was not visable in any direc-
ton.
QUACKERY.
Two persons have lately lost their
lives at Nantucket in consequence Of
their being dosed with the pernicio usio6s.
Tia infatta,by one John Thompson, suppo-
sed to be relative of the noted empiric
of that name, who was indicted in 1909,
for killing a patient in Beverly. Mass. by
gross and obstinate ignorance in admins
tering this drug, which has since proved
fatal ina number of cases. in the hands of
him or his disciples. NJ Y. Com. .Adv.
n journey of three hundred nuRes for
The sake Of q hearty laugh.
Such is the fame taat Mathews, the
English comedian, has acquired, that
the National Advocate states a company
of gentlemen chartered the steam boa,
Fire Fly. to convey them from Albany
to New York, tor the sake Of being pre-.
sent at his benefit,