American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-06-03
LOSS OF THE SPRING.GRoyr
South-Sea Whaler.
From London paper Of April Is.

ed from Portsmouth, for the South Seas nm -, 'a't
of November last. Soon after her denar,,sa Wv ""
met with heavt and adverse storms, SO ,ba, h. que
they reached the latitude OF so degrees nor,b sa
were driven SO lar eastward as to be in sight ., IVY
African coast. For three days and nights thew =.
tempted 10 beat OH that lnhospitabe shore bn, ~
the night Of the esd November the exhausted W.
finding oil exertlons TO save the vessel fruless wsa
driven ashore about 60 miles north of Cane C.u';0
in the lat OF 81 north. The surf being tremendous
three oil the crew were drowned in attic mn,;nr :.
reach the shore--thc ship went to pieces in fons
hours. The southern Barbary coast, upon vbish
they we're cast, though within the dominion, IS
Morocco, is frequently visited by bands of wands,
ing, predatory Arabs. The crew saved from H..
wreck, amounting with the captains wife. Mr..
Hughes 10 81 PERSONS kept together the FIRST nioh,
unmolested by any visitors but early in the moniO,
of the 24h considerable body of Arabs surroundsSd
them, endeavouring by force to carry them off. Ths
crew, however, had armed themselves with pieces Of
the wreck and their assaants otbeiDg provided with
fire arms, they conlrived to keep them a, bsy. 80
that these unfortunate people were without farther
molestaion that day.
| During the succeeding night the Arabs came
down in increased numbers, armed with muskes
and in such force 10 render all resistance vain m
the part OF the crew. The latter were immediate.
Iy stripped oil nearly all their clothes, and led away
mostly ON the backs of cames scorcbed BY 4
burning sun in the day, ond chilled at night wi,bout
clothes and without shelter.--In this deplorable
state they were reduced to mean seryitude and
for the slightest appearance of murmur or discon-
tent they were beaten and basllnadoed most unmer.
citully. These suHerings continued five weeks.
| In the mean time Mr.. Wiltshire the British Con-
sui al Mogadore, to his honor be it spoken, had
heard of the shipwreck and captivity of the crew,
badr ted hp IN ba
of Morocco, and with laudable promplilude and hu.
mainly, demanded his assistance IN the Liberation Of
the cap,ives In justice to the Emperor, it is right
to state that no time was lost on his part in further
| ing this benevolent object. A party Of Morocco
soldiers was Instantly despatched, with Two officers
to that part Of the country where they were detan
ed, and they were thence conducted to Mogadore
One of the men died of the hardships he had IN.
dereone, and it is inconceiyable that many others
did not perish Though the exerlions OF the Con.
sui the men were sent TO Gibraltar, and some have
returned to England"
Here follows the paragraph commented upon becw,by
the Nat. Inelligencer]
Interesting reminiscence.-In an account OF the
loss Of the Spring Grove, Whaling Ship, which
was lost on The coast Of Africa on the Esd OF No.
vember last, part Of the crew of which were dellv-
cred from captivity among the Arabs ny that orna-
ment Of humanity, MIR. Wiltshire, the British Con.
sui at Mogadore, the following paragraph occurs;
"a circumstance stated BY Of these rescued men,
which is follows :-e says that the Arab Chief in whose
hands they fell coald speak little Engh and conrved
10 inform them, that, Years ago. English sap 1ds
lost the .icGn coast that tire reached the shore
he number Of three hundred men, well armed that his own
tribe, consisting of five hundred men, attacked them, and
repused that he solicited the assistance Of neigh
boring tribe the attack, with additional force
OF four five hundred that the British drove lhe
back second TING, and were making good their retreat
tor some settlement OF security, when they were mru
time surrounded by body Of thirteen hundred; ana Una,
the British fought till threc.ourths othelr number ana
the remainder pieces, after laying down theH
arms, and after killing $50 Arabs The name Of he '@p
and the exact time II e sapwTeck, are both unknown"
| There is an appearance OF connection between
the circumstances above described, and an lncloeu'
which. at the time, made an impression not ~
effaced from our minds the perception oil which
made the heart ache and the nerves thrill WITHIN Vs.
Who, that ever knew them, has forgotten me ea',
liant Biakety and his noble crew OF the on'eu
States Sloop Of War Wasp, supposed to have oe t
lost at sea, and never heard OF since oep.emOs',
l6ii' Is it not now highly probable that 'ns
Wasp was the vessel above described, los' Oh ",I
African coast &C. some years ago." inc crew u
which repulsed tribe after tribe oil the ARABS s"u'
when reduced 10 one fourth OF their NUMBER ns.
ing doubtless lost all their officers in the olhe'en
encounters, were bar barously murdered aver 'us
mission: To US there appears TO be every pUJba s
billy that such is The fact. The Wasp it VIII Os
reeoeci ed, sailed from Portsmouth in july lo,a,
on her first cruize, and was remarkably successful
in annoying the commerce OF the enemy nas~s,
up to the els. of September, besides capturing l,
British Sloop of War, and, it was supposed sum
ing another in night fight, made thirteen pn~u
The thirteenth. the A,alan,a, arrived sale a.
nah having lett the Wasp, on the Esd oil oepem
TENDER, eff the Madeira Islands, and mol k'o" LIZ
wha, her destination was. Taking this ,ae' WV" W.
the uncertain time of =" several years ago. anu ,h.
having heard OF any British ship Then LOST N his
direction we see strong reason 10 believe ,a' s
ship thus accidentally heard of. was the long he 10
j menied u States, Shin U'asp. To be sure n wv