Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-24
LATEST FROM MATANZAs.
NEw.YoRK, Feb. 2I. I8a.

was upset 0y sudden squall or flaw.
about 4 P. NJ. on the 4th inst. two
hours after leaving the harbor of Ma.
tansas. Acting Lieut.. Glen, Mid,hio.
manlAlden, and two men got into a
small boat, and with difficulty reached
the shore at small village about 80
miles to the westward. where he was
kindly received and furnished with
horse and guide to Matanzas, which
place he reached at 2, at night, and
communicated the distressing inteIli.
gence to Lieut.. Comd't. M'Keever, Of
the Sea Gull, who Immediately direct.
ed Lieut.. Engle, to go on board the lit.
tie schr. Jackall, and proceed in search
OF the'wreck, and as soon as the steam
could be raised the Sea Gull followed.
1t was however 10 o'clock before the
vessels succeeded in getting to sea,
owing to fresh head wind and hea.
Wy swell. At half past IL, the schr
got alongside the wreck, and succeeded
in preserving the lives of the officers
and crew, with the exception of the fol.
lowing men, viz: John Gregory, ward
room steward, who was in the hold
asleep, when the vessel upset-Geo-
Gordon, black man-Peter Wheeling
seaman, who had been sick long time,
and died from WEAKNESS Christopher
O'Conner, and JOS. Campbell, ord. sea-
men drowned along side, about the
time the Jackall hove in sight. The
survivors were soon after got on board
the Sea Gull, where DR.. Dubarry had
every thing prepared to minister to
their relief. When they left the wreck,
she was sinking fast, and must have
gone down shortly after.
Commodore Porter was to sail in the
John Adams for the United States, as
soon as the barges returned which
were on cruize on the south side Of
Cuba. Captain Warrington had ar.
rived at Key West and taken command.
The Colombian armed schr. Clara
had been captured by Spanish mer.
chairman of 90 guns. The captain Of
the Clara supposing her to be an Eng.
lish man of war, boarded her with his
where he was detained-they
had both arrived at Havana.
No piracies or depredations had been
heard of since the crew of the Betsey
had been murdered.
The Sea Gull, Lieut.. Comd't. Kea-
yer, sailed on the night of the 10th
inst. for Key West, with the officers
and crew of the Ferret.
The schooner Terrier, Lieut.. Comd't.
Payne, remained at Matanzas, giving
convoy to vessels. american.
Savannah papers to the 18th inst. are
received by the ship Savannah. A
New-York pilot boat arrived off rybee
on the 9Th inst. having board nailed
over her name on the stern; she put
passenger on board a Savannah pilot
boat, and Immediately stood to the
southwark, in the direction of New
Orleans. The next day cotton to the
amount of 100000 was bought up by
one house, and in two days after, the
news from Liverpool by the Canada,
was received. The price Of cotton i'm
advanced about 4 cents per
ID. Rice had risen half a dollar.
ID.
A letter from Matanzas, of the 9th
ult. says that the people there were
much dissatisfied with the state Of
things under the present government
Of Cuba. Public amusements were
and much distress had been
occasioned by the imposition Of hea-
Wy fines, and by imprisonment. The
Colombians had three vessels of war off
Matanzas Bay, and kept sharp look
out after all Spanish vessels.
Extract of letter from Harrison, NJ
Kinley 4 Co. to a gentleman in Ns,o-
York, dated
"PoRr AU PLATr, Jan. 81.
"Mr. Granville and the Rev. Lorlng
D. Dewey arrived here on the 10th inst.
from Philadelphia via SANTANA, in the
brig Mary, Capt. John Harrison, with
80 emigrants. This vessel landed liz
at SANTANA, and remained there IL or
IA days. The schr. Unity brought here
in the beginning of Dec. 100 emigrants,
all of whom have enjoyed good health.
The passengers in the Mary inform US
that nine Of those that came in the
Dove from Philadelphia, have died at
SANTANA by fever. The disease, by
some, is attributed to the water OF the
vessel, as those emigrants landed from
other vessels, have enjoyed very good
health.
Extract from letter received in ~ YORK;
dated
SAVANNAH, Feb. II, 1925.
"The accounts by the Canada nave
reached us, in consequence OF which
large sales have been made both OF
finland and Sea Island, and expresses