Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-11-29
MELANCHOLY.
From the Baltimore american, Non. 26.

From the Baltimore american, Nov. 26.
The Norfolk Beacon of Thursday,
received by yesterdays steamboat, con-
tains the following particulars respect
ing the wreck of the schr Harvest, cap
tain sevry, on her passage from this
port for Charleston
The schr Harvest, captain Sevry,
from Baltimore, bound to Charleston,
S. c. touched in Hampton Roads on
Wednesday last, and having taken on
board Lieut.. Grimke, of the Navy, his
wife, child and nurse, late residents of
this town, sailed from Sewell's Point
on Thursday morning last for her des-
tined port, the whole number of souls
on board being fifteen. Yesterday
morning, Mr.. Chaplin, resident of
the vicinity of Currituck. arrived in
town and communicated 10 Mr.. Dent
Eel, our news agent. the following heart
rending tidings of the fate Of the Har-
vest, creating with their friends in this
place the most awful and distressing
forebodings as to the safety of Lieut..
G.. and his family, as our informant
could not, in announcing the deplora-
bic catastrophe, designate by name, any
Of the passengers in the Harvest -
Lieut. Gardiner, of the navy, an init
mate friend of Mr.. Grimke, left here
yesterday, Immediately on receiving
the information, to inquire into the sad
particulars; but the place Of the wreck
being about 70 miles distant he cannot
be expected to return until tomorrow
or next day.
Mr.. Chaplin states that the Harvest
went ashore on Thursday night, the
evening of the day on which she sailed
from Sewel's Point between New In
let and North Bank, in the vicinity OF
Currituck, the wind at the time blow
ing vely fresh from n. w. As soon
as she struck, they let go both anchors.
which brought her stern on, some dis
lance from the shore. In this situation,
the sea making a full breach over her,
her matches were washed off, and she
Immediately filled Her stern being
out OF water, the passengers flew 10 the
quarter deck, and to shelter them from
the severity Of the weather, some of the
females were wrapped up in the main
sail.
The news Of this disaster having
reached some of the neighboring inha-
bitants, they very promptly went to
their aid Early on Friday morning,
the captain and crew succeeded in get
ting on shore; CARRYING with them, "a
mong others, lady, whose husband
and child were left on board, both of
whom, (says our informanD were after
wards drowned A short time after,
the violence of the gale having some
what subsidized, four Of the inhabitants
who had come to their assistance, en-
barked in a boat for the Harvest, two
of them having got or board, the boat
immediately capsized, and the two in
it at the time swan ashore. They sue
'ceeded in second attempt in getting
on board, when they found man lying
in the lee scuppers, almost lileless, who
few minutes after expired-his name
our informant did not learn. A female
passenger, with her child, was found
wrapped up in the mainsail. These
with some others, they succeeded III
getting into the boat, but in the effort
to reach the shore, the boat again Cap
sized and four Of the number found a
watery grave.
The vessel is supposed TO be totally
lost. Eleven barrels Of -four were the
only articles Of the cargo saved at the
time Mr.. Chaplin left the beach
Tuesday morning.
1t is really to be lamented that our
informant did not obtain the names of
the unfortunate persons who persisted,
as the reality would be infinitely less
painful than the awful suspense in
which the above intelligence holds the
friends of those esteemed individuals
who went from here. We have no
means of ascertaining the number or
names of the passengers, received on
board at Baltimore.
One ofthe passengers, "a gentleman
our informant says, was entirely deran-
ged, when he left there.
We have made enquiry of the con-
signccs Of the Harvest in this city, and
learn that there were four passengers
from Baltimore, whose names are not
known.
There is a charity school established
on Southland Mountain . mics n. w
of Princeton, New Jersey, and taught
entirely by twelve young ladies. Two
of them attended the first week, and
one continued fortnight; they have
since been relieved every fortnight, one
each week, SO that no two have remain
ed together in the school more than
one week, except in Cases Of sickness,