Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-09-27

winch no nope can be entertained for
her safety, is the Phenix, Captain C.
Ralkeni every exertion has been made,
and IS yet making, to get off The re-
NAMING vessels, which we hope ma,
meet Win success.
The town of Fredericksted has like
wise suffered greately; every vessel in
Read driven on shore.
We are sorry to announce, that on
the sare evening, the British brigauiine
SIR James hempt, captain Doe, from
trinidad bound to Antigua, laden with
cocoa, was driven on the rocks north
OF tbs Island. and totally wrecked;
passengers, crew and cargo saved
PROM The 81 Ihomss Times, .lsg. p.
ire gale of the II b instant has prov
ed very destructive In the country Of
the Provision Grounds on many estates
The high standing canes are materially
injured
Most Of the vessels named in our last
as having been driven on shore, have
since got off.
An American vessel arrived here on
Monday from II. B~srtholosne VS.; she
rode out the gale in that harbor; brings
no accounts Of any particular iniur,
having been sustained. Most Of the A
mer'can vessels had put 10 sea at the
hrst appearance ol bad weather.
The French ship La Clementine. cap
tam Clottut,trom Martinique bound TO
CaVie, arrived here on Monday. i'm dis
tress. She experienced the gale to lee
ward of Guadaloupe and was in compa
ny with two other French vessels. one
named tue Eugene, destined fo, this
port, both of which she list sight of
soon after the CO m"mencement of The
gale. During the passage o. the Glenn
entlne To tins port, she fell IN with a
number Of wrecks, two of which. an
parently schooners, each with a small
jury mast, she boarded, but found no
person on board.
The schooner New Packet. Titcomb
arrived at New York on sunday. from
st Domingo, furnishes a detail of the
great destruction OF property. and the
loss OF several lives by the gale in thai
nelghborhood.
Capt. L. States that it commenced
there on the iith ult from the \ Il. add
terminated with the wind from :. 4. w
Nearly all the vessels IN the harbor were
driven ashore, and those at anchor a.
the mouth of the rivergot under way at
the commencement of the gale. and
pat TO sea, and were all wrecked pear
lin River. Two vessels. mahogan,
loaded, went to pieces at the mouth of
the river, aud part of their crew were
lost. Several iiaytien coasters were
lost together with their crews. All the
mahogany near the coast had gone to
sea, and was probably lost. Accounts
from the coast mention the following
losses: Br. bsrque Alonzo and nine men:
br brig st Domingo and one man;
Br brig Julia, one mao saved; Br. brig
samuei G!andon,part of her crew saved,
RI, ship Louis, Laure, do. The schr.
Far American, Hammei, of Alexan.
dria, d.. e ADD one man lost,-the rest
OF the crew badly injured. The brig
Prometbus of philadelphia, sailed the
day before for Philadelphia, crew par;
" sick. Great fears were entertain.d for
her safety, as also for the Br. brig Eli
za6eth. Nelson. which sailed a lie DAYS
before for the Coast. All the vessels
on the coast, as far as had been heard
from were ashore.
In our paper of the ID inst. (says the
New York Gazette,) we mentioned
the loss OF the brig Cicero, Nye, of this
port. near Maracaibo on the 2sth June
a letter from the captain states the crew
escaped narrowly with a few articles in
the boats which they hauled in the surf
about one league. Until their arrival
at Maracaibo they were constantly sur
rounded by Indians. who plundered
them at every opportunity, and to repel
whom they were compelled to be con
s'antly armed On their arrival at Ma
racalbo they were treated with great
harshness by the authorities, who 50 far
from undertaking to assist them. shew
ed a disposition to confscate what little
property had been saved from the wreck,
to obtain the duty upon that portion
which bad either been stolen or taken
by force by the indians. Captain Nye
has sent home his protest
OD the sth of June. ina heavy north
wine the ship American Hero of Bos-
tor, big Canada, and Liverpool brig
were driven ashore at Valparaiso no
lives lost, Part of thar carooas ,ya,a