Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-08

city on Saturday August 18th, loaded wink !" =. L.
for the Delaware Breakwater. There vo.,
teen persons on board, viz Capt. Wclcb I
drew Brown, of this city. passenger. Jam ;, q
son. do. mate, Samuel HOdsdon. an am 80
TO Capt. WEIGH, and Capt. WeIchs, e..
consisting ofhis wife, five children Wiz, - :.
Young woman about 90 years Of ace. ~
WEIGH had taken his family and fr;,n(
board for the purpose OF removing 10 I.evj,,
at the entrance of Delaware Bay.
/ On account of head winds. after nro,o.r
as far as the Highlands, he put back and A.:
near the Hook. whore he remained I'LL Va.
! day morning Aug. %. A breeze then 3,
10 from the y \ ". and he went 10 Seal.
pany with about 10 other vessels. The
soon after increased 10 4 stiff blow, hau'ip, =
to the Eastward, and the schr begin to Is,,
nv badly After passing Barnegat, the ar5
increasing. Capt. W. ordered some vf h.
TO be taken in. and others reclrd. Viii. L
tempting to secure Part of lis deck load. VI
! had worked loose, Capt. W. was severely vc,
ed IN consequence Of some Of the Stones .rs.
suddenly 10 leeward. and carrying him with ~.
! lie WAS assisted 10 the quarter deck by tga
the men where he lay for some time nearlr :.
less; but seeing the necessity ofihe case, he /,
the helm. and ordered more sail 10 be hau,d
| The schooner now had large quantity Of NJ.
in her bold. Hoisted signal Of distress :,
soon after saw q schooner astern. which l,-
soon came within hail, Capt. W. desired \
TO keep Him company, as he considered /
situat ION extremely dangerous. The r
was that she would. But night comm,
and The wind blowing a perfect hurri,a,s.
sight of her.
After scudding the schooner as lon, a,
burst, Captain w. had balance ,eei,d m4ile
se., hove 10. and let 20 his sheet anchor. r.
cd out above D fathOns Of cable, which bo
her head nearly to tbe sea. II va, now
7 6'cock IN the evening. All hands than b
themselves to the pumps. and about HidAi..i,
ceedcd in making them suck for perhaps li.
hour; after which they could do so 10 lr.
tlcv kept them constantly In motion. 3th|
light august esd the water had gaioeI 90
them very perccivabIy. Capt. ". n,a
cable and endeavored to run in for land
his lib and twc-recied forcsail. The w.r.
creased very fast, and it vas clear that t., q
sci must go dow,. Tie only hope efi Va,
take the boat, and this was at best fola-
on account of the violence Of the gale. Al
ten O'Clock. having done ali he could for 4,
ty of the vessel. and those on board. Captain
told his wife and wife's sister their dang
He requested all his family to be in readings
be put into the small boat. although he did |
see how boat could live in sIch sea. Acua
ingIy, he ordered her launched. and bad ,bc II
ter made fast shroud Mr. Johnston va, .
toned in the boat for the purpose Of steering. !.
alongside the schooner. In launching he be
Mr.. Brown fell overheard with it; but BIOL
on to the bow. and Mr.. Johnston cudenore
help him, which pitched the boat By tAclc
painter. Every effort to recorer the Boa. Vi
now made. but in vain. In tie meanime
water was increasing rapidly in the hoh. 80
running forward settled her bowsprir al ba
under water. She then settled to st--,..-r.
came on her beam ends At this sWlul n
Capt. Welch, his wife and Children VIE. is
apprentice, and two seanen were on tic qlrs
deck. He held his wife by the had I'll d:
schooner's tafrail was perpendicular, aCI ia
stepped upon the counter u.nbers. and s-'i
the act of pulling of his jacket when tde as
boom slid down from the iarboarL side aal .rsi
him on the shoulder. Immediately afei. ia |
vessel went down, carrying with her eilbt ''al
beings in the bloom and ,igor of Iile eDhi-
the entire family of Captain Ncch, tnr
with lis wifes's sister aud his apprentice A'
being Some TING under water,partaiIy e.
in the mainsail Capt. W.elchrosc TO the +-,.4s
and with great difficulty, on account Of %,
haus;ion and wounds, succeeded in e7an-
piece Of plank, by means OF which be sir'.s
his way back to The boat. The two ,eams5 ".
rescued likewise. Capt. ". on rsIng
the water, saw one of his childron ioa,,r- r'
ten feet OF him, but with all the agony O.. '
tai feeling, could render it no assistance
| There were now five persons in the boat
! thirteen who sailed front New Yorh. j.
rest had persisted. About four O'Clock =
the wsid aba;ed; but they were not pcs
till between daylight and sunrise he net
! ing august 2+th, when they proyider.a' /
in with the sloop Traveller. Brown Of AcF I
bound TO Norfolk, who treated them v..' L
kindness of father, and in the eyaun2 . Il
same day put them on board the ,loop Con- Il
an, bound from Norfolk to this city. where L
all safely arrived on Thursday la-t--5'. L
| of them at least. with feelings Ol de'a
which cannot be described.
IN T. J,r Of u.