Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-06-16

T's~ ne Bs.sfsn Pafrisf of Ji.ne ,.
DESTRUCTION ~ The tiNr sur,
BoSIoN. Al SEA, By fiEE
IL has become our ra,nfui da,, >.
record the loss Of the ship Boston. BE-
longing 10 the Boston AID L,,-r,o,,
Packet Company The brig Cam,r,
Capt. Edes. which arrived at ,h,s nor,
from Amsterdam, yesterday. fsl -,
with brig Idss from D-narrara for Hal.
flax, having on board the office. and
crew Of the Boston. Capt. MACK.
from Charleston for Liverpool.
Capt. NJ. has pIsecd in Merchar,..
Hall q statement az the particulars .f
the dcplorsble disaster, from which No
extract the following:
The Boston sailed from ChaIles,or.
May I8.--from the Goth 10 The o5.L.
With little iutcImission. there w,rcic,.
w squalls. tl,unds4 and lightning. j,
which the mas,s ana spars wcren.u,h
injured. On Tuesday. the e5rh. /,
lat. 50 81, Ion. 65 &c. va the afte,noor.
very black cloud came up from a..
y. w. and the ship was struck bv light.
ring. which knocked down the steward.
anu Isaac Hopkins, seaman. and filed
the snip with electric fluid. Two
complsisan's" were SEEN on the ton
ct the two masts. Soon after. the : n
VAS found Ia be on fire. the fluid lsy.
ins passed into the held, and t-:,tsu.
ricated 10 the cotton. The scupl,r.
were closed. and the passengers arph.
ell themselves with the utmost pcr,s
verancc to putting out The FIRE. cut
ting holes in the deck to admit The va.
ter.
All attempts to ex,iuguish the ere
proved Ia be uIavail,pg, as ~ srfcad
among the Gotten like tiI,ler. the boat,
were got out, aud the officers. pa..ea-
gers aud Grew. had barely time To save
themselves before tie ship was in a
i.ninp'eie blaze had not time TO save
the clothing. watches, or pro,isiut.,
except n small quantity Of the latter.
aud about 10 gallons Of water.
. on the following day, Miss Bcag. the
only female passenger. died from IA
uSIe and exposure. Tie Cabin pa
sengers were Admiral Sir I.aac Cof;r.
servant; Dr.. W1. Boag, Ind sister.
Miss Anseila Bosg, above menilon,d
Aessrs. Neil. Mcneil and Samuel y
O,so.d. On s7,h. were taken u, bv
t!'e idas, and an the 5otb, wcre trans
4 .erred Ia the Cam.lia.
( Miss Eoag whose death, ia announc.
cd above. Is stated To have been mos:
exemplary young ladv. To ics,, 4.
burning ship at midnight. ard take -
a boat upon the ros'ipg ocean. tie
pitchy darkness relieved onl, by fash.
ca vi lightning, aud the rain descend.
; ny IN torrents upon her unsheltercI
mead, must nccs,ariiy have proved Too
much Tor. one so te6defly nariutei.
ami indeed IL may be sebjectoi grea,
wonder that those Who were innrcd %
hardship should have survived. BE.
tore leaving the burning ship. The cool
ness at Miss ID. was IN anlft,tcd n tie
highest degree; and when her suffer
'rss were approaching their ,crunra
ton, She resigned herself calmly to the
! VIII OF God, and died with a Ll,.,sy
Tor her. brother ard suff.rrg fneud,
upon her lips. On the next mornira,
wednesday, her body. the situation al;
the sufferers not permitting il fo BE-
longer kept on board. was committed
10 The deep, and the burial ses,ie- e
the Church of England read. A :
O'Clock. r. ~. on THURSDAY. ! few
hours after this melancholy duty va.
performed. the Idas picked up The sui.
ierers. aud treated them with the Ut
most kindhess aud attention fr,m
, which vessel. as above stated, they
were removed on the 5oih, TO the Ca
milla.
The Boston was valued originally Il
S36, COCOON which sn,ount she VA, at
iirst insured. The first policy has,n.
expired. not long since. she was iusur.
cd on $1,000 $40. GOO. ef the sum
was insured at the Columbian GHice,
aud $1,000, at the New Encland
Office IN this city. None Of the earac.
we are informed, was shipped on nc.
count Of the Company. IL is believed
to have been on English or Charleston
aceount. IL consisted ia whole ar
principally Of c0tt0n.