Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-19

bitten. 96th, lat. 50, 40, long. II, Al, spoke
schr. Albany, RYDER, of Boston, al day from st.
Andrews for Alexandria, IN distress, short of
water and provisions, lost foresail and men sick
supplied him (sea running very hlsh) with
Dbl. bread, Dbl potatoes. by the 1st bnat, which
he received; sent by Cd boat. half Dbl. beef; 80
lbs. pork, lamp oil, sugar and lS gals. water
being short of that ourselves.) The boat on her
return to the schr the Cd time. it being night,
and heavy sea, was lost, together with the sup
plies Capt. G.. Immediately lowered his boat
and saved the boats crew, aud pat them on board
the schr. together with more beef and some mo-
lasses--intended keeping CO. till next day, to sup.
ply them with water, but was separated IN the
night in gale. Capt. c. says there was chance
for them to ret water, as it rained 5 hours that
night; and there was another rain 9 days after;
their case he considers hopeless, if they did not
obtain supply.
Brig Crawford, from New-Orlsans, and Is days
from the Balize, arrived at Charleston l 18th
inst, sailed in company with brig Confuclus for
this port.
Schooner Lafayette, hence, arrived at NewOr-
leans I'd instant.
CHARLESTON, Is. C.) FEE. IL.
.4rriued yesterday-Bng Cora, Couthony, Bos-
ton, 40 DAYS. Lunlber-tO the Master-in dis
tress. bound to Trinidad de Cuba. Extract from
the LOG book-Jan. IS, saw an herm. brig to the
westward ofwhen within hail and about beam
of US, US, owing to her giving sudden yaw,
she came near running into US, to avoid which, we
put our helm hard down and rounded to just in
time to receive her on our stern, carrying away
our cutwater, bowsprit, &c. and starting the wood
ends, and STAYING the broadside of the other COM
pletey in, from the fourth streak below her bends
to the rail- so that she filled almost Immediately.
As she was loaded with Iomber, We offered the
captain to bear him company to the nearest port
in the U. States, or to take himself and crew on
board-the latter was preferred, and the brig,
which proved to be the Jane, of Newbern, N. e..
was accordingly abandoned in lat % 40, long 65
as, after saving as much rigging aud sails as pos
sible-secured our head stays in the best manner
we could to the stump of the bowsprlt. and bore
up for Charleston with fresh breeze a, NE. being
about $50 miles distant, it being thought imPru-
dent in out situation to proceed on the voyage
without repair. & being short of water for so many
hands. 18th. at 4 A Nj. the wind came to the w
S w, and blew violent gale, which lasted Is
DAYS without the least intermission, or varying
farther than w s w to WI w, during the
whole of which time we lay to under balanced
reefed trysail or close reef -topsai; from the
Goth to the 25th, the wind was most violent, it
being almost impossible to stand on deck. cath,
latitude 81 40, longitude IS ~, tremendous sea
struck us on the larboard beam, which threw the
vessel on her beam ends, and shifted the deck
loard to leeward-she lay on her beam ends a
bout of an hour. when she righted after cutting
away the deck load, which took the long boat and
all the spare spars. rigging and sails saved from
brig Jaue, and quantity Of provisions. had the
stern boat stove by sea in the same gale and car
RED away from the dayits. but succeeded IN re-
covering her-lat 81 25, Jon II 06. January 3oth,
at Q GO p NJ. saw something ahead, like the bare
mast Of vessel, at NJ passed close to the
wreck of schooner, apparently new, about 100
tons her deck level with the water, foremost with
the sails and rigging attached floating along
side, howsprit (l6 s9uare) and mainmast stand
inc, the head Of the latter carried away, upright,
billet head, bright sides, two white streaks, ex.
tremltes of the cat heads rounded instead of
square, wiadlass and bulwarks forward painted
lead color. white stauncheons fore and aft, square
stern with female figure on 1t, IN white dress
and blue mantle. one hand resting on basket OF
fruit, w0ovel ports in her tafail, and guard irons
over the carving, her decks swept of every thing
but the windIass, the bowsprt had an iron wlthe
instead of cap, her name was too tar under wa
ter to be seen distinctly, but looked very long,
every thing about her Showed she could not have
been I'D ner present SltudtiOh Dut NSi ouoit
blowing fresh and having no boat we were unable
to board her, Judged from her appearance that
she belonged to N. York or Philadelphia Jan.
5lst about 8 p NJ, while reefng the trysaii pass
cd close to large boat bottom up. it was too dark
to distinguish her paint, thought it possible it
might have belonged to the schooner we saw pre-
yiously. the crew of which had piubably succeed
ed in getting out their boat and would have ran
wesi fnr the land which was the course we steered
since falling in with the wreck. Feb. 9th and 9Th
had severe storm of snow aud hail from n n +
very cold, during which spoke schr Venus, Dali
ton, "a hours from Charleston. for N. York, who
informed us the light bore w by S 60 miles, ran
west so miles, and being very thick, blowing and
showing very hard, hove t'ail night, under close
reef main -topsai in l6 fathoms water; at day
light on the 9th. hauled w by n and spoke pilot
boat Savannah. who informed us fybee light bore
West l8 miles having been set by the wind and
current more than 40 miles to leeward