The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-08-04
THE MYSTERIOUS DEsERTiON OF TIL
SCHOONER SARAH LAYINA.

We Yesterday ave an account Of the mysterio..
deserlion Of lie schooner Sarah Layina, Capt
Dearborn, Of Ale xandrIa, from which II WAS sup.
posed that she had been boarded ~ pirates. TIE
anne Xed further pirticulars from no New Bedlo
Mercury seem 70 n lder IL probable hat the captain
and mate, in a sou1ie, fen oyerboa ] and wee
drowned, and III tDe made u4lir escape Jg
shore
The captain and N e, Babe and We ,ter apr ,r
10 have signed then own names TO The Isl fouu ga
the captains trunk he Others 10 have made al.
marks as unable 10 scte. Webster ami Matt ~,
have Baltimore afis 10 the names, p.-ce re-
sidence; Nicoll, No. hur berland county, g 10
Babe, Cape May, N. J; Johnston has no pare re-
sidence affixed TO his name
From the schooner PAL srs it appear .ha.. i.
owned by George Ira horaas, Jas. Den sey ,ad
Robert G. Violet, of J. xandra, ID. C. The hm
is small, cont aiming on, wo 'srhs, and the tie
but four; leaving II 10 " Uttered ihat There zen
no passengers on board
The last re- ular entry OF the log-book, app rch
in the mates hand writing, Is dated 10Th Of JUS "a
| 90 course south. After interval OF several Ilt
leaves, the following d beer written IN pence! D.
IDENTIFY in the hand wri ING Of Wooster
| JieDorandstm.--On 10 night Of Friday, the ! .
about II o'clock, an the mate were on watch 49,.
gether, when the cap ain came on deck, and ST. ok
| the mate for being eep on wgtch, and the m g
struck him back again. when they tossed each OF g
about the mate lying Oh his hack end ohg.
| A small memorandum book was liso found in g
cabin containing the following ink record, also in e
| hand writing Of Webster
| Friday night, July IA, Ia 3.--About 10 O'Clock
| was the mates watch On ok along wi,b me, EAl
| the captain dee: nd told me % kept
vessel to the wind, and dose so then the iale w.
aft on the seat close TO tho ATRIAL asleep, and Ii
| captain went up and struck im, and SAID you age
d d fellow 10 be Office Uf a vessel aud slruc
at him, and they at anptter; the mate %. "
| captain down bis back ne tailrel, and t.
sheet block under them; il gave a jerk and PIT,
them overheard. So put ny nelm down, Ju.
was of no use--for BY the tmp ihe vessel round
they not TO be There was no one OIL
deck but myself, and could do o GOOD for them.
ran forward and called the nlon, tut by the tine
they got up the vessel was golng l., ore the w,Gd
and we could not hear thc,. 18th, kept ih,
vessel her course. 18th, do. l1th, -. 18th, saw
vessel, stood towards her to fin 1t course u
steer for the nearest port. Told ~ dne west for
Bermuda, and N. w. N. for New )lt-which ae
done so. l9,h, do.
In the other end Of the book the iel owing
morandums, also in ink in the same hgud yriting -
l4lb July, lS43-captain and mate sol drowned
fighting. 18th, kept vessel her coul.e 9Th, do.
9Th, spoke ship, told us 10 keep our shp rest oI
Bermuda, done Tor twen,y-iour i,oas 1871
thought il was better to keep her N. " get 10
some port of America or home. 10Th, kept t,r :.
N. w.
A boat, manned by 4 men, was seen to lanc
comet Point, r.. t., on Sunday morning, supp p
have proceeded from the schooner.
II is supposed that the seamen may haze
their way to New York via Newport. Pole
are upon the alert, and doubt not that IL b, I
mystery which now hangs over the affair Wi DE
shortly unrayelled.