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The whole quantity of coccoons brought to the filature, was about 2300 lbs. upwards of 1700 lbs. were bought by the managers, the rest were reeled for the 619 lbs. of the 1700 lbs. were raised in New Jersey, and the proprietors of them, in common with those raised in Pennsylvania, by way of encouragement, received at least one fifth more than the real value. Besides this, two fifths of all the premiums paid by the managers, were persons in New Jersey. These expenses, together with furnishing the filature with proper utensils, hiring reelers at very high wages, to teach others, and such accidents and disappointments as are incident to all new undertakings, have so diminished their capital, that the managers found it necessary to petition the assembly of Pennsylvania in September last, for their aid and encouragement; but, as it was near the end of the year, that assembly could do no more than, 'recommend it to the peculiar notice of the succeeding assembly as a matter of very great consequence to the interest of this province.'

The present assembly has not yet met to do business, but the managers cannot doubt of a hearty disposition in the house to patronize the culture of silk in Pennsylvania, as that is all which can be expected from them; and the managers' funds being too small to grant either bounty or premiums another year-therefore, these facts are respectfully submitted to the consideration of the legislature of New-Jersey, hoping so public spirited a design will meet with such encouragement in that province as the trials already made seem to warrant.

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DEATHS OF EARLY SETTLERS.

Died, on Sunday the 14th January 1770, Sarah Meredith, aged 90 years. She was born in a little log house where the city of Philadelphia now stands; (her maiden name was Rush,) and there lived till she arrived to woman's state, when she was married to David Meredith, and soon after settled in the Great Valley, Chester co. about 28 miles from Philadelphia, then the westernmost settlement in the province, being six miles beyond any neighbour, except Indians, who were very numerous, b. 4oz. kind and inoffensive: on which place she spent the remainder of her days, and retained her senses perfectly to the very last. She was mother of 11 children, grandmother of 66, and great-grandmother of 31, in all 108; and what is more remarkable, the chief of them are now living-Penn. Chron.

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REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE.

VOL. I.

EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD, NO. 51, FILBERT STREET.
PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 2, 1828.

MEMORIAL OF THE
CHAMBER of COMMERCE of PHILADELPHIA.

To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America, in Congress
assembled;

NO. 5.

your Honourable Bodies with a memorial, praying that
means might be provided for carrying into execution
the design reported by the abovementioned Board. At
the following session they presented a second memorial,
To both these memorials they now beg leave respect-
fully to refer.

this may be thought worthy of a place.

And your memorialists again venture to address your The Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City honourable bodies, and respectfully to repeat their reof Philadelphia, respectfully showeth: That by an act passed on the 7th day of May, 1822, quest, with a hope that among the many and weighty Congress were pleased to appropriate the sum of twenty-matters which occupy the time and attention of Congress, two thousand seven hundred dollars, for erecting in the In urging their request, your memorialists will not bay of Delaware, two piers of sufficient dimensions to be a harbour or shelter for vessels from the ice, if after trespass upon the patience of Congress by a detail of a survey made under the direction of the Secretary of facts or arguments to establish the importance and value the Treasury, the measure should be deemed expedient. of the projected work. The materials for a just opinion That the Secretary of the Treasury caused a survey are to be found, in an authentic and unquestionable shape, to be made by competent persons without delay. The in the report already referred to, and the wisdom of result of the survey, was a full conviction of the insuffi- Congress will readily discern the conclusion to be drawn ciency of the plan contemplated by the appropriation, from them. But your memorialists cannot forbear to for the great and interesting object which had deserved remark that the great channel of communication with ly engaged the attention of the Government, and that the ocean which it is proposed to improve is becoming the expenditure would not in any degree effectuate the daily more interesting, The tide water of the Delaware intentions of Congress. But it was at the same time extends to the falls at Trenton, one hundred and sixty suggested, that a work upon a larger scale might be miles above its mouth, visiting in its course three states, constructed of durable materials, which would complete- and affording to large portions of them, the means of The heads of this river, the streams that flow ly answer the intended purpose, and be a lasting monu-intercourse with foreign countries and with their sister ment of the provident wisdom, and beneficent charac-states. into it, and the roads that reach its margin at different ter of our republican government. That application was thereupon made to the Execu-points, traverse a great extent of country rich in natural tive of the Union to direct an accurate survey and exami-resources, improved by cultivation, contributing largely nation. The application was promptly complied with. to internal as well as to external trade and commerce, Under the direction of the War and Navy Departments, furnishing the nourishment and the reward of wholesome a board was formed, consisting of officers of the United industry, and multiplying and strengthening the ties of States' corps of engineers, aided by one of the most dis- mutual interest which assist to bind together this great tinguished and experienced officers of the navy, who and happy national confederacy. Of the increasing proceeded immediately to the execution of the duty value and importance in particular of the trade of the city and port of Philadelphia, your memorialists can speak assigned to them by their appointment. with confidence, and can vouch the most satisfactory evidence to establish that it is well entitled to protecting care. Comparing the present year with the year 1822, the value of exports has increased nearly two millions of In registered tonnage, there is an increase durdollars. ing the same period of nearly five thousand tons. enrolled and licensed tonnage there is an increase of upwards of four thousand tons: and it is believed that the imposts of the present year will be more than five millions two hundred thousand dollars, exceeding the impost of the year 1822 by upwards of one million and an half of dollars.

After a careful consideration of the subject, guided and enlightened by personal examination, and by all the information they could obtain, as well as by a comprehensive view of the great interests to be promoted, they made a report which now remains on file in the War Department, fully demonstrating the practicability, and vast public importance of an artificial harbour in the bay of Delaware, constructed upon an extensive and durable plan, and furnishing detailed estimates of the

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At the commencement of the session which followed the report, the President of the United States was Of the probable future increase, in each of these parpleased to notice the subject favourably in his message to Congress, and thus to give it the support of his judg- ticulars, and especially in the interesting item of coastment as deserving the attention of the National Councils.ing tonnage, to be employed in maintaining and extendWith this weight of authority to sustain them, your ing our connexions with the other states, your memorialmemorialists could not but feel assured that their opin-ists will not venture to hazard a prediction. The interests ions and wishes were neither unreasonable in themselves, already existing, your memorialists respectfully submit, nor unduly influenced by local considerations and feel-are of sufficient magnitude to be entitled to a high rank ings. It was now obvious, that what had very naturally among the objects of national concern and care, and fully first engaged their attention as citizens of Philadelphia, to warrant an expenditure for their protection to the and inhabitants of the banks of the Delaware, was a great amount that may be necessary for the contemplated national concern, closely connected with the general work. But they may be allowed at the same time to interests, and well worthy of the consideration of those, remark, that from the rapid growth of domestic industry, whose high function it is to provide for the common de- from the improvement of inland communication, and fence, and promote the general welfare. And thus sus-from the abundance of valuable mineral products which tained, your memorialists were emboldened to approach have been added to the stock of exchangeable commo

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dities by facilities given to interior transportation, a very general, and they believe, well founded opinion prevails, that the coasting trade of the port of Philadelphia will be augmented with a rapidity hitherto unexampled.

Whatever may be the amount of the traffic, foreign or domestic, thus to be carried on, it is chiefly to pass through the bay and river Delaware: and thus, for want of a shelter from ice and storms, it meets with obstructions, and is exposed to hazards, always inconvenient and discouraging, frequently disastrous, and occasionally causing heavy losses to the public revenue.

PROCEEDINGS OF A TOWN MEETING

Held in Philadelphia, Dec. 28, 1825.

At a very numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the city and county of Philadelphia, held pursuant to public notice, in the Supreme Court Room, on Wednesday afternoon, the 28th instant, to consider the propriety of memorializing Congress on the subject of the Breakwater proposed to be erected near Cape Henlopen,

Horace Binney, esq. was called to the chair, and Samuel Jaudon, appointed secretary.

The following resolutions were laid before the meeting by Joseph Hopkinson, esq. seconded by John Sergeant, esq. and unanimously adopted:

These inconveniences, obstructions, and dangers, would, your memorialists have no doubt, be effectually removed by the proposed Breakwater. And this would not be the only advantage. A secure refuge would be afforded to vessels navigating that part of the coast, ac- Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, it is cessible at all times, and offering them a safe retreat highly important to the welfare of Philadelphia, and of from the storms of the ocean. At present, no such re-all the ports and places in the United States carrying on treat exists. Upon a line of nearly two hundred miles trade with that city, and by its means with the interior in extent, lying along the middle of the Atlantic part of of the country, that a secure artificial harbour should be the Union, and probably the most frequented of any portion of the coast, there is not a single point which constructed at or near the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, such a offers a harbour to the distressed and exhausted naviga- harbour would be of great usefulness to the commercial tor. The consequences have been repeated wrecks, and naval interests of the United States; and that inasgreat loss of valuable property, and frequent loss of lives. much as its construction belongs properly to the duties In submitting this matter to the consideration of Con- and powers assigned by the constitution to the general gress, your memorialists might also urge the great exer- government, it would be right and proper to ask the aptions which have been, and continue to be made by the propriation of national funds to this object. state of Pennsylvania, and the city of Philadelphia, to promote internal improvements. In the last ten or twelve years, it is computed that not less than twelve millions of dollars have been thus expended by the state and her citizens, besides contributing her full quota to the support of the government of the Union. And they might further urge the cheerful promptness with which the state, in a period of three years, contributed five millions of dollars towards the support of the late war. The contemplated work is essential to the enjoyment of the full benefits of these exertions, because it is indispensable for the removal of obstructions and dangers in the great outlet through which the streams that are opened must chiefly flow. It is, in effect, the crowning work to give efficacy to all the rest. With such a harbour at the mouth of the Delaware, the city of Phila

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delphia would be placed, if not upon a footing of equality with other ports, at least upon a footing to enjoy all the advantages which naturally belong to her position. Without it, she does not and cannot enjoy them. dangers and difficulties of the navigation of the Bay, for want of a place of shelter, are a perpetual discouragement, the effects of which have long been severely felt, and have become a standing argument against the efforts of public spirited citizens.

If this important undertaking were one which it was within the constitutional competency and duty of the state to prosecute, your memorialists would not deem it right to address themselves to Congress for aid. If it were one, with respect to which the constitutional power of Congress was even questionable, they would approach your honourable bodies with unaffected diffidence. But, it is a matter which, by the constitution, belongs exclusively to the government of the Union, and is clearly within the universally acknowledged range of the powers of Congress. It concerns not a single state alone, but all the states. It is connected immediately with the great and salutary power over commerce, which the constitution has assigned to Congress for the benefit of

the whole.

Your memorialists, therefore, respectfully pray that an appropriation may be made for the construction of a Breakwater, according to the report, and that immediate measures may be directed to be taken for executing the work. And they will pray, &c.

ROBERT RALSTON,
President of the Chamber of
Commerce of Philadelphia.

JOHN VAUGHAN, Secretary.
Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 1825.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare and report to this meeting, the draught of a memorial to Congress, praying for the appropriation of funds for the construction of a secure artificial harbour, at or near the mouth of the Delaware Bay, upon the plan reported by the United States' Engineers.

The committee was then ordered to consist of five persons, whereupon, Joseph Hopkinson, William Jones, Manuel Eyre, Silas E. Wier and John K. Kane, esq's. were appointed.

After some interval, the meeting being again organized, the following memorial was submitted by the committee:

To the honourable the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States, in Congress assembled,
The Memorial of the Inhabitants of the City and County
of Philadelphi, convened in general meeting,
Respectfully Represents:

That they have witnessed with satisfaction the liberal appropriations heretofore made by Congress to improve and defend the navigation of various ports and harbours in the United States:-That they have ever regarded the judicious application of the national wealth to such purposes as among the most effective means of providing for the common defence and promoting the general welfare; and that they have borne with cheerfulness their share of the burdens which such disbursements made necessary. With the same feelings they have largely and voluntarily contributed, of their private means, to improve the natural advantages of their country; and so long as the objects to which their attention was called could be accomplished by the employment of individual resources, they have forborn to solicit the aid of the government.

Nor do they now present themselves before your honourable bodies to ask a partial or merely local advantage. They have seen without jealousy the benefits conferred on other cities by the enlightened policy of Congress: regarding them always as a pledge, that similar and equally important interests would not be left without protection from the nation, and not unmindful that in our confederated republic the good bestowed on any part is, in its effects, beneficial to the whole. But it is, because the measures which are required to protect the interests of your memorialists, will at the same time, promote the welfare of a much larger part of the commercial body; because they will augment the revenues of the country; as well as because they are beyond the abi

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lity of individuals, and without the constitutional power But the citizens of Philadelphia, and those of the of the State of Pennsylvania, that your memorialists ap-states which border on the Delaware river, are not alone ply at the present time to the wisdom and liberality of the general government.

interested in the proposed work. The domestic commerce of the United States, which passes its mouth, requires security and protection. From the Capes of Virginia to New-York, a distance of more than two hundred miles, there is not a single harbour, which presents to vessels engaged in this important branch of trade, a refuge from the perils of the coast. Your honorable bodies will infer the extent of those perils from the fact, which is derived from an actual registry, that between the first of January 1824, and the first of December 1825, no less that fifty-one vessels have suffered shipwreck within ten miles of the contemplated Breakwater.

It has already been represented to your honourable bodies, that the Bay of Delaware, by which outlet the commerce of Philadelphia communicates with the ocean, abounds in shoals, requiring great skill and experience of the pilots by whom it is navigated, and that from the want of harbours near its mouth, its approach is beset with dangers, against which skill and experience do not always avail. It is also known to you, that in the year 1823, commissioners were appointed to examine the bay under instructions from the Secretary at War; and that in their report, which is on your tables, they have recom- When it is remembered by the Congress of the Union mended the construction of a harbour or breakwater in to whom it especially belongs to regulate commerce, the neighbourhood of the capes, as essential to the safety that an annual appropriation of one-tenth of the duties of the navigation. It is to the propriety and importance received by the United States at the port of Philadelof causing such an artificial harbour to be now construct-phia, would in four years afford full protection to the ed, that your memorialists invite the attention of Con- shipping interest on which those duties are levied—that gress. the same protection would extend its benefits to the coasting trade of the states generally, and that for the want of such protection, every month is lengthening the record of lives destroyed and property wasted, your memorialists cannot but indulge the hope, that their prayer will not be unnoticed by your honourable bodies.

It will be sufficient to refer your honourable bodies to the able report of the commissioners on this subject, for abundant proof that protection is needed, and that it is practicable to give it. But it may be permitted to your memorialists to show, by a few observations, the degree to which the usefulness of the proposed work extends.

Nor can they think it necessary to urge upon those, who have the exclusive power to provide and maintain The amount of outstanding registered tonnage belong- the navy of the country, that in times of war, a harbour ing to the port of Philadelphia, is nearly sixty thousand at the mouth of the Delaware, guarded by the simple but tons; and the amount of its tonnage enrolled and licens-impregnable fortress which the locality admits, would be ed for the coasting trade, is more than twenty-five thou-invaluable as a national work, and that as a place of resand tons, exclusive of river craft: making a total of fuge for vessels pursued by an enemy, approachable uneighty-five thousand tons navigating the Delaware bay der all circumstances without a pilot, or as a station from from the port of Philadelphia. It is estimated that the which access to the occean is at all times practicable, it value of the imports into Philadelphia from foreign coun- would combine advantages to the national and commertries, during the present year, will exceed twelve mil- cial marine, scarcely equalled by any port in the United lions of dollars; and that the exports from Philadelphia States. to foreign countries during the same period, will exceed ten millions' and a half. If to the aggregate of these be added the amount brought hither from ports within the United States, and that exported to them from Philadelphia, the value of the imports and exports of the States of Delaware and New-Jersey both foreign and coastwise, and the value of the shipping by which all these are carried, the total shows the amount annually jeopardized by the insecure navigation of the Delaware Bay. Where so many of the elements of calculation are founded on conjecture, it is impossible to attain precise results; but your memorialists believe that enough is certain to justify their opinion, that the value of the cargoes thus exposed annually exceeds thirty millions of dollars.

Supported by these considerations of great and general importance, your memorialists most respectfully but most earnestly solicit your honourable bodies to pass a a law, appropriating the necessary funds for the construction of a secure artificial harbour near the Capes of the Delaware.

And as in duty, &c.

On motion, Resolved, that the memorial now presented be adopted by this meeting; that it be signed in behalf of the inhabitants of the City and County of Philadelphia, by the Chairman and Secretary, and transmitted to our Representatives and Senators in Congress.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting, together with the memorial to Congress, be published in all the newspapers of the city of Philadelphia. On motion, adjourned. HOR: BINNEY,

SAMUEL JAUDON, Sec'ry.

Cairman.

Your memorialists most respectfully submit, that the present trade of Philadelphia alone, yielding as it does, more than one-fourth of the whole commercial revenue of the United States, is in itself an object well worthy the protection of the government. Yet, it is not matter of question, that the trade of Philadelphia is daily becoming more important. Within the last three years, the registered and enrolled tonnage of this port have increased in a ratio of more than one-ninth. In the same period, the amount annually exported from Philadelphia has advanced nearly one-fourth; and a million and a half has been added to the annual revenue at this port from imposts. The constant augmentation in number and importance of the manufacturing establishments in its vicinity, the opening of inexhaustible mines of coal on the Susquehanna, the Lehigh and the Schuylkill, capa-driven to sea from under said Cape. ble of supplying the whole union, the improvements completed or advancing to completion to facilitate access from other parts of Pennsylvania, and the consequent influx of agricultural productions, and of the valuable minerals which abound in the interior of the state, may be indicated as causes, which have operated to increase the trade of Philadelphia, and which will continue to swell the amount of property annually passing through the Capes of the Delaware.

CASES OF SHIPWRECK, LOSS, AND DISASTER, Within the Bay of Delaware, as well as in its neighbourhood, by vessels being driven into, or out thereof, by storm or by ice-and which would have been prevented, had there existed a place of shelter at its entrance. Collected from authentic sources under the direction of a Committee of the Philadelphia Chamber of Com

merce.

1807, January.-Pilot boat America, of Cape May,

Schr Amelia & Annah, from Barracoa for Philadelphia, arrived at New York; having been driven from the Capes by stress of weather.

March-Brig Commodore Barry, drove ashore in the Bay, but got off again after much loss.

Brig Fair Dame, from Jamaica, was driven out of the Bay, attempted to make New York and was driven from there also, when she bore away for, and was totally lost near Newport, R. I.

April-Brig Sally, was drove ashore near Bombay Hook, in attempting to reach shelter at Reedy Island. Ship Woodrop Sims, for Canton, with specie, was drove from her anchors on the shore inside Cape May. Brig Polly and Betsey with ten or twelve others were in the same gale, got to sea after loss of cables and an-driven on the Brandywine-vessel and cargo lost. chors, and many lives.

1810, February-Schooner Weymouth, from Maracaibo; sails torn, vessel much injured.

March-Brig Growler, Roberts, from Canton; driven on the Flogger.

Brig Ann Jane, for Bordeaux, was in same gale, drove ashore and bilged inside Cape May. Brig Nanina, for Teneriffe, do do do do. Ship S. Carolina, from Canton, do do do do. An Eastern ship, drove over the overfalls, and to sea, in distress and with loss of cables and anchors.

Brig Three Apprentices, from Jamaica, drove out of the Bay, bore away for New York, went ashore and bilged near Sandy Hook.

Brig Mary, McCutcheon, from New Orleans, driven out of the Bay with loss of cables and anchors.

Brig Elizabeth, Campbell, from St. Croix, saved after loss of cables and anchors.

Schooner Betsey, Hughes, drove ashore at Reedy Island.

Schooner Friendship, Burbank, from St. Thomas, driven ashore near Lewistown.

Ship Fair Trader, for Hamburg, lost cables and anchors in the Bay, and could make no harbor until she reached Portland, Maine.

1808, January-Brig Nancy, Bingham, from Havana, driven ashore on the oyster beds.

Schooner Thetis, Graysbury, from Genoa via New York, driven out and ashore near Cape May.

Schooner Minerva, Tripp, from Nassau, do do do. Schooner Regulator, from Boston, driven from her anchors on the Cross Ledge.

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November-Ship Agnes, from Charleston, parted cables under cape May and driven to sea. Schooner Jane, from Richmond, December-Ship Four Friends, from Havana, driven out of the Bay after loss of cables and anchors. Brig Dolphin, from New York, driven from her anchors on the shoals and to sea.

Brig Stetson, from New York, do do. do. 1809, January-Brig Portland, Crabtree, from Wilmington, N. C.; drove ashore near Listons.

Schooner Seahorse, from North Carolina; got into Cohanzy after loss of cables and anchors.

February-Brig Camillus, from New Orleans, driven ashore near Reedy Island, much damaged by ice. May-Brig Trumbull, Coit; put back from the Bay with the loss of cables and anchors.

December-Sloop Greyhound, from Baltimore; driven ashore and lost on cape May.

1810, January-Brig Mary, to Fayal; driven on the Overfalls.

Schooner Friendship, for Charleston; put back from the Bay in distress.

Brig Neptune, for Havana; put back from the Bay with the loss of cables and anchors, and much cut with ice.

Schooner Phœbe for Laguira; do do do. February-Ship Jane, for Fayal; put back from the Bay and went ashore near Listons.

Schooner Nancy, for Spanish Main, put back from the Bay and went ashore near Deep creek.

Schooner Clementina, for Laguira, cut with ice and sunk in the Bay.

Schooner Concordia, for Havana; driven ashore near
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Brig Eliza, for Toningen, and schooner Huntress for New York; driven ashore near Appoquinimink.

Ship Guatamazon, from Canton, to New York, drove ashore under cape May and bilged-lost over 50,000 dollars.

December-Brig Growler, Robinson, from Havana;

Ship Franklin, for Charleston; driven back and much cut with ice.

1812, January-Brig Three Brothers, from St. Thomas; driven on shore and lost under cape Henlopen.

Ship Lydia; drove ashore from the Brown and Lewistown beach.

Schooner Juliet, from Havana; driven ashore near the point of cape Henlopen.

Schooner, a prize, cargo cocoa and rum; drove ashore near Lewistown-all lost.

Schooner Perseverance, from Havana; driven ashore on Lewistown beach.

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-, (Spanish;) drove on shore near Lewistown-all lost. February-Brig Eliza, from Sligo via Lisbon; drove ashore on cape May.

Sloop, (Spanish,) captain Povell; drove ashore near pitch of cape Henlopen.

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1815, January-Sloop Industry, for Charleston; stranded near Lewistown-only part of the cargo saved.

1817, January-Schooner Five Sisters, from Baltimore; driven ashore on Egg Island-full of water. February-Brig Hope, Hall; driven into the Roads in the ice, with loss of best bower and cable.

Brig Friends; driven ashore half a mile inside cape Henlopen.

Brig Eliza; drove ashore second time, with loss of anchors and cables at Lewistown.

Schooner Eliza; driving in the Bay in ice, without cables of anchors.

Sloop Polly and Eliza, from Richmond; driven from the Bay, and drifting off Egg Harbour Flats.

March-Brig John Howe, from Havana; had to cut cables in cape Henlopen roads and go to sea.

United States' schooner Helen; drove from her anchors on shore at Lewistown; totally lost.

1817, March-Ship Hope, Gardiner, for Philadelphia brig James Coulter, from Havana and schooner Commodore Perry, from Havana; compelled to cut cables and stand to sea.

Brig Pilot, Wing, of Philadelphia, lost cables and anchors and compelled to stand to sea.

Brig Amanda, from St. Domingo; lost cables and anchors in the roads and had to drive ashore.

December-Brig Junius, from St. Salvador; lost cables and anchors and blown out of the bay.

Schooner Favourite; drove on the Overfalls, damaged rudder and had to put back,

Brig Ariadne; lost anchor and cable in the bay and put

to sea.

Schooner Washington, from Norfolk; lost anchors and cables in the bay and was blown off the coast.

1818, February-Ship Alpha; drove on the Brown; drifted on toLewistown bar; cut away masts.

Brig Roderick, from Savannah for New York, put into the Delaware; lost an anchor and dragging, cut and ran

for the beach.

Brig General Scott, from Port-au-Prince, with specie, sugar, coffee and tobacco; rode the gale till Saturday, when she lost cables and anchors; had to run on the beach; crew frost bitten.

Schooner St. Helena; drifting in the bay in the ice. March-Sloop Tryphenia, from New York to Norfolk; put in and was cast away on Cape May; one female and three men lost; captain and one man drifted on shore on the quarter deck.

Schooner Ann Maria, for Darien; drove ashore on cape Henlopen and bilged.

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