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i*0dlivuf. t/a/4. lo-—scnr. ucuaaaiitfor Charleston.ttHirff\Ci MRMOIIAWn*.Brig Perseverance, Bacon, Ironi Provincetowo f«r Boston, lt;• **! away near Manchester on thf I7lb iuit. ius coding ul of Cape flaihour fell in with I'm :rn. Blanch t id, of N. V if'i.iuth, from11.1lif«x f t il *ton, ca'go (ia-cntl.—Sh*i kept m sight ollhe hng, following hor, until about the tiiuo the latt**r bore when she was not toh* -«en—the U lion’ * ipeifrM to have injured her •ails, and it was suppled that her crew weie heat out a- the could Dot take in her fojv topsail Huri * llu*gate. |She wa* to have sailed from II iid «x Jan. 8.]1 he Uniou went on shore* about 3. J*. M. same day, (Monday,) at Eastern Feint, Gloucester, on a ledge of rocks, and went entirely to piece*—the i apt. and mate c;arne ashore on the quarter deck —the remainder, (7 men and *i boys, including several pat-engers) all perished. One of the bodies It nl been found on Wednesday*We understand Capf. Blanchard saved what specie he had on board.We also learn, that Mr. Martin Thaxter and ton, of fortiand, were among the unfortunate paisenjrei* l*tel uy the wreck ol the Union.he lira. Bel Iona, of Fden, and Sea ll»«er, ofKit'ery, went a«hore at Ca| e Ann, near the fort, in flu ► * '*qi ul Monday — the termer bilged aud laiier *a» i t off.he hr. W H-id gton, Ferkini of K nnebunk, has gone ashore near Essex Bridge—she has one ofreceiving lie. e m pi8. All the Cllito uleut y 1; the COilfii the capt itnmedia the cuMc highest i with her mg to lie of seizure9. Wh tke land wharf or each vet amir.ed, moved t( custom li lircktion.10. j*for expoi ed Irauc Island, B proceed ployed ii;11. Sli however of entry, all her ct12. AIl.n mnut
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The Portland Gazette

Portland, Maine, US

Tue, Jan 25, 1820

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