LOSS OF THE SCHOONER FLY
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Extract OF a letter from MIR. Hunter, llla@
Of the schr Fly, tothc owners in the clty Y
New York, dated at Alvarado, Sept. :.


SIR--It has become my painful dnt$ ~, y
inform YOU Of the loss OF your schr. Fly ~ y.
circumstances arc as follow. On the W
ult. we left this port, and OIL the morning :.
the llth, At about O'clock, tho wcathci :. =,


ing fine, We were strucl, by a tornado, VIM
caps2ed the vessel one Of the main hatciiS


being off, She flied and went down IN ~
than fifteen minutes. Myself and iour ~,
men succeeded in cutting away the boat ~, ~,
the bottom of which we remained foul'es"
hours, VIXEN, the gale having abateu' y, y"
succeeded in righting and bailing hcr on,'
and after being days 1T sea, witNon, p'ho III
visions or water, oars or sails, We MACE ~ w.
land at the river Cazones, where wae a.
tually forced to sell the boat before ,lie -
habitants would furnish us with any tniHs
eat. We remained here recruiting ~. oa
strength for three days, during when I'm.
William Carpenter died. On the 2lst ~,


self, VIM. Thompson, and John Lcun'h cn",nh
seamen, started for Tuzpan, leaving hs'f''
owceny, at the point of death.


At Tuzpan we were treated WIN
hospitality by the commandant of the PIsrr Tan,.
from thence the two seamen sailed iol n =
pico, and took passage tor this po'7' II '