Alexandria Gazette

An Adventurous Craft.

The New Orleans Delta says:

"Moored to our wharf is a little craft—which looks more like an oyster-boat than anything else—which perhaps, has made the most adventurous voyage on record since the days of Ptolemy. She is called the St. Louis, and is only 26 tons burden. Her master's name is Depeuy, and belongs to Matamoros, Mexico. Finding himself in Leghorn, on the Mediterranean, Mr. Depeuy determined, actuated by a love of adventure, to purchase this small sloop, which does not look bigger than a minute, and only draws four feet of water, and to return home in her. He manned her with three sailors, and loaded her with fruit, and after a stormy passage of eighty days, during which he was baffled about by contrary winds, he finally, on last Saturday, arrived safely at New Orleans, after paying the sum of fifteen dollars fees at the quarantine station. We visited this little craft yesterday, and were astonished at her exploits when we surveyed her diminutive proportions. The captain must be an excellent sailor. He intends going to Matamoros in her, and as a tribute to his sailor genius, we think the quarantine board should refund him the fees paid, and the city should not exact any wharfage. The adventurous little bark lies at the foot of St. Peter street, in the second district, and as she is a real curiosity, our citizens should not fail to visit her."