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FROM THE SZTIOSAI AKTOCiTE.
Mr. Editor.— The following short narra
tive is an actual adventure Hut occurred to
wards the last century:
Late in the autumn of I“—some gentle
nu.ii were performing a tour in the western
P»rr Os this state, a journey, at that time,
executed with difficulty and scarcely prac
ticable. The sites of those beautiful towns
and villages that now line the road through
which the traveller passes, were then but
the dark impenetrable forest, which few
men had seen, and fewer yet had thought
ol fixing their habitations and their homes.
Tedius was their route which now afforded
such pleasure ; men buried from a spot
where social intercourse scarce existed, and
where none but the uncivilized Indian held
s paramont authority. Towards the close
of a fine autumnal day, as they wne gently
entering tlieir battesus in the beanlilul Onei
da, they were forcibly struck with the isl
ands that opened to their view after leaving
Wood Creek, through which they had been
passing, appearing like emerald •pots set in
the silver expanse. The setting sun reflect
ed on the variegated (ullage the richest tint.
Our travellers were filled with pleasing emo
tions at the charming spectacle and the ro
mantic scenery nature presented. the
dash of the uar iri the calm and tranquil wa
ter a'one disturbed the sublime harmony;
and, itom the stillness ol all arourtd, seemed
the only noise this secluded spot had ever
heard Irotn the embouclier of the creek, and
entered on the .ake, before the languid
strokes i f a distant oar caught the ears of
our travellers ; it sounded nearer and near
er, and they Xoon found it proceeded from a
small cam e, having hi it one solitary being,
and as it approached along side the batteau
they asked him whither he was destined ;
in sullen indifference and inattention he in
formed them he was bound to Ouieda Cas
tle. His looks excited the attention of the
party, a,.d appeared those ol a melancholy
young man ; lua garments were tad-d, tho’
not in tatters, and had evidently belonged,
to one m a higher situation of lile than wnai
lie ,corned engaged in ; Ins outward resem
lilaice was the very Curdenio of Cervantes,
am', he possessed a face and an expression
that a Salvator Rosa wou.d have loved to
pourliay, and accent bespoke hunol French
descent. He passed on as if wishing to
bold no further converse ; and our travel
lers had scarce ceased wondering at the in- j
ciilcnt, Indore h.s canoe was far behind j
them, l ltc batlcau slowly proceeded on. j
’i he sim Ji td sunk below me horizon, and .
the twiligut had added new features to the i
tranquil landscape ; when another island of !
larger extent than tliai they had already i
sc n appeared before them —it had some
what of an security, and though the party
had In ai d ol its existence and the name hv
Which it was known by me batteau men of
the lake, jet no e had ever before visited j
it, or landed on its shores. The batteau i
men called it “ Hoger Bust" -' English, i
“ High Breast,” a appellation, which us ap- j
pearance and situation rendered apt and
appropriate, file nearer they approached
they were surprised at perceiving marks of j
cultivation, and as it was now dark they
looked round for a lauding place, having
first made a considerable noise to rouse the
inhabitanth ol tiie island whoever might le
side there. The party landed, and notwith
standing the night had set in, they made an
excursion to the interior, in order to disco
ver the people wlii-rn, from the cultivation
they had observed, they f it convinced oc- )
copied the soil. With lights winch they
had struck in the boat; they traced tlieir
way through a aluirt wont, amt suddenly en
tried at the end ol n up n an .avenue ot
shrubbery and twigs < f tree* m erwoven nj
the form of lattice work lining eacu side 01
the Walk ; at die tcruiiuali ,n til this a rude
hut was risible —they knocked at the door
and it was opened by a letnaie, who actuat
ed them to French ; they iiilormed her ot
the cu ise of tlieir visit, and then asked her
if site was not disturbed by the noise a»d
cry they had made : sin- told them no, lor
she thought it was occasioned ny the Indians
who were her friends. Our travellers be
held her w ith surprise ; she was clothed in
coarse and uncouth attire, having no shoes
on her feet, and her hair hanging in luxuri
ance, no small length, on tier back ; her
lo k,s and her manners bespoke the air and
mien of gentility. She seemed scarce
twenty ; her size was small and her inter
esting appearance was heightened by a
piercing eye, and the matk ot intelligence
and expression is indicated. — 1 hey told her
tlieir Intent to remain on the island during
the night, and she politely requested them
to make use ot her house, w Inert they, w ith j
many thanks, refused, but pitched tlieir j
tents near it, wil ls the bargemen slept at
the shore near the batteau. The next
morning they made preparations for depar
ture ; >hey discovered also in the interior
ol the hut, a choice collection of books,
scattered about, among .which they observ
ed a volume of Uotion’s natural history.
Belore they hail lell this abode of appar
ent happiness and sweet retirement, she
give them a bnet history of herself, which
was simply this: she had been sometime in
that country, though not always on the Isl
and she occupied i she lud resided for j
months in the castle of Oneida, among the !
Indians ; she described tbeni as mild and I
urn -Hendiug; that she had formed friend
ships there, which had to that day been of
service to herself and husband ; and as the
Indians hail not forgotten them, they occa
anmatty left at their secluded settlement, on
a return from tlieir hunting excursion, a
portion of tlieir game. She told them, with
much sprigluliness and naivete, that she had
became a heroine, for t-ial she had often
swam tram one tstand to another, and show
ed them a small gun she used with great
success in the destructi u of wild fowl.
Tor innocence and artiessuess of the wo
man, together with those marks ot superior
acquirement, contrasted with the solitude
that surrounded her, drew the partentiou of
oor travellers. Lithe course ofConversa
tion, they related tlie.r meeting with the
man of the lake; she answered it was her
husband, who had go to die castle io pro
cure provisions. . I hey did not wish to k
auv lurther questions as to the cause ot their
seclusion; and informing her of i!* - ir in
tention to leave the isia ni immediate V, sue
flew in a moment, wan an esg r avidity to
ob ige, lu the garden, and with her own
hands dug up the vegetables from the
ground, and "resented them to her guests.
Belore they departed, tney selected some
wines out of their stares, and other articles
which would bo luxurious to her in tins
comparative wilderness and left them where
she was sure to fi.nl them, as they* consider
ed it an indelicacy directly to niter them to
her, tor they did not hostUiu in believing
she had seen better days, and had been the j
ornamept of some society, the loss of which ,
might not perhaps have eavily been suppli- j
ed I hey jumped into the batteau and pro- j
“ceeded onw ard*, and trade a stop at a set
tlement some miles dovn the lake, and hav
ing related their adventure to some of the
settlers, and enquiring concerning them
they received the following information :
that the lady (for such our travellers were
already convinced she was) had been once a
nun in France ; that she had been taken
from a convent in Lisle, by the person they
saw, and rarried to America ; that the cause
of his occupying the island was his extreme
jcalouty ; that he rigorously restrained her
(rum going any where from ff, and had re
fused to let her visit a wife of one ot the
settlers, who had requested him for that
purpose, and they also mentioned his name
flow stiange that such feelings should per
vade a man among the wilds of the forest ;
that lie should not think the being on whom
he has placed his earthly affection, secure ;
in a solitary isle, which hold but her and j
himself tor its inhabitants.
From an old memorandum book of oue ‘j the r
pai ty. •
From the Mem-Fork JYational Advocate .
T\\e iireaUs.
The revolt ot trie inhabitants of the Gre
cian Islands against the Ottoman govern
ment, affords one instance among the many
recorded in history, of the certain and dread
ful consequences which flow from the ex
ercise ot despotic power. No people on
earth appear to have been so much the sport
of tlieir rulers as the Greeks.—View ed in
the light ot injiiltli by tlieir oppressors, they
have been treated worse than dogs, and a
Mussulman, arrayed in a “little brief au
thority” could not more effectually recom
mend himself to his superiors, than by load
ing the islands with taxes to an extent
winch left them scarcely the means ot sub
sistence. Pachas of three tails ; l’aelius ot
two tails, subordinate to the other, who are
accountable, in their turn, to a superior, w ho
also, is answerable to the government ; are
established in every province, to see that
the cadis exact with fidelity the contribu
lions of the state. Lind, r the cadis, there
is a class, called Agas, who, like farmers of
the revenue, purchase of the Pachas the
privilege of exacting ah die mo iey they can
squeeze out of the natives. As this class
pay prettv high to obtain the situation, and
j are invested with the authority of lords, they
take special care to indemnify themselves
i as quick as possible, well aw are, that if they
\ are merely au .peeled at being lardy in the
execution ol the powers, nothing more is
wanting to insure their disgrace, or occa
sion tlie forfeiture of their lives.
An aga has a right to demand a seventh
of the produce ol the land, lie is sole pro
prietor of the mills, to which every one is
! bound to carry lih Olives, and to pay ano
\ tlier seventh ol all the oil extracted, besides
i an indemnity to the labourers, and lor the
i horses and machinery used m pressing
the olives. Ihe police of the village belongs
I vo the aga : for this purpose he appoints
' a deputy ; a nni'Stilntaii like himself; a sub
alter . tyrant, always more gieeily and more
unit actable than ins master- 1 Ins wretch
incessantly occupies himself in exciteing
disturbance among die Greeks of wliiclt tiie
aga knows lmw to take advantage to fin his
c-.tiers. Frequent attempts have hem made
to cooCiluate the Greeks by a.lowing the-m
j to have a captain, or pr.mate, to adjust the ir
differences ; but this appointment only serv
eei to aggravate their misfortunes, as the
primate or captain never tailed to second
the views of the aga, by wuose influence
alone lie secures die oiiice.
No Greek can marry without the permis
sion of the Aga; a permission which he must
purchase by a present. If the fair one please
the tyrant, he frequently keeps her for him
self, without any one daring to whisper that
he does wrong. Any complaint to the Pa
cha, or the Porte, would occasion the loss of
the complainant’s head. Not unfrequenily,
alter having kept this woman two or three
years, lie turns her oil tor another, and mar
ries her to some Greek inhunitant of the vil
lage, who darts not refuse her. Married
men are not permitted to leave the islands
unless they are setupen or merchants. Ba
chelors obtain the privilege by paying a tax.
If a murder happens in the village, and the
cu'prit is not known, the Aga must pay a
sum ot money to the Pacha, wiiich he levu s
upon the iiiliabitauts, besides a large addi
tional permission for his own use. If it is
a mussulinao who is murdered, there is no
bounds to the rapacity of these tyrants. The
j sum demanded is exorbitant, because, say
they, “ religion has been outraged in one
of its members.” Such-an assassination, be
sides, is almost always followed by the death
of several Greeks; the relations of the de
ceased thinking it their duty, and as a step
in which their honor is concerned, to as
sassinate, in their turn, the first of the in
hibUants they chance to meet. \\ lien a
Greek is accused ot any other off ence, wh ch
is the same thing as being guilty, it is im
possible for him to escape unless he has the
means of bribing the Aga to deliver him up
to the Pacha, who is only pacified by a sirni
j lar bribe. He who has nothing, pay with his
> head.
It is thus that a people who so long pros
pered pnder the laws ot a Minos, have
been for ages governed ; that the inhabi
tants ot a country, where* liberty bad its
birth, have been bent under the yoke ot the
most shameful slavery. Who that has a
S|. ark of independent feeling in his breast,
dues not wish'that their present efforts to
emancipate themselves from this horrid
thraldom, may ultimately prove successiul.
On looking over “ Oliver’s Travels in the
Ottoman Empire,” we were forcibly struck
with the following account of an a'tempt
made by the abi rigmal natives of the fain
| mis Greek Island of Crete, to shake off the
ynkeot Vurkey. Though its termination was i
unfortunate, it cannot be otherwise than in- |
terrstmg to all who have tasted the sweets j
ot liberty, and who sympathize with the ;
brave in the struggles to break the fetters !
ot tyranny.
THE ABORIGINES OF THE ISLAND OF j
CjIKl E.
The inhabitants of the loftv mountains,
situated to the south of Canea and Retimo,
are considered as the real descendants of
those famous Cretans so long masters of the
country; known at the present day, under
tiie name «»f Sphaceiots : They are distin
guished Iron tiie other Greeks, bv their tall
stature ; by their handsome look, by the
love of liberty ; by the r courage ; tlieir
skill; and above all, by the hatred they
i have vowe- tg..iust the usurpers of Utctr
, island.
Mountains have been at all times, and a
mong all nations tl>e bat asylum ol libel ty,
as they have always been the abode ot
strength.—A rugged uutractabe soil, w hich
affords little subsister • which compels a
man to a long obstinate labour, which sub
jects him to sobriety, and condemns hub to
all sorts of privations scarcely tempts con
quering nations : when every rock, besides
is transformed into a fortress i when it is ne
cessary to fight, at every step, vigorous en
ergetic men, who defend wiih obstinacy the
soil which has given them birth, and the in
dependence which it procures them.
Under the Romans, under the Saracens,
under the Venetians, ami under the 1 urks,
the Sphachiots had found means to preserve
their laws and their customs : they annual
ly appointed their magistrates in the gene
ral assemblies of the people. Obliged by
the Turks, to transport, in summer, from
the top of their mountains, the ice necessa
ry fur the consumption of the inhabitants of
i Canea and Uetiiuo, they paid no tax, no iui
! post ; they have no agas ; they never saw
I among them the agents of the Turkish gy
! vernment ; they formed in a word, a repub
! lie in so me measures independent; when,
in 1769, some Russians emissaries came to
deturb the peace and impair the happiness,
winch these privileged Greeks enjoyed on
their moun’ams.
Whether Catharine had really conceived
the project of expelling the Turks from
Europe, and of placing her grandson on the
throne of Constantine ; whether she wish
ed only to call the attention ot her enemies
to a distance from the places whither she
was going to carry her principal lorces ; it
is certain that, on the unexpected appear
ance of some Russian line of battle ships, in
February 1770, in the environs ol Coron
and of Navann, all tile Greeks of the Murca
those of Macedonia and ot Epirus, and the
grt aicr part of those ot the Archipelago,
rose as the >.one instant, flew to arms, and
manifested a courage of which they were
not thought capable. At this period twen
ty thousand muskel*, distributed opportune
ly, and ten thousand Russians commanded
by experienced generals, might certainly
have produced throughout European 1 ur
key, a ri vylution which w ould for ever have
delivered the Greeks of those countries
troin the Ottoman yoke.
Ihe Sphachiots, in these circumstances,
were not the la9t to take up arms. Some
hundreds of the bravest among them, went
and joined the Mainuts, tlicir friends, and
proceeded together to offer their services
to Count Orloff. A greater number were
preparing to set out i when they received
an account, that the Russians, who had but
three ships of the line and two frigates,
which were destitute of military stores and
land forces, had raised the siege ol Coron,
and deserted the Greeks, who lud already
made themselves masters of Navann, Pat
ras, Misitra, and some other towns less im
portant.
flic Albanian Mussulmans against whom
no precaution had been taken, either by sea
or by land—They, who a few batteries of
the lsthunius ot Corthdi, am! a fw vessels
of small force in the Gulplis of hepatite and
Athens, would have prevented .from c.lin
ing into the Mmea —immediately spread
themselves over that peninsula; beat every
where the Greeks, who were disheartened
by the unexpected retreat ol the Russians,
and made among them a horrible slaughter.
'The ravage which these Albanians commit
ted on that untoriunate land will nevei be
repaired, as lung as the Turks shall be re is
ters ol those countries, and -the caprice ol a
few rulers shall be able to dispose of the
fortunes and tlie lives of the inhabitants.
'The pacha of Oandia,' informed of the con
duct of the Sphacbiots, resolved, in the year
1770, to march against them with all the for
ces of the island, lie wished to exterminate
these people and, by those means, a third a
terrible example of severity to all the Greeks
who might be tempted to imitate them. The
Turks always ready to light, when they are
persuaded that there are Christians to be
killed, towns to be plundered, boys and girls
to he violated, am] slaves of all ages and of
both sexes to be sold, ware soon united un
der their coioui s; soldiers and cultivators,
traders and workmen, all wished to take a
part in this expedition. Fifteen thousand
men, armed at all points, arrived in a few
days at the nearest mountains, on which they
found not one inhabitant. The women and
children of the Sphachiots, accompanied by
the old men and the _ infirm, had gained the
most elevated spots and the most inaccessi
ble places. Those whose age allowed them
to handle a musket or a swot-d, to the num
ber of upwards ol two thousand, posted with
intelligence at the second chain of their
.mountains disputed with courage every rock,
stopped for a long time, at every gorge, the
Turks by no means hubitated to this man
ner, of fighting ; and when a passage was
forced, or a rock carried, the Sphachiots,
lightly clothed, lightly armed, and accustom
ed to cluub mountains, disappeared in a
moment; while the Turk, who knows not
how to fight but on horseback, who is both
heavily clothed and heavily armed, could not
foilow his enemy across the rocks and preci
pices, which it was necessary to clear in or
der to reach him.
During the whole summer; the Turks
displayed a great deal of perseverance in
fighting the Sphachiots, but, being afterwards
surprised at a resistance which they did not
expect, disappointed in their hopes, frighten
ed at the approaches of the cold, and tired of
a painful ami disagreeable war, they loudly j
demanded to return home. The Sphachiots, j
on their side, found themselves reduced to j
the last extremity : almost all their villages j
hid been set on fire ; a great number of i
their provisions were exhausted; and the i
earth, which they cuuid not cultivate, no
longer afforded them any thing; so that
they received with pleasure the tir-t propo
sals that were made to them. They consen
ted to pay tiie annual tribute to which all the j
Greeks are subject, and, by these means, |
they were enah ed to return to their hah'.La- ;
I tions, aid continue their traffic with the
| maritime towns.
f As the Turks, on this occasion, had not !
j been able to take with thegj horses, and to !
' cause themselves to be fo!lc*ved by beasts of j
I burden, they thought of loading three or \
j four thousand Greeks with their baggage ; ;
and, in the different battles which thee had i
to light, they placed these Greeks m front j
of them, in erder to make themselves a ram- j
part of their bodies.
This trial of barbavitv and cowardice,
which was related to us by a great number
of Sphadttels, was what most aflected these
brave mountaineers, and contributed to re
duce them fn a deplorable condition. Fre
quently, they durst not fire on their ene
mies, for tear of hitting those thorn they
considered as their brothers, still more u;i
, fortunate than themselves.
From the .Yew- York Evening’ Post, Sept. 4.
Tremendous tia\e.
From Saturday morning till four o’clock
yesterday afternoon, we were visited with
repeated and copious showers of rain, ac
companied by some loud peals of thunder
and lightning, and an extrernf dense atmos
phere; the wind during the time veered and
shifted tv almost every point otthe compass,
when about half past 4 o’clock yesterday
afternoon it came out from about East, With
all the violence and fury ot a hurricane, and
continued until about halt past 8 o clock
last evening, throwing down clnmnies, un
rot sing building’, and prostrating tiees m
various directions. When the gale was at
its height it presented a most awtul spectacle.
Tile failing of slate troin the t ools of the
buildings, and broken glass from the win
dows made it unsafe for any one to venture
inttxthe streets, Should the storm have ex
tended with iqual lury any distance along
our sea board, we fear for tne destruction ot
lives and property it must have occasioned.
The tide, although low water when tile gale
commenced, rose to an unusual height, over
flowing ail tiie wharves andfi.hng the cellars
of all the stores on the margin of the East
and North rivers. Great quantities of lum
ber. anti other property on the wharves,
have either bten Uoatedoffor been damaged.
The following are all the particulars we haver
been able to collect ot the disasters and de
struction to property in this city and its
neighborhood.
I tie wharves on the North river are all
injured, and llietrame work being generally
started from the foundation. The brig Bee,
is slightly injured in her bows, by being
driven against the dock. Mr. Kabmeau's
Bath, at White’s whalf, near the fcaitery, was
torn to pieces and driven into the slip—so
complete is the wreck, that scarcely two
boards or planks of which it Was built, re
main attached to each other. The Steam
boat dock at Marketfield-street is destroyed.
The Battery is partly inundated, the eartli
washed aw ay as far astlie first row of trees,
and the lamps in front of the Flag staff, to
gether with the benches, aii carried away.
At Whitehall dock, the sloop Farmer’s
Uaogluer, was dismasted, and a ferry boat
sunk. At Cooßties slip, sue sloop Leopard,
of Troy, whs completely wrecked, and the
President, of do. and the sloop New Jersey, j
of Egg Harbor, w ere considerably damaged, 1
having their sterns knocked in, and bow
spriis and booms carried away.
The schooner Four Brothers, of Kenne
beck, and some other small craft in (he same
siip were more or less injuftd. Br.g Hero,
at Governeur’s wharf, had the stern knock- i
ed id ; anti the sloop Caroline, with moiass- j
es and sugar, sunk at the same vliart. The
ship Gleaner, and ship Jones, were con- j
siderably damaged. A sloop sunk in Coffee |
House slip, name not ascertained. The ship j
Chase, Baxter, rode out the gale, and came j
up this forenoon; brig Day, do.—They were ;
the only vessels at Quarantine that weathered i
the gale. The wharves on the East river i
are very much injured, some entirely de- i
stroyed—all so much so that it is dangerous j
tor carts to venture on th-in. One of the i
two French ships of war at Quarantine, was i
driven from her anchurage to the public j
store duck—whether she received any dam- j
age or not, we have not learned. Some
houses were unroofed and blown over, is !
the upper part of the city. One in Broad- |
way, near the Lead Factory was blown down
and killed ten cows. One ol the wings of
the Ball Alley in Alien-street, and Mr. Tice’s
Floor Cloth Factory, in iiivington-sireet are
blown down. Tire chimney of a house in
Pump street, was blown down, crushed the
root, and came through to the lower story.
The chimney of the City Bank was blown
down. A house in Gold street, two doors
from Ferry-street, had its roof and chimney
blown off. The chimneys in Schermerhorn’s
stores in Fulton-street were ah blown down,
except that occupied by Mott & Williams.
Tiie chillinies of the stores of Robertson St
Kelso, and Rogers St Gracie, were blown
down. The chimney of the house No. 47,
Pine-street, owned by Mr. Powers, was
blown over on to the roof of the adjoining
house, occupied by D. U. Ogden; Esq. and
slid off into the street, without injuring any
one.
The chimney of the house 202 Broadway,
was blown over and fell through U< the se
cond floor, fortunately the house was unoc
cupied in the upper stories. A number ol
trees were prostrated in the Park. A new
building corner of Dover and Front-street
partly demolished—and the front ot the store
of W, & G. Post, in Water-street, adjoining
their dwelling, was blown in. Mrs. Daw
ning’* house on the Bowery, was blown down
- —the family in occupying the upper part,
made their escape into tile yard but a mo
ment before it fell.
A Mr. Taylor, in Ludlow-street, was struck
with lightning during the storm, and badly
burnt. The brick bats, tile, slates, lead, &c.
from the tops of houses, and limbs of trees,
were flying in every direction. A man was
struck by a sign board in the bowery, and
had Ins arm broken.—The Bloomiugdale
Road we understand is almost impassable
by tiie falling of trees.
Since ihe above was in type, our marine
collector has handed in the fallowing.
Vessels ashore at Quarantine.
Schooner John Allyn, Sampson, from Nex
ington, N. G. with wheat, is ashore inside oi
the quarantine ground, above high water
mark; bo damage to vessel nor cargo.
Br g Copernicun, ashoi«e at do. considera
bly damaged.
Brig Neptutie’s Barge, ashore at do. 1 st
j two boats, stove in the quarter head of her
| foremast, cargo damaged, ike.
i Ship Belle, from Savannah, with cotton,
do. do. two ancliorsgoiie, and is a complete
wreck. „
Brig Andromache, from West-Indies, with j
sugar—all damaged, lost one anchor and 1
! considerable other damage.
Sloop Spy, from Wilmington, with pork,
&c. bilged and past repairing.
Schooner Pacification, from Jacmel, with
j cotlee, fruit, he. lost two anchors, is ashore,
! bilged and otherwise damaged.
| Brig Belvidere, Richardson, from Savan
| nah, with cotton and dry goods, bilged, her
i keel off, and sunk.
'j Brig Nancy, from Rum Key, with salt, is
stink, cargo lost.
j Brig Mentor,from Matanzas, with sugar,
j coffee and molasses, full of water, main mast
gone, and is a complete wreck.
At public store dock, brig South-Carolina,
starboard bow, stern, See. stove in.
Brig Cornucopia, from St. Jago, ashore.
Schooner Wm. St Joseph, from Savannah,
with cotton, full of water, fore mast gone, &c.
Dutch brig Andros, from Sweden, with
wine, lost her masts, bowsprit, boats, Btc.
Sloop Spark, Johnson, from Havana, with
sugar and segars, under water, bowsprit,
1 Stc. gone-
French ship Herondtll, from Havana, with
sugar, full of Water and going to pieces.
Schooner Native, from St. Thomas, with
rum and sugar, lost her rudder, started her
stern post —could not keep her free.
Schr. Carpenter, trom Teneriffe, with
wme, lost her rudder, stove in her stern,
leaky, &c.
Schr. Betsey, Elliott, of Plymouth, Mass,
with provisions, gone to pieces.
Bug Albert, Winslow, from point Petre,
with molasses, oil and wine, a complete
wreck.
Ship Amphion, Blinn, from Havana, very
little damaged ; a sloop sunk under her bot
tom, name unknown.
Dutch brig Lion, from St. Eustatia, full of
watet-, considerably damaged : the cook
missing, supposed 10 be drowned.
.hkire .Wear Fountain’ s Ferry.
Ship Ann Maria, from Havana, considera
bly damaged.
Brig Haiubii, Lander, from Havana, bilg.
ed, and otherwise damaged.
Ship Lucy Ann, from Havana.
The French 74 Colossus, and frigate Ga
latia, drifted near the Kilns j theiormer lost
her anchor, the latter struck the shore neaf
Fountains, lost her rudder, two anchors, and
received some damage in the stern, but got
off again.
Ship Chase, from St. Croix, drifted up the ’
Kilos, and lost her best bower anchor.
Schr. Post Boy, from MaUimore, ashore at
the Kilns.
Sloop Musidora, from St. Thomas, that
was below, supposed to have drifted ashore,
and gone to pieces,
I he ship llantonia, Tisdale, 20 days from
N. Orleans, with cotton and tobacco, to J. B.
Hutchinson, drove ashore on the Dais west
of Btdiow's island.
Bug Mary Ann, Swain, from Curracoa,
with coffee and dry goods, bilged and lull <jf
water. Not expected to be got off.
A small sail-boat was upset yesterday in
the Kilns,the crew supposed to be drowned.
The following is an account of the da
range sustained at Powies Hook, (Jersey Ci
ty) contained in a letter addressed to us this
morning by Mr. Lyon : A
“ Jkkslt Citt, Sept. 4.
“ Dear Sir i The gale at this place yester*
day allernoon, was most awful and tremen
dous. The wind was at N. E. accompanied
; with hail and rain, which fell in turrents.
j The damage is very extensive. Our dock#',
wharves, piers, &c. were all swept uway!
The ship Vulcan, that lay at one of the piers
at this place, lately from Mobile, w ent h .gft
and dry on one of the broken docks. Ibo
sloop Stephen, Ireland, trom Great Egg Har
j bor, loaded with laths, shingles, &c. is ashore,
j with stern and bow knocked in. The sclirs.
I Enterprise, Jenkins: Eliza, Salter; ami pet",
i tiauger Rosamond, Seaman, are complete
| wrecks, the launch of the V. Slates ship
j Franklin 74, lying in the North River, while
’ carrying out cables to secure the ship, drove
! from her and came ashore near the Jerry
j stairs; 7 of tile men are missing, supposed
; to be drowned.—Four or five more small
jcraltall stove to pieces. 1 lie loss to the
steam-boat company is very great ; their
wood is washed away, and iheir small row
boats stove. The steam-boat lay in the slip,
and by keeping her steam on her and play
ing the engine off shore, was saved without
damage. Ihe wind miit received more ex-*
tensive injury than any other property, be
i mg open and exposed to the full lore* of
i the wind ; ail tour of the arms, or sails, are
gone, the small fly wheels torn off, and the
cap, or top of the mill splintered and lorn
in many piaces. The trees in Grand-street
almost ail lie prostrate, with the large wiU
■ow in the park in front of our hotel. The
others me broken off and otherwise injured-
A snip lay s near the old village of Commu
mpaw, and tiie town itself has received
more or less damkge. Some roof's ami chim
neys blown down, and one or two houses
overturned, and the docks, Sec. washed a
way. A large topsail schooner lies adiorg
in die cove, high and dry. At Hoboken,
more or less damage is done, the wharves
being washed away. The Citizens' Coach
came in at 8 o’clock last evening, alter wait
ing two hours at Horsinms lor the tide to
fall, that they might pass the cross way •'*-
Ev. l J ost .
Great Storm of Rain and Wind.
Tuii.Am.crHn, Sept. 4.
After a succession of genial showers on
Sunday evening and yesterday raorihng a
s'-orm of ram commenced about 1 o'c.ock
T. M. yesterday, accompanied with a high
wind, which increased almost into a tornado
during Hie afternoon. The wind was gene
rally lruin N. to N. E. during its greatest
Jury, nut varied occasionally to almost every
point ot the compass. Great havoc lias
been made on tire trees in every direcuoii
we have heard fiom. Those in our public
squares have mostly been stripped ot iheir
iirubs, ami many in different parts of the
streets, have been laid prostrate. At the
Navy-y aid, in Southwark, out of fourteen
tieauuiul Poplars, winch at once afforded
shade and were an ornament to the Parade
Ground, ten were lit* rally torn up by the
roots. Much other damage was done in that
neighborhood, being greatly exposed to the
violence of the gale during iis rage from
N. E. and N. W.
We have as yet heard of no particular
disaster on the River, although there is suffi
cient reason to apprehend disagreeable tid
ings. Several small craft broue from their
fasts ; but no serious injury has been sus
tained , and it is consolatory to find, that m
tins “ uproar of the elements” no lives have
been lost. I
We understand that the roof of the bridge,
at the upper terry, commonly known by tlie
designation of Sheridan’s Itrry, was com
[ pleiely carried off by the violence of the
( winds ; and a slabie shed, in the vicinity,
was absolutely scattered in fragments.
The Schuyikill at the Dam, rose suddenly
to a great height ; but the works experien
ced no injury.
The accounts from the surrounding coun
try', we fear, will be of a most unpleasant
nature. Tlie corn fields must certainly have
yielded to the force of the tempest ; and
i the rising buck-wneat, (in many directions
: in a forward state must have shared the
same late. Fruit trees, also must have been
stripped of their luxuriant burthens.
The enclosure round the Aloe plant at
the Asylum, was biown down.
Some damage was dune to the Culvert
works, in ft aluut above stli street.
'live thermometer during the tempest
stood at about 72.
Several chimmcs w ere blown down in dis-
I ferent parts of the city.
The north-east chimney of Christ Church
was blown down, and in us fall shattered .he
railing on the root, ti i said that the stee
i pie shook considerably.