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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.