ROSEAU, ( Dcminicc) Feb . 2j.
The following very extraordinary circum
dance happened on the Hertford eflate of Tho
mas Jemroitt, Esq. at Mahaut, and so fur
uiilied us by Mr. Jfcmmitt himfelf.
On Saturday lad a pregnant negro woman,
who was remarkably big, but uncertain in
her reckoning, wls delivered of a male in
fant, without any assistance, in the forenoon ;
but it appearing evident that there was ano
ther child, two negroe midwives of the neigh
bourhood were sent for, who continued with
her until Sunday morning, when their skill
being deemed inefficient, a Dodor Griafep
pe was sent for, who arrived in about an
hour, and in less than half an hour after, de
livered her of three girls.
The four infants are of the ordinary size,
and, as well as the mother, in a fairway to
do well. This instance of fecundity may be
deemed as an extraordinary circumstance in
HTelf, independent of the additional singula
rity of the male getting the ftait by upwards*
of 18 hours of the female offsprings
CARLISLE, (Pen.) AtiguJ} j.
On Saturday lad, between three ami four
o’clock, P. M. happened the mod violent
hurricane, temped or thunder dorm, (for we
are at a loss to determine its proper name)
that was ever known in this borough or its
.vicinity. VVe can conceive* nothing except
an earthquake, that could be attended with'
more alauning circumflances. The cloud
from the wed, or rather a number of clouds
of'a mod lowering afpeif, furioufly agitated,
broken, and seemingly ready to fall, attract
ed the attention,- and prepared the mind, in
some measure, for what was to follow. The
lightning appeared, to those who were at a
didance, remarkably red, arid seemed to flarti
from the cloud to earth, and back again, in
such quick I'ucceflion, for some time, as to
appear one ffieet of flame. This might have
had a great effeCt on the air, at some miles
did ant from town, to set it in rapid* motion,
efpecsally when pressed down by a heavy
cloud suddenly falling towards the earth. A
very confiderabte quantity of hail fell; and
.th'fe rain was so abundant, that it feemsd
thrown from buckets, and being carried
along, and dathed againd every'opjxofing ob
ject, by a mod impetuous wind, darkened
the air in firh a manner, that all surround..
ing objeds leemed led in night. The dorm
threatened to lay the whole town.in ruins,.-
witn luch irrcfid.ble fo?ce did the column
move on ; happily, however, the damages
were much less th in apprehended. The new
brick houie belonging to the Rev. Mr. Da
vidson, being on an elevated spot near the.-'
welt eud of the town, and lying direilly iu
the line of march of this powerful column,
was the fird fufferef; all the parts of the
building aoove the square were suddenly borne
off, and a great part of the roof was carried
over Mr. Patton’s house, which flood at a
ftnall didance' on the ead, driking it forcibly,
and injuring greatly in its way, and fell on
the adjoining lot. Mr. Patton’s house is left
in much the fame condition as the dolor’s.
After injuring some smaller buildings, in its
coui fe to the ead ward, the next elevated ob
ject, to which it pointed* its ivry, was the
P.clbytereau church in the center of the town,
a building of uncommon solidity, calculated,
it was thought, to ltand for ages amidll all
the war of dements. About a fourth part,
however, of the roof of the north fide was
carried off, with the weighty cornice, and
thrown to the ground at some hundred yards
didance, on the eall fide of the open square *
which is iu the center of the borough. Af
ter leaving the town, it bent its course to the
public buildings, and greatly injured that
range neared to the’tovvn. Many fences in
the neighbourhood, which wefe in the line of
its direction, were also thrown down ; but
how far it extended, or what damages the
farmers may have fudained, we have not yet
learned. Let it, however, not be forgotten, *
that dreadful as the feene was, through the
good providence of God, not a single life was
, iofl, or any perfoaal injury worth mentioning
received; and the buildings, it is hoped, will
soon be redored to as good a date as they
were in before.
There is much room for philosophy to fpe
and much might be said to gratify an
inquisitive mind refpefting the laws of na
ture/ t But “ the wind Moweth where it lift
do we ever bos>* to fee a Franklin
Who can finr! i's eonifttflct*; or'command its
4orce and diretf ton ? How fubliroe and in-
Hi uctive is the defcnption given of fuchaw
ful scenes ? by the pen of inspiration! “ He
bowed the Heavens, and came down ; and
datknefs was under his feet. And l?e lode
upon a cherub, and did fly ; yea, he did fly
upn the wings of the wind. He made dark
nels his leiret place; his paVdiun round
about him were dark waters and thick clouds
of the skies. At the brightness that was be
fore him, his thick clouds palled—hail-stones
and coals of fire.’*
GEORGE- TOWN, Auguf 12.
Lad Monday being the yearly meeting of
' the Potuwmack-company; the members of
that tiuly patrietic undertaking, aflembled at
Mr- John Suter’s, and after arranging the
buftnefs for the enftiing yeat, they proceeded
to the choice of otiicers, when the fallowing
gentlemen were elefted, viz.
Xhomas JobnLn, Elq. in the room of his
Excellency the Prelident of the United States
of America; Thomas S. Lee, John Fitzge
rald, George Gilpin, Notiey Young, direc
tors.
It gives us infinite we have it in
our power to inform the public, that through
the indelatigable perseverance of the mem
bers of the Potowmack company, provihon
has been made to carry on the works with
great expedition, the enluing year, so that
we may flatter ourfeives with the pleasing
idea of soon feeing the produce of our wef
tern country at 300 miles back, brought by
water to our own doors.
N E W B E R N, July 23.
We have been favored with the following
particuiais relpcfting the new settlement cn
the Weftern shore of the Miffifippi :
The city of New Madrid is laid out on a
high batik of the xMtffifippi, at the diltance
of 12 leagues from the mouth of the Ohio,
j It is four mites in length and two in breadth;
thiough the midi! of it runs a dream, from a
lake above, o! pure, clear, and transparent
- water, which flows upon a_ sandy bottom.
The inhabitants, alter reconnoitring the
surrounding country, unite in declaring
the land to be the moil fertile and.plcafant
they have ever seen ; and they Verily believe,
that, in 1000 square mdcs about it, there is
not a Angle acre of land unfit forculttvation.
Certain regulations have lately been made at
New Orleans, whereby all flour, tobacco,
tallow, gammons, pelt.ies, aud dedr ikiiis,
from Kentucke and Hrtfbtfrgb, art? allowed '
to be carried theie for sale, on paying a duty
of 15 per cent, by all persons. Those who
agtee to become refuients at New Madrid,
and take letters of recommendation from
Governor Morgan, are to pay no duty.' On
the 16th of April, five veilels irt one fleet,
and three in another, all from Kentucke,
loaded with tobacco, pafl’ed by New Madrid
to Ncw-Orleans, the cargo of which, if
they arrived fate, would fell lor 2 5,000 Mex
ican dollars. On the 18th of the fame month,
three veilels, from Pittfburgb, palled like
wile, each containing from zoo to 520 bar
rels of flour. The price of flour, at New-
Orieans, was 20 dollars per barrel.
A U GU 3 hAy Otdobcr
The citizens of Augulia will please to take
notice, that, on Monday next, the election
for the representation 61 the county, in both
Houses of the Legillature, will take plate.
The merchants, and those who re-fide in the
upper end of Broad-llreet particularly, will
reflect how much they are in the power of the
incendiary—The laborers, wMe savings will
only permit them to keep a Angle .Vorfe, or
cow aad calf, in that of the thief—And, in
fliort, all who value iife or projierry willcon
. lidcr how much they are exposed to the bw
lefs ailailant and plunderer, while there is
neither a jail to confine, or a court to try,
the guilty wre'eties who infeft this town. —
It is not polfible, therefore, fays a correspon
dent, but that every nun, under Inch diltt ell
iug circumflanccs, will give up the time or
ease of one day, to attend the eleftion and
vote for men who are in favor of a division
of the county, that court-buildings aud trials
may be erected and cflablilhed.—A large,
• growing and commercial town, without tbelc
eflaljlii)tinent«, i» unprccftltmcd hi Atucrici,
or the world.
Ycflerday the ftor.orable the Commifficn*
e:s returned to this place from the Rock
Landing, where all thetr attempts to accoin
phlh a peace with the-Creek Indians were
rendered fruitlefs. Mr. M‘Gillivray, their
( hies, and principal Speaker, left the ground
abruptly, after having promised to give an
answer td, and enter into difeuffions upon, the
projeft of a Treaty which the Commiffionert
had delivered to him with their Talk in the
public square.
Notwithstanding this failure the public is
inforrhcrl that all the Indians who attended
gave the* mod evident marks of a friendly
ditpofitiou, and the Chiefs every allurance that
no mifehief llmuld be dime until another mee>
itfg could be had. In this M‘Gillivray ac
quieTced in a letter to the Commiffionerx : fJ
that, although no expreft agrcemcht has taken*
place, a t-uce, in the moll pacific conflruc
tion, is to be understood ; and it is hoped
that the white people, upon this occalion, will
furnilh the example of moderation ahJf for
bearance.
P-xtra3 of a letter from a gentleman in Phil a
cL\pbia, to bit Jriottl in this town, dated
Auguji 29.
“ A gentleman of this place has lately in
vented a machine with which he can cut,
from the bar, a .nail that will be completely
finilhed at one ltrokc:—With this lipglc ma
chine he can cut fixtv ill a minute ; so that,
with a feW upon the fame conflhiflion, he is
able to supply the continent.—He has a peti
tion now before Congr'ert, for an exclusive
right, which he will mol! undoubtedly get,
with a confide!able premium. There is no
doubt in the execution of the projeft; for it
is proved beydnd the power of eon tradition.”
DIED.] On Monday evening last, Mis.
Elizabeth CockraharlV, Wife of Mr. David
Cockraham, of this town..
MARRIED.] On Friday evening lafl,Jolm
Green, Esq. Member of the Honorable the
Executive Council of this date for the county
of Effingham, to the amiable Miss Jane
Minis, daughter of Mr. Benjamin Harris,,
of this toy,’ll.
For SALE,
At a very Hw ratc y
A Tra&t of handy •
Containing tlnee hundred acres, of
the fifft quallity of river hvarrip,
about fifteen miles below Augusta,
known by the name of
Beal's Mount .
Any person who is inclinable to pur
chase the fame, may kfiow the terms
by applying to tiieTubfcriber.
JAMES BEAL.
Sept. 2?,. 17P9. * t
Clerk's Cfue, Richmond County , AUgujt 3,
1789.
IDO certify, that Capt: Nathaniel
Peartc has lodged in this Office,
a Plat for five hundred,acres of lard,
originally fufveyed for and granted
to Joieph Farley, witu intent to have
the lame eftabliflied, in lieu of the
original, which was loft di> ing the
late war. ...
DANIEL ELAM, C. C.
Burke Ccuay % April 6 , 1789.
TH K luhfciibrr gives notice '
that he lias d p sited in th?
Clcik’s ollice of this county, a copy
of a deed, as near as could be ai
cortah.eh, from J.ftin Smith, late of
Hark : county, deCcafed, to him for
two hundred acres of land, on Dry
branch, Waters of Ogechre, in or
der to have it dtablifbed and record
ed, in lieu of the original, which ;
was loft during the lare war.
unit WILLIAM JOPCB/'
