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Before a shrine did bow a man
Os dark emprise and deed,
For oft betntalh his crimson hand
' Did helpless vi*:tiin.»*bleed.
Hut now before iiis (iod lie knelt
In deep contrition there, *}
vVashing hi* crimes and sins away
In uumhlem » and prayer. ~1 .
• And comfort came, and I leaven's gatt - •
11 id opened on his aijfht, v
Ac.! th* angels in Jubilee,
A 10ul was sayod 11 * n niffhf.
nicvriFE of Tiro jiusjuxds. !
The s oling ininter of ii vessel belonging)
to n port on the Kast coast of Scotland was
on a voyage to the Mediterranean, captured!
I>_y llu Algerines, ami detained in slavery!
lor 11 year?.; live id these employed at hard
labour, with a bullet 11lb. weight fettered
to one of his ancles, until happily released
Innn so jiamlul a situation, in consequence
ot the celebrated chastisement indicted on
tiese barbarians by Admiral Lord Rxmouth.
Returning to his naive town, sufliciently
disguised in tattered apparel, a toil-worn
countenance, and an unshorn heard, he!
learnt that his wile,alter passing ten years)
in -opposed widowhood, (ship, cargo, and I
crew lacing conjectured to have perished at!
sea,) hail married a second hush..ml; and
that a smi, left apprentice to the book-bind- i
ing business, now kept a book binding and ,
stationary shop, in which he was assistedj (
by a daughter. The liberated captive j
sought nut and entered tbe shop, and on
pretence of being recommended to a bed, (
invited himself home with them in the e (
veiling, and there found his Jane and her |
new husband, enjoying themselves around (
tlie domestic hearth. Alter some circuit!- ,
locution and preparing the way, he inquired :
(uamin'g his wile) if such a woman still liv- |
cd in the place, and if she did, he had some (
intelligent e of her husband to communicate. ,
The question, under the present circum- |
stances of the family, rather alarmed than ,
pleased, ami caused the stranger to be look- j
ed upon with suspicion, h* meaning to im- ,
pose on them. At lengtli, assuming the (
well-known look and tone of umJiminished .
affection, ho appealed to his Jane if sue did (
nut recognize him under all his conceal i
ment. This appeal was not made in vain; j
the recognition was on both sides lender (
. and nllecting. On being asked to which ol (
the two husbands she chose to attach her-,
sell, the “ wile ol two husband*” emphati- (
rally exclaimed that Willie (the fi st hus- ,
hand) had been the betrothed of her youth, (
her first love, ami (lie parent of her chil- j
dreu ; ami now that he was, as it were, res- ,
lured to her from the dead, her choice was
to be his for file and death. Thc second
husband having had it put in his option,,
hv the real gudemati. to apprep. ate what ,
he could justly claim, acted extremely lion (
viable, choosing nothing save a gold watch j
lie him-i ll' had presented to the supposed ,
widow when he wedded her, and on its he- (
iug restored, left the house, town, and that
district of country, never since having been
either seen or heard of. The prominent
uctur ot this little interesting drama has
now a vessel of Lis own, and is occasional
ly in the uahit, in pursuance of his marine
occupation, of visiting (lie port of Perth,
ami tell* the tale of his romantic adventure
as i really occurred, with an amusing pleas
antry and original simplicity.
J'l rlh Con tier.
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Scolch Courtship, —‘-Just before I was
putten to my ’premiership, having made free
choice of the tailoring trade, 1 hail a terrible!
stound of a calflove. Never shall 1 forge tj
it. I was growing up lung and lank as a
willow-\vamt ; brawns to my legs, there
were mine, as my Unwsers of other years too
visibly effected to > ~>w. The yellow hair*
hung down like a .lax-wig, the length of myj
lantern jaws, which looked notwithstanding
my \ apne-s and stilf appetite, as if eating
ami ihey had broken up acquaintanceship.
My b.ue jacket seemed in the sleeves to
have picked a quarrel with toe wri-ls and
had retreated to a tail below the elbows.
The ha unc:i buttons, on the contrary, ap
peared to have a strong liking to the stmuld
ers, a itttle below which they showed their
tarnished brightness. At the middle id the
b. k the tails terminated, leaving the well
worn rear ol my corderoys, like a full moon
seen Mirongh a dark haze. ()h ! but I must I
have been a b nmv lad.
-My first llame was the minister’s Ijssie,
J * **: e—a buxom and forward quean tvva or
throe years older than mvsel. Fain would I
have spoken to her, but it wou'd in do, my
courage tailed me at the pinch, though she
whiles gied me a smile when she passed me.
f She used to go to the well every night, wi’
her twa stoups, to draw waterauer the man
ner o’ the Israelites, at gloaming, so I thought
of watching to gie her the twa apples, which
. 1 carried in my pouch for more than a week
lor that purpose. How she laughed when [
, stappit them into her hand, and brushed by
without speaking. 1 stood at the bottom of
the close ii|hming, and heard her laughing
till she was tike to split. My heart Hap flap
pit in my breast like a pair ’of fanners. It
| was a moment ol heavenly hope : but 1 saw
: Jamie Cooin the blacksmith, who I ayejeal
, oused as my rival, coining down to the well.
I saw her gie him one of the apples, and
] hearing him say “ where is the tailor?” with
j a loud gaff'aw, I took to my heels, and never
stoppit, till I found myself on the little stool
by the fire-side ami the haimdy sound of my
i mother’s wheel Iminhumtning in my lug, like
a gentle lullaby.”
New York, October 4.
The Case of Reynolds, —Agreeably to
the postponement of the sentence of Rey-|
nolds and the adjournment of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer to yesterday, the court
assembled at 1 o’clock, when the prisoner
i was placed at the Bar ami the usual ques
tion asked, what he had to say why sen
tence of death should not he pronounced
against him. General Bogardus as coun- ,
sel for the prisoner, stated that the object 1
ol asking the question to a person convict
led, why sentence should not be passed, was,
j that if any good, and sufficient reason can
he adduced, new light, any material 1
tact discovered, (ending to show the inno- 1
,cence of the prisoner, the court in such
lease was bound to suspend sentence and in- *
istitute the necessary inquiries, so as to an
swer thc immediate ends of justice. The
counsel for the prisoner proceed ed to state,
that after the conviction of Reynolds, cer
tain lacts had come to his knowledge, which .
he considered us calling loudly on the court 1
to suspend sentence. He proceeded toi 1
;state them. Reynolds had been tried and 1
jeonvicted for murdering Capt. West on *
.Friday, and it appears that testimony ex
isted to show that Captain West was seen
on Saturday , and a barber of character is
ready to swear that he shaved him on Sa- '
turd ay afternoon, the afternoon previous tor
his being found murdered in Governeur’s 1
slip. A woman, residing about one hun
dred fee from Capt. West’s sloop, swore
before the Coroner’s jury, and repeats, and! e
amplifies her testimony, that on Sunday j s
uuniing at I o’clock, she heard distinctly “
the cry of murder and help! proceeding
from the sloop, followed by certain indis
tinct noise and struggling ; her oath and 0
■the barber’s were made before thc coroner’s
jury, but were not considered important on J
the trial.— There is no doubt, then, that the J:
murder was committed late on Saturday
night, or rather on Sunday morning. Now
how is Reynolds to account for himself on
Saturday night ? Mis landlady swears that
he came in at uusk on Saturday—ate hisjT
supper, and he and his wife went to bed ;!P
tbe landlady says she locked her house up 11
at 1U o’clock,and carried up the k“y toiler f
chamber, and that Reynolds was not out of
his chamber. On these points, the counsel, i 1
in connection with Mr. Wilkins, prayed a 11
delay of the sentence, and (lie Court retir- c
ed to consult, and after some time returned
and gave their reasons for passing sentence) 1 ’
on the prisoner, which, after being detailed *
at length, the judge recapitulated all the
circumstances of the case, and, with feel
ing, pronounced the sentence of the law, t
adjudging Reynolds to sutler death on the c
19th of November, a
The prisoner is a very young man, with e
a countenance which exhibits no peculiar!- u
ly, except a vacant inditlerent apathy, mix- v
cd, however, with Hues or trait* of unfeel- c
bigness. The facts discovered since his I
trial, will not he without effect in an appli- f
cation for executive clemency ; but thc tes- I
timony, although circumstantial, is strong. -1
Reynolds admitted on his examination, 6
that lie saw West on Saturday lying in Lis ( v
bedim the cabin floor, somewhat intoxicat-j
eel. The next morning the murdered nian't
was taken limn the dock; his nioiiey amlj.i
Ihe keys of the cabin were ('omul on Rey-i
nolds, ami he attempted to set up us own ] (
or of the sloop, and hauled her to another !
wharf. We sha\l, however, attend to any:;
new facts. The 19th of November is on j l
Saturday : tins was done, doubtless, to do
aWay the superstitious notion-of hanging on
Friday. I wish any other but this day had i
’been chosen, —>WmVs Advocate.
( Fire and Robbery. Last Saturday night]
(week, about 1-2 o’clock, the store of Mr.l
Wil Ham W. Phelps in Cortland Village,'!
I was broken open, pillaged, and set on lire, j;
j When discovered, it was so completely en- 1
(veloped in (lames, as to preclude the possi-'l
bility ol saving any of the property. The) I
\ dwelling liini-e of John Thomas. Rsq. situ-l
• atefi contiguous to the store, was saved bvi!
1 the spirited exertions of the citizens. Then
loss is estimated at about 33,00 ) and the I
property was not ensured. Diligent search
lias been made fir the perpetrators of the i
fml deed but so fat with ml success. i
Com. Ado.
Longevity. — There isnow living m\N ike,
Forest, N.C. a man named Arthur Wall,
one hundred and four years of age. ILs
eldest son is 82 years old, ami his young stj
|2D. He is a native of NonJiampton County,
of that State.
By an arrival at Alexandria, i (formation,
lias ueen received ot tie* execution of two
1 notorious Pirates at St. Tho.uas. on the 12tli
■ ISeptcmbcr.
Latest from Luro^e.
New-York, October 10.
The ship George Clinton, Capt. Rawsqn,
which left Liverpool August 28th, arrived in
the lower harbor on Friday evening, but her
letter bag did not reach town till Saturday
afternoon, owing to a thick fog.
The Liverpool market was in much the
same state as before. No new failures had
taken place.
We have received London papers to the
evening of the 26th August, and Lloyd’s
List of the 23d.
The British Parliament assembled on the
25th, and was further prorogued to the Ist
of November.
A new lithographic invention is announ
ced at Brussels, by which the French papers:
are to be copied and reprinted within two
hours after the arrival of the Mail.
It is reported that the Archduchess Maria t
Louisa, widow of Bonaparte, lias been mar
ried to the Count Niepperg, who is to be
raised to the dignity of a Prince. [
It is stated that the British Government
is opposed to the proposed expedition of Lord j
Cochrane to Greece, which was started by |.
the holders of the Greek loan.
The Cotton Spinners at Manchester have{ s
reduced the price of their yarns. In high],
numbers, the reduction is 3 to 7s. a pound, j
The cultivation of Silk in Egypt, is going
O* I 9 O O «
on upon an extensive scale.
British Stocks, August 26th, 89; Colour- j
biao Bonds 82£; Greek Loan, 16|-discount. |.
French. Stocks, August 94th, ((12,40.
Ttie English brig Britannia, Neale, which r
leaded at Enos, with provisions for the Turks ‘
in tlm Morea, has been carried into Napoli (
di Romania by the Greeks, and her cargo
condemned. The English Consul refused |S
to interfere in her behalf. I
It is said most of the transports which fol- 1
low the Turkish fleet, are Austrian vessels.
Another expedition as strong as the fust
was preparing in Egypt to act against tire
Greeks. It was supposed most of the Egyp- 11
tian Heel hud gone to bring it. r
London, August 26. Ij
Our information from the continent receiv- '!
ed this day, throws but little light on the
subject of th > allairs of Greece. The capture 1
of Ibrahim Pacha continues to be asserted,' 1
but confirmation of the fact is wanted.
Other reports state that the Arabs are:!?
overrunning Arcadia, with fire and sword—
that the Turkish ships have entered the ®
Gulpli of Patras, and obliged the small u
Greek ships to take refuge in the Gulph of j 1
Corinth—and that Redschid Pacha was a-i j
bout to enter Eujlia, apdv*gain lay siege to ?!
Missolonghi. *
A conspiracy has been discovered at Na- |
puli, headed by a Turk attired in the Euro
pean costume, who professed great interest
in the cause of the Greeks. He raised
troops, ami had in his corps thirteen other k
Turks. Their plan was to spike the cannon c
at Napoli as the Turks advanced. After be
mg put to tile torture, the traitor made a full V1
confession, and was burnt alive. w
The Envoy from Tunis who recently ar- M
rived at Paris, was conveyed home in u
French frigate. I'
LIVERPOOL, August 27. ~
We have had a fair demand for Cotton “
throughout the week, but prices have de- I*
dined 4 a 4d per II). for most descriptions, c
and at this reduction holders meet the buy- c
ers freely, particularly in the low qualities “
of Upland and New Orleans; 2500 bigs ,J
were taken on speculation say 1000 Ameri- j J
can 500 Pernambuco, 500 Mina Nova, 500 I
Egyptian ; and 2500 American were bro’t ‘
fur Exportation. The total sales amount to 1
11,816 bags, ami consist of 3263 UolandJ’'
44 at 7id, 1212 at 7? a 8,584 at 8| a Si,!' 1
653 at 8 a a9, 130 at a 9.1, 222 at 9.1 aj v
9.?, 326 at 10. 77 at 10.1,20 at 10’; 2144!"
New-Orleans, 254 at 9 a 9-ld 372 at 91 a, a
9L 734 at 10, 346 at 104 a 10.J,145 at lO.t "
a 11. 56 at 111 a 111, 239 at 12; 1783;"
Tennessee, &c, 30 at 7|d, 755 at 8 a B ],i 1
658 at 81 a Bf, 117 at 9 a 91, 142 at 91 a 1
9|, 51 at 10 a 104, 30 at 101; 11 Sea Isl- »•
and, 25 at 18d,20 at 21, 30 at 24, 20 at 58, ;l
15a 29 ; 10 Stained do. at lid.
Os Tar 2200 bids. American were sold at 1
17s. The demand for Rice was by the gro-
cera, who have taken 100 casks Carolina at 1
18 a 21s per cwt. ! l
Paris, August 24, !'
The Moniteur contains a long decree of) 1
King Fe-alinand suppressing all the military *
and permanent Executive Commissions il
which were established in all the capital
towns of the, kingdom, and the Baleuriaaj*
Islands, by t ie decree of Jan. 1824.
General Miranda, who distinguished him- 1
self in dispersing the troops of Riego, is ap-i'
pointed second in comma.;d of Tie Island of''
Cuba. j' 1
Our opposition journals, mortified by the I :
'rise in tlic funds, eade.iv > ' to circulate falseo
| news. For some da vs they proclaimed that
j French troops were a.mut to enter Spain.
, The Journal des Hobats gives out that
Spain i- raising her provincial militia—ihutd
' France is forming a camp at tne loot of »hej<
j Pyrenees —that England is strengthens . .
jlierself on. the Tagus — ml (hat such gre .!|;
(preparations have tor their object the r ■■ mg- <
initioa of South America. These pupcr-c
.have no regard to truth — what tin r desire i
is war s i nowhere, but we can assure their
readers, that the political horizon never
'presented an aspect au calm as at present,
INDISTINCT
and so many pledges of its continuance.
The camps of Bayonne and Perpignan are
but camps of exercise—the Spaniards have
collected no troops but the Ferrol expedi
tion—and the English station on the Tagus
has not been reinforced. [ Etoile.
W New-York, Oct. 11.
Fire. — A fire broke out about half-past
six o’clock last evening, in the largo, and
valuable four story fire proof store No. 45
Front-street, occupied by Messrs. Wardell,
Van Beuren and Co. grocers, which was
destroyed, with most of the property it con
tained. The fire was said to have originated
from the falling of a pipe of brandy out of
the slings from a considerable height in the
scuttle of the lioor, where it burst and com
municated to a candle, which instantly set
the whole in flames. The store contained a
great quantity of spirituous liquors, the
whole of which to the upper stories were
soon m a blaze—and by the time the en
gines arrived, the fire was bursting out in a
large body from the roof. By great exer
tions of the firemen, the adjoining buildings
were saved from destruction ; the store of
.Messrs. M. & J. Brett, No. 47, was con
siderably injured.
We were unable to ascertain the amount
of Messrs. Wardell, Van Beuren & Co’s
stock thus destroyed—it was variously es
timated at from 30,000 to 50,000 dollars.
(Notwithstanding the flames spread very rapid
ly through! tie buildings, we understand they
succeeded in saving their books and papers.
Since Saturday morning, the atmosphere
lias been filled with a thick haze or smoke,
so that objects at but a little distance could
not be discerned. Vessels bound in have
probably found it necessary to stand oft’
from the coast, and the Steam-Boats have
[been unable to run in the night. This
[smoke is said to extend all along our coast,
and it is supposed proceeds from the re
cent extensive fires in the woods of Maine.
No mail was received yesterday from the
southward of Philadelphia—lhe cause is sup
posed tobe that the Steam-boat from Balti
more was unable to navigate in the night.
Washington, October 10.
It will be no news to our City Readers,
but the information may serve for a compa
rison of notes by those who reside in other
parts of the country, that yesterday was the
daikest Indian Summer day we have seen
for several years. As was anticipated, from
(be density of the fog (or smoke) on the pre- '
ceding evening, the regularity of the Mails
so far as they depend on steam-boat trans- >
poftafion, was deranged by it: the Eastern (
Mail beyond Baltimore wholly failed—the
Southern Mail came to hand, but four hours
alter its time. From the appearance of the *
umospbere last evening, we need hardly <
ook for the regular arrival of the Mails this 1
Jay. The most skilful pilot cannot guide {
Ihe steam-boats in difficult navigation,
dirough a darkness almost literally imjjene- 1
liable. --saOO—
SAVINGS BANKS.
If tins were called, however much man
kind may be disposed to give as well as to re- !
ceive panegyricks on themselves, the age of '
benevolence,we do not believe that posterity !
would determine that we. have strayed very
wide of historical fact ;& this principle can
not be better illustrated than in the case of ,
the Savings Banks. How much property
has thus been »aved to the industrious poor s
—to orphans, to widows, which would have '
been perhaps expended in purchasing the
poisonous oblivions of the buttle : How for- s ,
cibly are these thus benefitle.d. taught the tie- J
eessity of small saving—habits of economy
—the use and importance of self-denial—
the property of putting a rein upon the ap
petite. The son of intemperance beholds j
his earnings secured to himself and to his
family, and he cannot now say to himself a? 1
lie journeys >n quest of liquid poison, of °
what advantage can this five penny bit be °
to toe support of myself and my family—lt s .
will purchase nothing but a dream.--Be-i
ncvolcnce is thus made to act us it were as!*
a guardian, not only over the property but ll
over the minds, morals and maimers of those
upon whom it is exercised. They see in 11
their own families the blessings resulting 1
from hugality, labor and order—they are
taught habits of sclfrespect by the parental .
anxiety shewn toward them by benevulent||
men : they find new charms to intercourse. 1*
new motives to lab »r, new incentives
frugal and parsimonious. A man who com-L
pounds the fiery elements for the des:ruc-l (
tion of his species, who can invent some no-If
velly in the science of destruction, who canq
introduce some more comprehensive modeL
of making widows and orphans, is eulogized 'f
as a public benefactor—while lie who re-9
stores a reprobate to his home, peace to hlsi
family, cheerfulness to the domestic hearths
—is passed by with scarcely a word of
commendation. Who does not envy the in- (
v -iitor of the Savings Bank his pillow re
(lections, if he is now alive to enjoy suchp
intercourse—who, if dead, would not plant >
[a laurel on his grave moistened and con- [
sec rated by the tears of orphan gratitude.
Ball, Jhnerican,
Suicide. —William Lowry, tailor, about
‘35 year-, ot age, put a period to Ids existence
[on Sunday last, at I) ii liugton, C. House, be
cutting uis throat with a razor ; lie was iii "a
|suite of insanity, supposed to be caused from
|excessive int jmperaace. He lived but two
■:yurs after committing the act. Surgical
•i l wms im nediaiely ..ll irded, and after i\i>
I ‘trout was sewed up, he spoke and called
upon t.s maker t > pardon him lor (he crime
lie bad perpetrated. \_Chercnv hit. 7th inst.
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AUGUSTA.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1825.
J Foh a day or two back we have had win
- ter weather, and on the nights ot the 19th
t and 20th, hoar frost was perceptible in this
i city, much to the joy of invalids, and great
■ ly to the annoyance of the musquitoe tribes,
j. who had been fattening upon some of the
best of our citizens for several months back.
The National Gazette, of October Bth,
t contains a labored vituperation of Gover
j nor Troup and his friends (a majority of
: the voters of Georgia) which we appre
’ hend will have no other effect than to ex
hibit the degree of hostility which the re
i publican party, throughout the Union, may
t' calculate to meet with upon every question r'
‘ from the editor of that paper.
lie has passed no opportunity of advo
, eating the cause of the “ major General
commanding” and of most grossly misre
• presenting to our Northern and Eastern
' brethren the conduct of the Executive of
r
Georgia, and, mirabili dictu, we find
some citizens of Georgia who virtually pat
, ionise Mr. Walsh in his exertions, by up
holding the same sort of political tenet
. which has always characterised that paper.
For the delusion of those of our citizens op- i
posed to the present Executive,we have to la
ment, still hoping for them political conver
sion ; but for this aforesaid Mr. Editor, we
have nothing but indignation at his officious
intermeddling with Georgia concerns—a
thing between this Stale and the General ,
Government, from which that busy little I
body could not, for the soul of him, refrain. * M
Rut what is most surprising the article has If
it, there is a wide difference between the V
\office and the incumbent— intending there- I
by that Governor Troup’s friends should W
not endeavor at the justification of the Ex- \
ecutive, became he, Troup, fills the Guber
natorial Chair; and directly afterwards de- I
nounces the very same men for presuming
to differ with Edmund Pendleton—we ap
prehend because he is—" major General
Commanding.” However, the shaft of the
Gazette will be too severely cut by the
“killing frost” of the North before it
reaches us of the South, to bring any thing
of death upon its point, or even the ability
to inflict a flesh wound.
Accounts from Norfolk, of the i Ith inst.
say. “ It is understood here from undoubted
authority, that Com. Pouter has accepted
the command of the Mexican Navy tendered
him by that Government. [C7j«s. Pat.
—i MS©—
The United States ship Hornet, Captain
Woodhouse, bound to Pensacola, was to have
sailed from Norfolk, on the 13th inst. She
will carry out Commodores Hrainbridge, and
Warrington, and Capt. Hi,ldle, Commis
sioners appointed by the Secretary of the
Navy, to fix upon a site for a Navy Yard in
the Bay of Pensacola. [lbid.
An interesting report has been made to
the Agricultural Society of East Florida, ona
the expediency and practicability of uniting
the Atlantic with the GnEt of Mexico, by a
ca ial across the Florida Peninsula, commen
cing at St. Augustine, and ending at V aC a«-
say Bay, embracing a distance of 92 miles.
I he cost is estimated at 593.000 as the in
tersection of several rivers will reduce tho
actual canalling *•; about )8 miles.
This important canal will save a distance
of nearly 800 miles in dombling the danger
ous Florida reef or shoals. ° g
ff ’esl India Trade.—We congratulate tho
public, that a company of twenty-four en
terprising individuals, among whom are
some belonging to the first mercantile hou- i
ses ia the city, has been formed to carry on
trade direct between here and the West lt^
,lies - . A schooner is now lading at our douc
lor this purpose ; her cargo in part consists
ol horses. We have no doubt hat that suc
cess will attend those efforts to extend tho
business ot this first growing capital of the.
first stale in die Union,
[Albany Daily Adv.
Gate at tae Soulh,~—\ letter received in
t.iis city fium St. Augustine, dated 4tii inst.
;statcs th at a severe gale was experienced
i lit ere on tie Ist and 2d inst. The wind
o.ew from the N. E. the surf breaking a
gamst the houses, and the streets overflowed
wiiii water. The wind on the 2d day
shilling to the S. E. the gale abated. Much
damage was dune to the houses, market
place, orange groves, &c. All the vessels i
in toe harbor (3 schooners and a
went ashore high and dry. One gentle
man,.Mr. Freshman, lost, in the damage his
| buildings sustained, about S3OUG.
i the same gale was experienced at l)a
--,ien > le title rose uncommonly high, cov
ei mg many of the swamp plantations in the
leigiumrhood ; in consequence, of which, it
’ u,,s * e^r Qd, much damage would be sustain
[Charleston Courier,