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London, England, 1804-12-06 00:00:00

AMERICA.

f1:0.1 I lit GEORGIA a Evuist.ic 4ri, SEPT. 1.4.
THE STORM.
Accounts continually furnish details of damage
and distress occasioned by the late calamity. The
plAntations in the ♦icinity have suffered with the
severest desolation. The rice, As well as the cotton,
is now lost, and scarce a hope of reward I.lr the.
toils of the season remains. The sufferings of the
ensuing winter are expected to be great, in conse-
quence of the destrudion it has made. We have
nut been able to learn its extent. _

From a rough estimate of the damage sustained,
we believe k is at least not short of the following,
for the city only :
Buildings Dol. 100,004
50,000
Gooch 100,003
Skipping lOO,OOO

Dollars ;i5
Most people are of opinion that half a million
would not make good the sufferers.
Some idea may be formed of the force and vio-
lence of the late storms, from the traces it has left
at Cockspur. On that island not. a vestige of the
former buildings is remaining, and the suilace is
much below its former height.
A cannon, which weighs 4.8001 b. was carried
thirty or forty feet from its position. A bar of lead,
weighing 300 lb. was carried a hundred feet ; cases
GI cannister shut were carried from 100 to 200 feet ;
and muskets are scattered all over the kland,

We have since our last obtained a more particular
account respefting the fate of the soldiers who were
at Fort Green. From the account they give of their
situation, it is truly distressing. About ten o'clock
on Saturday morning, the water had covered the
whole surface of Cockspitr Island. The soldiers,
three of their wives,• with two of their children,
and a son of Captain Nichols, ascended in the house
as the water rose ; but it was so extremely rapid,
that it was with difficulty they were enabled to get
on the roof of the house. Here they continued for
some time, and the wind blowing so high, that it
was as much as they could do to keep in this situa-
tion ; add to this, the incessant fall of rain prevent-
ed them from seeing twenty yards in any diredion ;
about one o'clock, p. ,e. the house gave way, and
every person on the roof floated with it ; not long
after the root parted, and they were all separated ;
some seized hold of part of the roof, others;got
plank or scantling, which were afloat from a vessel
that had previously gene to pieces below them, load-
ed with lumber; and in this situation, those who
were saved (eight in number) drifted on Walming-
ton Island, after having remained seven hours in
water; during the time they were in water, the
lumber to which they held, sometimes would' he car-
ried out of the water some distance by the violence
of the wind, and some were very much bruised by
pieces falling on them, being previously raised in
this way. The survivors suppose that some of their
comrades v:ere killed by blows from pieces of lum-
ber ; one of the soldiers, by the name of Lacy, was
drowned in attempting to save the life of Captain
Nichols's son, another was savel by drifting on the
top of a tree, and came in 21. hours after the rest.
Lieutenant Platt, Commanding Officer of the Fort,
with five of his men, were saved by a fortunate ac-
cident. Finding it absolutely necessary to have fresh
water, he went with his boat and hands, to procure
some on Friday morning, when he came high enough
,:is the river to obtain it, the galt increased so mucis
from N. E. and a strong flood tide, that he was
obliged to come to this city, and after that was
impossible for bins to return ; many of the solders
who escaped are very much bruised and wattApd
by nails, splinters, &c.
The men who were lost were, Reuben Armstrong,
corporal ; \Villiam Crafts, musician ; Daniel Lacy-,
Thomas Moor, Joseph Whitaker, John Glynn, Sa-
moa M. Williams, privates; John S. Nic!iols, son
of Captain Nichols.

EXTRACT OF A LITTER FROM A Grsztem*m Al
NATCHEZ TO HIS FILIEND 1."! ISRL.A6II, DA I kD
AUGUST 15.

" Mr. Kemper, formerly a merchant at Bayon
Sara, has lately made an attempt to posJess himself
of Baton Rouse, having under his command between
10 or 30 men, he marched from the neighbourhood
of the line of demarcation, between this territory and
West Florida, on the 7th tinstant. On their way
they madefprisoners!of AlcadeO.Connor, Pintado the
surveyor, and an officer of the militia, and burned
Pintado's house and gin. They arrived on the fol-
lowing morning about day-light, near the tort. The
Spanish Commandant, -apprised of their intentions,
had posted 3 piequet of eighteen or twenty men, who
hailed the pct! as they approached ; they immedi-
ately ansv,...l ',I by a volley from their titks, which
dispersed the Spaniards, two of whom aereobserved
to tall. Kemper returned on the following day with
hit party, to BAYOU &raw and encamped near the
house at a Mr. Cobb—Colonel Fulton was sent after
them with a command of-200 men. It was reported
yesterday that Fulton was within twelve miles of
Kemper's camp. and that the latter was preparing
to set out to meet him, determined to give him bat-
tle. The whole province of Louisiana, from the
Belize to Nachiroches, Apelnsa. &c. are nearly in
a state of rebellion ; they are dissatisfied with the
present mode of government, and declare they will
be a state, enad laws tor themselves, appoint their
own Governor, &c.
" P. S. This moment the mail arrived from New
Orleans; Kemper and his party did not stand to
fight."

The exports of Irish spirits still continue very
considerable, notwithstanding the quantities recent-
ly sent off, and the rise in the price per gallon—
the number of puncheons, each containing about
IV) gallons, and of casks of about CO gallons each,
entered almost every day for export to London and
Liverpool, are very great, as also large quantities
of Irish porter.
Owing to the salt for the curing of cod-fish being
allowed to the smacks free of duty, the quantity
of salt fish last season was so great tha: mApy tons
weight were entirely spoiled ; sozn^:ime, nut even
Its. per cwt. could be got on their arrival. It
may be tight that the public should be informed,
that this season the quantity brought 1. very great,
and the prices very low