Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-10-18

1gAyEeS troops Ntl4erf sua7 CothfliAAts itd
4 obtained possession of Potosi.
THE Princess of Wales has purchase
IA fine seat belonging 60 General Pins
;land situated on the beautiful and pictu
!, RESCUE Lago di Como, in the Milaness
Z where it's said her royal highnes intend
Ito fix her residence. 1t is about ~
-ihilesfron. Milan, and3one OF the mos
IaeIightfuI spots III the universe.
II sr--ss--.=.--s= .St
4 From The .fsso- York Commercial I'D
ssTlssT, Oct, 10.
Il ExTRA6T OF a LETTER.
Providence, Oct. s.
4 Mr. ". and | were both struck with
1 similar impulse to view the effects o
Ae late Tremendous gale 10 this place
Iland although we thought that it was al
Ia'Ost a cruel Kidd Of curiosity yet beine
10th DESTROYS Df an excursion of relaxa.
Ifion, We sat out yesterday merning, and
Il half past Pm. this day arrived
Here, s, SO
After dinner we spent the whole time
9ill quite dark in surveying the ruins
land although we were walking three
Fapursand "a half without aeaoe STRIPPING.
Except few gu0nents ina placeio In
ispect something more remarkable than
common, or to enquire ofeye witnesses,
1--we did not 60 suite over the whole.
latam the bridge at India Point, which,
with it's keeper, was swept awaY, and
10 on ZIP to the bridge near the market,
thence around sonfhefly on The other
IshorsI to theiast u hart, there Is one mr.
interrupted scene0f desplation, unpre-
lcedenteds ! believe, in this country ; and
certainly far beyond any thing that I
HAD ever conceived 0fy-Impressive as
nave been the aocsants sablssaed In the
newspapers, am. sure they convey to
Iny Nsind ne adcqBafe idea of the vide
Sweeping ruin whiek [ have ills afternoon
contemplated! 1 believe not single
store or building 'ofSaay kind, except a
flew that are shattered to pieces and
Itottering to their fail.iabda few others
That wete most xsaaule from the water
lis left standing Ill the whole circuit Of
lsharvcs which / have tleseribed.
On the western side, every thing Isl
swept away, qBite ~ distance into
the heart rOl tlsat part Of the Town. On
the whalyes contiguous to Ney-bosset-
Istreet, wilere there wsrslately, as you
|know.fiYe rows sfstsles, 81 eight and
ten on a wharf there isnsw not vestige
|of any building left, except the steues of
che foundations; aud nothing Of theirI
contents except here and there lieap|
of cast iron, vessels broken, or pile
ef iron bars.
1lhewi,sis extentfron Indian, Point toll
the market is one vast pile of ruias, COM
posed chiefly of the fragments ef'build-l
iHes aud came r;aaains Of merchandise
0ne large ship liesori wharfwhere she
destros ed the store OF Whetsnere and
Darlington, pw otter brick stores of
theirs sdissS siso fell. & they escsP-
ed themselves, but a moment betore,
through water almost up to their
chinss
WI counted more than forty vessels
up high and dry. some on wharyes and
one in the middle Of the town, at theI
door Of house in Pleasant street. One
LARGE ship carried away all Aldrich'sI
barns and stables, with six horses, which,
were drowned and she now lies WITH
her bow thrust through the garrett Of al
twp story building.
You have heard that the Ganges (for-l
|merlY Of the u. S. Navy as She passed
up the cove, with her bowsprit knocked
lin the third story of the Insurance OF
flee.
Prom Macen1Bus' quote to the rise Of
ground as YOU 90 Out Of Providence west
was one Wild tumultuous rushing torrent,
The water was ten feet deep in thel
streets in that part of the town between
the bridge and the western rise OF
Ground. Ships were driven thro' tie
town and knocking down buildings asst
they were cob houses--aoating timber
drove through the houses, piercing them
from side to side-goods, wrecks. OIL
houses, vessels, beats, horses, cattle. and
other animals, were driven furiously |
tbro, the marrow lanes towards the cove
1.-The lower stories of the houses were
under water-people gotiuto boats fror
the chamber windows; but most prefer
red stayine 10 riskinp tile fury Of thei