Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-08-19
Calamity at Baltimore.

- The late extraordinary food at Baltimore,
y. ! STONED by excessive rains, has been the
,,.e of great destruction of property, stillit
~ III red this will not be the greatest part OF
~ calamity. Should the present hot wealth
w. continue, il must very materially affect the
~ slth Of The city. The papers are filed with
sk damage done 10 different places. The
ii Republican OF the 18th observes Every
~ = 6,rn,she. us with more and more mean-
N! liz details of he damages done by the late
NJ. E,nas,ion. AT York, Pennsylvania, the Big
Q aJo,us. at all seasons formidable stream,
w Eust its banks, and swept away all the prop
sss< ,,v adjoining eight persons lost their lives
". sixteen houses and other buildings were to-
~ blly destroyed, or very seriously injured
/, he bridge on King George-sreet is entirely
diir 3e,,ol,sbed We extract the following i'm
y diligence from the pages Of the last National
y p;elIigencer."
1xA Sc WASHINGTON, AUG. H.
The Oldest Inhabitants of this city do not
H. .heollect more violent storm OF rain than
~ Incurred on Saturday. The torrents which
=; BIZ soon sweed the Tber sohigh as 10 cut,
aah& The communication between the western
bar Of the city and Capitol fiill-overhowing
~ 3Iso the canal, and intercepting the passage
vii yond the bridge on TIE street. The bridge
b 10 9th street, and part of the upper bridge
Hd eadiog TO Georgetown, were swept away,
ii1 md the arch Of The Tiber bridge on Pennsyi-
janiaAvenue was burst and nearly demolished
~ the force of the food"
Il In addition to these foreign calamities, we
him kre compelled TO notice those more domestic
hu he mill dam belonging 10 Messrs. Keller &
mforeman--Mr. HoIIingwortl's mill dam, as
hp< e understand, the race OF the mill belonging
~, db Mr.. Tyson, are destroyed. But we are
hi 10 believe that much more Injury has been
b lone, of which no precise account can, as yet
gsuke obtained We hear, that one of the a
i tDtnenis Of the Petapsco mandatory mill
d lam has been carried away. Several of our
han5ounry friends, who had accidentally visited
lphd his city on Friday last, with their families,
lave been still compelled 10 remain.-The
70 kead gates or the Landvale factory and mill
VI, hive been demolished. Part of Pratt-street
bridge fell in yesterday morning. A large
hn tall Of the dam owned by the Warren manu-
sas bcioring company, has been sunk by the yio-
asgence Of the stream. Fed Rep.
Gu -~o.e--
suN A Co,mtcrfeiter and Thief disposed of.-At
6mJhe municipal court in Boston on the 9th in
Instant, the notorious George Quin, was sentenc-
N to ibe States Prison for life. He was con-
5ieted Oh three indictments the first for
healing horse and chaise of Mr.. Gordon,
nnder pretence ofhiring the same, and on the
A Eher two for having in bis possession .quanti-
n 6es Of counterfeit bills of the Boston Bank,
nd ofthe Manufacturers Bank, more than
N Of each kind, with intent to pass them
80 uin's guilt was so manifest that the coun-
uslrel submitted the case TO the Jury without
alignment. II was abundantly proved that he
Vas seholesale dealer in goods OF the Bur-
s1oughs' stamp.
Itf Look out.-The papers give accounts of
J tarious thefls and robberies committed in ey-
1szry section Of the country. Many stores have
4 4een broken open, and the most valuable ar
4 6cles perloined. Ii would be good pIecau-
Bshon for the occupants of stores and shops
opneyer to leave any money in them over night.
An Election for Members Of Congress took
place in North Carolina, on Thursday last.
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