Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-09-23
From. the Wsayag Lfslligsnesr, Sept. -

FROM me WaRyaV LHleSttS e"CsT, pSf's' 49,
DREADFUL GALE.
On the 10th inst. ne were visited by the
most destructive and violent gale OF wind,
which ever occurred within the memory OF
The oldest inhabitants. In this place, and IN
the country. the horrors of it were severely
felt, and its effects are visible. Some OF our
streets are rendered almost impossible by the
many trees which are lying PROSTATE. and the
mails can neither arrive here nor depart, so
generally hare the bridges been washed a.
way. We have had no direct accounts from
the country, but we fear that the crops have
suffered. However severely this gale was
felt here, il was on the sea-board traught
VITA horrors, as the following description
OF il by friend, will show. "The gale at
North. Inlet, was preceded by a great pre-
ya!ence of easterly and north east winds; but
ON the 10th the wind blew tempestuously all
day, Huctuating between the points E. N. +.
land N. E.. but more generally blowing from
the N. E.
IS About sun set the scene became truly
awful, the wind increasing in violence. and
The tide rising with frightful impetuosity-
Al about this period, the Church was blown
from its foundation, and many of the inhabI-
tants were seen removing from such houses
as appeared most exposed to the dangers 81
the tide and wind. Alter dark the gale con-
t;nued 10 increase, and by 10 OF eleven o.
clock there ragged one OF the most violent hur-
ricanes that has ever been experienced here.
At this hour the wind began to back, as 1t Is
termed TO the n blowing at times in squalls
Of incredible violence, bringing with them
such floods of rain, that there was not house
in the village could entirely resist their fury.
The wind about O'Clock appeared to have
backed as far as the N. w. from which quar-
tor il continued to blow, but with distress
inc violence, till the me- rning. From every
investigation which has been made, it APP
pears that the tide rose about feet (perpen-
dicular) higher than the common spring
tides, andiw as high as the great hurricane
IN 1904 The mercury.in the thermometer,
as is usual in our Fall gales, remained du,
,inp the violence of the storm without varIa
t,on-but the point at which il stood during
this hurricane, was 771--it began to fall as
IS the gale subsidized. and at o'clock on Mon
day morning was as low as 72s.
sTbe Church and some other buildings
were thrown from their foundations and the
house Of Mr.. John Waldo, was completely
a DESTROYED. 1t is with pleasure we add, that
~ no lives were lost"
= NARROW ESCAPE.
The stage, on its way from Charleston to
this place, being impeded by fallen trees
and other distractions, the passengers thot
il expedient 10 mount ;he horses, and come
on. DR.. A. Solomon was riding ON, when
tree falling. :, only on the horses weathers.
crushed the horse to death. The doctor
= happily found himself uuiuiured.
A letter from ST. Augustine, Of the 26th
MI. states thatthe governor OF that place h al
senta person to ascertain the most suitable
place, low down on the river ST. Johns, to
3 establish port OF entry, for the accommo-
dation Of vessels arriving there, or in St.
Mary.s river, who are now obliged to go to
ST. Augustine TO come to an entry.
From LATE ENGLISH PAPERS.
London, Aug. 9.
Copy Of q memorial addressed 10 al the
:, .Miais,ers Of Rnssia, oaths subject q The az
fars Of Spain - The Cheyalier de zsa Ber-
mudez has presented 10 the Imperial cabi-
net the annexed note, relative TO the events
which have Just taken place in the Peninsu-
la, and Of which we were already informed
By The dispatches that were forwarded to
US by our agents al foreign courts.
NJ. de Zea, in this document, confines
himself 10 informing THAT the constitu-
ton promulgated by the Cortes in the year
. 1919; has been accepted by the king, and
. expresses desire to<know how the empe-
ror has viewed this change of the govern
ment If the distance whiss sep arates us
from Spain, and from the states which are
best enabled TO weigh maturely the h.ure of
the disasters with which she is menaced,hs
considered, it will be readily acknowledg'