Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-11-23

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and foreigners had soms alarm scarcity,
salely, IN consequence Of a Isn ,OF Their
.ney haa improperly shippea lsr pu,, That
,it'esTbut they had shewn the ' r', GUAM
be unfounded. ''e funor IL
Mr. Wilcox, the British ch,r.
| iaires IN Persia, had refused to sc usf-
usual tribute, and demanded HE pay The
On their being refused, he deciaripSSf,'
should no longer act in diplomatic "an he
~, but leave The court. unless torri,Tp
famed. This produced repor. nor q, qs'
there was probability of tu Fnn 'n't
tween England and Persia. Ue'
A good understanding ia said g.,
been aiterwards restored, and DR. I W"e
lock lett the Persian court in Az AMI nil'
manner, TO proceed to England to I r"%.
his government on an important po;n I''''I
Mention has been made OF sumo D
sian officers having been discovered n AVS ",
guise in the neighborbood of Delhi = ~ us
represent themselves as mere tr.youey
having no political object; but they msE,
minute observations. "'0AS
There have been several lmportan, c,a
ures among the native merchants Of Ro ,a'l'
res, who had speculated indiscrelelv !.
cotton. N
A Junk CT eight or nine hundred ,o,.
from Annoy, China, for Batavia, with i IsG.
passengers, from the age of 70 TO E oUS
valuable cargo, and numerous crew w w"a
wrecked On the 9Th of February on e. a.
par Island, and all but 1870 persisted
Those saved were taken up by the Bri.h
ship Indiana, capt Pearl, from the rorta
island, pieces of the wreck, &c. and rreal'
ed with great humanity.
One of the Noncowrle isles is said n h.
occupied by large number OF EurspeanT
who exist as pirates.
Several persons bathing not far from
Calcutta, had been seized by aIligator T.
sharks.
A new species of Suffice has been p.
Gently witnessed in India. A widow Of
Is, in high spirits, caused herself TO he
buried with the remains of her deceased
husband.
A person in Calcutta had been cured Of
hydrophobia, by having four grains of The
extract of Belladomia administered, and
three pounds of blood taken from bin.
a very great rise in the price of indigo
may be expected TO take place immediate.
ly, and those who have not already CON,
tracted 20 furnish it at stipulated rate, a.
we understand several have done, we
would advise to hold off till towards The
end Of the year, when high sp:ce will
most probably compensate in some degree
for deficiency in quantity.
CALCUTTA, May 24.-0n Sunday last,
the Marshal Correa, late Chancellor Of
the Supreme Court al Goa, Loureiro, and
the Judges MagaIlaens, Rocha, and Abrec,
arrived at this presidency, having been
compelled to quit Goa, by the members of
the present administration.
Calcutta, June I3 "A most violent
storm burst over Calcutta on The night Of
Friday last, 9TH inst. which must baye dis,
turbed the sleep of the soundest. Accounts
from Dinapore mention, that boats without
number have been lost on the Gauges, and
that the Putna shores were covered with
wrecks. Several lives must have been lost
though no particulars have yet reached u''
In the lower provinces the hopes OF tie
! indigo planters have been bitterly dlsaP.
pointed. These, however, are but trIyr !
effects of the late storms in comparison
with the tremendous detail of devastation
and misery, which it is our painful duty
to notice. What are We 10 expect from
the next shipping accounts, when we are
told that in one place on the land, one hun
dred thousand lives have been lost
A letter from Jessoire says, the storm
lasted 45 hours, and swept houses and e.
very thing before it. Many trees we're
torn up by the roots and carried to dis,
lance of several feet. The rain continued
almost without intermlsson for 4 days, a.
ter the storm ceased, SO that The whole
country is under water.
have Just seen letter from the acting
magistrate at Burrisaul, about 1870 mile; 10
the eastward OF this station.
The Registers and Doctors houses were
carried away, or at least fell in from I3e
violence Of the storm nearly the "boIe
property of the residents at the s,a'Ion
was destroyed. No fewer than one iac Oh
lives are said to have been lost on lhIs &C.
casion, together with the whole OF The cav .
tie and grain Of every description, BON ID, u
store and what was on the ground Inc
dead bodies were floating in every dITeC,
ton, and carried with the current thTousu
the houses. The writer states that no IICe
was to be procured, even Tor the Prls'..
ners, and that he felt he should be obIIgs-
TO release them from the Jail, otheT"l's
they must starye. From what information
he could obtain, the district could mol sup,
ply food for ten days consumption 10 yGe
inhabitants who have escaped this dFe ',
full visitation. should think The WIZ i.L'
meant to include in the lac, the lives Of l !.
cattle lost although should certainly ",
fer from the letter, that 100000 human
beings persisted. oo,o.