The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-10-11
COMMUNICATIONS

For the two or three last years the
christian public have manifested deep
and lively interest or behalf of the moral
and spiritual condition of those that GO
down 10 the sea III shifts, that do Business
in The great VvaterS---a class of people, al
once, useful, generous, brave, and much
| neglected. This interest has been pro-
ductive of the most important and salu
| tary results. Efforts have been made, in
various parts, both Of Europe and Ame-
RIGA, that those upon whom we are de-
pendent for so many OF our temporal COM
forts, might enjoy the means of religious
instruction-might have the rospel
preached unto them; and thus far, these
efforts have been crowned with success.
transcending The anticipations of even
the most sanguine. Establishments for
this purpose have been formed in almost
every commercial city of Importance in
the u. States and an attempt at the same
object Is now making in Alexandria. An
association has been entered into, and ar.
engagements are already male, by which
sean1eH may expect preaching every sab
bath night ; services 10 be conducted by
the ministers of each religious denomi-
nation, ALTERNATELY.
Masters OF vessels, and all others friend.
ly to the object, are invited TO lend their
uid-especially in giving publicity to this
notice among those for whom it is more
Immediately intended.
MIR. johnson has been elected mayor of
Baltimore by majority of Is votes over
Mr. Montgomery. Johnson $751;
Montgomery $500.
We have received no papers south of
Petersburg, Va for the last FIVE days ow-
ing probably 10 the late storm, an account
of the damage of which, sustained at
Charleston, we copied into our last. The
last Richmond Compiler furnishes the
following adiiional particulars.
1t had large sweep--for, through all
RaleIgh,it seems to have done very incon.
siderable damage, yet between that town
and Fayetteville its fury was severely felt
on Saturday morning the 28th ult. The
mail stage was unable to trayel-and two
passengers, who were in it, were compel
TO take stage horse, each, the driver
another, and the mail mounted on fourth
and still, so seriously was the road OBJ
structed by the fallen trees that it took
them two days to travel thirty miles,
Another gentleman travelling on another
road in North Carolina was eight hours in
going 1 miles We are informed by an
intelligent gentleman from Raleigh, that
in the direction of Fayetteville nearly one
half of the trees is supposed TO have been
bent or Frustrated. How much farther
South than Charleston the storm extend.
ed, we are unable ascertain; for we have
not had a paper South o! Raleigh since
"Wednesday morning of course, no de.
scriptions in this way have reached US
the Charleston account having come to
us by sea.
The Million Gazette and Roanoke Adj
Veriiser" of the the Sd inst. describes
the storm at that place as "more violent
and destructive than its inhabitants have
ever witnessed on any former OCCASION
"Several fames Of houses were laid pros
tratc, ch'nneys and the gable ends of
brick tensmeDts tumbIed 10 the earth.
trees were torn from their foundalion"- !
but fortunately Dolives lost.