The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-10-16

soer's wife and negroes were drowned
ON Cedar ishnd--tlr overscer was pick
ed up alive in themarsh. Mir. Shoot
breds mill has alsobeen destroyed, and
every house is NOR, or less injured.
A. letter from Nj Hume's ovcrseer on
South Santee, stats, that % negroes out
OF 30 were lost nly S Of the bodies had |
been found-seye al OF the negro houses
blown down. Ii was also reported that |
gen. Thos Pipckpcy's plantation has re.
ceived great injury, and many OF his ne.
groes lost. Messrs- Charles and Thos, |
Higgins (beiween the Santee.) lost all |
their slaves, and crop, with the exception
of hands. Mrs. Horny lost SO slaves
| and the overseer.
The dwelling house, outhouses, sc. of
VIM. Mathews, esq. on the sea shore, at
Santee, were literally destroyed and his
crop very seriously injured. His loss is
estimated at about $1,000,
The dwelling house of Mr.. Hamlin, in
Christ Church Parish, suffered very Sc.
verely; MIR. and Mrs. H. escaped from
its falling ruins with very severe injury.
At Capers' island, the tide rose several
feet higher than it had done in any of the
| gales within the last 90 years. Several
of the out buildings of MIR. VIM. Price;
| jr. on that island, were blown down, and
two of his negroes narrowly escaped
drowning in passing from one house to
another.
A gentleman who was at Pineville on
Saturday last, at noon, on his way down
| from the back country, inioi ms, that al.
| though several houses had been unroofed
fences and trees blown down, Sc. he did,
not hear of any lives being lost at the vil-
lage. AT Murry's Ferry, the buildings
were mostly blown down, and the roads
| strewed with fallen trees.
| AT Hibben's Ferry, the loss is said to he
very extensiye-dwelling houses are un.
roofed,negro houses blown down, & crops
destroyed.
| The bodies Of several fine horses are
| reported TO have driftcd on shore at Long
island, supposed to be from some vessel
| wrecked on the coast.
The body of another seaman, probably
one OF the crew of the smack aurora was
found upon the beach of Sui!ivan's Island
Yesterday.
The schooner Patriot, Etheridge, of
Edenton, was lying at anchor in the har-
Dor during the late gale, when she was
run foul Of by another schooner. parted
her cables and drove ashore on James
island-has since been got of with the
loss of mainmast, and other damage.
The wreck ofthe smack Aurora, wa,
seen ashore en- Long Island, on Sunday,
bottom upwards. Her crew was compos
ed of the following persons, viz: Win
throp Sawyer, of Groton, (Conn }; Will
liam Murphy, of do. Simeon Bryce, OF
do. John White, of N. York, and DO,
ofthe name Of Davenport /; who must all
doubtless have persisted.
The schr Col. Simsens, which was up
set in the gale. has been since rigb,ed,
pumped out,and is nov safe al the wharf,
without serious injury.
! Mr.. Thomas q. Barge, of Boston, mate
of the brig Sea Gull, has not been seen
since Inc gale, and must have perished
when that vessel upset.
! We are requested to say that the nu-
latto boy named July, mentioned in yes.
terdcy mornings Courier as having been
found drowned in The cabin OF sloop, on
shore in the marsh, was not the property
OF Mr.. Parker, as stated, but Of Mr.. Ed
win G.. Holland.
HURRICANE AT NORTH INLET.
! From the Winyasy Inteiigencer, oct. 2.
The duty incumbenl on the editor as
as apublic journalist,lmp on him the
painful task of detailing the circumstan-
ces OF that awful despeEsation with which
the omnipotent disposer of human events
nas been pleased in his inscrutable wis.
dom, to visit this devoted village. With
feelings still strongly excited by those
dreadful occurrences which it was So late
ly bis lot to witness, he will not attempt
to do more, at present, than TO furnish
the outlines of the heart rending scenes
of this evenlfui night.
/ The weather had been for week or
len DAYS very unpleasant, the wind blows
ing occasionally fresh from the 4. and ).
r.. but as there appeared none OF those
indications which usually precede hur-
sIcane, and as the thermometer continued
low, very little apprehension was enter
'ained, even at suO set on Friday eve
| ning the 9th inst although the weather
was bad, yet still there appeared no
cause 10 apprehehd gale at the close
OF the day there was heavy shower from
the h. accompanied by some wind, at.
ter which the weather appeared better;
| between 10 and I | O'Clock, however, we
mad squail from the northeast, fiom
| which quarter the wind continued to
biow high I'LL about IL, when we expert