American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-11-22

can be known at present, 1t is said there are not less
than foriy-hve individuals who were employed in
&C the preparing houses" when the explosion took
place.
few evenings since, most daring robbery was
committed 90 the property Of Subadar, to the ex
tent Of nearly Sa Rs. 5000, in the immediate vici
nifty OF BaTackpore, by armed Bandli consist
ing of more than so powerful men.
June l4.--A most violent storm burst over Cal
cutta on the night of Friday last, 9TH inst. which
must have disturbed the sleep of the soundest 'Ac
counts from Dinapore mention, that boats without
number have been lost on the Ganges, and that the
Patna shores were covered with wrecks In the
lower provinces the hopes Of the Indigo planters
have been bitterly disappointed. These, however
but trivial effects of the late storms in compa
rison with the tremendous detail of devastation and
misery, which it is our painful duty to notice.
What are we to expect from the next shipping &C
counts, when we are told that in one place on the
land, one hundred thousand lives have been lost.
letter from Jessoire, says, the storm lasted As
hours, and swept houses and every thing before it,.
Many trees were torn up by the roots and carried to
distance of several feet. The rain continued al
most without intermsson for days, after the storm
ceased, so that the whole country is under water.
have just seen letter from the acting Magis-
trate at Burrisaul, about 100 miles to the eastward
of this station.
The Registers and Doctors house were carried
away, or at least fell in from the violence of the
Storm nearly the whole property of the residents
at the station was destroyed No fewer than one lac
Of lives said 10 have been lost on this occasion,
together with the whole Of the cattle and grain OF
every description, both In store and what was on
the ground The dead bodies were floating in every
direction, and carried with the current through the
houses. The writer states, that no rice was to be
procured, even for the prisoners, and that he felt
he should be obliged to release them from the jail,
otherwise they must starve. From what informa-
ton he could Obtain the district could not supply
food for ten days consumption TO the Inhabitants
who have escaped this dreadful visitation. | should
think the writer meant to include in the lac, the
lives of the cattle lost, although should certainly
infer from the letter, that 100000 human being,
persisted.
Information was received Of the Darogha Of Kulsa
Khalee having reported to the Acting Magistrate
that in Monza Rutunder only, 2S48 souls have beer
lost viz 1919 males, and 500 females, out of &
population consisting of 1896 persons Every vii
age OF the Tbana had been swept away, SO that no
"a house remained and the loss in cattle and Other
property had been immense.
The account, with which we were favored from
8ackerguDge, estimated the loss of human life tC
be thousand individuals in the Bazaar, Borrisal,-
Those who took wider range talked Of a lac o.
lives having been swept away in different parts o
the district. 1t was also said that all the huts o
the natives had been totally destroyed and that there
were no materials for building.
very great rise in the price of Indigo, may be
expected to take place Immediately, and those wht
have not already contracted to furnish it at spu
lated rate Gas understand several have done) we
would advise to hold off till towards the end of til,
year, when high price will most probably com
pensate in some degree for deficiency in quantity.
Col. john S. SMITH has been appointed Brigade,
General of the 18th Rripade of MARYLAND MILITIA