The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-06-20
DOMESTIC.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

cNOnA We W OkLEANS.;
BY the arrival of the brig Hone and
Folly, capt Moran, mig days from New
Orleans, We have papers from that civ 70
the 10th MI. From one ofthe passengers.
learn that from the 18th to the I6,b,
the Mississippi continued to rise, and be.
tween New Orleans and Baton Rome. .
many plantations had been overfiowed.
and tho crops destroyed. On tho s5tb
about 20 miles below New Orlean, the
lesy was broken, and many plantations
o'efio"eo. ~ Com. Adv.
/ LIGHTNING.
Turing the storm of Friday night. the
dwelling house of Mr. Alden Spooner.
breoklyn,Ll. (N.Y.) editor of the ~ one
ls,Ind STAR was struck with lightning,
which shattered the building from TOP to
bottom, threw down the chimney and des.
!royed and meltod every article of. glass
10 the house. 1t is miraculous, that. of
fourteen persons in the house, not one was
injured. The lightning, at the same
.ime, struck, the store of Wynkoop 5
stanton, at Comics slip, and passed 10
the store OF Ogden, Day e Co it tore off
the coping and entered the south gable
END. leaving in its passage large breach
IN the wall. Ii then descended the gut.
ter' which burst. about eight feet from
the street, pushed thence to the cellar
OF Wynkoop u Stanton, and did eonsid-
cradle damage to the doors, Sc. The
store OF Ogden, Day 5. Co. was set on
tlre but by the timely arrival Of several
hre companies, it was extinguished be-
fore the building was much injured.
The following is from letter to the
editors ofthe National intelligenccr.
STEAMBOAT POTOMAC, JUNE l5.-Hcre
we are, at anchor off Cedar Point, in the
Potomac, in calm, and not able to budpe
loot, one way or the other. How we
happen TO be here to day instead of get.
ting to Norfolk, as we ought to have
done, on Friday morning last, is techni.
cally explained in the memorandum of
capt. Jenkins, whichis subjoined. You
will, perhaps, understand it. better when
l tell you that, when we were lust set.
thing to sleep, after a delightful day and
night from Washington down to the
Capes, a sudden shock and uproar started
US from our. beds. Running upon deck
we found that we were-sun foul of by
sioop IN full sail, and that mischief was
done. Our first alarm was for the other
vessel, surprising we mad boarded her in
stead OF her boarding u.s.. 1t soon turned
| out, however, that we were the sufferers.
The wheel OF ouryessel had come in con.
tact with her as she passed. along our
bows, after her having struck upon us
with more force than injury, land the lar
broke pinion of one of the wheels, which
deranged the whole machinery so much,
that IN an instant; as it were, the msssy
iron beams OF the engine Broke of like
slender twIgs, and left us helpless. W G
hoped at that moment to see the light of
the steamboat from Baltimore for Nor.
folk, which Is usually met about this
point: we thought we saw il once, and
put up lights, rung our bell, and made
other signals of distress. We were mis-.
taken about seeing her however, or those
on board of her did not wish 70 see US.
We then had no alternative but to make
the best way we could, in our crippled
condition, to harbors by the help OF our
little sail and we anchored under Point
Look Out, where we pitched and tossed
at such rate, that tscse passengers who
+ had curiosity to understand the nature
OF sea sickness, the ladies particularly,
had abundant opportunity, and profited of
it' We landed MIR. Sawyer and his lady
on the Point, where they remained.
Luckily getting breeze, We ran to
Nominy Bay that afternoon, and, having
head wind, and not being able to beat
up with our unwieldly boat, we have
made but few miles these two days.
SIT is due to capt. Jenkins to say, that
he 10 IN no manner to blame for this acct
| dent, which, being himself on the look
out, ne used every effort 60 avoid, as tes>
titled by the passengers who were ON
! deck at the time. 1t was either a wilful
thing OIL the part of the other vessel, OF
the crew were asleep, which is most like
ly. Owing to the excellent accommods.
lions on boark this boat, we have suffered
much less than we otherwise should have
dones from our disappointment and the
hot weather together. Ii is not the Il IS
annoying, however, TO see the wood.shaI.
Tops, and other craft, skimming by US,
backwards Is forwards, whilst we lie like
an anchored log upon the water, without
any near prospect Of relief,
| from The steam BOATS Log.6ook.
"SIeam boat Potomac left Alexandra
| on Thursday morning. 10Th lime. for