Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-03-04

as il may be, with such displays OF nali,.
{ atrociiy and domestic calamity, within ,
, reasonab lelcompass, as may YET be furnish.
I. ed by the public journals OF our owl coun.
! try; satisfied, that il we have not yet ar,
rived at that sublime degree OF wicked.
ness and refined barbarity occasionally ex
hibited in Europe, the events which &C.
tuslly take place in this country, Of an
awful and horrible nature, ere equally en-.
titled to our admiration and sympathy as
the same occurrences in the eastern world
although their history end description NAV
be extracted from the Chelleoham Cbro.
nicle or Magazine Of Wonders.
DAMAGE DONE BY THE GALE
New YoRK, Feb. 2.-The ws.the.
during the whole of the WHITE has bean
more variable, with less cold than ,nv
season we have ever experienced, Wa
have had , succession Of gales and mid
weather. About four o'clock on Thurs,
day afternoon, a strong gale sst in from
the S. E. which increased in violence
and by ten o'clock blew complete hur.
ruicane. attended with heavy rain. In
the course of the night the wind shifted
to South, and before day light, came
out from s. w. and blew with great
violence,
We have record the following dis
astsrs CD the East side of the town.
1T Whitehall slip. Sloop Minervs.
Baldwin, Of Newark, n }. bowsprit
carried away and gunwalss, top tim.
bers. &c. stove in sloops Iotreoid.
Munn, of do. mast and bowsprit gone
q complete wreck-(this 10 the second
sloop Capt. Nj. has lost within three
wseks,) Osiris. Of New Rochelle. bow.
spirit gone; Farina, of Doseris. l.. l.
stern stove in; schr. SwiGsure, Ogden,
of Gibbons Ferry, N. j. starboar I'd bow
stove in and much chafed. Most of tho
vessels in tho clip were much chsfed,
ut Pier No. 9. Brig Free Ocean,
some damage to stern; brig Brsmin,
Of Boston, for Batavia. considerably
injured, Swedish brig Maguus, which
arrived on Thursday, from G ot,enburg,
dragged both anchors, end went into
pier 9. but received very little injury.
schr. Florida, of Brunswick, Me. chan.
nels carried away.
At No. 10. New schr. Monkey, con.
sidsrabIy damaged; scbr. Thetis, stern.
boat and stern stove in; bulwarks,
bowsprit, channels, shrouds, &c. car.
risd away; sloop Hunter, stern stove in
and bulwsrks carried swsy, sloop Nsp.
tune, much damaged.
At No. II. Schr. Herald, Of Bsli. /,
moro, stern boat stoves to pieces, Ter. Il
board quarter mostly stove in, with o. =
her damage; brig Peruvian, some d..
mage done to stern: pilot boat Ulysses,
.on.ider.bly injured; 'ebr. Atlantic. Of
A Oh-Siip. scbr. Ontario ,.,, 80
'er stern, main shrouds, gibboom. A..
srrisd away. brig Rebsces. of ~
.vlts carried away and st.rn . n'
naisd; brig M.zzinyhi. from Por..sa.
D'o' ooiwsrks stove in, &C.. schr
OF PhiIsd. main channel
'rried away. @"oe'
at F'sr No. -. Cygps, of s.l,m
q par. Of her stern stove 10: .hio su'.
% hsad knocked of. "
81: &C. ceS f. p House Clip. Brig Nom.,
!" OF Portland. slightly injured.
3 creek, Smith, Of Baltimore. for.
! main channels, bulwark. and mil.
a a,sa s~.y. and hull much ci..fsd.
ooner E"uIou' and .loop Atlantic
,. !. 70, damaged.
. ~, r.aymarhst-sedarC Brig Fin.n.
was Knocked o. her beam .nS,
. IN :tarboard bulw.rks brok.
'ssuncheons, and received mn.b Dn ~
;. damage; brig R.diu., Of Provi.
o. Of ' hs. not. Of tho F. had the upper
r injury. p'''s'' VIII"
- ; &c Columbia, of Ports.
H., N: Il. bulwarks carried away,
'tern and lsrboard bow verv much
nj. ', .sI Nancy. of South River,
mage. Tc" "n WI"