Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-08-29

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flood, and this too even amour own small State,
which might have been expected to escape be-
tween the drops-and escape it would, had 1t
not been for the wonder; to increase which, a
| cloud doubtless condensed itself into the small
est space to drop upon it.
But time would fail, and credulity herselfturn
fatigued from detail Of the newspaper mira
cles of the present day of the Bears, weighing
400 pounds, caught in New Hampshire; OF the
Sharks caught at Fulton Slip, New York, Gland
sharks dropped overheard, no doubt; of the
/ judgments of serpents, sea-serpents, and land
serpents with which the land, or the visions OF
some of it's inhabitants, have or have not been
visited.
Tragedies which surpass the horrors Of nc
ton, occur in such numbers as to make the
/ points of admiration almost as useful as letters.
! Of casualties there Is no end And their IN
crease in number and quality, lead one to be-
-leye the division of labor has appropriated in
| American, as is known to do in English news
papers, department to hired Dreadful .3cci-
denF' makers.
! After all, however, those-who consider the
cause of the deficiency Of news, will readily ex-
cuse its inconvenience, and even The greater e.
wills which are produced by it, in the ordinary
vehicles of public Information, which resort to
such intelligence as can be but of little general
| use, and is even too apt TO administer 10 the
growth of qualities which had better be sup
pressed, to supply food for those who do little
else but inquire and seek after some new thing,
who are credulous busy bodies, and feel deep
err interest in the concerns of others than they
have lin their own. In peaceable times, few
matters that are wonderful, and out of the COM
mon course, are generally advantageous or I'M
proving. Improvement, at such times, is slow,
almost imperceptibe, and occasions no violent
sensation. This is at present the state OF this
country, and the greater part OF Europe Dur
ing such occasional and infrequent seasons of
tranquility, the greatest advancement is made
in rengthening useful public institutions, in
Introducing improvements into every depart
ment of Society While progress is making
in these, the philanthropist rejoices in the grefs
ofthe newsmonger, and though both will have
their turn of triumph, in the usual routine Of
eyents, the hope of the latter, which seems al
ready &c have been deferred tllhs heart is sick,
has even YET not prospect of fulhlment.
Damages from the late Rains-The village OF
Mount Pleasant, PENN was visited by ire
mendous storm on the afternoon of the 18th
inst. which added to the heavy rains that had
previously fallen, sweed the mill stream pas
sing through the village TO sucha height that
it broke through its bounds, bearing all before
it. The torrent swept the dam, water wheel
and under works attached to bark mill, carry
ing with it large mass Of earth excavated
from one OF the banks; "the accumulation of
these immense masses in the dam below soon
forced an extensive wall which fell with ire
meadous crash, that shook the adjacent banks"
Then pursuing its course, it demolished the
fences, garden, and part of the house of the mill
keeper; two bridges were dashed to pieces and
carried away, houses were overwhelmed, and
the roads in the vicinity were covered to the
depth of twelve inches.
Al Sparta, in the same county, considerable
damage was done by the freshet. mill stream
rose above its banks, sweeping the fields of the
farmer as with the "besom of destruction;' it
DESTROYED bridge in its progress, and over
flowed the kitchen parts of tenement occupied
by Mr.. Hull, and while he with the assist
ance of Capt. W. Williams was endeavouring
to remove the furniture and save the house, it
fell, and Capt. Williams was carried off with
the resistless torrent, and persisted
The town of Mount Holly, in New-Jersey,
was also deluged on the same day by treshet
which is said TO have exceeded beyond all COM
parison any that has occurred there in the last
fifty years. The lower part Of the town was
overhowed, and the water went in az the win
dows of some of the houses, the streets were
rendered impossible to foot passengers; boats
as we'll as carriages were put in reqdisition to
convey persons from one part of the town to "a
mother and in saving property The rise was
SO sudden that people had not time to remove
their cattle from the neighborhood Of the creek,
and they had 10 swim for their lives; many were
saved, however, by throwing ropes over their
heads and dragging them ashore by the horns
The Mount Holly paper, say" not only thou
sands but hundreds Of thousands of dollars, we
fear, would be necessary to repair the damage
in the neighborhood."
In North Kingston, Or. ~ the dams of the
Cotton Factory belonging to the Wexford
Manufacturing Company, and the dam below,
attached TO grist mill, were carried away.
The dam above, belonging to S. w, Filling
hast, Esq, was likewise carried away and the
Factory considerably injured.
At Dover, IN. H. the rivers and streams
were swelied to height unknown Tor many
preceding years. The dam at Tolend falls,
and the bridge at Dudley's Factory were car
ried away by the freshet, and considerable dam
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