Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-02-17
NO 9
From, N. PAilsd,lph;na

people IN the vicinity Of the sea coast expe-
r,cnced the greatest gale Of wind and the
highest tee ever known there by The Oldest
inhabitants. The water rosc eight or nine
feet above common high tides. and IN many
places swept every thiss before it. Many
families lost all their swine, sheep. cattle.
corn, and household furniture-baiely L. ne
able to escape with their lives.
One iaFsiy, living nasr the occar, consist
lng Of Mr. Drury, widowed daughter. Mrs.
Massey and her child. and brother, Air.
Noah Drury, who was then on visit. wero
all swept away and all drowned except the
last, who has escaped W tell the nloarnfol
tale. They were all driven in the night. by
the tide, into the highest story of their dwell
ing, which soon after driited frem its iounda-
tier. For time il sailed well, but seen
struck something, which carried away the
lswer part The upper persisa then settled
considerably deeper ia the water, and Noah
got spon the roof, through the chimney hole.
Ills brother from witLia asked IL be could see
land, but nono was visis!e The child was
handed to hia,, and for time preserved 10 .
bed quilt. In vain he endeavored 10 assist
his brother Thomas and Mrs Massey. The
chill winds and cold waves passed aver them
until their sonls fed away and they answer
ed tho enquirer after them fism the roof No
more.
Noah, the child, and a deg. csntiausd On
the rosf until the floating house made land.
At this time, the child. OF three years Of age.
expired IN his arms lie slipped Off the reef
'nio the water with the little corpse, and at
tempted to wade to shore, but sosn was sbli-
ged to resign it 10 the waves; and next was
cerpced from exhsustisn TO crawl aiong the
beach on his hands and knees. In this per-
ishing condition the last survivor began 10
halleo with all his nigbt fer help; a bis cries.
the dog instlnctively set up piteous vel:
and together they alarmed some people in =
neighbsring house, who Immediately came
to his assistance. When found. be was all
under water except his head; and conscious
ness had become suspended In few min
utes more, ssubtless, he would have followed
his departed friends to the world Of spirits
The badly Of the child and that OF Mr..
Thomas Drury. Who for security, but in vain.
had tied himself to the house, have bsen
found. The corpse Of Mira. Massey yet ra-
mains in the ocean, or 90 some unknown part
Of tae ice. bssnd coast
TIE .MGgcc Storm. One Of the New Bed
ford papers has compared the late storm on
the I5th Of this month to the Magee Storm.
The latter occurred ON the c6th and 9Th sf
December, 1878 Captain James Magee sail
ed from Boston on the cGtb, remarkably
mild and pleasant day, in the priyateer brig
Geaeral Arnald; and was wrecked the next
day cd Doten's Cliff in this harbor. Nearly
so of the crew persisted. The peculiarly Ok
that storm, unlike the recent one, as the in.
tense Geld. We have heard frequent men-
ton OF that STERN BY generations that have
now passed away. as well as by the living.
whe remember il, and they all concur IN tbs.
that never did snow fall in weather so intense
as thatThe vessel was on fiat near the shore.
& the crew enc after aaothcr persisted with
the cold, without any possibility Of glviss
then rclicf, 1he bodies, frozen in all posi-
bile attitudes, were the nsxt day after the
storm, brought up to town, and after being
thawed ia che brssk, and placed in rough
cetiins. were buried ia eur burial grouads
where stone ought 10 have been erected to
mark the spot. The emily survivors Of that
crew, that we knew Of, are Capt Gao Pills
bury Of Boston, aad Cornelius Merchant.
Esq. the respectable Clerk Of the Courts il
Dukes County. The latter lost the extrem.
tiles OF both fact, so as nearly TO disable him
irem walking. The survivors said, that ell
who drank spirit died, wkile they tbet thai
they saved themselves by putting il in their
pos9.-T tynseHh JMenioftai.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 4--Our whole barber.
and the broad estuaries III the two noNlc lie
vers which flow into it, have for many days
bees chsked with foes Of lee, struggling a.
gsinst tides aud currents, and moving with
every fiux and reflux. in their vsia attempts
to "werk their passage" to the ocean A
nidst these ilsstinS island, numersus steam
beats are striving to shoot along in vaIious
directions, sow bearing away through THE
opening. snd new being themselves .borne a.
way by the masses Of ice rolling and tunb-
bling and heaving up, with heavy Sound
like the rushing Of many waves.
LopisiGaa.--In the Legislature OF this State,
. resolution las been passed instructing the
Senators from the State in Congress TO use
their exertisns to obtain the aid Of the Ma
tisnal Treasury 10 deepen the channel over
the bar at the mouth Of the Mississippi One
Of the bills which fell under the veto OF the
President Of tho United States at the last ses-
sion, contained liberal appropriation for
this shject--so that there can be no doubt OF
the disposition Of Congress to second the
wishes Of tia State Of Louisiana in this pars
ticular.
"A Lesislattws clrs:a IN Eed koom.--Ths
Legislature Of Lower Canada convened az
Quebec sn tAe gath nit After waiting iva
days on account OF the Sickness Of his Ex.
cslleHcy Lerd Aylraar, the members Of the