The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-22

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those who have written that they may know whetb.
er there is a chance Cor them or either Of them N
bargain.
1HE STORM OF II ,3rH INST. Being in New
lork on Tuesday Of last week, l had an opportunity
Of what the people there call an eqninox;al storm.
but one which l should call a 9opJle krock4hell
storm, there being no eqH or half way work about
it. | had designed coming up the North river on
mat night, but old Roreas getting into such terrific
commotion about q o'clock P. NJ, caused me 10 pre-
fer staying on land through the night, ard l have not
yet regretted that decision. l went down TO the
dock about S o'clock, and for a short time watched
the movements of the water craft in the harbor-
Two vessels, one said to be q brig, and the other a
6aTque, having broke their cables, came plowinp
their way with great speed coward the steamers En-.
pire and Isaac Newton as they lay in the docks, and
for a time fears were entertained that those beats
would receive injury from the intruders. TIE nj
lots, however, on board the unknown heats, succeed
ed in guiding them safely by, and, as was said, eoNe-
ly into docks farther up the river. The time fer tho
Empire and Isaac Newton to leave was G o'clock ,but
the fury Of the storm kept the first there urtil G cuar-
ter Of 8, and the other until 8 o'clock. As : VIA 20
ing from the river to my boardicg-plaoe, ciG Bo.eas
threw an awning raf:er at me, and Il ! had 70. teer
"as spry as q ~logoven," l should most surely hc7c
been hit. AS it was, l escaped, and concluded I
should not trouble the outside Of my keaG-ore1era
a great deal that evening. The next morning took
o short trip along side the piers and decks, ard on
the battery ground, noting down what l saw and
hoordN IF Iprno, nn S,~n g, 4lok s--.l - =.
day and night previous, and the following is a brief
sketch of the disasters and occurrences:
Eleven rods of fencing and paving were removed,
on the Battery wall and stone walk on the font.
little south of Castle Garden. "a man who was on
the battery during the gale, said the waves or swells
were thrown thirty feet high before breaking on to
the wall, and a heavy spray was frequently thrown
over the highest part of the Castle Garden building,
which is co to 10 feet above the natural level of the
water.) Stones 8 feet wide, by 8 to 10 inches thick,
were broken as it were, like pipe-ster3s. Trees
were blown down, and others had limbs broken
from their bodies, on the Battery ground. Two
steeples were thrown down from a newly erected
melting house; roofs were removed; several vessels
were driven on the beach north Of jersey CITY, and
one sloop laden with provisions was sunk further up
the river, the safety of those on board being much
by some. One small vessel capsized near
New York, but the hands, four in lumber it was re-
ported, reached the shore in safety. Two canal
boats, laden with Cheese, Flour, Rye, and fax seed,
were sunk. More than thirty vessels of various si1.
es were named, as having been materially injured
while lying in and being anchored near the docks at
New York, and report faid various other vessels
were injured. Arrow trek store on Staten Island
blown down, and a man who arrived in New
York Oh Thursday morning from New Brunswick,
said a new meeting house in Maine was demolished
much damage done in that section in variou,
ways. He said the steamer he went in from Ban
to Boston, was two days in making the trip, be-.
several times obliged to stop because she could
not proceed. The pipes and everything above deck
berg literally swept of, and attimes she made such
plunges that it seemed she must 90 to the
bottom of the ocean. My informant stated that the
remark made on the way from Boston to n.
York was, that 70 disastrous a gale had not occurred
for many years. Accounts from other quarters give
details, but our limited space will not ad-
nit Of copyingt them, especially this week.