Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-03-21

s1yF: : We learn that Il very respectable cfii-
zen Of Motifs Isiap1 (Gurrituck county, N
C.,) arrived ~ our city this morning, who sta
ties that the effects a the late storm were
most aWtully experienced of that part Of thf
coast. He says that fifty families we're drown.
ed OIL Noll's i-laDd, aud 1000 head Of catllr
destroyed. The wild fowl suffered severely
wild geese might be taken in almost an,
rtlantIty-so!De Killed, others so much Grip.
pied as TO be easily seized being unable tc
escape"
At Old Point Comfort tho effects Of the
storm were extremely disastrous. They are
thus described in a IoIter 10 the Richmond
Enquirer
sit commenced on the evening Of the 1st,
and continued all night. The morning Of the
2nd, it showed, rained and haiied, at tile same
time, The tide continued to rise from sun
rjsctJlel O'Clock, at which time one VAL
sheet Of f3aning water was to BE- seen outside
the Fort. The waves, says the writer ap-
p2arcd to bc'trying to beat d ,wn the Fort and
sweep everything before them. No spot Of
oar.b from the point to Mill Creek and Hamp.
ton could be seen, and even the Rip Raps
we're obscurod by the great waves. All the
houses outside the fort were flooded, some of
them from twotof five feet deep in water. The
soldiers had to turn out 10 save The lives and
property Of the families outside the fort, in
which ilbour they were engaged from 0, A
NJ till 2, p. NJ, wading in water to their
waists, and sometimes to their neeks. No
lives were Iost~"alI were sheltered inside Of
the fort-though the scenes Of the rescue
were terrific and perillous.
Onthe night Of the ID, it was apprehcnded
that unless the wind changed, the fort w0uld
be inundated by the water driven through the
por'- holes. Watches were stationed 10 give
the alarm in that event: but fortunately the
wind did change, and the height Of the tide
therefore was diminished. The change, says
the writer, called forth heartfelt praises and
thanks TO God from the people inside the
fort.
The sea broke over into the canal. The
water battery was a~tfoat, and the large gun at
the locks, weighing seven tons, was dismoun-
ted, and the carriage worth 5000 swept a.
way! Iimbefs for a new building Tor Mr..
French, OF the hotel, were swept of, but a
portion recovered. The granite wall around
the canal was greatly damaged. The old
bathing houses were washed away IAN event
many Of the summer visitors at Old Point will
be glad to learn}. A schooner and sloop
were. capsized near the Point-it was not
known whether any lives were lost. On the
I'd, lMonday,) a boat with two men in il was
approaching the fort, and assistance was
sent down but by the time those who went
to assist reached the beach, the boat was dis
covered bottom up, and nothing could be
seen Of the men. a family Of Six persons
had persisted up the beach.
The tide was hfohar ~ three caaf ,bat, Il
las been since the fort was built. The a..
Mount Of damage is thus stated: TO govern.
nent property, $1,000 ; property Of Mr..
$1,000; other private property $4,000;
lin all, $1,000.
1t must have been, indeed, an awful time al
Did Point. The writer says ION Tuesday
aorning) ''the point presents an almost uni-
Imaginable effect Of the furious pillows. There
re huge piles of wood, timber, trees, plank.
Il kinds Of dead animals, water mud, &c,