The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-12-24
From the Scientific American.
The AutuTnnal Gales,

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Inc severity OF the gales which have occur
Iea the present autumn has attracted the at
'c"Coil Oh all VINO are interested III the com
mefce Oh the ocean. The heat which prevail
eu IN inc AVIahtic states during the first week
III september was dlsslpated by storm which
swept along our coasts at the end OF that pc
Iloa, OF rather by two gales, one from the
No Nc lSlahdS OF the west Indies, and the
oVhGF from Ne Gun OF Mexico, which, about
VIC Iau'uoo Oh ~ deg, nearly conceded IN
llieir progress ana caused serious losses IN
our i"'ieIVlon.
ABOUT inc iztn OF september another gale
jHpl,G'uou 'tI baFDaaoes ana the "lhuWard IS
i! l moving WIN II NorIh-"esterly progress
S.oii to"'ru Ion9ltuue ~ qeS',near winch me-
! rl('lah ltrecurVed gradually to Northeastern
~ Pro9feS9lol,L'V risIt nho tonchin@ Der
!nuuI o.i VIC I'll a,iV lSIn'SWoePlhS over the
io.'1''u an" oaihs VI No"louhuIahu on the 49th
a'u @o'h, causing grGat obstruction among
'no snPp,n9 "llicil lGil IN us pain, FROM the
IoPoI'S Vi 'lG NFeaV " estGrn ana our numcr-
Gus PacAcV ShlpS we ma tnat thiS hurricane
was Vi sie"V eN'enV anu violence, ana was lar
IOo'I III Vi!e hiSher Inah inc lower
."u'uoeS' VIC nave a1uhalilI means lor trac-
ny lCS P'o9IGss as lar EaScwi'ro as loh' ~ deg
t'1'4 10 lI''ie uool % It's 1T'her progress
~ r'o A:'''GiH Sloico VI tnG ACianCic ocean
I Le"e N oePtoh'oer aAoIher gaze from the
G = vi N1eMlco, appeared on our coast
AoouV 'iie 'In Vi Oct0oei sun announcer severe
oVoIln PI'oSou near INC coast proceeding To-
"" Ti Tue BANKS OF Ne"iouhdland'
o.. = nc STORM whlcn n, VISITED New OK on the
Io'n Vi OcVooer VIII ioiiS oe rGmenOcred on
I IST Vi us ueS'ruG'1e 'loIGhce at hey
NG VIZ: vi Vilc LUZ; ana aiso az havana Inc
earnest "a iePoIU ".ltcn 1 Hiu Oh Ch!S storm IS
la VI 'ne Orig Gora, IN ELS Carlopeah sea-
oI nial"caiGo' On Vlie ON oi Oct9oer ana t,ie
luen'iIy Vi We ~ Ora STORM "It Iii''O 0, pa
E Va anu CnaIAcSloA oh 'i'o iZIn' ana new
iTiN vi UiIc r'Vh' mas appeared hl9hiy prop
''oie even pei9Te thG disastrous accounts were
recelVeu from hey "eSC ana havana occa-
SioiiiHS "Pl5re I WHich nave SINCE Deeh
reallAco: Inc apl,IoPiiue anu llIhely COM
lhuhlcaVi0l III ,le 4iopilc l!eTalo' from zap
tam HhSio VI tlc < - snip AIIhcetoIlj 10"
confirms anu eS'aoi'SIleS inc supposed lhoehI1ty
ana route Oh the storm me Princeton at that
peIlou Teii's III lI'e T"IlODeah sea- running
'o"5lu l cIs'cola' IheIe Is sun room 10 ap-
PiGneiI" disastrous accounts lfom Jamaica,
Paticuihrly rom lhe oouIh sIIe' ana " est
emu, al'hoeg4 the cehVfaI ana most violent
Poruoh Vi tnc hurricane appears nKeiy 10
nave passed. 10 inc oouthWafd anu W estWaru
oi 0anlalea Ill pursuing us course towards
inc western Poruoil OF Cupa'
III Is Important lor lltVl9atorS 10 n0tice that
tiiesc ScEcIal 9aieS 'oeTc 9'eat "H"F'0n'" $fo'S'
moving FORWARD Oh great curves o. progress
SION toward tle hl9hGr iaU'NdeS'"hIle reyoiV-
ing faPlql% round thelr own centres from
TiShU 10 lei'' IN accordance WIN the known
IA" OF SVorli'' III tiie hoIlhern hehhSpherc'-
ID tAls common ana essential feature they
nave n resembles the great CUBA hurricane OF
OcIocef! l94i' "itlch passed near 10 our
coast III us oesIrucIIle progress. An eHaml-
h"tion OF inc account Oh inns last named storm
as puDilSnGd III the American d journal OF SCI
ence 1or May, oeP'cnpGr anu November OF
the present year, VIII snow uemonS'raliYcly
Its rotary character; winch IS also common to
all or great storms and must be clearly I'M
derstood by naNigators IN order to secure the
adoption OF the best means OF safety III these
gales
Inc accounts OF tins storm IN the Journa! OF
science, are accompanied ny charts on Wheh
are shown the daii ~ progress and advancing
PoS''iohS Oh the storm loI threc successive
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WITH t9c direction OF "''o PreYMhng at these
several N@Gs IN uliloreht parts Of 'le storm,
as derived rom inc various observations that
are there gwen ....
fappears lfo'n COMMUNICATION IN the Unit
ea states :, Ta4Glte' from an oihGer on board
I4e y; DflS lcFfy' Ihat IN tle late Key
west hurricane N $c"a4"t9 03ore ne acIH"
greater part OF a complete clrciG IN the airGc
Ilon from rlsnt 10 ~, lolS e pe5or3 oeihS hnay
run N, on SnoIo OIL INC IoIlu" loeei; ,,,
me GohlHcTclai "oFil Is gfeaViy indebted