New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-10
The Recent Gale on the Lakes.
Fsaa the BuffaIa. Courier We extract the folIe


Fram the Buffal9s Courier VIC extract the follex,
ing graphic accouat of the terrible gale on Lake.
Eri9,. ION the night Of the 30th at.:
People who turned in their beds before midnight
Friday, were lullsd into sluTaSer by the sound Of
driszling showers and the low marmnr Of a slug
g.sh breeze; but those who, walked the streaSs or
were awake within doors natil an hour or two later
felt the air grow chill as the rain ceased to fall
ana heard mnrmur deeper than the breeze swell
from the darkness aboF6 the distant bay. The
heavy mist which. had cla0g around the baildings
faded and Esappearels and particles OF sleet
shifted hurrymgly by tha rising gale. filled all the
atmosphere. Ere O'Clock it had become wild
inight-tit for the Laplanas. A night of gloom, and
snow, and roaring Winds, that surged along the
avenues oa the slui4gharing city, and shook the
towers ana steepless until they groanei in every
stone and tmber Glorious masieal winds to those
who love o tempest Tor its grandeur's sake, ana
lie and cream of s.fise and battle, Willie it revels.
Prowling. remorsasass Winds that searched the
alleys and broken windowed cellars, and creyiaes
of attios, and thee ohinks of the miserable cabins
where poverty ,aaa guilt, robed in rags shiveral;
and eaank, and aarsed Roaming, terrible wiads,
chas:ag the dismal winds on to the, South, and
comsing the waters of old Lake Isis into terrible
locks of foam.,
IS the houzs advanced the gale becams. mora
yiolant;i Tha.walls Of dwellings shuddereal and
swayed, amia2iss fury, the chimnays groaned, and
window blinds were flung back osashingly., ligats
gs8W fast in chamber windows, where these who
could not sleep arose, built EEes and gaataround
tleII Iel9tS OF OIner lempeSlS, W0nGSfan9 now
dghthe waves had risen on ths shore. and III there
Were manF vessels out upon she lake in that wild
storm. TIE twilight Of the morning came, and
still the ,ainds loaded with snow, grevTsleuller and
stronger, and the alseen ahsga thu frozen
earth, and over the dim lake, whose Geep and,
angry bosom was borne to the ear IN iltfa sweliR.
II -aot until noon thai the gala. began to lull
and tia snow ceased falling sufficiently to enable
theVssion to penetrate 20 any Distance. As soon
as an opportunity occurred, crRwda of people
begen to radiate FROM Main street. to the harbor
and she shore in ordeso ascertain th6 full effects
of aAe storm.
IHE HARBoR ANr THE BEAgH.-it was found
that the waters of the harhars had risen so high
daring the night as 20 have very nearly overhowed
t1e docks near Commercial street, and tho waves
came roaring in aaa rate that threatened to swamp
che ferry scows tAat piled to and fro. The surge
broke very high st the foetof Erie street and along
1.-THE lake shore asow tho bren xwater the force Of
the waves was terrific. AS Sllow after billc@
came charging in, it was shattered into foam
against the lina Of pileaSshea proteetthe Mia ara
Falls Railwa3 embar kpents and blown b. the
hnrryng winds across the track ana over the aeofs
of the cabins on "Ttse .PatFh.n The occupants of
these had been obliged u leave their WFefehed
shelters Before morning. as the water dEipped
through tae roofs gpon them as. they slsat. The
track, the "round housa,'' and. the huts referred
10 were covered GisA mantle of ice, feat the foam
was frozen almestt as it fell, The Canada dock
below was peltadt tan9ibly with the sgIf. and the
schooaer Amerila watch had been foctikhly moore3
alongside, bumped against the piles with Yia-
lenca that thaaataaed TO weaken kgp timbers raa7
terially.
pnt the vfam fsom Che lookout near tile erl of
THO harbor piea--whithsr hundeeds had coagre-
gated, dra&i A4ther by the forsboding Of tsarine
disaster-,was The most impressive. The lake, yet
ansoothel hs the lull of the. winds, stretched,
fhlack end angry, into the distances Of etopd and
mist. The Ghantanque shozs.was desigAated only
by lale Of foam, and aloag the bend es the bay,
near tle city, an army Si long, nnhroken, lofty
surgss charged like regiments Of Maite-plGmed
cavalGg. forever inward. They roarsd up 10 the
front Of the Light House pier, and beat against the
barriers that are stretched along the beach, and
oyerfooded farms, aad raenaced ths doors of dweIl
iags, and eperywheEe. they left an Icy impress.
/ A AGALLAST REsrtl rtlE-About o'clock schooner
| which afterwards proved to be ihe Comet, Captain
Eastwick, was discovered ashore, one mile beyond
the Toll Bridge, oil Tits farm She lay hroadsidt
/ to the beach. about twenty rods from the shore
and the breakers swept over her with terrific
1 violence, The life boat, near the mouth of the
creek, was Immediately manned by dozen men
among whom were capts. L. 2. Dorr and D. z
| Dobbins-and, after being rowed up the creek to
point opposite the unfortunate vessel was dragged
iaeross the beach By team. An opening Was her