The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-11

The hiuh tide WAS Il humbu@ aS predicted
bv :. NJ. SaNby, Of the Royal navy. 1t may
have been high in other sections, but III
Norfolk 1T , Z. NJ. it had not made lis first
appcaramcc--no doubt on account Of the
weather.-NotJoIk Herald.
The tide for the past two days has ap-
preached beyond the recorded experience of
he oldest nhabitant-duting5 back ttro gears.
Yesterday the wharf OF the Empire line OF
steamships was flooded at high tidc.-Sd-
c0Hnah " ears.
That TIDAL WAvE.-The Charleston COu-
ricr OF Monday had a grand description OF
the great tidal wave which was to destroy
Charleston and 1oat all the shipping TO Au-
gll>ta. Ca, and thence to Port Royal, all of
which was 10 have taken place yesterday,
October ). 1868. VIII the Courier man in
form Us who he is trying to poke fun at: We
await IN ansWcr.--4uguStG Chronicle.
We think we sec the pint.-SGrGnndh
Meas.
THE TIDAL WAvE.-The tide was quite
high yesterday 1T noon but the prediction
Of the English naval officer who said the
sea coast would be visited on that day by
the highest tide ever known failed to be
realized. ltis frequently higher here than
it was yesterday. Wrong day, but OF course
the 9th was wrong too, or The tide would
have been obselSed.-D$Spaich.
Our Charleston contemporaries have been
somewhat excited on the subject for several
days past. It seems they expected the
great tidal wave to come and ovcrWhelm
their city on the 9TH, and were calling fran
tcaly on the Mayor and other officials to
make provision for the safety Of the lnhabl-
tlnts from the monStrous volume Of water
which was expected to sweep over that
city like a bosom of destruction. But the
Courier of the 9Th, relieved Of anxiety, tries
TO ''mallc believe it ''wcrn't skeered )"
by getting of the following:
"Much to the disgust Of many public
minded citizens who had made up their
minds TO die with old Charleston, the tidal
wave did not make its appearance at the
appointed time in fact, there was not even
II respectable spring tide. And it is cur
rcntly reported that several entcrprlsjng
persons, who. with an eye to business, had
bought up all the available small craft in the
harbor at fabulous prices, have found them
selves OH the verge Of bankruptcy VII
nnngi0H star. .....E. .<a
The New York Post of Thursday after
noon says .....
"PasSengers across the ferries this morn-
inc could not fail TO be struck with the un-
cXampled height Of the tide. At the South
Ferry, on the Brooklyn side, the ferry
bridge. 10y which the boat Is reached. was
elevated to Il steep incline, and the guards
OF the boat were level with the top OF the
Tenders. There had been little or no wind
during the night, and the flood could have
been owing to no other than tidal influence.
Tomorrow is the day when, according 10
prediction, the waters are TO reach point
beyond any previous mark, and perhaps
this mornings excess may be the precursor
of that eXaltation."
[Thc wrong day again. twill be observed
that this high tide was Thursday, whilst the
one III Nova Scotia was Monday-yet both
are claimed as fulfilling a prediction made
for either Tuesday or Friday. At Swansea,
in Wales, the ordinary spring tides beat
these. The rise is thirty feet. AT Chep-
stow it is fifty feet, and in The Bay Of Fundy
it is 120 feet. On some parts Of the coast of
China the rush of the spring tides is so sud-
den and violent that it amounts almost TO
an aqueous hurricane, and is most destruc-
tive in its effects. - 1865