which, from the statements of Capt. SawYER, and of hr seamen from this part of the 
Gulf, appears to have — between St. Marks and Cedar Ke 
22, At Cedar Keys, lat. 29° 9’, lon. 82° 56’, ae hurricane er eenaed ae the 4th from 
E. aie S. E., and peri on the 5th, from S. E, a S., with heavy rain, till late in the 
night. On the 6th, cloudy and high winds from N. E. The water is stated to have risen 
20 feet above low —, mark, and va sare six feet of covering the — [This shows 
the powerful effects of the southerly v ht side ob es J 
23. area lachiol “ ro 42', lon. ire % J, Oct. 5th. , it mad the severest ae 
The wind was at its ee: : hight about 4 P. M. 
of the houses were un 
24. Fort Brooke, ‘Tune toh Oct. ‘ ind E., fair; Sth, storm, wind E. and. N. E.; 
6th, 
%. Pensacola; lat. 5 39, lon. 87° 19; Oct. 9 wind E., fair ; 4th, N., high winds and rain. 
itof the storm.) 5th, iad E., cloudy,—S. E., 
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fair. 
26. Fort Stansbury, lat. 30° 18’, lon. 84° 8’, Oct. 3d, wind N., cep: cloudy ; 4th, E. 
; : 7 : 
and a rain; 5 , rain and high wind ; 6th, N. and N. W., ra h, N. E., fair 
. Fort Fenning = 29° 38’, §3° 9/, Oct. 3d, wind E., rain ms 4th, E., rain and 
lan winds vend dN. E., rain and high winds ; éth, N. ond N. E., rain and windy ; 
7th, pee 
98. Fort Site, lat. 30° 25", lon. 83° 25/, Oct. 3d, S. E., fair; 4th, “ <n rain; 5th, vi- 
1in; 6th, N. W., cloudy ; 7th, N. E., 
. 82° 7, Oct. 3d, E., fair; 4th, oe , rain; 5th, S. E., 
seal with very high wind ; 6th, _E. and E£., cloudy ; 7th, S., clo 
30. Fort Micanopy, lat. 29° ¥, lon. 82° 5’, 4th, S. E, cloudy, N NE, fair, rain at night; 
5th, E. and N.E., latter part a hurricane efrom S. E. and rain; 6th, N.E., cloudy and high 
, E., cloudy ; ., fair. 
31. Fort Shonnon, lat. 29° 81’, lon. 81° 47, Oct. 3d, N., fair; 4th, N., fair—N. E., 
(one third of a sje ;) 5th, N. E., pare gale and = (two and a half inches ;) "eth, 
N. avy gale and auid 7th, 
32. St. Aegan, lat. 29° 53’, lon. 77° y, Oct. ‘th, Es rain a. M.; 5th, great gale from 
the E. and heavy rain. During the evening the wind varied from S.E . to S., and continu- 
ed with cheer violence duri ring the night. Early on i 6th, the wind hauled round to 
the west, and somewhat abated; but about ten at night it shifted to due N., and blew 
much severer than had been e perienced for years; 7th, N, E., rain; 8th, N. E., cloudy ; 
9th, S., fair—( Meteorological to the Surgeon General.) 
Having crossed the peninsula of Florida with the gale, we 
again take up the Marine Reports. 
33. Capt. Liot, superintendent of the West India line of R. M. st team-ships, informs 
me that on his return from Nassau (N. P.) to Havanna, after dispatching the Isis, [see 56,] 
he Soc an this gale in some force, on the Bahama Ban 
Barque Effort, from S. side of Cuba through the strait of Florida, t took the gale on the 
6th, ne of noon, 27° 17’, lon. 79° 30’. At8 p. M., wore ship and hove to on starboard tack, 
wind then about N. W. The gale lasted till midnight of the 7th, between N. W. and N. 
| N. W.—(Statement of Capt. Davis.) bg: ves ssel, aided by the Florida stream, F run into 
> the gale after it entered upon the Atlan would 
be measurably protected from the right bead winds ¢ of ‘the gale, but would encounter it in 
severity from N. W., as the gale become more advanced. It is us' wae. for vessels coming 
through the strait of Florida, to keep the Gulf S fi Hatte driven out 
.] 
34. Brig Delaware had the gale severe on the 6th, Jat, 28° 57’, lon. 79° 27! 
35, Packet sp pot south, had a perio on the 6th , ee from all points of 
the compass, and was hov on her beam en at, 29° 30’, lo 
* Reports from the military posts, Surgeon General's Office. 
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