246 Hurricanein New Engiand, September, 18165. 
23. Lat. 41° 51’, lon. 63° 45’, Sept. 22. Ship Mandarin, on 
the 22d, experienced a heavy rolling sea, but little wind; then 
about one hundred and fifty miles 8S. E. of Boston. 
24. Lat. 42° 28’, lon. 66°, Sept.23. Ship Thomas, wind from 
N. W. to E. and 8.; part of the day moderate, and part fresh 
breezes. 
25. Off Cape Ann, Sept. 23. Schr. Two Sisters, sixteen leagues 
off Cape Ann—felt nothing of the gale. 
26. East of Cape Ann, Sept. 23. Schr. Leopard, when five 
leagues E. of Cape Ann; experienced the gale very severely— 
thrown on beam ends. Brig Caroline, two hundred miles N. E. 
of Boston, a fresh breeze from N. E. to 8. 
27. Sept. 23. Ship Prudence, twenty leagues S. E. from St. 
George’s shoals, had a tremendous swell from S. W. and Jay to 
under reefed mizzen stay-sail, expecting a gale, but had nothing 
more than a balanced reef breeze ; at iii net balanced reefs 
again, with strong westerly winds 
28. Sept. 24. Brig Fredonia, on 23d in ‘et 36° BY, lon. 73° 
20’, and on 25th, Cape Henlopen, W. N. W. fifty miles; on 24th, 
a tremendous gale commenced at E. N. E. but shifted to N. W. 
Schr. Gov. Shelby, from Bordeaux to New York, arrived October 
5th. Sept. 18th, was in lat. 39° 40’, lon. 48° 30’; experienced 
the gale within two days’ sail of port, but received no injury. 
Since then, there has not been at sea a one knot breeze. Schr. 
Comet, from St. Barts to Baltimore: in the edge of soundings 
experienced a heavy gale; lay to ten hours—25th, took a pilot; 
26th, came into bay. 
2. Accounts of the Storm on Land. : 
29. Philadelphia. Great part of Friday night (22d) wind, a 
gale from N. E. with heavy rain. Early Saturday (23d) veered 
to N. W., and continued a gale, with torrents of rain, for several 
hours. Between 8 and 9 o’clock wind slackened,. rain ceased, 
and clouds broke away in W. and S. W. About noon weather 
clear and mild, with a gentle westerly breeze. During the after- 
noon the sun greater yous of the time obscured with flying clouds 
from W. and Ni W, 
30. New York. "Thursday plghs.?. (21st) violent storm - wind 
and rain set in from N. E. and continued till about 2 o'clock at 
night, when it suddenly shifted to N. and N. W., and blew with 
