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On James River, Va., the gale was severe from N. W. 



At Norfolk, Va., the gale raged, on the 3d, for five hours, 

 from N. N. E. to N. N. W., and terminated at the latter 

 point; greatest violence from 10, A. M., to 1, P. M. 



At sea, forty miles N. of Cape Henry, severe from S. E., 

 changing to N. W. 



Off Chincoteague, coast of Maryland, on the 3d, gale 

 from S. E. 



At Snowhill, Md., gale commenced at 11, A. M. 



In lat. 38 30', Ion. 74 30', gale S. by E. 



Gale reported as slight in the Gulf stream. 



A ship from Boston, bound to Norfolk, experienced nothing 

 of the gale. On the 3d, was in lat. 40 19' ; weather foggy, 

 and light winds from S. E. i 



At Morris River, Del., the gale was from E. S. E. 



No hurricane was felt at Baltimore. 



At Cape Henlopen, Del., the gale, or hurricane, com- 

 menced at half past 11, A. M., from E. S. E., shifted in 

 twenty minutes to E. N. E., and blew very heavy for nearly 

 an hour. A calm of half an hour succeeded, and the wind 

 then shifted to the W. N. W., and blew, if possible, with 

 still greater violence. 



At Cape May, N. J., commenced at N. E. 3 at 2, P. M., 

 and veered to S. E., and blew with violence. After abating 

 fifteen minutes, it again blew with increased violence for two 

 hours, and then abated. The sun set clear, with pleasant 

 weather, at which time not a cloud was to be seen in the 

 western horizon. 



At Bombay Hook, near the mouth of the Delaware river, 

 the gale blew from N. N. E. to W. N. W. 



At sea, forty miles N. E. of Cape May, the gale was at 

 S. E., and lasted eight hours. 



t Philadelphia, the storm commenced at 1, P. M., on 

 the 3d, from N, to E., and raged with great violence from 

 N. E. to N. W., during the greater part of the afternoon. 



