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or three days of dull cloudy weather, with frequent heavy 

 showers, we were on Monday evening (3d) visited by the 

 most dreadful hurricane which has been experienced for 

 many years. The wind commenced blowing hard from 

 S. E. about 6, P. M., accompanied with rain, and continued 

 to increase in violence till about 9, P. M., when the tempest 

 raged with a degree of fury the most awful and destructive. 

 The storm continued with unabated force till near 11, 

 P. M., when the wind hauled round to S. W., and grad- 

 ually subsided. 



Also, in a letter from New Haven, by a gentleman who 

 left there at 6, P. M., in steamboat Connecticut: "As we 

 approached the light house at the harbor's mouth, the wind, 

 which had been blowing very hard, became violent, and we 

 anchored in the Cove, between the Fork and light house. 

 The gale kept increasing, and our vessel dragged her an- 

 chors, in spite of a great scope of cable and the assistance 

 of the engine. Suddenly the wind shifted to S. W., and 

 blew a perfect hurricane. 



Also, from New York American, Sept. 3, 1821. In the 

 early part of the day, and at intervals till late in the after- 

 noon, heavy showers, with steady breezes from the S. E. 

 From 5 to 6, P. M., the wind and rain increasing, with 

 every indication of a settled storm. From 6 to about 7|, 

 P. M., the wind E. S. E., but varying to E. and E. N. E. 5 

 accompanied with rain ; blew with extreme violence. From 

 7| to 8, P. M., the wind had much abated ; it then veered 

 round to the S. W., and the clouds were swept away with 

 astonishing quickness. Bar. lowest at 7.30 29.34, hav- 

 ing been in the morning at Gh. 30.13 inches. 



Poulson, Sept. 10. Dennis's Creek. On the 3d inst. the 

 wind came on to blow, about 2, from the eastward, and 

 continued to increase until about 5, P. M. At about 5, the 

 wind changed to the westward, still blowing very heavy 

 (near Goshen Creek and Maurice River). Poulson, Sept. 5, 



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