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Same paper of 28th Sept. At New Orleans, it blew a 

 gale between the 15th and 20th. The Mary Jane was 

 driven on shore on fhe S. W. side of Abaco. Same paper 

 of 30th. The Ceres fell in with the wreck of the Julia, in 

 lat. 28, long. 66, on the 18th Sept. 



Same paper of Aug. 3\st. Sloop Excel was driven on 

 shore on Wednesday, 18th, a little to the westward of Lynn- 

 haven Inlet, during a severe blow from N. N. E. 



Same paper of 30th Aug. At Wilmington, N. C., the 

 New Hanover rode out the gale and went to sea on the 

 17th, the wind having subsided. 



At Elizabeth City, N. C., the storm was terribly severe, 

 with torrents of rain on Tuesday, the 17th. At Wilming- 

 ton, N. C., it was on the night of the 15th, unless there is 

 some mistake in the date also very violent. In lat. 29 

 58', long. 80 50', the barque New Prospect, experienced a 

 severe gale on the 15th and 16th, and was abandoned. 



Sam,e paper of24.tk. At Charleston, S. C., the wind be- 

 gan to blow about midnight of 1 5th, from S. E. arid E. S. E., 

 and continued with increasing force, doing much mischief, 

 till about 4, P. M., when it changed to N. W. 



Same paper of 22d. Near Norfolk, Virginia, the corn on 

 either side of the road was completely prostrate, and large 

 trees were torn up by the roots, by the violence of the 

 gale. 



Same paper of 2lst. There was a heavy blow from the 

 N. E., on the 17th, off Great Egg Harbor. 



American Sentinel, Aug. 2oth. The Damon, on the 17th, 

 off Chincoteague, experienced a severe gale from S. E. to 

 N. N. E., and the T. Sophia, in lat. 37 30', long. 74 30, 

 had a gale from N. N. W. 



Aug. 2Qth. At Savannah, on Sunday night, 15th, from 

 1 till 9 o'clock of Monday, the 16th, severe gales and heavy 

 rains at intervals from N. E. Between 9 and 10, wind 

 changed to N. W, whence it continued without abatement 



