On the prevailing Storms oj the Atlantic Coast. '45- 



At St. Andrews', twenty miles north of St. Mary's, (Geo.) from 

 8, P. M. on the 15th, to 2, A. M. on the 16th, the storm was fron/ 

 an eastern quarter, then changed to south-west, and blew till 8, A.M. 



Off Tybee, and at Savannah, (Geo.) on the night of the 15th; 

 changed to north-west at 9, A. M. on the 16th, and blew till 12, M. 



At Charleston, (S. C.) on the 16th, the gale was from the south- 

 east and east, till 4, P. M. ; then north-east, and round to north-west. 



At Wilmington, (N. C.) the storm was from the east, and veered 

 subsequently to the west. 



In the interior of North Carolina, the storm was felt at Fayette- 

 ville. 



In the vicinity of Cape Hatteras, at sea, the storm was very heavy 

 from the south-east, and shifted to north-west. 



A vessel bound from New York to Hayti, in the middle or outer 

 part of the gulf stream, about Lat. 33° Lon. 72°, experienced the 

 gale, moderately, from south-west and south-south-west, but with a 

 very heavy sea from a westerly direction, and is supposed to have 

 been on the outer margin of the storm. 



Another vessel, at about the same distance from the coast, experi- 

 enced similar effects. 



Early on the morning of the ITth, the gale was felt severely at 

 Norfolk, and also in Chesapeake Bay ; from the north-east. 



Off the Capes of Virginia, on the 17th, in Lat. 36° 20', Lon. 74° 

 2', " a perfect hurricane " from south to south-south-east, from 5, 

 A. M. to 2, P. M., then shifted to north-west. 



On the 17th, in Lat. 37° 30', Lon. 74° 30', near the coast of Vir- 

 ginia, the gale was severe at east-north-east, and changed to west- 

 north-west. 



Off Chincoteague, (Md.) precise distance from the coast unknown, 

 the gale was severe between south-south-east and north-north-east. 



Off the coast of Delaware, in Lat. 38°, Lon. 72°, " tremendous 

 gale," commencing at south-east, at 1, P. M. on the 17th, and blow- 

 ing 6 hours, then changed to north-ivest. 



At Cape May, (N. J.) the gale was north-east. 



Off Cape May, in Lat. 39°, Lon. 74° 15', heavy gale from east- 

 north-east, on the afternoon of the 17th August. 



Near Egg Harbor, coast of New Jersey, the gale was heavy at 

 north-east on the same afternoon. 



Off the same coast, in Lat. 39'"', Lon. 73*"', the ^ale war- at eas-t- 

 north-east. 



