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covered the *We furface of Coc_efpui ^ iHand ; The ioldicrs and three of their jcwives with two of their children, ano art fon of Captain Nichols, afceuded in the- tWc have fiuceoui laft obtained a mereparticular account refpeding the iaic oi t tx tolujm w ho were at t on Green. Fromtlx aicMntthfy-gtvc oftlui, fituaiioii.ittvaetruly d.tlrcfimg. At aboutteno'clockon Saturdaymorning, tnc water hajhoufe, as the water rofe ; bit thisfo extremely rapid, that it was with dilh-', = culty they were enahifd to get or. the . roof of the houfe. Here they continued t for fome time with the wind blowing 10high, that it was as much as they coulddo to keep in this fituatiufi, add to this,lt;the inceffant fail of rain, prevented themfrom feeing twenty yardstn any direction; about one o’clock P. M. the hooie gaveway, and every perfon on the rooi noat-rd with it, not long after the racf parted j and they were all feparated, fome fciied hold of part of the root, others gotplank or fcantling, which were afloattroma veffel that had prcvioufly gore to jipieces btdiow them, loaded with lumber ! apd in this fit nation, thofe who were !faved (8 in number) drifted on \v dming- j ton iflaud, after having remained feven1hours in the water, during the time they j were in the water, the lumber to whichcarried «they held, lometimes would beout of the water fome ditUr.ce by theft violence of the wind, and tome were yer«}1much bruifed by pieces falling on the/1 i*this1being prtvioufly railed in tins way The fnrvivors fnpDofe that fome of tk-‘ir j1 comtades wcrt killed bv blows foinwere ifineq by p’ece' of lumber, one of the toldiers byithenatreofLacy, fave thewas drowud, mlife of Captattempting to Nichols’s ton, another was faved b1 drifting in the top of a tree and came intweu-ty lour hours after the rdf. LieutenantiiPif»tt commanding officer of the Fort, with five of hismen were faved. by a fortunate accident. Finding it ablo-lutely necetlary to have frefh water. ; went with his boat and hand to procure fome, on Friday morning, when he camehigh enough up the river to obtain it, the gale inctcafed f« much from N. 1£.and a ftrortg flood tide, that he was obliged to come to this cit), and after that it was impofiible for him to return ; many of the ioldierswho efcaped are very much bruifed and wounded by nails, Splinters c.The men who were loft were.i Reuben Armftrong, Corporal,William Crafts Mufician,Danl. LacyThomas Moor,Jofeph* Whitaker,Privates.John Glynn,Samuel IvT Williams,James S. Nicoll, fan of capt. Nicoll.COM MUNIC A *7 'JON.Mr. Morse,In making fome obfervations duringthe (lorm, on Saturday laft, I obfet vedthat the rain had a faline tafte, accor-dingiy to convince myfelt of the truthof this, I lubjeded fome of the water which fell in a cb^-i tin vefTel, to analysis, the refult of winch was, that the water was very highiy impregnated withr..'\Anfea faitThis can probably be accounted for, only, from a fuppofinon that the water came from the ocean, and was principally a fpray forced up by the violence oi the wind, for the quantity that (4. 29 In.) was immenfe during the time . it continued ; This opinion is farther 1 corroborated, by the water bchsg fait inthe river oppolite the city, and even far15 miles above it.The fand was like wife blown into theupper ftories ofhoufes at a height of athall 30 feet above, the fur face of theeaith.Although the wind continued in anF.aftwardly direion, yet its variation between N Sc N.E. was inceffant { although the wind was fo high in certain u.uatiens that lome pcrfom couiu notkeep cn their feet; yet we .may reafonably. . . . * . _luppofc that this violence alone, wouldnot have done luch great injury to almoftCV'.rjr tKing v*«poi*it continued from one point only ; for in the Tornadoes of hot climates, , thedamage done, is often owing more, to the whirling of the wind, than to its projectile force, S.lt; 1 tu the ttorm, hadFor th e Georgia Republican •• *MciTrs, Printers.Political bigotry may be juftly ranked as the firilamong the various caufe:which warp and bias the judgment. Iivitwseverythingthroughthe illufivenuft 0Jprt judicc, infallibly precludesus from the difcernment of truth.of the mind v hichIt is the jaunO'Ct gives to all object the fame falfe coloring. The learned aitk the illiterate ; the moilenlightened, a well as the mcil ignorant, are not fee unfrom its influence. Thefe obfervationsthe dictates of experience are amplv confirmed by a very recent occurrenceallude lt;0 the pcrfecutfon of Col. Burr_The (liamefift and unpirrailed length t* which this pcrfecution has been carrict through the intolerant and implacablefpi rituf party, reflects the higlieft dtfgtact upon the federal taction—The publit prints have been loaded with the mof violent and indecenttheinvectives again!]vice prttident. They have repre ten ted him as the vflcft and moft aban dotted of men.Nay, they have in thi bittei nefs of their wrath, and in the wileIrcnzy of difappomtment, affumcd thtprerogative of heaven and dared in dcfianccoi its precepts, to denounce hufuture puuiflunent. They have the doors ofclofed]repentance. They havte his actions fuelhorrible outrages againft humanity aito he incapable of expiation, or that, ai;eait his heart has become indurated *to adegree, precluding all hope -of amend-mc.it. 1h ftioit thev hav^ fairly cxhapft
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Savannah Georgia Republican and State Intelligencer
Savannah, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 14, 1804
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