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DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.
1'r,~om the Catskill Racordcr, cf July 28, £9’ ./lug. 4.‘
Trcuzcntlozta Storm.-—On Monday afternoon
and evening, this village was visited by t_he most
destructive storm within the memory of the old-
est inhabitants. The rain fell in torrents, acco_m-
panied by thunder and lightning. and main street
was literally one sheet of water, rushtng with
,g.r,reat fury, carrying on its surface out-houses.
A V timber,boxes. 81c. The injury done to buildings
about'the centre of the street is COnsl(lel't\i)l6.—-Q
A The basement wall of the brick building occupi-
ed by E. Lyon Sc Co. and ‘S. Van Ordcn, Esq
was prostrated, and‘the interior much damaged-
--the millenary store of Miss Bellamy, adjoin-
ing, was nearly overflowed, and the lltlgglllff in
all directions torn up. On the opposite side of
the street. the shops of D. D. Butcher, P.
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‘‘ stories ofthe buildings in the rear of these shops
were under water, and it was with difficulty that
some oftheir occupants escaped. Many gardens
vxereoverllotvetl. and completely swt-.pt of their
contents. The*bri’ck'-kilns on the hill were more
;or less in_§ut;s(l._ A small arched stone brid_tr;e at
ithc west entrance of the town was carrictl away.
jIn the country, as far as we have pcard, the loss
lhas been immense. Crops, mills, bridges, and
‘ifcnces destroyed. The mills of J. Klein, on the
,»Cauterskill, are rendered useless. \Ve have also
lbeen informed that Mr. A. June, living in that
jII‘.‘lg‘l1lJ0l'hOn(l,'~\‘aS drowned. His dwelling being
jit.-ntirely surrounded by .w,atcr, he removed his
3 family to a place of S'<\l"L'iy"-i-T3U_l. missing a little
i daughter, and believing her stillginthe house, he
returned to her assistance. In attempting; to
‘leave the house the second time, he ‘fell into a
cavity which the force of the water had fut-metl.
and was c~.trried'away by the current. His daugh-
ter was among‘ the number that first left the
house, in safety.. .
Among the settlements at the base of the Cat-
skill mountains, the ravages of the storm were
unprecedented. 8. Root. Esq. lost 70 merino
sheep, which were swept off; together with quan-
titiesof his crops of grain. corn 'Thc-tan-
nery of Mr. T. Brett was completely destroyed.
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A grist-mill of Mr. T. Jones was swept away, and-
his dam so entirely filled, as to be passed on foot.
At 'vVolcott’s ville, about six miles from this
place, the greatest quantity of water fell. . .-\
small stream rose so rapidly, and to such a heigth,
as to sweep from its banks a distillery and plaster
mill. The water, accompanied by the fragments.
of the distillery and mill, rushed with inconceiv-
able force against Mr. ‘.Volcott’s grist mill—.——~in —.i
short time it was completely. undermin-zd, and
the following day fall to theground. The scene
is truly a deplorable one. Thejloss in that vicin-
ity is, estimated at $15,000.
But among the phenomena attending this storm
the most singular may be witnessed at the villag:
of .lcff:rson, about a mile from this place. That
village is situatetl‘ on an extensive plain, c-lcvatt:tl
oerhaps t50_ feet above this. On the south-west
part of the plain, and vvlsere a shall brook previ-
‘sly r-.121, the water, struggling as it werc‘for'
rushed into the brook, forming. almost in-
--tsiy a gigantic and resistless stream,
- ,. rs. shrttbs,c-.nd all things in its course,
. '3. .5 promiscuous ruin in the valley
bet‘. .e chasm formed by this inunclation.
is abo-.." ‘.00 feet in depth, an at\tet‘ag_ef"of 125 in
width, and nearly fifty rods in length. At the
paper-mill, in another part ofthe village, the in-
jury was extensive. Two houses were under-
mined, their chimnies thrown down, and the gap.
dens, fences. Sac. tlesiroycd. .
The duration of the rain was about five hours.
Tldany belivc the rain to have been caused by the
bursting of clouds surcharged with water attract-
ed from the river; or water spouts, as they are
gs erally termed. — .3 .
lVIo>."rrr-:Lmn, (Vt.)rJuly 13,
On the 30th of June, a most severe storm of
wind and rain, was experienced in the easterly
part of this town. Mlany barns were unroofed,
and removed to a considerable distance. About
20 Apple trees were turned up by the roots and
broken down. A new school house, partly finish-
r ed, was blown down, and broken to pieces. A
dwelling-house, with a strong frame, and well fin-
ished out side, was entirely demoli.-:hed ; and
what must be attributed to the merciful interpo-
sition of Providence, a family, ‘consisting of a
woman and three children, were in the house,
and preserved amid the surrounding destruction.
The woman saw at a small distance, the wind ap-
proaching, and alarmed her children--one‘ little
boy ran out of the house——the woman took her
youngest child in her arms and made for the door,
but has no further recollection till all was still,
when she found herself with her child in her
arms, under the ruins. She soon extricated her-
self though considerably bruised. Her oldest
daughter was missing, but after -repeatedly call-
ing, the anxious mother clisctivgtied her daughter
unlturt. under the mouth of 'thfé"oven, surround-
ed witli piles of brick and broken timber. Shin-
gles were scattered in numbers-for more than 2
miles, and bricks carried a distance of 1-5 rods.
_ Bos'ro.\', Aug. 2.
‘.‘.7e learn that on Monday nighrlast, much
damage was sustained in the western part of this-
state, from a violent and copious storm of rain:
‘Nestlield river rose higher than at any time for
some years past, carried off many bridges and
desolated the fields. Two or three dwellinfr-both
ses and a barn in Chester village were swept a-
way. The turnpike road from \Vcstfield to
Chester has suffered ext°rc_mely from the flood.
Many bridges on other smaller streams were car-
ried away, and much property destroyed.
Jug‘. 4 —-In the Thunder storm on Sunday af-
ternoon, the lightning struck a house in Danvers,
. descended into the lower room, Etc. doing consid-
erable injury. in the room were fivegrown per-
sons and two chirlclren. From the foot of one wo-
man a shoe was completely ripped and destroyed;
and although she and others were stunned, they
were not materially}injurctl.'i ’ Anotllcr vL=civ.an:
and child were thrown from their‘ chairs, and
each considerably. burnt. [At Exeter, a house
was struck, and much injured ; and at Hackct, a
woman was killed by lightning. '
On Monday afternoon, a barn belonging to Mr. "
Dana Bowker, of Scituate, was struck with light-
ning and entirely consumed, together with’ hay
and grain with which it was filled; aszzlso his
carts, farming utensils, 8<c.
The so me afternoon a barn in Hingham, own-
ed by Mr. Eno r unhar, filled with hay and
grain, was struc _ consumed.
A very large a _ .,aluable barn, containing fifty
tons of hay, in Easton, belonging to Mr. Cyrus
Alger. was also struck on the sameevening and
con-tumcd.‘ ' " A
llxnrronn, Conn. Aug. 2. b
F:-as/tat.-—\Vithin the last week, notwithstand-
ing the long continued season of dry and warm
weather experienced in this vicinity, Connecti-
cut river was suddenly raised upwards of 7 feet
ted to the expense.
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was induced to detach the Parachute rather soon-
erthan was originally intended. A :_
‘On cutting the ropes, the Paracliute fellrapid-
ly about 300 feet before it expanded. This was
the most trying moment to Mr. G. as well as to
the spectators. But the cord then acting accord-
ing to his intentions, the umbrella opened, and
the car descended gradually, the wind taking it a-
cross the East Riterto, the spot where it finally
alighted. ‘ - ‘
No information had been received last evening
of the Balloon. Mr. G. supposes that the Gas
was too much heated, which prevents the open-‘
ing of the valve, till it iscooled in the air.
So little confidence existed as to the success of
this experiment, we are sorry to state, that hit‘.
_G. has made a great sacrifice in order to demoti-
strate its practicability, very few having contribu-
A But all are now’ pleased and
gratified, and it is believed that on a secon'd__,per-
iformance, he will have no reason-[to cotnfileiti-iin of
the want of ltberality in the citizens” of*New
York. A ’
aboveits usual height: \/Ve’ have since learnt
that it was occasioné-d h_v a severe storm of rain
which visiterl the neighborhood of Spt‘itigfi::l-fl
and \Vestfield, on Tuesday last. The Agatvarn
river, one of the tributry branches of the Connec-
ticut, was s;.vell,e(l to a much greater ltciglithqthan
hitherto known by the oldest inhabitants. ll/loch
tlatnage is said to have been sustained in the 102- st
of mills, bridges, crops, Szc.
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1 Now-Yom-:, Aug. 3.
111')‘. G'-uz'Zle’.s- ./fscenszbn, in the .BalZoor:.' ' "‘
Yesterday a novel scene was presented to us.
For the first time in America an aernautic'-ascen-
sion, so often attempted, was actually executed,
in a manner that gave universal"sati‘sfaction.—-
\Vc lmvc often been surprised that the frequent
.-.\:hihitions of this kind in Europe should clraw
forth so large crowds, and excite such act:laina-
tions as are always expressed by the spectators,
hut in seeing this our surprise has ceased. The
scene \‘\‘il'.§ intc1‘csting' beyond all expectation.
At an early hour in the afternoon every car-
Broad-.v~.ty, the Bowery, and all the roads leading
to that place were crowded, and at half past five,
all the avenues became impassable. The lower‘
part of the town tvas nearly depopulated. Ere-
.ry tree, fence and shed in the vicinity ofthe Gar-
den was covered with spectators, anxiously wait-
ing to see the Balloon ascend. To gratify those
who w’<:r,c in the garden, the Balloon was pat'tir;l-
fry inilated about 5 o’clock, and suspended about
'0 feet from the ground. At 5 minutes past'*6
it was completely inflated and immediately rose
.tbout 40 feet, in which situation it was sufferetl to
remain but a short time. At 18 minutes pas: 6,
hit. Guille advanced to the circle, and after ma-
king some little examination of- the cords which
-pcct'1fb=‘s, and took his position in the basket.-
in at:-instant the Balloon began to ascend. _’l‘: t;
t’t.t'ac.lrtute was evidently timer on one side than
the other, and much apprehension was felt for
the safety of the voyager. At the moment of
asnendinga gust of wind sprung up from the N.
W688 and drove the Balloon di-ectly over the ml!
poplars in the garden so that the basket was ft r-
ccd upon them. and carried t.~i‘fsome of t'he.sm=tll
lmmclles. On clearin,.:; the trees the finest sce=:-.-
was prcscntcr.l; the Balloon, asccntled with in :-
jcsty and rapidity -to 21' great hz.-ighth, the wt. .1
walling it toward Long Islaml. in less than 20
minutes, tht-._Paracht_tte was detached *{::~;:;~ ihc
lalloon, and ‘was seen for nc1~iy ‘half an'lmt.:t-
-gradually descending. apparently over Long isl-
:—ind~—the Balloon continuing in the mean ‘till’.-.c’
to ascend till it finally disappe-.-.x'4.-rl in die cloucls.
Till about 9 o’clock in tut: (‘V€lllllg much an:.-
iety was manifested for the safety of the .*l:‘.r-.:-1
naut, w hon it was asc21‘tainc(l that he reachcd tl‘.-.’:
earth in safety, ltztvitigtllandctl at Bushwick, near
Williamsburg, Long Island, about 6 miles from
Vauxhull Garden‘. He reached town about half
past 8 o'clock with his patacl1ute,iti perfect health
and spirits.
The engagement of Mr. G. was honorably ful-
filled, and we sinccrelv hope he may receive the
remuneration he so eminently deserves.
./1ug‘u.s't 4-.—-—\«Ve have the following particulars
from Mr. Guillc of his ascent on Monday.
He commenced inflating the Balloon at l.WClV:’:?
o’clock, the weather then appearing line, and
promising; to be favorable. At about 4 o’clocl;
the atmosphere became clouded, indicating a vio-
lent storm, the wind blowing fresh from S. S. VV.
in which direction it continued till near the mo-
ment of his ascending, the weather threatning all
the time to frustrate his enterprize, and render it.
the more hazardous. At 6 o’clock the Balloon
was filled, and the Parachute attached. Mr. G‘.
entered the car, determined to fulfil his promise,
notwithstanding the terrific appearace of the hor-
lZ0D» filled with black clouds and whirlwinds of
dust. He resolutely gave the.or('ler'to*let go the
ropes, which held the balloon, whenit instantly ,
rose with astonishing rapidiiy. At the moment"
the wind changed to North VVest,and blew a gale,
taking the balloon across the trees in the‘garden_.
and entangiing the car in the branches". some of
which were carried off. - The.Balloon ‘then as-
gczended to the height of l500'fathon'1s with inex-'-
iprcssible grandeur and amid the shouts of the
people. '
At this time it was necessary that Mr. C.
should have perfect command of himself, and .of.
the ropes by which his vehicle wasattached to the
Balloon : the branches of the trees had got, a-
mongst them, and caused some confusion. 'l‘o
get at them and clear the ropes, it became ncccs-l
sary to throw over the flags, which was perform-;'
ed when. at about half the height he ascended.-—'
Every thing being now, right, he continued his
journey upwards till anew difficulty presented it-_:
self. The greatest interest of the scene was in",
separating the Parachute from the Balloon ; had}
he ascended higher the thick clouds he was about i
to encounter. he was apprehensive would bidet
him from view. Under these considerations hel
ri-age 'y\"dS in requisition for the Gardens, and _.
Cu‘.tnL"Clt.'(l the Parachute with the Balloon, he .
took leave of his wife, bowed gracefully to thc,
_./flzzg. 5.——V’Ve are glad to state that Mr. Guille
has found his balloon, which was restored to him
yesterday morning. It was found on Tuesday
morning floating in Oyster Bay, South, a -short
distance from the ‘land, about 30. miles from
to -‘-"J. The Commercial Advertiser gives the
foiioxving humorous account of the discover-y.
When first discovered, it exhibited a {remu-
lous motion, occasioned no doubt by the force..of
the wind; and the finder supposed it to be some
large sea monster, which had fled from the ocean
and wandered into the bay. He therefore re-
mained at a respectful distance, watching its
movements with no small degree of trepidation
and solicitude, until it had reached the shore, and
by the aid of.the wind, had seatediitself tranquil-
ly upon the margin of‘ a salt meadow. He
.nen approached with slow and fearful steps ;
and ' having at length discovered the coarse
netting’ with which it-was covered, his alarm sub-
sided, and some description, which he had either
read or heard, recurring to his recollection, he
at once pronounced it a Balloon. But, by whom
it had been manufactured, or from what country
it had been despatched, he could form no conjec-
_,ture ;' until, by the aid of his knife. he had dis.
‘charged its contents, and brought; within his
reach the polite card which had been attached to
it by its owner.
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‘NEST INDIA NEWS.
Erom the Bermuda Gazette of July 3.
This colony has already resisted the attempt of
the Lords Commissioners of his majesty’s Trea-
establishing a docket of fees, not only for .the
custom-hou"se, but for the other public offices,was
passed‘ by the late house ofAssemhly, at their re-
cent session. The legislature of Barbadoes have
also lately had the same object under consider-
ation. The following are extracts from the pro-
ceedings of the Assembly of-tl_1at_ Island in May
Last : '
-' Resolved, That anyattempt to establish any
tax, duty, or fee, upon his rnajes'ty’s subjects, in-
hahitants of this colony, by the lords commission-
ers of his majesty’s treasury, is illegal, and ought
to be resisted. .
‘ Resolved, That the committee of Correspon-
dence be instructed to direct the agent to remun-
strate, with promptitude and firmness. against
these orders ; that this house will never recog-
nize any authority in the Lords Commissioners
of his Majesty’s Treasury, to raise any sum or
sums of money, whether in the nature of fee
or otherwise, from the inhabitants of this colo-
ll)‘. . I
i» " Resojlvecl, That the’ orders of the Lords (Tom-
niissiort.e.rs,:of‘ his Majcsty’s Treasury by which
certain .'«.{eé‘s are sought to be established for the
:'eir.u:i+,-tiation of the officers of the customs. are
.in open ‘violation of the inherent rights of the
iuliabitants of this colony, as having a direct ten-
dency to impose a tax upon them under the
authority of such orders, and without the con-
sent of their representatives in General Assem-
bly.’
_ Frail: (2 Jamaz'ca Paftcr.
Arrived brig Gustavus, from Terre I-‘crme.—
She was oblig'cd to cut her cables and proceed to
sea,1n consequence of the Indians rising on them
and attcrppting to take the vessel. V\"hilc her
boat was-on shore. receiving the cargo, a num-
ber of Indians came down the beach, and endeav-
ored to take possession of her ; at the same time
several other canoes, laden with grass, in which
they hid their muskets, and bows and arrows, ap-
proachcd the brig, and when within reach of her,
comma-nced.an attack upon her; but ft'0m the
prompt exertions of the mate and crew in imme-
diately repelling them, they made for the shore,
and some of the Indians who‘ had got on board,
jumped 0V_K'1‘b0al‘(l. The boat by this time had
made its escape, and reached the brig in safety.
\Ve are sorry to state, that during the skirmish,
-the mate, in loading one of the great guns, had
-his arm so severely.sliattered as to require am-
putation. llad it not been for his prompt exer-
tions in getting the fire arms ready. U16 “’l1°l6 Of
the crew would certainly have been murdcretla
and the vessel destroyed, as there was aconsider-
able’ number of Indians ready to assist in the con-
test. _
The schr. Cassador, under the Republican flag
of Buenos Ayres, mounting 5 guns, an(l42 me-11:
and the Atrerida, of 2 four potmders and 29 men,
mrthe 24th Feb. fell in with and captured, in
the river John, three Spanish vessels, mount-
ing 11 guns and 83 men, with cargoes Ofjefk
be,-,f,'(900,000lbs,) cocoa, and indigo. The total
amount valued at 50,0001. 'l‘he Spaniards dc.-
fended themselves with great bravery. Twenty-
two prisoners were taken, the greater part of
whom were wounded, and two of them died.——
The rest of the vessel’-S crew jumped overboard:
and escapedto the shore-
A St. Kitts paper, of the 6th ult.‘confirm5 the
account of the rccentdefcat of the Royalists in
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June at Chopparo, in Barcelona ; and theloss sus-’ '
sury, to regulate the fees ofthe customs-—an act"
"States, on its part ceases to be bound by it.‘
Barcelona. The battle todl: place on the l0:h-
taiued by the Royalists under Col. Correa, was
1000 killed, besides prisoners, wounded, and the '
whole of their baggage. After the battle, Gen. _
Marino took up a position, promising ulterior ad-
vantages. ‘
ST. Biutfrs, July 2}.
A schooner touched off St. ‘Eustatius 20th
inst. in 6 days pasagc from Margaritta, bound to -’
St. Thomas, the captain of which vcsselygave the;
following information :—Admiral Brion sailed",
from,Margaritta on 10th inst. with hi's'.squadron,, -
consisting of the Victoria (his »fla_g ship)ia thirty-
two gun English ft'lg'al_€, re_centl,y_ ar_riv_e'd_ (name
not recollected) nine brigs, eleven schoonérs, and‘ .
a number of gun-boats, all well armed and man-' ‘
ned. On board of the squa_droh are 2500 Eng-‘
lish, Irish and Scotch, 500 German, zind"tabout:"
350 Indian troops, all well disciplined; and “in-
high spirits, they most san_gui_.nely. calculate upon ”
meeting with success, and being amply remu-
nerated for the many .hards'hips and dep_rirations
they had experienced whilst at l.\Ilargarirta.—"-
Their destination is supposed to be against La-.
gtura. ‘ ‘
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BALT1Mon1é'..‘7At1c-;. 2. ’ "
Arrrivod schr. Plattsburg, Partlow, 50 days
from llucnos Ayres. The new.Director had not. --
hecn elected on the sailing of the P. although the - ,
new constitution-had provided for it, and it was"
well known that Puerrvdon had declined at. re-e-
lection, and that Gen. Baldincgra-was to succeed
him. The armistice which had becn_entered in-
to between the government of Buenos Ayres and
Artigas had been renewed for three weeks, on ac-
count of the absence of Artigas. he ltaving, as
was said, penetrated into the Brazil territory, with
the troops, where he has had a number of skir-
miSl1<=S——in all of which he.pr.0Ved victorious.
Letters from Valparaiso to ' the 10th March,
have been rcceivt-dat V‘Vashington. L_ord»._Coch-.~ .
ranr.-, comnianding the Chilian Navy, \_va$5o'ut.on
a cruise, and intended making another attack on
the port of Callao, where were two frigates, two
brigs, and a Spanish merchant ship, with 21 mil-
lion of dollars on board. If Cochrane should be
defeated, it would be hardly possible, for the gov-
ernment to refit and provision the squadron for
another cruise. The crew had not been paid for
the former cruise, and left the port much dissat-
isfied. Indeed, the crew of the corvette (one of
the squadron,) mutinedand confined their officers,
with a view to take the ship to Lima ; but, after
havingpossessionof the ship three days, she was
retaken by the officers : three men were killed in ,
the contest, five had becnsince shot without tri-
al, and twenty-three remained to be tt'ic.d.
The royalists are again advancing in the prov-
ince of,Conccption with about 2000 troops, and ,
the few troops the patriots have there are 1‘etrt:a"t~
ping before them.
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THE SPAI\"l.‘$fI 1’RE.’\T_i".
From t/zr: National I7ztclligc7zccr,..1z4g. 4-. .
Our readers willhave seen, by the time they
read this, that, by the latest and most .authentic
accounts, the treaty with Spain had not been rat-
ified on the 22d of June.
VVC are not among those who attach great im-
portance to this negative information. will less
do we believe that Spain intends or desirtfi I0
provoke a rupture with this country. There is
no motive which could influence her to do .~.o.—-
That she has seen. with TflOl'llfl.t'.1tllf)Tl privatc::rs
snrarming from our ports, and preying on be!‘ (lit-
fencelcss commence, there can be little tloubrl;
but she has also seen that the f.§oVcI‘31mct1t bf the
U. States, sensible of the enormity of such unli-
cen.~.ed robbery, has used its exertions“ to put a
stop to it, and is/therefore guiltless of having cu-
couragcd such practices. Sheyhas seen, too, that
the people ,.of this country, had the government .
displayed tlie same inclination, have been welle-
nough disposed to wrest they Floridas from Spain,
by a weapon very different from ncgociation, and
to have;tak~.n ample ind-.-mnity in ‘Mexico, as vs!
as Florida, for bfpanish spoliations on our com-
merce. But the alternative of war with Spain
has been cautiously and sedulously avoided; and
a treaty has ‘been framed, in con:'orn~ily to he!‘
l\linistct"s instructions, quite as i':.«.vot able to
Spain as she could have expected. That treaty:
under such circumstances, it is :;cat'Ctl)‘ possible
she will not ratify. _ .
If, after this view of the subject, people will
anticipate an ultimate refusal to ratify the treaty,
let the fact ofthe promotion of D_on Luis dc Onis
speak for itself. It is not to_be supposed that the
King of Spain would elevate, to the highest. of-
fice and honors in his gift, a man who had just
returned from a foreign mission, which lW<l.l€-
sulted in a treaty so odious, that the sovereign
intended to reject it.
That a fer! courtiers about’the person of tire,-
king, interested in large grants of land in Flori-
da, of adate too late to be recognized by the trea-
ty', will exert themselves to defeat its ratilic.ttiou,
is quite probable‘. V’Ve trust they will utterly
fail : we hope it, as we deprecale war, which, r. e
believe, would. sooner or later, be the inevitable
consequence of a breach of faith in this instance
on the part of Spain.
The time limited by the treaty. within n-‘oich,
on ratification, it shall percmptorily bind both par-
ties, is reported to be six months : which term
expires about the 24th of this month. If not rat-
ified before that day, the government of the U.
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It is proper to state, that the private lcttrers re--.
ceived in this city from Madrid give no reason to
suppose that the treaty will not be ratified.
‘ CHARLESTON, July 31. "
Piracy and Illm-der.——'1‘he smack-sloop ,.L15.l.“"'
rence, At_w.ick,‘sailcd hence some time since and
put info"!-Iavana, where she —left the owner, J. J.
Danie1l—thence sailed again. and on the coast of
Florida fell in with the Br. brig Ann, Seely, from.
Matanzas bound to England, ashore, wjhosocre-.r
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