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on the Florida shore;-ship Caroline, Curtis, of and from New Orleans, with a cargo of cotton, bound to Liverpool, went ashore on the 25th ult. in lat. 27, 23, the vessel and cargo entirely lost; one of the crew died of fatigue three days after landing; the rest were all saved, and have arrived here in the Liberty.The Spanish ship Union, Domingo Antonio Lordau, master, from Havanna bound to London, with a carge of Logwood, went ashore on the same day, in the same gale, and near the same place with the Caroline. The captain, mate, second mate, and 2 men were drowned: the remainder of the crew, 15 in number, were saved, and are also passengers in the Liberty. The Spanish brig African, Don Francisco Garcia, master, from Havanna bound to New-York, went ashore at the same time and place: the vessel, cargo and one man were lost. Captain George Moulder, a passenger in the African, together with the crew of that vessel, have arrived in the Liberty: the captain, and Mr. Jacob Og. den, a passenger, were left on the beach, the weather being so boisterous it was impossible to get them on board; and indeed so completely was the Liberty filled, being but a small pilot-boat, that it seems almost impossibie to have taker on board, and those who were in her were compelled to remain in the respective stations in which they were placed, for fear of upsetting her, should they all get upon one side. The schr. Triton, John Hand, jun. master, of Philadelphia from Havanna, with a cargo of sugar, coffee and logwood, bound to Rich mond, was wrecked on the 19th ult, near the same place with the others: the ves sel, cargo and one man lost.

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tain, mate and supercargo of this vessel were also left on the beach: the crew arrived in the Liberty. In addition to these vessels, it is supposed that others must have been lost in the same gale, as the shore was lined with dead bodies and

the fragments of wrecks. The persons saved from the wrecks suffered extreme hardships, some of them having been compelled to travel 20 miles on the beach before they were able to obtain any subsistence.

In the gale from the 23d to the 26th ult. at Havannah, 30 sail of vessels were lost, and 43 driven on shore. Among the vessels lost, were the ship Friend ship, of New-York; sloop Liberty, and schooner Munro, of Norfolk; and ship Betsey, of Philadelphia. Several vessels were run down by a Spanish 74. This news comes by the schooner Fly, Gould, arrived at Norfolk, in 9 days from Ha

vanna.

Philadelphia, Nov. 19.

Arrived this morning, ship Com merce, capt. Ray, 49 days from CadizSpoke captain Montgomery, of the Huntress, hence for New York, five leagues east of Cape May, who inform ed, that a ship and a schooner were a. shore near Cape May, and all hands perished. Captain B. saw a schooner and two sloops ashore on Chincoteague.

Extract of a letter from Aux Cays, Oct

20, to a merchant in Newburyport.

This will inform you of the loss of the schooner Columbia in a hurricane, near this place, on the morning of the 28th ult. together with a greater part of her cargo. Such a scene of devastation was never before witnessed by the oldest inhabitants of this place. Every vessel and boat afloat went ashore. The ves sels, whose fate I have heard, are the Centaur sloop of war: ship Helen, of Loudon, nearly loaded with coffee: schr Dish, of Marblehead: schr Washington, from Boston: schr Margaret, of Baltimore: a pilot boat and schr Co. lumbia, Scarcely a house in town

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mained unroofed, and many were blown down. Nearly 100 persons lost their lives, and after the gale, their bodies were dug from the ruins.

A handsome cook-wench, at one of the Inns at Bath, (Eng.) having mislaid her apron, took down a large posting bill of the evening's play, which hung in the bar, and pinned it before her; the play was "The Road to Ruin."

MARRIED,

On the 24th ult. by the rev. Mr. Kuypers, Mr. John Cole, to Miss Sarah Ackerman, both of this city.

On the 24th ult. by the rev. Mr. Harris, Peter Bours, esq. of Utica, to Miss Mary Walker Robinson, eldest daughter of Capt. Thomas Robinson.

On the 26th ult. by the rev. Mr. Roan, John Anthon, esq. to Miss || Junith Hone, daughter of Mr. John Hone.

On Wednesday last, by the rev. Mr. Jones, Mr. Jacob Mott, of the Jirm of Williams and Mott, to Miss Mary Anderson, all of this city.

On Tuesday last, by the rev. Mr. How, Capt. John Aldbuoy, to Miss Maria Millar, daughter of the late rev. Dr. Millar.

By the rev. Mr. Lyell, Mr. Gersham Miller to Miss Fanny Bartram, only daughter of Benjamin

Bartram.

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At Wilmington (Del.) the 13th, ult. by the rev. Gideon Ferrel, Mr. James Mathews of Newark, to Miss Sarah M'Intire, of Wilmington.

At Canada, Col. Ward Walton, merchant, of Lenox, Madison county N. Y. to Miss Susan Ensign, of the former place.

DIED,

On Wednesday last, Mrs. Gates, relict of the late Horatio Gates.

On Sunday evening last, aged 45 years, Mr. James Honeywell, merchant, much respected by his family and friends.

After a long and painful illness, which she bore with christian fortitude and resignation, Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews, wife of Mr. John Andrews of this city.

On Thursday morning, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Eagerly.

On Tuesday morning, aged 35, Mr. Aaron Gardner.

In the Missippi territory, Capt. Pascall S. Blagge, of New-York.

At St. Croix, in May last, Mr. Henry Rice, of E. Greenwich, mate of the brig Hunter.

In the city of Worcester, (Eng.) of appoplexy, in August last, Mr.

Chalmers, a comedian of considerable provincial celebrity in England, as well as in the United

States.

On his passage from Martinique to Boston, aged 36, Samuel Cary, jun. esq. merchant of the former place.

At Charleston, on the 2d ult. at his plantation on Santee, William Buford, esq. aged 45.

At New Orleans, Dr. James Alexan der, of Virginia.

At Richmond, suddenly, Capt. John Heth, a member of the Gineimati.

"Apollo struck the enchanting Lyre, The Muses sung in strains alternate."

(SELECTED.)

GOODY BLAKE & HARRY GILL

A True Story. (Concluded-)

And once behind a rick of barley,
Thus looking out did Harry stand:
The moon was full and shining clearly,
And crisp with frost the stubble land.
-He hears a noise-he's all awake-
Again ;-on tiptoe down the hill
He softly creeps; 'Tis Goody Blake,
She's at the hedge of Harry Gill.

Right glad was he when he beheld her;
Stick after stick did Goody pull,
He stood behind a bush of elder,
Till she had fill'd her apron full.
When with her load she turn'd about,
The bye road back again to take,
He started forward with a shout,
And sprang upon poor Goody Blake.

And fiercely by the arm he took her,
And by the arm he held her fast,
And fiercely by the arm he shook her,
and cried, 'I've caught you then at last?
Then Goody, who had nothing said,
Her bundle from her lap let fall :
And kneeling on the sticks, she pray'd,
To God that is the judge of all,

She pray'd her wither'd hand unprear

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While Harry held her by the arm'God! who art never out of hearing, O may he never more be warm!'

The cold, cold moon above her head,
Thus on her knees did Goody pray,
Young Harry heard what she had said,
And icy cold he turn'd away.

He went complaining all the morrow
That he was cold and very chill:

His face was gloom, and his heart was

sorrow,

Alas that day for Harry Gill!
That day he wore a riding coat,
But not a whit the warmer he
Another was on Thursday brought,
And ere the Sabbath he had three,
'Twas all in vain, a useless matter,
And blankets were about him pinn'd:
Yet still his jaws and teeth they clatter,
Like a loose casement in the wind.
And Harry's flesh it fell away;
And all who see him say 'tis plain,
That live as long as live he may,
He never will be warm again.

No word to any one he utters,
A bed or up, to young or old;
But ever to himself he mutters,

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I've seen mid sculptured pride the tomb, Where heroes slept in silent gloom,

Unconscious of their fame

Those who, with laurel'd honors crown'd,

Among their foes spread terror round,

And gain'd—an empty name!

I've seen in death's dark palace laid,
The ruins of a beauteous maid,

Cadaverous and pale!

That maiden, who, while life remain'd, O'er rival charms in triumph reign'd,

The mistress of the vale.

I've seen,
where dungeon damps abide,
A youth, admired in manhood's pride,
In fancied greatness_rove, —
He, who, in Reason's happier day,
Was virtuous, witty, noble, gay,
Learn'd, generous and brave.

Nor dome, nor tower, in twilight shade,
Nor hero fallen, nor beauteous maid-

To Ruin all consign'd!

Can with such pathos touch my breast,
As (on the maniac's form imprest)
THE RUINS OF A NOBLE MIND

From the Columbian.

THE INDIAN GIRL'S SONG.

OH! whither doth my warrior stray!
He hath been absent all the day,
To seek him where shall Luna roam?
My Adam n'er will see his home.

He's surely murdered in the wood,
Or buried in yon foaming flood-
Ah! me, my eyes they close in sorrow,
They'll sing for me the dirge to-morrow.

But when they lay me on the bier,
My Adam's spirit will be near;
And when these limbs in earth are laid,
The warrior, then, may claim his maid.

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OR,

WEEKLY

THE

VISITOR.

FOR THE USE AND AMUSEMENT OF BOTH SEXES.

VOL. XII.]

Saturday, December 8,.... 1810.

[No. 7.

History of KITTY WELLS.

(A TRUE STORY.)

(Continued.)

She determined that very night, to have an interview with her great ancestor, to make his mind easy, and also to gratify herself with a sight or conversation, or, perhaps, she said, who knows (and she was enraptured with the thought) but the gentleman ghostice may have familiar secrets to inclose, or may tell where familiar treasures lie bu

rroughed.' In order to prepare herself in a becoming manner, for the honorable and and affecting scene, she dressed herself all in white; and slipped out unpreceived, between eleven and twelve o'clk. making the best of her way to the dreary avenue described by Robin, she sauntered up and down this place, without any palpitations, but making many pious orisons to the

manes of her wandering forefather. Robin had spent the evening with loud merriment at the castle, his invention had been wonderfully praised, and after laughing and drinking, and contriving many stratagems for furtherance of their plot, he heard the old clock strike the midnight hour. Robin set off in high glee, but as he approached the dark avenue, Robin could not help thinking of what he had done; there is a feeling in the mind, which, in a dark and solitary scene, cannot brook the sporting with serious things.

'At night an atheist half believes a God.'

As truly and emphatically might it be said, that the stout man who is so ingenious as to contrive stories of apparitions when sitting in a large compa ny round the fire-side, feels a little compunction, as well as palpitation, when he comes to reflect, in the glooms of soli. tude, on the sportability of his imagination; at least it happened so with Robin. He began to think there was ins

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