Carolina Watchman

              x ,,,.; cibollva watch-os i ' r two dollars payable in ,„ advancc two dollars j'dcatar|l for the first and 25 cts * ; lhsequent insertion court orders higher than these rates alib le l.o advertise by the year vj.io^bepostpaid p arrnointy f the united status u ' f * session of the thirty-first , a ress , act no 55 priationsfor the support of the reading the thirtieth of june one ldred mid fifty-three .. ite and house of reprc imerica in congress ig sums be and the same outofanymone in the l*rea ited for ihe support ol the r the thirtieth of june one thou y one million three hundred and o hundred and six dollars subsistence five hundred .. hundred aad forty-four . officers horses onehun five hundred and four dollars othing for officers servants hundred dollars ting thirty-two thousand eight i dollars and thirty-two cents , extra pay for non-commissioned on re-enlistment ten i kind one million and forty-jeven and eighty-five dollars provi i riissarj department may use in appropriation for the fiscal year june one thousand eight bnn , two hundred and seventy-five thou said fiscal year ;,,. army camp and garrison equip . two hundred and three thou . eighty dollars and eighty-three r supplies of the quartermaster's de ,,. v '. forage n kind forthe hors 0f the quartermaster's department a d stations and with the for the horsesof the first and second . the companies of light artillery rifli men and such companies :,. mounted and also for the author -' horses when serving in the field w for soldiers bedding and i impany and other blank books for discharged soldiers blank pav and quartermaster's departments of division and department orders i irts one million one hundred is of the quartermasters ing of postage on letters and pack it by officers of the army on public i nf courts-martial and courts of inquiry j compensation to judge advo bers and witnesses while on that march sixteenth eighteen liim jtra pay to soldiers employed under i termaster's department in the firtors storehouses and hospitals :-. and olher constant labor for ; >•* days under the act of march hundred and nineteen ; expenses of from ihe frontier posts and armies in iters other disbursing of , n-heii military escorts cannot be fur ment of non-commissioned horized office furniture : hire of inster's department including lies and guides for lhe army ; clerks to officers of the quartermas . compensation of forage and wagon the act of july eighteen hun jlit for the apprehension of deserters . nt io iheir pursuit : the various the hrst and second regiments companies of light artillery the regi : riflemen and such companies of in iti i inclu ling the purchase of ii ill's and slicing tools horses \ eterinary surgeons and ses and mules two hundred and fifty : - for i dicers of the army serving y the payment of which is no longer c - department four thou l and enlarging barracks s stables wharves and army depots for tempo , horized furniture for bar d officers and soldiers of cannon including the t or the objects enumerat nd offices for otlieers and ; r troops where there are no heh accommodation for storehouses military stores and of grounds s and encampments four hun wance made to officers for the . msi ives and baggage when travel it troops one hundred and twenty the army including the bag tt'lieu moving eiiher by land or va . and garrison equipage and . the depot ai philadelphia to the armj depots of subsistence from the . from the places of delivery un h pi ic is as the circumstances of ihe re il io l>e sent : of ordnance ordnance ■ ni the foundries and armories tions frontier posts and army ills and ferriages ; for the purchase b mules oxen wagons cans drays llg vessels and boats for the s and for garrison purposes for [ ■ lie several posts : lure of teain bl the pav and olher dis ; expense of sailing public trans . the gulf of mexico and the ' : for procuring waler at such on require that ii be brought i . five hundred thousand dol required for the first and oons the companies of light ar il riflemen ami such com ■ be mounted one hundred and ■ il departments fifty-one • i oty dollars us fifty thousand dollars ind supplies as follows : for pro coutrements for artillery ; mat irials for and pre i mmunition : wages of me rriages implements equip : for purchase of miscellane sl res for issue to the armv ' - of the ordnance service one of arms at the national armories liars sand new machinery at ' venty-elght thousand nine hundred i improvements md new machinery thirty-two thousand five hundred x thousand nine hundred and t,ie topographical and hydrographical mississippi with such inves rmine the most practicable ' inundation fifty thousand dol d twiggs of the amount o 5 which would have accrued lo " iwiggs i ,.,. been reguiariy i ntenant of infantry from tbe first hundred and forty-seven the date ' - 3 lo the twelfth of * when he fell in hattie at the '• two hundred and thirty dol i u,'l it-ik uses hth use al sand key honda khundredand twenty-seven dol i the carolina watchman j j bruner j „,. ( " keep a check upon aj.l your editor of proprietor ) rulers c new series do this a:?d libektvis safe < gen'l harrison ( volume ix number 23 salisbury n c thursday october 7 1852 - - —^ _____________________ r _ ___, __ _________________ vox completing the light house at chicago illinois six thoa-and three hundred dollars for arrearages prior to july first eighteen hundred and fifteen payable through the office of the third au ditor under an act approved may first eighteen hun dred and twenty in addition to an unexpended balance of two thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fourteen cents remaining in the treasury on the thir teenth of october eighteen hundred and fifty-one sev en thousand five hundred dollars skc a and he it further enacted that all acts or pans of acts authorizing the president of the united states or the secretary of the proper department un der his direction to transfer any portion of the moneys appropriated for a particular branch of expenditure in thai department to be applied to another branch of ex penditure in ihe same department of war repealed and no portion ofthe moneys appropriared by this act shall be applied to the payment of any expenses inenrred prior to the first day of july one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the president from au thorizing appropriations for the subsistence of the army lur forage for the medical and hospital departments and for the quartermaster's department to be applied to any other of the above-mentioned branches of expendi ture in the same department and appropriations made for a specific object fur one fiscal year shall not be trans ferred to any other object after the expiration of that year sec 3 and be it further enacted that so mnch of thr act making appropriations fur tin support of the ar my for the year ending the thirtieth of june eighteen hundred and fifty-one approved tin twenty-eighth of september eighteen hundred and fifty as provides ex tra pay to the commissioned officers and enlisted men ofthe united states berving in oregon or california be and ihe same is hereby continued in force for one year from the first day of march eighteen hundred and fifty two and that the provision of the hist mentioned act be and is hereby extended to mexico during the current vear provided for by this section and tbat three hun dred thousand dollars he and is liereby appropriated for ihat purpose provided further that said officers and men shall receive only one-half of the increased a mount over the regular pay allowed by law sec a am he it further enacted tbat all the un expended balances remaining of sums appropriated for . fortifications and now liable to revert to the surplus fund are hereby reappropriated sec .">. and he it further enacted that pay mas i ters clerks shall be entitled to receive one ration per day when on duly al iheir stations to be commuted at the j price now authorized when travelling on duly skc i and be it further enacted that for the pay and equipment as mounted riflemen finding their own horses and forage of the volunteers serving under the j command of captain john c fremont in california j during the year eighteen hundred and forty-six us ap ; pears by the muster rolls on file in the war department j and for the subsistence and supplies consumed by said volunteers in said service one hundred aud sixty-eight thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any mo ney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated ; and | lhe secretary of war is authorized and empowered to j appoint three competent and disinterested officers of the j army to examine and report to congress upon all such j claims as may be presented for funds advanced and sub sistence and supplies ofall kinds furnished or taken for the use of said command whilst thus engaged in the public service : and for the expenses of said board of of i fleers the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby ap propriated sec 7 and be it further enacted that the second j section of an act entiled " an act to provide for tbe set i tlement of the accounts of public officers and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions or otherwise in mexico approved march third eighteen hundred and forty-nine shall be so con strued as to extend to officers and olher persons who were engaged in the collection of military contributions as collectors in any part of mexico or california during the war with mexico skc 8 and in it further enacted that the secre tary of war be directed to pay to each of the survivors or to the heirs of those who have died of the seminole warriors who were mustered into the service of the uniied siaies at fort brooke in december eighteen hundred and thirty-five an amount equal to three months pay and allowances of a private soldier in the army of the united slates provided that the a moiint so paid shall not exceed three thousand eight hun dred and seventy dollars and provided nlso that such amount paid shall be in full of all claims of said friendly seminoles during the florida war for compen sation and for indemnity on account of losses sustained sec ii a ntt he it further enacted that there be appropriated as aforesaid to refund to the state of north carolina lhe amount of money advanced and transpor tation furnished to volunteers from that state during tho late war with mexico the sum of nine thousand three hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty-three cents skc iii and be it further enacted that there be appropriated as aforesaid for refunding to the slate ot michigan the amount advanced by said state in organ izing subsisting and transporting volunteers previous to their being mustered into the service of the united siales during the late war with mexico twenty thou sand dollars which said sum or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay and cancel the claim of said stale as presented and now on file in the office ofthe third auditor of the treasury department shall be paid by the secretary of the treasury to the governor or other proper officer of the said state of michigan : florida that the same principles be applied in the settlement of the claims of the slate of alabama and all other siati-s for moneys advanced iii raising sub sisting and transporting troops for the mexican war skc 11 and be it further enacted that in the ad justment of the accounts ofthe state of maine under the act of the thirteenth of june eighteen hundred and forty-two the proper accounting officers of the treasu ry be and they are hereby directed to include and allow all claims which have been heretofore presented under said act * provided it shall be satisfactorily shown that said claims bave been actually allowed aud paid the ' sec 12 and he it further enacted tbat the sec retary of war allow and pay to the slate of virginia all sums that may have been advanced by lhat state to the officers and men of her regiment of volunteers en raged to serve for and during the war then existing be uveen the united states ami mexico for pay tor their services from the lav of their enrolment until thev were mustered into the service ofthe united states : provi ded the same has not been paid heretofore by the l states to anv of the officers or men for sau semce sec 13 and be it further enacted lhat the sec retary of war be and he is hereby authorized and re quired to nav to the state of south carolina out ol any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums of money as were paid by said state m e.ghteen hundred and thirty-eight eighteen hundred and th rt y - nine ami eighteen hundred and forty for services loss es and damages sustained by her volunteers in the flor ida war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six eighteen hundred and thirty-seven and eighteen and while i the service of lhe united states f™jj i return from said service as were asc«u*uned aad allow ed by a board of commissioners appointed for that pur sseby an act ofthe legislature of : sari sute in e,gh en hundred and thirty-seven : provided however that interest shall be allowed upon the moneys paid ,,, he state of south carolina under the provisions ot j l"\4 and he it further enacted that in the setueme,iofiheclaimsin.hes,ateo 0 ; the provisions of the act of the eleven 1 aug tec hundred and forty-two providing tor th e ett k me of the claims of georgia for the services of tomto which have heretofore been suspended or disallowed ■ accounting officers ofthe treasury department al v and pay upon proof that the state has allowed and p_d the saine al accounts for f-n ub^ce^h nit.l stores medical services and transportation wtacb ave to been heretofore allowed by the united males rv he allowed ; the same to be paid out of he lund ap propriated by uie act of eleventh august eighteen hun sicnll150rx'i it further enacted that the pro per accounting officers of the treasury department be and bev a e hereby authorized to adjust and settle be smnsc-f lor.du fovtbo service of her troops under the ! act of february twemy-seventh eighteen hundred and fifty-one by the provisions stated for the settlement of ' the claims of virginia for like services as prescribed by j tbis act sec ig and be it further enacted that the ac ' counts of adjutant general roger jones shall be settled by accounting officers ofthe treasury according to equi , ty and justice and in such manner as to allow the pay and emoluments of his commission of adjutant general i from the time of the reduction of the army in one thou sand eight hundred and twenty-one to march seventh one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five when he was restored to his rank and commission in the staff of the army : provided that the pay and emoluments of captain of artillery during the saine period be deducted then-form sec 17 and be it further enacted that the ac counting officers of the united slates treasury are here by directed to ascertain the amount justly due to hen ry l kenney for subsistence medicine forage c furnished by him to tbe company of texas mounted volunteers commanded by captain charles m black well from september tenth eighteen hundred and for ty-nine and pay him the same out of the sum of sev enty-two thousand dollars already appropriated for such purpose by virtue of the second section of an act enti tled " an act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the indian department and for the fulfilling treaty stipulations with various indian tribes forthe year ending thirtieth june eighteen hun dred and fifty : provided that tbe same shall not ex ceed the sum of six thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars and seventy-six cents sec is and lie it further enacted that the board of officers designated by the act of the third of march one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one to procure sites for the military asylums by and with the approv al of tbe president of the united states be and they or a part of them are hereby authorized to examine the blue lick springs and the land attached thereto and ifthe same be found eligible for the purpose and can be secured of the proprietors or any suitable quantity ofthe lund including the buildings at a reasonble price to purchase the same for the government ofthe united states and locate thereon the western military asy lum approved august 31 1852 the wives of the dead the following story the simple and do mestic incidents oi which mav be deemed j scarcely worth relating after such a lapse of time awakened some degree of inter j est a hundred years ag '•■ a principal \ seaport of the bay province the twi | light of an autumn day a parlor on the second floor of a small house plainly fur i nished as beseemed the middling circum | stances of its inhabitants yet decorated j with little curiosities from beyond the sea and a few delicate specimens of indian manufacture — these are the only particu j lars to be premised in regard to scene antl j season two young and comely women j sat together by the fireside ttursing their j mutual and peculiar sorrows they were | the recent brides ol two brothers a sailor | and landsman and two successive days j had brought tidings of lhe death of each | by the chances of canadian warfare and j the tempestuous atlantic the univer sal sympathy excited by this bereave j ment drew numerous condoling guests to j the habitation of the widowed sisters — j several among whom was the minister i had remained till the verge of evening when one by one whispering many com | fortable passages of scripture they were answered by more abundant tears they took their leave and departed to their own happier homes the mourners though not insensible to the kindness of their friends had yearned to be left alone — united as they had been by the relation ship of the living and now more closely so by that of the dead each felt as if whatever consolation her grief admitted \ was to be found in the bosom of the oth er they joined their hearts and wept together silently but after an hour of indulgence one ofthe sisters all of whose emotions were influenced by her mild quiet yet not feeble character began to recollect the precepts of resignation and j endurance which piety had taught her ; when she did not need them her mis i fortunes besides asearliest known should earliest cease to interfere with her regu lar course ol duties ; accordingly having placed the table belore the fire and ar ranged a frugal meal she took the hand of her companion •• come dearest sister you have eaten not a morsel ro-dav she said " arise i pray you and let us ask a blessing on that which is provided for us her sister-in-law was of a lively and irritable temperament and the first pangs of her sorrow had been expressed by shrieks and passionate lamentation she now shrunk from mary's words like a wounded sufferer from the hand lhat re vives the throb " there is no blessing left for me nei ther will i ask it cried margaret with a fresh burst of tears " would it were his will that i might never taste food more yet she trembled at these rebellious ex i pressions almost as they were uttered and by degrees mary succeeded in bring her sister's mind nearer to the situation of her own time went on and their usual hour of repose arrived the broth er and their brides entering lhe married state with no more than the slender means which then sanctioned such a step had confederated themselves in one house hold with equal rights the parlor and claiming exclusive privilegesin two sleep ing rooms contiguous to it thither the widowed ones retired after heaping ash es upon the dying embers of their fire and placinga lighted lamp upon the hearth the doors of both chambers were left o j pen so that a part of the interior of each and the beds with their unclosed curtains , were reciprocally visible sleep did nol steal upon the sisters at one and the same time mary experienced the effeet often consequent upon grief quietly borne and soon sunk into temporary forget fulness ; while margaret became more disturbed and feverish in proportion as the night ad vanced with its deepest and stillest hours she lay listening to the drops of rain that came down in monotonous succession un swayed by a breath of wind and a nerv j ous impulse continually caused her to lift her head frem the pillow and gaze into mary's chamber and the intermediate a | partment the cold light of the lamp threw the shadows of the furniture upon the wall stamping them immovably there except when they were shaken by a sud j den flicker of the flame two vacant arm chairs were in their old positions on op posite sides of the hearth where the bro thers had been want to sit in the young and laughing dignify as heads of families ' two humble seats were near them the | true thrones of that little empire where mary and herself had exercised in love a power that love had won the cheer i ful radiance of the lire had shone upon the happy circle and the dead glimmer i of the lamp might have befitted their re i union now while margaret groaned in | bitterness she heard a knock at the street door " how would my heart have leapt at that sound but yesterday !" thought she remembering the anxiety with which ■ she had long awaited tidings from her j husband " i care not for it now ; let i them begone for 1 will notarise but even while a sort of childish fret fulness made her thus resolve she was j breathing hurriedly and straining her ears to catch a repetition ofthe summons it is difficult to be convined of the death of one whom we have deemed another self the knocking was now renewed in slow and regular stroke.s,apparently given with the soft end of a double fist and was j accompanied by words faintly heard thro : several thicknesses of wall margaret ; looked to her sister's chamber and beheld : her still lying in the depths of sleep she j arose placed her foot upon the floor and slightly arrayed herself trembling be j tween fear and eagerness as she did so j heaven help me sighed she i have nothing left to fear and methinks i j am ten times more a coward than ever seizing the lamp from the hearth she hastened to the window that overlooked the street door it was a latice turning upon hinges and having thrown it back she stretched her head a little way into the moist atmosphere a lantern was reddening the front of the house and melt ing its light in the neighboring puddles while a deluge of darkness overwhelmed every other object as the window gra ted upon its hinges a man in a broad brimmed hat and blanket cloak stepped from under the shelter of the projecting story.and looked upward to discover whom his application had aroused margaret knew him as a friendly innkeeper ol the town '• what would you have good man par ker v cried the widow •> lack-a day ! is it you mrs marga ret replied the innkeeper i was a fraid it might be your sister mary for 1 hate to see a young woman in trouble when i haven't a word of comfort to whis per her , for heaven's sake what news do vou bring t screamed margaret > «■ why there has been an express thro the town within this half hour said the good man parker travelling irom the eastern jurisdiction with letters from the governor and council he tarried at my house to refresh himself with a drop and a morsel and i asked him what tidings on the frontiers he tells me we had the belter in the skirmish you wot of and that thirteen men reported slain are well and sonnd,and your husband among ihem besides he is appointed of the escort to bring the captivated frenchers and jtv dian home to tbe province jail i judged you wouldn't mind being broke ot ou fest and so i slept over to tell you good tbe honest man departed and his lantern gleamed along the street and the fragments ol a world like order gsmmering through chaos j or memor .,..,. the na*t but margaret roaming over tne pa •_• r taid no°t to watch these picturesque fects joy flashed into her heart and js ed t up at once and breathless and with winged steps she flew to the bed : de of her sister she paused however at the door of the chamber htle a thought of pain broke in upon her i poor mary !" said she to herself shau i awaken her to feel her sorrow t sharpened by my happiness no i will keep it within my own bosom till the mor row she approached lhe bed fo discover if mary's sleep were peaceful her face was turnetl partly inward to the pillow and had been hidden there to weep ; but a look of motionless contentment was now visible upon it as if her heart like a deep lake had grown calm because its dead had sunk down so far wiihin hap py is it and strange that the lighter sor rows are those from which dreams are chiefly fabricated margaret shrunk irom disturbing her sister in law and felt as if her own better fortune had rendered her involuntarily unfaithful and as if altered and disminished affection must be the con sequence of the disclosure she had to make with a sudden step she turned away — but joy could not long be repressed evpn by circumstances than would have excit ed heavy griefs at another moment her mind was thronged with delightful tho'ts till sleep stole on and transferred them to visions more delightful a*id more wild like the breath of winler bul what a cold comparison working fantastic tracery upon a window when the night was far advanced ma ry awoke with a sudden start a vivid dream had latterly involved her in its un real life of which however she could on ly remember that it had been broken in upon at the most interesting point for a little time slumber hung about like a morning mist hindering her from perceiv ing the distinct outline of her situation — she listened with imperfect consciousness to two or three volleys of a rapid and ea ger knocking and first she deemed the noise a matter of course like the breath she drew ; next it appeared a thing in which she had no concern ; and lastly she became aware that it was a summons , necessary to be obeyed at the same moment the pang of recollection darted into her mind : the pall of sleep was thrown back from the face of grief the dim light of the chamber all the objects therein revealed had retained all her sus pended ideas and restored them as soon as she unclosed her eyes again there was a quick peal upon the street door — fearing lhat her sister would also be dis turbed mary wrapped herself in a cloak and hood took the lamp from the hearth and hastened to the window by some accident it had been left unhasped and yielded easily to her hand " who's there ?" asked mary trembling as she looked forth the storm was over and the moon was up ; it shone upon broken clouds above and below upon houses black with mois ture and upon little lakes of the fallen rains curling into silver beneath the quick j enchantment ofa breeze a young man j in a sailor's dress wet as if be had come out of the depths of the sea stood alone under the window mary recognised him as one whose livelihood was gained by short voyages along the coast ; nor did she forget that previous to her marriage he had been an unsuccessful wooer of her own " what do you seek here stephen ?" said she " cheer up mary for i seek to comfort you answered the rejected lover you must know 1 got home not ten minutes ago and the first thing my good mother told me was the news about your husband so without saying a word lo the old wo man i clapt on my hat and ran out of ihe house i couldn't have slept a wink before speaking to you mary forthe sake of old times " stephen i thought better of you !" ex claimed the widow with gushing tears and preparing to close the lattice for she was no whit inclined to imitate the first wife of zadig " but stop and hear my story out cried the young sailor i tell you we spoke a brig yesterday afternoon bound in from old england and who do you think i saw standing on deck well and hearty only a bit thinner than he was live months ago . mary leaned from the window but could not speak " why it was your husband himself confined the generous seaman " he and three others saved themselves on a spar when the blessing turned bottom upwards the brig will beat into the bay by day light with this wind and you'll see him here to morrow there's tbe comfort i bring you mary and so good night he hurried away while mary watched him with a doubt of waking reality that eemed slronger or weaker as be altern ately entered the shade of the houses or emerged into the broad streaks of moon light gradually however a blessed il-.od of conviction swelled into her heart in strength enough to overwhelm her had its increase been more abrupt her first impulse was to arouse her sister in law and communicate the newborn gladness she opened ihe chamber door which bad been closed in the course ot the night though not latched advanced to the bed side and was about to lay her hands op on the slumberer's shoulders but then she remembered that margaret would a wake to thoughts of death and woe ren dered not the less bitter by their contrast with her own felicity she suffered the ravs of the lamp to fall upon the ancon scious form of the bereaved one mar i garet lay in unquiet sleep and the drape i ry was displaced around her her young | cheek was rosy tinted and her lips half opened in a vivid smile ; an expression of joy debarred its passage by her sealed eyelids struggled forth like incense from the whole countenance my poor sister you will waken too soon from that happy dream thought ma 7 before retiring she set down the lamp and endeavored to arrange the bed clothes so that the chill air might not do harm to the feverish slumberer but the han trembled against margaret's neck a tear also fell upon eer cheek and she sudden ly awoke ti1i late great storm the new york journal of commerce has collected data respecting the late great storm on our coast showing that the the ory ol mr redfield in relation to temp ests of this character is fully sustained by fact this theory it will be remembered for it has frequently been described in the bulletin supposes these gales to be great whiilwi'ids in diameter ti4m three hun dred to five hundred mile»beginning ia lhe west indies and describing lhe arc of a circle as they move northward the journal oi commerce collecting newspa per notices iu reference to the late storm has shown that the tempest began near havana and first passed northwestward ly in the direction o mobile but here meeting the great allegheny chain it was deflected to lhe northeast and according ly swept along the atlantic coast until it was finally lost sight of on the banks of newfoundland to traverse this vast arc it required nearly if not quite two weeks for eleven days alone were con sumed by it in passing fiom key west to halifax the accounts collected by the journal of commerce trace it from the jlsf pf august when it made a wreck of the barque jasper off key west to the 31st when it raged so fiercely at halifax that the news by the america could not be telegraphed a wind blowing in a straight line between these two points and moving with the velocity of wind in a gale would traverse the disiance in about a day # during its progress the storm lasted at no given point more than three days and when it reached tbe highest latitudes and began to be spent it did not contin ue even so long at pensacola it com menced on the 24th ami raged till the 26th attaining maximum towards evening on the 25th at this place the tempest began with the wind at east thence it shifted to the south and finally changed to tbe west showing that the centre of the whirlwind was at first west ofthe town and subsequently passed to the east of it on the same days it appeared at mobile doing immense damage it has been traced as far west indeed as lake ponchartrain its diameter must therefore have been about five hundred miles a day later we find it commenc ing in georgia it reached baltimore on the 28ih about a hundred hours after it appeared at pensacola before noon of lhe same day if we remember accurate ly it began in this city ind an hour or two after commenced in new york by evening it was raging in both cities with great violence its greatest fury here was frotn about seven o'clock p m of saturday the 2sth until noon of sunday the 29th at boston it was lirst noticed on the evening of saturday when a slight rain heralded its coming and from that time it blew with accelerated violence nearly twenty four hours when it began to subside as we bave already seen it reached halifax in time to be blowing with the utmost fury by the 31st at this place as well as at new york the wind commenced from the coa and thence moved north east and noith to the west where it was when tin gale ceased the centre of this great whirlwind ihere fore passed fo the east of this place — though very violent in philadelphia new jersey and new england it was less so than it had been in georgia or even vir ginia showing that the vortex ol the temp est was well to the east of us far out at sea its fury at columbia and augusta prove its centre lo have been not far frotn those cities at key west it was con sidered the most violent tempest that had occurred since 18 13 here it has been surpassed in violence by many this s further evidence that only the edges of the storm swept us while its very axis as it were passed key west if we regard the centre of the storm which is proba ble as having passed over bolh key wes1 and augusta we have a period of nearly five days occupied by the storm in traversing its circuitous route by way oi mobile between those two points the journal of commerce urges the importance of newspapers along the en tire atlantic coast carefully noting the begining and termination of these storms as alsothe changes of wind that charac terize them we join in tins excellent suggestion there is no coast in the world more suitable for observing tacts hy which a complete theory of the law of siorms may be arrived at give scien tific men the facts philadelphia bulle tin j)r0wned — we neglected to notice last week the death bv drowning ol vv spen cer brown chief engineer of the south carolina bail road co long and favora bly known mr b a mr jeffers aud a mr mccollum and his little boy while attempting to cross broad river at als ton in a bateau were opset and mr b and the little bov were drowned the latter has been found but mi brown body h is not vet been discovered ; he leaves an at fectionate wife and live daughters with a large circle of friends to mourn his sad tale " he died at his post watching the work of bis hands asheville mes