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Show ' tllE ATIiAXTIfi O'AIjW t 'ime's'f YrlVfthi of lKe.S9lU uli," hV sides presenting, 'ft:Jarge'. list "of ;mariue disascrs,4Jivc.li;rdllowingV- 't " "Thd, galespf' rbhruary ' and" Jlarch have been of nausuai severity, and jBt'one time oyer ,oue. hundred 'vessels' . were 1 con-' sidcrably dvvrdue at this port, nbd-nd llttleduxfcly "was'manifestcd .respecting thoit Yotc-j Thousands, of, valuable lives have been' imperi!ed,;aiid We barb" fo record-the loss of very many jicffbns," the inosr of whom baye. "been vashedovcr-bparilbytho vashedovcr-bparilbytho tremcuilonr.wavcs which ia1ro; boiirded "tlie'; vessels, "and -In :many i instanced sweprtlib decks pf.,eVerythiiic;'pf novcable .n'aturoSbils wjthput number ha vpjbccn J blown, awoymas its' inilspari gouc-by the." bW d,. vessels 'collided, . ships alwndbneduudihq beeiVBceii bptfoin uprwith probably notia soul left' tdtelLlhe sadi-inler. The-occan hns,iiecn for weeks past strewn withthe'rr chandisd of cverytlescription, consisting of cottbn -.bales, batrels;.boxcs,;fruit; ic. riebc of .spaw, yrccks of ships boats,-and almost every description pf :ship.fornttiSrp aro. to bu met with at shortjutprvals'from the; American to the Edropean cbasts Y! J VAU 'elusscs pf. vessels liaVd suffered, and;tliq 'disaster, havo; "assumed j-almd'st every possible , phased. ;01d ahipmdstcri iuform,u9,thnt;the weather oi;;thd 'past two mouths has iiot.bccn equnlcdrln tlo-leticb tlo-leticb pr,;dnration';.fbr ;dvcr thirtj(;.ycarsl The galcs h'ave'been Tcry.jheavy, but the sqqalls,;'6ccompanled' by th'd: heavy sea, have, been of.theinost terrible .fchomctcrj i at tipeaaio eabvns icouldriwithsthnd the fury oftbe elemcnis, "and despite tho most carefuL.management vessels have- been Lcrippled.aifd .may h'ayo become va . total loss. ThO'lo4S..ot life has been quite larger-A proportion of the' accidents Jiaye, been, caused by,, falling-from aloft although a largo number have bcejt irnshed pyerboayd,' clthcrfronv Jtha decKs! or.lh'ejjbboom It'is tobdhopcd.that.df the uurober;ot,vessels.ycpprtedabaridpneiI ahd""-'bpt'tpin'f"np, theiri, crews mayVhavq bctaken.pff.by.isomrf frlciidly -sail -tliat has passcil them,.andiJhatTre Idtigc'they may.be heard from tiud'' returns to- their" friends, whb'no w' aro anxiously awaltiiOi thcir,Teturn?' , , : |