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We are informed upon reliable authority, that
the destruction consequent upon the late gale in
those counties and islands bordering on the coast
from Cape Henry TO Currituck Inlet has been
without precedent in the recollection of the oldest
citizens i'll those portions of the States of Virginia
and North Carolina and while we deeply sym
pahise with the inhab bitants on account of the
heavy losses sustained among their cattle, hogs,
poultry, &c, we are graificd in being able to nm
dent Of one of the small islands contiguous Motifs
Island, has perished, whether by cold or drown
ing we are not informed. The rumor IN circula-
tion of the drowning of SO families 0he entire
popuIation) on MOTIFS Island, we are PLEASED to
communicate, is entirely without foundation, not
a human being having p"rished on the island
during the gale. Norfolk Beacon, March 10.