The Port Gibson Correspondent, And Mississippi General Advertiser

Great influx of the Tide.—The Charleston City Gazette says: "The Tide in our harbor arose yesterday afternoon to a height without a parallel in the remembrance of our citizens unaccompanied by a storm The water in some places was at least a foot above the wharves—injuring the cotton piled upon them for shipment—and penetrating, we understand, to the cellars where a considerable quantity of salt suffered deliquescence, before it could be removed. This unwonted influx of the tide, was unaccompanied by any of those outbreaks of nature, which might reasonably account for it. The weather was warm—the atmosphere dense and cloudy, and the wind moderately fresh. No other injuries to property have yet been made known to us."

The Tide again.—The Charleston paper quoted above, in another column, says: "Without being able to account for, we must again record the astonishing rise of the Tide, in our harbor. At dark, last evening, the water had risen above many of our wharves, and continued to rise. All hands were employed in removing the cotton exposed, and within week and proper precautions taken against any further injuries which might arise from the swell. The clouds were ragged, wild and unsettled. Throughout the day, heavy showers, at intervals, accompanied with considerable wind, gave quite a March-like aspect to the season."