The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1787-09-01 00:00:00, page 2

Further particulars rejpe&ing the
Tornado or Hurricane,
qu lycb b) accounts extended to all the New-England
States.
Of the Tornado in Rhode-Ifland State.
From the Newport Mercury.
"On the if h instant, about g o'clock, P. M.
the north part of the town of Gloucefterwas much
injured by a tornado,or hurricane,more extraordi
nary and terrible in its effects than any thing cf
the kind ever known here, It began in Thomp
son pariffi, Killingly, and its course was about
E. b. N. In its progress it tore up whole orchards
by the roots ; one large new barn, full cf hay,
was laid level with the ground ; one old house and
barn torn to pieces, the family escaped by taking
to the cellar ; one corn crib was taken up, and
carried about 4 rods. The roofs of several houses
were taken off, or much damaged , one woman
was carried at some diHance, but not much hurt.
Its width was from 40 to 100 rods. The timber
in the woods was prostrated in almost every direc
tion, and whole groves swept down. The fences
for miles were laid level with the ground. About
8 feet of the top of the chimney, lately built to a
new house, was moved about two inches. Vast
numbers of hacks of hay were torn to pieces, and
fields of corn and flax in the shock blown away.
In fine, nothing in its way escaped its violence.
We are happy to learn that no lives are loft, so
far as we have yet heard. Its violence in a great
measure ceased at Mendon, about twenty miles
diflant tram where it began."
Of the Tor nado in Worcelter County.
From the IKorcefier Magazine.
" On Wednesday the 15th inst. large quanti
ties of rain fell, accompanied in many places with
iharp lightening, heavy thunder, and violent gusts
of wind, which federal times in that day genera
ted tornadoes. There was in particular one to
the northward, and another to the southward of
of /his place, both of which did considerable da
mage to houses, barns, fences, fields of grain, &c,
Tnat to the northward we have not had a parti
cular account of, but hope feme will oblige us
with it for our next publication, we are told it be
gan somewhere about Barre, and continued its
course through Rutland, BoylHon, Harvard, &c
tearing up in its p: ogress, whole orchards of apple
trees by the roots, and even sturdy oaks, threw
down done walls, removed large hones and logs
of prodigious weight to a considerable didance,
unroofed several houses and barns, and some barns
it wholly destroyed."
Of 3 Thunder-Gust at Kennebeck.
From a private letter tothe Printers, dated Hallowell,
Kine^eck river, ring. 18.
'' On Saturday the 4th inst. about two o'clock,
P. M.a thunder-gull lose in the we?. It began
with rain, which by hail, of a size nearly as large
as pullets eggs, some of which weighed 3 quarters
of an ounce. • All the windows to the windward
fideofthe houses, within the compass of its extent,
which was about one mile in width, were Ihfvered
to pieces. It also damaged the corn and other ve
getables confiuerably."
Of the Tornado in Connecticut.
' From a Middletown Paper of dug, 20.
" Lad Wednesday there was a feverc thunder
storm a few miles to the westward and northward
of this town, attended with an uncommon gull of
wind from the westward, which for the space of
twenty rods in width destroyed all before it. At
the south partof Weathersfield, the house ofMr.
Robbins was torn to pieces, and feathered in every
direction, some pieces of timber to the extent cf
three miles. Mrs. Robbins, four children, and
an old negro woman were in the house. Mrs.
Robbins, on observing the approach of the wind,
and at a little diHance feeing it take a house into
the air, ran into the street with her infant in her
arms, and the other children following her, which
was the last that was known of them till the wind
abated, when the neighbours assembled, and found
Mrs. Robbins, and her fen of about ten years old,
dead under the timber, &c. that had blown from
the house—the infant was found alive at three or
four rods distance from its mother. A child of
about three years old was found 10 or 12 rods
from the house, so badly wounded that his life is
cefpaired of ;—the other son was found at some
diHance frem the house, much bruised. The ne
gro ran out at the back door—was taken up by
the wind and carried at some diHance, badly
wounded. The barn and other out-houses were
entirely destroyed. Two silk gowns were taken
from a drawer in an upper room, and carried over
the river into Glaftenbury, and lodged at the door
of a brother cf Mis. Robbins, at the diHance of
three miles.
The morning previous to this disaster, Mr. Rob
bins had set out on a journey to Dartmouth, with
a design to ergage his son to a school there—but
alas ! before the next morning an express informed
him of the Ihocking dea<h of his son and spouse.
A vessel was overfet in the river, by the above
storm, and, we are informed,considerable damage
was fuflained at several places on the east fide of
the river.
On Tuesday a rived in fhi, port, the
schooner Lark, Capt. Mose Grinnell in 65
days from London. By Cip ? . Grinnell, {le
Editor has received Lmdan papers to the
nth of June ——These pipers contain
very littie other interesting mat er, except
the copy of a meffive, lent by his Ro,al
Hghnri' sthe Prince Stadthdder to their
High Mightier ff:s the Stages General, wi,h
las (annexed) declaration ; pubilhed in
Lloyd's Evening Poll of June 11.
Lithe meffive, the Prince expresses regret
"at the un'ortunae divisions which ie:gn be
tween the confederates, and particularly
firn, provinces, which endanger the union,
and manage a reveriion of its eflabl shed
Constitution : He conceives it his duty to
declare his fentimenfs, and determined :e
---folution, to furpirt, witk vigour, their well
intentioned efforts.
H A RTFOR D, Augnft 27.
Lad M >nday was apprehended in A.bany,
Lieut Col. Joshua Farrington—he is chang
ed by the President and directors of the Mat
fachufetts Bink (in a B>fton paper of Aj
gull 9 ) of having forged and counterfeited
the names of sundry gentlemen, as indorfers
and promifers of lundry promilary notes—
which were panted io the Bank for dis
count, &c. &c. Said Farrington is fafely
lodged in our C'ty Hill.
NEW BRUN WICK, August 21;
Ou Thuriday last arrived in hi- port, the
schooner Relief, Capt. Mathew Slight, in
17 days hem St Eudaria. By Cap! Speight
we l p arn, that fix veil Is had been feizeu at
St. Kilts, for carrying American piedyce
fr m St. Kitts. —That there Las been a severe
firck of an earthquake at Porto Rfto, which
besides confidcrabe other damage, has fork
the church.
D uing >he vilert thunder gust cf Wed
nesday lad, the marketh mfe at Amboy was
blown entirely down. Several veff Is that
ply between this 2nd New Yirk fuflained
c mfideribh d- mage i 1 heir iaik and rigging
RIC HM ON D (Virginia) Aug. 11.
By a gentleman immediately from thu
back country we are imoimed, that Col.
Robertson, on hearing hat a number of the
Ch ckwiaugi tribe were eftab! fhing and
buidug a town at the Mufelc Shoals on the
Teuefee, with a view of carryhg on a trade
with the inhabitant of New Orleans, affern^
bled a paly to the amount 01 about 150 men
from the Cumberland feitlement, in thedat
ter end of Jme HR, and marched in such a
private manner against them as to make a
complete furprif?, killed 41 Indians and tiur
Frenchmen on the Ipot, arid tock three In
dians prif nett, also forty rifle's, with the loss
of one man killed and eight wounded. In
searching their huts wore found the follow
ing articles, viz. thirteen tru ks of dry giods
1000 weight ot beaver furr, a bag of m ney
(tn gold and silver) foppofed to contain as
muci as a half bufhei, a large q?an ity of
powder and shot, 66 >0 paterns of deer 11 ins,
three barrels ot u 11, thr.e barrels of fug^r,
ten bogs of cff :, sundry boxes of tea, and
thirteen horses.
B OS T O N, August 30.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Balti
more, to his friend in Philadelphia.
How are the times with you ? Here they
are bad enough. No money in circulation,
and consequently no trade. The expectation
of the people feerns to be fixed on the Grand
Convention, now in your metropolis ; but
nothing has tranfplred. It is laid by feme
observers of nature, that it is often datk^ft
before brake of day. The polit'c ri horizon
of America is at piefent dark indeed, but I
N EWYO R K, August 23.
NAVAL OFFICE.
Port of Fiscataqu a, Sepomber 1 1787.
Entered, From.
Big Dover, Manning, Ca; e Irai c^ is.
Big Endeavor, Fiey, Li to.
Big Aftrev, Sauer, Ditto.
Brig David, Parrot, St. Barthoh mew.
Big Two Sifters, Mefeive, St. Lucia.
Brig lz:te, D i co, Poo).
C ONJU GL A AFFECTION,
TH E Emperor Conrad, having in the siege
of Wiltfhurgh reduced the inhabitants to
great extremity, ar.d having taken pity of the
women who were innocent permitted them to
depart from the town with what luggage they
could bear on their backs. The Duchtfs took
Guelpho her husband on her back ; and all the
other women following her example, iffuen forth,
laden not with gold and silver, but with men and
Ichildren. The Emperor plealed with this ftra-
I tagem, took the Duke into favour with all his
ladherents.
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PORTSMOUTH, September 1.
At prelent (fays alae writer) one ot the
chiet pillars of a republican government is
war ting with the Americans -the principle
of cohtfon ; and this arises not only trom toe
defects 01 their conftiturional lyftems, but the
nature of their local situation. In a very
great pr portion of the territories of the
Rates, the inhabitants, leathered over im^
menle forefts, ft el no dependence one on the
other ; but each lettler.firivcs to be as remote
as p.ltb.e Irom his neighbour, in order to
ei joy an extensive range of natural pasture
for his flocks, and uninvaded dominion for
the chace. His fields, with liitle labour,
produce him a iuperabundir ceo: bread, and
his orchards and his gun tup; ly the other
wants of his table; while his own fleeces
arc manubaurtd w der his own roof. No,
th ng but the invzfion of a common ent my
can m.ke him ledcdependencer n f cietj ;
—this is fr<qtnriy temporary ; —a Ihort
cn ederat on obviates its necessity, and be
is thus taught, by his fi uarion and habits, to
iccl himfeli a glocmy, independent lavage ;
and nothing but the cloteft attention in
governments vhe diffi-mination of learning,
and the principles ol fecial life, can prevent
a people, so addiifled, from degenerating, in
a tw years, into a patriarched life, and be
comi gas perfect Martars, as ever wandered,
on the banks ot the Wolga, or the Chores of
the Caspian. It btc< mes, then, a lerious
correderarion with the Amo leans, hew far
it may be beneficial, to divide their large
flutes into fmailer governments, where the
laws might opera c with full energy through
out their extent ;—wiere the members of
each date migh general!, have t mede.ree
of personal knowledge ot each other ad
w here they would, as communities, have but
one common cbje& in view—uninctmbered
with the jeal^ufies ot k cal intcrefts at d un
buffd by the diftu,6iivn ol provincial m^n
nets ind cult m%
§*§ BRUiUS came to hand too late for
this days' paper, bur shall have a place in
cur next.
hope it will fnen break forth into a glori
ous dawn of light and liberty ; otherwile the
friends of the revo ution will have laboured
and bled in vain !'