The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-02
DOMESTIC.
HURRICANE.

pose any pen capable of giving faithful PIC
IRE OF the scene exhibited after the ire
mendous gale of "wednesday night. Tues
day evening was remarkably calm and sui
try-W ednesday morning the wind was
from the north, the weather very cool for
the season, and She horizon covered with
dark heavy clouds which indicated a
storm before IL o'cluck it commenced
raining, the wind still at north, and CONT
nued with short intervals during the day
AT dark the wind (stiil from the north) be-
gan TO increase, and the rain fell i'm tor
reRts, the wind shifting little to the east
ward (; at half after eleven, wind at f. s
*. the storm ragged with great fury, and
from that TO one O'Clock the whole of the
damage was sustained. AT one O'Clock, or
soon after, the cloud began to break, and at
three O'Clock the storm had nearly subsi-
ded.
The morning presented to the eve the
direiul effects oft his tremendous hurricane.
Through the whole of the city and faux
bourgs the ravages are seen the u s..
line church unrooffed, the United States
Hospital and Barracks. damaged very
much !; the elegant new market house, that
cost the city, we are told, S37. 900, levelIed
with the ground dwelling houses of the
best materials with their gables out and
chimnies down all the board and picket
fences Hat on the earth orange, fg, and
every other tree in this city, bIown up by
the roots, elegant brick ware houses blown
down, and their contents, cotton flour, and
tobacco exposed TO the torrents of rain
that fell.-This is but a faint description of
what pr esented itself within the city and
fauXbourgs But when we turn our eve to
the harbor, there is nothing almost but a
scene OF destruction beautiful ships. briggs
and schot ners, torn to pieces the shore &
near it covered with bales of cotton, bar
rels or flour. broken masts, spars, rigging
&c.
On the war being announced here, MANY
OF the regular trading vessels and others
were moored on the opposite side of the RI
ver-when the wind shifted to the S. E..
they were all, except three, driven from :.
their moorings; some of them, dragging
their anchors, were forced across the river
and dashed among the vessels at the levee,
which Caused sad destruction. The onlv
vessels thathave escaped damage, axe three
ships on the opposite side that did not break
their moorings, one ship that run up the ri
yer some distance, and a small sch fitted
out as privateer, at anchor little above
the city.
Accounts from the Country are distress
sing-dwelling and sugar houses blown
down fruit trees, fences, and sugar cane
laid tiat--nO calculation Can be made of
the damages-never has any section of the
Union felt such serious loss.
:, he only lives lost in this city, that we
have heard of, are, three or four negroes
who were i'll the market house as guards.
Lake Ponchartrain rose so high that it
carried away several houses--three men.
three women, and child, are missing, sup
posed to be drowned.
Previous to the gale the sloop of war
,Tt !, ID.
after the gale, was apparently dismantIed
The guns OF the Caroline prvateer, with
one or two IL Founders already at the
Block House, was mounted there, & having
plenty of ammunition from the Caroline.
were determined to make a vigorous rcsis-
lance in case of attack.
August 29.-The threatening attit,sle of
the enemy on our coast, and damages rem
dered by the storm tn Fort St. Philip, at
has induced the commanding
officer to- send a reinforcement of a compa-
ny artillery TO that post.
The British frigate SOUTHAMPTON, has
been off the bar since the gale, and has
captured two vessels bound in, ole of which
is the schooner President Fowler, (and
from her distressed situation released ner)
who lett Thu some time past for Truxillo,
and who ~ cruising ever since her de
parture, has returned IN great distress, and
is now in the river. MIR. j. A. Lay is in
town from OIL board, and states that the fri
gate has sustained some injury, having been
on her Il am ends for ten minutes, and obi
sed to throw ten of her guns over board
The Brazen is said to have 'oteered for Pen
sacola.
August 31.-Letters received YESTERDAY
from the Bay of St. Louis, inform that the
brig Syren is safe, and that there are tvs,
gun boats aground the rest of the squa.
drcn having escaped any damage.
We are authorised to state that Thomas
B. Robertson is a candidate to represent
this state in the congress ofthe u. States -
StefIhen n. HoitkiaS, Esq. is, we understand
also candidate.
On Friday last General IRNkinson lett
this city in the Steam Boat, with a papt of
the army of the United States to reinforce
the garrison Of Fort Plaquemine. Pre- ious
to his departure he called on Governor
Claiborne for detachment Of militia TO do
garrison duty within the ci,y for six
months.
The Governor Immediately ordered
review of captain Morgan's, Gordon's, Tho
mass, the late captain Cornel's, Nicholas,
Dejan's, Pouches and PattoD's COMPANIES
to take place ON Friday evening, when he
made demand Of SEQ volunteers from
them.--We are happy to be able to say,
that capt. Patton's {. capt DEANS compa--
nea eGai~nosly volunteered their Sc vice