Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-08-11

the genuine pidte, Uu' ioiSeu siShdtuieo'
The public are cautioned to be careful in
receiving any OF that denomination.
The Niagara Patriot mentions, that the
celebrated Mr.. Gourlay has been removed
from an upper room TO one OF the cells in
Niagara Jail.
CattskiU, Nv. York; August4 4.
THE LATE STORM.
The following are additional particulars
of the effects Of the late storm.
The body of Mr.. Asa June, for whose
safety, it was mentioned in our last, fears
were entertained, was found about mile
below his house. The particulars Of his
death, as communicated to US are as follows:
His dwelling being entirely surrounded by
the water, he removed his family to place
of safety; but missing little daughter, and
believing her still in the house, he returned
to her assistance; in attempting to leave
the house second time, he fell into a cavity
which the force of the water had formed,
and was carried away by the current. His
daughter was among the number that first
left the house in safety.
Among the settlements at the base of the
Catskili mountains, the ravages of the storm
were unprecedented. S. Root, esq. lost
20 merino sheep, which were swept Off:
together with quantities of his crops of
gram, corn, sc. The tsnnery of MIR. +.
Brent was completely destroyed. A grist
mill of Mr.. Jones was swept away, and his
dam so entirely filled. as TO be passed on
foot.
At WolcottsviIle, bout miles vest
from this place. the creates quantity of wa
ter iell-a small stream rose 30 rapidly, and
TO such height as ~ sweep from IFS banks
distilleIy and plaster mil. The water,
accompanied by the fragments OF the dis
tillery and mill, rushed with inconceivea-
BILE force against Mr. Woicot's grist mill
in short time it was completely undermi-
ned, and the following day Iell TO the
ground. The sceneis truly desolate one.
The loss in that vicinity is estimated at
$1,000 dols.
But among the phenomena attending this
storm, the most singular may he witnessed
at the village OF Jefferson, ahouta mile
from this place. That village is situated
on an extensive plain, elevated perhaps 90
feet above this. On the southwest part OF
the plain, and where small brook previ-
ously ran, the water struggling as it were
for vent, rushed into the brook, forming al
most in ,ntancousl y gigantic and resist
less stream, carrying trees, shrubs, and all
things in its course, into heap Of promis-
cuous ruin in the valley below. The chasm
formed by this inundation, is about loo feet
in depth, an average Of 1875 in width, and
nearly so rods in length. At the paper
mill, in another part of the village. the In
Jury was extensive. Two houses were un.
dermined. their cbimnies thrown down, and
The gardens, fences sc destroyed.
The duration OF the rain was about five
heurs. The average quantity OF wafer that
fell was not asc6rtained Many believe
the rain TO have been caused by the burst
inc of the clouds surchalged with water at
tracted from the river as water spouts, as
they are generally termed and the sudden
ness OF the fall of wafer, in some instances
almost IN one mass; the confined sur
face over which the rain extended, not more
than six miles square /; the great quantity
that tell in the, given time. swelling small
streams, not 40 rods in length from their
source TO their termination, to OverwEe I'M
inc torrents, aud lastly, the singular effects
of the storm, give some plausibility to the
conjecture. We have been iniormed'b
two persons who witnessed the fact, that
three black and dense clouds were visible
over the river, and that the water appeared
TO be drawn up to them in the form of an
inverted cone. Admitting this to be the
fact. we leave the natural philosopher to
determine, whether or not the column OF
water may be discharged other than over
the surface from whence it is drawn?
A fine writer has said, that "some disco
yer a God only in storms, earthquakes add
,empests.s, But who is so blind as not to
end him there9
| Boston, .Aaggst 2.
We learn that on Monday night last,