Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-11-30
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HURRICANE AT BtfRlnUlS.
VI" s,.st, wh,cn fortunately received but little in.
i'T, rom The gale u September las suffered t,atG,il
% nrrcinc ny which IL visited on the isth lIt
aau i''h OCT Der an account OF hch extract fron
'ae MERCURY al Tuesday the Ism.
ON wednesday last, the atmosphere threa,r,sa -.
WIN an approaching storm which indeed has heeu ,on
iaiail> realised for, with but HUE int.rn,is.io
e'nehis were IN stats Of dreadful Comun,ou ron
VA tihie until Friday afternoon when the wind
HAD blown ia violent gusts from, v,r,n,s MONT 80,
n"S sn"sdei and the rain that had fallen in torrents
BIiitHiS abat.d. II is Inn4s sible ia drsrr. a. ",
~. ~, "nich INC town was pia ccd on Iharsday night
ioI, from the immense fall ofwarr the Gully ND no
c"'he so unpetuous tsui II forced its wav into ~.
Steeh and thence through Broad st.e, the hous.s f
n"uen were inundated, and consequently much was
injured but had not TIE body of water ar lie SAM
ne taken direction through Nelson street To- the Sea
Nls h"e han probable that the Nbyc Of Broad street
US ,sa "w > "'u'd nave been destroyed. As il
was, tne New Bridge, which had beer yery rrceutIy
erected al an enormous, expense carried away The
,.1n u"eh stores "i Michael JackaNay, Esq aud
th"se OF Hessrs. Wilkins and Row went alonu win !,
wbstT ssnug.'e career, large portion Of tue
i. s t",owh III, ana with II the back Of the
I"s.ffdhcis Williams, Esq in which there was prone,
very large amount also anoIher STORE occupied by
"eSaIs' Hawkeswoith u Co and one by Gro ge Esn
IN the progress of the Gully stream ihroush The pav
n'aue sah havoc, several dwelling houses having been
.'p~t Gown ana on the side, where il einplIrd
it'e, tue houses If captain Merry and Mr. John ,ur,
San were carried aioug 9Th it, were those persons
"h' Inhabited htin-a Mr. Young his wife and child.
ahn MIS-. BeHskih and her chiid. We understand The
pouy ~ Mr. Young has since been found
me ouicerS QuaTersai ST. inn's have suffered ma.
tsfaily IN some pars Garrison and many Lonses
III town nave mad tttIr rosfs ujured and few Galie
mes have been blown down. 4 he priagr cver the ,i"sr
mCphst'tuton rs heAr!y demolished The massage owe,
lpe Guiy towards the Seal OF Government IS dangerous
10 persons on horseback and ,hsr..t. 800, 49, ~,
tempted IN any Vehicle and accord me- Ia every ar
count that we bdye heard the roads In general are i'm
p"ssaOIe During tins trn!y alarming period in which
we iears o the Inhabitants Inc nv IN. thun
ger aud vivid lightning hat panied the high wind
ana heavy rain, several drogsrs aud many lighters AS
VIZ" as pods VI oner descriptions, driven Of
the Careenaee, aud III stranded on the Reef
me snip superior, parii iaden Iuntcr and the
stht. hiee Sisters hoih OF which had put 10 sea were
wrecked to yindward of Charles Fort the scb.on.r
Ehtaneth, lately from BcImuda cast on shore OF,
r aeSn aug Tue Slop Elliott, OF Tins port at the head
OF t1r BAY. LIE bTigs General bro,h Neptune and
hus "a h'tganttics Waterloo, and Duke OF Yerk rrra
s9 vessel ,othae; lode out Ihc gale although with
tne u'h"st ulibchy. IL rs Impossible any idea
OF the injury that this island sustained by This awful
visitation OF Providence the Plantations have more
or tss Ie us eheris among tiTiT buildings some VI
"h'cb are reported 10 havr been blown down and OF h.
eFs nnrooied the negro houses as as we can learn
nave been mostly rased to The ground; the canes ON
some Estates said To have torn m NV The roofs
ana others ieVeiled with The ground in some places
many acres OF cultivated land are nov uuder ,.a,sr
ami What is additionally disiressing much OF the rorn
has been spoiled ny tbs ram winch gaiued adnnante
to tbs grdHaries owing 10 their heina urofsb nv ysS
much shaered and tue ground provisions will Iik.
wise snher, Oh account OF DE heavy fan of water
IhetS has been nat little communication with the
Country Parishes since the sturia therefore oply fg
particulars can be known aud such as We have heard
OF (says the Asrcury)we smjom The buildings on The
esale OF W. Hail. ESQ., in Andrew are said 20 have
been entirely destroyed. The negro hunses on Hson
Plantation, which were erected at a very considerable
y n EIg
heap OF runs Sandy lIi estate has lost three ueeIoes
asa p head Of cattle. The buildings on j. b. Frank n
ESQ 5 estate are blown down as we're those OF Josepb
1ntene 70 with I've exception OF the dwelling honse.
The new Chapel and Hospital on the socirty Es,at.
were oe'lroYed as was the dwelling house on Burnt
house Plantation. number OF small bouses near The
SAT- Pond, Spetglis have been washed aray: and The
oweng house Of Mrs Sandlford, in that town and the
SoopeTage oi John q. Cooling, Esq have also suffered.
We have been favored with The following extract az
ietter from the Country All Of the below CN lie i'm
the most dreadful state At Forster Hail the eah has
npened IN many places, and swallowed up sheep and
cattle many felds removed and part 81 the wood
has isO the body Of The estate Ibern arr many
cracks aud chasms The disliling house trash house
and ont homes ~ the work with tbe land they sto,d
have qHiffed khpiT s,g,i,n n1d co,,e 5,Sy ~ /b
mansion and sunk the flock oC sheep thai we're in M.
Stoke holes, were busted alive in the ruin uany OF The
negro houses have remored and destroyed; Jaes
Ntver - not ibnch better. The road between Forster
u ana VI Benjamin Mayors as separated"
To ttc Editor NJ The Baltimore Felerm Go.cite.
Sjk--il any thug can threaten the bai.wopy
~ orr ccntPderacy, ~ u the medication Of To-
cal rieindiCes d autipaiiies for | most
deSouitV hope that nothing can shake the
con'eheracy ITSELF 10 framing our excellent
constitution. one of the nOblest works ever
formed by man, mutual forbearancc and CON
cession, were happily eXpTted, 10 adapt il 10
Tue ciTcumetdnPrs, and, as fat as DraCijCa bles
10 the "Ehes OF al the states and, it any
thing GIn shake This proud column OF our hbpT.
ties. II IS The resusCitation of those fpuds which
were then IN the deep bOsuu Of the ocean
buried" To riIe mud Of tie philosopher, the
IoFeTof oHr iusttfui fpns, fhCrc1S nothing which
fan awaken fear, but ;hp Variance Of several
great sections OF the uulou, on some impOr-
taut points Of permanent interest. II IL stall be
found that the vital and permanent interests. Of
two wOre great sections. are ifrecOmcilablc
ihcR Dnid scpfrHe for who can desire to en-
force that unipn which can no longer insure
their respective happiness, | own, that I
dread TIE formation OF sectional parties, de-.
signs a by the terms northern, southern or
western. Our late party disputes altho' bit
ter. were not acknowledgements and demo-
erals were ~ be forDd u every part of the u
hDh: but tie poison winch exdsperaied these
parties has lost its vigOr. Can our republic
exist without party spirit IL cannOf this
busy aua restless spirt is evetmorC AZ work
end Here - but too mach reason TO fear that
" win soon display itseifin mach more for
mdabis shape.
These reflections were suggested By the pe-
rWsSl 81 the two first numbers Of q papet adj
dressed 10 Tire Edinburgh reviewers puhli,l,d
IN ihe Naiion4i iBtPiligenCer aud ascribed 10
one OF our a1c-. writer's Il deserves 70 h.
deeply studied by every American, esnecialiy
70 the ca't"ard where a most uncliarltsble
ard unhappy temper appears, Of late, 20 be
tostered towards fe citizens at the southern
uates. C'U there be any c0pduct msre cruel.
than % be continually n3taidng our neigh
oo's viih t'eIr nisisrtaues, vixen those who