Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-03
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I'ote'u I0r',Gdo-On third day evening, the Oh
inst this township was visited with the most VIC.
lent Tornado that has ever been witnessed within
the limits of this country. Between and : O'Clock
in the AFTERNOON, there arose small cloud in the
NORTHWEST it had light and thin appearance
neither indicating much rain or wind; bar from il
issued the most vivid flashes OF lightning in subIin,
succession, accompanied with loud peas of thun-
der. short time before tie cloud separated
one part went toward the SOUTH, and the other ~,
ward the north, leaving the sky almost bare be-
tween them; they soon Reunited, producing thu
greatest agitation in the atmosphere that can be
imagined; those who saw, describe il in the shane
Of funnel with the small end down, and hayirr
the appearance OF a colun of FIRE; the veIy clouds
themselves, seemed TO be broken up and hurried ia
the earth,
r. Commenced the work of destruction north O,
the street road on the farm Jacob Bailey tearing
down all the apple trees in hscrchnrd pxren three;
carrying some Of them in the air. at lea st three hun
dred yards from the place where they stood; il nm
ioofed part Of one side of his barn it then passed
ON into the woodland of John Parker, IT, tearing up
by the root and twisting off almost every tree large
and small indiscriminatcy until il reached the field
oil James Bennett; passing over his field and mead
ow, overturning every thing that stood in its
1t then entered a large body of woodland BELONG
ing to James Bennett and Edward Temple, il made
its way through this body of wood, leaving an OMEN
ing like clearing, OF from 70 to 90 perches in
I'M
plant saplings that yielded before it, So astonish-
lsy great was the velocity and power of the wind
that II twisted into splinters of the sounds 81
and toughest hickories that were near two feet in
dameters, and in some places in the open fields the
whole tempest had apparently been collected into
small focus; where that the ca Sc the ground
was torn up for about the size of hogshead and
10 the depth of a foot or fifteen inchrs.
Inc next body OF woodland in its course wa,
Moses Ways and Jos. Temples fine large white
oak TIMBER but none OF the stoutest trees could re
sist its passage; here it tunbled white oak uno,
white oak, some OF them two and three feet orcr
making literally clearing frna nv acres rhe iron
are so large and lay so thick upon the ground thai
II is with considerable difficulty that a person or
FOOT can make his way through them Ii PASSED
near the east end of Mr.. Ways house unroofef
part OF his kitchen and overturned number of an
pie trees IN the orchard.
Then descending into the hollow alope tic o,,,r
ed Land, reached the barn of Joshua u,rve, which
"Hooiea, ana Threw down To the floor, broke ths
cart .nat was stantii 's near, by some of the tim
oers as omit; the roof of the dwelling house wa
considerably injured by a tree being blown ao,;,s,
1t, fortunately, none Of the faniIy eustoi,oI -
INJURY; 1t crossed tile Brandywie near Chod6,rj
N'ei crossing, ITS power gradually diminished and
x,y,s e VI any account Is done on the other side
Wneiesoe"er It passed over corn field the corr, TO,
aDou. Two or three pcrches i'll width is cnmpIc..I,,
hiheu' an" was as dry the next morpiug ~ II :, II,
Deen exposedto an intense hcat-the GA, fcIds .oo
suHeled considerably, the oats for rods * l.vcid
WIN me ground, and every grain switched of a.
thoush II had been under operation of tine G,iI. j.;
'tS passing over the distance of three miles !, =
t'ma'ec by many the timber broken down ,vo,,Id , =
mount to two tbousa nd cords, much of :, :, -;
an" broken II IS rendered unfit for aI,v purnoso H.,
it iuei' fortunately, however, for the imhabtor,s
t''e centre d'd not come i'll line with any of tho
u"cn'n9s ~ Is the opinion of all uho have seen
thc devastation, that the force would have don,
strongest vi
'''F ana lightning was tnualIy hard !, e,rucL , &c..
Li '"s'?" temples house, he and his wife wcrc
=. 10 stunned so much, that they both fell N tb.
- It "iso struck tree near Edward Temples
asa! it.-pihage EccoyI.
1endency Of Cracats TO produce .4poDle2u.
The cause of sauguineous apoplexv ,s tho dis
tension OF the blood vessels of the brain ia s,cl
oegTec as to compress il, The great volume
VI oiooa when IS sent up into the head by the
carotid arteries, is returned by the jucliar veins:
t"o Vi Wblch are so near the skin, that they are
d'scernible plainly TO the eve. If pressure with
the hnSer be made upon those veins, the mme
date consequence will be rcdncss and swell
Vi the iace, cars, &c. which will abatc on re-
Inoval OF the pressure. This is to be accounted
Tor oy the carotid arteries constantly sending
oy Tue puisatton, column of blood upwards
W"ie The VEINS, whose function is to carry back
thAt blood, are stopped up. How far The use of
Crd'ats may be dangerous in This way is si,npI,
oehhed they arc so in proportion TO the pres
sure winch they give. The modern cravat or
STOCK used by our iashionablcs is free from ali
th'S danger, from IFS Iaxity; but we still meet
d we walk along, foany of the Old School
whose neckS arc haricSsed with a round cir
tight, and padded cravat, bidding defiance aIke
10 the sneers of fashion and the threats oC aro
PIcSy. We ,cllom see Eat eldcrl, man d.
ls not III This kind If piliory and il would sooro
that' II, proportion TO his corpulency and sjnr,'
ness OF neck, so increase the fiohfnose and
,onnhncs5 Of the wadding through which hc 10,
Dors 10 breathe. When these mea sit do,vr r.
thcir evening bottle, they are te,c-a-fete ,y;ti,
ue''n' lot every glass increases the prce.nrn
upon t'cIr external iug,iiar veins Nv ,t;mniu,
~uicfI continues till the blond ri the hcaJ /;
Iotced TO return through tie internal iup,,I.,
vG'nS alone, while its impetus Is nearly d1nl,Ic
what II was before dinner.
o we were passing through tie gallery of the
n'ou' re some years ago, 'ghcna gonruand ,yI,o
vas contemplating in admiration fi,e ,,rty.i, IS
MS legitimate sOni, f.H doan ~ !, r, tTa