Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-01-25

"'"""'y morning the Camilla steam packet
r"'u az southampton in tow of the Lord r.
,''"' =" s""''e'ed state, having been run TO,
ny a large Transport, of 400 tons burden. thu, n,
before. IL was a dark suually niobt. and n H..
sqnaii had Just come on, which cnyaged tho M,
""n Oh the whole crew when suddenly the look
Sa"s o"t snip ahead" They immediately
"e', o"' 100 iate. She struck the Camilla ste,
y" "e' uie-n"S' crushed II into a hcap of
| 's'S' WIN me IRON work, and threw down The
uei'us '"" CHIMNEY oil the engine, which lon,
"oW" we "izeh-maSt also with il in its fall
e"P'"h "' me helm was knocked down by a
ifom something, and in attempting to 20, ahead
scaided by the hot " alter and ste,,n' ,,h;.L !;
forth In great abundance From Tho y;o,,y -
'he siock ad the heel it gave her TO Ieewrad pvcr
one on BOARD concluded SHE was Immediately uo;-'
'' """ haiieo tue ship which run foul of
10 say SO. But she refused To stop for them,
oa"'na gained the anchorage OF Spithsa,I, and W
~" W Tue next morning Her escape was tr,.t
uious' HAD she been struck six feet enh
| az -, az" VI aoalt' The superior size and Wei I
Vi 'he snip must have sunk her on the snot :,
prooabiv moi one would have survived m roll
."'e' oue Tie padde-boX receiving the first hi
broke The force of it. Another wonderful .sc
was t"a' one OF the seanen bu, "A minuts
lore mad leii the small penthouse which surro,
the paddle-boN He must have been inevit, 49,
crushed To atoms.
taJ
DAY morning by one of the most VIOLIN, to-,
al south west that has been known upou This
Tor forty years. The oldest OF our inb,b;,,
no' tec"ilect It's equal since 1884; as in its
less cha acter II more nearly rescInbletl tho
tue tornado, or the Huirraee, than q
"ols' OF Inc gales usually experienced "
e"dSt OIL Great Britain. 1t being the pe Iiod
inquest spring tide, and the wind blowing al
upon 'oe iard, OF course the greatest expeca
was excited about the time of high water amt
r. NJ. accordingly the fury of the storm being
at ITS height, the scene exhibited along the :
was OF the most awful description. Boats we
an quarters dragged up into the eets, or d;
into countless atoms upon the beach. b.
"i"chinrs, Tor security, were tackled Upon tn
pet,uicuiar cliffs, and hung suspended by the D
oo''u oaN unbers torn, as ii by an earthquake ar
inc sfoyneS, were becoming and crashing in the,
chihhey-pois tiles, states aud sheet lead IA
the streets; several newly built houses were
down and scattered like chafi before the ga -
strong men ran 20 and flo, borne by the fofce %
WHO, without power of resistance, wheeled ca
Scs were blown over, trees torn up by the
ana the strongest buildings creaked and tren, 3
and tottered in the blast
One citcum, tauce occasoned much alnusen
upon the Steyne and lifts during the prevalent
oil this tempest, namely, the gfotesoue dresses
| appearance of different pedestrians, who veniur
u,
view the spectacle. Sailors in oil skin dresses
females with scarcely any dress at all-daudi,
dienched with salt water--elderly gentlemen, sar
wigs, sans umbrellas ha ndkerchiefs sans ever
| ihiiS--Cockney clerks, with both hands crosse
oVei the summit of sopped beaver, vaiuly endea
v"Ilig to make progress against the storn,-drippu
aldermen, and tuttering sea nymphs.
| CowEs, Nov. 24.-It blew so hard yesterdn
mat no mali arrived or sailed from the island, 4
/ N IL,
wards of forty years. On Monday, Mr.. Rich;
Stevens, tide surveyor of the Customs here, Sc =
two casks o! spirits, aud in the evening eight n -
casks. On his delivering to the custom house So
| morning the latter seizure, he rowed aonr
! Streets and up To the custom house door s.
! boat, a thing never before witnessed by the oil,
resident The whole town of East Cowes "a
! completely inundated, and the high street in f
Cowes also, being one of the highest tides M
last thirty years.
| DORCHESTER, Nov. 23.-Last night this
vas visited by Tue most yio,ant hurricane ever "
membered by the oldest nhabiiau,. It's deya STA -
eieEts were felt IN every quarter, and the da ~
10 dwelling houses in the destruction of chin <
| roohnss, and glass, created alarm and ankle
tne safety of the afGrighted families Abo,
CLOCK tins morning heavy stack OF Gimme
the mouse oil the Rev. H. J. Rchlnam, was /
VOW" WIN Tremendous crash, and falling OF ~
pea OF the Kew. gentleman, crashed him an -
amiabie wife beneath the ruins. Instant al s.
was gwen, and medical attendance PROMPTLY Is
tanned; but 1t was too late; one common ant -
Simultaneous destruction involved them both
h'chnan was Rector of the Holy Trinity in -
town, and had but few weeks enjoyed Tie y
session of the new church recently erected in
lIsh. -
WEYMOUTH Nov. 23.-It is our painful ~
10 report that we have been visited by one of a.
'host violent hurricanes ever remembered on i; S
coast Nothing but ruin and devastation s,irro,
u.s. one large vessel laden with rum, sugar, ]
To''oh' Game on shore about three miles west 81
i.''iana' about ~ clock this morning, and inf
minutes not vestige of her was to be seen. F
piece OF linen tied firmly round the neck Ne
young man, stating that he was passenger,
'ne ships name ColvilIe, every soul on board s.
Ishfd. Seventeen of the dead bodies are alrei
thrown up by the sea.