Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-07-01
VOL. U.-NO. IS.

Cirrisu away. % thiS lie ciung, close the
ground. aud left hi> body IL horizontal position
with the earth, during tle continuance of the wind
which was not more than two three minutes.
~ soon ~ the storm passed by, lie found himself
heised IN on every side; hit haslened 10 his house
"a new brick ho-e) with all possible speed which
he found u heap of runs Ills ;arily he found
IN !iis cellar The first lie saw WAS lis wife.
Are yoa all alive exclaimed e ith tinu,terable
emotion les, said Size. Is no one hurt p
tHo' one Ihen,' SAID he, I've lost nothing!'
'ut, wi'cu his fright had little suhsided and the
storm over, he took view OF his beautiful
orchard, and? fine grove of most valuable timber
"t nearly 40 acres such haTl, be found in the
state OF ohio, and saw every destroyed, he
sweat most proit'sely. and The tears trckled down
his cheeks.
told you in my last, that we had three 1nessen-
gers from The place of deeoa,ion in quick success
son. Bsiore midnish; they 'yere followed by two
o'her@. ne sun had scarcely arisen, before
| Town was In motion. y load of provisions was
collected Instantly, and three or four hundred peo-
PIE, with axes, from every direction, on their
march oy Saturday noon, of the cabins
We're ret,ut, or repaired, and The out fences in
SUCH repair a. to secui~ the fields in general. On
the sunday following, the distressed situation of the
Inhabitants OF Burlington made known to the
Church ana Congregation IN Granville, with no
.ice 'ila' committee previously appointed at
Churci, meeting, would call on item ON Monday
ior provisions and clothing and such things as thew
conld spare. This committee consisted of MIN.
persons Ia tie course OF the day, they collected
three wagon load, and on Tuesday another COM 3
mi'tee' sly led tie distributing Committee went on
'-. Burlington and nave returned
! The -. IN was Sudden that no one couII
make any cLict'.ations iUi safety, but were left at
the mercy OF Prov .-.elce. So tremendous was
ihe noise, az d breaking In two and falling of the
largest trees and quick tic same time, that
nothing, could be heard therefor. Not sing lie tree
OF any size is left standing. Tie water IN the
creek for several males carr. away, together
with stones and old logs, long time embedded,
leaving the bed OF the creek entirely try The
water and mud in roads WAS carried away in the
sam" manner. Many of the cattle which were not
killed, We're so covered with mud by being rolled
over and over, as scarcely TO he known, by their
owners In short cannot give you adequate
description OF the awful scene.''
NEWARK, Ono May 90.
On the 18th inst was experienced at Burlington
and lis vicinity, in ;his county, one of the most
hsnendo,~ =. iirlwintls that was ever known 1t
commenced about ten miles of Burlington
tearing every tlng in its course till it reached the
above place, which it has literally swep, from the
ground. Ii then continued its rava@e- IN "A north
east direction, TO the averaged width of little more
than inlle through the whole extent of the coun-
! ny; whcr. il has terminated we have not heard
Sen cral oil citizens have been The place and
the accounts which they give almost slrpass belief
Ihe inhabitants oi Burlington aIrmed by
loud, rolling wind and upon looking to The west,
they 'i~co&cr'd something like dark black cloud
and rs II approached, the appearance OF trees and
limbs, flying and hurled cry direction in the
air, was They flew to their houses, and in
a leH SECONDS every thing was turned over; 5 they
could neither Eur hear cry house liz the town
WAS swept 10 the very ground; log houses were
earned away to tie very low est logs and stables
and houses hurled in the air--aud what most as
to"i-iiimg, there were but three persons killed. To
witness the scene, II wor!dbe supposed 10 person
could have c>caped--soue taken up and car
ried oil some distance; others Clung whatever
hey could Sei hold of, and violent was the
wind, that boy who 10 shut door, thrown
with such voleHce tnSt' an opposite wall that his
brains dashed out; another standing in
ciiard struck by small Lamb aud his head
tuaiy cu' In two. Tie OF de-olation which
has occasiomeo is appalling farms on two
or three itiored % Land, there not a tree
left -tandmg the woods 'ompictcly Frustrated,
and almost cry animal III tie neis ibui hood has
/ been tie-tro. cd.
Two nicn happening 10 he out plou2linG at the
tune when the storm came on, were suddenly
priced by the appearance of trees flying in the air,
accompanied with heavy nose Nj first they
could not credit their 81. 1T then siUsty
excited and they remained looking 1t W it'll D.
tohi-mi-nt; the main current OF wiud passed some
distance rom them ; came on rapidly that be-
lore they could get near any house they
taken; the limbs and trees commenced falling, and
tore mp by the roots and twisted off cry a.
round them.
One of tie men was carried TO a small prairie
that hear, and here he continued harging to
bush, un:l 1t last the bush and he both were
TlcO away tie however succeeded IN ihStenlnB 10
another until the storm While In this
situation, he represents, the limbs and bodies of
trees striking the EARTH and tearin, up the ground
for some distance in deep funows, and then again
rising ate as oN CT lie TO look Tor his
companion. lie, when he found the Storm was on
them, had run TO the side of log wici!
him. when directly he perceived vey large tree
falling the spot where he was; lac had the pre-
sencc OF mind 10 move short distance, when the
Tell and buried the log in the ground. He then
under the side of the large that had fallen,
and there remained. When his companion came to
hunt him, he haloed; ~ first he did not hear him,
until Ire approached nearer, when he answ cred MIN
from under immense heap Of timber. 1t
ressble for HIM TO get until the other fell to
work with his and cut away the logs, when he
found him unhurt Their oxen completely
mashed 10 pieces, and not tree left standing
round them
Several, from whom have the above facts,
state, that remarkably large trees ere taken up by
the roots, and carried for some distance. One tree
in particular between three and four feet thick,
which had been near a house, torn up by the
roots and carried the distance Of almost two hun
bred yards. A violent rIrricans never
witnessed in asy GENTRY .4dU.
Exuact Of 4 letter from Il nicnj in Williamsburg,
to thr Kiito,s OF the NOrfolS Beacon.
- ne wheat crops ~ York aud James City
counties are 20 much uued by the rust that
thcy arc hardly worth roArIng. he cotton is
also much nlurcd, but tiie warm weather Is very
fyourabc tU ds growth and begins to look
quite well.
MIR. W. i. Pierce had valuable negro boy
killed 10y lightning on '5atOrddy, 9Th inst. while