The Litchfield County post., 1827-09-27

Captain Brown, of the brig Joseph Eastburn arri-
at Philadelphia from st. Thomas, states that in the
late Hurricane in the West Indies during the l7ththe
wind blew very strong from the east, but happily al
night IT abaed. Most Oi the wharvcs are less
injured. Fences and houses blown down. There
were several American vessels went on shore in the
gale ono OF which, the Com Porter, OF Philadelphia
could not he got Off condemned. Brig Juno of
Boston, captain and two of the crew drowned and
great many more or less injured.
he accounts from st. Croix a: the fleets Of The
i'h are truly distressing. All the have suffer
"a n'D'e o, less, aud on many of the works, negro
houses and oIhe1 buldngssentirely destroyed besides
several negroes killed. and great number of stock.
private letter states, that on estate alone Mont
peer, Jour negroes and one hundred sheep were Kill
led In the harhor of Christansted only three vessels
rode out the gale, while in Fredericksted all were
driven on shore, some Of which with valuable cargoes
entirely lost AT Point Pere, Gau6aloupe, ten yes
sels were stranded The damage at Porto Rico is
confined TO the destruction of few plantation trees
Several letters are published. all giving deplorabe
accounts OF the destructive tempest. letter of Au-
gust 10, says -
sit is not in my power to describe the scene the
country presents throughout the north side of course
worse than the SOUTH On Friday noon the island look
ed ike garden IN the highest state of cultivation; the
canes tall, wholesome, and promising a crop equal to
our greatest wishes; and on Saturday morning, no.
thing but devastation prostratc shelving no.
thing but stalks and color if light fire had passed
over the land and snged every plant and putting the
appearance of winter upon the few remaining all by
| furious gale from four o'clock onaFriday afternoon
until eight at night. l am told that at the Estate An
nay there is not single building standing, of which
many were made new after the gale of 1926 even to
the sl-house butts and worms are lost. Negroes in
several places killed; at Sion Farm % mules killed;
at Betty Hope every ncgro-house lost by fire which
| took IN the midst of the gale"
Another letter written the day following but de-
| scrlblng the ravagcs of the same storm, says -
AT daylight the eye was presented with the mel
Nhn
vessel with the exception of the Jupiter, Vgant and
one small craft in various directions driven
by the force Of the wind on shore not all Enclosure
was seen standing fragments Of lumber, both from
large ana small houses were seen blown every d
recton, which he'd become a prey to the violence of
the wind
Among the vessels driven ashore for which no hope
can he entertained tor her safety the Ph9nix Capt
e. Rahn; every exertion has been made and are vet
making, to get off the remaining vessels, which we
nope may meet with success" ~
From the 81. Thomas Times, Aug. %.
The gale OF The 18th inst has proved very dcstruc-
tive in the country Of the Provision Grounds and on
many estates the understanding are materially in
jared
An American vessel arrived here on Monday from
t Bartholomew; she rode out the gale in that har
Dor brings no accounts OF any particular injury hay
ing been sustained. Most of the American vessels
had put to sea at the first appearance Of bad weather.
Biomi"g RockS.-The Gloucester Mass. TELEGRAPH
states at the practice of blowing rocks in the neigh
borhood of that town has become so daneerons as to
be lntoerabIe Among Other instances of the peril to
which life and limb have been exposed, it is stated
that on Tuesday morning of last week, an experiment
was made on the great rock at what is called White
more's corner. section of the rock weighing more
than twelve tons, had been split off; and in order to
remove 1t from its bed, powder Of unknown guam
tity was made use of. A stone weighing as near as
could be judged, at least three thousand pounds, en-
tered the side of the house of the Misses Whenlore
making hole of uncomfortable dimensions, and odg-
ed in the centre of the pa Iour the utter dsmay Of
sundy tables chairs, looking glasses porrates, clocks
Another weighing five thousand pounds, entered the
room used shop. Neither of them was at all GER
emonous but showed itself Monarch of all it survey
ed The ladies although they had been assured there
was no danger, had been prudent enough to desert
those rooms, otherwise it would have been scarcely
possible that they should have escaped the most fatal
| consequences. If these huge stones had been bro
ken by the explosion into pieces weighing from five
to one thousand pounds, sprobable that they would
have passed entirely through the house. The neigh
boring houses, besides the one mentioned, had up
wards of an hundred panes of glass broken in them.