Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-10-19

Extract Of letter from Port Royal JRounicias.
The hurricane has left FIanstead heap Of ruins.
It has exceeded in violence the storm Of 1915 and
had It continued one hour longer, l Suspect there
would not have been habitaton left inthe Noun
tnins 1t is impossiable for words tn convey more
than faint idea of the awful spectacle 1t kept the
BRAIN IN one constant whirl of excitement Bias. at
Ter oas came believing with resstless fury, rending
to pieces every thing that opposed its progress
Large timber trees torn from the and laid pros
trate-roofs Of houses whrled into the air and scat
tered like chaf before the wind-the crashing of tim
oers-the crumbling of walls, with irghtfu roaring
OF the eemen's--Sormed altogether one of the most
terrific scenes is possible for the mind TO conceive
Inc preservation of property became no obJect
HE Itself was IN Imminent peril, and each succeeding
blast was looked upon tho signal of ant destrnc
ton When the storm subsidized, it almost seemed
to cease for of fresh objects which to wreak
Ito vengeance. AS yet, know Of no place that has
suffered equal to this. l could not expect TO 90 I'M
scathed a brief detail will best enable you TO est
mate the damage sustained Early in the morning
the kitchen door wrenched from its hinges and
the wind gaining admission split the roof two
half falling over flat IN the ground,-:he other was
carried up into the air. torn to fragments and scatter
cd In the adjoining woods. The fowl houses and
rabbit house parly built fstone were next thrown
down. and not stick or stone left standing. The
hospital and servants room long range of budings
were laid prostrate and the roof carried entirely out
OF sight. The horse stable partly unroofed, and
the whole building thrown entirely out of plumb.
as to require being taken down and rebuilt. The
farmers house and store were blown entirely down.
and the tanning machine broken and pitched into
the gully: The puiping house quite down, and
pulpeT smashed Of course almost all the negro
houses were destroyed. and every fence about the
plnce; but make little account of these amidst such
universal devastation. / had hattered myself that
the dwelling house, from it's immense strength
might bid defiance to any hurricane. Built of solid
mason work, with low roof, and firmly braced it
looked the very picture of security. NV confidence
IN It's powers OF resistance was in DESTROY
| ed One OF the doors facing the Northward, and
which closed from the outside, was during the very
worst OF the hurricane shattered and driven in bv
which means the wind gained full admission to a
small bedroom. and the atmospheric pressure
became 80 intense that in a few minutes all
the walls OF the room burst with appang vio-
ience! The adjoining bed rooms being thus laid open
their outer walls loon gave way, the stones being
hurled tn distance of 90 feet. The interior walls
now fairly exposed to the batterng of the elements
were stralnng and bending at every impulsion:-it
became evident that the building could stand little
more. AT this crisis terrific bast-the very
acme at the tempest-swept through the broken
rooms, caught the drawng-room door, and shiyered
it to sp!inters with noise resembling the BURSTING
of ordnance. The walls leaned OVERTIME co;I;nas
fell IN and 1t wonted but one more such blHst and
we should bave been buried under the ruins,
't would be an endless task to recount all the dam
ages sustained by the calamty coffee fields stripped
provision grounds destroyed, negroes unhoused gar
dens laid waste, furniture, wearing eppsrcl &c hro
Ken and destroyed and this the space of three short
hours! AS an example OF the prodgious force of the
wind' may mention that grind stone was wrench
ed from Its clamps and pitched about four feet from
The posts The whole place is strewed with hro
Ken trees fragments of walls shingles and raffers.
and bears the genuine aspect of desolation and des
pair.
correspondence oil the ~ z. Journal of Commerce.
~, HAVANA, Sept 27 1880
Inc quotations annexed those thu
@5lh on that day arrived 1000 kegs Lard from Baltimore
nn boston, he proc OF which will pass 20 1000
or less In other no changes shee,np. are Excess
sWey ou as the dealers will buy beyond their actual dai
poraton of foreign -four foreign bottoms ~; of the ou
hon For yea' past tine best Ohio fur has commanded
higher price than the best Bamore-as the bakers saw il
better adapted to rn'rins with Spanish -four
Scarcely any thing doing in Sugar, the 10 qualities offer
no Inducements to the shipper really fine are scarce
See the wide range of the quotations.
Exchange is IN demand at the presen, high rates
me receipt mere on the 3d. of the FIST particulars of the
nevoion IN FRANCE created you aay well suppose a
strong and general 1t would exhaust nv time
% your patience n were tn attempt 10 pouay the different
may say The extremely opposite feelings produced by this
sudden and in community i'll informed comparatively in
inc political topics of the day. unexpected intelligence The
gloomy forebodg coun,enance of stauuc Royal,st at
heart and there some striking contrast 10 the low
mn beams IN the coun'enance of the sanguine and
tuous republican, of which also there few But the
mass OF me people lei not this fame beyond
france Spain has aot the elsmens of free government
and for this island Of cloudles chimes and starry
what would calmly changer Anarchy and eenfsion-
The truth though thorough going republicans in tn.
United States who know nothing e people NAV no, think
so. But we shall see ~ 10y ~ '
Beef No. ~ and prime bI saa o. do esksd arr 10 10
.as FORK, prime bd $14a16 Goldfish, oil ST. Hams o,l
$4s IT, Lard e s,s q Soap, yellow No i, qt s7a
Ssnaies aow, gu pa rs do sperm, s25 81 Flour Amer
ss agsfs Corr" yellow sir Onions
go 2l Lumber, m. #. sas 30 Hoops, loco as
80 Shooks and Heads, nsup eacl,8s sheengs Russia
piece Sll3 i2t Sugar assd, and ga 81 and I25
Coffee qt sIlasses. keg a3ts Exchange London IsI
THE NETHERLANDS.
The surface ofthe United Kingdom ofthe Neither
lands forms about the 5th pa of that of Europe
IL is about oDe-nnth of France, and iwo-sevenhs Of
the Island of Great Britain. The roads and canals
cover twenty sixth part of the kingdom In 1927
the population was 81 ,935. aud exceed p]y dense
The annual average addition for the five years pre-
cedlng 1928, was at the rate Of 932 per million-
The agriculture of the Netherlands has long been
for its Productveness variety and good
methods The total value of the agricultural CAPT
tai has been estimated at E433 3S3 stsrno. anil
the net yearly produce of the agriculture at 696
800. Manufactures, the metalIurgic arts and dstil,