Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-06-22

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or the buildings tina, have been DESTROYED much injured
TO he unfit for Of dwelling houses shops OH
including the Mc,hodis, Church. the Court
House AID Market House SO
Of Kitchens, stables and other on houses OIL
ph- hole floss varousy estimated from 900
SlOo, oDD though the prcvalen, impression be-
TIA less than one hundred ,hou dollars would repair
the da mage
We have heard of serious ujay being sos,ainc any
tier enrcy nnhur, or but very slightly injured 1t tina,
all the energies of the angry element cxhaus,
t' s,nseives devoted town
wish power give you faint the
that itself the the catastrophe hap
Perhaps You can fsncy your.ef large waste field
which hurricane had lately sweeping
of .and.s and covering whole slrace with
Trunks aud lime Of dead timber ,hcky you might wak
setting tout upon the ground you may vague
Conjecture of the general appearance of the south and
tina, you town Ike which, the whole population
were wrap III sleep NJ the solemn hour of midnight sud
denly and before any OF them could he oil their danger
mos, tremendous storm urose-that amds, the terrific of
wind. the ewfu borss of continued unceasug peas of
thunder ma sn nnfentn glare of vvdlshm,ng giving TO
the Uhole Surrounding completely appearance
of "an Ocean of Rame hundred houses tumble
eces all around you'hat huge pieces OF timber hy
ing i'll direction ros, the thick
and swift from the Indians bow appalled,
inhabitants 'hrckng aud terrified blown about se chat Ii
you Imagine thai you and heard all these things
al the will give idea of the
Still idea would be very imperfect II would fall
far short OF The calny.To a,iemp, depict paper
would he foij aud presumption have
me eloquent AMI glowing descriptions of the warnings Of the
e!eneat and the consequent wrecks of matter that have
CURED other places have highly wrought Of
c sao nature drawn by of popular authors
of poetry and Romance, and have looked upon all
ueTe sketches of fancy, wrought unnatural pitch
eres, and fictitious tales misery distress
But hen compared With tho awful realities Of Monday night
and the wide OF and de:uaon now spreads
itself inounfu grandeur the OF be,o
df the mort amongst them dwird!es inspid
; attempts description.
The scene which pob'c square, streets. &c and
gardens now present. utterly understandable IT. con,emrla
of
est fancy v Gag II is the grandeur Of desolson-I
from ponderorr rock unable grasp The mighty load #
could Language too measre loo poor aud beggary
Since writing the above has b ho advisable furnish
also list of the of those badly wounded
They Mr. Dobson, MIR solomon Buws, Mr. Thomas g.
Flint. AIR Osburn MIR Kives, Dir D. Tuneniine, Mr. S G.
Edgar, and MIR samuel Ecur, Mr. Hobbs Mrs Hobbs
These gentlemen all less Disabled but will
cover-a great many partial injuries
The sesuery demolished and render ed rn6 for
brick ia, kept by MIR Harrison the of k!essrs
Eakins, Britain, and Esrue, AIR James Britain, Doneey
Hugh Waalan, james Reed X. Stephenson, and Messrs
Ca~e!s An umoccuped room belonging Mr. Joseph
Marion The Drug store of Messrs. Ram S Song,-Mr d
urrentines silver smith shop, Mr. T. & Flnt's sader shop
old bank house, Groceries OF Mr. Cannou and Bur
dn MIR Ginsry's halter shop MIR Whites halter shop
Dr. lazer's p, DR. Eoes shop, Col Ye's law ofice MIR
Fresor la" office new building lae, erected by Mr.
Gcns oces the Office pru,ins office the
dwellings of Mrs Depres,, Mr. Garter MIR Flint MIR Dews
Mr. Iindal, mir D aKisnk. Gr Minor Caupon, Mrs Ham
bin, Nlr iobs These together great many OTHERS
am"un,ing The number first stated may be Ut
tery useless great have sustained partial injuries,
having the walls their chimueys blown
roofs partially torn broken i'll by the falling
neys
On "Wednesday evening nuubsr of tho citizens assembled
at the esby.eI Church for the taking bi
able notice OF the sad event that has bcfallen The Rev
r Newton called the chairihe following resolution
was then oieIet and ANONYMOUSLY adopted
Resolved Tia, mark for of the
q fell Monday uieh and
how tina, will lei such extraordinary y,aron Of
uerHe viii ueaT Grape tue LETT for TIE srcr tir
~ days.
THB SALEM NERDKB IA te,ter lfoa Salem dated ON
TUESDAY addressed the Editor Of Boston
the following accOont Of the death Of Richard Cro@n
ingsheld. JI by bis own hand:
''SALEn, June Is = Richard Crown,gsbieid Jr hanged
himself in his cell hi. afternoon Mr Brown. jaoer
about quarter after 2ocloc had TO go TO The cell 10
speak to him. and, on looking 6Dd him. him hanging
tic immediately opened the door. and with the
the turnkey cut him down cnd with all possible speed called
several physicians; they opened and he bleed freely
all their esrts 10 revive him INTELLECTUAL Coropers
guest then held
ITO accomplish hts purposes tied together three handler
tying tine kno, about his neck and fastening The
other firmly the crate, he got chair tied bis
bands behind his back and then eaped off His feet JUS,
I'm his cell we're found two letters just written to bis
father, the ether his brother George bidding adieu In
bis letter to The latter be morazrs the sort1ess Of ca
rr t oiee, however prosperous may 6rst appear and
wasa all young people to be admouhcd by his fate &c.
sH;e wss26 years of age
Sce humanity laws requires that the isoe,s
should enforce other restraints prisoners kept for trial
than such necessary forse custody obviously 10
he power OF the prisoners TO destroy their lives After
conviction only deemed hmaue pa, in irons aud
even then they coDrlve of suicide =
"it very probable that the discovery quantity
OF stolen goods nanVers which bad been made
10 Inn, convinced hm that proofs hickenng
prnvy OF his life and mpeied him attempt escape from
the overwhelming disgrace aud shame"
The Boston Patriot adds Tie following additional particulars,
't said that his brother George confined in the adj
joining cell, ndtey frequently talked other Overheard
OF course by the gnard the dialect persons of
his stamp The guard, twenty minutes before Richard was
found dead understood George ask he was going
10 which ne was understood TO reply he 90 Wi
ting materials had been at his dSposa bot not known
whether or nor ne left any disclosures
said that some time since their father had engued if
tey wished new suit Of clothes, before the trial. George sic
mined that ne did, and measured but Richard declined
lit supposed that this is the result of deep plan on
MS part anti that as be originally the only
principal IN the murder, indictment be made in
which The late disclosures would npcae Jos Knapp as
principal aud his being taken StaeS Evidence ard
al The same tlue give George chance OF, escape"
The stolen goods found Dapves alluded to above
consisted OF bale of flannel which concealed under
large Quantity of hay the barn Mr Richard CIownpy
shield The bale has been opened, and pieces Of
tanre had been thrust into wool bag which under