Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-09-08
sand 90 snrarssa sasns OF te,o!aroA and az.

sssea al sa.S uavark5S sGsra or ccsolanon ana des-
troSs.
AIN Fri Iuctowu there is scarcely house which
b,q cscaped iniury-hunjrcds have been razod 20
the GROUND, and many OF their Inhabitants buried
uu,l.r The ruins, others uuroo!cd and partially
thrown down so rs 20 bc completely uutonamtao.
Trees OF immense size and strength were either
upl; ed by the roots or borcit of their branches
All the vessels IN CariisleS Bay driven from
| their mornings and thrown on shore. ~ the Out
Pots in Spcghts, The Hole and OiStn's towns, c.
cry house has eithr becu thrown down or rendered
untenantaLlc-thcir inkabitants sharing the fate
OF the rumbcr,rss victims who have been crushed
! to doath. In the country, the flco ur nature is
changcd--ont The plantations, almost without sim
glo exception, the buildings mills and negro ious-
| rs, have been destroyed, and many of thSm have
suffered materially III slaves and cattle The pro-
| visions which had been housed, we'll the
/ standing and canes IL the fields, have been
so completely destroyed as scarcely 10 leave Il
YcSiigc behind, and TO add to the heart r"uc!n"
| ri. turc, ~ this moment many Of the estates arc
without u single article o. food o. any kind. No
| force of language can indeed convey an idea ot
| the horror and distress every where observable
| throughout the island, and which over way the
| eve is turned the head grows dim and the hsart
becomes flint ut the saddcning and sorrow!ul pic
! turc. Many of the opu.ent and respectable f.in.
! lies, well those OF tho middliug ANA poorer,
| by this melancholy catastrophe, have thus been
driven out, destitute OF Il coyering-many who the
| diy before surrounded by their families and
com"Tis, have not where today their heads.
! 'UP 10 this moment the numier of killed has
not 5een asccrtanad, nor ali the unfortunate
! tu.cs who have been inhumcd in the fallen wdes
! iings taken from bonsath them. Tbs interval of
! time between Thursday morning and tho present,
has been employed by the living III burying tho
dead. The bodies which have been discovered
have been borno through the streets their silent
! and narrow homes in collins, trsos, aud whatever
could ho obtained fU5 thcai. Amidst numbcrrss
other Distressing of this kind, il is pain.
IL! duty to notice the melancholy fate of Deputy
A
hir wife, FIVE Children. his nicco and two
servants all buried under tho ruins
OF their dwelling Wednesday, night, from
which they were not taken until the fol!owin
mornings his unhappy wife and two of the children
alono having survived. Al ST AIMS many ofhis
hacsy's troops have been killed, and upwards of
100 wounded, by the falling ofthc barracks. The
scat of government the Custom House, the Girls
central School, Ohio Boys school, only partially
dainaEed,) and III Fact most ofthc pubiic budnC s
OF the island lie in oiruins. Several Spc r'
boats returning from the leeward from this we re up-
set on their way, and almost every soul on board of
them drowncd--among whom regre. to say,
were our fellow laborcr the 10 mt proprietor this
papcr-Mr. J. Woodng, and his brother Mr. Tho
mas Wooding who pcrishcd with fifteen others be-
longing to the same boat, on the fatal night Of
wednesday. We cannot conclude this appalling
account, without observing that Of the nlanv per-
cons with whom we have conversed on the subject,
and WHO experienced the great storm OF 1850 all
concur II the opin on that greater injury has been
done or the island by The latter than the former
a circumstances which will more rorcibly convey to
the reader an idea OF the violence o. the storm Of
W Wednesday night, which lasted hours only, when
inc duration OF that of 1850 is supposed to have
hccn IS hours. The most remarkable phenomenon
attending the storm of Thursday morning was
the sudden gusts of wind which, instead OF thun-
der, invariably accompanied the most vivid fasl,es
OF lightning, and cu.no with force not to 10 With
Rtood.-fl"i!ow, subtcTrancan noises were also
heard ana some Imagine were also visited iu-
ring the night with earthqurkea--tlis, however we
90 not vouch for, we were not sensible of them.
we have hastily thrown together these few par
'ic"4r@ amid the scenes ofindiscrabie horror and
CONFUSION, and shall continue to furnish such adj
dltional ones AZ may reach Va. Tho following is
iSt Of me vessels stranded in the Bay-Barss Ire
IAN ana Areitiisa; briggs Exchange, Quebec, 0ecn-
gon' Mary, kczioh, Alliance, Antornctte, toratio
Nelson, Eire; brgantncs Samuel Kinds and II ere.
me; schooners Ark and perseverance, mail boats
Barbados and Montague"
Here ends ,e acc"nu, the !|aadoe, paper bu, tn
letter ct The 18Th says. OF If vessels alovs men
'IonFd:-''i he American brio Antoine is on the beach
with 200 puEchsons III meal entirely lost