Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-09
From The Columbia Tenn) Tbse,rcr, March %.
DREADFUL TORNADO


One Of the most violent hurricanes ever wiines-
sed in this STATE passed the lower part OF this
county on the night of The 2lst instant, swearing
every hing before il, killing eight persons, md
badly wounding fifteen or twenty others. The
persons killed, Mr. Francis G. DregrafTenreij,
aged 81 years John DegfaGonreId. aged ii
years r. l.. Degrafienreid, a child about years
ofage and another infant about elk weeks old, of
the same fomily Mr.. Elias Lusk Mrs. Lnsk
MIR. Hill, and negro. The storm tegan about .
o'clock +. M. ard Was over in n few minutes-lhe
severest injury having been sustained IN the inte
rim Of five minutes. Mrs. Degran'enreid, though
not dead is shockngly mulaled, and will IN oil
probability 70, recover. A negro gil belonging to
the family was blown into the fire. and there con
fined by a beam Of timber until the storm was over,
when directed by her screams, assistance was at
forded In this excruciatIng situation she lay lite
rolIy roasting aiive, for nearly On hour. She is
still alive.
We have since visited the scene, and have new
err in our life witnessed such desolatIon. Houses
arc torn from their foundations and scatered before
the winds fences arc lcyellcd--irees are uprooed
and piled together every thing is swept TO the
earh, aud fragments Of furniture, buildings and
timber, and bodies of dead animals, lie scattered
rromiscuously over the ground. We noticed one
Of the ground sills Of Mr. DecrnfIcnrcid's house
house stood-lhcrc is nothing remoining Of the
house bat the bnscs Of he chlmneys, the chmneys
themselves having Lecn blown away. Some Ct the
lead were found blown upwards Of hundred
yards from The house and n part Of the roof, We
Understand has been found three miles distan'.
Some concert ion ofihe velocity ofthc wind may
be had from the fact that IN a green lynn tree, near
Mr.. f.usks dwelling, is 10 be seen sticking about
30 feet from the ground, broad piece Ct poplar
piaf,i firmly driven in to the depth of, apparently |
/ or inches and ut angle Of abont 45 degrees a
The gram Several other houses unroofed
and blown down, but We have heard Of no addition
al loss oflifo
st We have since oscertancd Tint the tree in
winch ;he plank was driven has been fllcd-and
TINT il is found the end of tho plank fperfcclly
sqlore md bunD penetrated to the pth of 81
inches.
IluHRtcsHE NEAR CLARKsvIrLE.--On Of our cit |
zcns who has Just returned from the vicinity Of
Cla krsvle, informs that the nis hi of the tor
nado here Che 2lst much injury WAS s"stan
ed in the ncighborhood Of that place, md that
two lives were lost and two others persons, il was
thought, MORALLY wounded Further particulars
not known.
Apg1ao, (Geo) Horeh %.
A S'ago Diver on the Florida route, by the name
rf Waiter Jones, in I.nnrons county, on Tuesday
last, put end to his life in fit Of insanity IL
had tccn sick 8 or 10 days, but better, and on
Tuesday came down suddenly from his room and
got horse from brother driver to ,ide a AHlc as
he said To every ones surprise, he went off NJ
full gallon, md shortly after, message re
Gel Ell from n widows house on tn o road, about a
mile of Tint Jones was acting very strangely. Be
fore however, any one could reach the spot who
able to control him, he had taken of his She es
md stuck his feet INTO the FIRE, swearing, with a
drawn fn,fc that he would kill any one who dis
turbed hun. There were none but females about
the premises After roasting his feet short time,
he got up, took of his coat and walscoat and re
moving the back log from good FIRE deliberately
laid himself down IN its place where he was -
burnt before any assistance could be obtained that
he soon died. His habits lead to The supTosltIon
that his arrangement was mania p0tA
The Figure Had.-We understand from good
authority, says the Boston Transcript, thai Capt
Samuel Dewey, late of the brig Curew, was the
person who dccopitatcd the image of Andrew Jack
son. affixed to the bows of the frgatc Constitution
and that he has since been ncarcerated for eighty
one days in the Bloomrgdalo Prison, New York
for supposed insanity
II is stated lho, the Hon. William Wilkins, Min
lister to Russia, has purchased in England three
fac FLOODED horses which is his intention 10 for
ward to the care Of distinguished sporting gen
temon Of Virginia.
Mrs Fanny Kcmble Butler has presented he
husband with a son, which may, for n sholt time
prevent the completion of her Journal about thir
y pages Of which remain to be finished.
v Y star.
Brc0ch of Promise AT tho March session OF
the Circuit Court, of Over and Tcrmincr, of the
county of Hcrkimer N. Y. Lydia Foster recov-
cred from John English, for breach of marriage
contract, 4 900. The defendant was proved to be
worth rs 600 AT the same court, Susan Aster.
brooks recovered from Nelson Dunn, 5000 for Sc.
duction.
Death o5 n family - The last Arkansas Ga
zelte notices the death Of an entire family consist
ing of SIX sdplt persons, in the short space of
nine days They resided in Crawford county and
three hIothcrs and sister, died The disease w6s
the inAucrz "a, or cold plague, as il 10 frequently cal
ed
There is said 10 he now living al st. Mary's ono
of the lower counties Of Maryland, a lady a, the uge
of l05 years, of whom the following account is e..
ven -" Her mental faculties unimpa red--shc
is in excellent health and spiils--rldes Us dexter
ously as uoopsr-lacos in her corsets- attends
the toilet punciually- and, what is more surpr-
sing, she 10 now as willing TO be married as she
was 90 years ago" There's sweetheart for
you
A gentleman travelling with his lady arrived in