Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-07-10

ed, and believed, that passed through the county Of
Amherst, its gin, bordering James Ri
and thence into Buckingham aud the lower par, of
Campbell, with undiminished violence sweeping away
the growing crops of all kinds with the bosom of de-
srucuon. Among the sufferers in this direction, we
have only heard, with certainty, of Mr. u: Cabel,
Dr. M Spencer, J. Il. Bocock and DIR. Joel w. Flood.
We shall probably hear further particulars of its progress
in this direction in day or two.
In Lynchburg, all were sufferers less. The
gardens, many OF which highly cultivated
ely destroyed, with the exception of the few vegeta-
bles--poatoes, onions and beets-which in
sure screened from the fury OF the tempest by their sub
tcrranean mode of cultivation Nearly every house in
town lost portion of its window gass.it is supposed
that not less than from Is % 600 panes were shattered
few chimneys were blown down, several dilapidatcI
outbuildngs prostrated and many uprooted For
tunacly however, no lives were lost, though several
persons received Commissions and bruises Thou
sands of birds and domestic fowls were killed, and the
trees iii the forests and yards in which the eathercd
tribe sought shelter Invested Of the greater portion
OF teir foliage ana even their bark peeled off, though
they had been subjected To- moderate cannonade. The
amount of damage done in this place and its immediate
neghborood cannot, of course be present estimated
with any thing like precision Ii may, however, be
safely stated at Sl00,000--and should not deem
double that sum an cxtravagant estimate.
we can truly say that never before bcheld scene
so awiuy sublime and terrific that presented by this
storm both in it's approach and in its progress There
was but little thunder OF lightning but the descent of the
nan was preceded for several minutes, by monotonous,
runibng sound, resembling the bass tones of distant
thunder, the deep roll of the mulcd drum-and re-
nndin of the onous notes which the earth.
quake, apprising the unhappy victims of approaching
DEATH too late to enable them avail themselves of the.
warming The clouds unnatural aspect, tnged
with grcenish hue and rolling and pitching the vod
immense with startling velocity andfury Luckily how
ever, the wind was comparatively mild, except for very
brief space when ii exhibited that angry hir which
It's tremendous power is eariully displayed Du-
ring that brief space the war of elements so com
plecly wrapped the largest objects in obscurity that
house, within few PAGES was totally lost to sight
deeply distressing to look abroad upon the rava
ges OF this calamitous stormo the labors the
farmer for so many months all blasted in instant and
! IN t.,cIn ,l.,
ence OF himself and of those dependent upon him. en-
urcly cut Off In such cases, however, is not the part
either OF duty or WISDOM TO waste time in
and complaints "These are thy works. Parent of Good
not less than the seedtme and the harvest the early
and the latter rains. Those who have suffered by the
visitation still have in their power greatly to alleviate
the calamity by substituting far practicable other
crops which with rapidty in place of those
which have been destroyed-VTginidn.
CnoLERA.--Wc learn from Maysville (KyA that the
disease has nearly disappeared from that place two deaths
only having occurred there during the week ending on
the evening of the Gath The whole number of deaths
by cholera in Maysvle during the period embraced by
its present vissay about three wcekss stated at thr
teen. The population of the town amounts to about
three thousand About twenty tbs from cholera had
taken place in the county of Mason during the same pc
The Maysye Eagle of the 25th ult. states that six
deaths had taken place in Mersburg, Bourbon county
to the evening of the 23d anda few cases had occur
rcd in other parts of that county The same paper men
tons on the authority of gentleman just from New
Orleans that the cholera had almost entirely disappear
I n
report, by gentleman, from that city, that nine deaths
had occurred in Louisville, (Ky in day of the pre-
ceding week
At the last accounts from Madison Cndiana) the dis
ease continued to prevail in that place with little abate-
ment That town has been severely scourgcd by this
fell disease Up to the evening of the Goth ult the
whole number of its victims stated to have been r,v
Of whom when the disease ats height not less than
fourteen are said to have been carried off in day
large portion of the inhabitants had left the town and
to the steam boat passengers who gided by without stop
ping the appcared be silent and deserted Orr
accounts TO the 20th but doubtless ere this the dis
ease has abaed and the town has again become compa
rativciy healthy
The Wheeling Gazette of Monday, mentions on re-
spectacle authority, but without vouchnr for the truth
of the statement that four deaths from cholera had taken
place board steam boat, during its passage from
Louisville to Cincinnati The per mentions TINT
with the exception of Maysvie and Madison the towns
on the Ohio generally healthy.
We learn from the last received papers that the cho-
lera is now admitted to be in Nashville (Tenn0 1t is
stated that the disease FIRST appeared there on the 18th
May and from that period until the Goth June the deaths
by it were twenty OF the number of fatal cases
had occurred during the three days pre- vious to the
20th the date Of last In other respects the
city also represented to be less healthy than usual at
this period ofthe year.
MADISON, Indiana )-Snce prepaaunG n,hc sum
mary, we have received. IT. eoiican Ban
ner Extra of Ju,u60N1 learn that the
fatal as above represented Up 10 the
h juno the number of deaths. given in the Banner
OF that date were twenty-five The deaths from the 18Th
to the Doth as given in the paper before u.s. were ten