Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-07-03

village, June go:
Yesterday after 9 clock il began TO rain here bv
moderate showers, which increased in frequency and
quantity OF water, until about sunset when the creek
passing back of us, through MIR. Hoags meadow burst
from ITS channel East of the Methodist Church tore away
the foundation from the 3 f. corner and continuing H.
until it passed through the yard of MIR uo5ys
yellow house. above Rooms, and into the street uproot
ing every thing IN its course and has entirely DESTROYED
our streetand side walks. pass out of my ward
with carriage, on account of deep ravnc, between
two, three and four feet wide our cellar has fonr Zoo,
water, aud well is filled within two feet of the sur
face. Gen. Wools house and is ON an island and
The cellars full OF water all the gardens are pretty much
destroyed and cellars filled with water North Of us s-
vcra mills and all the bridges are gone kirbv's black
smith shop and tools and several wagons lett for ironing
are all swept down The CURRENT and the bridges at the
inili, now lay below DIR. McCallcns: Rider saw mill
aud carding mil arc gone. and the Van Ness mills The
bridge IN Chatham street is also gone. Yours, Sc
lHCany Argus.
From the New Drunswck Tinesl
NOTES on THE ToRNADo-By Professor Leacis C. Beok
AT about hall past five o'clock, while on board the
steamboat Napoleon, which then six or seven miles
from New Brunswick my attention was called 10 Sin
gular appearance in u tn westerly direction vcry
dense and low cloud stretched itself along some distance
like dark curtain, which, the centre was dipping
toward the cart; in the form of funnel or CON,
ana was gradually uniting with another conc whose ba
SIS rested exactly the surface At one cxtrcmv of
tins dark cloud was small having fleccuent an
pearance, winch soon also became concn in its shane
but which did not descend To the earth These cones
seemed TO have been formed by gyratorv or ,vb;r;n
movements produced by currents of wind passing in
opposite unections viz from the north west and
south In few minutes the welLdcfned character
OF these united cones changed, and there arose
Column, speeding at the top, and which had every
appearance oil the eruption Ola volcano. vast bo-
dy OF smoke, as it seemed up and again descended
producing sort OF rolling upward and downward move
ment The opinion now became general that il proco.,
ed from the burning of large building which
was thought had been caused by lightning vivid 6,sh
or two oil winch had preceded the formation of the cones
ms idca, however, was soon abandoned for in a few
minutes the dense column was dissipated and we conlJ
as'nG'y observe The gyrntory motion of wind, was
poteI ny .e aust and fragments OF timber which
carried upwards In its course OnwArdt swept with in
cacnlaOlc velocity, until another black and
cone was again formed, which remained stationary for
short Time and then, before gave place To the
and gyraory before mentioned These nltr,.
tons continued although much less distinctly character
led until the whole vanished from our view
On approaching New Brunswick we witnessed, IN.
devastation which the tornado had occasioncd but il ,
IN tins city alone that its mighty power was fully cxh
bited. '
From the facts which | have collected thcr, "a, h.
no doubt that the above descr MOD obou
three miles nearly West of New-B NJ that it
renamed stationary, that is. reyolv M avis for
" But when the second movement occ,r
rcd dense cloud ovcrshadowed the city Sliqht but
distinct explosions of the tLing sails were heard
from the column The heat OF the air became oppres
sve volumes OF smoke and flame were thongh to
be issuing forth and rolling various directions
Under these circumstances the idea of an extensive
and rapid confagraon would naturally be suggested
Immediately the alarm bells Tung the fifcmen re-
pared to their engines; but while all eyes were directed
TO the black and terrible column which was
apparently toward the head of Albany street no one
could hx upon the spot which effort should be
directed This state of uncertainty, however did not
long continue, for tremendous rush Of wind mass
ed through the city, and IN moment the dense column
which had been object of so much wonder and dread
stood on the opposite bank of the river as il were rally
ing for another desoating march.
The force of the wind its passage throu 9Th the CITY
ii would be Idle to calculate. Men were thrown down
buildings of wood and brick were unrooied and even
completely demolished, large trees up by the
root and scattered cuously in all directions The
arr was hed with dust and missiles of various kinds
The crash OF the timber scarcely audible in conse-
4uencc of the roaring OF the tornado Many of the in
habtants who had watched the appearance of the column
were apprzed OF the coming danger and fled the cell
lars OF their dwellings for safety; and in several cases
where the doors of the buildings firmly cosed they
suffered little injury, though in the midst of de-
- Ee course of the tornado had been little
North of EasS. direction which pursued the village
OF Piscataway, about three miles distant and which it
almost totally destroyo: then inclining what to the
south, 1t held an easterly couf passing Amboy and
thence to the 1t terminated. as have seen II
stated by fall of ice hail. and by great connection
oi the water The fall OF ice is said also to hay charac-
terzed its commencement but this subject have not
yet obtained authentic information.
will at present add only few words concerning The
of this at least in latitude very remarkable &C.
The formation of the inverted or funnel
often mentioned, undoubtedly produced BY the
currents of air from opposite directions. But whether
these currents caused by arising from the
electrical discharges from the cloud, whetSr the sup
posed vacuum the result of these CURRENTS it u.s.
perhaps impossible to determine. Butaif this funnel
waicr-spout, and it certainly bore 80 resemblance
to that phenomenon, we may suppose tlibt there
n current established from The earth the cloud
This upward movement is indeed indicated by the
occurrences which succeeded, and by many facts
which have since been ascertained. Among these may
be mentioned the unroohng of those houses into which
the air rushed through the doors and windows and the
lodgment Of these roofs eary in front of the houses TO
which they belonged. This upward movement was dis
tncy visible at distance and was this which gave the
phenomcneE the appearance Of volcanic GTIDfi0n AZ
the same time Also there was gyratory motion to which
the destruction produced by the tornado is be chief,
ascribed This motion appeared us on board the
Napoleon, 10 succeed the upward movement lust
mentioned and characterized the progress of tie tor
nado until IT passed from our view This gyratory
motion is also evident from the appearances wbic h
are presented every where in New brunswick and its
vicinity. According 10 my measurement the track of
the tornado through the city did exceed 300 Yards
although the circle seems to have been much larger
where the first formed, and, also on the oppo
site OF the river where the column supposed again 10
have rested. Near the circumference of the supposed
circles the line of the most destructive force of the
wind Several buildings in their centres remain alto-
getheT uninjurcd.
cannot subscribe to the opinion which has been nd.
vanced that tile violence OF the wind produced by
two making towards each other and having at
The same time an onward notion If there not
gyratoy, as well as upward motion, must discrcdt
my eyesght and be blind 20 the appearances which are
every where presented, both in this city and its vicin-
ty. Having had line opportunity Of witnessing the
ing its effects it is perhaps difficult for 10 form
satisfactory theory Oh the subject than is for those
who were less avorably situated shall, therefore
still continue the humble and frequently too much
neglected business of collecting facts, in the hope that
they may hereafter lead to views worthy of notice
dE6A RENARD.-1hc subscriber offers a reward
% Il ~ Of Tn D0ilGrS, for a Negro fellow named
PgrgR, who abscondcd from his plantation in Cumbcr.
land on The 9th OF June Peter Is about five feet and
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