Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-26

" ~ name OF one whose pen has already gathered
many trophies in a widely different and more thorny field.
Are we right or wrong in ascribinr il 10 pnofrssop
DEN, OF William and Mary College; The dissertation
Herald.
DEsrarcrivE TonSADo-We learn from New Jersey
mat a destructive tornado occurred in that State ycster-
dassy afternoon, by which great damage was occasioncd.
We have been politely iavoured with the following lot.
ter from a highly respectable inhabitnnt of New BUNS
wick, who was ON his passage from this city TO that place
when the tornado comncnced:
.NEw BRvSswIcx, June 30. 1885.
"As no doubt various aud highly cxagperatcd accounts
OF the awful disaster that has befallcn our city will be
circulated IN New-York, l deem il proper to give you the
particulars as lar AS 1 have learned them. The passen-
gers on board the boat while passing up the river ycstcr-
day were attracted by the peculiar appearance and move
ment OF the clouds, near the direction of New Bruins.
wick; finally, a portion of cloud seemed TO separate itself
from the mass and form a pillar, one end of which appeared
to rest on the earth, the other terminated in the clouds
At'er remaining stationary for about 10 minutes, il moved
with great rnpidity to the north, evidently CARVING ulonp
or destroying every thing with which il came in contact
we, however, supposed our city had escaped its desola-
uing VISIT; out upon reaching the wharf, we learned that
the tornado had passed directly through the centre ofthe
city, prostrating nearly level with the earth. or carrying
on, ABOUT two hundred houses and barns and other
buildings, including one church, the Methodist. which
was built OF brick-one half was taken off as ifby a skill.
iui mechanic. Children were carried 100 feet in the
AIR, and one was carried nearly u quarter of n mile with.
out sustaining any other injury than the spraining of his
Wrist Three OF our citizens have been killed. about fifty
INJURED, some severely. The amount of property
destroyed is very considerable, and in most cases the poor
are the greatest sufferers. The street on which reside
escaped, for which preservation, / desire to render un.
ceasing praises to Almighty Coo. Rev. DIR. Howe, who
resided several years at Savannah. Georyia. informed
me that he had witnessed the effects ola Southern lorna.
do, but that 1t did not compare in its power and destruc-
tive character to this
We learn from other sources, that the tornado com.
menced at Jour o'clock yesterday afternoon. about four
miles from New Brunswick, at a place called Middlcbusb
The destruction in New Brunswick was confined chiefly
to Church, Nelson, and Schureman streets. The lorna
do then crossed over to Piscataway, destroying every
thing in its dcsolating progress. We have heard no
particulars ofthc damages, but fear, that besides a larqe
amount OF property, a number Of lives are lost. Of the
three VINO We're killed, one, we learn, was u widow,
named Van Orsdale, another a young gentleman named
Boerum, formerly a midshipman in the Navy. and the
third a boy named Bayard.
IN y Ere. Post, June 90.
herst county, Virginia, who died i'm February last. len a
VIII, IN which he directed that his slaves. about iny in
number, should all be free, provided they should be will
ing TO leave the State; if not, that they should have the
privilege of selecting owners, among his brothers and
sisters. a correspondence concerning them has taken
place between Mr.. Higginbotham's Executor and Tho
officers of the Colonization Society. A letter from the
Executor, dated on the Odd of April, states that all the
servants, except one man, two women, and two children
have elected to accept their freedom on the terms nrs.
scribed by the will. A farther communication on The
subject is expected by the Society.
a gentleman in Buckingham county. Viroinio nov
deceased, lett tCentythrec slaves. with directions in his
will, that they should be hired out until his debts were
paid, and then be free. His debts have been paid. and
application has been made on behalf of his Executor 10
the Colonization Society, inquiring whether it will send
them to Liberia on certain terms which are stated.
a gentleman in the ncighborhood of Jonesboroupb is
willing TO hberate Jo"r, perhaps fire, slaves, on condi.
ton of their going to Liberia; and the Society has been
applied to on the subject.
"A gentleman in Tennessee not long since died nos.
sessed of teenhy slaves, whom he manumit,ed by his
will. His heirs contested this clause of the will .,J; !,
has been iudicially decided that the sla ayes should be libe-
rated on condition Of their going to Liberia.-Hricon
Repository for June.