Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-06-03
DREADFUL STORM.

On tho night Of tho 7,h inst. a most terrific
stosm occurred near jamestown, ~. Carolina
The track Of the wind as no, more than two hun
drsd yards wide, But extended several miles north
end sDuth. il was very destructive to fences and
chimoeys, but the disastrous effects were ex-
pesienced in the overthrow Of houses. Tho fol
lowing extract Of letter gives astonishing EVIL
dencc Of PrOvidcntial Interference in the prescIva.
ton of family of children ut is supposed to have
bcen kind Of whrlw,nd, bu; unlike the wind the
Prophet Elijah speaks Of. God was in this storm.
Not life or limb was injured. DuTkc's house was
lcvellcd to the earth. Mrs. Burke was holding the
window, snd felt tho house going; she let g, the
window shutter and lcaped through on the out
side, and thus her life sayed-aIl the children
within, the Youngest in the cradle, and the whole
house in . mass Of ruins. She commenced, with
the aid Of tho neghoors, to search Cor her unwean-
ed child; il could not he found After some length
Of time, she heard Clint .mothcrcd cry, and rush
ing towards ounJ in the MIDDLE Of tho street her
babe, with the cradle turned bottom upwards over
il, which had completely saved il from the falling
mass Of timbers, brick aud stone. ] called next
morning to see this little Moses, and felt as Mo-
ses did before the burning bnsh1 felt II ough,
to slip of my shOc, Cot ! was standing OH holy
ground. God was in this Storm
PioUs BLuSDER.-I cstcr.ay afternoon a
well dressed and interesting young woman,
who had the appearance OF being foreign
er, came into the Police Office, and approach
ing the desk where Justice lIopson, was sit
ting by himself reading the Plain Dealer,
dropped upon her knees by the side of one
Of the benches, and devoutly commenced
telling over her beads. The worthy ma
gistrate not being familiar with such appari-
tons, cooked his eyes over his glasses peerinc
1t her first with one, and then. as If doubling
the accuracy OF his vision, squirting ut her
with the other optic, called out, Gill! see
what's the matter with that woman" Gil
bert Hays accordingly stepped up to the fair
penitent, and disturbed her prisons. by de-
manding ofh what she was doing there.
s1Arc vespers over, sir!' replied the lady. in
the accents Of an angel. .Vespers!" said
Gill, in a tone peculiar to the Hays's sswhy
this Is no church-this is the Police o.
POlicc?' faltcred the affrishted
dcvotec, drawing at the same time her man.
tie around her expressive features, and with
Il beg your pardon gentlemen for the mis-
take have committed retired from the of.
flee. Ii was evident that the lady, being
stranger in this city. had intended to tell her
rosary at the Catholic chapel in Chambers
street. opposite the police, and had thus acci-
dentally worshiped in the Temple Of Man,
MIN, instead Of the true church.-N vi
JeA lssi Of Commerce.
TIE POssmasser General recently fined Con-
tractor ses dolsrs for habitual delinquency in c.r-
ring tho mails, and held up the case through The
Glooe . solemn warning to Ill sm,las oGeodes,
!! ne ssi(ing nature ofthe punishment and the 90
'eaoisy With which il i proaounced remind ~ Of
:eeesace lsesIy pseeeaneed. % . psisoaes ay ali
= .eseea Jesoe-"lt = ths judensne Of ~ Ccual
I'D NY eests asd 1ay The Losdl
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