Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-15

NEwHAvEN. August 4th, 1880

ths curiosity Of those curious in such matters being
satiated happily all things are again restored 70
their former state and conditisn' save the no1ses
spent its rage, of which, together with It's
il is now my purpose to give you an account whicn
shall be short and graphic as possible. various Ac-
counts have gone the rounds through all OF our pa
pers here most Of which for the want Of actual ana
accurate observation in the writers have been VOID
Of either interest merit and calculated ratheI a.
productions to murder time with than 10 eniignten
the community in general-as these descriptions
should be made particularly with reference 10 the
benit Of these who live at distance not possessed
Of the powers Of ubiquity or clairvoyance, hoia
IT absolutely necessary in order TO gave iuh anu
true statement of the natter to relate by way oil va
rety, interest and edifcaton, the
and circumstances come cted with the TRANSACTION
On W edncsday the last day OF July ult we OIL the
land OF steady habits, account OF our sns whicn
OF late have increased to NEST alarming extent III
this community, were visited by one OF the ughest
customers in the shape Of tornado that ever was
known or witnessed in this region before, which was
rather spiritual than temporal in its nature, Tor
it showed perfect disregard for all the objects OF
time and sense by destroying everything usually
denominated personal property with which II came
in contacts instead Of boarding up property smash
ed it to the ground; instead Of collecting and pre-
serving those valuabes which were under its con-
troll it completely totally and absolutely upset. de-
stroyed and annihilated them.
The news having reached us about an hour after
the arrival and departure of the unwelcome vsiter
above referred to, Mr.. J. and myself together with
many others, sailed forth to the suburbs of the city,
the Of ISOLATION 10 view ii rather its works
As il commenced about three miles from the city
and extended more than seventeen miles In north
easerly direction, we FUND it impossible as well as
impractcabe to trace out whole that day,
so we concluded to what could, reserving the
rest for some future time. Having arrived at its
path the first small frame house In
Fragments and next the African Church, in low sub
mission hugging its mother earth closely and ten
derby does the Lion her prey-the building was
new but not very substantial AS to the cause OF its
haan atIn ~ 10
tion that weekly assembled in to hear the words Of
truth and soberness expounded and enlarged upon,
that it is nothing less than the vengeance
of providence inflicted upon them in consequence OF
the Iooseness Of character and immorality Of
tain 6 black negro of color who preached there
twice not long previous to ITS downfall, at
least that the conclusion at which some Of ITS most
pre- minent MEMBERS after long and mature delibera
ton and the loss Of mach of the natural covering OF
their heads have at length arrived From thencetwe
went to house wherein at The time OF the blow
cellar and another carried about four rods through
the air, the house away, the midst of tim
bers and all other kinds Of missiles, Of whom
believe were seriously hurt-frem thence by dint of
broken chairs crockery, shingles, boards and feath
ers, traced our way TO the next building, which
was very neat cottage about which every thing,
shade and fruit trees, fences, outhouses, &c. &c.
were levelled to the ground-the cottage with the
loss of chimnies and windows being saved it were
by the interposition Of kind and mercful prov-
dence The trees and buildings here were thrown
made complete havoc of every thing except the
dwelling, and that partially covered with brick
branches of trees, &c. At this place many had al
ready gathered; and on all other occasions OF like
moment there were many who either through a de-
sire to obtain information or prompted by their in
structive-l may say yankee curiosity, were led TO
enquire into the mRutia OF those things which each
knew well as the other, and that at the expense
Of the time and patience Of the person enquired of.
Among the number present the most conspicuous
was one of peculiarly long and sober aspect, who
hxyh hakt unHA fnLAA
for a theological student; he overfowiag with the
milk Of human kindness, with truly christian and
sympathzng spirit, walked up to the owner Of the
premises, and began with him conversation in the
following manner "Sir, this is avery Interesting
scene" "Ycs, replied he OF the premises. id
interesting to me-. "Yonr loss must be very great
sir" "Oh yes, very "You was extremely fortu-
nate that you and your family were saved" "Oh
yes. there is great deal of truth in what you say
And having asked questions and made assertions Of
similar import for nearly half an hour he at Length
enquired. "Sir, in what one thing do you consider
your greatest loss to consist To which the injured
man, his patience being nearly wearied with his
wonted gravity, answered; "oh well, as TO loss
any item is more than wish it was; however,
rather think ] lost more in my two pigs than any
other one thing that think Of just now-you see
they were very fine pigs Of the Durham breed, and
had taken n great deal Of pains with them, and had
fed them well that had three quirks in his tail
and the other just tive and half and when this wind
came IL bowed so hard that it Strengthened their
tails straghter than ram rods, and the consequence
is that have lost all my fine pork, which for the
last two months | have been feeding with the fond
est anticipaton-it never will be fit to cook again,
because aever can by asy means get their tails
quirked. "After which the necessary information
having been obtained as wassupposed the questions
that for half hour had been pouring forth with the
volume and velocity Of a mountain torrent, were
suddenly stopped and the bystanders going some
way and some another, my friend and myself
waited short time longer TO notice the damage done
TO the doves and hens some of which entirely
strpt Of their feathers and had their necks twisted
off as handsomely as IL Il had been done by pre-
manual loftiest trees in the
garden dcbased to the level of the onion, and
the onions hoed up and heaped IL by design.
From thence went in a direct course To the next
house. where little other damage done than the
uprootng of scme mighty and reverend apple trees
from thence, variation OF about thirty rods from
the average course, we found snail dwelling raizcd
10 the ground and the inmates searching after their
effects; some Of which; especially gowns, SC. were
found in a condition much the worse for having been
thus suddenly aired-from thence crossing the canal
we proc eeded To tenement that had been unoosed
Of turf and lot of bottles exposed to view. "Here
hero ~ said my friend, what black stuff is that ~
pointing to the turf. replied that knew not, but
that I was quite certain that IL was something Of
which they manufactured beer, az there was large
quantity of bottles in The opposite Being in
formed that il turf, filed our pockets with IL
10 carry home account of its novelty. We next
roceedcd % barn that had been anroosd, aad hav
ing examined il thoroughly, and the day being far
spent, we returned 20 the city, having traced the