Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-05-16

The Entpssof 6f Mosseso s1si0s France.
was suttpostd thsi ihs Bsy Of Tsnis woufd uni,
with Tho Emperor Ahd The Eiif Abdst RAIDER, /
sndsss0f II dive ths iD6dels' out IT Aftita. !
v ~ likewise fuinefed that Admiral Koasme
would b. sent with q squadron 10 lombard Tan
sisfs. Tins the war ID Africa Is aboa. 10 con,
dnstes IN sat6es.. .fhs Asab tribes hi, haly I,
France, are 10 be supplied with food, c~lottts an
arms, a the expense Of Tie French government
The JewsfUf CoustaniinopIe have resolved 4
wait one year longer fyf The Messiah, and then /
he come not, They will consider that be bus come
and iook shout 10 zee who he was. The Rstbi i
h favor Of declaring for Christianity At once.
International CeByWttghf-The bookseiiei.
Of Pate, bavS united 10 recommend 10 the minis.
ny 10 sdopt a measure ackn ~ledsiog The copy
wright VI foreign A. well A. native suthets, ans
fofl'idJihs foreign Of clan1eslins editions.
The English House Of Commons had granted
an annuity If $4,000 10 toId sesien, late 81, Jna
Colbo'ns, Governor Of CansJs.
From iie New Uf1eahs Bee.
AWFUL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES D%EsFRoYEn.
We sfe indebted 10 tho eaptsiD Of steamer
VieksbUtg for The following melancholy intelii.
gtBce of tbs dsstfutsion Of Natefes:
TIT devoted city Of Matches wss visited With
one Of The ',ost awful and distressing cslamities
which u has besn eur fate 10 witness. Tn Wed.
nesdsy, about . o'clock y. M, q dark cloud msJs
lis appearance Ia ,hs Southwest. preceded by a
loud and continued roaring gf the winds az II
came on swiftly snd with the speed Of The wind,
IL wss met by another, which ~. waited from Oh.
teeiIy ibe opposite pci1s Of the eompass. A de.
sctipsioe Of sbs sublime spectacle which ehsusd,
IL by end Ms power Of language 10 convey. Az
The moment Of tbs soieassiyn large masses Of
seeming white spray was pieeipilated TO tbe esfth.
Jllewsd by . rearing Of the wind as II old Ey.
lus was there guiding and directing The s.orn-
Houses ~efs dstnantlsd Of their roofs and then
almost Immediately Isveled 10 tho earth. The al,
was filed with bricks ard lsfge p,ess. u timber,
and even large 81 cats were uplifeJ and thrown
hundreds Of yards from .hsi, original position.
About sixty as,boa,s lying In port, were driven
from the shore and sunk. The ferry bos, plying
Nstohez and the opposite sbo,e was cap.
sized and sunk, and eysty one on board IL sup.
posed 10 have petished. The stesmbUa. Kinds
csp.ised and sunk-crew sIl kst. The
Pfaitie had her cabin entirely taken Of
crew nesrly oil lost. The TIVE hotels In the slty
shook, one pp,.ly, The other entirely to The
ground. AImos, every house was more OF less
|, IL impossible 10 tell how many we're
killed. - The streets were filled with large piles Of
timber, rendering them impossible, aud The worn
Of extracting The bodies from the fallen houses,
vas not completed when The vieksturg left
some fifteen OF twenty bodies had been found. II
n as very difficult 10 find a landing, ~ eve,y house
under the Hill, except FIVE OF sit. was blow
lown, and The river flIed with floating II sgmsp hts
IF houses and besis.
The tornado In leaving Naichsz, followed the
Of the river abaut eight miles down The
cast. The court house In vldalia was Ievetled
o the ground and The Parish Judge killed
While al dinner al the house Of M. Stacey. The |
tees Oh the opposite side Of the river, as we'll as
hose Of Natebey Island were oil torn up by The
oo.s OF deprived Of their bfsnebes. The dsmage
to The crops was very severe some plsuts.
were deprived Of all their fences and others
nd every cabin taken away by The STERN"
Since The above was sci up. We have, through
he peliieness Of Dr. Williams one Of tie pbysi
that went from New Orleans 10 Natehez.
sceived papers which confirm The accounts We
ave heard Of The dreadful eatent of the torpado,
Il the dead bodies were no, yet removed finn
Ne foint, though great esc,iioh- had been made,
nd II was evident 10 the senses ,ba. decomposi.
on had commenced. Every moment a matila.
d victim tsas dug up from tho rubbish and fallen
To be inferred seain. II il believed that
least Ave HUNDRED persons were killed. The
,tire loss " property j. estimated to DO more
al 1--WE MILLIONS or DOLLARS.
II IL impossible 10 describe the scene Of horro or.
Imagination eonjufins np the widest pictures Of
teicbedness, ruin and suffering, could no! sur .
lag the reality. No. n building has escaped up. q
iufsd and every vaft Of The city IL in ,uins- :
IL Confusion and misery. The streets wets ,
ewded vitbtbs destitute the honseless,it The woop. .
d snd the dying" The fury Of the tempest,
!. been poured upon the devoted city, and IL !. y
" desolate. /
Alta meeting held on Tho 18th inst, the com.
from New Orleans proHsted two thousand
llats to the citizens Of Natcbez. "a y basty cop- d,
button made ~ their city, and Mr. Duncan said :
'a'. with open purse strings. The citizens Of
Nv Orleans awaited their return ard The report Il
> should make Of The diss.,er and it, de~y a.tn. .
ns.' Many suitable resolutions were passed I.
D among them. The following which wc recon-. g
nd to tho attention Of the benevolent. ="
'Rssolvsd. That contributions, not only In
'ney, but also IL materials for the repair Of nj
nsaed buildings, and IN meehspicaI and other T.
Or, promptly bestowed. would save further des. %
Of property 10 an immense amount, and =
also contribute Immediately and mos. e. :
ualiy. 10 the relief Of our distressed fellow \
zeis Of Naicbez." =.-,- A.
7DI CrocheH- 1T i, stated tina. The family of =
back woodsinan, bavo received n
v written them from the Mexican mine wber, or
> o prisoner. and that one Of his sons ho. OF
. to Mexico to procure his liberation, ~
mother skapsr c0Dfurel The sbio Ms,,,r,