Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-06-18

REMARKS ON EACH DAY.. Darkly over.
cast all day, and very hazy. g. Overcast, We
Try hazy, dense cumul, cirri of every form,
windy all night. g. Large cumuli, under scud
B, thunder, dense cumui; the evening closes
very hazy, but cloudless 4. Morning clouds,
II few cirr, the sun sets brilliantly. s. Girl
without cIoud-thin cirri-oyercast. 6. o
vercast all day, sprinkle of rain
The seventh day was ushered in denselv
overcast, and very warm, with brisk wind al
is. 4, increasing at noon, and veerng 10 the E. s.
At meridian, the southwestern sky assumed
a darker and more tempestuous aspect, the
gloom and turbulence increasing every mo.
ment. At l2 As the roar of the approaching
storm began to be distinctly heard, the wind
blowing gale, n. E. 6. The roar and com
motion Of tho storm grew more loud and terri
tic, attended with lncessant corruscations and
flashes Of iorked lightning. As the storm ap-
preached nearer, the wind veercd tothe L l.
at 40 the storm cloud assumed an almost pitch
~ darkness, curling, rushing, roaring above, be.
low lurld yellow dashing upward, and rapid.
Iy approaching, striking the Mississippi some
six or seven miles below the city, spreading
desoIatIon upon each side, the western side be-
ing the centre Of the annuus. At this time a
6lackness OF darkness overspread the heavens,
and when the annulus approached the city, the
wind suddenly veered to the S. +. 8 attended
with such crashing thunder as shook the solid
earth. At 2 the tornado 10, burst upon the
city, dashlng diagonaIIy through it, attended
with such murky darkness, roaring and crash
ing, that the citizens saw not, heard not, knew
not, the wIde-wasting destruction around them.
Tho rush OF the tornado over the city occupied
a space OF time not exceeding five minutes,
the destructive blast not more than few Sec
onds. AT this moment the barometer fell toI
1887.
The storm passed over, a comparative calm
ensues. The affrighted and terror.smitten in
habltans arouse from their stupor, breathe
more freely, and see around them an appalling
spectacle Every building in the city more or
less injured, many utterly demo shed, and very
many unrooed, with their walls more or less
broken and thrown down every tree and fence
Frustrated, and the streets filled with scatter
ed fragments ofevery kind, and nearly mpas-
sable.
The tornado, in its course, passed over
Natchez under the hill, and swept it with the
bosom OF destruction, oyerthrowng, crashing,
and demoIlshlng almost every house, shop and
building, and at one fell Iswoop reduced that
part of the city into undistingushod ruin
Three steamboats, break from their moor.
ing; their upper works are blown off as feath-
ers; two Of them capsize and sink, and nearly
all their crews and passengers perish in the
storm river flood. More than sixty flat
boats laden with up-country produce, break
from their lastenings, and with their crews dis
appear.
In the fall Of buildings, on the hill and under
The hill, men, women and children are whelmed
the unhurt citizens rush to their rescue; many
are dug out horribly mangled and dead very
many wounded, and bruised, and broken; the
dead are buried, and the living cared for. As
with the heart Of one man, physicians, sur
geons, nurses volunteer their services and are
accepted money, provisions, and all necessaries
are collected; hospitals opened, and every
thing, and every act that could cheer the dcs
pondlng, revive the almost dying, heal the bro
ken, are promptly administered. In the midst
Of the gloom and wreck the bright star OF hope
arises.
The news OF this calamity flies upon the
wings ofihe wind 10 the cities and towns, above,
below; tho people rush together; resolutions
are passed, committees formed; money, provis' u