The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-31

l..ns sas as garden, sosi ala ~saiah al ss =.
hours the exiensise parish OF fssS!, iertlIoo =;
beautiful streams, remains desert h0mo1'S - .
tlvzled fields and vineyards are land wAss-
The parishes 4 81 GsesEs, frees, y 'se<~ -
Dslx4-la Ports .Ns~ir, and other, down 10 uiat ~
CalAefa no certain account had yet been received
Of the rumOrod loss of public and private PfvpetH
The town Of C4lA<fa had mostly disappeared, aoo
great as the devastation IN The parish OF INC SAINT
name. Ia that Of .NagGaisns The drsuneuoN wa
complete and great the los Of lives. In Csfhas t'e
trees were uprooted swept of even The iar-iAmeo
enienaran Chesnat visited by travellers, and "h'eh
had on lis vast branches supported many Joso1ss
party around the ban9neting table ihe to"hs VI
Tabea Rsbeiys Brars, and SerTe G-fsna, nave - DC
plore immense havoc from thence 10 taH1Ta DC "a"
5as AZ increased in extent and lo>sthe other parishes
around and down TO Esaeaai, have not suffered less
In a word, from all directions, and al every houti
muliitudes Of terrified country people, WIN u s
wives and children, were tdS&ing into the cry LOT
.eeor and protection. The surface Of The ISLAND Is
haril, recognizable the bridges have disappeared J
the roads are ruined orchards vineyards, desassa
ted country dwellings laid low houses 5" ePi away
Others in ruins, and many damaged. Ii reeAoneo
that more than two hundred are IN this condiiion-
Such IS the description We take from the i-i-bon
R,rsa Uairersai Of this awful catastrophe con
hrned by private letters And yet this IS not ALL
On the both two days afterwards, furious sorm as
sailed the shipping in the roads OF which, a. yei We
have no particular account The Rsrista says "lhe
~llpH WIN WHICH INC ga ou TUG ~"ts S"N>~'oi
ed TO &c with the disasters shore, after the de-
scription of these would insuferably increase The
anguish OF the narrator and his readers"
The above distressing account of the great Hood 10
Madeira, leaving many Of its inhabitants helpless
and miserable, is calculated TO sympathy
and appeals strongly to humanity and beneroence
The appeal some le years ago by the then starv-
ing islanders Of the Cape de Nerds noby and
humanely responded in the United States. We
were foremost the spo, with abundance Of stores
of every description and had the satisfaction 10 feed
the famished and clothe he naked who most CRATE
fully acknow ledge kindness The present occa-
SION il is obvious, Is less distressing less
urgent
committee of highly respectable and charitable
citizens has informed, been organized m the
city Of Lisbon, which is charged to receive and dis
tribute the most needy Of the victims of this dis
the amount Of subscriptions which raising IN
Europe towards their relief.
For the information of such citizens Of the United
States as may be disposed to contribute towards
leving the distress Of people with whom
state have just learned, that the different Con-
suates OF Portugal In this country authorized 10
receive contributions, and to account therefor with
the Of the contributors 10 their superior IN
this country to be sent TO the above mentioned gene
raj committee to whom provisions clothing, any
other donations can be forwarded direct a the OPP
ton of the charitable donor, 10 the civil Governor
Of the island for distribution.