Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-01-18

purchases Of furniture in New York FIR
his Virginia home. He will have
warm nest to retire to-
WASHINGTON City is fast filing IN
in view ofthe approaching Inauguration.
The office beggars arc determined to
be on the ground early.
THE DEMOCRATS OF Philadelphia are
to have a great Notification on the ap.
preaching Sth Of January.
A Bill has been introduced into the
House Of Reprcscntiv,s to reduce the
rates Of postage to five and ten cents.
AWFULLY GRAND.
\ work entitled Bannistcr's Sur
vcy of the Holy Land" has Just been
published in London. We extract
from it the following description of tic
WuIRLwIND OF PALEsTINE.
''Thc whirlwind sometimes assumes
The shape and position of a watcrspout,
the vacuum being filled with earth.sand,
SC. in,teal of water. Mr.. Bruce, in
his Journey through the desert ofSe-
naar, had the singular felicity TO con-
template this wonderful phcnomcnon,in
all its terrific majesty, without injury,
although with considerable danger and
alarm. In that vast cxpansc OF desert,
from west to northwest Of him, he saw
a number of prodigious pillars OF sand
at different distances, moving az time,
with great CELEBRITY, at others stalking
on with majestic slowncss: at intervals
he thought they were comins,in very
few minutes, to oycrshelm h.m and his
companions. Again they would re-
trt at, 80 rs TO be almost out Of sight,
their tops reaching TO tho very clouds.
There the tops often separated from
the bodies; and these, once dis ,oincd in
the a;r,and appeared no more. Some.
times they were broken near the mid.
die, MS il struck with large cannot
shot About noon, they began to adj
vance with considerable ssiitncss upon
them, the wind being very strong at
north. Eleven of these awE.l visitors
ranged alongside Of them at about the
distance of three miles. The greatest
diamter of the largest appeared 10 him,
at that distance as iiit would measure
ten feet. They retired from them with
a wind at southwest. leaving animprcs-
sion on the mind ofou intrepid travel
Ter TO which he could give no name;
though he candidly admits that ono in
-gredicnt in it was fear with a consid-
cradle deal OF wonder and astoni,h-
mcnt. lie declares it was in vain 10
think Of flying; the swiltcst horse or
fns est sailing ship could be of no use
to carry them out of this DANCE: and
the fall persuasion of this rivctcd him
to the spot where lie stood. Next day
they were g:atifed by similar dis
play of moving pillars, in form and dis
position like those already described
only they seemed 10 be more in num-
Der and les in size. They came. sew
eral times, in direction close upon
them, that is, according to Mr.. Bruce )
computation. within l. IS than two
miles. They became, Immediately al
ter sunrise, like thick wood, and al
most darkencd the sun; his rays SHIN
ing through them for near an hour,gaTc
thcmthe appearance of pillars OF hrc'
At another time they were terrified by
an army Of these sand pillars, whose
march was constantly south; and though
they were little nearer than two miles,
a considerable quantity Of sand fell a
round them. On the 2lst November
about eight in the morning, he had
view of the desert to the westward IS
before. and saw the sands had already
began to rise in immense twisted plI,
lars. which darkcned the heavens ana
moved over the desert with moro mag
nificence than ever. The Sun, shining
through the pillars, which were thick
or. and contained more sand, apparent
W, than any ofthe preceding ones
seemed to give those nearest them an
appearance as il spotted with stars o.
gold. A little above twelve the vino
ut the north ceased. and considerbe
quantity Of fine sand rained upon the"
for an hour afterwards"
A CELEBRATION ~ OLDEN Tine
In the orders of the day issued By Gen
Washington, in May, l77S, eomm9h-
ding a general parade. salute, and lfH
de joie. on occasion of France having