Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-01

REMARKABLE WEATHER.-The Summer Just past, has
been quite remarkable one and is destined to form
an epoch in after times, in the memory of the Coolest
inhabitants" 1t has been remarkable for intense heat
terrible floods, and destructive thunder and hail storms
Truly the patience OF the husbandman, some Sec
tons OF this State has been sorely tried accidents
by flood and field" nave been his portion throughout
the whole season. The wet and cool ather during
the Spring, materially retarded his operations When
Summer set in many of his fields suffered from drough
when the rain descended it fell in floods so irresistible
as to sweep from the face of the earth nearly all veg
citation; and recently as if to overflow the cup of his
disasters whole districts of country have been desoated
by the remarkable fall ofhail which has ever
descended at least, in the memory of the oldest in
habtants Whereabouts
During the past summer, the sufferings of the
| inhabitants of this city were intense. The heat
at times truly overpowerng, causing even our
principal business streets at midday to wear the ap
pearance OF deserted city. Notwithstanding the in
ensty OF the heat however, the destruction OF human
| life was remarkably limited. With the exception of
the death from sunsoke of two three laborers en-
gagged upon the Streets heheah Of the people CONT
nued remarkably good. This was no doubt owing to
the frequency Of thunder storms, and the consequent
| amount of electrical discharges that took place
But we are now in the midst of the most remarkable
weather of the whole season. About the middle of
September, the temperature became truly delightful
cool mornings and nights, with warm genial sun at
mid day. This succeeded by weather decidedly
hottie mercury rising above S5 degrees in the Their
mometer at two places in this city the 25th
September. The Goth, 9th aud 26th were warm
days, but on the 29h chilness over the amos
phere, and yesterday mornings tthe 30th fire found
to be quite an agreeable companion. This sudden
Io tho
| in middle Virginia on the 9th ut some account Of
which we published yesterday. Below we give such
additional particulars of this storm have reached us
| In Washington City, on the night Of the 26th, be-
tween eleven and twelve O'clock there was heavy
rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning The cleo
ca flashes ncessant and of the most vivid de-
scrption, with heavy peas of thunder that no artillery
could equal. This lasted perhaps, an hour and the
whole elemental exhibition concluded with copious
and deluging fall of rain.
The VILLAGE OF GLYMoNT, in Charles county, Nd
visited the afternoon of the 26th ut bv a terri
ic hail storm writer in the Baltimore papers thus
describes its effects "The hail was of the largest size
in these parts has done great injury to the
tobacco crops. have heard of several planters who
say that they do not intend to put knife into it, but
would pick up the leaves if there should be any of su
fcen size left to make it an object to do so but upon
examination do not find any piece in the field larger
than mans hand. Pigs were killed. and many birds
are found dead Apples were nearly al beaten off the
trees and glass windows to the North exposure are all
broken. The thunder and lightning was dreadful.
have heard that it extended as ia as Port Tobacco,
WITH if possible, still greater vioe The storm OF
hail was followed by deluge of rain, which did great
injury to the roads and ploughed ground Icontnued
with undated violence about thirty minutes
The Town OF WARRENToN Faunuier county in
this State, visited Thursday evening" the 27th
by violent thunder Storm which did considerable da-
| mage. The Lightning struck the stables of Mrs. Lee
who resides"near the vage) killing three horses and
stunning two or three persons who in the stables
the time 1t ais struck and fired the hayward of Mr.
Payne in the village No hail fell but the clouds poured
out torrents of water.
The Farmvle Republican thus notices des tructiye
hail storm which passed over portions of Prince Edward
and Charlotte counties on Thursday the Goth ult some
notice of which has been already published in the
| Times"
| " DESTRUCTIVE HAIL SToRM.-A most destructive
storm OF hai and ram visited Sortions OF Prince Edward
aud Charlotte, on Thursday last, extending above
| some Is miles, and playing havoc in its course In
many places in this neghborhood we learn the tobacco
has been stripped to the stalk, rendering whole fields OF
1t completely useless. And this, regret learn
the with many ofour largest and enterprisng
| planters Wehave been informed that in some neigh
|
and in addition TO the damage done the tobacco dwell
ling houses suffered terribly in the destruction of win
dow-glass and the inmates themselves little
frightened by the rafting and roaring of the icy missiles
| that fell around them'
FIRST CASE UNDER THE NEW FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAw.-Before the U. S. Commissioner at New
York Friday, James Hamlet, fugitive slave, the
property of Mary Brown, of Baltimore, was deli
yered up and sent back to Maryland He is a
married man, and his wife and children are in
New York, where he has resided for several years.
| SOUTHERN REJoIoINGs A call numerousy signed
has been published in Mobile for meeting on the 9Th
of October, to rejoice the adoption of the peace
measures by Congress. AT Washington, N. c. a large
NEE ting held on the 18th inst at which the ut
most Joy expressed, in speeches and buttons,
at the recent action of Congress. The resolutions
were unanimously adopted.