The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-19
THE REPUBLIC.
Local Matters.


THE STORM ON SUNDAY destructive Inthe
First Ward, short distance west Of ST. Johns
church, the tin roof of Mr.. Thomas Ritchie's dwell
ing was lifted off by the wind and carried to the
opposite side Of the street, and other damage
suited TO his premises. A part Of the parapet on
the house Of Mr.. w. w. Corcoran was blown in the
same direction. A portion OF the walls Of new
church NJ, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets, was thrown down One OF the gothic PIN
sacles of the new Trinity church was disengaged
from the socket, to which il was fastened by
iron bolt, and, falling to the roof, went through it,
striking below the gallery landing, breaking the
floor, and cracking the ceiling underneath. Several
other pinnacles were broken These, it is known,
are small pillars, tapering upwards, and embel-
lished with cluster of foliage al the angles OF the
pyramidal point The entire rafters and tin cover
ing of two new unfinished houses Seventh street,
between Nj and N, (the property, seVeraly, OF j.
H. Goddard, r., and William Smmonds,) were
removed and hurled distance of over hundred
feet together with one of the front chimneys! The
partition and rear walls were broken. little
further to the north, on the came street, the tin
roof of the house owned by Mr.. Reuben Brown,
and occupied by Mr.. McChesney as grocery
store was torn off. The first story OF an addition
10 house near Seventh street and the city boun-
Diary, the joint property of several gentlemen OF
this city, RACED
In addition TO the above, learn that a barn
near Bladensburg blown over by the wind;
fruit detached from branches in theorchards in the
country around US; fences broken, and trees in the
| city destroyed.
| The storm was not of more than half an hours
duration in Washington, bat ges4lennan who re-
sides four or FIVE miles distant informs us that
heavy rain continued to fall in his neighborhood
| IL h. dor
| and lightning, (with the variation of hail,) and
| that, a. a consequence, the fields were drenched
| and the valleys turned into lakes
| A CoapNER's INaUEsr yesterday held in the
| Jail over the body of Gumbo, colored boy,
aged about sixteen years; and the verdict of the
| jury was "natural decay"
| On the sixteenth ofJuy the grand jury, in their
report to the criminal court the condition OF the
| Jail, remarked that their "sensibiities were much
affected by the condition OF this inmate, who was
deaf, dumb and idiotic, and WAS left by some I'M
feeling wretch in one of the streets of this city two
years since, when he conveyed to Jail until some
tidngs could be obtained to where he came from,
| but which had not at that time been ascertained.
For six months he had been gradually wasting
| away, and during that period was unable to retain
| any solid food, and was wholly sustained by liquid
stimulants. Every taken of him at the
marshal's expense The belief Expressed by the
grand jury month ago. that he could not much
| longer survive, has been realized-he i5 dead.
! STEAMER GroRGE WAsHINGToN.-" Mercury"
of this city, in a letter dated New York. August
10TH thus writes to the Baltimore Sun: "Nothng
has pleased me so much as q survey of the-yes,
| our beautiful steamer George Washington,
| finishing under the personal superintendent of
! Captain Job Corson, for the Washington, Alexan-
dria, and Mount Vernon route. The Washington
is all that can be desired by the excellent commu
mites of Washington, Alexandria, Georgetown,
and our neighbors of their extensive black coun-
tries Her extreme length is one hundred and
forty five feet depth and half feet, breadth
of beam twenty-seven feet. She ia built by Thomas
Collyer. Her engine and boiler were constructed
by Messrs Cunningham, Belknap s. Co., of the
Phoenix Foundry, and her finiah is superior to that
of any steamer on our waters.
"The Washington will leave here about the 25th
instant, for Alexandria and the metropolis"
ACCIDENT an omnibus was returning on
Sunday afternoon from the camp-meeting in
Prince Georges county, one the horses stumbled
and Tell the others being frightened off, drag
cling with them the one that was on the ground.
The latter and the omnibus were much injured !;
and several of the passengers who attempted to
jump out considerably frightened and hurt.
| THE UNITED STATES STEAMER WATER WTTcH,
| Lieutenant Commanding VIM ID. Porter, United
States Navy, which left the Navy Yard in this city
on Saturday morning, arrived in Baltimore on the
next day, having made the run in twenty three
| hours.
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