New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-03
TFRRrBLR HAIL SToRM.-On,

TFRRiBLR HAIL SToRM.-Onc Ofthe most
v,o nt hail storm ever experience IN this section Of
thacountry, visited Tuckahoe Valley on thursday
evgning last II approached from the west ana swept
across the Valley IN an eastern direction, ABOUT
mi IN width marking IT, path with most fearful anu
serious destruction. We trdYerSed part OF is rOuic
ON Monday and found a scene OF deSolatlon entirely
beyond our powers Of description Hundreds ol
nOile forest trees which had wtnstood Ihe OitSl OF
centuries perhaps, were StTewn, broken ana ShIltr-
ed an Wild confusion upon the earth. Great orchard
trees were uproOted and eveled with the ground .
and the Younger were pealed and broken 10 II
herd OF VOraciouS and half starved animals had rang
cd upOn them, Grain fields. which before the STORM ;
aporoach waved in rch luUrance, and promised
most abundant crops, are more desolate ana barren
than new mOwn Stubble. Clover nelds lOOk As II no
s.jaar had grown upon the barren SOIL neck OIL
woods near Jonathan HamhOn's Is 50 stripped OF
every vestlge of yerure that they remind one Of the
bleak DAYS of December and the helds around are so
parched and deadened and bare as II merry drdught
and burning sun had bghted and blasted vegetation
10 the very earth Hundreds upon hundreds OF pan
neis OF fence were blown down.
Haldaysburgh PA Register May 2sth.
Great HAm-SToRM IN OHIo.-A terrific
hsl storm passed over portion Of Clark Co ONO,
last saturday week. At South Charleston IN that
co1nty the hailsones fell as the account says, o.
III. size OF common mineral door knobs some sphe-
rr5dal others had the appearance OF or0ken jagged
ICE The ground was soon covered. he lainDs an
poultry were killed wherever exposed. The cattle
Verely lacerated 10 present on the following DAY
the hest evidence OF the severity Of the storm Inc
stage reached the hotel Just N time 10 save the pd
sengers though the horses did not escape 80 well
Assistance was al hand the moment It stopped 70 get
them free from the stage, when they dashed on al
furiOus mace, clearing fences, and Wild win terror.
some ofthe stones weighed ~ ounces, and were TOO
large 10 90 INTO a common tumbler. Glass and SASH
were smashed wherever unprotected BY shutters. vi
course trees shrubbery and gram suffered severely
THy LATEST CASE or ABSENCE OF MIND
Mr. Edmund Quincy, n his last Boston letter 70 the
New.York An,i-Slaoery Standard, records as a
remarkable case of absence..of mind IN a south
ern gentleman. as we have met Win laIeiy-
He saws southern trader went 10 ms OOrfesPOh-
dent here. a sound Webster Wing and squared ms
account Upon beng asked whether ne had hoI \
fresh order 10 give, he replied no nave ISso.' =.
10 buy no more goods m Boston, untl sue eiO"s
more proper egard for Southern rights y 30 ne
manfully went MS way to some more patnOlc Guy
But shortly he came back, and, after mouslns @Oou1
for some time, finally bought ms goOus ~ 4S4s
amount, of house, the head OF when Is wen AlO"u
as an out and out GarrlSOnlan ADOhiOnsI' an acusv
member Of the American Anu->ltVery SoclTy 30
let the South look on. for nfected articles hyuISu-
les may make water run up NIL 3uI me mora y! -
tr0Statlc power has not yet been d-scoFeIeG VIZ \
can turn the cause ftrade out Of It's natural enamel
Patriotism may be avery powerful motive ouI u a-S
not strength enoughjto keep merchant nom GUY
ing his goods where NJ can get them oesi anu chedP
est
IHE New APPOINrMENr- nose oili{ VIM
remember the tedious and angry contests WhlcA nave
heretofore tasn Mace Ii Congress under every ne"
census, IN the apporuonment ofrepresenialloa anon.
the State-each member striving ior LAIo ma
would throw upon his state the smaAess naC'ou
can appreciate the wisdom which suggested ne pre-
ent moGe Of settling that hitherto difficult and ye1a-
tOus question a mode 30 simple, 50 eqllliOle' ~
eaSv ~ ,S,~s,nent The number OF inhabitants IN
each STATE being ascerained- and the NUMBER OF
which the House Of Representative shaA pc coln-
7 4 ! fasnk "
Inent of tho Tati Is mere question Of sIInPle arin-
metic. which school-0oy might solve, The system
works with the ease aud harmony OF Ia" u aei e.
For this invaluable reform the country l. indebted 70
that wise and veteran legislator SAMUEL r tISIoS,
OF Ohio. whose withdrawal rom Congress ceiho. De
/ G,S Init, 80 National InIelllgencer
u Mr.. VIM. B. Tilton OF Alabama, has
/ succeeded 4, eFecting a remarkable improvement
the tone Of ons HIS nysni iss9, mas sy 0g @9s seo
nired 10 the most scrutiIlLne tess Hi ISL
rea N NeuOrleans, ali has met With ne warm
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