Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-08-31

able amount 81 ddmaFo done 70 plopely p tte
city BY The ticgm none Of hqh iah holtol sAVsss
600,
We Ga ihlolmel that o. ehippnslF and PoIi..
land tho J|odn was Selyllght and 20 uamqBe Of
consequence wa5 apslei9a. l.. -.
Thee va fumoI ia The Oily last night that
chuioh IN New AltanY RaD struck by lightning,
and lAffennmbeT olpellons aillefj but we could
lracs Inc renorl 10 no reliable sotlce,
we understand that the SlOim vas very severe
IN Jacksonville, and that three OF four houses
were blown down,
From The lOplayto COurier,
iNcipEEro,
II "a not in the power oi hen OF language 70 de-
scfi5s The yafed acsnea incldtnls Of Yesterday
Mothers ia frantic okony seeking their children,
wives iheil husbands, children Their parents, as
thsy wondered through Tie assembled crowd, iill-
ing the ole with cries 81 mourning, causing OIL TO
d0p synlpelbeilc teeL spd desire to invoke the
zane yasl Power to laise the faien Structure, aud
restore the DEAF 0ne5 sought. Buialasl each pier.
cling shIek reveals the fact lllai ZONE new dead
form hoa buen brought 10 light Here comes a.
father boTne 0Qng BY irielks y hO have taken him
from his bed Of deathl next tile mother, then the
daughter and Two tOHs-gall oFushed--m uttoted--
deudl Truly thiS b house Of mourning,
Next c0me1 haxsn,haiTed girl scarce four
yents Of age, borne Ia the arms Of sturdy man,
suesming with psspn tom begrnimsl With dit
who bad discovered her u1dsT % huge pils VI llm-
hels Wliell lhlins ncloss o beam, ploieOlei htI
lille form from death, As oheiWaS brought lonh
before the people She looked about with face full
Of wondefi which was heightensd bYlhe shouts oil
gratitude thal.went up from the assembled null
itnds IN praise 10 her noble dellVetet, and thanks
giving that one lalhlI and mother heart was not
made desolale by The unlimvy death Of their little
one.
We noticed young wife huiEying with dislIoCl.
ed steps Though the crowd Ienling the llg with
her ugOnlEins shTieks, seeking her husband, WHO
sle thought was buIiei IN the ruins. The husband
was also seeking tbs wTe. HeaIing her cries, he
made his way To her side, and with 6hnll cfy OF
10y she rushed into hlS arms eAolaimins, ''lhonk
God yOdats safer All responded hsaTty amen,
in thanksgiving 10 God that Tie TesloIel them 10
each Others urms Pages would not serve 10 give
all The incidents Of This melancholy scene, with
so few enlivenng features 10 relieve its teTrOFB,
and we can only supplicale that Almighty Power
which directs all Ills v'SilaliOng In uNeInug wis
dom, t. support aud comfort the tsIeaved IN Their
great ahicllOn.
Mt, Bowling, prominent and active member
Of church, WHO was in attendance wllh his two
daughters, escaped with bTOkenltg. lisdOugb-
tiers slightly Injured.
Dc. Robinson, who was In his buggy riding Into
the city, ati lower snd Of Market slIeet, al tile
time Olthe storm, narrowly escaped death llJm a
falling tree, The Tree, as u Tell across tile road
with tremendous crash, Just gEuzsd the cutlpin
at the back Of his buggy. Hts horse was go fright.
ened that Il stopped est phTallsej, end made TO
effort to avoid tie danger,
] We heard that a sInSll child In the lower part
| OF the city, was caught Tile slotn, and blown
away. but whether Il was subsequently found or
moi, we did not ivaIg,
| + Willie the wOIshippeB al The Cathedral, on
Fifth street were at thetr deVOi0ns, the edge OF
Tie storm swept 10y tile front door and main uiile,
and the people were blown about, aud actually
forced from iheif festiulhe utmost confusion
| 1.-The building Of the Walnut street BAPTIST
Church vas decldsdly shaken, and some fifteen
minutes afterwards SO eTal palss Of glass Ia one
Of the north window cracked, evidently couSed
by the settling ofths Wulls,