Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-01
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.

NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS.
New YORK, June "a, 1858.
The storm king has a second time spent his fury
on the city and its %environs. On last Monday at-
ternoon q terrific tornado, coming from o westerly
direction, suddenly burst upon and deluged us
with water. The atmosphere appeared to be one
continuous sheet Of falling water, so thick that
the eye could not penetrate beyond o few yards
houses across the street being invisible. The gale
was gotten up on a correspondingly fearful scale:
window shutters danced and whistled through the
streets in mad frolic, roofing and ~chimueys sailed
off and carried destruction where they listed;
houses, finished and unfinished, toppled and fell
burying their inmates beneath the ruins. As for
unfortunate 'crinolines," alas! alas! Lightning
struck in numerous places, doingno great damage,
but go heavy was the wind and rain that the thun'
der was scarcely heard at all. Large vessels
parted cables at the piers, and were driven out
into the stream, where their anchors alone brought
them off in safety. The storm lasted scarcely
more than twenty minutes, but in that short space
of time lives were lost and itnperiled, and no lit
tie damage done to property. A large building
of the Flint Glass Company on Long Island was
demolished, killing two and wounding seven per-
sons who were working there. A poor woman
WAS leading q child ont Of the storm, when she
was struck down dead, leaving the child unipjured.
A church up town is said to be almost totally des-
troved: while trees have been blown to the ground
without number. Smaller injuries and losses, Of
course, have been received in numerous instances.
But, like every evil Or misfortune, it too is tenn
pered by some good results the streets are swept
of an immense amount Of mud and filth, which is
a great blessing at this season Of the year ; and
the canker worms, which make the public parks
and promenades intolorable by their presence,
have been drowned and carried off by the food.
South Carolinians have been taken into public
notice quite freely Of late. Capt. CURR1E Tor
CoRR1E) was arrested as a SLAYER by the O. 8.
Marshal; but there was no proof against him,
and the cute public officer was "sold" without
adding much to the lustre of his name. Scarcely
had this blown over, when another Carolinian, a
Capt. MORTON, was accused Of an attempt to alb
duct q colored boy into slavery in the South. He
had brought the boy, at request Of his parents to
this country for the purpose of educating him,
which he thought best to accomplish by putting
him to service in n white family. Having deter
mined to move South, he told the boy that he
wished to take him along, which frightened the
ocullud %pusson," who had been informed Of a
thing or two down South so the boy was sent to
a station house for safe keeping, and the Captain
had to explain his innocence as best be could to
the "gent'man oh color" and his s~olicitous and
prejudiced friends. Like the other affair with
CoaR1E, it is all o humbugging farce which will
result in nothing.
To-day there will be an event in the history OF
Yacht Racing in this country. Hitherto this spe-
cies ofamusement was limited to races Of a very
few miles in distance; dull occurrences, hardly
proving either the skill Of the crews or the speed
of the yachts engaged. But now there is to be q
race entirely round Long Island, q distance Of q
few hundred miles, which will both try the skill
and speed of vessels and be in accordance with
American daring. The vessels, eight in number,
ore small, light schooners, privileged to carry as
much sail as they please. In former races, amount
of sail was counted and allowed for, 80 that IL
happened that the "victory was not to the swift"
This is now changed, and the only rule Of the race
is to get back to the starting point by sails, the
first reaching it being the victor. This is noble
sport, and how much superior it is to the cruel
amusement of horse racing!
Apropos to this subject, is the last passage Of
the Atlantic by the steamship Vanderbilt, the
quickest on record. The Baltic won and has
worn the laurels of the quickest trips for seven
years but the before-named vessels has beaten
all competitors, having accomplished the passage
in nine days and thirteen hours! The Vanderbilt
beat the Baltic's shortest passage about four
hours, and that of the Cunard steamship Arabia
about ten hours. This is q noble triumph of
American genius, and it deserves o noble reward.
We should surpass the British in all things; to
tnlS emu our maTlpe nhS Ldhou huu hept tuS
Contrary to all expectation, CAsoEMI, the ltal-
ian burglar, was found guilty Of numbering Po-
liceman ANDERSON. The foreman made long and
successful stand for conviction, and finally brought
over the refractory Jurors to his opinion. But, as
has been mentioned before, he may be no nearer
hanging now than before hs trial; for, as usual
in such cases here, the Governor may turn him
loose on the city.
The press ofthis city have been generously offer
ed the use of the telegraph line from here to New
Foundland for transmission of dispatches on the
arrival of the Atlantic Telegraph at Trinity Bay.
The completion of the projects looked for in ten
days from this time. SETH.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
"TRIP OUT WEST.
Mr.. Editor AS my last embraced so much re-
latiug to the episcopacy, you will not object, per-
haps, if I make q remark or TWO about Methodist
doctrine as to that office.
R;ebon ia n Rihle term. very Justly rendered