Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

DEATH OF Hon. WILLIAM G.. Preston, OF
SOUTH CARoL1NA.-fhe, telegraph informs us
of the death of the Hon. VIM C. Preston, OF
South Carolina, at Columbia, in that State, on
the 22d inst Mr. Preston was born December
q, 1894, in Philadelphia, while his father was
attending Congress at that place, as member
from Virginia, His maternal grandmother was
sister of Patrick Henry. He was educated at
the University of South Carolina. In 1912 he
graduated and returned to Virginia, where he
: studied law in the office of William Writ, in
Richmond. In 1916 he went to Europe. and
after visiting France, England and Switzerland
resided for some time insEdinburg where he
attended the lectures of Hope, Playfair and
Brown. I'm 1919 he returned to the United
States, and being admitted to the bar in 1921
he commenced the practice of law in Virginia
Fin 1922 he removed to Columbia, whcfe he
practlsed his profession with great distinction
and success. In 1882 he was kected to Sht
Senate of the United States, where ne assurncl
high position as debater. In 1912 he e.
signed his place in the Senate and returned te
the practice of his profession in South Carolina
In 1916 he became President of the University
of South Carolina, which position he filed unit
he was forced to resign by illhealth, since which
time till his death he has lived in retirement.
RULE FOR PREDICTING THE WEATHER.
About year ago we mentioned; without attach
ing much credit to it, an empirical rule by which
the weather might be predicted with tolerable
certainty during the last twenty -four or twenty
five days Of month, from that which prevail
ed during the former ones. This rule is now
however, again brought forward with such ad-
dltional arguments in its favor, as to induce us
to return to the subject. 1t appears that it was
the late Marshal Bugeaud who discovered it in
an old Spanish manuscript; he was struck with
number of observations from which it had been
deduced, extending over more than fifty years
and resolved to verify it himself The result OF
his observations was so satisfactory, that he
soon got into the habit in Algeria of consulting
the rule on all occasions, when some important
military or agricultural operation was in con-
temptation. The rule is as follows: s'Eleven
times out of twelve, the weather WILL during
the whole lunation, be the same as that which
occurred on the fifth day of that moon, if on the
sixth the weather was the same as on the fifth
And, nine times out of twelve the weather OF
the fourth day will last throughout the moon,
if the sixth turns out to be like the fourth
The Marshal used to add six hours to the sixth
day before pronouncng on the weather, in order
to make up for the daily retardatien of the moon
between two passages across the meridian. 1t
is clear that this rule may not be always appli-
cable, there being nothing to prevent the sixth
day from being quite different from the fourth
and fifth. NJ dc Conluck, of Havre has just
published his observations continued for ten
mouths, and which completely confirm the rule.
Galiynanis Messenger.
THE SPEED OF A misunderstanding of the
fearful tornado which swept through the valley
of the Ohio last Monday week, the Cincinnati
Enquirer says:
'''The velocity with which this tornado travel
ted may be estimated from the fact that it was
only about two hours in going from Louisville
to Portsmouth, distance by an air line of 100
miles When it is borne in mind that this tor
nado pursued the snuosities of the river, it will
be seen that its speed must have been immense
ly beyond that of the fastest locomotive ever
run. This tornado, in common with all which
have been observed, possessed rotary motion
upon its own axis"