The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-04
ALEXANDRIA. VA.
Tho Great Storm-Gsls Of wind-Boy Drown.
sdi1 Hunting Creek Buildings Damaged


sdin Hunt,ng Creek Buildings Damaged
High Tide, &C.
The storm of last week was of short dur,
ton, but has seldom been exceeded in vi,
lence. We have already noticed its cou
meneement and portion of it's effects.
Increased in violence towards its close, an
finally lulled on Saturday ;ght.
On Saturday afternoon. about 3 O'clock
and during the height of the storm, sa,
accident occurred on Hunting Creek. A sol
OF Mr.. Thomas Cloves, of this city, will
two negro boys. one Horace" belonging t,
q. G.. Bradley, and the other 'Sam," belong
ing to Lorenzo Lewis, of Fairfax, and nov
employed by Mr.. Henderson-started tt
cross Hunting Creek Bridge in spring wa
gon, drawn by single horse The flood a,
the time covered the bridge, but It was be-
heved it could DO easily forded. They had,
however, proceeded but ashort distance upon
the causeway when the violence of the storm
caused the horse to leave the causeway and
carry the wagon and its load into the Creek.
Mr.. Gloves swan to the shore, the man
Horace, also, escaped-but "Sam" was
drowned. The horse and some live hogs
which formed portion of the wagon load,
were also drowned, and the wagon carried
OF considerable distance 1t was secured
and brought to shore yesterday the
body of the negro has not yet been recovered.
The Potomac River rose on Saturday
evening to height nine inches above the
freshet of last Spring, and about as high as
has been ever known to the Oldest inhabitant
The entire river front Of the town was sub
merged. Union street was navigable for
boats for considerable distance-large
boats assembled King street nearly to KelPs
lin Store, and when the tide retired it left
large barge high and dry on the sidewalk in
front of K. r. Snyder's. The foots of all
the streets running towards the river, were
inundated, and the water invaded them to a
considerable distance.
The flood entered nearly all the stores
whose floors are net unusually high. hut
worked little or no damage The tide had
on the previous evening given evidence of
coming food and enabled dealers to place
their goods beyond it's reach. Messrs. Vio-
lett and Fowle lose some salt. There is. too.
very small amount of goods on private &C.
count now in the stores-the stores and ware
houses occupied by the United States are
generally above the reach of a freshet.
Some of the warehouses were lifted by the {
tide and otherwise injured.
The low grounds near the city were all in |
undated, and considerable timber hoated off d
The causeway between the "ainland and !;
Island, near the Long Bridge .
was also overhowed, jackson City alone re-
naming above the water. In this neighbor. +
mood, hack belonging to Mr.. Chatham be- d
;ame stalled, the carriage pole broke, and
he driver was forced to unlose the traces of a
lis horses, and leave the carriage behind. ii
t WILL however, be recovered n
The gale Was quite damaging. Portions n
It the roots OF the stores of J. n Harper, a.
dcVeigh & Co.. and Cazenove & Co.. were Il
lown off, and these roofs will require con. o.
iderable repairs. The Friendship Steeple @,
vas slightly damaged-a fence belonging to
,apt 5. Il. Devaughn. On Pitt street. blown a,
own, and other damage done in various Dor
ions OF the city.
A Washington dispatch published in the q q
Philadelphia Journal adm. says: "a con- N
piracy on the part Of certain officers aad "
peculators in Philadelphia and New York, ''
gainst Governors Curtin and Morgan. has
cen partially revealed here within the last W
wv days. The idea is to force those gentle. NJ
len into compliance with request for the ak
rection of fortifcations in Philadelphia and W
ew York cities" We do not know what Is a.
lie meaning of this. G.,
General Mcclellan remarks, in reply to a GO
committee 1.-THE war cannot be su
ng, though it may be desperate" Other
lthorities think it will be :" long protract.
~ Mr.. Robert 7 Walkar thinks II ,r;u To