The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-04-10
The Georgia Cyclones.
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Aagnaia. Ga. March 2i.--'rhs 70.
cent cyclone which passed over lhi'
region va. The most awlai ever heard
Of ~ TIE United States ! have been
aIoag o portion Of is 'rses, aad. hay
ing iBsl reiuracd, will endeaSor "a
give the readers Of sour paper at &C
count Of II.
WHERE IT ENTERED the STATE.
Il crossed the Cbattahoochee river
from Lee county. Ala. and entered
Harris county, Ca. From thence II
passed through the counties Of Talbot,
/ Upson, Monroe, Jones. Baldwin Han
cock, Warren, McDcffie aud Colum,
blu. 1t CLOSED the Savannah river
! fifteen miles above Augusta, entered
Edgoield county, South Carolina.
passed through I,arnwell, Lexington,
Richland, Sumter, Marion aud Horny
counties Of thai state, and finally ran
into the Atlantic ocean of the coast
North Carolina.
THE SECOND CYCLONE.
A second cyclone, precisely at the
same time, seemed TO have formed
th side Of .MlIedgeyile, crossed the
Ogeechee river fifteen miles below the
village of Mayfeld, iu Hancock coun'
ty, and passing through Glascock and
the lower edge of Richmond, crossed
the Savannah twelve miles below
Auguste, into Beech Island, South
Island, South Carolina, and from
thercc ran due east into the Atlantic.
THE NORTHERN CYCLONE.
AS was along the northern one Of
these cyclones, | will more particu-
larly describe that. The two wtre
exactly alike in size, shape, color and
devastation. They were both tho
most terrible visitations ever sent by
Providence upon The states of Georgia
and South Carolina.
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
The cloud was, in color, inky black.
hall mile high, was cylindrical il
shape. and Travelled very much like
revolving barrel coming end foremost
1t was Illuminated with phosphores-
cent light, and momcniarily would
glitter as if one million matches had
been ignited in it.
1t was accompanied by continuous
roaring scund, as of five hundred can.
non in the decisive moments of q
pitched battle. Tie braveSt man
ever borx could neither have felt,
seen nor heard it with calmncss.
srhere was iorce and pover, a sub
Unity and grandeur about it unnatu
raj, awful, wholly its own. But a
thousand incidents are related show
ing that the hand Of Providence was
in lt-that it was governed by laws
as regular and immutable as is the
oum.
ITS COURSE AND Velocity.
1t Travelled from west to little
north of due east, going as straight as
a cane or cannon ball would dy. 1t
passed over the entire state of Geor-
gia in exactly the three hours, trave'
ling at the rate of fifyihree miles
per hour.
You haze already seen and repub-
lished from the Georgia papers in
detail the thrilling incidents and ter
rible results which marked the course
OF the cyclone, and this letter is sins
ply 10 give you the general results.
RRLIRF ron THE suFFERERs.
Six thousand dollars have been sub
scribed in Augusta. $4,000 in CoIum-
ous, and many thousands at other
points for the wounded and suffering.
A great many packages Of money,
provisions aud clothing we're forwar-
ded Yesterday and to>day from this
city. Never was charity more fly