Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-10
Ali the Indications Favorable for the
FulfllIment Of Wiggins's Prophecy
Sudden Change in the
Weather Along the Atlantic COast-Fall-
ing Barometer at New York,
Boston and Halifax.
4 Genuine Feeling Of Fear Prevailing
at Halifax-An Interview With
the Prophet.
Severe Gales 10 England-Hahy Dis
asters Reported-Storms In the
Northwest.

that dips into the future" esid Virgins 10 q
! f-:~--I -. piS &c., az the pe1aalk will
De ob1.ryed when it is known that the
weather prophet has been SO soTery troubled
in mind SO TO be unable 10 sleep for the past
few nights, aud 10 add 10 his discontinue
threatening letlers are said to have poured
in fro m eli sides. He is heartily sick of the
b usiness, and longs for Tuesday next, 30 that
his mind may be relieved. II is stated that
large crowd OF excited women waited on
the professor this morning and asked where
they could fud place of safety during the
progress OF the storm. He quoted them by
saying OHaws would only experience the
tail of the storm. The weather to-day is
mild, and lower pressure prevails.
AN INTERVIEW WITH wIGaINs.
Ia an interview today, Virgins said there
seemed to be general misundersts nding as
to the time the great storm would begu
"This," he added, sis no fault of mine, for
in my almanac this year 1 say, under March,
that II will be first felt 10 the Northern Pa.
cifc on the 10Th, and will strike this conli-
tiuent from the Southwest on and after Sat-
urdsy, the 10Th. 1t will cross the continent
from east 10 west, south of parallel 45o, to-
morrow afternoon, and being DETECTED by
the Rocky mountains, will pass dowa the
great Canadian lakes toward the east Sun
day morning. great tidal wave must
already have occurred on the Bay of Bengal
and a tremendous storm must now be raging
over India. Ii the theory of opposite tideB
be true, though l have always disputed it,
then the tidal wave must occur on the Gulf
of Mexico to-day. / am glad 10 know
the Gloucester fishermen were wise
enough to keep on shore, as they must
sill have persisted had they been on
the banks of Newfoundland yesterday
morning. 1 suppose there is not e,orm
signal displayed on all the North American
coasts at this moment, though there will be
upon US 10 few hours one OF the greatest
storms that have occurred within the memo.
~ of auy one now living. During the Last
Elk months / have done eve yihipg 10 my
power 10 prevent loss at sea by keeping
shipping in cafe barbors from the 9Th to the
1lth of March. Whether l will get credit
or not, felt that had at all events done
my duty to myself and tho public. The
weather to-day must be mild over the wess-
ern hemisphere, for the pressure is ali upon
the opposite eide of the earth, but it will be
transferred to US tomorrow. Remember,
the storm is not 10 begin until the l1th in
this meridian, and it will be some hours be-
fore its full force will be experienced, and
it will probably last several days. This
is what / said in my letter OF the 1st, pub
lished on the subject, and l adhere to it in
every particular. No respectable astronomer
has risked his reputation by saying the
storm will not come, and scientific men gem
orally throughout the world, il we except
meteorologis's, who are interested parties,
have either indoreed the storm or remained
client. / see that the Meteorological. Bureau
at Toronto indicates mild weather in the
maritime province tomorrow. Weshall zee.
Vessels Putting 20 Sea from New York.
NEW YORK, March GIVE steamers and
bark put to sea to-day, no withst anding
Virgins. Charleston reports the steamer
Equator, for Philadelphia, detained in port
by bad weather. There are 40 ia}eatioHs
OF storm elsewhere.
A GENUINE FEELING OF FEAR PREVAILING.
There is a genuine feeling of fear Of
Wiggins's stoIm among great any people
outside the city. Not a single fisherman
will leave for the fishing grounds. To-mor-
row each will beach his craft until the
dreaded period is past. Tnis dread of the
storm has been increased by the loss OF
friends and property. in Tuesday nights
storm. One vessel went down with all hands,
md another was wrecked, but without loss
of life. When the fercest blast of the storm
came on all the vessels hove to but the
Agnes and another. The latter was wrecked
at midnight, but all hands were
saved. The Agnes has not aimee
been heard from. Among the men on board
were James Thomas, captain; his 500 E l.
ward and cousin, Charles Thomas, and
Patrick Brown. The names of the other two
were not ascertsined. The other vessels rode
the storm safely, but spent a wild and dan
oaroua NIGHT The ygaafhar ln-dav ia mildar
than yesterday. The local prophet says
heavy storm is near at hand, but only OF vio-
leuce usual at this season.
THE BAROMETER FALLING.
2 O'Clock A MI is very cloudy. Boston
reports similar condition. The barometer
is falling.
1t appears that Of all the sailing vessels
cleared yesterday and to-day, whose SCENTS
we're visited and which had departed accord
ing to the belief of the latter, not one was
sgnaled as having passed Sandy Hook bar.