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IN‘l'ERES'l‘ING STA1‘l€3MEN'lTp_'=
From the Pcizszzsola Florfdiarzf./lugust 25.
On information given to tliefalcadc, that public
"<lo‘tEurnénts ]'or"'re‘cor’tls, required by individuals to
enable‘ :l1em._t.o prosecute their claims, were in the
possession of “a pcrson_ by the ‘name of Sousa, he.
'commttnicated lllc fact; l>Y..P<3'5-llO.Da, 1° ,th°._g?‘§_3l" l
not‘; ‘ On this,:a"co'm‘mission was given in writing
to col. Walton, to the Alca_de, anti to col" Miller,
the clerk of tlhcu ‘county ‘court: 3Ull10,l‘l5l“$' fhem
to wait on Sousa, and request him to exhibit and
deliver to ther_n,?all such public dttcuments as were.
in hisposession, _relating to propcrlyytn the Flor-
icfas, which no individual had“ it l,1glll'7l0 l'¢l‘”"t
and in case of his refusal,= to report the loot to the
governor.-—-VV~hcn these 'gctttlemcn waited on
Sousa, on the morning ollthe 9l$l-“l5l- he f‘xl“b'
ited two open boxes, cotttaining.papet's, which he
said bclongcdto the militat y department and to
me pcvgnue, and which were entrusted Iv htm.by
the‘late'gover:tor for safe keeping. (lo examin-
ing the papers, those sought for here: found» 10-
gether with three other records-of suits bcttvettvll.
ittdividutils, involving the title to property in \Ve'-st
Florida. « A demand was then made of these pa-
pers, but refused by-Sousa, on the __t;round that he
had no coutroul over them ; but he declared that
lit: would immediately communicate the demand,
fsvlticlt was made to-him in tvt-iting,.to_thc late go-
vernor. l I A - ' «
These lacts being reported to Cottcflol‘ -l3Cli50llv
be commissioned col. Btll.lt.'l‘,ttl]tl col. VV alton, ‘sec-
may of VVest Florida, accompanied by lite al-
cade, to,mal;c a (lcDl_Z‘tIl’:l ofthc papers, and In C856
ofa refusal, to require Sottsa to accompany them‘
to the govcrnot’s office. . They accordingly went
‘to hisvltottse, bcttveett ~11 and 12 o'clock, on the
22_d,_whe,t'e_lhey found Sousa, and made the dc-
.ma‘f,(]_._'; ‘when he informed them that ho had sent
lthc-papers to col. Callava’s. He was then brought-
b'_e,~m._.?-..lhé ‘gov-'el'h0r,.@ll(l on being interrogatx.~tl
’acl{nowle'dgetl.t'liat the particular papers required
ihladbecn in his possession ; that they related to
'1'pl’0I.)Cfty in this country ; thatthey were tn cor-t
iiain boxes with other papers, whicnhe had deliv-
cred info tltellkeeplttg of col. Call:tva’s steward 3‘
‘and that they were then in Callav:-t’s house. 'A
written‘ commission was then given to col. Butler
and Dr. Bronaogh, accompanied by the alcadc,
to repair to the house of col. _ Callava, to make a
‘demand of him of these papers, and in case of
refusal, to requir'e col. (Sallavu and the steward to
appear bciorc the governor. _ '. _
Abom five o’clock in the evening, they repatr-
ed to the house of col. Call-ava, and found him‘
surrounded by Spanish officers in_ttnilor‘m,w with
tlt'eir‘§'side-at‘ms, lisving; just t"et'ttt'nccl‘ from a din-
”nc'r_p;tt'ty. ‘Colonel. Butler immediately stated
"ll’iis business, and‘ ntatle a demand of the papers,
‘ whfcli had been taken to his house by Sotisa, in
contempt ofthe ‘authority of‘thc governor. Col.
A Callava said that Sousa was acting only as his ser-
‘“m'nt_§ that he himself was t"eispc._n~.-iblc‘, btitptltat
he claimed the privilege allowed him ‘bl’ lhc laws
of nations ; that helcoukl not he proceeded against
I-as a"prii'a‘te individual, that he held the papers as
late governor, a'n'd.that his powers as commission-
er, were still infotjce, -that if among: the papers
that \iet"e-in his pos'ses,sicn, any that: should be
found that ought to be surrendered under the
‘treaty, if demanded of him, asjcomlmissloncra lfi
' wciting'.,ltefw.oiilili‘eply;" Cpl-, Bullet‘ then stated
. his o_rdcrs,f which were read toColonel Callatfa.
. and then infotjmegd him that ilte*governor was”,a_ct-
.ing in_his_ .cif,'il capacity inthe executioti of v the
-laws, , that formal complaint had been made that
these papers were_ improperly witlthelcl, and that
the govct'nor,_could not recognize _Co_l0t1f:l Calljcwiis
in _;,,,y Ollie '“'pacity than a coznmott utdividual,
while in tl_1_ Mecution of_his duties, tlliLle1'_tl1c
laws. , ‘H-e agin demattded the papers, wlti<,h_
‘v-ere refused; he then requiretl him lolyagfpcar at
the governor's office, which he refused. Colonel
Butler then stated, that he was setting; at defiance
‘the atJll‘lOl‘lly'0fA'tllc governor, in the execution
' of the laws, antl§t_h_at- he ntight expect the conse-
A quences; he still“pe't‘sisted in his refusal ; but when
these gentlemen were about towitlhdraw. he said
mat on‘ :,{li_§t b“éin’_‘q‘givcn to him, the papers should
be deli,ve'i'_ed"lo_Colonel B,‘utler,‘-if found inlthe
boxes ;‘ l:(fllll:S'CUl0lItl Butler, and those who ac_-
companied him, acceded, and w'i5thdrctv.' Shortly
«after, the Alcatle.f_Jm,lg§', Bt'¢9kcnt'itlgc; returned.
' -and pifcscnteil‘. him the list‘, vat7th?‘e same tim'e ‘sta-
‘ ling ,'%1ltat"Colonel'.Butlet"and:Dt'.. Brottaugltjtvould
"‘"call'in t'wo’lto'tt’rs, and expect .t_o-receive the papers.
""'C.6lon"el ‘Cétllavatsaid,~\that the d,cmand'mttst-bc_
m'a'de_',6f»ltini as comlnissioneri; and that he must
haveiiime to_git'e"ltisMreply’.‘ I After the two hours_
'.i1§‘-.‘,’.':t elapsed. which w‘as‘a;b.otu_.nin’c o’clock, P. M.
cotel1‘et.‘Butt-e‘t~,,.-anon.-.. tiirgntajgtg; mm‘ the Al-
; cage and; agcompanietl by,a;guarcl,,_.underthe com-
._,,m;,;',d.of;-Lieut. Mounts,‘ ,]_)l;_,()C_CV,C(lé.(l._ to the house"
‘(;fCol.‘Gall.ava3. A They lbund.'th_e-doorllocked, and
. A
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, adcmlanpded-ad mittance tiltre,c_..ti;rpéo‘§l,istinctl y, ,with-
pomf ,;e;_;¢i,ving.,any-answetj. ’' It. tvgs then tliscolvu-_
‘._,,e,,-l th-a‘t._ttl1c doofr on tltei» op;positc_‘s,i=cle ,tvas‘open,
_,-and ,se«vc;t‘al ,olii_cer's,sittin§,witltoutlfcandlcs in the
aver-ch-. ;5;.-W=lt°n.'.C,°l- }'C.“ll‘=l’.’a.:‘V‘t‘31Fl€,m3“‘l‘l¥l.r;."S‘;
"one replied. _ ‘Col. :Butlcr'-thcn' st7éppcrl-3into,.thc‘
,,- h-ouse, ;.and.,ejnt,et',c,d one of thejnooms in .-tvhich ,a
...}l-g_ht__ wa_s:_l‘_t_t‘lt‘(rl:ll1g',’:an_‘(l in5n;.lii.¢li;it,li'et'e tvits a bed,‘
5._,—o~n‘.;-,.x\amio‘ip g, tyltich, Col Callaya ;w‘a;S,*f0lllld=ly.itlg‘
,. ,o.n.dt. vvltltlltl-.‘..co.'«lt«v'f.*":. . ."9sl§s al?l?_.a}'¢'?§l.llT ntvélt
.' astoni,s.;lte;l..;,',t-.h,e;cle‘rnantl l_'9_r.,t_he,papétfs‘., as _ugt;es:<l-
1]‘p_Q1‘l,_..i}{‘avS_fll‘,t‘§Il(3_\,V‘e,(l ; 'l_ie‘pers‘isted in his t'cfusa‘l.—-
VV.h'en. told he must prepare -to gobefort: _,tlte..gov-‘
'"értlOr,*;*he'~rep_lied he tvotildnot riqluit ‘his house 5-’
i" liv’ei%';'5‘hiiiWa'§"t‘bld~‘tltat {force-tvotild%.beA used.-= ' 0!.’
Butler said. he -hoped? héétvould not t‘clltlt:t' itlnp-A’
= ‘eessat-ytzwttta-t h'cf'mig|tt consider ~-hiinself rat ed:
f_*"0u his ’Sli_l‘l'lfefttsiligy-5l‘ltctbfiice-1‘olithe guard
" i called 5inf§‘: -h'é'i't,_-lit"en- ‘put —dn_ «-'ltis=.u.tvi-for.tn- coat‘; 5and '
~5”was=co‘n’d‘ucted to;~th<': o£fice:'of:’tlte‘got'et‘not'. '
~ ‘ On’*li'is‘biitet=ing'thézofficev helwas t'cc;o.c'stediby 3
the govCt‘.n0t'3tO7l'§l‘kQ€*Scal._$t'£lie‘:titl)l£:-. .. Efhe gov-
-' c'rribti'iiif<)‘l_‘inéd -lii'm?‘of-.illepn;;‘rtY1‘é, o_f the business
‘4 for whi’c?h' ‘he }w:lt_5"c'al'l’ed,"'at_1d1tliat:.lt'e..was t‘eqt§i red
#10 at-ns\'ve3t'T,' ltvh’e‘the'tj rccrtaitt il)(i‘XGS '. corttainitig.'~pa;
‘ f°"pér§5had’hot-theeta tlelilveréd sint=o‘his‘.posséssion by
¥ So”'tisa—i' alter, t’cqu'cstetl ripe ttmissiorr to‘ put. (l7o‘wn= this
answer in.Spnrrl"sh, ‘xi/ltic-ll: tt',a§'fgranted ;r_he'.be"g:ln V
.go;_¢l§_cratc..»ia.tprotcst' against ';tli'_e proceedings, on
'1,li¢;‘¢;t~oon§'._l of-:'Lhis‘3bcirugtattcolmtnissioneh-dh the,
-
‘..,,pt;t'i;’;?,ol'gS_pain»,?‘.:l1utswitsiintctiruptedgcaand -' .req,t,tit-ecl_§
‘ "'16 say ‘wbcth‘er..«lte.«ugo.t1ld:or.:§wonltl§not ans-tv‘_errtl)t,f
, K .5 ' ‘§:_:g‘N“' - -‘;' ; 9,. . ~ 3“ _
03:3? t_v't=._t'e.-.d__<:ltt'elr;ccl to ltttnjlay Sousa, antlwet
‘ then to Callava‘svl1ouse.
LT l1ej}’gover‘itor;‘.n‘o\'v gzstated - to Clpfonel lciillava,
A
'weié'delivei‘cd in cet'tain'~ bo'x‘cs._to.Callava’s §te\V.-
ard, and that ‘they vt"e're' tlienfin his house. iH'e'_'l
was therefdiiéhdvisétlTo-tl'bliivi€i'"them up, as his'’‘
refusal-would be con-géidetted a contempt of the go-
vernor’s authority. "Callava ‘persisted in his _re-
fusatl nearly two hott_t's, still ‘alleging that »hc"was
‘pt-ivileiged as a- commissioner,‘ ‘and not responsi-
ble as an individual, and inakingcg impassioned ap-
peals to the lJ‘)’S1all(l(-.l'S against the procedure,
and at the -same time against -the indignity offer-
ed to a person of his rank and distinction. = He
was repeatedly told by the governor, that he could
not view him in any other light that: as an indi-
viridual, who had in his possession documents
which no individual had a right to retain; that
under the second article of the treaty, all-papers
relating to the property of the country were to be
delivered; that it concerned the inhabitants whose
titles and rights were involved ; that for their pro-’
tection and those claiming undct‘ them, it was his
duty to place them in the hands of the Alcade for
safe keeping. He warned colonel Callava of the
consequences of his refusal, and reiterated his de-
mand. Every means being at length found una-
vailing, colonel Callava, as also So_usa'antl the
steward. were committed to pt‘ison’g.l_)'.y.th_e gover-
nor, until the papers should be obtained.
A guard had been placed at Colonel Callava’s
house, with strict orders that every thing should
be kept in exactly the some state in which it was.
left.—'l'he next morning the governor gaveaspe-
cial commission to colonel Vt’alton, secretary, co-
lonel l\‘lil_ler<‘, Mr. Shannon and Mr.‘ llrownjohn,
accompanied by the Alcade, to go to the house of‘
Callava, and to open the box containing the pa-
pers; those which had been enumerated, and had
been (lemanded of Callavu, if found, to be taken
and brought to the governor's office, and then to
close the box, placing a seal upon it.
This was accordingly done, and in one of the
boxes, recently sealed by Callava, the papers were
found, and accordingly deposited at the ollice ofthe
governor. An order was then is;-ued for the release
of colonel Call:tv:;, of Sousa, and the steward. .
The extraordinary e:-tcitemettt of our towns-
men on the occasion,-exclusive of general consid-
erations made‘ us very solicitous to give, this day
the best history we could procure of the much to
be lamented transactions of the‘ 22d inst. which
_we feel assured were no less painful to the party
order ing, than to the party sufl'ering the penalty of
the latv.;,'-l‘l_1c st_ate,ment. given is unquestionable. —
.\Ve liave no wish to re mark on the transaction,
conceiving; it as ofa peculiarly delicate nature, fur-
ther than to remind ourlreaders, that a dimculty
of a similar kind occurred in Louisiana, on its be-
ing taken possession ofby the United Slate-s,when
the former intcndant was imprisoned for a week
by governor Claiborne, for not surrendering pa-
pers, under similar cirpunistances; pod that Gal-
tea, at this" place, imprisoned col. Campbell» for
many months, on bare suspicionof having in
his possession, papers ofa public nature, and be-
longing to the property an°d'sov::reignty of the
country‘.
From the Detroit Gazette, S.-/zt.”7.
A Tl-lEA'l‘Y~OF CHICAGO.
V On Tuesday last Gov, Cass and ’Mr'.Silbey, the
‘commissioners appointed to treat with the _In-
dians,srclurncd from-Chicago, with the géntlenien
who attended at the treaty. '\Vc understand
that the object ofthe government has been fully.
obtained, and that a cession has been made by the
Indians on favorable lCl'i'nS, of all that country ex-
tending from the. southern boundary of this terri-
tory to Grandfiiver ; and containing-,.l)y estima-
tion, upwards of.'>.O0O',00O acres. Not less titan
3000 Indians attended at the council. - '
'l7he=country.:has,been represented to us, by the
,o;entlemen-‘who; tr'avelle:l over it, as fertile, well
watered, and pleasantly situated. It .isint‘ersper-
sed with pr_ai‘t.ie,sandwoodland, andis mod*::-ate'-
ly elevated but not hilly‘. _Lakes.and springs of
pure watcr,ar'§.al)undattt. The St. Joseph . is a
fine naviga_bfle s.tt‘etan_tt,‘l..-tvltose'_ head.-watcrisa ap-
proach within two dtaysiiride of Lake Erie. It. wa-
ters a most valuable andlextehsive tractof coun-
try, and is the most considet"ablc tributary stream
of Lake Michigan. , . ._ . A
. .Gov. Cass, on his route to Clticago, aiscendecl
the Miami to Fort VVayne. From thence his
canoe was tllall_sp0l'lé_(l.<)t‘el‘ a portage-of about 9
.mil_es, to the headloftlis: VVabash._ This rivcrlte
"descended to _ its mouth, and then descended the
Ohio to the Mississippi. Thislatter riv.erhe.2ts-
pended to the mouth of-the Illinfois, one of whose
tributary streams approaches within ten miles of
Chicago. The chatjacterof the Illinoisis repre-
sentcd to us to be essentially difibrent from that of
any other river in tltelwestern regions. -It has
-more re’s_cm,blaitce.it_o.,a,can,al thanto a stream,-—
disco"ve‘ra'blc.' AThe tvater moves sluggisltly‘, and
fat. :1 considetablle.pat't‘of..the distance, no current‘
jis_perceptiblc., .\V;it.liin_about 100 milcsyof Chic-
ago, tbe’,apl'pcarance"of, the country,’ and with it
lllt Clla'l'a,cl_ct".of,iltc rijrcr, changes. . A continu-
sttcccs_sion'o_f falls,aritl rapids, at this season of
tlieyeai’, ptt'ts’zt'tt"ctttit"c‘stop to._navigation,- and
tlte boats and their g_9tl.te_nts_,mu.iét be: transported
by"latid to Chic,ag<')' }','l‘l1l5 change commences at
‘a_t'e'mat'li‘able hill‘ rnfilfdcli, 250 feet ltiglt, perpen-
=(llCllltll'():fl:lhl‘€é sides,'g.tntl ,-washed at its base by
the .lllinoi_s. "YA:Qll'_ill.¢,fl'0,tll‘l.ll‘ sitlefit is‘ connected.
wi'tl1‘,tlte"sui’tjblintli_nfg co'un'ti}y-by a narrow ledge,-
wlticlt can otil:y"bc_asc¢n<lcd.l3Y a pleeipiioustvittdé
’in‘g path.; V"l“h_t'_: ‘gap, of the rock is lev,.cl', and ‘con-
'f_2tii_‘ts perhapsthre’e-fotirthsof an acre. {It has
been st't'ottglyfot"tilied.by the Indians, ancl many
years ago was the séeneiof a‘(léspe't;ate conflict_ be-"
tween the Pot_a\v'a'tat’nics,“and o‘n'_eban_‘d ofthiel Illi-
nois Indians. ’l‘lie‘lat_tet' llcd to‘tltiis,plai;e,l7or tge-'
"£113?-.’fl‘0n1thcit‘_cn'emiés'.' '_Th’e ypostyooulily not
*befcart'icd by i assault '5‘ but the b_e‘sicg'é'rs‘httalyly
-sufccc:<:de'd,' a‘fte‘t'_’Vinatiy ‘t'ep‘iu_lses,' by cuiiiit'g oi
the Lwa't_e_tf."’ *1~:v.el-y" .p'c’t§_son. who} ‘q‘ppeareEl'a't the
L‘.l_‘..‘.‘..l~'.‘?.l?. <?f‘Ul€ .l‘0‘Cl<; ’l'O.'f [5l.‘.o.cure iwater, ‘\\"él'_S_-,-lm_ln,€-
zdtately shot; =and41tlic,- ‘result was a"sut'rcii1dc'r,-
;wf.lii't:h :was followeid-‘by ‘the total 'extit'p’ati‘t5n o‘f'tlrc"
.»Illinois»b_l_t1nd.".-~ " -- I -~ »? 4 -. -
.'-:2 'At'1l1i¢‘I1'l0ulh;Of»lllc Au'P‘.lein'. the l,5§r‘ty‘dis-C
scoveredione of ;the -most remarkable minet‘alogic'-
- .~‘qu*és‘§ioiif§ [iropiobndetl to,liinj, dit'ectl.y." Able-.-_t,heini_ I
pti‘§ith’V,éll*3t*5TQ5é€l 00 '\VlllCh‘--llle 5*“-lVh3"<lf*Ftilltt-l '1‘ltet'e~iAsjin thebed ofthe rivet‘ a~-ra’u‘~g‘e- blziclc ‘wall.-
-’at5”iY.83E:¢xaml.xtcd. I4ml_.acl-znotvlcdged that the‘ nu_t tt_'e‘e‘, in ‘a per_l’cct state 'of5p'etrifa‘étibn;’~ ’:_'—l‘l "‘
allfaots tvhicbrlms,bec:n‘5scen in iot'1r‘counti-y;-2-’-'
"For 300 niiles, ‘pot: ohcrapid, nor even a ripple is '
‘:-
.t_.x...
' .-‘-( . 1 . . W . _ . . i
ures abggve o0£Bfiet,(ltY6$tB§g9fii,$ bra--pl): z .56} ~,rk.c,_}t\<*.,l,l_-lI1r,;?lt_g§.ti,‘§_'§§”. compttsmg all the nauti-
into S*f:(:R)ill€.;-'§3"{'.i'}I't'(l4l’] ]>y'ritt§s" an’ll:§cry§t3
‘ that: tbé'papei‘s"deni'éniléd were seen in the pos- '-‘of'q‘uar’t‘2'ai‘l§Evidently clistingttishaible in'ltrhis pet»
sr-'s.si<.>..v..<.>.If.-S..<,»..tt_s;s ;, ll1=,it=b=l'.-5‘0.l1.STc.t.’S ,co’nf=ss,ion. they. rlfied .§.ubst.%rss,.-..-I 11° tr-.<=.=;1tsclfits.-xt1;§l3§%;l>§=<l,;£’.§.
the river‘, ‘and.,the.’t1ocky,botton"f of the stream is"
form‘ed~tt;‘)o'ti it} “ Large" specimens of this tree
“have I l5'i;é‘n"’fibi*bb’;i~’li'B’. :'t—o»'-‘t'l‘iis‘ city‘,*ait'd.«-' will bé‘-dc-"
-posited among the collections of thecountry.
This treecintisti nbtbe ‘confduntlcd ‘-with those
partial or local petrifac_tiotts which ,are freqttently
foundin springs and small streams, y it is entire.
ly (llffel‘t§tlt in its character, and its po.-;it_ion,,and
theysubstanices in Contact with it,. claim for_it and
antiquity atlcttst cocval with thatof the -bed of
the river. I 4-.-
A by ‘(lom‘.oun, N‘. H. Sept. 17, _
TREMENDOUS HURRICANE. . “
Perhaps the most awful "tornado that ever ,oc--
curred in Ne’tv-Englatttl took place o‘n_Sunday’
evening last week, cxtcntling; from Ctpydtttt‘
soutlteasterly tltrouglt the loivns of VVen_dcl,
New-London, Sutton, and ‘.“.’arner. A violent
storm of wind and hall was indeed felt in malty
other towns, but the ravages so far as we have as-
certained are confined to those abovementioned.
About six o’clock‘_Sttnday evening. after an ex-
tremely fine and warm day, a dark cloud was
observed to rise_ rapidly in the north and north-
west, and passitn: in .a« south-easterly direction,
illumincd in.its course by inc:-s.~an_t-fiat:-lies ofthe
most vitid lightning." Thert.- was a most terrify-
ing commotion in the cloud itself ; and its ap-
pearance gave notice that irresistible power and
desolation-wer‘e its attendants. A Few, however,
apprehended the danger that was threatettetl, or
that their dwellings, which had long withstood the
lury of the ternpest,.\vere to be swept away like
leaves by the’ winds of autumn.
‘ In Cornish and Croydon, we understand, con-
siderable injury‘_wa‘s done. The house.-A’0f Dea-
con Cooper ol'Ct"(iydon was much injured; his
barn and its contents entirely blown away. Pas-
sing on in a direction E. E. in its progress col-
lecting to a more narrow compass its force, _»_it
kept its track along the low lands, till it came to
the farm and buildings of a M r. Httnton, in \V_cn-
dell, about 80 rods from the borders of the Stma-'
pee ‘Lake. The people -in the house, eight in
number, wcre fri_ghtencd»by the appearance of
the cloud. Soon they saw; the airbefore it filled
with birds and broken liI’!tl)S‘Uf trees. "In an in-
stant the house and two barns were prostrated to
the-ground. A-side of’thc house fell upon -Mr.'
H. and his wife, who were standing in the hitch-
en. . The-next instant it was blown offand daslt-
.ed to pieces. The woman was carried acrossthe.
field with the current. A child eleven" months‘
old was sleeping upon a bed in the westpart ofthe
house ; the gntvn. which ‘it wore. was soon after
found in the water.on thesl-tore of the lake, 150
rods from the house ; .on the. VVednesday.~follow-
ing the mangled body of the child-was found on
the west shore ofthe lake, where it had floated by
the waves. The bedstead on which the child lay
was found in ‘the woods eighty rods from -the-.
house: the bed and bedding;.have not yet been
.found. o A number of bricks were blown ‘more’
than afhundred rods from the house ;- large pic-
ces of timber belonging to thelhousc aud barns,
some seven and eight inches squareand twelvef
feet long, were carried eighty and_ ninety rods ;‘
a pair of cart wheels were separated from’ the-
body and the spire, carried about I sixty rods. and
dashed in pieces; nearly all the trees of amid-
dling sized orchard were blown down, many of
them_ tornup and carried 100 rods in the woods;
casks. furnitur‘e,.clothing, and dead lowls were:
found at amuclt greater distance. -The only fur-_
niturc found near the house was a kitchen chair.
A‘-httreatt was blown across the lake, two miles
wide at that place, and exceptinp; [lie-(ll‘(twel's.wa3
found ltalfa milcbcyond the‘ lake, the whole (lis-
tance being two miles and th't-ee_qua.rtet~s 3 From
the bttiltlittgs the land rises about too feetin the
distance 0l"5O'Vl'(l(l>', then descends to the lake...
A door post of‘ the barn, 13 feet long‘, was ‘_blown
t_hro'ugh the air up this rising ground 44 rods.-...
A largeltetnlock log, 60 feetin_ length ands feet
in diameter‘ at the but and nearly 2 at the ,top,'.'vas
moved ft'om‘iis’bed where it had lain eight or ten
years, and carried by the wind up hill,.-and over
uvo.l_art_:;e rocks 17 inches above the ground, situ-
ated about 5 feet from where it lay,to the distance’
of 6 rods. The rise of land in this distance is
found to beten feet and six inches. It strucl; a
rock. which hrealging him two. stoppcd_its_ pro-
gr'css.i A "piece of wood heavily tirnbcr:-d, .100
ro’ds‘ea”s'tf, of 4.0 acres, was entirely prostrated ;
not a~t_‘vh‘olc tree is standing on any part of it. A
horse was blown up the. rise before mentiont-d,4O
ro’ds’,, and so injured as in make it necessary to
;i'll‘ltirii.» "No human__ lives were lost,’ cxccptiinig
that*of‘Vtltc child.--All the otltcrs'even' persons,
l_t‘otv'evle’t',vvet"e rt‘.'t_t‘cl1 i'njured, and some of ‘them
very*se'vercly.' ‘ " '. _‘ _ A ’ b
Onhsaturday last,"w’c"visiiccl the ruins in \Var-
‘tieryitéatt the Kearsargc mountain in that i)at_'t'for-.
merly ‘called the Gore. No person can conceive
the horrors of that instant, without visiting t'_he
'sp‘ot—‘TIt"'was but an‘i'nst‘:i'rit when all tvasiovei--—
tvhcnihouscs’,-bat'ns, trees, fences, fowls, &c. were
.all“lijftc(l'frotnlhe earth, into the bosom of the
whir‘lwin’d,"and_anon 'dash‘e.d,into ‘a thousand pie-
ées;"'~__Nb"l'_attgIuage can" give an adequate repre-
sentation_'6fevcn the present scene’, much less of -
tliit't"tct~'rible wrath ofth’e elements, wh_ich"fot' fa
few-sec'on'ds, was felt by thc'_s‘ul'£'et'crs. V‘Ve' stood
amidstitlte ruins almost discrcditing our own ‘vis-
ion, but awfully impressed with the: thought’ that
rh‘e'p‘l'a”c"e ‘tt-as'on‘c, wlterc the hand of’Omnipo-
tence ltad been p_ut_ down in anger, to 16561) man
his impoteuce,‘in alznanner that should lJc.under-'
's'foo'(l"§tttfd;rcrnembcrcd’. 5’It, can har’clly,,lt_o'wcver,
be said .t‘h-at we" stootlfiamong the,ruins,'fot'_; most
‘ofthontliad been carried beyond our; sightg .VA
few large stoncs"remziining_in thcirplaccs, and
oihers strew<_=.‘d'.o_n "eafih side for several=fect, i_ndi.
catéd "v‘vltet'c_’a‘ "stone; yiivalllhad stood ;' ‘a few frag.
’meht_s; ofjliinbetj; and_'a;s'niall quantity of hay,. de-
‘ndt__;‘a-*ta’¢;‘é.‘pan _wliclfé;..5li;ioEl_1be barn';_‘a fewj tim-,
lie’:-3"atitl‘l;‘t=i%'ks;':t;tcl ‘at place the _floo’r7,_-ré.
lfia'inc(l_o'l: w'li'__at colnposetlifhe dvvelling-ltotfs_c of.
'tlte"i'tv‘o‘ S‘ava'i'ys‘; ahdtlic lczitltct-s here and there’
ha Me: -‘tiftfen :'is'poi-tetl'wi_tli' lhe clouds, could not
[fly ‘t‘lie“'s3vi{i:ft"‘destruction.. ' '
. t_-,«,_. . - .‘_.
tou“n‘t"ai"tt, and a high“ hill 8. E.'bet"ore "it; “’s:‘6“o‘cl
9., tli tltellifitrk 'tru_tj 2‘.-at'e'§'_.’entit'élfy; ‘A _ V‘ V L
.f0V.el"‘.t-he 'rng')tttt’tfa‘i'it in ‘the direction of the build-
‘i'ngs,«and*first §truck=.‘t~-l-tc hum of Mr. VVm. Hat"-
discqvercd, shoiw that the very roots‘ of heaven,-
f"‘Fro‘ni"t E‘, mountain _liere'is_'a ‘rapid:
.to' tlle“g'otfté._ In _the'jvalley fo‘t5m‘ed bettvecn.,thc’~ ti
‘ions’-'_in thigit p:a_ttf‘Q§Sf.ilae gore. The tornado came
.w.99§l,,_,t:;gt\_r,r3:_irt.g.,_i,tiagxay Paséing; onward irinju-
’-’r2':"c‘t=maa*y »-’n'o‘ti‘§’es.=;=:Nté3at<tri+ f‘-lié5‘l*li15'€ci-iori=f'iiF‘tlic '
tvittdfstood the dwelling of Dal'ticlSav'atiyZ,'6£fG;fiicI,
notliin t"emained.=bu»t:ajpar_t; of,{be,dloog§,antL;-lg,-jet“,
A.pp_reltending.; a wind, M r.- S_3I'lltlt_l",$‘d'V.ZlTy, agglt
72 ,vcars.‘the father of.tl.te_ prop:-_i_.etot-' of the build-
ings, w ho. was_ ltitnspélf ,‘_p_t3,sf¢_t;t,‘j went up stztillS*l=to
lasten down 'a'‘ windo'w'.- " The tvotiien. started to
his 355i‘-l““C¢,a_ when, as they’rcprescnt~,;thc ltottsc
-seemedto whirl zui<lj.instittttly irosgcaliote their
lfeadst wltilti \\ ltat:“\t'a's'lcftbeltindii ti’ntbet's,'b‘l.it‘iks,
8:'c'.~-alxnosti literally btli'le(l‘SlX of tlte~'fa‘t1tily‘iii (hi:
ruins.‘ ’l‘hc body of-the aged Samuel Sava-'t-y'.4I'vas
. -found at the (listattce of six rods 'from- the -house‘,
his brains daslted outtagaittst-a‘stouc. -Tho wifc
ofDaniel S.,w-as 'sevcrely‘bruis‘ed,~and an infant
which she‘ hcldin her at'ht's was la-illed.\.;\..-1-.hi's
family were extticated’by'tlte assistance Oflffl‘f."'cl'..
der Mrs. rlavary, who, thouglt -‘now sca-rcclyiable
to move, —lntd the most surprising- s‘.re‘ngth-in re.
ntotin_r;- the timbt-.rs‘antl bricks,--beneath which
could be distinctly heard thccries ‘of the sttH'e‘t'er'9.
The house of Mr. lloloert Sa vary, was ztlsode.
molisltcd. Mrs. S. says she artticipatt-cl a show-
cr, and went into a bed roomito tales up a child,
and was conscious of nUlllirlg';* more, till slié
found herself confirncdantottg the timbers, great;
ly bruised, but tbechilcl onhurr-——lter l'tusban‘d bu-
ried altogether in the bricks, with the exception
of his head-—ar.d two of their: children‘ completely
covercd up in splinters and rubbish. - This farmi-
ly consists ofcigltt persons, were all tvouttded
bu!‘ none dangerously. = I . ,3
Mr. John Palmer, -tvl-.0 lives up a" rise, distant
half a mile, and. tvastoitt at the door, sawfthe
clouds coming over the mountain in Shap<:,.a5 hg
I‘ept‘85<=n.t:*. like a tunnel, the air filled with leaves;
limbs of trees, Scc. He‘ imrrtctliatelvz attempicd
to cnterthe door, bu, was caught byithc at-m~‘--.u;
the saute instant the breast work and clritnney
gave way, and a part ofthe frame buried Mt's.«l’.
who wasvattemptingt to forceopen the door for
her husband, undc-r‘ the-bricks and timber. Mrs.
P. was considerably hurt, the remainder of the
fantily not materially injttred. ; . .
'l‘he'wind, in passing_ft-om the Savarys to‘Pal-
mer’s torn up every thing in its course, throwing
splintetisf of the buildings, pieces of _‘forn_a_ture,
crockery, 8c,c. in every direction for a .mile_ ;__,t,eu
hives of bees were destroyed; the legs, win__t;s
and heads of fowls‘ were to-.5-be seen lying ‘aboui ,;
several acres of corn :_t_n<_l potatoes atljucgitv-_§u,t_l1c
builtlings w__crcswept offclcan,,not leav-ingzatt-c_at:,
save at some distance a_fetv._in heaps ;« s'tones- half
buried in the earth wcre_ovcrtttrne(l, andwc saw
one which would weigh 500’ lbs“. -moved. 5;.-ya,-at
feet ;_ ajhe’mlock_log 69 f_et:t_it_1 lengtlt, flta1f.b,,,jcd
in the earth, was taken fron'1_,its bed and c;arrit:d
si_x-ro.t_ls fot'wat'd,"_while a,lc.nol from the suing, log
tvas-_cai't‘ierl l5 paces,back aud_dri_ven with ‘gr,-,-a";
force two ‘feet undertlte turf; a bridge cov_e_-red
‘with, large oaks split in the middle, ,was_torn up
and "the tintber'sf,stt'ewed_,fot'}a quarter of a mile in
'a southerly direlztion. ,
From’ these dtvellinfgsi -it passed otter thefltill
two, and an’ ltalffnilcs -"and down pcrltap_s._one
clr'cd,fe'et, where‘ it swept off. all the ,builtlings._o_.f
Mr. Peter Fla'nders, killed’ _a l\’ll:,s_ Attna.Rich.7
at_'dr.'onfan'cl an in'l'ant_child. . All the othct's,i.7,‘,iti
n‘unib'er, were ‘wo‘un(l_ctl, sontdbzidly, and Mr. F,
so be,\cl'cly _tlt‘at 'ttntil"t~,'i_tlt’in't't "day or nv,o[hig;i{{;
v/as despaired bf. "1‘h,.~y-. in'forrhecl us that’ no sound
of wind was l_tear':l, altlioitg-l": sonienftiglft liav,k_:'_ob_-
served the ‘ClOh(i~l, unl‘il'th'e 'cr{lsl_i of tliebttiltlings '
took place, .an'd then all.was overitt an instant».
The buildings of Dcac. Joscplt :Tl‘tle', situated
in a cornerof,‘5ulisbut'y,' \'vé:r‘e next ‘swept atrav.
‘Mr. T. and his lather-in—la\v,-aMt'; .lotte7s,«t'vn'o
vvtth his wife. were there on a visit, gluing ;,¢“1l,,;
odour,-saw the whirlwind ttpproacli. and had just
time to hide themselves, one fundcl" liis-sltopwp
few paces (listant,':an'(l.'.he other ‘down hyn pilb
‘of wood ;' ,when the buildings were ‘tvltith-.-(l:'~.tlnft
-and 5tllppt:d'lm'0 splinters, with thc‘exce'ptio'n‘uol‘-
some heavy Sticks oftimbcr, one ,of tvltich.‘p'1u,,‘>.
gcd and ways into the ground two feet by -lh’e‘*si<le
of Jones lying ‘by the wood,” and thevot "erf-"end
Icaning-._‘upon the pile, p'ro'.ect.édj'liirn ffroin. illiiit‘
s_tic,ks ivhich ifell ai:ros's_.- N.“e‘ithér J'onés
was hurt. And _by_tlteit',e)iet'tiot1=i " Mrs. True
and three or fot1r,fc_hildt’e'n‘ were’-(lug out from be-
neathlhc bricks, where they were actually bori-
e_d more- rt-han afoot. = 'l‘.he'oven had just been
heated, and the bricks were. so hot that in i'emovi‘-
ing‘tltem'-from-~-liis children", Mr-. -had l-,i5,.fifi.
gers_but‘nt. to-. the-bone.!:..Mrs. '1". and sev'ctal=.of
the family were badly‘ lgurnt, and one‘ cltild? as-.~.=a
(lisfigured asiltardly to .be.ilin'own. The. yottttgé
est chi-ld.'an infant-seven. weeks :old, was fo'un‘d-1 lit
the distance of one hundred --feet’ under-elite bot’:-
tom of a ‘sleigh, the top-of-tvhichlcannot be -‘found.
The amazingpower ot.tl1e-..\vind-mayrbc faintly
imagined from the evidence «now to -be seen.=7f In
one place near Deacon Truc—’s'a licmlock'logsttvo
and ,a half---feet through.fand...‘lti»feet_long;-‘land
n:a,t-ly half buried in the earth;::wasInt‘ovecl..onc"or
two rods. At another place, tvvo. Vltemlo’clt':lol:;s
of the same size with the other; =oue‘.6-5 —'leét‘Io.‘lr3t{i;
and the other about 4-0 lying across caclt.o:l1e'r; '
were moved about 12 feet and left in tl_te:tsam'e
situation as before. _ Tltc 6:hti|'e.topf0f,on'c .o‘lltlte
chimnies was carried IQ rotls and left the l;'i?ii:l~:"s
together on one spot}. M t?_.._'_l.'frtte saw a tree whir-
ling" petfpe,ndiculat'ly~iu the .air-_.; to»_an_ imm't:yps‘e,
heigl1t.',':An eliii three staiidilrtfglya :S>()lIll.i§_.()E ,
Sat'ar‘yI‘s‘,,.'in,e_asured. 17 inches,dianiett‘_e, ‘tviliosér '
etiormousft-dots _refuscd to _yicl’d, and being, ,to_o.
tough ;o_t)_rggl;, tvasytytvistecly round .like at witgl .
and‘ a few‘ asl_t_-t_t'c!es', _standing atthe foot of;
hill, wen; 's:.t‘t'ip'p‘cd"of' bark and‘’*lit1tbs’,antl's . i
litiat'ally"‘_iil't_to°basket-stttlf. ' " «_ . ~ «
The tbt'iiado,"tlictl‘ passed Vit1t'$3V'v_'ar'ttc_r. again,
tearing ‘down a barn,‘ and pas‘s‘tng,,’o_vé,_r a pnnd,
the water of which scented to lief-d't'awn up,i_n"’its
centre. and ter.minatcd its" t‘avage in this rpm’:-est,
in the woods of B05Ctl\Vtl]:;f§ V
'l'heiabdve lltcts, altlioti‘g‘lt',’lhéy' paitlake of Athe-
mafrvellous, are literally tt‘ué.'- ‘Of the di:stfil_<:-
tion in <VVendall, _&c. wethadthe 'relation.- ft-o?n"’a
~gentl'e'm'an of high t:eptltalion_it't Netvport, \Vl!jlSC
tcstimotty lvEt§_t:bt‘t‘0lZl)_l'alctl;‘lJ_y_h‘: _d_ozcn’ititli.vidu;
als'w_ho visited Wendell with-lyim the day follow-
ittgltllfi event. What relates go,\’V_at:ncr_ xtnd-tn}:
gjsti'_u"’ction on the east side of l$.e_arsu_rge ,m‘q_t;,tl-
', ‘,‘l'l.\!6,:l§ll0,‘.V_t0 be true, hat'ingout'selvc»s‘visited
e 's[)'o:t,,’_;" ‘We _:here saw the stone against \\l}lCl1
the'ur=tf-'.>rttinitte Savary was ct-ushed-the places
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