THE STORM
Hardly within the memory of man has there been such a dreadful night as Sunday last, with thunder, lightning, and rain. It began in the S.W. horizon, and early in the evening only exhibited quick extended vivid flashes of lightning; but in the middle of the night the storm came over the capital, where it has done some damage.
The following, is the only damage that has happened near Portsmouth.: a barn belonging to Mr. Anderson, of Petersfield, was burnt to the ground.
A rick yard, about a mile and a half from Petersfield, took fire, and was burning at three o’clock in the morning, when the mail coach passed.