172 The Tempest of Sept. 3d, 1821. 
terminated very abruptly, and passed in a very short time, 
from a hurricane to a serene and star light night. Near 
midnight a loud report was heard at the house of the wri- 
ter, as well as by the citizens, and it was observed that the 
wind ceased ee after the report. The cause of 
this report is not know 
Dr. Beck, (Vol. I. ‘hs 388, Am. Jour.) has given us an 
ee account of salt storms, and among them has enu- 
merated that of Sept. 23d, 1815, which we also witnessed. 
Both that tempest and the late one produced vast destruc- 
tion of life and property. It is not, however, our design to 
record those events, however interesting to benevolent feel- 
ings, but to advert to the effects produced by the late 
storm upon vegetation. 
e wind was without rain, till it had blown some hours, 
the leaves on the windward side nae to stink and dey ae 
the trees appeared as if struck by a sudden and severe frost, 
or by heat, or lightning, and in a few days the dry leaves fell, 
and were carried about by the wind in great abundance, and 
the trees, in the second week of September exhibited the ap- 
pearance which they ordinarily do in the latter part of No- 
vember. The evergreens alone—among trees—escaped, 
and even they, when situated within a few yards of the sea 
shore, were blasted. The cherry trees—the pears, the 
ms, and the willows, es particularly affected. 
Now, (October 10) more than a month after the tempest, 
the weather having bac gemerally mild—the trees exhibit, 
‘in part, the appearance of spring. On the windward side, 
new leaves have appeared—they are prin verdant 
and pis on the willow, the lilac, the locust, and the 
sess a freshness which probably, on account of 
aoe, ad contrast, appears almost superior to ‘that of 
