Show from the N 0 0 picayune oct 27 terrific hurricane in jicaltepec mexico J 1 THE TRENCH FRENCH COLONY DESTROYED the trait d union publishes correspondence giving the particulars of the destruction of the french colony of jicaltepec on the of august by a violent storm on that day which was sunday at 3 in t 1 0 1 I 1 I uw il ing heavy clouds which hung over the hor began to spread and flew over the sky with incredible swiftness then than the rain rain commenced c falling with extreme violence the norther continued blowing all night till the following morning without however having anything alarming about it the rain continued in the meantime to fall in torrents at daybreak the wind changed ics acs direction veering round to the east and suddenly commenced blodi blowing n g with unparalleled impetuosity in less than half an hour the whole village and all the residences in its environs forming the french colony I 1 were completely destroyed the houses falling as it were by enchantment with a a shocking ki na orbah crash it is imposible impossible impo sible to picture the general desolation which presented itself to sight during the frightful unchained elements element distracted tra eted families finding themselves without shelter saw themselves every moment threatened to be crushed under the falling materials which were sent flying through the air or else to be thrown into the river by the gusts of this terrible hurricane the like of which has never been seen in these parts not only did it not spare houses but rushing with fury over the country and forests it tore up everything in its passage chloo chocolate corn coffee sugarcane suga sug reane arcane ac in such a manner that the eye a few minutes afterwards could see nothing but immense plains where virgin forests had stood the largest trees such as ce cedars aars oaks and fig trees of immense size were broken and torn branch from branch 0 to add to the miseries thus caused the rain not having cease to pour down in tor tents since the previous evening a sudden overflow of its banks by the river ensued and rising twenty five feet above its natural level rose over the quay of and entirely inundated the opposite bank and the greater part of the french dwellings of the colony houses and the few estates which the hurricane had bad spared were thus carried away by the waters this was a most trying and desolate moment for all the families of the colony without shelter and dreading with reison reason the continuance of the inundation some were obliged to construct rafts to provide for their safety while others endeavoring to get to a neighboring hill found themselves constrained to tn traverse iverse inundated low spots where the water reached to the waist and there they where with the fruits of twenty years labor and pre severance destroyed tr 0 annihilated in less than an hour this destructive hurricane did not extend beyond fifty leagues on the coast and thirty in in the interior intelligence of the disaster was prevented from being conveyed earlier in in consequence of communication being intercepted by the fallens trees ac and at length was ony only conveyed with great difficulty machete in in hand notwithstanding the details thus given no correct idea it is said can be formed of the terrible devastation committed and of the miseries consequent on the visitation astonishing LONGEVITY olp of FISHES in 17 1757 57 a pike was caught in england with a gold ring fastened to its muzzle on which were engraved engra veI d names and alad dates showing that I 1 the he t ring had be been en placed there i in A 1487 an and d consequently thit that the fish was more than years it was 19 feet long when cau caught 0 ht and weighed pounds |