Daily National Intelligencer

A little before day light yesterday morning, this city was visited by the severest storm of rain we have had for three years, accompanied by considerable electrical demonstrations. The lightning struck three or four houses within a square of two hundred yards, not far from the Post Office Building; but no serious damage was done to the houses, nor any injury to their occupants. It is apprehended that much damage has been done to mills and bridges which lay within the narrow track over which this storm passed. One of the bridges over Rock Creek, and some of our small city bridges and culverts sustained some injury, but so little, that, after so violent a storm, we believe it was a matter of general surprize that no more damage was done.