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«ELIAN READING.
Tornado In Fayette and Boss
Counties Ohio.
Belton, Bell County, Texas, Saturday, December 13, 1857.
NO. 33.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has re-
ceived, through the Chill icothc Ad-
vertiser and Washington (Payette
j* county) Register, some of the par-
ticulars of the late hurricane that
passed over portions of Clinton,
Ross and Fayette countiesv The
Advertiser says:
It traversed about forty miles—
from near Vienna, in Clinton coun-
ty, to Hallsville in Ross—its path
varying in with from one hundred
yards to a mild at different points.
Like the destructive hurricanes of
the West Indies, it left death and
destruction in its course. It was a
terrible sight to those who beheld
it. A heavy, dark cloud, filled with
the wreck of trees and houses, and
whatever else came in its way, seem-
ing to touch the earth, swept over
with the velocity of lightning —
yEolus loosed the winds and the
storm-king rode the blast. No man
remembers so fierce a storm in this
portion of the country.
We first hear of the hurricane
travelling in an easterly direction.
It devastated the premises of John
Dorter, near Martinsburg, in Fay-
ette counly. The barn was unroof-
ed, carriage broken into pieces, and
his wagon, which was laden with
corn, carried entirely off. Large
trees standing near the house were
uprooted and borne away. The fen-
ces were prostrated and the rails
thrown in confusion over the farm.!
Mr. Dorter's grain was scattered
over the premises, the wind tearing
the husks from the corn, and even
shelling considerable quantities of,
it.
The disaster was complete when
the proprietor was crushed to death
and buried beneath the ruins of his
dwelling. This destruction was the
work of a moment.
The storm hurled on in its career
of desolation, mowing down the
forests and sweeping off the crops
from the cultivated field. Travelers
with their horses and vehicles were
lifted from the road and thrown into
the ndjacent fields. The brick
dwelling-honso and all the out-hou-
ses of Dr. Sanford, of this city, sit-
uated near Frankfort, were levelled
with the ground. Mrs. dawson
and Mrs. McNeil, (the venerable
relic of the late John McNeil,) occu-
pants of the house, received injuries
which are probably fatal.
Property all along the line of its
course shows its destructive energy.
Dry Ron Chapel was unroofed. Two
houses on the farm qf Mr. Hankins
were blown down. The dwelling
house and barn. of A. Warner, in
Union Township, were unroofed and
his farm much injured. He esti-
mates his loss at $3000. A small
brick houseclosc by was demolished,
the inmates escaping with their
lives^ut much bruised and. wound
ed. The log house of James Hurst
was razed to the ground. The fam-
ily was in the houso when it was
thrown down; but, strange to say,
none of them rtcoived fatal injury.
One hundred acres of corn, belong-
ing to George Wood, - were blown
away and défctroyed. It passed close
by the "north of Hallsville, unroof-
ing a blacksmith^hop at that place,
and slight^ injuring three me® who
werg in it ®t the tipie. Many other
persons Buffered whom we have not
space to referió.
We cannot, of course estimate the1
damage to property by this storm,
but it is large, and in many instan-
ces falls heavily upon the suffereps.
The Register says;
Where it began we are not able
to announce, put presume it must
have been about tne head of that
which passed -through a portion
Ross County, near Frankfort. It
was about a quarter of a,jnile in
width, and was furious tfevond des-
cription. The houso of Mr. John
Roster, about two miles this sid&of
SUNDAY HEADING.
A Sad* Sad Story.
The Cincinnatti Gazette relates
the following incident, which recent-
ly occurred at Xcnia:
Among the passengers in the train
from Cleveland was a young man
of perhaps twenty and a lady some
few years his setaior. The gentle-
man was plainly clad, but the girl
was dressed in the extreme of fash-
ion and rouged .beyond even brazen
wantoness. It was frequently ob-
served by the passengers that the
young man appeared to be earnest-
ly remonstrating with the girl, and
seemed to be deeply affected. At
Xenia both left the cars, and it was
apparent that the course of each lay
in different .directions—the man for
this city and the girt to the West.
As the cars were about starting the
young ma'n kissed her a hasty good
bye, and both burst into tears. The
conductor, seeing that there was
some deep grief at heart, invited the
gentleman to a seat in the baggage
caicas morete eluded from the gaze
New Martinsburg, in this counl^fc crgwd. ,'Any where,'said he,
was completely demolished and h^
himself killed. ' '
*
The'rest'of tl^g family, oiif.'sceflig
the desperate storm "approaching
fled to the celUr and'escapeo injury,
save his son, who had his skull frac-
tured by.the blowing tor of a door as
he was entering. The old gentle-
man was unable to reach tbo Sellar
in time, and was so badly hurt that
he expired in about half an hour
after the storm had spent its fury.—
Not a fencc was left within its grasp
and orchards were uprooted and car-
ried off hundreds of yards. No ene
can form any cencep.tion of the great
destruction of property that ensued,
unless he were to visit the calami-
tous scene.
The hurricane occurred about four
o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday,
15th inst. The Advertiser adds:
We hear of some incidents con-
nected with the late tornado in this
vicinity which would be quite incred-
ible, uuless their truth was vouched
for by most veracious men.
A venerable gentleman, holding
a ministerial office in Scioto town-
ship, informs us that two gentlemen
riding in a buggy in Concord town-
ship, when they saw the whirlwind
approaching, alighted, and, taking
hold of the buggy, endeavored to
hold it to the earth. Tho violence
of the winds lifted the vehicle, horse
and men from the ground, high into
the air. They descended, after an
acriel voyage of half a mile, with-
out the slightest injury to horse,
buggy or persons.
A most respectable .citizen of
Union township reports that he saw
the barn roof of A. Warner floating
over his house at a distance of 100
feet from the ground. Mr. Warner
lives three miles from this gentle-
man's place, in the direction the storm
was traveling. It would be difficult
to believe that this roof could have
been carried that distance against
a current of wind of fifty miles per
hour, unless the fact was vouched
for by a reliable and truthful witness.
'only come with me. I must speak
to some one, or my heart will break.'
After Incoming little calmed, he
said: 'Th*at lady and myself were
raised together^ with moss for car-
pets, acorns for cups and saucers,
and pebles for walks, we played in
childhood. She was a few years ol-
der than myself, but we were insep-
arable. She grew up to womanhood,
was married, then seperated from
her husband, and sought the city and
became a wanton—a heartless, dis-
graced courtesan. Steeped in sin
as she is, shameless as she may be,
I ábuld not but kiss her goqd-bye—
for she is my sister! She has already
hurried a loving mother to a prema-
ture grave, and brought disgrace
upon her brothers and sisters. But
while she acknowledges it all and
sheds tears of apparent contrition
and regret, no remonstrance can
change her course. She has just
been home to make us a visit, but
has left again fSr her residence in
the city to drown in the wanton's
life the rememberance of what she
might have been. Do you blame
mc, then,' turning to the sympathi-
zing conductor, 'for weeping as I do
over one so loved and fallen?'
How Great Hen
Great.
A great man is always willing to
be little* While he sits on the cush-
ion of advantages, he goes to sleep.
When he is pushed, tormented, de-
feated, lie has a chance tc learn
something; he has been put on his
wits, on his manhood; he has gained
facts; learned his ignorance, is cur.
ed of the insanity of conceit; has
got moderation and real skill. The
wise man always throws himself on
the side of his assailants. It is more
to his interest than it is theirs to
find his weak point. The wound cic-
atrizes falls off from him like dead
skin, and when they would triumph,
lot he has passed on invulnerable.
As lorg as all that is said is a-
gainst me, I feel a certain assur
auce of succcss. But as soon as hon,
ied words of praise are spoken for
me, I feel as one that lies unprotected
before his enemies.—Emerson.
The Chicago Democrat says:
The cattle received and packcd at
this point will be less than one-half.
Some packers have made bets that
the number packcd here will not ex-
ceed 14,000 or 15,000 head. On ac-
count of the present low prices offer-
ing, a number of the cattle owners
and drovers are driving back their
stock to the cornfields to let them
fatten till next spring, while the
yards here are full of cattle which
cannot find purchasers except at
ruinous rates.
Fatal Accident.—We learn from
the Columbia South Carolinian that
Mr. Matthew Crawford, in stepping
from one car to another on the Char-
lotte train, fell through and was in-
stantly killed, by tho train passing
over him.
Gsy James Hamilton, who perish-
ed on the steamship Opclousas, is
one of those well known public men,
to whose public reputation newspa-
per obituaries can add but little.
He was a prominent politician for a
long period, in South Carolina; had
been Governor of the State, a Repre-
sentative in Congress for six years,
and was, at the timo of his death,
regarded as a candidate for the U.
S. Senate, from that State, in which
he uniformly claimed his residence,
though being much abroad, and hav-
ing large interests in Texas. Ho
served Texas, during the days of the
Republic, as loan commissioner and
chare d'Affairs, in England, France
and tho German States. He was
an accomplished gentleman, as well
as a man of genius and eloquence.
In politics he was of tho ultra Sou-
thern school, and became noted for
his scheme of practical resistance to
the Tarriff, when Gen. Jackson wjts
President.
Gov. Robort J. Walker's name is
now written "r. j. walker."—Caddo
Gazette.
The statements as to the want of
effort, on the part ot the officers of
the steamship Galveston, for the
rescue of the passengers of tho Op-
elousas, is contradicted by Mr. Ho-
bart, of New Orleans, one of the
passengers who was rescued. He
says—
"The Galveston staid by the wreck
during the night, aud her officers
and men used every exertion to save
those floating in the water. Their
kindness and attention to the survi-
vors while on board the Galveston,
and until they were placed on board
the Union at the flats, outside of
Berwick's Bay, will long be remem-
bered by them with gratitude-"—
Civ. $ Gaz.
By the loss of the Opelousas, a
mail from New Orleans to Galves-
ton is gone. This* mail left New Or-
leans on Sunday, the 15th. The
previous mail left there on the 12th.
Consequently, letters mailed in New
Orleans on tbo 12th, 13th, and 14th,
and by the way-bag on the 15th, are
lost. Letters from the ll¿b to the
14 th, from Montgomery from the
10th to the 13th, Washington 1
the 10th, New York 5th to the
and Boston 4th to the 8th, for Texas,
were, if forwarded by due course of
mail, no doubt on the Opelousas.—
We do not know tho time on the
western routes well enough to say
frhat dates are lost, but correspon-
dents, by tracing their letters to
New Orlcarn8, can readily find out
whether they were on the ill-fated
steamer or not.—Com. Tel.
Mr. W. H. Russel has finished his
course on provincial lectures on the
Crimean War, and according to ru
mor—which I believe has good foun-
dation—will in all probability go
out at once to India as special cor-
respondent of the Times. This
would be a boon to newspaper rea-
ders, and one which they well de-
serve.
A steam carriage was seen in
New York on Tuesday evening, the
17th, proceeding down Broadway
on an experiment trip, with three
passengers. Its speed was about
equal to that of an omnibus.
The news of the fall of Delhi was
the occasion of great rejoicing in
Canada. In Hamilton flags were
displayed, a salute of 21 guns were
fired, and the military paraded in
full force* tn Toronto similar dem-
onstrations were made, though on
not quite so extensive a scale.
Prioress's Winnings.—It is stated
in London that Mr. Ten Broeck re
ceivod at the Ccsarwitch race, as
mnoh as £60,000 ($800,000.) His
losses in England liare been com'
paratively very small.
IDE TBI IAMB.
Planting Trees.—If yon should
plant trees during the fall, have
your holes dag previous to obtaining
them. Dig deep, and drain well, if
the soil íb naturally porous. Lay a
foot deep of the surface soil at the
bottom of the hole, and in planting
lay every fibre of the roots in its
natural position. Fill in careftilly
and your trees will not blow oveif.
Fruit trees never change their up-
right position, if planting has been
well done, and the trees supplied
with good roots. Better plant one
tree properly, as it will be likely
to live than three in the same time,
and of course improperly, two of
which will in all probability die.
Manuring Trees.—-As tlie present
is a good time to manure trees, it
s best to do it properly. Don't
throw a barrowful of fresh manure
near the roots of your tree, and then
call the business done, unless your
object is to supply a nice winter
retreat for the mice, who will surely
girdle that tree as a reward for tho
snug quarters furnished them; but
give each tree a good load of rotted
manure, which should bo dug in
around the extremity of the roots.
It is not the large main roots which
extract the nutriment from the soil,
but the small fibres at tho extremity
of these roots and it would be al-
most as wise as to put a poultice of
manure to the trunk and branches,
with the expectation of benefiting
the tree thereby, as to apply it close
to the trunk. In both cases a por-
tion of the fertilizing matter would
in all likelihood bo washed within
each of the spongules.
Some Potato.—Wo have receiv-
ed from our friend Swain, of the
Columbia Democrat, the largest po-
tato ever seen by us. We have
heard ot some that may have been
largor, but wo Btispect tbo accounts
were rather apochryplial. This one
weighs, or did weigh, 26 pounds, and
is about the size and shape of a
common pumpkin. It is 30 inchcs
•in circumference, and measures
about the samo in every way around.
We have heard of a potato that
feasted a cow for a week, but wo
think it was not properly carved.-—
This would probably laftárcr nearly
as long, if given to her in it* present
shape, for she would find it difficult
to got a mouthful out of it,—G. N
Something N isw.-Among tho curi-
ous things at the State Agricultural
Fair, may be seen cotton feed oil,
cotton seed cakc and cotton seed
meal. These are the product of the
cotton seed which has Iterctofore
been considered worthless, in conse-
quou.ee of the supposed impossibility
of hulling it, but which by an ingen-
ious invention, the property oi Union
Oil Company of Providence, has at
last been accomplished. The oil is
found to be very rich and valuablo
fox; burning, manufacturing and the
general uses of other oils. The cake
when ground to meal, is U3ed for feed-
ing cows, in the same raanmer as lin-
seed meal, for which pulpóse it is
fat preferable, as it docs dot give a
painty taste, and largely increases
the quantity and richness ot tho
milk.—Boston Tramscript.
When Peter the Great was in
England ho expressed a desire to
visit the Old Bailey and witness a
criminal trial. Seeing a large num-
ber of gentlemen with powdered
wigs and silk gowns, the Czar aski
his interpreter who they w<
"Lawyers!' was tho reply.
yers? My God! I have only two'}
all my dominions, and I intend'
hang one of them as soon m 11
home."
A Slave Case.
Boston, Nov. 9.
A hearing was had to-day in tho
case of a habeas corpns, sued out
for a slave girl named Betty belong-
ing to Lewis Sweet of Tennessee,
The girl expressed a wish to re-
main with her master. Chief Jus-
tice Shaw then dismissed the caGO
Considerable •excitement has been
produced in certain circles by this
case. Several colored persons made
strong but unavailing attempts to
induce Betty to accept her free-
dom.
Mr. Sweet and hiB family had
spent several months traveling in
the North.
Their last stopping placo was at
Lawrence, Mass., where a writ of
habeas corpus obtained, on the
ground that tho woman, Betty, was
restrained from liberty. The par-
ties were brought to this city to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. Sweet said that they
would cheerfully abido by Bety's de-
cision.
Judge Shaw took the woman into
an adjoining room, to assertain her
wishes without bias from the pres-
ence of those around'her, then gran-
ted an ojder to the following effect:
that Betty bo at liberty to remain in
Massachusetts, or return with her
master to Tennsssee, as she may
see fit.
Meeting or Railroad Engineers.—
Tho National Protective Assoc-
iation of Locomotive Engineers of
the United States held a meeting on
the 12th inst., in New York, Mr.
Askew, of Baltimore, presiding. The
meeting represented thirty-one of the
railroads in fourteen of the United
States, and the number who havo
taken an activo part in the move-
ment since it was projected, two
years ago, is ab^ut 2500 engineers.
The meeting hojld that the rapid
multiplication of railroads in the
United States had caused a corres-
ponding demand for locomotive engi-
neers; and through tho facility which
the absence of any license laws or
standard of qualifications has afford-
ed, many persons wholly unqualified
for the responsible post of locomo-
tive engineers have attained to that
position, to the injury of the profes-
sion, to the detriment others engag-
ed in that business, as well as to tbo
hazard of the interest of the corpo
rations who employ them, and the
great jeopardy of the traveling
fpubJic.
The associated Engineers are dev-
ising a plan to be submitted to tho
several State Legislatures, having
for its object the passage of an act to
from a board of examiners, so that
no person can pass tho ordeal but,
competqpt, pjuctical locomotive en-
gineers.
Grave Robbing—A Dr. Dunsbeo
has been arrested in Williams coun-
ty, Ohio, for robbing a grove. We
learn from the Standard that, on Fri-
day week, a young woman named'
Rebecca Dull, residing with her bro*
ther in Georgetown, Defiance county,
after fating a hearty dinner, fell
dead in a fit, and was buried on the
following Sunday, CiroumsUnccs
excited suspicion that the grave was
robbed, which, on examination,
was found empty. The body was
found on Monday in an old black-
smith shop, used as a carriage house
by Dr. Dunsbee, deposited in a barrel,
with a large covering over it. Dr.
D. was arrested ana gave bail to
answer the charge in the sum of
•600. _______
Coux.bn't Hoto Octt.—A girl, who
had become tired of single blessed-
wrote to her intended thus:
iar Jim, come rightoff, if you're
at alj Ed. Helderman is in-
I «hall have bin, cud he
* holdout*!
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