The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-18 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The British and North American royal mail
steamship Persia, C. H. E. hidlans commander,
with New York dates to the 6th instant, arrived
in the Mersey this morning at eight o'clock. She
has brought $1,037,696 and 233 passengers, a list
of whom is given below.
It was expected that Congress would adjourn
on the 18th instant. The bill providing for the
•return of captured slaves to Africa had finally
passed.
THE TORNADO IN lOWA AND ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, June 4.

•
A terrible tornado passed over the eastern part of
lowa and the northwest part of Illinois last night. The
telegraph lines west of the Mississippi being down, we
are unable to ascertain how far west the tornado reached,
and what is the real amount and-loss of life and, property.
The tornado commenced at Clinton, lowa, at half-
past seven o'clock last evening, and although lasting but
two and a half minutes, caused more destruction of life
and property than any similar storm that has ever
visited this portion of the country.
The towns of Camanche, lowa, and Albany,
on opposite sides of the river, and five miles south of
Clinton, were, completely demolished. In the former
place thirty-two dead bodies have already been taken
from the ruins, and there are still a number that cannot
be got at.
In Albany, five or six dead bodies have been found,
with about fifty wounded, some of them seriously. The
citizens of Fulton, Illinois, and Clinton, lowa, are doing
everything in their power to relieve the sufferers.
From other towns on the route of the tornado that
can be reached by telegraph, we learn .that the des-
truction of life and property was equally as great.
At Lynden, three miles south of Sterling, several per-
sons were killed, and fiteen persons in that vicinity
were badly injured by having arms and legs broken.
The storm passed two miles north of Amboy. Report
says that over ten lives were lost there, and a number
badly injured.
The tornado appears to have taken a course almost
due east from the Mississippi to Rock River. Scarcely
a house or a barn on the direct track, which was about
halt a mile in width, was left standing. Erom all
accounts not less than sixty-nine lives were lost. The
extent of damage to property, which is very large,
cannot be fully ascertained for some time.
At a public meeting of the citizens of Fulton it was
resolved to furnish the sufferers with homes and all the
assistance required.
CHICAGO,- June 5, 1860.

From telegraphic messages received here last night
and this morning, we learn the following further parti-
culars in regard to the tornado of Sunday morning.
The first that was heard of it was between Marion and
Cedar Rapids, in Lynn county, lowa, going northwest
and southeast, in three different currents, crossing the
track of the Chicago, lowa, and Nebraska Railroad
several times.
At Lisbon station the depot buildings and all the
warehouses in the village were completely demolished.
A train of ten freight cars, heavily loaded, was lifted
from the track bodily, and dashed to pieces.
Before the tornado reached Lisbon it had killed
sixteen persons. From there one current' of the storm
passed'nOrth tlnough Mechanicsville, demolishing every-
thing in its course and killing sixteen persons more.
Another current 'took in its course Onion Grove,
killing in that vicinity seventeen persons. It then
passed south of the railroad near De Witt, killing
twenty-seven persons, sixteen of whom belonged to the
family of Thomas Hatfield. The current then passed
south, of Rowmersa and Low-Moor, destroying the
house of David Willard, killing him and a portion of
his fam4ly.
"It then struck the town of Camanche,,,pn the Missi-
ssippi river, at which point the, loss of life is much
greater than was at first stated. From all accounts
there cannot be less than fifty-five killed at this place.
Some reports state even a larger number, but the bodies
cannot be found. There are also 125 wounded, some
fatally, and ten missing.
A large lumber raft from the Chippewa river, manned
by a crew of twenty-four men, with two women on
board, which was tied up opposite Camanche at the
time of the tornado, was completely• scattered, and
twenty-one of the men and both women were lost.
Six persons in •the family of H. SesSions, proprietor
of the Millard House, were badly injured.

The tornado is known to have traversed a distance of
ninety miles in lowa, and seventy miles in Illinois,
doing incalculable damage to property. The loss of
life cannot be less than one hundred and fifty. During
the entire day yesterday two trains were run every hour
from Clinton to the scene of destrnction, and through
the aid of efficient committees much relief has been
rendered.
PRESENTS FOR CAPTAIN HUDSON, OF THE