Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-07-15

SOUTH HANOVER IN RUINS.
Extract Of letter, dated South Hanov er, Indiana
! July 9Th. 1887.
II set down in haste to give YOU some accoun,
Of q scene the most terrific and appalling l have
ever witnessed! Our village that yesterday was
peaceful and cheerful is now in ruins. iestcr
day evening about o'clock the heavens wore
the appearance Of . coming storm, and in one
hour q most fearful tornado burst upon Ms, sweep
ing ever village in devastation, Though prais
q - a mercifal God, not in death) The scene
vas terrific beyoad my powers Of description
The boarding house hero has the whole Of one
gable eod torn out. Mr. Young's store, a sub
stantial brick building, is . heap Of ruins-Dr.
Matthew'S house IS taken of at the cvcs-the
house in which Mr.. Bishop lived. on the hill, is
torn to Gngments-onc end Of Col. Morrow 5
house is torn to the ground-Mr. Chevcr's house
is torn TO Pieees-the college roof is ridded, and
the wing level almost with the ground, and about
ono fourth ofthe eastern wall Of the main build
ing lying scattered over the earth-Profcssor
Niles house is torn up from its very foundation,
the very 6oo-s and sills ane carried away-all the
furniture and the professors library are totally
lost. Mr. Butler occupied the house, fortunately
there were none Of them at home The new steam
mill is destroyed. These some of the princi-
pal losses; some ten fifteen other buildings,
dwellings, out houses, shops, sc. arc destroyed.
Trees of all sizes and kinds torn up and dashed
to atoms. There are but few buildings in the
place, especially in the nortten and central parts
Of il, where all the most important buildings are,
that are not racked and seriously injured. The
streets are covered with fragments. This was
the work Of certainly less than five minutcs-yct
wonderful as it appears amidst the crash Of fall
ling buildings, the fury Of the bursting tempest,
-
ming, not a sole in Hanover its vicinity
either killed or seriously injured."-fCin Gaz.
The CAPTAIN AND THE DANDy.-The portfolio
of an ex-editor, now and then sends forth some
amusing "odds and ends, - among which is this
good one Of q captain of one of our Nantucket
whalcrs, an eccentric fellow, and of rather IN un
couth figure, who visited one of our cities after
cruise of three years, and one evening attended
the Theatre. As matter Of course such q rough
dark complexioned cd character in a box with
several fashionable ladies and gentlemen, at
tracted some considerable attention, and created
much mcrrimcnt amorg the cxquisitcs. Several
times, every opera glass in the boxes were thrust
at him, until, finally aware that he the
traction Of the evening he left the house deter
mined to repay such impudence in their own
coin, on the following night. Accordingly on the
succeeding evening, cnyclopcd beneath his great
coat, the ships spy glass, about two and a half
feet in length, he started for tho Theatre As
soon almost, as he entered his box, the opera 81
scs were in commotion. He waited until the
play commenced, when upon observing a young
gentleman, with . cane under his arm, and glass
1t his eye pointed directly At him, he drew forth
from his outer garment the spy-glass; and draw
ing IT from the case the entire length, aimed it d.
rect at the dandy, and continued 10 look at him un-
I'll the house was in . complete uprcdr, and the
Top, with modification, left the box for the obbies
Favour FROM THE SULTAN-A favour,
which was never granted before to ary BODY
has just been obtained by the mediation of the
Russian ambassador, NJ BoutenieHr A firman of
his Highness has authorised him to visit the I
principal mosques of CoEstantinop!c. No inf |
lei has heretofore been permitted to step beyond /
he threshold Of the Mahomctan temples, and yet
100 persons in the retinue of the Russian am
'assador visited few days ago all the temples Of
he Turkish capital. An old Greek Catholic, who /
lad for years begged permission Of the Sultan
nee in his life to enter the formerly Christian
emple, st. Stephen, having on this occasion been
flowed to do 50, was unable to suppress his cmD-
ions, and fell upon his knees in The sanctuary
nd wept for joy.
A SPICE OF THE RoxAxrIc.-The Blltm,rc
Monument relates that lawyer from the
Vest married few DAYS since in that State a
ldy with whom he had fallen in love some 20
ears ago, and whom he had ncve. seen since
ntil the time Of the marriage. The gentleman
ould have married her at the time he was sicz-
d with the tender passion, but for the dcclara-
on which she one day playfalIy made, that she
ould "never marry poor man!' Determined to
su'ovc this objection to him, he pushed for the
est, and after twenty years hard toll, aid when
Re lady had forgotten him he had amassed sufii-
lent wealth to encourage him to renew his pro-
osal They luckily, had remained single, his :
roposal was accepted, they were married, and on !
1ednsday morning last they left Baltimore for !,
is home in the west
LOOK OUT-Wc would particularly advise I
,r friends to be careful in examining all notes =
high may be rendered them, Of the amo unit Of o
100, and other large sums, on any Of the Bran P
les Of the State Bank Of Indiana, and other c
INKS, rs, by = system Of fraud as novel as it is
genioUs, s. notes have been altered into notes
800, and are now extensively in circulation.
e have recently seen q note Of this kind, and
e following description may enable our readers n
e more easily to detect them. q
This note had been originally five dollar note, !;
lyable at the branch at Lawrenccburg Of the Il
late Bank Of Indiana, and of the plate marked c.
which, at the two upper corners, are half o Q,