Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-03-19
Your obedIcnt scrvaii'l .
SAM. HOUSTON, President.

ToRSADo.-Tho Tuscaloosa r,pnrs Of the
9Th bring the full particulars Of the recent,
destructive tornado in thai vicinity. The storm
commenced about sunrise. sweeping over the
city and nelghborhood, and tearing up al d
prostratjng every thing in its tack. The most
melancholy part Of lts effects was the death
Of Miss Cummings, a young and beautiful la
dy, Who was crushed by the falling Of her ia
Tiers dwelling. The Monitor says
Among the principal sufferers we NAV emu
merate Captain Cummings, Captain kldder,
aud Mrs. Levin, all of whom occupied large
brick dwellings,, with the violence Of tie tor
nado has swept INTO atoms. Mrs. levin, a lady
Of advanced age, was seriously injured by the
falling timbers one OF her thighs was broken
and the other much bruised. One or two other
members Of her large family were also in
lured. 1t was indeed miraculous, that amid
such peril SO many escaped with their lives.
The upper story including several of the bed
rooms OF Captain kidder's house, was blown
entirely off. As 10 the large act Of buildings
occurred by Mrs. Levin, as a house of enter
tainment, which accommodated some fifty or
sixty members of the Legislature, not a. bri~y
or piece of timber was left in IT'S place. Tho
very foundation was torn up. The second sto-
ny ard one entire wall Of Captain Cummings'
i'AFS "oD iuhoi' away ! III biitT Wv ANN
of Mr.. Fonville was an entire wreck, aud ae
the sides fell in, it seemed that there was TO
vacant spot in which the life of the smallest
person could have been preserved-and vet,
providentlally, the family escaped. We are
informed that the hurricane came I'd SO sud
denly and unexpectedly that little precaution
could be used to save lie, and vet we behold
the wonderful deliverance, Mrs. Mari had her
kitchen and out houses levelled, hut her
dwelling stood firm. Mrs. Gorman's beautiful
residence suffered much: the very shrubs in
her yard and garden were torn up by the roots.
Captain Bingbam's house, though not in the
fIerCest Of the WhlrlWlnd, had one or two
chimneys knocked Of. Mr. Pierce's dwelling
was considerably injured. Mrs. Mcdaniel,
near the State House, los: her kitchen and a
part Of her dwelling. The brick room occu-
pied by Mr.. McCurdy's school, was entirely
demolished. Some half dozen other houses,
occupied by families, were RACED by the whirl-
wind. To the loss of the buildings we may
add, in almost every INSTANCE, the total de-
struction Of furniture and provisions. In most
cases, snoks-houses, partries and corn-cribs,
all shared a common ruin, and little Of their
contents could be traced. Several families are
left eneseiy destitute by this disastrous vista
tiCn.
We0e informed that the handsome seat Of
General Crabb (who is absent to Cuba for his
health) did not escape the ravages of the tenn
pest. II 9 negro cabins, out-houses aud state
'ly yard trees were swept down. The new
brick mansion of Mr.. Cochran was also in
iured. Mrs. Fitch was also among those whose
kitchens, fences, &c. were destroyed. The
course of the tornado was from the south of
west. and by that means the State House was
a little to the right of it, but was sufficiently
battered as to lose two windows, SO as to ad-
mi: the copions rain into the Senate and Re-
representatives. chambers, as we'll az m4ry Of
fees below. The strength of the noble bridge
across the Warrior was thoroughly tested
part of the roof was blown away. and two
reaches of the bridge itself we're mo, ed about
feet up stream, on the piers. 1t is slightly
warped, but it is as strong and firm as ever.
The fury of the tornado seems to have spent
itself in the river, as no track of it ia to be
seen on the opposite side. We hear Of a good
deal of damage to farms in the vicinity, but
the particulars have not been related TO US
Such havoc by the elements has never been
made before ID this quarter within the recol-
lection Of our oldes' inhabitants, and we hum
bly, trust the like will never again be expe-
rlenced. a
The lore is estimated "ariously from thirty
to forty thousand dollars.
THAT CNRrLy MEuBER."-An extracrii-
nary case OF SANDER was lately determined III
the Supreme Court Of Ohio, which illustrates
the necessity Of women holding their tongues,
and that iron rule OF the law, which makes
the husband responsible in damages for the
slanderous expressions Of his wife. About
three years ago Mrs. Copeland charged Mrs.
White W tn stealing her "geraniuru pot" ana
published the words to several persons. Mr..
White and wife commenced an action against
Mr.. c. and wife in an inferior court, and OBJ
tanned a verdict for one thousand dollara-the
defendants counsel moved upon a bill Of cx-
ceptions; alleging that no SANDER woBld lay
in the words, because the geranium was in
the nature Of a tree and the taking Of 4 tree
was only a ~trespass, and not a felony. The
cause was sent down a~gain-was tried, and
the counsel for the plaintiff waived TIE tree
and went for the pct.
The Jury on the second trial we're incensed
at the bubble, and gave a indicative verdict
$4,000 damages aud costs 1T being proved
to them that he received $4,000 BY his wife
on his marriage. The defendant, by his coun-
sci, moved for 4 new trial on the ground Of ex-
cessiye damages, and a rule was granted, on
payment OF the plaintiffs whole costs, which
amounted 70 over one thousand dollars. The
case vas again tried, ard by IN untoward ia
tally, which his eminent counsel could not
control, although every effort was made in his
behalf, the jury returned q verdict OF three
thousand fire htndreI dollars damages, and
costs By this time the defendant was iisarti-
II sick OF The law. ard not wiling TO agree
with his adversary, determined to avoid the
payment OF the judgement, by transferring his
property TO his rother-in-law The powerful
f4nrs Of q blll Of discovery dreW out Tie fact