New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-15

TORSADO-Our city, says the LOgansport, IND !
Telegraph Of July s. visited by one OF these frgh'
mi glsis on last Tuesday about o'clock IN the even
;.y i, was first observed in western direction and
crossing Eel river Is said TO have attracted the water 70
great bichtthence sweeping over the town II Struck
,be Court House tearing off the greater part OF the roof
and a moment afterwards overwhelming the market
house in mass OF ruins At this juncture observed
il sweeping up Broadway whIling up dust and trash
10 great hight attracting the surrounding atmosphere
with great iurcc and we can describe II only ~ huge
vbr wind composed OF dense vapOr dust and fragments
and overcast with large black cloud II pursued iis
course up Broadway some distance then crossed over
to the left Of the graveyard and still pursuing an east
ern course through the woods said 10 have thrown
down large number Of trees doing material injury 10
some Of the farms above IL fortunate for as that II
took that coursehad passed up Market street there
Is knowing the extent of misery that would have FOL
lowed As is no serious injury has been suffered. II
was a sublime yet frighiful we observed heavy
missiles whirling two or three hundred yards IN
the air above. The weather pleasant Just proceed
ing the thermometer standing at ~ deg and heavy
rain succeeded in the evening.
RroT AND MURDER.-The streets of our city
were dsgraced Friday las, by riot which resulted
in the death OF John Tucker unOicnding colored man
Coroners inquest held over his body and the ycr
diet of the Jury that his death caused by blows
inflicted with clubs by Nicholas Woods VIM. Belengcr
and Edward Davis Bcllengcr made his escape
Woods is jail to await his trial at the next term Of our
Court which will commence on Monday the 2lst inst
Davis Is in custody but having received injury IN the
not has not yet been imprisoned The circumstances
attending this whole affair justify us IN pronOuncing II
most bsrbarous and unprovoked murder
indianapolis Oa) Journal, July @
m Townsend b Petit blacksmith of Hemp
stead l.. L. we learn from the Inquirer had narrow
escape from death on Friday last He fixing sta
pie bombshe for the purpose OF suspending as
balance from welropc. lie was told by the man who
brought ii tina, 1t had been fired of Having heated an
iron bolt red hot he proceeded 10 drive into the hole
Of the bomb, in which a wooden plug He had dri.
ven II in nch the iron Of course setting the wood
on FIRE when he withdrew IL for the purpose OF sharpen
inc the point. While the iron heating. he said 10
young work for him. Walter, there can't be any
danger in putting this in can there = The young man
went to the bomb and discovered that fu Of P0u
der lie turned II up, and stream as large mans
finger ran Mr. p told him not TO let II out, pro
cured sheet Of paper and caught the remainder which
nei9hed or0 half pound.
~ The steamer Huntsville arrived yesterday
from Warsaw, the Usage river. She reports that
stream very high, and in many places over the banks
and into the farms II has been seven feet higher this
than last and fve feet higher than the
great food of 1897 Many farms and crops have been
wholly inundated and nearly destroyed the river
however falling when the II. out There not
great deal of produce this owing lis having
been run out in the stbosts during the rise. The Bal
loon was met at Usage river The Missouri below the
mouth OF the Usage river was falling slowly.
ST Louis New Era July (