Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-09-06

| FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS OF. THE TORNADO. Lou
is0ilIe, dug 20. Agreeably to the proclamation Of
Mayor Speed, all business suspended through
out the City and the bells toled the day being OBJ
served as a day of mourning for the victims of the
! awful tornado of Sunday.
The bells were toed and the funeral service of the
unfortunate victims was preached at DR.. Brecken-
| ridges church. where immense concourse was
gathered hear Dr. Morrison, the pastor of the de-
| molished church. He said the door was blown open
and the house filled with dust. In an instant the
destruction complete. The Doctrr was in the
pulpit at the time of the catastrophe, and escaped
| uninjured. The scene one of melancholy inter-
| est.
! [sEcoND DEsPATcH]
LOUISVILLE, AUG. %. The papers of this morning
contain full details of the tornado Sunday and of
the funeral ceremonies yesterday.
The city yesterday presented solemn spectacle
| Business in great degree, suspended, and the
bells all tolled for several hours i'll the middle
| of the day AT an early hour in the afternoon the
First Prcsbyteria Church. where the funeral services
| of most of the deceased were held densely
| crowded. The bodies of the dead were placed upon
platform in the tower and the exercises were con-
| Quoted by several clergynen. The spacious yard
also crowded with spectators, who were unable
| to obtain entrance.
| At the opening of the service the Rev. Mr.. Nor
rison, who otciated at the i'll faed church at the
time of the catastrophe, made few remarks. He
stated that the Sabbath afternoon disastrous
to life, he had been requested to preach, but it was
not generally known among the congregation that
there would be divine servce-hence the small num-
Der that were assembled. Upon the next Sunday it
expected that the pastor recently invited would
be installed.
When the storm came up the main door of the
basement room was blown open, and an elder rose
and closed it. Again the door was forced open, and
again closed, third time the violence of the wind
blew the door open, notwithstanding the elder
pressing against it at the time. Instantly the house
was filled with particles of sand. The speaker had
his eyes filled with fine dust This caused some stir
in the assembly, and most of the persons rose to
their feet, some jumping out of the windows near
where they sitting
Mr.. Morrison said he had not time to recover from
the effects of the gust of wind that Struck him with
particular fury before cracking sound reverberated
over head, and in a moment of time after the temp
est blew ope43Site door with suchelence filling the
room with sand the whole walls had fallen in. I'm
mediately about the pulpit where he standing
the plastcrinG not broken and to his right sew
cral old ladies escaped unhurt
Mr.. Morrison expressed himself as having been
greatly shocked by the suddenness of the calamity,
and when he fairly recovered from the blindness
caused by the ascending DUST &C., most terrible
sight presented itself before him. He two men
already dead, the head of another greatly mangled,
just appearing among the rubbish, a lady clasping
her child in the agony of death, and young lady
with her body bent across of the seats and her
face most horribly distorted From different parts
of the building he could hear the groans of the dy-
ing, and the stifled screams of the crushed
OF those injured, only one, Mrs. Marshall has yet
expired Mrs Duff is in very precarious condition.
Mrs. Marshall wife of VIM Marshall, is not expect
Capt Greenhow, of the Steamer Memphis, which
boat was badly damaged, thus describes the lorna
do. He his boat, ON the forecastle, when the
first blast of the hurricane struck her. He the
block of houses of Mr. Beatty crumble to the ground
and before he could utter warning cry to those
around, the storm was upon them.
He claSped his arms around the stauncheon, to
hold himself and in an instant he heard rushing
sound over his head, and noise like the cracks of
an immense wagon whip,t and saw the greater por
ton of his cabu roof and the entire Texas railing
ty yards ahead of him. A moment after the pond
hull of the boat received a tremendous blow,
it were, and whrled from its mornings to
reef of rocks in about the space of time it requires
to draw breath
GENIUS, TALENT AND CLEvERNEss. Genius rush
es like whirwind, talent marches like cavalcade
of heavy men and heavy horses cleverness skins
like swallow in the Summer evening with sharp |
shrill note and sudden turning. The man of genius
dwells with and with nature the man of tai |
ent in his study; but the clever dances here,
there and every where, like butterfly in hurri-
cane, striking everything and enjoying nothing, but
too light to be dashed to pieces The of talent
will attack theories, the clever will assa the
individual and SANDER private character. The mar
of genius despises both he heeds none, he fears
none, he lives in himself shrouded in the conscious
ness of his strength; he nterferes with none,
and walks forth an example that "eagles fly alone,
they but sheep that herd together" 1t is true,
that should poisonous worm cross his path, he
may tread it under foot should cur snarl at him.
he may chasse him but he will not, cannot attack
the privacy of another. Clever men write verses,
men of talent write prose, but the man of genius
writes poetry. Hazlitt.
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