Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-08-29
Terrible Storm and Loss OF
Life.

.Nep orleans, .fug. l4-A terrible storm
occurred IN this vIcinuy which lasted all
day as also all day of Monday. Its effects
however were most disastrous al Lasi Island,
a great summer resort, which our accounts
represent 10 have been entirely Inundated -
Every building 90 The Island Is said to have
been swepl away and no less than I37 lives
are reported 90 htve been lost. The Steam
er --- left here on the yih. with aYpe
number OF passengers, entered the storm be.
fore reaching Last Island, and became per.
iecuy unmanageable, and soon after became
a complete wreck. The scene among tho
passengers was terrific there being no less
than 25O clinglng TO the wreck and to fraa.
ments, each anxIously awaiting the arrival
Of some vessel to take them off.
Whether any Of this company were lost
/ is not known, though hopes are entertained
| that all were saved, as a steamer is under
stood to have gone TO their relief Kaillon
Island had also been submerged, but the ac-
counts from thence are very meagre, but re-
ports state that an immense amount Of pro-
pery aud many lives have been lost On
Lake and River we hear Of various steam.
boats, fiat boats aud other crafts being IN.
jured. Nearly all the watering places have
been inundated, and dwellings, bath houses
&c, swept away. Altogether the loss of
property must be verv heavy. The crops il
is feared have also suffered severely.
The Storm al The South. o. A despatch from
New Orleans has been received, stating that
steamer Perseverance was not injured IN the
recent storm. The Nautilus left Galveston
on Friday evening previous to the Storm
with 80 passengers, $4,000 in specie, and
a large number Of cattle. She must have
been near Last Island at the time Of the ga e,
and as she has not been heard of since, Of
course fears are entertained for her safety.--
| The gale had been very destructive to the
crops IN Southern Louisiana, but It is belev-
ed 1t WAS not very severe at Galveston.
Ii is now believed that the number of lives
los. by the dreadful storm, on Sunday and
Monday last, will reach full $50, including
men, women and children, but mostly the
/ former At Last Island 100 dead bodies have
been found, the sight Of which Is terrible. 49,
| The total loss OF property by this sudden
and unlocked for calamity 10 computed Mt
| 100000, while some place Il at a still high
eF figure
The passengers by tho steamer Star arc
believed to have been all rescued. Had the
storm overtnken them 10 the night, however,
| the entire number. over 200, must have per-
/ shad
Rare curiosity. Century Plant for
many years IN possession OF the family Of the
late Stephen Van Rensselaer, of Ogdens-
/ burgh, is now in blossom aud on exhibition
in Ogdensburgh, in aid Of the young mems
association of tha, place.
Dimensions; height, - feet; crcumfer-
ence Of trunk, 10 feet; length Of leaf 8 feet I;
number Of leaves, 100; circumference of
base Of upright ste sustaining flowers, .
feet; number OF blossom bearing branches,
80 whole number of blossoms, about Is 900
The stem which is 26 feet long, has grown
since the last days of March
The Chicago Tribune gives list of all
the newspapers published In Illinois, with
their political preferences. From II we
learn that of the dallies fifteen are for Free
mont, and seven for Buchanan; aud of the
weeklics sxty-six are for Fremont and forty
seven for Buchanan, only one IN the whole
State being Tor Fillmore.
At the late session of Gimer County
Court, Va, he Grand Jury Of that County
presented the editor Of The Cincinnati Uts.
tern Christian 8av0eais for publishing aboli-
iion doctrines, and also the Rev, Levi Parke,
for circulating lhrt paper
~" FRANcis p. BLAIR, the member OF
Congress elect from the ~. Louis District
Missouri, said before the election -" hdp,
no hesitation in auotoing that loas oPPos . d
to tho repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, AMI
THAT An IN FAyoR or IT'S REsToRArioN
LOOK Our FoR THEM. A new counter
felt FIVE on the Merchants Bank, OF Burling
ton, W., is in circulation. lts description
has not appeared in any Of ths detec,ors. -
! Vignette, a spread eagle upon shield, will
, the motto r Piuribus Unum, train Of cars
! reopers and vessels in the distance. lndial
.u.nlnan II tha ri.ht anl altar