The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-08-06
EXTRAORDINARY TORNADO IN rEwKspuRy,
MASaAiili LIE Sf~f.a

ticulnrs Of the violent tornado which pussc,i oyrr
Tswksbury, Mass., and nciyhborhood OH Friday
| afternoon -
AT about hn,f-pnst o'clock p. NJ, some of tho
inhabitants noticed over Round Pond Il singular
appearance. II resemblcl in the opinion o(somc
II water spout; was at first about tho size of n
| cart wheel, and appeared Ia he in whrl. AS il
gathered force noise was heard like that Of
heavy train of cans under full hea,lway; il had
variable motion, at ono time taking II south,
wcst' and ut others un castcry course. It's path
Was through the valley, with width of about
30 rods, and 1t soon assumed all tho charactefis
uGs oi a violent tornado, levcng and sweeping
all within its sphere.
IT. first struck among the orchards of Mr.. Jnc.
guss ana Mrs Mrs hittredgc., doing considerable
damage. With increased force it then struck
upon the farm of Mr.. Morcy, totally destroying n
held OF rye and uprootiny all his apple trees
AT ths place fisherman, resident OF Lynn, who
was OH his return from Lowell, supposing that n
shower was approaching, drove under u tree for
shelter. The tornado struck the team. taking.
both horse and wagon into the air, landing the
horse in Il ditch by the side Of the road, throw
ing the man across the road and breaking the
wagon into fragments. Some portions OF tho
wagon were afterwards found nearly mile from
the spot, sticking up i'll the ground. Tho ocu-
pant OF the wagon was thrown across the road,
the tree under which he sheltered being blown
down upon him, by which he was seriously but
not fatally bruised. II next swept through the
orchard OF Oliver Carter doing great damage,
and then crossing the hill made clean patl
through an oak grove. One Of these oaks was
afterwards found in a duck pond a'quarter of a
mile dIstant: The larger portion Of the orchard
oi Nlr. Caleb Livingston was demolished.
,r IL then crossed the farm of Mr. Samuel
thompson, tearing down his fences and Destroy
ing his corn-fied, orchard, etc. 1t next struck
the house and barn of Mr.. Jno. Clark Tic
barn was completely demolished and the roof
and the back part of the house cnrricd AWAY
mere were nine persons i'll the house at the time
out they were fortunately i'll the lower rooms,
and all thus ESCAPED injury. The housecss fam
ny ny were afterwards cared for by the inI,ab ants.
Inc tornado then crossed the river and took of
the corner of the BAN Of Mr. Bciamn Burt, de-
s,roying the sheds between the llo,lsc and barn
al tins place the force Of the wind was such that
an oNtcam was taken from the ground and
broken into pIces. or ono wheel not spoke
was left. Continuing in its course il crossed the
track OF the Boston and Maine Railroad. i,p-
roofing trees, and was last heard from upon the
iarn OF Alr. Upton, of Wilmington, where il
made path in the woods, but gradually dinlin-
ished in violence, wcl, was noticeable from the
fact that instead of pulling up tree by the roots
only the tops were taken oil. AS it passed the
railroad track spiked plank at 4 crossing was
torn up and carried Il considerable distance. or
course, The inhabitants were i'll state Of great
airIn ut this unusual visitation.
IL IS entirely owing TO the fact that its path
was through the valley that there was not more
more serious injury, nearly all the houses being
l!cntcd upon tho elevated ground Some state
Ile
branches and even Whole trees wheeling in the
ar. Others imagined i. to be 4 fire in tile air
ohc family, under this supposi;ion, threw a pa,l
OF water upon the fire in tho cooking stove and
neu 10 inc cellar Tor safety. One trco of consid-
erablo size was in the air ut an cst;n,ntol
height of eighty feet, and the trunk of !, largo
tsee winch was uprootcd has not Yet been found
Some Of the fragments of the house of MIR. Clark
were carried for considerable distance AL
though the loss of property must be quito large
fortunately no lives were lost
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| II -HaM NtSt"H'H forn I0Wda-1htc- MDrfc,p
Er"m'"ai'om Some time ago, it will he rc,ncn-
Dered, n singular case came up in tho Richmond.
Va, Courts, III which young man named Lin.
scomb sued another young man named Thos. Lin
ton for breach Of promise.
Linton, 1t seems, was of such remarkably fcmi-
ninc appearance that his friends easily persuaded
IipscomD that he was female in Disguise and 81,
| enalnored did hc become of Linton M TO ask and
receive IL promise of marriage, which of course
The latter was unable to fulfill But OIL attclnptinr
to explain why he could not " come to tine'' the
iond lover wouldn't believe word Of it, aud
| iull i'll belief that his c,,aIorata was woman
and nothing sllortcrhe sued for breach of promise
| The case created no little excitement in Rich
| mond.
An examination by five experienced .physi-
cians was ordered by the conrt, so that tliorc
should he no possibility of mistake, aud they res
ported that Linton was undoubtedly a man
so Lipscomb lost both his lady-Io and his
| lawsuit. - - Ss
Linton has recently arrived in this city, and
suci was ms womanish appearance that slspi.
| cion was created as to his SEX and the Gi,nrds
were about to arrest him, and would have done
| SO but for the interference of person who knew
| the young man. Last night, Linton again got
into trouble, through falling into the hands Of a
party OF young men who believed him 10 be
sailing under false colors, and were about to
have an examination to test the matter. A
gentleman cognizant Of tie history of Linton
happened to be presents and upon his represents
ton Linton was Set free Washington Star. -
| --s>s<-z
| TIE Ficc PrcsidenL-" Irenrus" of tho New
York Observer who is travelling at the South
was lately guest nt wedding in Lexington.
Ny, where he met the Hon. John Breckinridre,
vice-Prcsidcnt Of the United States lie thus
describes his person, manners and domestic
| state:
| John c. breckenridge, Vice -Prcsidcnk. Of
tile United States, was of the guests Of the
wedding. The rough portraits of him that
stared everybody in the face last faIls give but q
| poor likeness OF this extraordinary man, who, |
at youthful period of life uncxan,pled, has |
been called TO preside over the most august body
of men i'll this country. His form is tall crectti
and commanding; his conniancc tl,oaghful; his
manners smooth and graceful, and his oonversn: +
tionfindicatcs sober, Intelligent and thinking |
man. With lovely and accomplished wife md |
sweet children, he reside in n modest cottage.
but one story high shaded deeply with old trees |
little way out Of town. l could not but nd. |
mire the simplicity of onr republican Institutions !
when saw that this great people have come to |
this embowcred cot to find man 10 preside ovor
lis State, and perhaps 10 fill its chair of
State"
d Cat CoMsignmcnt.-A Now York merchant |
recently sent for cargo of Maltese cats from that
celebrated Island per schooner William Z. CAL
lis, of Nantucket, Captain Smith. Fifty kittens (
were received OIL board the schooner al q part /
Of the assorted cargo. On the voyage Yefyshieh |
weather was experienced. At first the tafs ats |
tributed tho rapid succession of gales to ths COM
ct, but one old sailor told the crew thatit was 7
nothing outside tho vessel that occasioned tho |
storm; that one cat was enough to send any ship I
to Davy Jones' locker, and as they hadefiffy on
board, not a man Of them stood change of set,
ting a foot on dry land again. This was enough |
mediately demanded Of the captain, givcn up and