New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06

Inst pisbt, du,rg the tr.mendou. tnund.r storm
which vs:sd this "deesuic:," ball Of s,ec.ro dad
s,Iuek the chimney Of he residence on the sou.he..i
corner ef Saratoga and Rmgsoh streets, Nexport,
Ky and shattered u rom esp % osse, aud ike yse
sph., completely, the coping Of the building. TIE
faid then lodged down one Of ne h7es ard entered
the font bed chamber IN the second story, vhsse
servant sat nursing Mr.. Coles :~o chililen. Il csr-
Iisc with cloud Of d1st sbd soot :o The 2s,e,
f.,hed scross the room filing i with dszzhng hgh:,
pe!foIa the plaster and lsthiog opposIs the ire
place and made ho.e n the VAL more ths1 .oos IA
disn eer bat did not 20 through the b,cAs. Iaen u
plsy ed about the apartment an instant, hae urnus
hand wiring al over the walls spllt the cs-pes, ss
ard frames OF the windows; psraly the nurse AZ
cbIdren-who were almost buried in da.t ard SCOT
back 70 TT fireplace, through which asd
intruded; dsrted down the chimney, AID very ~
ceremopiously Introduced itself into tEe psror, and
some Of the moet extr3vagsnt cape,s ever en
tered sganst tie cr,d: OF electricity. u nIst sIuct
the before the fireplace ard the spsrt
nent with fiery and binding bril- sncei glanced 70 the
center Of TIE paroY where Mrs Cole sst entertaining
the iady Of COL Halsm, and struck en- iron split be-
tween tbem-sn article provided by hr. {. 10. his
own aceommo dstion when ne "chsvs '-lec blue
s,e ak on the top OF IL; sCoIcned Mrs. Hausm gar
rnents and shocked both ladies' But here the bali OF
fluid separated, one current flashing 70 the nigh. and
the other TO the left the fret Enjoying itself by knock
irg the plssteriDg from the wall splitting the ,.inss
ard frarnep of the wiz dows through which il dissp-
peaYed; the other striking the open doors between
the paror ard the dining roou, which II completely
shattered; then dashed through the closed blinds OF
the dining room which it also sphnteredi thence Il
glanced to the pavement which surrounded The cstern
IN the yard and after tearing up four or tive bricks
and scattering tie sand about mirscuou.y, It dlssp-
pesred through the pipe which leads INTO the cstefn
perfo.atipg the pipe completely, leaving hole shout
:he diameter Of the largest szed buck shot IL is su-
peruous to say that the ladies' az well as the nurse
ard chidren-who the Only inms'es OF the sene-
mert-were more alarmed than electrified. They were
blinded by the startling brsnce of the fluid, snd the
n nd oh
tricty beside being almost buried in soo, ashes and
dust. The phenomenon was scarce more than visible
ard sensible before was gone one was III mss,i sh;1
ney ard through each apartment Ike cannon bsll
glowing with white heat. The children-both under
two years Ct age-seemed charged fuily hiteen
minutes being completely stupefied. The ladies' were
affected Lut momeLtary, and the nurse bee Arne con-
tcious Of something DshDg which had taken place
within five minutes from the visitation Of the intruder
The bed-chsnber psIlor and diLDg.ocmrmr Go,e
tered sepect The walls in the two former rooms
seem to have been subjected to pulverIzing bonn
bardment the artillery Of heaven having lett the big
imprint OF its charge wherever struck. Inc house
belongs TO Mr. Wntop, tpgneer Of the Jacob S.rader.
Cincinnati Commercial, July 81
D,srprss,yc Casually is DErRorr-G.s ExPLo-
SION Is SENATOR CHAspLERs HoUsE.-A distress
mo Affair occurred last evening at Senator Chambers
new residence on toi. street which resulted In very
serious consequences Mr.. Chandler, NO h!!e oausnsel
ard two men having been very badly burned oy noes.
Of gas explosion. We regret TO cay that Mr.. Chsn.
oer and one Of his seriously injured AT about
seven o'clock in the evening strong smell OF gas was
observed in the house. This was found " proceed
from the store.room, ard Mr. Chandler, in company
with serving man and his little daughter went into
the room gas pipe in this room had been careless-
ly left open by workman, and full stream was issu.
ing from it. The windows open, and the gas had
consequently collected in the top of the room above
the windows. 1t had there formed an explosive CON-
mound by uingling with the atmosphere in proper
Quantities. Mr. Chandler entered the room, followed
by his little girl and the hired man, who stood near
of the ROOM directly under the pipe which was in the
ceiling, and ascended them. The man al the sane
tin elevated Il light which he heidi his hsnd AS
soon it came in contact with the gas an ehPloson
ensued, with loud report. The man was blown ou'-
side and the door closed by the force oil the concus
,iop Mr.. Chandler was knocked down. and upon re-
covering bimsef began to look for his little girl Inc
light of the burning gas which Issued from the pipe
enabled him to find her. The flames still flicker
ing about the ceiling and in the room, as the gas was
dischs but 10 further explosion ensusd. Mr. Z.
his dsue burned over the entire surface OF
Their face, EEK and hands. A gas inter had been
.eft for fom the gss works Immediately after the e1
plosor He shut of the gas at the meter, and went
to the room where the explosion had tsken pace.
Ascending the steps in the sane manner as MI. Cnsna
ler had done he in the most thougbees manner pusd
cut plug which had il the mesn tune, baen driven
into he end of the pipe. The moment he did ths,
another explosion, exactly similar ID the hst ensaea.
BE was thrown down, and was brought out terilO!y
burned on the face, neck and hands. HIS injuries are
fully equal to those of Mr.. Chandler, If not worse
Fcnr persops are thus suffering most intensely from
this most lamentsbe affair detroit Free Press Sd.
Eyss
PIGyoy. .SHooTIsG.-Tbere is to be a PlgeoI.shoot-
ing Tournament at Lafayette, Indiana, or the I'd,
23d, oath and 18th days of September. AS Is az
tjcipated that sporsmen and the crack shos Oh the
United States and Canada will attend, several thou
sands of wild pigeons have been provided for the oe-
cssion The Sporting Club OF Lafayette have e1.
terded an invitation 10 their brother sportsmen OF
the trigger" to come and enjoy their hosptahtes. ~,
Beside match Of 500 side between Mr. w.
King ard a gentleman from st. Louis, the following
are the various sweepstakes to be shot FOR on the oc
cssion: ooo
shoot a. 10 double binds each, Is yards line, 100 yards
Second grand sweepstakes of sOO each at single aud
double birds, lS yards rice for double and II yards
snele-the winner of the first prize to be handicapped
three yards (stardDg n yards and "a do
Third sWeeps axes of $50 each, to be shot at single
birds 81 yards rise 100 fall Winners OF either first
or second handicap three ysrds. =,
Fourth sweepstakes Of $25 each, st double birds, -
wards rise 100 fsll-the handicap Tor winner.
Other sweepstakes follow.
The Aledo Record gets off good in reg ,rd to
citizen of Iowa. whose wife, in his absence, while
siyire him glass of water had been kissed bys
droyer When he heard OF the outrage be started at
cree in pursuit, found the drover after hard Day
Iide, az accused him OF the theft Inc Grover "a,
mitted the truth Of the so mpeachment-said he had
been long time from home, was sorely tempted. aud
in an unguarded MON ent Of frenzy purloned the ki:s
but that he had not damaged the woman IN the
SUI aIlest pa,ti:ulsr-wss very so1y-thought 1t was
10 mater 10 make great ado about, and oe+ged to
be excused The husband finally concluded thst this
wss the right view Of the matter and agreed to settle
uyon the receipt Of = for his days Ide: This being
satisfactory all around, the drover handed over
bill, and received IS in charge. But when the ag-
eIieyed benedict returned home and consulted hs de-
,ector, he found the bill counterfeit Hs found he
had &c rffered the dignity OF having his wife ksed
BY q a. nasty drover" passed one day In the saddle,
ard lost s., ard concluded that II didn't pay.