Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-05-13
A Terrible Tornado Awful Par
1icuiarS.

tlCulafSs
One of tho most destructive toruzaOes
that we recollect ever hearing of occurs
red in TlskegeeR epnty, Ala, On the
27th ult. AladJ Srote her frie6d, ia
Montgomery, of that State foilbwilg
brief butSezfremry<in teressipg dessfiP
tion of its appearance and effects which
was published in the Nail of that citys
Soon in the morning a brisk set in
from the south east. 1t continued on
with showers and angry looking clouds
until about twelve NJ, when a sudden
darkness overspread the earth, as though
the great light of heaven was entirely ex-
tinguished. Then, in the distance, was
heard the sullen roar of the approach
ing tempest, gathering fury as it pro
pressed in its onward march. AS it ca me
near / thought of some awful engine
propelled by the fires of Pluto's fam.
ing realm. Oh, with what a trenien-
dous voice it spokel Just back of DR..
Fcnson's an opposite current met it,
and it there formed into a whirl, blowing
up the earth ten feetdcep. 1t assumed
a sort of odd bodily shape, towering
high into the air. Oh, the sublimity OF
that moment l shall never forget it.
[ stood still, riveted to the spot with
wonder and establishment. 1 was not
at all frightened, though L had no one
with me. My trust was in the power of
that unseen and mighty Arm that was
even then guiding that awful storm.
1t then made an angle, and sped of
like some frightened monster, until it
reached poor Willis There, language
is bcggared and thought impoverished
in the attempt to portray the destruction
it made. There the Storm King stayed
a moment his desolating march, while he
held a midday revel. He spread de-
struction all around. Of-sWillisi home
not a vestige is left but the shattered
fragments of the boards and trees. Not
a brick of the chimneys is left in its
place. Shingles, books, papers, beds,
clothes, articles of furniture are scatter
ed for miles. Every hog, chicken, COW.
&c, on the place was killed. Mrs. IL
lis and her youngest child, and a mar
and his wife who were staying there, Mr..
and Mrs. Hubbard,) were all buried be-
meath the fragments of lumber, in the
most mangled condition, and are not OK.
pected to live. One . man was
carried way up. and was killed. Those
large trees on this place were torn up
by the roots, In some cases twisted off
close to the ground, stripped of foliage
and hurled to a distance. There are
whole acres on which not a single tree
is left The work of the storm is com
plcte.
Johnson's house is ruined. Bilbrs's
and A~lcxander's badly injured. Dent
and Wimberly escaped. General Graves
is a large sufferer. His new and bcauti-
full carriage, which was admired so much
on Sunday, was blown into fragments:
part OF it is in the top ofa pine-trec
There has been but little communion
ton with the country around, as the
roads are all filed up with trees, and
there is no getting beyond Dents
Hundreds of negroes are AT work trying
to clear out the road. Out in Texas $50
called) the storm was a. bad as it wa.
here. Appleby had Il little child blown
away, and it was afterwards found un
hurt.
The crops in the path of the storm,
suppose, are all ruined.
This morning the sun rose in knocking
splenAor. 1t warmed and enlivenet
the face Of nature; but. alas it sem M
comfort to shattered limbs and aching
hearts. --s
The tide of human beings rourin.
down the road all day has been aston
ishing. You can form but a very in
adequate idea of the scene. How l wisl
you could see it
E0~The Chicago Daily National Tn
ion, of the I'd inst, speaking of the pas
sage of the Leeompton Constitution
says:
LccOmp:On E:It;lu Si7Sticli!y EH-
dOrscd-- DOuglas Denounced iL
his q WnIAOme!
Friday night brought the news Of the