Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-07-20

sons acquitted and Levi Slower, who was proc
cuted by the AttOrney General, Thos. ID. Eldridge
and John F. Sale, Esq, and defended by Messrs.
Brown and King, was convicted and sentenced TO be
hung for the second time and his attorneys took an
appeal The Grand Jury at this term found about
one hundred and eighty indictments and present
ments, and the Court adjourned, after session OF
some five weeks.-MemphiS Bulletin, July Is.
SEVERE STORM AND Loss OF L1FE-The Fayetteville
Observer of the 18TH has the following particulars
Of fearful storm, which visited that place and
vicinity on the 18th:
The tornado, driving before it huge clouds of dust
that hid from the view buildings and trees that
were comparatively near, burst upon the earth
about IL o. clock NJ, and ran riot for something
like half an hour. OF course, property was de-
stroyed TO a considerable extent; but the most de-
plorabe incident of which we have been advised
was the sacrifice of human life. Mrs Ewing,
widow lady of Cane Creek and her two daugh-
ters had started TO Petersburg, when seeing the
cloud comingup, they sought shelter In the covered
passway of double crib but the blast threw
down a tree upon their shelter, and crushing 1t IN
stautly killed Mrs T., and so severely wOunde her
eldest daughter that she died the following Sunday.
Mr.. r. Weaver's little son Lucus, was also serousy
though not fatally injured. lie was riding a mule
TO mill about a half mile west Of this place when
tree fell killing the animal, ard Drusing and cutting
the boy. In this place trees were uprooted; about
twelve feet of the roof of the northern end OF the
college building is gone, and the tin roof OF Cen
FarquharsOnS large residence was torn up ana
blown of, Corn crops that two weeks since bore
an appearance promising almost beyond precedent,
were well nigh ruined. The fodder is split up. and
in many cases blown entirely away; some OF the
stalks broken Off and the rest are much bruised
What remains, depends now almost altogether on
the seasons" If a drouth awaits IT, II VIII Ole
If genial showers TALL something can yet be made
So we are told by old farmers. As bad as any pOr
ton of the storm. seems to have been about Rev L.
L. Hester s. and three or four miles below Town.
There must have been ofshOtS from the man cur
rent of the wind, as in some places 1t was SIX or
eight miles wide, and others only a quarter or a
half. We have heard of damage being done as Tar
north as Shelbvyie and IN huntsville on the south
In the latter place, building was blown down,
others were unrOofed trees were uprooted etc.
VALUABLE ILLUSTRATED SuAKEsrEARE.-We were
surprted when we observed among the valuable
stock of Messrs. W. T. BERRY q Co., copy OF the
BoYDErL Illustrations Of SHAKEsrEARE. This work is
the same as that which brought the enormous price
mentioned in paper on Wednesday. at the sale OF
the noted vrtuoso, THos TURNER Is /, of Gloucester
though Mr.. TURNER'S copy seems to have been en-
rched with additional engravings.
The history of the work is as follows: The Lon
don Founding Hospital during the early part Of the
last century derived considerable funds from q
practice of the artists of that day of placing their
works on exhibition in the great reception room OF
the institution to which visitors were admitted on
the paymert of small fee. Those being the days
when the ROYAL Academy was not yet in being, the
Founding exhibition was the best medium through
which English artists could bring their work before
the public, and many an illusrious name IN BRITISH
art has dated its first celebrity from that institution
Mr.. BoYBEII- a Landon alderman of the rsilod, OF
great wealth and an enthusiast both IN. art and
charity, conceived the idea of making this practice
permanently and systematically conducive to hotl
purposes. He commissioned all the great artists O.
the day to paint pictures illustrative of scenes
SHAKEsPEArEs plays and presented the paintings t'
the hospital, thus the one hand giving great I'm
pulse TO historical paintings and the other estao
fishing permanent attraction to the Founding Hos
ptal; hence the SHAKESPEARE gallery. When the col
lection complete it was suggested that the tast
for art would be still further drused by having en-
cravings in the first style of art mase from the col
lection. The number of the pictures was so grea
that it was concluded that sale could be anticIpa
ted which would remunerate the enormous expens,
OF the undertaking, when the munificence of Alder
man BoyDEIL was again called in action, he under
taking the whole outlay and sustaining any los,
which might occur. The result was the most ex
penSlNe Illustrated Work which mas gmanated from
the British press twas eagerly bought up at tn
publishing price we believe of 800 guineas and al
ter the first years sale Mr.. BoYDEIL presented tn
plates to the Hospital which made considerable
sums by selling further copies. The work has nov
been long out Of print and it is only occasionally
that a copy comes into the market even IN London
hence our surprise a. meeting with it at BERRY's
This publication constitutes epoch in Englis
art it was the foundation Of the English Historical
School, British painters having before that tim
only been known by their portraits and landscape,
Here, then we have the original essays Of painter
such as REYNOLDS ORE, NoRTBCoTE, GANSBoRo Bal
RY &C. in the highest range of art, the illustration
namely, Of historical and poetcal scenes inspired
the genius Of SHAKESPEARE. the pictures being tram
ferred to paper by the J,TiaS Of t2 best engravel
Of the age What Mr.. BERRY askssSpr it we have n,
had the courage to inquire; speaking selfshly "
hope that it will be some time before he gets h
price, as is one of pleasures to go to his sple
did establishment and, turning its leaves, gla
den eyes with the Puck!of REYNOLDS, or BARRY
ne delineations of scenes in English history,