The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-26
.r,rR ,AY MORNING. MAY &c 1880

.r,rp ,AY MORNING. MAY &C 1890
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-, WESTERN ToRSApo-F Further Passies.
The tornado which passed over Cincin-
nonday. also reached Louisville, Ky,
hN New Albany, Ind. Near Louisville, ten
s"1 va coal boats were sunk, and the hands
- s,srd drowned. The Democrat says:
70 r,t,s after two O'Clock yesterday, the city
A"ueut By one Of the most fearful and de-
was.fve ,oruadoes ever knowh. During the
ssFass IL was pleasant, bat toward noon it
mo-. "a cloud mp. and about one O'Clock the
wss oppressive in the extreme. The
bea.snlne bea ciouds We're gathering in heavy
th'ess. in all directions. with not breath of
fasss.S.ring in the streets, but that q storm
$t viewing was apparent TO the most cas- a - /
wM w,rer of the elements. The scene soon
ersstnIiy changed, with a most singular
.s.nre in the appearance OF the clouds, which
fnSnts fns IN color from black to green, and then
fa1s. ,eior followed by terrible tornado.
ss inekily lasted but few minutes or
Sss.,ruction would have been immense.
IsaS,ty. in q twinkling, was completely en-
iLe in dust houses unroofed and demol-
'ssd trees uprooied, and the utmost confu-
is a nreyatled in the almost Cimmerian dark
s thst encoiupassed the city. The winf
n%.rAd from the Southwest 10 the Northwest,
VA amid the eisshing OF the elements, amid
sni;ghtnIns and loud peafs Of thunder, the
'n nured down III iorrents-a miniature
aaiarr ,utermixed with q heavy storm of
nSss re.ne party, for the benefit ofihe Catho-
-, oruhsa Asvium which assembled in a
~. some twelve miles up the river, on the
4,sp. shore. had terrible time in the
I'm The party numbered nearly lOOo, in
.indins women and children, all OF whom were
s,posed 10 the rain, and came nome tnoIouGh-
,,scaked with mud and water. Just as they
s-e abou, 10 pariake of the dinner that had
,-sn nreuared in the woods the hurricane
hurst upon them in all its fury. Trees were
hroken and snapped in two ike reeds over
heir heads, the trunks ana iilho ei Mo
tsblss. and scattering the viands and dishes IN
Ill directions in the mds. OF which tree
was struck by Lightning, and the widest scene
n confusion ensued among the frightened
women aud children; yet, strange 10 'siI, we
hard of bat one person being seriously hurt-
Mss o. Reagan, who had her shoulder dislo-
r,'ed The whole party came home with even
r,,s. than a fisherman luck. They We're in
The heavy peiting rain for an Eour OF TWO with
no shelter, ana nao loSt 'HeiI uinHeF oy tne
GsyastatiIg storm.
In the evening We had two more severe
s,orms of wind, rain. hail, lightning and
,hunder and the streets We're again flo ,ded
with wafer
The Cincinnati Enquirer gives some further
PARTICULARS of the storm there:
DxelIipss. barns, whole forests Of heavy
,,mher valuable orchards and fences have
hseu Frustrated for miles. During the storm,
ne waves in the river ran very high, and coal,
salts and produce boats were sunk in great
numbers The boatmen were compelled to
,sach The shore as best they could; but, unfor-
tunaisly about seventy-f five are know n TO have
hsrn lost. How many OF the hundred and
,ven.y-fve pairs of coal, salt and produce
hoss known 10 have been afioat in the Low
srOnio, OF what number of persons upon
hem, have been lost, il Is, OF course, impossi-
bic 10 eil AZ present.
Az the storm passed up the river, the disas-
Ter. upon the waters mus have been more mn
Iner0uS han reported. The fact that several
.saners now overdue at this port have not
arrived leads us 10 tear that they have expe-
reuced trouble. A boat heavily loaded would
inevitably have swamped i'll such a ''sea" AS
the Ohio during the storm. The Cincinnati
and Madison packet PriGrtss, Captain David,
bound mp was overtaken by the storm at the
fo0i Of Isyay Island. Her chimneys were
blown together, aud Il portion of her guys and
rigging carried overload. At this point she
ne. the EnHits rounding-to for a landing,
when the tornado struck the Enniee broadside
the s.arooard aud carried away her cabin,
talmneys. and everything above the cabin
deck The CONSERVATION on the boat was ter.
rlbe. TheGrew and passengers cluhg to pieces
Of The timber and made for the shore, to which
the boat had neared when the eQuall struck
her. Happily no lives are believed 10 be lost,
although her clerk. Mr.. All. Armstrong, had
ele foot and limb badly scalded, and Mr..
blagg barkeeper, leg broken.
The STORM IN VIRGINIA.-In Rockingham
CO, oa Friday last. hail stones, seven inches
IA circumference. fell in profusion, destroying
whole fields of wheat. The Shenandoah
county VA Spirit says:
This region was visited on Friday last by
severe hail storm, which did considerable
Damage 10 the crops and fruit. Some Of the
Jumps that fell were large as hen-eggs. An
o'aer storm occurred on Monday night last
ia Anr fhxxt boz ,, -
helghborhood. At Mt. Jackson il was so Sc
we're as 10 blow down = considerable portion
oilhe walls OF the new Lutheran Church be-
las erected there The roof and chimneys of
at house, in the MassaIutten Gap, which
asve resisted the storms for the past fifty
yars, were blown down. The hail, wind,
alnder and vivid lightning, rendered this
lie most terrible storm we ever witnessed.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.-B. L. Sheath, a school
teacher Of Weston, Lewis county, Va, while
hboring under a fit Of insanity, attempted to
cut the throat Of F. g. Jeringer, fellow pas
senger on the steamer B. L. Hodges, while 60
ag down Red River, Arkansas, last week
An account Of the affair says:
The messengers who were asleep, were
!oused by the noise and excitement in the
cabin Just at that time gentleman named
Charles NJ. Fort, coming ont OF his state room
INTO the cabin, was fatally stabbed by Sleath,
and expired in a few minutes. He resided in
Springfield, Robertson county. Tennessee
Another passenger, named K. J. Lyle, OF Nash.
Vile, Tennessee, being reused by the noise,
opened his state-room door to look out, and
was Immediately stabbed by Sleath. Lyle only
sd, II am stabbed" and expired without a
Eoan, the bcwie-knife having penetrated
through the heart. At this juncture the Cap
an, who had been asleep in his room, was
called, and coming at once in to the cabin, sue
sseded in getting the knife from Sheath, and
hen secured him The murderer had upon
his person at the time OF his arrest several
alaer knives and a revolver.
The murderer is small in statne, broken
ncked. aud about Is years Of age. He said he
wa native Of Weston, Lewis county, Eir-
slna, and that he had been teaching school at
apiace called Knoxville, in Cherokee cocnty,
ieIas. The reasons given by him for commit
'ns me deed were that they were par ties who
were seeking his life-although they had
hsver met before He acknowledges the deed.
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FATAL MUTINY.-A serious mutiny occur
w., w. Wednesday afternoon on board OF the ship
~I. /. S.orer. Capt. Trask, while the vessel
ea passing down the harbor Of New York,
saavoyage to Liverpool. The crew, having
.es lone Intoxicated. refused to work, aud
.se .suent u take the lives of the officers. The
sapAn gave orders 10 have the vessel towed
saaI ~. again. and anchored. This was done,
,s signal OF distress displayed. but the bat
.,s =. vas kept up without intermission. and the
n. ,h*sfd Of the ship, who had been assisting
,.eomcers 70 keep the rebels from the poop,
h,. h,.eived shot in the head which resulted In
Az AZ aah. b. w. Carr, tbs sec md mate, was
is,s,lsiied ,s Isiied with handspike, and received
taa,e taoe scalp wound. The mutineers. some
,s,aS In number, themselves had not -.
rsss s1 anscathed, ball from the captains
tss~ tsSfer having penetrated the arm Of one OF
S,stan an American, named Robt. Craig, and
MAJ OF the rest were cut and bruised IN =
hcsnhE manner. The vessel was brought
bv ~ " aer anchorage. where she was boarded
,fss.s. s aaroor Police, who restored order ana
''0a The leaders Of the mutineers.