, 1860-06-12
LETTER FROM TIE REV, E. B. TUTrLE

E1tos. r,sss asc T,.oans: ~'1'' ''Is 49, ''e''
GENTLEMEN: have just returned from Ca
nlanche and Alb kny, End would giye auch hints
~ the public "a ,aay he seme guide in their ben
aisctious. Tbs donations thus far have cone
hugely to relieve present suffering, in tho way
a: food. clothing, and bedding. The committee
at Cliotou for Ctsnacche, aud at Fulton for al
hany. are doing This, while they Lcpe to tnake
Il fair allotment s'f funds sent in, to aid in lie
t'"e'" Of Aorsfs- or pu-ts ef them. for these who
h4Ss now no ses,erces Of their own. Our cid-
Il ps should all be rs generous as possible in
III giving at once money, clothing aad bedding,
81 that no exca]a will be offered for tramp Of
'.npossors to cur doors here, On tie pies that
ta " haTs lost tlflr all; at least one such per
81 - SAID already 10 ee here. The ctmEuui.
y may rest sssured, that the committees on the
+; pnnd WILL feaeTe all real cases Of distress,
&C there a'c some there who modestIy keep
tt ck thatr wants-
bJ au oversight, The donations from here
W at all to clntsm, but the committee, on Sun
ds ;. taok OF CT 10 Albany, CT ii $500. with ttod
d.. 10 be distributed there.
fhe C.'mnittee nj Albany, III, are C. +. rease
T; eH surer: S.,neel Uopper. ". OtJs + r
nye:s, ". r.. Daraut, Rey. Mr. Stewart. and
l.. T. Q.iok. At Fulton there is a Comn,i.tse
f,r !.ibu3y, OF which Dr., 4, ". Benton In Cb
n,an4 1,on1:ions mar bs sent to either Tor Al.
tnuy. Fur Cam ,uche they should he rent n
Cor. n. i. Baker, CT Milo Smith, Esd. sup't
Of G. !. and y, I:as1Eend, u Clinton. Iowa.
Th donations arc far from being adt ouate 10
III lP those sufferers to help themselves, Let
every one. then. do somethine. and it will ,,o
fart, alleviate tie papss Of tbe survivors Of l,xs
ft:eu d. aud dear relatives.
Ii would bt 4 good thing for somc sc;entit;c
gcntemen to visit the scenes Of this tornado.
asd ret such information as they GIN fro,n ,bo,e
vtho watched its course. md this wbi.e II :.
flesh in their memories, Tie test;monx of al,
With whom conversed, as to the seasations of
1-xt and cold. MIS- that intense heat va, felt
first bef1re tie tornado came upou .beta while
i, .astcd (say from me 10 two minutes in oas.~
ing over). very co1d and wet; and all objects
Iie.d white appearance ut the time.
Many accounts of the freaks Of the storm have
b'.en given, and several we're mentioned to 1ne,
such as Il table being driven around into three
rssokns, in house Ut Camanc5e. 1t Albany.
| Mr. Merritt was parted ffcm his vile, nLo i,ad
! iu.t cu11cd his attention tn the siorm across Ut
| Camanche, and was Carried through the kitchen
! into tue back yard. while she crouched down
| audeauSht hold Of bureau drawer. The house
| {sf hlick) fell about her cars and the table Gu
which they had just cleared from supper, was
broken up us if LII aae had dane 1t. un The
table be had placed his coat, in tue pocket of
which was policy Of the 4Etua Insurance Co .
Of Hartford, Of which he was agent. The policy
Was picked up vi least two miles away GU The
rfui.ie!
Just brfore tie gale reached Albany. tl,e bt II
In tho Presbyterian Church had rung out for
| esening service. The church VIZ, tora 10
ricccs, aud tie bell thrown fecn, the lower
! {about l(4, feet hivh) to distance of Is rcdr
uubrokeu, ltweiths 700 pouuds.
it il fatd that in the courso Of the rars in
crossing the Mississippi, (which was diagonal)
that It ploushed q wide pathway. 80 that team
could lure driven over On The bed Of tho riyel
without wettieg-of course, If the horses vert
1saw pieces Of fine spliuters driven into ,
large oak tree half mile { d, acme Of ahic1
could not be drawn out BY the flaeers. II look<<
AT thoucA tA<v had ben she. into it,
farue1's wife. living styen miles south O
c.manc,e pave a yiyid description Of the Tor
nado as hhe discovered its apnroach sone te,
,,,.. .xav. II nnnesred like n sn;ral co,nm,
Of 1i,ht Of p;lar. as sbe suid. in sn.ps like =,
.,,snh,nt,. ,e1 n,.v;ny n,o,p now ri.;rv .o,
nox towert,o from 1he clouds To lie earth
tv1an u .o,r,,sa ,be earth IL wc,,d rarrv II,
11ack volume OF dirt. and v hirl away in a zie
,,r course. All: came near. herself HUSBAND
and txo chillten rusl,rd to the cellar in Tim
4, 90. tha hcu.e h,ovn cxcr their tcnds an
shaI.e1eo 10 attp's' lucy 1ece'eu no INJURY
Toe elect Of this AZ ful calamity ia visible upo
. The cnunteuanc.s OF I'LL there. It will he a ion
tine before they assume wonted cte.rlulnes
t while many will have vivid recollection Of
in life ,or,ow for dead oucs narted in a m,