Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-28

can in'ifpsidanca- Clreumspect without timiditv
.eiu without reeklessnsss, frB without obstinacy
% me F0"er OF bis State and solictous 10 r.
n.y. Tue two administrations which have
;,,, IN Wy public mind conviction Of 8
qualities as executive Off have
male NM the spontaneous choice Of a neonle who
appreciate the times and the msn VI PeOP'' "A'
IS washington yIeiied to the solicitations of his
country men 1T the close of the tyt - Ia
received the executive at the bel ! slu
people, so toy. Harris, whatever his t 49,.
ests and feelings would dictate viii nj, ~ a.e
in that patriotism which sacrifices priv.t "alliuk
/ and ease to public good and duty "i'eres'
As number Of counties have alresJ, =. .
their unqualified preference for Gov uars.;n
| primary assemblies. aud ~ we believe there = ~
spontaneous desire all over the State that no shot,
continue in the executive chair long as he is
stitutcnslly eligible would suggest that as ALI
party lines obhserlted, we forget party usages
and { avoid the expense incident to a State Con-
ventiOn let receive the universal expression as
the general desire and regard Gov Harris as a can
Aidate without opposition. and without the usual
! formalities attending nominations.
! Tor ado in Champaign COunty---SeveraI
Persons KiIIed---Scores of Farms Laid
In Huins.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.
CHAMPAIGN CRY, ILL.,, June q, lSG1.-Aboui
four O'Clock P. NJ, of the 18th inst. an immense
cloud of dark greenish tint was seen looming rap
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mighty hurricane was sweeping over our city, car
rylng before 1t fencing boards shingles, chimneys
roofs of houses, &c, while it lifted several dwell
| 1nss, school houses and barns from their founda-
tlons and carried them several feet and then dash
ed them into pieces After the wind had tested the
moving capacity Of everything portable, then came
| a shower Of hail, which, in a few moments, con-
verted our immense crops of ripenng wheat and
waving corn into barren waste. There are many
| farms in the vicinity Of Champaign CITY, upon
| which there Is now a prpan Loaf Or hl.da of
grass Wheat, oats, barley, and rye are entirely
| destroyed.
visited many fields to-day, and found the small
grain moon to the ground with a sythe and the
stalks were beaten and shivered, looking ike they
| had passed through threshing machine Corn
which was one and half feet high was cut of even
with the ground, and the stalk beaten 70 a lelly an
| inch below the surface. 1t is possible that part
of the corn will revive, but the small grains are
| complete wreck. Never has such g storm visited
Central Illinois, within the memory Of the oldest in
habitants. We have not as yet learned the breadth
OF country which the storm included, or the damage
sustained but know that IN this region the rein
| was more than twenty miles wide. Fortunately in
| our city no houses were blown down or otherwise
seriously injured, but in various parts of the
t. the houses and barns were blown down and shIv-
cred into atoms. UptO this date we have heard of
| five persons who were killed, and quite number
| who were more or less seriously wounded
At the request of ]. B. Phinnery, Esq, l visited
his farm yesterday, which is situated three miles
Southwest Of Champaign City, in order to examine
| the wreck. Mr. p had 800 acres in corn and small
grain, and so far as vegetation is concerned. his
| farm would lock very well for December, but it
presents horrd aspect for June. His com, which
| was foot high is cut of and beaten into the
ground until the cannot now be distinguished
smaller corn was cut below the surface, and not
vestge is to be seen Potatoes that were IN BIOS
sOm are scarcely discernaBle wheat, rye, and all
| other small grains cut if mOwn with a scythe
the ground swept clean fruit and forest trees not
only stripped of leaves aud bark, but they torn
| deep into. the wood. After looking over the re-
mains of his splendid farm, Mr. p. remarked that
there was not now green leaf or blade of grass
inside his inclOsure" The loss in this county can
not be approxmated. but is certainly not short Of
halt a million.
MoLAssEs AND BACoN.-A planter in Mississippi
states that seven years ago he commenced giving
I his negroes two pounds of bacon and two pGts of
mOiasses per week instead of four pounds of bacon
as before. His negroes soon began to like the mo-
lasses better than the meat and he now looks to
Louisiana for One-half Of the meat used on his
plantation. The Medical Faculty of London. sew
eral years since, decided that those who live mo-
lasses as part OF their diet never have the Ty-
ph0Id Fever. The Mississippi planters experience
corrObOrses this decision, for his negroes have not
had a single case Of Typhoid Fever among them,
although frequently the neighbOrhoOd. and once
in his own family. Let the;panters of GeOrgiatry
this IL vii sEVa more than Onp-half