, 1866-04-03

Gallon. OF c0aL-pl1ster to O mnQmAn,
have not got political sorea TO heal, but I
! which We cannot crush by gun and bayoue
bnt only By the triumph Of right idens. Oh
new and more perfect union must be born n
: only Of water, but Of the spirit; not only
projected by gun and bayonct, but be foln
: ed upon the principles Of freedom and justic
reaching struggle In any other way, no ma
!. ter what bis position, he Is like chaf beio
the wind "a nuisance, to be sure-but
spite Of 1t tho breeze will still blow on.
THE GREAT TORNADO.
Appalling Particulars from J0h1
son County, Ill.
,, Observation-Disclosures Swept Away m
: Whole Fanaillea lSestr"ycd-A FsISh
, full Picture of De*ola.ion-TLe Rou
, Of The Storm Ffe1sd.
: For the past few days our Southern n1ino
:12aa Indiana exchanges have been giving
the sad details Of the visitation Of tornad
terrific In violence and destroying force, whIe
swept over belt Of country In both Stat
on Tuesday, the Goth inst. The particular
when received from the geTc1al theatres ,
the calamity, will give us what We have ne
now in possession-the data for topog7aph
cal description Of the whole route Of the d,
stroyer. It seems to have risen in the sout1
eEn part Of this State, and spent its fury |
the heart Of Indiana. Happily, it struck /
It's terrible march no considerable town, 70
had the. same frightfnl phenomena falle,
upon dense1y settled community
tae picture Of destruction reache'
would have been one of horror rarcI,
realized. We have before ciyen what an
country exchanges hare fnnfs,,ea oe .ss ~. w
srss ~ +ha star9s aa.s :. - ..tr Ealsreuu4 aAe ray
a .ne s.o'm uenu IN .oe iasmlng neigh
oofaoods' "aere thousands OF acres have
human care and skin. In the former ,rs,,n.
ces. narrow and tryinp AZ were tba asosaas
and aerers ,s wero noarr ~ -. I ,.,es ssapS'
s - w 'n0u5 " tae INJURIES TO
soneEefs' le" n7es were lost. IN Moultrie
and Douglas counties In this State, one man
was Killed and twenty or thirty wounded
ter Of conntIes s1orn the s,.4a H. ~ 49, ,,..,a
ao-4t os.ha 80 n NC a.ate a'o IN ano astle
norm o. ithe last named county In Hlinofs, 1.-THE
VISITATION was very severe, as shown In the
extended account from q local papcr nnh,isb.
ed in our last issue,
On the same t1av tbe soptt.+,, s,,hn,,,. ne
~ ~ s,.. J,..4s oas Nv sousnet1 suoufos OF
our own Guy we're swept with hail storm Of
teniaciviolence, with hall stones OF such mag
nitude az to be likely to Ia In the memory
of all the inhabitants of The tract visited
These were eyiilcntlv mart of Tho son,s a 1sss.a
1,o, ths e,snaa ~ ~ reaD.'a s =, oo .la ssta-
t.o"' tiie HIuse VI 1ae "Anele OF the Storm
demon.
Of all the accounts We hive yet received,
however, none equals In Its features of terror
those which come II, ns from :Iobn.on Conntx-
rna ~ tha socon5 t;e- -, oasa.s'e Ser.s'
u. W 49, sse'uu .ie1 y. eountles Apo7e Galfo.
foAo"1ng tne route OF tue tornado from this
point nearly duc north to Moultria County,
thence northeast to Douglas Comfy and
through Montgomery Cnuntv In3;,ns n.
route nftho ,Is,tot,on H. ~, ..,a.,.r sNo
~ - .'. .nu' ~ 1lsneu as
neafiy as SHOWN by data thus far supplied.
The following particulars from johnson Coun-
~ quite recall the frlghtlul yisItations of
Eamanchc and Allison some yeors ooo W.
snd tbs 5eta;,s s ~ ..;Tsn ~ s t,o rrana,,I7 ~
nno !ne oetaua SNeA ~ tuc EsansVlue, tAnd-)
courier, OF thursday 23th' 1t says:
Many remarkable and most strange effects
OF tho grim Storm King In Illinois have from
time to time beea recorded. Accounts have
been given Of the tearing up Of the very turf
on the prair!es Of that state but the facts
we are about to record hare no parallel In
the history o. destruction by the elements,
that We are aware OF
ave were yesterday visited by Mr.. William
Bflll, IN 0ia and respected farmer OF Johuson
Cohnty, Illinois, and one Of the most exteu-
ssL slve m y tnat mt county, WHO furnished rs with
snceinct anu detailed description Of tornado
:! 1naI passed over that neigbborhool on the
Suth, which caused terrible loss of life, aud
the total destruction Of everything In the liuo
OF Its mnrch, entirely u1rootlng whole farms,
carrying away houses, trees, wagons, aud
everything above the ground, aud bringing
misery and mourning into the happy honesof
Iii. Brill,s farm house rests upon an emil
nence sufficiently high to give him view of
the section through which the destruction
passed. and on the day Of the Goth, he and
his family had perfect view Of the sublime
IN a valley only half q mile south Of hls honse'
He describes the appearance Of the Storm
the mind can conceive. A dense hlockness
cnye1oped the valley below, while it WIS quite
tic iiist,nct1ess Of fhe whole % The u mnst ~ "
riCEc roar, rumbling and moaning Oiled The
mir, and the smell Of sulphur was Yery Strong.
The uuearthly noise geemed Ia drawn ia
voice OF speakers close TO each other,
The portion Of the valley where this torna-
do passed was In the neishborhood Of Tobac-
co Post Office, and within few miles, II We
unQeISLQMQ Ql0 rightly, Of GQlcQDQQ. The
tornado moved from west to east, and M
pearcd to Keep in q chosen path. The coun-
1ry is very broken, but those living in the
small valleys seemed to suffer most.
As 1t advanced, apparently with the mode
rate speed Of q locomotive, Mr.. Brill observed
high In the air the most extraordinary spec
tac!e Of trees, crushed houses, wood, rails aud
objects that seemed to him to be horsea and
cattle, borne On by the storm In dense vol
umes Of dirt and dust, I'LL In the most fnextri-
cable confusion. The very heavens were hll-
ed with the contents Of firms. Every obfect
seemed torn from the earth and folded up
ward. spiIntered tImbers were torn up and