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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-03-19
TERRIBLE TORNADO.
IMMENSE. DESTRUCTION OF PROP.
ERTY.

On Saturday afternoon last, between
five and six clock, a terrible tornado.
{ visited the North western part Of our
scounty-rumors and reports from its
visitation seem almost Incredible Sew
eral persons, who witnessed its COM
mencement and progress, speak of the.
clouds as they commenced forming, as
reminding them Of huge columns Of
black smoke being whirled around, and
assuming the shape of funnel, and
then commencing its terrible march
sucking up and sweeping away every
thing in its path. From Franklin Town
ship we learn that two brick school
houses, in its path were entirely demol
ished--trees and fences were destroyed,
J cattle and sheep killed Near Newport,
in New Garden Township. it took Mr..
Howell Grayes's farm-prostrated his
trees, and carried about forty rods of
his fencing away. Taking Mr.. John
q Henley's farm, next, it went through his
beautiful grove Of timber, that he had
taken great pains to trim up, and had
it low, twisting the trees into every con-
ceivable shape, and sweeping the ground
in places as clean as il it had been swept
= With a hroom--his fencing shared the
same fate as Mr. G's. 1t then passed
to the farm adjoining Mr.. Henley's,
5 owned by a colored man whose name
We do not now recoflect-went literally
! through the midst of his barn, carrying
away the roof and the centre tim bers
and DEMONSTRATING two wings stand
ing, but very much twisted. 1t next
took his kitchen entirely away TO the
sleepers-fortunatel no one was in it
at the time, the family being all in the
house. @Rt' '"'' "a
We are told that Mr.. VIM 'Fulghum,
who was gazing at the effects of the
tornado from the door Of his house in
[ New Garden Township, thinks he saw
the form of a man "going up, with his
arms extended'-probably his imagin
alton converted a portion of tree in
the air into the similitude of man. -
In Franklin Township, severe hail
storm was one of the accompaniments--
hail falling very thickly, land bushels
could have been gathered in a small
space. afs
We learn that this destructive whirl-
wind spent itself somewhere in Darke
county, Ohio, visiting New Madison
and vicinity in its track--playing the
same havoc there that it did in this
county. Ese
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-03-19
STORM ON MONDAY.


We find the following Storm items in the
Laurenceburg correspondence of the Cincinna
ii Chronicle.
AT Laurenceburg, on Monday night
last, terrific storm occurred--blowing
down shade trees, signs, loose sheds,
DC, unroofing number Of houses in
the new part of town. Two or three
dwellings at Elizabethtown, and the
new M. z. Church, built of brick, and
worth $4,000 was completely wrecked,
whilst the cupola of the Presbyterian
Church was torn off, and the house 9th
erwise injured.
The wind caught the passenger train
on the 1. & G. Railroad, as it was enter
ing the Cleaves bridge across Whitewa-
ter, and threw it off the track down an
embankment thirty feet high, the whole
completely over, and tumbling the sixty
passengers it contained, into promis-
cuous heaps. All of them were more
or less injured, but none fatally. The
III. u1|oSoh, ohN Ai0 COAiNe
baggage master, perhaps suffering the
worst Both remained at their posts,
in the rain, all night; the latter. though
bleeding and suffering good deal.
would not abandon his charge until re-
lievcd by the company's agents The
ladies' car was complete wreck, and
the five Or six ladies it contained all
suffered injury. -s ... ....
At Valley Junction the house of I.
Ii. Hunt was partially unroofed; and
about fifty forest trees in the rear of
John Karr's,, house, were torn up by their
roots or broken in two and thrown to
the ground.
The Cleves bridge was partially un-
rooted, and the wetherboarding torn off
Several dwellings in the village, also
suffered damage.
At Anderson's Ferry, large frame
barn, supposed to belong to Rev. I. d
Williamson, was blown down. and is an
entire wreck. Everywhere along the
line of the railroads, down the river. the
fences have suffered greatly.
In Glendale, the roof of Mr.. Morse s
new house was blown off, causing DANA
ges that can not be repaired for less
than $1,000. The roof off Mr.. Proctor S
house was also blown Off, as was also
the chimney of Mr.. Hughes house.
In California five or six houses were
demolished by the storm. Fortunately,
nobody was injured. The river has
raised so high that the road to this place,
through Union Bridge, is entirely under
water. IS.
In Green township, houses were blown
down and unroofed, fences were destroy
ed, and timbers were blown to great
distance We understand that the
Ebenezer church was blown down.
The storm which swept over Chicago
Wednesday morning blew down about
fifty houses, killing one man, and de-
stroying property to the value of a mil
lion dollars. The storm prevailed over
the whole western half of Illinois. and
was very destructive in its effects.
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I'll A n u Ps

u .a0f I3s1s At meeting Of the Common
Council, March &c. 1865, the Clerk was Instructed to
notify the citizens that the time for cleaning up is 1T
hand, and If the same is not done within twenty days
soner shall immedately thereafter proceed to clean
up all alleys and cutters, and charge the Same to the
property owners. PIP. KlRN, City Clerk.
Richmond, March 10, 1863. s 49,
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RICHMOND MARKETS.
MARRIED.,

On the Iath instant, - the residence Of the
brides parents, sWoedlands NEAR Poughkeepsie,
n Y, bv Rev. J. L. Corning, Charles P. Reeves, Of
Saint Paul, Minnesota to NJ. Lizzie, only daughter
of VIM. $. Wright Esq. s.
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Jeddo is the largest city in the world

Jeddo is the largest city in the world
Il has one million five hundred thous.
and houses, five million Inhabitants,
and has the largest traffic by Sea OF my
city in the world, Nanyof il streets
fare twenty two usti lon
The next State electio9 viii be hat
ain Connecticut, which taiss p16cs onlthe
sixth of next month. The Legislature
othenzto be elected will have a Senator
to elect, as the term of Mr.. Dixon ex-
pires in 1869.
The House bill@remoIng the tax on
manufactured as-been~as enf1ed-in.~
. Senate by Eretnining The tax on yturpsn.
tine, coffee, roasted drEgronnd, and all
articles intended as substitutes for
coffee or spices, mustard, refined sugars,
and on products sof sugar renneries, ON
sugar candy and confectionery, on al
monds, emeralds, precious stones and
limitations. and on. all jewelry. zrk.ez-
MR. GREEDY NOT AS MUCH OF A RE-
FORMER AS HE WAS.
In his lecture on S''Sef made Men,
Mr. Greedy made the following confess
sion of an important change in himself:
ssThere was once q time when I re-
garded all reforms as possible, and al
most within the compass of immediate
creation. Later and more sober refiec-
tons, based on experience, have con-
WINGED me of the truth of what the
young reformer said, that 'old Adam
!, was too strong for young Melancthon,'
/ therefore withdraw myself, call back
my forces, and stand on the platform Of
education for the millions. not as the
complement for reforms but as the bA-
sis of all reforms. Applause. Yes, /
was wont to ponder and speculate, and
talk very much Of social reform, of the
right Of placing and regimenting, as it
were, OF men and women for the battle
Of life. y These latter reflections, while
they have not at all tended to belittle
my conception Of the values of the great
3 changes which I then contemplated,
have led me to place the greater stress
upon questions concerning education or
! the right training Of men and women for
the battle of life. How to advise and to
aet SO that the generations of men and
women to come after us shall be nobler.
and truer and wOrthier, and more effec-
tive for good, than those they are to dis
place. this seems to me, If not the iarg-
est, at least the most human interest,"
And have thus been led to question,
somewhat boldly, somewhat sharply,
our current systems of higher education.
not as absolutely unfit, but as especially
fitting men for certain avocations, while
very much larger range of usefulness
remains relatively unprovided for" s7c
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OF West Point, the number Of gradu-
ates since 1902 has been 2,218, of whom
955 have died, and 1,263 are now living.
New York has had the largest number of
graduates, 353, while there have been
from Pennsylvania 218; from Virginia,
$50; from Massachusetts; 139. OF the
total number. the New England States
have had 400. ,s-s 4fa# s9- 5ss5 ef.f !
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LIST OF INDIANA PATENTS. The fol
lowing is list of patents granted to
Indiana inventors for the week end
ing Feb. Is, 1868: iaa
Alvin D. Clark, Chas. Davis, Rich
mond, washing machine So
Aug. Gebhart, Indianapolis, sprin g
mattress.
Jacob King, indianapolis, ditching
machine .s
Harvey A. Moore, E O. Frink. S. C.
Frink, Indianapolis, boxes for street
stop cocks. ass saf <.ff
John Moore, Madison combined cane
mill and engine. ~ .s
Thomas W. Moore, Richmond. bolt
cutter.
BENZ. z. Perry, Richmond, hand block
Cor saw mills.
Harrison L. Buff, Franklin, rotary
steam engine.
JAS. Conner, Richmond, wood bending
machine.
Gilbert NJ. Levette, Indianapolis. COM
bined clock and advertiser
j. w Milroy, John Vaughn, John
Turley, Galveston, soda fountain.
VIM. H.. Moore, Blooming Grove,
corn planter.
Geo. w. Wood, Richmond, color
printing press.
For the week ending Feb. Goth, the
following patents were issued to Indiana
nventors:
A. C. Bryant, Lafayette, animal trap
Manlove Butler, Vernon, animal trap
A j. Crosby and o. w. Crow, Button,
apparatus for backing with sulphur
fumes.
F. r. Ferris, Dora, Water wheel.
Artemus N. Hadley. Richmond. in
soIes for boots and shoes.
Christopher Lindon, Lafayette, har
vester rake.
Jas. H. Redfield and Walter J. Cox,
Salem, harvester.
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The House impeachment managers
are hard at work preparing for the tri-
al, and SO are the Presidents counsel,
which latter are, it is said, already CIV
ing timations that III ore time will be
applied fora request that will pretty
surely not be granted.
The President continues to send
nominations to the Senate for con6rma-
ton. They are referred to the appropri-
ate committees, whence they will never
be heard from more. Ben. Wade will
soon substitute better names for these
positions.
EEThe trial of JEFF Davis, it will be
remembered, was postponed from the
last term Of the United States Circuit
Court, at Richmond, until March 23d.
There are not, however, any probabili-
ties of the trial taking place then
Chief Justice Chase will be unable to
hold a Circuit Court at Richmond owing
to his presence being required in Wash.
ington at the Supreme Court and at the
impeachment trial. JEFF. now at New
Orleans, is coming north, however, and
will be present with his counsel, Messrs.
William B. Reed, Charles OrConner,
and others on the day fixed, in the
Court at Richmond, and will ask for .
trial, but the case will once more have
to be postponed
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Doors 4 SHOES, CHEAP ron CASH,
Having good assostment Of Boots and Shoes
on hand, Of my own manufacturs and Esseeeu
made work, and being prepared to MI al orders Tor
e,s"e' - = x,E
Sewed or Pegged Boots and Shoes

At the shortest possible notice. tho undersigned
eyect,Ily 80 The citxene Of Richmond and vicinity
for shass Of patronage thankng them for that here
tofore 50 literally extended.
Just give him call at his Shop, one door East OF
T. Nestor 4 Co.. Grocery Store. West Main Street,
where he will be happy % see his old customers aud
a. many new ones who study their interest, and
want good pair of Boots Shoes, made -tineay
of the best material and at reasonable prices.
Richmoad, March 5th, 1868. G.. E8TEL.I.
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The reason why the impeachment
trial commences so late i'll this month,
(23d) can be accounted for by surprising
that Moses will be enabled sooner TO
7,f
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Delegates to the Chicago Convention and
names of the state Central Committee.

names of the Stale Central Committee.
Al the Republican 81 tate Convention on Thursday,
the oilowing named gentlemen were selected as
Preside ntial Electors, Delegates Chicago and
hers Of the State Centrai Committee:
Etrsrogs For the So.e ct Lo1-ye.-Hon. Thomas
fl. Nelson Of Vigo; Hon. BENJAMIN +. Claypooi, Of
Fayette.
Cosq1saENrs.--fIon John q. Petit, of Waba sh:
.. Va ,a es u
Fsrss D.ssSid, A. j.. Robinson, of yanderburg;
Cor tinycntJ. W. Wharton. Of Spencer.
.>sey.a Dissrict--Maj. w. r.. Jones. Of Harrison;
Contingent-Aarcn Hoffman, of Martin.
Third Dsshfet--Captain John Schwartz Of Dear
born: Contngent-Nai. r. II. Ltson, OF jefferson.
fit9rsi DrstrietsIehu II. Farquhar, of Franklin;
Contingent Jacob Il. Julian. OF Wayne.
fyh Dishsct-C Colonel Sanirei Il. o. ler sef John
son: Ccntingent-Dr. Levi Ritter, of Hendricks.
Str6 Decentralization T.. r. Rose, of Lawrence:
Cdn,ngent-CoIonel John T. Smith, of Greene. =
.Ssrs,s,h Dis.rict--B. W. Harrison, Of Boone; Con-
UEgent-M l.. Milford, Of Fountsin
kfgi,A District F. Justice of cass: Contingent
- :. +. Messner, OF Warren. gsf ssI#s esstsI5e
Nal6 Dystrics-J. y. Meei, Of Henry: Contingent
Wv. n. VI. Miller, Of Allen.
1snM- Dssteft--Genera Milo :. Rascal, of Elkharf
Contingent-James :. Carpenter. Of kosciusko.
Ele~saHa Distctet- General Jasper Packard La
porte, Contngent-R. T. Dwggins, of Jasper
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EEThe New York Tribune says,
Postmaster.G eneral Randall told a gen.
tleman, the day before the New. Hamp-
shire election, that he had such full re-
surns from every postmaster in that
state az made IL certain that the Demo
Gratis would have majority Of over
5O00--that there had been perfect rev.
olution in public sentiment, and that the
country would be astonished ut the
election returns. What does he say
now? What will he do with his poor
postmasters: Hadn't he better turn
them out and put in some Radicals who
know more of arithmetic? aaf @
The Ohio Senate, yesterday. passed
the bill to suppress prize fighting. AS
it had previously passed the House of
Representatives it is now law. I'm
der its provisions, the principal per
formers in prize fight are punishable
by imprisonment in the prnitentiary.
and spectators and reporters are liable
TO fine and Imprisonment in Jail.
vallandigham is most ardent advo-
cate, subrosa, Of the impeachment of
johnson. That Ohio patriot sees that
if Wade is President, vacancy in the
Senate will be created, and to have a
chance to fill this, Val would go for i'm
peaching his master, Satan himself. A
very disinterested rebel is thes Ohioan.
The New Jersey State Convention
met Wednesday. Delegates to Chicago
were selected and Grant Endorsed.
A fire at Monroe, Michigan on Tues
day, destroyed Strong's Hotel, the Post
Office, Episcopal Church, several stores
and small buildings. The loss is be-
tween $4,000 and 100000. Insur-
ance small. s8
The old Vermont farmer who lived
eighty years on the same farm is sur
passed by Thomas Jenkins, of Saco,
Maine, who is now in his one hundred
and FIRST year and bad but one home for
ninty five years.
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" x SEE d TO LOA
FLAXSEED to Sow the coming Season, can LOAN
it on the best possible terms, by APPLYING 70 ~
ff JOHN BELL,
On Noble Street, opposite Passenger Depot.
Richmond, Sd mo. Stb, 1858. 2:Ss
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The appointment of Mr. Charles K.
Tuckerman as Minister to Greece, which
has just been confirmed by the Senate.
will give our diplomatic service new
member of signal integrity of character
and of rare sonndness of judgement and
practical efficiency in this conduct of
affairs. He cannot fail to reflect honor
on the American name abroad s&
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GOOD SENSE FROM THE SOUTH.

The Southern papers, among which
may be named The Charleston Courier
and RicHnond WI ig. give evidence of
.haJ ng omSpossessed of right ideas
wit reShrd to he eause of their difficui-
Pties AM the means for securing a &C.
turn ofprosperity. Spring, they say. is
about to open, and they urge all who
are engaged in agricultural industry .sto
devote themselves to the great work of
production as they have never done be-
fores'g 1t is lreccommended that7a svari-
ety. Of crops be put in the ground, in
order that among many some may be
secured beyond contingency. In par.
ticular are young men out Of employ
ment advised to- assist in cultivating
their fathers farms, or to combine in
parties to rent and work land on their
own account The Wing says: s'There
is great need for the application of all
our productive power, and in all ages
farming has been digniied and adorned
by the connection with it of patriots and
good men," The Courier reminds the
Southern people that bad legislation did
not produce the cotton worm, nor dis
organized labor the low price Of cotton;
for had two thirds of crop been raised,
and a reasonable price been obtained.
there would have been plenty through
out their country. As for the freedmen,
the reasonable remark is made that,
"born in Slavery, it is hardly to be won
dered that they were anxious to show
they were free by refusing to work for
their former masters. Sooner or later
they will learn that, to live upon the
produce Of the ground, the ground must
be cultivated and that in patient toll they
must look for their independence and
the Comfort Of their families; but If
they will not learn this they will be de-
stroyed by their own folly, and their
places will be filed by others
oa These few lines contain the wisdom
by which national and individual pros
perity are founded; and if it is accepted
and acted upon by the different classes
of the Southern people, the work of re-
construction will, in a great degree, be
accomplished by themselves.
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Telegraphic Dispatch to Moses johnson
rom New Hampshire: Grit out g" a
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If Johnson is impeaelled, why will he
he like Phillip when he baptised the
Eunuch? He'll gel oaa aia Wade H. 80.
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AS an evidence Of the absence of par
tisanship on the part of the Democratic
Senator'S, we notice that the Democrats
are voting in body on all questions
The Republican members divide as
their judgement leads them; the Demo
Gratis stand together. Which side
shows partisanship?a @w ah z.4F SD
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Tornado in Northern a-.Destruction
of Property in Fort Wayne. &e.


cl0ex, on tlle~morning~ of
the 18th, Fort Wayne was visited by
one of the most terrific storms that has
passed over Northern Indiana for many
years. Houses were unroofed, and some
of them partially demolished; out hous-
es were carried considerable distance
from their foundations and destroyed;
fences we're torn down and trees uproot-
ed; the rain all the time, from about II
O'Clock midnight until morning, falling
in torrents. The path Of the tornado is
supposed to have been about one ighth
of. a mile in width, and seems to have
travelled in 4 southwest and north east
erly direction. The damage done in the
city,wa principally on Columbia street.
where some of our best business houses
are located nearly all of which suffered
more or less from the destroying ele-
ment, by the tearing Off of the roofs, the
rain pouring in on the unsheltered
goods, thus destroying thousands Of dol
lars worth of property.
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On January l, 1868, the United States
Navy contained 260 vessels, with an ag-
gregate tunnage of LAC, TAG, and carry
ing 1915 guns. There are 81 iron
clads, 10I screw steamers. and II paddle
steam ers, the rest being sail vessels.
Twenty two vessels are in course of con-
struction, and on New Years Day 30
vessels were in actual service - ss a.s
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-03-19

A teacher asked a bright little girl:
"What country is opposite us on the
globe?" "Don't know sir" was the ans
wer. Well. now" pursued the teacher,
''if were to bore hole through the
earth, and you were to go in this end,
where would you come out?' "Out of the
hole, SIR replied the pupil, with an air
of triumph. ea s
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Two false alarms of fire in this city Wsdnes-
day and Thursday nights. : ,1,i1.sss
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WAsHINGToN, March l6.--Stanton
this morning published a general order
announcing officially the death of Col
T. p. Andrews, late Paymas ;er General,
and setting forth his past service in the
army. 5s sak8
Senator Doolittle returned this morn
ing, from his clectioneering tour to
Connecticut; and according to his ac-
count, the Wooden Nutmeg State will
be strongly Democratic This is what
he said about New Hampshire before
the election. -es .-....-.t-r..
curious rumor prevailed to day
that Johnson intended resigning as
President and claim the position of
Vice President, to which he was elected
This, if allowed, would make him Presi-
dent of the Senate, instead of Wade,
and Colfax would become President as
next in order of succession. This
shows the feverish condition of the peo
pie here, for there is no foundation for
such a swing corners arrangement.
p Hundreds Of applications are being
made for office under Mr.. Wade, when
he becomes President. 7gs
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TERRIBLE STEAM BOAT DISASTER
Forty Persons Killed..and several Burned
-5 - To Death. 60 5a.s rs

The Magnolia, one of the regular
Maysville and Cincinnati Packet Line
or the wreck OF twas discovered about
81 o'clock, on "Wednesday, floating by
the City of Cincinnati. ~ sen 49,
1t appears, that having left the dock,
at Il O'Clock. as usual, when within ! Of
mile of California, she collapsed f1ue.
aud instantly took fire. The whole num-
Der of passengers is supposed to be
about one hundred, and it is reported
that at least forty five lives are, lost
Among these. Capt. Prather of Coving-
ton, and the mate are missing. All
that were saved were rescued By skiffs
pulling forth from California
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"A letter from Alabama, giving an
account of the way Union voters were
defrauded at the late election, says:
''Old residents say the like has not been
seen since 1860, and one man says that
in Lee county the rebels, with their
trowsers in their boots, their broad
brimmed hats, and their knives and
pistols, re-enacted exactly the game of
terrorism and brutality by which they
gates in that year. In Bullock county,
by force and threats, we lost more than
half of those who came up to vote.
With all this we are but few Thousand
short probably less than five.''
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The latest Democratic candidate for
the Presidency is Admiral Farragut.
This would be strong selection, but
there is a small obstacle, viz: the brave
old Admiral is loyal man, and would
no more accept a Democratic nomination
for any Office than would Grant, or Sher-
idan, or Thomas, or any other of the
real heroes of the war lst}
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Dull business lately drove Chillicotbe
merchant, for pastitne, to hugging the
kitchen girl, and his wife has kicked. up
rumpus about it, IT he had only in
vested few dollars in advertising, the
local paper says, he would have had
enough business to keep him out of mis-
chief. Moral you don't want to hug
the girls, and get caught at it, advertise.