The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-31

II and its prospects. The arsasesE fsr.n.
ing section was along the river bottoms.
on both sides, and now Shat all thsae are
destroyed, or nearly destroyed, it will be
as much as the Inhabitants cen do 60
save food and rainent for the ensuing
year, without expecting TO make money.
What will be the story from the lower
river, we do not yet know;Swe may ex-
| peot the worst !ii.i. -
We have no news, definitely, from the
other side of the river yet. As the ques.
ton may be asked, it is strange to say
that no person has been drowned, 80 far
es we have heard. Rumors are afioat OF
men being seen to float down the current
OF the river on house-tops, yesterdayand
day before, supposed to have come from
above. 1t is not impossible, nor yet GER
end here for some time-uutil the town
isrighted and ''cleaned out. LA Grange,
FdyeAe County. Texas, (July IL, Cores
pondence Of lie Galreston Neus.
TORNADO IN MINNEsoTA-A cores.
pondent of the st. Cloud Journal,
writing from Sauk Centre, says:
"About twelve miles South west from
here, in the town of Raymond, in Stearns
County, was tho dwelling house of a
well-to-do and respectable farmer. Mr.
richard Richardson, formerly of Rice
County, in this State. At the time of
the commencement of the storm, on
Friday night, he and his family we're
quietly enjoying their home, with others
OF the neighborhood, who were stopping
over night with them. About IL o'clock,
MIR. Richardson remarked to his wife
that he feared they would have hard
storm. Before he could rouse the family
OF even make any preparations himself,
the tornado burst upon them with such
force ms to tear to pieces and scatter
about for a distance of quarter of u
mile the entire house and it's contents,
together with the inmates. There were
at the time twelve persons in the build
ing, the most OF them up stairs asleep.
1t was q block or Lighthouse, sixteen by
twenty-four, one and half stories high,
well dove-tailed ut the corners, and
pinned with two-inch oak pins. Mr..
and Mrs. Richardson and one small
child alone remained in the ruins of the
house. John, the eldest son, twenty-five
years old, was carried thirty-four rods
and dropped on the ground SO badly
bruised and mangled that there is but
little hope of his recovery. George, the
second son, thirteen years old, was also
carried thirty rods, and had his right
ankle broken, the bone protrnding
through the flesh. He is also badly
bruised in many places. Willie, the
third son, three years of age, was borne
some thirty rods, and hurled to the
ground so badly injured that he lived
only few moments. Two other chill
dren Qittle girls) were taken from their
bed, twisted up in their bed clothing,
and dropped on the opposite side ct the
building from the rest, unharmed. Mrs.
Il. received some injuries on and about
the heqd and face, but nothing serious.
This is about the extent of the injuries
received by the family of Mr.. r. Miss
Annie Wilson, school-teacher, stopping
at the house of Mr.. R., having some
fears Mt the time, had risen, dressed, and
was sitting up when the wind struck the
building. She was carried with the rest
mixed In with broken pieces of timber,
boxes, barrels, cupboards, trunks, bed
ding and furniture, and the entire con-
tents of the upper part of the house,
thlrty-s rods, and deposited in the
wheat field. She was so badly bruised
that there is little hope of recovery.
Liberty Raymond, twenty-five years old,
eldest son of L. B. Raymond, from
whom the town af Raymond takes its
name, was among the unfortunate. He
was carried about the same distance as
Mr.. r. eldest s0n, and SO badly man.
gled that he only survived short time.
The scene at the house when the day
light came is much easier imagined than
described, Mr.. r. being the only one
left after the disaster to collect in the
dead and dying. and to care for the in
jured ones. After looking for and find
ing the most of them in the midnight
gloom, it being very dark and stormy,
he proceeded to the neighbors to give
the alarm and procure assistance. All
of the medical aid was soon on the road
to the scene of distress.'
SENATOR WILSON ON THE VIRGINIA
ELECTION. Senator Wilson, of N1assa-
chusetts, publishes in the New York In