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VOL 18.
STEOUDSBURGj MONROE COUNTY, PA. JUNE 9, 1859.
NO. 24
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From the Ladies' Home Magazine.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
BY CAPRICE.
One cool afternoon in the early fall, I
-Chester F. LeRoy, gentleman stood
on the platform of the Albany depot,
watching the procession of passengers just
arrived iu the Hudson river boat, who de
filed past me on their way to the ears.
The Boston train, by which I had come,
waited patiently as steam and Qrc might
for their leisure, with only an occasional
it ml faint suorts of retuou.-traucc at the
delay; yet still the joatliug crowd hurried
hn,t into the earn, and flitted throu-'h
tbeui in search of seats, their increasing
tmmbcrs at length warniujr'cje that I
mi.'Lt 2nd it difficult to regain wy own, 1
and followed them. j
I beg your pardon, .sir.5 j
I turned in obedience to a touch on my
nrui.and saw a respectable looking negro ,
man before me, who Lore the
ttaveliti"
ba- and thawl, and was, evidently
the
attendant of a slender and styli.-h young
girl behind him. 'Do I speak,' he said,
bowing re.-pect fully, and glancing at the
portuiautoau I carried, on which my sur
name was quite legible, 'Do I address,
tir, Mr. LeRoy V
That is my name at your service
what can I do for you !'
The young lady. Miss Florence Duc
dard, fir, who was to join you at Albany,
at sis o'clock this evening I have charge
of her.' lie turned to the young lady
behind hitu.
This i3 Mr. LeRoy Miss.
The youug lady, who.-c dark blue eyes ;
imd been hcanninL' me. as I could perceive !
through her blue silk veil, now lifted it ! "We have not decided upon a name.'
with an esqui-itely gloved little hand, j I replied.
aud extended the other to mc, wit.h a! 'Indeed I I thought she meant to give
charmiufr mixture of frankness, aud tim- jhim your?-.
i(tjtJ c j 'The deuce rhc did !" thought I. 'No,
I am very glad to meet you. Mr. Le- lone of a uame is enough in a family,' I
lloy,;he said. 'I thought I should ! answered.
know you iu a moment, Jenny described : The demon of inqui.-itivenes?, that, to
jou so accurately. How kind it was of ; my thinlfing, has instigated my fair eom
you to offer to take charge of me. 1 hope pauion, heretofore, now ceased to possess
1 ahaut trouble jou.' ; her, for we talked of various itidifferent
In the midst of my bewilderment, at . things, and I had the relief of not being
teiug thus addresped by the sweetest voice .compelled to draw on my imagination at
iu the world, I mauaged to see that I the expense of my conscience, when I gave
must make a proper reply, aud proceeded the particulars of my recent journey from
to Ktamtner out what I thought au appro- Boston. I'et, I was far from feeling at
priate j-peecb, when the servant, who had ease, for every souiTd of her voiie start-
lelt us lor a moment, returned, aud 1 a-
bandoued it unfinished.
Did vou see to my lairjrase. Edward V
COO'
asked hi mi-tre.-s.'
Yes, Mis?; it is all on.'
'Theu you had better hurry to reach
the scveu o'clock boat. Good bye, and
tell them you saw me i-afoly off'
1 stood like one iu a dream, while the
man handed mc two checks for the trunks
aud cudued mc with the light baggage he y .Vtfn'that it was my duty to offer her a
bad carried; but I was aroused by the xc(.ni pie on my shoulder, but I hard-
iTinti i l-wJtr'c? i.l'tnri mA if f llfwltintll a 11. f
young luxJy s al;iug me H we uad
belter secure our seats in the carf. and
answered by offering her my arm. In
ten minutes we were seated side by side,
aud trundling out of Albany at a rate
that grew faster and faster.
I had now time to reflect, with that
lovely face opposite me, but where was fcred her the Usual cifility. She alight
the u-e. Some strange mistake had uu- y blushed, but thaoked me, and accepted
doubtedly happened, aud I had evidently jt Dy leaniog her bend' lightly against my
been taken for another person of the same shoulder, and looking up iuto my eyes
name; but how to remedy this now, with- v,tij a smile, said, 'As you are my cous
out alarming the innocent young lady in ; soou aftcr her eyes closed, aud she
my charge, how to find the right man, sept BVVCct!y and calmlv. as if resting in
with the right name, among several hun- hecUrity aud peace. looked down at
dred people, and how to transfer hcr.with- lue beautiful face, slightly paled with fa
out an unpleasant scene aud explanation tigue, that rested agaiut mc, aud felt like
to the care of some one whose person was ' a villain. I dared not touch her with my
lea ttrauge to her than mine ! Wlit!e , arrilj althoush tbc bounding of the cars
these thoughts whirled through my head, ! jo.-tlcd her very much. I sat remorseless
I happened to encounter those smiling , UIJlj tho sleeper settled the matter by
eyes fixed upon mc, and their open, uu- j slipping forward and awakening. She
buspicious gaze decided me. 'I will not , opened her eyes instantly, aud smiled.
trouble or diatress her, by any knowledge j .t uo UfU for n,e to trv to fccen
oi uer position,' l conciudca, -uui win just
do my best to fill the place of the indi
vidual she took me for, and conduct her
whercver she wants to go, if I can only J
una wuere it is i i turueu to ner witn an :
anectation oi case, which 1 was very lar
from feeling, and said: 'It is a long jour
scy.' Do you think so ! But it vary pleas
ant, isn't it! Cousin Jennie enjoyed it so
much r
'Ah, indeed !'
'Why, what a queer man i' she said
with a little laugh. 'Does she never tell
you as she docs ujc iu all her letters, how
happy she iJ, and that St. Louis is the
sweetest place in the world to Jive in 7 j
Dear me 1 that I thould have to tell her
own husband first. How wc shall laugh
about it when we get there.'
So it was to St. Louis we were going,
and I was her cousin's husbaud. I never
was so thankful for two pieces of infor- j
mation in my life. j
And how does dear Jennio look ! and
what is she doing I and how is my dear
aunt Bcman ! do tell me all the news!1 j
'Jennie,' said I mustering courage and
I words, 'is the dearest littlo wife in the
World, U know, only far too fond of llfT
.-camp of a husband; an to her looks, you
. 1 , 1 J
v;-iu l uijiuci me iu say anyimug, iui auv
always looks lovely to me.'
'Bravo!' raid the pretty girl, with a
malicious smile; 'hut about my dear Aun
ty's rheumatism !'
'Miss, I mean, of course, Mrs. Beoian,
is very well.
j 'Well !' said my fair qucstioucr. regar
' ding me with surprise, 'I thought she bad
uot been well for a number of years!'
'I mean well for her,' said I, in some
trepidation; 'the air of St. Louis (which I
, have since learned is of the misty moisty
' order) has done her a world of good Sho
is quite a different woman.'
j 'I am very glad,' said her niece. She
remained silent for a few moments and
theu a gleam of amusement began to
dance in her bright eyes.
'To think,' said she, suddenly turninir
to me with a musical laugh, 'that in all
this time, you have not mentioned the
baby !'
I know I pave a violent start, and I
think I turned pale. After I had run the
gauntlet of all tho.-e questions triumph-
autly,a- I thought, this new danger stared
Ilie " f;,ce- How was I ever to dc-
fcC,'ibe a baby who had never noticed one?
"My courage sank below zero, but iu some
rroport5ou tLc hood rose to my face, and
1 tht,k mJ tcutu fairly chattered iu aiy
beau.
'Do'iit be afraid that I shall not sym-
P jour raptures,' continued my
loruieiiior, as i almost consiuereu uer.
alter Jennie's letter jou should ace how
she cares for L-im.'
'ilini !' Blessed goodness, theu it must
be a hoy !
'Of coue,' said I, blushing and stam
mering, but feeling it imperative to say
om(ltig, 'wc consider him the fiucit fel
low iu the world; but you might uot agree
with u.J, and in order to leave your judg-
! mcnt unbiassed, I t'hall not describe him
to you.
'Ah ! but I know just how he looks, for
Jennie had no such scruples so you may
spare yourself the trouble or happiness,
whichever it is but tell mo what you
U'" to call him?'
l d mu uitn a dread ot Ircsh questions,
neces.-.ary, but impossible to be answered,
and 1 leit a guilty flush stealing up my
temples every ti.nc I met the look of
those beautiful blue cyOs.
It was late when wc stopped for sup
per, and soon after Isawluedark frin
ges of my fair companion's eyes droop
long and often, and began to realize that
he ounht to be asleep. I knew nerfect-
ly uau courage to. aK mat innocent- lace-
to lie on my arm, which was not, as
she thought it, that of a cousin and a
married man. Recollecting, however,
that it was my duty to make her comfor
table, and that I could scared' deceive
lur more'tban I had already done. I nrof-
my bonnet on,' she said; 'for it is very
much in tue way for me, and I am sure
it troubles vou.' So she removed it eiv-
Wr WQ the pretty little toy, with its gracc-
fuj ubbons and flowers,
to put on the
rack above us. I preferred to hold it,
telling her it would be safer with me, and
after a few objections, she resigned it,
being iu truth too sleepy to contest the
point; then tying the blue silk veil over
her glossy hair, she leaned against my
thoulder aud slept again. This time,
when the motion of the cars began to
shake aud annoy her, I stifled tho re
proaches of my conscience, aud passing
my arm lightly round her slender waist,
drew j.cr unon mv hreast. where she lav-
j aj n;ht. She slept the sleep of innocence,
!ecrene and neaop.fnl but it" is needless to
say that I could not close my eyes or
case my conscience. I could gaze down
on the beautiful, still face, and imagine
how it would confront me, if she knew
what I was, aud how I had deceived her,
dr dreaming more wildly still, re-produce
it in a hundred scenes which I had never
before paused to imagine in the face of
my wife. I had never lored, unless the
butterfly loves of Saratoga and Newport !
might be so dignified, and still less bad I
ever dreamed or thought of marrying,!
even as a possibility and far off contiu-1
jzenoy. ievcr Deloro, 1 solemnly aver,
had I seen the womau whom I wished to
make niv wife uever before had I so
lonired to call anvthinir niv own as I did
flint IovpIu fnoii Ivin. nn ni r hnnrf 1 Nn
; -" j
it was imnossible for me to si
In the moroiniz wo reached Buffalo.and
spent
the day at jNiagara. If I bad
thought her lovely while sleeping, what
was she. when the light of feeling and cx
nrfis.ion nl.ivrd or,.r hor feP as hlio nlo -
nnniiflw rulmireH flip unnr.o h(fnrn
t r j
ik or
was n. mnrn nlonnont till. T ,Wt,
think I looked at the Cataract as much .that lf 1 accepted the charge of so much
as I looked at her, or thought the one "ocnce and beauty too light y, I have
creation more beautiful than the other. I heavily atoned for it since, in having oc
Sbe wa, now quite familiar with me in'ooed this suffering to you, and my
her innocent way, calling mo
Frank," aud seeming to take a
"COU-IU
certain;
nleasure in mv society and nrotection.
It wa delightful to be greeted so gladly
by her, when I entered the hotel parlor,
to have her come forward from the lonely
scat where she had beeu waiting, not un
observed or unuoticcd, to receive me to
ave her hanir on my arm ook up into . A . . ... r r. ,. , , . '
- A ,. J. ... . and stood waiting. I was obliged to de
my face, tell mo all her htt e adventures' , , . . T . ,, , .
J t CfftTlf1 l nn nvciur iat nnf 1 nnrn h n irnfl
alone and ch.de me for leaving her
long, (how long it seemed to mc) while
every word, look and smi e seemed doub-
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ly dear to me because I knew the prcca-
J. . , , . i , ,
rious tenure by which my riht to tbemi
in ci v - j i i? i-i
T . , . ' ,
fawMw . J"""
gae, and running all over her trunks to
2 j i ! it i i i
nnd a book which i bad expressed a de-
. , , i. .
sire to see she mended my iIovcs, sewed
.i i i e . i- 6 , e ,i
the band or my traveling cap, and found
J , f. ' , , .
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which wa3 aDouc twenty times a nay,'
.t. 1... '
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which she declared equa led her own.
t , , , . .
Loujj
aiio
.'y4aUMltl.4 V f V. A 1111V LU )
ftuftiuu ncr eieaiu porie-tuoiinaie. wiiU'.i .1 i i n . i i
... o I itlin I'pnf Iffn.in n do kindly took charge
: l 1 i . :.. . i
all her money m it which she w:as sure
sho wouid lose, as she could never keep
aiiYthiu'',' and as she had ordered mo to
take out whatever was wanted for her
traveling expense, 1 opeucd it with trem-
ui:.. i i ... t t .1 it
u.w,g uiiuua Hiiuu J. v;la aiuue, auutexum-
incd the contents. There were, besides
all tne bank bills with which bhc had
probably been furnished for her journey,
and which, with pious care, she had pack
ed into the smallest possible compass, as
much gold as her little toy could carry,
a tiny pearl nug, too small to fit any tin-)
i t r .i t i.;.. i
uei iul uer, nuiuii x am ainuu i mm -
ed a card with her name on it, a room-.,
eu-a oaru wmi ner name on tt, a niem -
oranduminapretty hand, 'o.-- Olive
street, St. Louis which, os I rightly con -.
jectured, was tho ressdence of her cousin
Jennie, whose husband I was; a very for-l.
tunate discovery for me. Indeed,
oijeuvery lor me. iuue o, ius
had not found the way of the trans -
. t
lar, I
gressor hard, in external circumstances,
at least, aud when with her I forgot eve
rytbiug but her grace and beauty, and
my firm resolution to be to hor no more
than her cousin should be; but out
of that charmed presence .my conscience
made mo miserable.
Fain afraid I must sometimes have be
trayed the conflicts of feeling I had,, by
my mauncr; but when I was reserved and
ceremonious with her, she always resent
ed it, and begped me so bewitchingly not
eu .t. uu uegpuu me so ue ueuiug.y uoi
to treat her so and to call her by hcr
sweet name "Florence,' that had Idrcacl-
ed as much as I longed to do it, I could
not have refused her. But the conscious
ness that I was uot what ahe thought me,
but an impostor, of whom our connection
had ceased and she had discovered the
deception practiced upon' her, she could
think or remember nothing that wouid
not cause unmerited self reproach and j geuerous, and honorable delicacy of your
mortification, all iunoccut aud trusting as conduct, it was not from anger, believe
she was this reflection, more than any!'", but because I was at first too much
other, I. confess, aud the knowledge of I tstouirflied , and afterwards too much
the estimation in which the would forev- j moved and too grateful to speak. I owe
crhold me, after my imposition was dis- Ju "'ore tbau I au Payi aud should be
covered, agonized me, and I would havo
given all I possessed to own it to hor,
and leave her sight at once, though tbc
thought of uever seeing -her more was
dreadful. But that could uot be.
At laet wo reached St. Louis. Do I
say "at last!' When the sight of those j the rcvulsiouu of feeling was almost too
spires and gables warned me that my igrcat for words, and the rapture of know
biief dream of happinass was over, aud j ing, as I looked down iuto that lovely
that the remorseful reflections I had been i face, that it was not for the last time,quito
fctaviug off &o long were now to commence took away the little sense I had remain
in earnest, the thought of the coming ing. If you would like to know how I
banishment from Florence was dreadful . felt, ask a man who is going to bo hung
to me, and the time seemed to fly on
lightning wiu's as it drew nearer. Sho
was all gaiety, and astonished at my sad-
iv r . .
uess auu uuscuce oi mina wticn so near;
lit-"
home and Jenuio, and when wc entered
.1 ,1 , . i UUIIUIU. UV!,IOU imitlll u liuuvill.il "l . ,
the carriage that was to convey us to ourin for hor jjaud fifty.
dcstina .on, I bad half a mind to.take a ,bat tj hat bav(J n uu3crtakcD A horse was found in the neighbor-
destination, I bad na t a mind to.tauo a , .. . . . i . ,
,. n . . that time, that We have again undertaken
coward y flight, rather than encouuter the: - . . . . , , ,r .
J, r. ' P ,. .. the journey, but under difforeut circum -
scoru and disappointment ot those bine, . J . , 7.-.. .
... tr , , - ,. ; stances, tiucc bloreuceis lUorence Dun-
eyes; but 1 mustered courage and follow- , . 1 ,
J. ,' . . , ,, . , . idard no more, and sleeps upon my arm
ed hor in, gfving the address found in;.
thcportc-mounaie which, fortunatcly,was be C0lfi(lenco of 0 wifo 0f nearly five "er or owner has' not yet been found.
the right one, to the driver. y)ars gtaodi and j Utcr our uume8;it is feared that ho has been destroyed.
'Almost home!' said she, turning her jn the hotel book as 'Mr. and Mrs. Lo-I Those persons who were killed were
bright face towards me we were rattling j0y,' and bless my lucky tars, as I read badly maugled ; in some cases the oloth
up tho street, and my time was short lit over. Even whilo I write Floreuoe, ing w3 entirely stripped off the bodies,
how can you bo so cool and quiet!' lovelier than ever, as I think, makes a and iu most instauces the bodies carried
'Because, Miss Florence,' I answered grand pretence of arranging our baggage a long distance,
'the time has come in which I must ecn- at the hotel where wo btop, (and which ! All this cay appear to your readers to
fess to you that I have uo more right in has reminded me, by past transactions to be a more fabricntiou. Would it were sol
the home to which wo are hastening, than ' write down this story,) or comes leaning- But of tho truth of it there can Ue no
to the uame by which you address me, 'over me to call mo 'dear Chester,' instead doubt. Many of the citizens of this place
and that my only claim to cither, is that 'of 'dear Cousin Frauk,' as five years be- visited the sceue yesterday for tho pur
ofan impoater and deceiver.' jfore, and to scold me for being so stupid pose of helping tho sufferers, and from
She tuaned her lovely face, wondering
and puzzled, towards nie
Thank Heaven, I did uct read fear
and aversion iu it.
No right! no claim?' 8he repeated;
'what can you mean.' '
I told her, frankly and fully, the whole
truth ncariy ns j hove 8ct it U0WIJ here
dond nn,,;(l7 nt nmn tin. nsnW., ,.
crct 0f n)V lovfor her. When the brief!
rPf.;f:li .InA Wl, rmninrl
d i.t .1.1.-. i L i i.
pnfc hnt.
1 f T l .1 .i.. i. . V.1-J
1, iuuu, j. eouiu eee tuai &ue iruuiuiuu vio-
K:ilt nf t,or i:ufrerf ,a ,, tn mn
; j Vied to say a few words of apology.
'You cannot blame or hate inc, Miss
! iJUUUaru'- fflorB u,an naie ami uiame
' ..t..u t . :.i if .1.. T I
mjcl-" i ohiu, lor iuu uisueaa 1 uavc uu
1 ;i i; 1 1 tt i
unwillingly caused you. Heaven
knows!
ruul3"uil:ui1 giuutui iuuu i. cuu uuitii
The coach htonncd as I spoke. She
turned towards tun naap.rl v hor faoo bear
4ft
ing traces of tears, and said, in a low
! voice.
w
'Do uot misuuderstand me, if I was so
silent.'
Tl
h thafc Hule tho h -t fn.
tho agt tim but j w'atcbe hcf efu,
fi .,, 1 A A- . Ci t
figuro with sad distress, bho was alrea-
j i r . i i e .t u .t
dy recognized, for the door of the hand-
, . ... . j
tome houre before which we stopped was
i thrown open, and a pretty woman follow-
led by a fine-looking, black-whiskered
i , Tc , , i
'gentleman whom 1 supposed to be uiy
t u i i .1 . irt
namesake rushed down thesteps. 1 here
! , , , .. e . !,
were loud exclamations of astonishment
I A , , ,
iand pleasure, a cordial welcome, aud
some rs
:apid questions, to which Florence
returned souiC very low and quiet an-
swers, oud quickly extricating herself
,f .t i .at,
from the contusion, prcseuted mc as 'Mr.
LeRoy, 'our husband's namesake, and
lf m j ,onced ftt bcr-faM tQ aC(J if
she were mocking tae, but it was pale and
grave. Mrs. LeRoy opened her pretty
eyes widely, but was too well bred ex
press surprise, aud alter introducing me
tn ,r klu,,nn() : ,t1A .- fprm,
; . j :....!... t.t..,ii..
of what I did, or anything, except that I
was still in the presence of Florence, I
followed them iuto a handsome parlor,
where sat au old lady, who, my conscience
told me, was the rheumatic aunt I so
cruelly belied. Florence herself preseu-
i fced aj(J tQ thg ,ad who wag a fisture
nnKIn tn . Jfrnm h.r and
autl uuab,e tQ om bcr cbu5 ai
;beforeIcou,d fitauimer an apology ai
retjrc related in her own W0J (bow di
, fn, from , -nft ,x fi m:stako Vv whi(
and
dif-
... mv tho
bj of our journey, in which it ap-
nnnrJ 1Ilf rJ yr r,Piinv hnl
j . j ,
!fipn f nflSK(?nfi- When she had
ended they all crowded around me, warm
ly expressing their thanks for my kind
ues and couideratiou,' to my utter be
wilderment and surprise, and cordially
iuviting mo to remain with them, and
make the acquaintance of my namesake
and family. I detached myself from all
this unexpected kindness as soon as I
could, for I faucicd I read aversion in the
flu&hisng and paliug face and drooping
of flounce, and with one last look at
,eft Q rQQ A momcnt af 1
fok'tbo t(mcb of a u baud QU
my
and turning, saw with mute surprise, that
she dad followed mo into the vestibule.
Mr. LeRoy,' sho said, hurriedly, 'I
cannot let you go away misunderstanding
mn, as I see you do. If I was silent while
you so humbly apologized for the noble,
j miserable, inaoeu,ii a laiso suaino, wuiou
you sec has not provonted my telling you
this, should prevent you from continuing
an acquaintance so strangely begun.
Trust mc, sir, I speak the truth.'
I don't know what auswer I made, for
how ho would feel to be reprieved
Well, how time flies! It oertaiuly
idoes not seem five years since all this
1, -rt ! unn.'in Jnimln f nx? nAiiuitt
, T. ' K. .;, MrXi,c ..c
nnrH nn mnrn ,,,;, 1 ' u.;l
'as to sit and write, mstead of talking with
Ibpr. Stntiid' indeed 1 to rirpftfr a black
pen to thoso rosy lips. Was ever a man
jeo happy iu a Slight mistake!'
1 " . . 7. -
Terrible' Storm in Illinois. Forty or Ffty
Houses Destroyed. Fit ty or Sixty Pec-
Ple Jed and Wounded,
Jacksonville 111., May 2,, l-.)0.
i"!u"1) evcumg a tcrnine siunu uu.,
tornado passed over a portion
of
thi-
county Uorganj, doing much damage
- ...
' com to me ariODroDcrctY
We have not
freCelVeU
fu!
intelligence re-pecting the
done
but hasten to send vou
I wnat w bave already learned.
Wc will
'C fnrlh" PrticI to-mor
morrow,. if we
I learn anvtbiusr new concerning it. The
j storm appear.' to havo or-inated in the
j souttiea.-t and proceeded to tho north
. im .
wcm. l ue damage done is as tol
. . . . .
follows:
A house Lelo neiricr tn .Tnsonli liVc n.
D--t3 ' r " -
bout eight miles southeast of here, was
destroyed, and tho teuaut's wife, Mrs.
Richard Rout, a child of Mr. George
Vanzant and a Portuguese boy, wero all
killed. Tho child, we understand, was
found iu a cistern.
A houe beloncinir to Mr. Bedford
u. if ...
o
ron waa mon wn, and ins aou
Samuel killed. A house belonging to
and occupied by Mr
Jiamauas .barrows
was destroyed, and, we are informed, two
of his children are missing.
A house about nine miles south of here,
owned and occupied by Mr. Jesse Henry,
was blown down.
A house southeast of here, belonging
to Jacob Samples, was destroyed, aud
his son-in-law, a man named Thomas,
killed. A man nanied Jouath Carlylc
was also killed, aud his house torn down.
u
o havo heard of several others beior
killed in that neighborhood, but as vet
havo uot learned who they are. Of
course, fences, barns, horses, &c., are iu
the same category.
Yery mauy persons have had their
limbs broken. Several horses have been
killed by the stables falling on them.
Fences are so badly used up that in some
places it is impossible to fiud a rail where
the fence was. Those persons we men
tioned as being killed were literally
smashed to pieces, so as scarcely to be
recognized. We are very fearful that
when all is know fully, it will be even
worse than anticipated.
On tbc Great Western Railroad 2 cars,
which were standing on a switch, were
ruu off and turned over on the track, so
that the train coming here from Spring
field was delayed until midnight. The
raiu fell in torreuts all over the country,
and was accompaincd by thunder and
lightning.
The day before yetterday a storm pass
ed over Springfield, during which the
end of a double dwelling house was bad
ly torn by the lightning. Fortunately
no lives were lost, that part of .the hou.se"
which was struck being uuoccupied.
The other half was occupied.
We also learn that tlr btation-house at
Bemeut, on the Great Western Railroad,
east of Decatur, was blowu down.
Jacksonville, 111., May, 28 1859.
ITT
we
retrret to say that the disaster
vhich we mentioned to you yesterday as
having happened to many of the resideuts
of this couuty, is even worse than wc theu
believed it to be. We have not yet re
ceived full particulars concerning the a
mount of damage done by the storm, but
euough to know that it was the most ter
rible oue that ever was known iu this
part of the couutry. Iu addition to those
we mentioned yesterday as having been
killed, we have learned of two more, viz:
the mother of Mr. Carlylc (who was kill
ed) and tho wife of Jacob Samplp. Sev
eral persons who were injured are not ex
pected to live. Iu all we have learned
of ten or twelve having been killed.
Wo cau give you no better idea of the
severity of the storm than by stating a
few of the mauy terrible thiugs that hap
pened. On Mr. Jos. Fry's place, every
thing house, barn, furniture wero torn
into shreds; the fence scattered for miles;
fifteen horses were killed, beside tho hu
man beings wc mentioned yesterday,
seventy hogs, soveral head of cattle, aud
all his fowls. Even the rats about tho
premises did not escape. The wagons
were blown to atoms, spokes knocked out
of the wheels, aud eveu the tiros bent.
This is but one ease in many. Several
others suffered in the same way.
The house of William McDonald, south ,
of this place, was torn into atoms, not
ten feet square of the house or barn re- 1
maiuiug; and, singular to say, himself,
wife aud children escaped with their lives, i
though they were badly bruised. At the
place of Mr. Barrows, of which we spoke j
ye-teiday, in addition to-the destruction !
to life and properity, ho lost oue bun- i
dred and ten hogs out of one hundred :
a
!
unn,
1 "ooi
M.mi
mm
visii
hood dead, witb a ran run tnrougu
him lengthwise, so that both ends wero
With a bridle and saddle on, but the ri-
all those who returned wc learutlio same
dmndful news. J ho CttlZCUS of this
place called a meeting yesterday lor the
f 1 '
purpose of taking measures to relieve t!'-
sufferers. Committees were appointed,
who at once proceeded to raise money,
workmen, &e., to help to repair the dam
age as much as possible.
How many houses were dc.-troyed or
how much dao.age was really done has
not yrt bsen di fiutcly ascertained. liv
ery tenement within six or eight miles
was swept away.
The storm made its appearance in thef
southeast, at 4 o'clock p m. It seemed a.t
firr-t about the size of a man's hand. Its
first appearance was that of a fountain
boiling over. It increased in size, throw
ing a small cloud like folds from clouds to
the earth, increasing in width and vio
lence as it approached the earth.
An far as heard from, it began in Cal
houn Couuty, carrying everything men
bouses, barns, fences, treea and cattle
with it, from Manchester to a distance. of
twelve miles, directly north-east. Wef
can count thirty six dwelling-houses,'
with all the bams and out-houses, de
stroyed. The number killed, as far an
heard from, Mrs. Rout, a son of Johu
Yan Zaues, Samuel Brown, a Portugueso
in the employ of Mr. Route, Jonathan'
Carlisle, Jacob Sample and wife, aud1
a Mr. Thomas. There are about fifty
seriously, if not mortally wounded.
Most of them, it is feared, must, die.
To give an idea of the storm, I have'
in my possession a stone weightng three
pounds that was lifted up and carried GO
feet, passing through a window, 4 feet
from the floor The floor and partitiou
of a school-room, by Hi) feft, was car
ried away, with heavy timber, and all
cannot be found within two miles of the,
place: A vwud-inill was carried over 40U
yards, with pipes, pumps, &c., the small
end formost. There is not 10 feet square'
within the route of the storm that has
uot got rails, boards, &c, stuck in tho
ground so that no one can easily pull out
Whole partitions of houses are gone and
cannot be found. A man riding in a1
field was blown from his horse, the sad
dle torn off and carried about two mileV
from the place.
No one can form an idea of the terri
ble effects of this storm, which lasted but
five miuutcs, with but little rain. The
cloud was very bright', while on either
side it was so dark as not to be able to
diatinguiah objects.
A Grain of Gold."
The distinguished J dward Everett is'
the most elegant rhetorician in America.'
Here is a little allegory taken from one
of his agricultural speeches. It is a liter
ary gem of the very firat water:
Drop a graiu of California gold in the
fjrouud and there it will lie unchanged
till tho end of time. The clods on which
it falls are not more cold and lifeless thatx
it is. Drop but one grain of our bless
ed gold into the ground and lo I a mys
tery. In a few days it softens it swcelJa
it shoots upward it is a living thing.
It is yellow itself, but it sends up an em
erald green through the soil it expands
to a vigorous stalk revels in the sun
shioe itself more glorious than Solomon
in bis broad fluttering leafy robes, whose"
sound as. the west wind whispers through
them falls as pleasantly on the husband
man's eur, as the rustle of bis sweetheart's?
garment; still towers aloft, spins its verd
aut skeins of vegetable floss, displays its
dencing tassels.su'rcharged withfertilizing
dust, nnd at last rlnens info two or ihrep.
magnificent batons like this (an ear of
corn) each of whieb is studded with hun
dreds of grains of gold, every oue pos
sessing the same wonderful properties as
tho parent grain, every oue instinct with
the same productive powers.
To Farmers.
Farmers and others, owning property
in the neighborhood of towns are greatly
annoyed by having their fences, enclos
ing their lands, torn down and the raiU
carried off for fire wood. It may be some"
advantage for them to know that a law"
exists iu this State, giving potver to eve
ry Justice of the Peace, before whom any
one is convicted of breaking; down, aud
carrying away, any part of a fence, to
fino them the sum of ten dollars, oue half
to be paiJ to tho informer, and the other
half to tho county. In default of pay
ment the Justice has the power, under
the law, to imprison the offender for thir
ty days in tho county jail.
A Shot in the Flock.
Wo wonder if the following Paixhan
shot, from the "Notes from the Plymouth'
Pulpit," by Henry Ward Beeelier, hits?
anybody in all this region round about!
We hope not. Mr. Boeeher said:
"There is sittiug before me in this'
congregation now two hundred men, who
stuff their Suudays full of what they call
religion, and then go out ou Monday to
catch their brother by the throat, Maying:
"Pay me that thou owest; it's 3ionday
now aud you needn't think because w;e
sat crying together yesterday, over our
Saviour's sufferings and love, that I jmu
going to let you off from that debt, if it
does ruin you to pay it now."
Fashionable ladies are said to.be madtf
of Z.
! "The bones of v;halesv
Aud cotton bales;'1
' Aud fashionable gentlemen" of
I "Gold ohains aud canes,
But nunj braius."