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VOL 19.
STROUDSBURG, MONEOE COUNTY, PA. JUNE 14, i860,
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June 16, 1859. iy.
A Deeply interesting Narrative.
Our readers have been made familiar
with the captum of Mrs. Pago and a
young girl by Apnche Indians in Arizo-
na, the search tor tuem, anu toe almost
miraculous escape of Mrs. Pace. A Tu-
bao coorespondent bends to tuo Missouri
Republican the following personal histo
ry of the affair :
Narrative of Mrs. Larscna A. Page.
I had been married but littlo over two
months, and was living with my husband
Mr. J. H. Page, in a rudo cabin at the
mouth of the graud cacon leading to the
pinery of the Santa Kita mountain Our
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l'amilv aonsistod of myself and husband,
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a httle Mexican girl, eleven years of ajje,
jngagea
iuaaoer Dusincss. i
s- . i r ii 1 Tit. t i-
t
a Uttie Mexican gm, eieicu jcarj, o. ae, Paztl and tbe little girl, now a heroine .d, betokening power in all its devel
M.sarclurklaud and Mr m. Randall, iodeodf d from 0D6 tQ another to A slightly Roman nose, a wide
who was engaged with my husband in tho : rho: mv.r!W.pa rnn(irili Ui;nn .t. jfi. i,:L
wu i.K- u.uiu.ug u. xw.u '-. auri kiting! Uapt. JtJwell, too, was not
after an early breakfast, my husband left forgotteDt amJ ble8,jDgS wera SUOwercd
us at camp or the purpose of P"tt,ng;OD bi? head for the active part he had ta
some Mexicans to work, and Mr. R9ndoll ;kcn ;u tbc res(JU(, Jt wa doubtiess a
going out to kill a deer, Miare and my. Ut, moment for bim to wbich be will
sen were jcii ijuiiu uiuue it vaa
wn.ug u,, t n """uuu V r0,ur ,
some water, wnen tue little grl eaiued
1" 1 I I. J . A A A. A
auu Ba,u vuv: a,,..-. c. -u,. cJlDp hw brQ bufc he had restored peace ,
came up in a run. Having-a six-shooter , and - bapp5ne,s to a de5pairing family;
(Colt revolver) in my hand I turned tohad suntcbed an humble captive from tho
fire at them but they were alrcaoy sojhandsof g& who 6ub,ist on grass
close that before I cou.d pull the trigger ;or roots pnd who ofjprcd ber tbe head of .
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inoy ou .uru. uFuu -u --in
nnnnnn 'I hoc fllfin limrdO It'll in
fcUD ""f""- ,&utoneot ttso rhany noDio acts or an e-
plundcr, seizing on , everything they could , vectfu, career Jn wLi(jh fao faad W0Q the
v ' n , e V, . ' . . " r
carry off-flour, bl.nkt?, c oth.ng, &e.i
and not a.titficd bcJ destr0-j
ed the balance. VV e hallooed and scream-
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C, a.i-iou, ;
rae with their lauces and told us to keep
quiet, or they would kill us. They pack
ed up what they could take and marched
us off, hand in hand, in a hurried and bar
barout manner. After proceeding thus
for a quarter of a mile they separated us
in order to prevent our talking together,
tbe little girl being a little in advance of
me.
We travelled thus all day, over a very
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1. J n f . a e fn n ri nitnnffntinf
deeper and deeper into the mountain.
deeper anu deeper into me mountain,
fin.llv BllMt reachin, the iumait. Hav-'ing
ins suffered much from recent attacks of
J o i.
fever and a-ue. I wasiu a very enfeebled i
Ronditioo. totallv inadcauate for the fa-
r
ti-ued of such a journey; and ray inabili
o rr.,! f th Knpp"d which tbev de-1
ty to trav d at the speed wb ch tbey de ,
j
rao-t brutal treatment at their band.
, u
irnn tthm t in nniuc ii fi v frr'ivinv lliiz!
j
at my head as much as to say that m
1Depi!yelB. uluc FU,uvCUa0141uUU.
fate was already decided upon, and that:a young mercbant, courageously aeier-
J be madJo a victim of ravage bar-1 -ined to fulfil tbe condition imposed.-;
w;7 The little -irl who was "ahead Madame C. loaded her pistol forthwith,
banty. The little ?irl who was ahead F
,r'nln''nr.n-,.ir.nn1lv fall baek . cr cin and
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me. They spoke but little Spanish, yet
enough was anderstood to awaken my
fnnrs and fill mo with apprehension. I
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Knew mat my sirenm, nmcu v.- r. i
llfi Kw'
tell me that the Indians were going to kiir.Uo company.. me u punua uu.u
,d other parties were following to the watch, pierced to tho cap. The gen-
u,, I must fall a victim as soon ashman, unharmed by the adventure has
.'.. nntirol, f.il. ! married the rich widow and bought a
rescue
mv strength entirely failed.
We had proceeded thus about sixteeu(new time piece
tuiles, as nearly ns my limited ideaR of j
distance will enable me to judge, and I
now lagged bebiud o much that my sav- fcw (laJ8 8g0 at the quarrien near West : t aVility and patriotUm, the admiration
ago captors grew impatient, and resolved Rutland, Vermont. A young Irish wo- QJf hj9 00u0trymen
to kill me. They stridped me of my ; man icft ber child, a few weeks old, at If Mn LioJcoin u elected President, ho
clothing, including my shoes, and left me boroo under the charge of a little girl, wil onrr hut littlo tbafc ia ornamental to
ut a single garment. I bey then thrust wbe fbe made a short visit, and when tfao ybUe House. The country must ac
their lances at me inflicting eleven wounds, gbe returned found that it bad been car-1 t bis sincerity, his ability, and his
in my body, threw me over a ledge of ncd away. It was subsequently discov-! boncBty( in tbe mo'uid ;n wbi0h they are
rocks, or prcoipice some fixteen or etgh- ered jn tbo possession of another and a oast fe w5n Qot be ablc to mnke aa po.
teen feet high, and hurled largo stones childless young wife, who stoutly stuck to 1 nte a bow as Frank Pierce, but he will
after me, to make sure of their victim, t that it was her own until medical proof nQt coajmen0o anew tho agitation of tbe
and then left roe, supposing that I nit was given that it did not belong to ber, gjavery question by recommending to
die, and too barbarous to end my misery wben it was restored to its true mother, Congress any KansaB Nebraska bills.
by entirely extinguishing tbe spark of aDfi the false one sent up for tho odd , He may not preside at the Presidential
life. This occurred near sunset. I had 9 tbeft. j dinners with the ease and graoe which
lance wounds in my back aud two m-my, , m 1 'distinguish tho "venerable functionary,"
arm, and iny bead was out in several pla-. rtj An 0id darkey in Washington who Mr. Buchanan; but he will not create tho
ces by the rocks which were thrown after Buppoged from tbe extraordinary prepara- necessity for a Govodc Committee and the
me, but most of tbe latter glaced, without tjoD8 tfaat werQ hcxjg made to recejv0 tbo disgraceful revelations of Cornelius Wen
striking me. Japanese embassy, that it was composed dell. Ho will take to tho Presidential
- I had alighted on a bank of snow, al- of a euper;or order of beiogs, delivered Chair just the qualities which the country
most in a state of nudity, and in a sense- bimseif tbuS) after these t-trangers arriv- D0W demands to save it from impending
less condition. In counting up my cam- . ..hy. dey ain't uothin' morc'n col- destructionability that no -rnjan can
pmg places betore reaching borne, 1 think
1 must nave iNirj tbere in a state ot un
coneciousnesb for near three days. When
I came to
me to I took some snow and put on
wounds. I recollected the direction
my
,, , , . . ,
travelled and the position of the sun from
started for borne. J)ly feet cave out tbo
first day, and I was compelled to crawl
the most of the distance. Did not dare
a a u ff f the mnn(,;n
inr r t nnniri fin,! no .n.nr Bnrl
was
therefore compelled to keep iu the tteep
anu rocisy muuuimn. ooinouraes, nrteri - Lincoln as he Is.
crawling up a steep ledge, laboring hard' ryca thousand enquiries will bo made
for half a day, I would lose my footing aB to tijB iook:. tho habits, tastes, and
and slide down lower than the place from 0,hcr characteristics of Honest Old Abe.
which I etarted. As I bad no fire, and ye anticipate a few of them,
no clothing, I suffered very much from tfr. Lincoln stands sis feet and four
tho cold. I was at a point said to bo six iDChes high in his stockings. His frame
thousand feet above the sea, and only h, not muscular, but gaunt and .wiry; his
wonder that I did not freeze. I scratch- anug are jong but not unreasonably so
ed holes in tho sand at night, in for a pcr90D 0f bis height; his lower
which to sleep, and before I could trav- Hmbes are not disproportioued to his body,
el was obliged every day to wait for the 'in walkiue. bis cait. thouah firm, is ncv-
tun 10 warm ma up. j. iraveieu wuar, l
could every day, and in the mean time
had to subsist on grass alone. On the
T . 1. Ti
14th day reached a camp of some work
men in the pinery which was untenanted
' There I found a little food and some flour
which had been spilled'ou the ground.
The fire was not quite out, and I kiudled
n up. ocrapea up some or te uour ana
made a .ittlo cake, the firtt food I had
tasted since I left home. I was now near -
the workmen in the pmer?, and within
two miles of my borne, but was too weak
to go on. I could hear the men at work,
oUract tbelr attemioD At'leD2th Iorawl
and oomctimca saw them, hut could not
ed along to the road over which they
must pass, and was found there, and oar-
ried home, after being out sixteen days. aa ono wb0 bad in him not only the kiud
On the third day of the session Capt. y 8entiments which women lovo, but the
II. S. Ewell, U. S. A , arrived in Tucson heavier metal of which full grown men
with the little girl who was taken captive and presidents aro made. His hair is
by the Indians with Mrs. Page. Her re black, and, though thin, is wiry. His
lease was effected by an cchange of pris-: bead sits well on bis shoulders, but be
oners. The entrance of tho party into y0I3( that it defies description. It near
Tucson was signalled by the most lively er re3.mblcs that of Olay than that of
demonitrations of joy. Ihe church bells
, tvr i-ijnor thfi nonnlnno nssnmhlnd in tho
" T r r
. , no n i.rn;n
nnd welcomes.
oucn a scene ot nugging
look back with satisfaction is Ion-: as he
1Weg He had not returned aa a victori-;
, , f w;tb aureis 0f victory encir-
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rat as a choice morsel of food! Jt was;
ivcduui career in wuicn no nau woo tue
hearts of tbe peope Tbe cburch was
tbr0Wn open, and the devout populace
M .;lfl th . rl kn.Ui hflfnrfi
"
tuo aitar and poured lourtu tneir prayers
of thanksgiving and eratitude.
How a Trench Widow Chose a Second
Husband.
A young, beautiful and wealthy lady,! He never speculates. The rage for the
widow of a French officer who lost his j sudden acquisition of wealth never took
life at tbe assault of the Malakoff, habold of bim. His gains from his profes-
ouoscn
a senond husband, after a some-'sion
what eccentric lasnion arising euner irom
t T, ri;fflr.lr. nf
r . l t
iV UiulCI lal utjuu uiuu w luc uiuivuii i vt
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selection between no less than ten sigh-j
" e - i
spirants for her hand. Madame C.
inxuen me teu gcuuemeu to ureaKiuct,
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ber country vma, ana leaving tnus unueu
her
zealous suiters, informed them
that
the
would unite herself to that
one
of
them who would consent to hold in his
, n:ci0i nr trrentv nacos Nine of
j with a pistol, at twenty paces. nino oi
!, nnrfv didn't earn to run the risk ox-
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acicu UY lUia icujiiii; xiaiia, uui tuu kuiu.
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young merchant, courageously deter-;
and stepped into the garden, follewcd by
rni. ni
fnllv mfiflsnre'd. tho mercantile hero null-'to
ed out bis watch, gallantly refusing one jit now is. His enemies may say that ho
not much larger thau a frano, offered by! tells Black Republican lies, but no man
the lady, and fearlesssly assumed his;
7 " JW '.i,:u
tumbled
ja queer theft was perpetrated a.t.
ore(J fo)kg wjd tbeir heads shaved. Plen-'
ty colored folks indistown whiter den
A : T?nt..r nnf nnmn hore. Go tO
fooJ,in; round t00 ajucb, somebody enake
. ff d em to Orleans. De Lord j
vul VU suu gen w v
w bow n ,8 Iookini up
-My son what would you do if your
dear father was suddenly taken away
vm t: Rnr and ehaw toback-:
J
err
From tho Chicago Press and Tribune.
- "
er brisu. tio steps slowly and oeliner
ately, almost always with head inclined
forward and bis hands clasped behind
bis back. In matters of dress bo is by
no means prcei.se. Always clean, he is
never fashionable: he is careless, but not
slovenly. In manner he is remarkably
cordial, and, at the same time, simple
His politeness is always sincere, but
never elaborate and oppressive. A warm
8Bai - e of the hand and a warmer smile of
recognition arc bis metbodu of greeting his
friends. At ret, his features, though
tboso of a man of mark, are not such as
boiong to a handsome man; but when his
fine dark grey eyes are lighted tfp by an
emotion, and his featured begin their play,
he would be chosen from amonji a crowd
Wolster: but is unlike either. It is very
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UUU, UUlCUUIU"lOII, lien uiuuui-
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tj,e appearance of having been weather
beaten, completes the description.
In bis personal habits, lur. liincoln is
as simple as a child. He loves a good
diuner, and eats with the appetite which
goes with a great brain; but bis food is
plain and nutritious. He never drinks
iotoxioating liqaoM of any Borl-not oven
u. nftinl H i nnt AAio.tA to
tob acoo in aDJ 0f its shapes. He never
wa3 aC0UPed 0f a licentious act in all his
He never uses profane lan4unge.
friend nays that once, when iua tower-
in consequence of the effort of
" Bla"
certain parties to perpetrate a fraud upon
. .
tho
State, he was heard to
say, "They
uban t do it, d n eml" but beyond an I
. C3:preSfaion of tbat kind, his bitterest feel-
nover carry hia. He never gambles; '
j - . . , .
nC UUUUli II UC UU1 lUUUICt'! IU till J touita
fQf tb
ance. tie is particularly cautious
about incurring pecuniary obligations for
any purpose whatever, and in debt he is
never content until tho score is discharged.
Wo presume he owea no man a dollar.
bavo been moderate, but sufficient
t rr h i Ti-yYrcra VV ii i m nthorD h i rn
u;"", j" , " w . ,u
dreamed of i?o d. he haa been in nursuit
c ' (
r i i T.. tii;ji;
of knowledge
In all his dealings be has
. v t , . w , .
the reputa ion of being generous but ex-
oof nnil nimvfl nil rrli .lmml r rmnpsr.
act. and above all, religiously bonest.
He would be a bold man who would
say tbat Abraham Lincoln ever wronged
any one out of a cent, or even spent a
dollar tbat be bad not Honestly earned,
His . -n , m hav(J madj hm
earned,
.
careful ot money; but bis generosity witb
. jt b j
his own is proverbial. He is a regular
nttendont unon reli.MOus worsh o. and
-g- - - n r i
i.i i ; ti.i
tuougn not a communicaui, ih a pew-uoiu
6" "k f y " - " f
er and liberal supporter of the .Pre byte.
nan church in Springfield, to which Mrs.
Lincoln belong He is a scropulou, tel-
belongs.
lpulou-
ler of the truth to exact
in bis notions
it the atmosphere of Wrashington as
ever cuargeu mai, in a proiebsiouai
tv. or as n citi7(m dealinr with his
neighbors, ho ... d depart from the
beriptar.l eonand. At b
like a gen leman of modest
simple tastes A goo si
At home he lives
means and
sized house of
wood, simply but tuhtefully furnished, sur-
l rounded by trees and flowers, is his own,
and there he lives, at peace with himself,
;,,nl nf l: eniv nnA for , mnca
question, firmness tbat nothing can over-
.bear, honesty that never has been im-
nnnntinrf nnrl nntriotiam that never des-
paira. '
The Mauler.
Tbo Chioago Press and Tribune
says
that Mr. Lincoln "oats with the appetite
that goes with a large brain, and never
swears, "except onco in a while to say
d n!" Is not tbo mauler a wonder!
How Jed Missed it.
Some folks are in tho habit of talking
in their slcop, and Miss Betsey Wilson
was of the number. This peculiarity she
accidentally revealed to Jedciiah Jenkins
in a oareless conversational way. Jede
diah bad just finished the recital of a
matrimonial dream in which the lady and
himself figured as hero and heroine, he
having invented tbe sasoe for the sake of
saying at the conclusion it was "too good
to be true," and by tbuf speaking para
bles assuring the damsel of what he dar
ed not speak plainly.
"I never dream," said Betsy, "but I
sometimes talk half tho night, and tell
everything that I know in my sleep."
'You don't say so."
"Yes, I oan never have a secret from
mother; if she wants to know anything
she pumps mo after I've gono to bed, and
I answer ber questions as honestly as if
my life depended on it. That was tbe
reason .1 wouldn't go to ride tho other
night, I knew she would find it 'out it is
awful provokiug."
Somo days after this, Jed called at the
house and entering the parlor unannoun
ced found that Miss Betsey, probably
overoomo by the beat of the weather, bad
fallen asleep on tho fofa.
Now Jed, as the reader has surmised,
had long felt an overweeing partiality for
the young lady', and yearned to know if
it was returned, but though possessed of
sufficient courage to mount "the imminent
deadly breach" or breeches, (connu
bial ones, wo mean,) he could never mus
ter ppunk enough to inquire into the state
of her heart." But ho now bethought
himself of ber confessed somnambulic lo
quacity and felt that the time to ascer
tain his fate had come. Approaching
tho sofa, he whi-pered
"My dear Betnoy, tell mo. oh, tell me
the object of your fondest affections"
The fair sleeper gave a faint sigh and
responded "I love let me think (here
you might have heard the beating of Jed's
J heart through a brick wall) I lovo heav
en, my country, and baked beans; but if
I have one passion above all others, it is
for roast onions."
The indignant lover didn't wake her,
but sloped at once, a sadder but not a
wiser men.
'ive per Cent."
A somewhat verdant looking individu
al called on a jeweler in Montreal, and
stated that he bad managed to accumu
late, by hard labor for the few pa&t
years, somo seventy-five dollara; that he
wished to invest in something, whereby
he might make money a little faster;
and he had concluded to take some of his
stock and peddle it out. The jeweler se
lected what he thought would cell readi
ly, and the new poddler started ou his
first trip. Ho was gone but a few days
when ho returned, bought as much again
as before, and started on his second trip.
Again he returned, and greatly inoreased
his stock. He succeeded so well, and ac
cumulated so fast, that the jeweler one
day asked what profit.he obtained on what
be sold?
"Well, I put on 'bout fivo per cent."
Tbe jeweler thought that a very small
profit, and expressed as much.
Well." said tbe peddler, "I don't
know 39 I exactly understood about your
per cent., but an article for which I pay
you one dollar, 1 generally sell for five."
A Proselyte.
A dry old codger connected witb the
railroad interest, a man who listens al
ways and npeaks little, and was never
known to argue a hobby witb anybody,
has lately been all mouth and car to a
very communicative spiritualist of the ul
tra school. He li-teucd to and swallow
ed all sorts of things from the other world
with so much placidity of asseut, that the
spiritual'iPt at last believod him to bo one
of tho faithful. A few days hincc, the t-pir-itualist
said to his pupil, " The spirit of
15 appeared to mo last night, and or
dered mo to borrow five dollars of you,"
for a certain purpose, which was named.
"Ycb, I know it did," repliod the old
one; "and what is very strange, the same
spirit called on roe half an hour afterwards,
and told me uot to let you have tbe mon
ey, as it bad made a mistake in giving
you the orderl"
Tho pretended spiritualist hasn't beeu
to see tho old codger since.
jgSTA story is ourrent among tho Chi
neso of a great wine drinker, who was a
ble to sit all tbo day at table, and after
consuming what would have been suffi
cient to drive tbo reason out of half a do
ren men, would rise up porfectly sober.
The Emperor, hearing the famo of this
deep drinker, asked him to dinner, that
ho might test bis marvellous powers. As
the story goes, the Emperor had ordered
a hollow figure to bo cast iu bronze, of
tbe exact size and tuodol of this man, and,
aa the wine was served, for each cup that
the guest drank a similar one waa poured
into tbo opening on tho top of tho head
of tbo image. This wont on for some
boors, until tho bronze statute overflowed,
while tho guest continued at tho table and
rose from it perfectly sober!
John C. Heenan has issued a preemp
tory ohallongo to John Morrissey, to fight
him for any sum from 5 cents to $5000.
tsrTho Locusts aro singing in Dau
phiu county.
THE TGEftADO.
The Towns of Camanche, Iowa, and Al
bany. 111., entirely destroyed from
thirty to fifty persons killed, and one
hundred wounded.
From the Lyons City Advocate Extra.
Monday Morning, June 4, 1SG0.
It becomes our painful duty to record
the roost digressing calamity that it has
ever fallen ou u? to witness the effect
of the tornado, and the consequent loss
of life and property.
Last evening, about 9 o'clock, a man
came from Camanche, about nino miles
below this city, on the Mississippi, with
the heart-rending intelligence that tho
town had been visited by a tornado, and
tbat many of u citizens wero buried in
its ruins. The alarm spread from houo
to house, and in a very short time hun
dreds of our citizens were on their way
to tHe tccne of tho disaster, both by land
and on the tsteamer Queen City, which
Capt. Bristol immediately put in sailing
order.
Wo were among the first to arrive '.
at tho scene of the disastor, and our. pen ;
fails entirely to depict the sight that met i
our view. We found the town, as the j
messenger had reported, literally blown '
to pieces, and destruction and death scat- i
tered everywbero within tbe sweop of de
vastation Tbe first pile tbat met our
eye was the ruins of the Millard House,
ocoupied hy H. G. Sessions, formerly of
Erie, Pa. This was a three story brick
hotel, and it oould not liayo been more
effectually destroyed had a barrel of gun
powder been exploded within its walls.
The inmates were all more or leaa hurt.
Mrs. Davis and her child, a little boy four
or five years old, were taken out of the
ruins dead. Mr. Sessions and bis son,
Anson, are both very badly hurt inward
ly. A younger sou has his left arm bro
ken, and several severe cut3 about tho
bead and neck. A daughter of Mr. S.,
was the only one that escaped without se
rious injuries. One man was taken out
with both legs broken, and otherwise
hurt. From this we proceeded to look
about the town, and we found that hafd
ly a house was leit uninjured, and many
of them swept entirely away. Every bus
iness building in the place i3 destroyed,
including the largo brick block recently
erected. About sixty feet of this, inclu
ding tbo cupola, U demolished, and the
remainder is nearly all unroofed. Front
street prescuts a scene of ruin seldom wit
nesxcii; every building on it is either un
roofed or entirely destroyed. The dwel
ling and store of Mr. Waldorf, a threc-s-tory
brick, is entirely demolished, and
tho family buiied in the ruins. rs.
Waldorf and one ohild were taken oat
dead, and too ohiMren rescued alive, and,
strAige to say, unhurt. Mr. Waldorf
had not been found when wo left, at 2
cf'clock a. m.
Soon after arriving at Camanche, we
learned tbat the towu of Albany, on the
oppo-ito side of the river, and about one
mile above Camanche, had been visited
by the tornado, and was about as badly
riddled as Camanche. Upon the arrival
of tho Queen City at Camanche, she im
mediately put back to Albany, to learn
the truth of the rumor, and found that
scarcely a building in that town was left
uninjured; but from what we could learn,
tho loss of life was not so groat as at the
former place. Those who returned re
ported twelve killed. Two churches were
blown down entirely. We did not visit
Albany, and consequently oan speak only
from report with reference to it. Amid
the great confusion that prevailed, it waa
almot-t impossible to obtaian any correct
information. We could not learn tbe
names of those who wero killed, but shall
gather the full particulars for our regular
issue this week. The houso of O. Mo
Mahon, banker, df this city, was entirely
demoliKhed, but tho family escaped with
out injury.
The gale commenced about 7 o'clock
p. m. Its course was from the south
west to the north-east, and wo may hear
of further ravages in Illinois. It H ru
mored at Camanche that the farmers had
suffered severely, Eouth-we?t from there,
by having their buildings and fences de
stroyed, and -tock killed. It was also
stated that a largo raft was passing Ca
manche at the time, and that all the men,
numbering apparently about twenty, wero
swept into the river.
The condition of tho survivors of these
two towns is such as demands the warm
est sympathy and aid of every ono in this
community, as well as elsewhere. Many
of them are left without a houe above
them, and i-carcely a garment to wear.
Their dead are to be buried, and their
wonnded eared for, aud it h tho duty of
every ono, so far as is in his poer to
to minister to their relief, for who can tell
how soon we may need like service. Wo
hope that all who possibly can will go
there to-day, and assist in attendiug their
wants. Evory man who will cau fiud
work there to do, in helping to restore
order aud to erect tomporary buildings
for tho hundreds that are destitute of a
place wherein to lay their heads. Cloth
ing of all kinds will undoubtedly bo re
quired, and many other nooefsaries, for
the benefit of thote who aro badly woan-
ded. . .
. We aro glad to see the physicians of
Lyons and Clinton all there, aud working
with a right good will, as well as other
citizens of the two places. Wo hope tbat
the towns around about us tbat have es
caped1 the "terrible disaster will at onto
take acti7e measures tQ do something
toward relieving the distrsed of Camac
cho and Albany. Tho loes of property
in Camanche alone cannot fiU short ol
SSO.OUO or SauO.OOO; in fact whatever
tho town was worth, less the real estate, i"
gone, and it will bo seen ftt onca that aid
mu eorae' from eomo source to prevent
those that are left alive from suffering.
The Western papers come to us filled
with detailod accounts of the roost destruc
tive toruado ever known in tbat section
of the country. From The Chicago Jour
nal, which publishfls a diagram showing
the course of tho whirlsrind, aiost of tho
following facts are taken. At 7 o'cloak
on Sundaj evening, the utorai started at
Cedar Rapidt, iu Io , dividing there in
to two winds which p.nied with incon
ceivable rapidity in a wavy line to Caman
che; there uniting, tboy oroased tbe river
into Illindfr, striking Albany and pass-ing
on to Araboy. The distance traversed
was about ISO miles, and thin it accom
plished in two hours. Tho following ta
ble is supposed to give, within near ap
proach to accuracy, the numbers of the
killod in Iowa :
Codar Rapid3 2
Mt. Yernon . 5
Rogers Settlement 1
Eden 1
Oranffo 1
Mcahanicsville 8
Onion Grove 2
De Witt 26
Camancho 2D
Albany ' 5
Blown from raftf24
C3
Lisbon 4
Total 109
This doea not include a largo numbor
of killed in Illinois. The manner in which
the tornado did its work will bo best
learned from nomo incidents :
Near Cedar Rapids, a man observed
tho tornado approaching, and instantly
threw himself among somo hazel bushes
with his face to the ground, aud clung to
their branches for protection. They pass
ed over him, burling him a distance of
some rods, and stripping every veatige of
clothing from bis body. Another man
was surprised in a similar manner, and
threw bis arms around a young beach
tree, holding on with all his strength which
was considerable, ar he was an unusually
powerful man. Tbo whirlwind, however t
as quick as thought, unwrenched his grasp
os one would snap a pipe stem, burled
him into the air, and dashed him to tho
ground, and twice and thrice repeated it,
leaving him a corp-e. Another man, as
established by affidavits of respectable
citizens of Bertram, the first station cast
of Cedar Rapids, was caught up from the
town plat, hurled into tho air, and car
ried bi h above tho timber, until he was
out'of sight. Cattle, hordes and sheep
were also drawn up in the airy Maelstrom,
whirled terrifically about aud dashed to
tbe earth again with a force whieh re
duced them to a mere pulpy mass. The
Prairies between Cedar Rapids and Do
Witt were literally strewn with tbe car
casses of cattle, and the loss in stock a
lone must bo immeuse. There is scarce
ly a farmer between the two stations, a
distance of forty miles, but has suffered
the loss of cither a part, or the wbolo of
bis stock.
At Lisbon, tbe largo brick and frame
grain ware houses belonging to merchants
of that town, and freight depot of the C.
I. and N. Railroad were utterly demolish
ed and their contents scattered. Ten
freight oars were buried from tbe track
and broken up. Oue of them heavily
loaded with lumber was lifted into the
air and turbed over twice, finally descen
ding with each force os to completely
shiver the car and its contents into frag
ments. The most terrible effects of the torna
do were felt at Caacanche, Iowa. There,
at 7 o'clock, tho tornadoes were seen
coming with the rapidity of lightning.
The sky assumed a yellowish, brassy as
pect aud. the air seemed dead. The tor
nadoes -themselves resembled largo bal
loons at first, about the sixe of a barrel
but gradually increasing and swelling.
At one time they rose and again fell to
tho earth, their black folds undulating
and whirling with mapping, crackling
reports like a volley of rou-ketry, distinct
ly audible at a great diftancs. TJie, in
terior of the airy tunnels was filled with a
heterogenous ma of leaves, branches of
trees, timbers, and stones, which seomed
to" impart a yellowish tinge inside tho
black out folds. Tbero was but little
time for g3zing, however, for in an instant
and with a foree inconceivable, the doom
ed town was struck full in the eenter.and
tho air choked with fragments of timbers
bricks, stone, furniture, and in many
places, with humau being, who were
hurled about like strawa. Tho affrighted
hor.es and cattlo filled the air with their
terrible and shrill screams; but above all
was heard tbe snappiug aod cracking of
thoase fearful besoms of destruction.
The scene beggars description, and one,
after gasiug upou it, only wonders how r
single person was left to toll tho tale.
There aro but one or two builnings; iu
this town of 2,000 i-ouls which wurc un
touched; all tho others are a shspoless
mass of ruin. In many places, for sever
al aero?, every remnant of a houo is
gono, and only a few scattered alivers
mark -the ipot where they atoou A si&
gular foature of tbe scene is the fact tbat
from one end of the town to tho other not
a vestige of the furniture cun bteifond.
Hero and there a few shreds of ctetiag,
or a mattress) torn into ribbons, tejll that
the town was once Inhabited.
After destroying Cataanche, the torna
do crossed the river, forming an immenso
water-spout. In thi conngcttioriwo
8-hould have mentioned .before thaWfery
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