The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1871, Page 8

8 DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. The Swath of a Three Minute Gust in the Vicinity of St. Louis. Seven Persons Killed and Fifty- two Wounded, Houses Levelled—Steamboats Torn to Fragments—Trees Lifted Up by the Roots—Elevators Demolished. ’ Whe Town of Fayette, Illinois, To- tally Destroyed. > [From the St. Louis Republican, March 9.} Once again our city, or at ieast its immediate viemity, has been visited by a Irightful elemental outburst, In this instance, however, the effects are & More disastrous than by any previous visttation, jot only has a fearful destruction of property been @ocasioned, but a loss of life that ts far more deplor- = and also a long list of wounded, Terrible as we been the consequences, however, they would have been mecalcutabdly more s0 only for the for Tunate circumstance that the stream of the storm Bwept eastward of our city proper and expended its tury on the east shore of the river and East St. Louls, Had the same urresistible wind poured over the qrowded blocks of our city the destraction it would probably have wrought would be beyond the power Of language to portray. THE WEATHER BEFORE THE OUTBURST. Yesterday morning dawned cloudy and a little snl- . There were some indicauons of rain, but no- ting watever to cause any apprehensions of an unusual outburst. In the afternoon, about one o’eleck, the gloom in the heavens deepened to the south and west, and there were a few drops of rain now and A brisk breeze prevatied which was warm in & prophet of evil would y er storm. There Was nothing of that strange hush which generally falls over nature as a preface to tae unleosing of her giant forces, nor that lurid hght which torevodes a Berween two and three o'clock nh appearance alarming to an The gray masses of vapor be- fnexper! y came ragged and torn along thelr edges, and here and there Reecy patches ¥ along by some swift power. ‘The ram commenced to fail and the wind rose gradually, but not to an extent to create alarm. + THE OUTBURST OF THE TORNADO, A few minutes past three o’cluck the awful visita- on opened its fury without a moment's warning, blowing trom the soutuwest, coming up toe river In a diagonal line, inci stward in 1s advance— aterrible whirhng mpacted in a path of about six or eight feet wile, and 1 onwards with & Velocity of a t have bavely touc kept east of the city ‘was done until it 5 manifested its dreac pre rent off and hurried handred roar like an angry fight. The wrvado se ro limits, but to this part of ‘the couutry, aud almost indescrib- abie.” Let the reader image an irr air torrent rushing against the frall structures of man, situated on an exposed river bank. In a moment the air 18 filled With spinters, dust and fragments of all kinds. Houses, and other stractures disap- pear as if levelled by the blow of a Titan, or fy te pieces and are borne along m the stream ot the Storm. The East St. Louis elevator was the first @difice struck on the Lilinois shore, a strong frame Duilding. The roof was torn to ribbons, and a iarge ortion Of it, like a black meteor, shot northward «i fell far away in the river. ‘Then came the de- Btruction of other houses; some were unroofed and pome were rent to pieces—walis and all—and the Unhappy inmaies buried in the ruins. The stately Steamer Mollie Abie, lying at the East St. Louis rf, nad her texas torn of and hurled in the river. The bridge tug Hewitt had her wheelhouse osed of in the saine way, and became a wreck, ¢ Whole forest of frame work over the east abut- ment a of the bridge was twisted up like a bunch ‘of reeds in the tingers of the sterm, ana crashed down in a pile of chaotic ruiu. Railway cars and engines were dashed down en their sides or whirled off ‘the tracks as if they were paper boxes. Whole trees were either struck to the earth, as if the trunks haa been severed by a cannon shot or lifted bodily = carried yards away from where they a moment fore siood. Put all these destructions together and a hundred others—fili the air with a maze of whirling Objects, and imagine the sky as black as tmk, seamed every moment with tongues of lightning id reverberating with thunder crashes, while there @ steady roar of @ great rushing on earth, and pome idea may be gained of the outburst of the tor- *pado on East St. Louis, It was an awful scene—one mever to be forgotten. ‘the very suddenness was terrible. Here a moment befere business of all kinds was in progress, and now the whole popula- fon is shivering aghast, while turmoil and destruc- ton and great noises rage all around them on all ides, mingling with which 1s the piteons cry of the 01 0 sufferers, caught between Umbers or pressed” neath weights that crush them to death. Soswitt, po sudden, sv short was tne storm Uiat it seemed like the passage of some enormous invisible missile, @ragging ruin in ils train. PROGRESS OF THE STORM. The tornado did not last more than three minutes. As above stated, it seemed to come from the south- soulliwest, and, touching the Hllueis shore first at the elevator, passed along the river bask, inclining eastward and teriiuatiug at the track of the Toledy, Wabash and Western Rullroad, nearly at the bead of Bloody Island, and at this pofmt about 800 yards from the river, Its speed is estimated at between sixty and seventy miles an hour, and its strength was almost irresistiole where any fat suriace exposed. What damage 'y was not definitely ascertamed, but no reports were received last night of any serious consequences, XCITEMENT AND DISMAY. St. Louis during and imme- diately succeeding the storm was Uirilling beyond description. Yhe destruction of so many bulidings gna the Killmg aud wounding of so many sons, caused universal dismay and excitement. jardiy bad the wind and rain deluge ceased belore men, Women and children might be seen running about im all directions, some im the very dnsanity of fear aimlessly fing for security some- where; others seeking help ior some loved ones buried in tempest-made ruins or looking in an agony of suspense jor some relative or friend of whose safety there :s uncertainty. It was a wild, pathetic scene; consternation was in every face, ‘While many might ve seen glancing excitedly at the sky, as if expecting some further dreadful pheno- menon of the elements, Nothing bewilders and ap- 1s Inore than an outburst from the heavens, work- destruction by invisible forces, to which the g@uilest mind realizes there isno limit. Soin East ®t. Louis yesterday, for a time there was a fearful Jooking for worse things, even amid ihe rack and run already accompusned. THE LOSS OF LIFE. ‘This is the most deplorable feature in the event of esterday. Had we only tochronicle the destruc- m of property the task would be unpleasant, but among an energetic people the 10ss would easily be Fepaired. The dead, however, make a tragedy out Of the storm and make even its remembrance a hor- Tor. So lar as could be ascertained last evening ‘there were seven men killed amd fifty-two persons ‘wounded. THE KILLED. First of all was Mr. John Bodkin O’Nell, purchas- ing ageut of the Southeastern Railway. Mr. O'Neil ‘Was al the time of the catastrophe standing in front of the moutheastern passenger depet. He was struck by a fying piece of Umber in the head and tnsianuy killed. Mr. O'Neil was an estimable young mar and Jeaves many friends to mourn his sad fate. John Vogel, foreman of S. Mayo’s lumber yard, was killed by the office in which he was writing at Ume being blown completely down, terribly erusbing his head, Daniel Collins in the house of Mr. Patrick @onway, which was blown down, His head was terribly cut and he also received internal ujuries. He died five hours after the accide Timothy Drumm, an empioy f the Chicago Transier Company, was immediately killed by the harness shop of the company, in Which he was at the time, being blown down aud crushing lim by the failing débris. Probably the most horrible death which occurred was that of Isaac byaus, an engineer on the Chicago Railread. ‘The ume the Chicago Railroad round. house was blown entirely dewn Mr. Evans was galeep in one of the rooms of te upper story of the Duliding. As the building was carried to the ground Mr. Evans was carrie t and wen his body burned w a crisp by na imuinediately en- gued. His body was e sut six o'clock in the evening, With notning but the wank remaining. A ariver in the empioy of Timmerman & C ft 0 this city, lumber merchants, was immediately killed by being crushed pencath the falling mass of one ef the Chicago ireight depots. John Eisley, a brakeman on the Toledo and Wa- bash Railway, Was en a car Which was blowa from the traek into the slough and immediately killed. Up to a jate hour his body had not been recovered. Sames Halpin, an employé at the bridge, was Killed at the east pier. THE WOUNDED. The wounded, some of them, were In a terrible condition, and doubtless before thls reports reache the public some of them, too, will be numbere: among the dead. Mr. ii. C. Oreueliug, general superintendent of the Wiggms Ferry Couipany, at the time of the acci- Geut was on the ferryboai Mulliken. He had with him in bis carriage @ young lad named Hawkins. The swokestack of the boat was blown down and fell immediately across Mr. Creueling’s carriage. Mr. Creneiing received 2 painful wound on the head besides baviug his right euoulder seriously fractured. The escape of Nr. Creueling 18 really miraculous, as had he veen one foot [row sue position be was in he Weuld bave been auiong whe dead, Tue lad who ‘Was riding with hun escaped uohurt. Mr. George Schope, master mechanic of the Chi- cago Kallway, was im the slops of the Uhicago Reil- Way when Ue buildings blew dowg. He received & Bene ont on the head gud had oneef bis legs pain Marwaret Conway bad both of her legs bree | and had bis head serousiy cut. S3W YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1871—TRIPLE SHKBT. Nichael Conway was serionsty cut on the head. Maggie and Willie Conway were both fearfully cut on the head and body. They were ail in their house when the butiding was blown to the ground. Louis Parron, employed by the Clucago ‘Transfer Comp: d bis head terribly cut by te harness shop of the company, which he was in at the tie, being blown down, Marcus Miller in @ passenger car of the South- eastern Ratlway, whieh was biown trom the track, and had his head terribly cut, Mr. Schufakegei, of Mount Vernon, Tl, was in one | of the cars, and recetved a terribie eut in the head. Mr. Ls Marks, of Nashivali¢, 1il., was also in one of the Southesstern cars, and had hts. bead shockingly cut, Charies Parry and Thomas Hamilten, employés of the Chicago Transier Company, were both seriously iajured by flying timbers, Peter Flynn, a resident of East St. Louts, had one of his legs broken by a falling piece of umber in the Southeas ern freighi depot. Frank Dunnegan and wife were seriously injured by the house in which they were living failing upon them. They were carried to the Sherman ifouse, cf received every attention by the humane pro- prietor. George Belknap, an employ¢ of the Chicago Rall- er Seeeens, had bis leg slightly cut by fallag imbera, Milton McFarland, an employé of the Chicago ‘Transfer Company, Was terrloly cut in the head by @ fying piece of umber, Aaron Stannus, agent of the Adams Express Com- pany, Was badly cut in the head by the oifice of the scares, in wich he Was at the Ume, being blown down, George Hassett, a brakeman on the Ohio and Mis- sissipp) Railway, had one of his hands serlously cut by a piece of timber, George Crump was also injured in the same way. Harney Stackman, yardmaster at the Wabash Sone, wae: terribly cut in the head by some fying object, Timothy Donohue, chief car repairer of the Wabash Ratlway, had his head terribly cut by frag- ments of umbers. Wiliam Dennett, fireman on the engine of the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway, waich was blown from the track into the slough, lad his shoul- der disiocated. s Willlam Hill, blacksmuth in the employ of the Wabash Railway Company, was in the shop at the time the building was bloWa down; his head was badly cut by falling bricks and in all probability he will hot recover, Peter Philnon, conductor of one of Pullman’s Dalace sleeping cars, which was blown from the track of the Wabush road, Was Mm the car at the tume and was seriously imjured, Mrs. Sarah Smith aad one of her children, Hugh Smith, were seriously injured by thelr house being biown down, Lucy Glasgow and Barbara Sincraft were serl- ously injured, ‘The latter will probably die, Mrs. Margaret fuchardson and child were seri. ously injured by their house blowing down. The probabuity is the enild will die, Bridget Nolan, ® child five years of age, was se- riously injured, and will probably die. Her mother, et Nolan, was aiso terribly cut la the heau. Silen Daiton’s house Was complevely demo- (i Mrs. Dalton seriously mjured, Mr. A. H. Barnes, of Jersey county, Il, had an arm broken by flying timbers at the Chicago depot. Timothy Howard, employe of the Chicago Rail way Company; head terribly cut by fying Umber: Wiutain Petty, roudmaster of the’ Svutheastern Railway Company, had iis Lead cut by veimg vlown from the platform in trout of the passenger depot. John Papin was in a passenger car of the South- eastern Rallway which was blown from the track, ‘Sir. Papin, with one or tWo others, crawled out of one o: the car windows. Mr. W. F. Keicher had his head cut by being struck by a piece of Wood Wluch was fying through the air, Mrs. Elza Powell was terribly cat in the head, the house in which sle was,living being blown down. An infant of Mr, Frank Siuelds was blown from a second sory window to the greund and seriously in- jJured. ‘The probabilities are that the child will die. John McGerrihan Was run over by aruuaway team and his head badly cut. Willlam Stark, pilot of the ferryboat Edwardsville, ‘Was seriously injured by the pilot house of the boat being blown away. Larry McGlynn was _ seriously cut in the head, as. his house was blowa down whule he was within, Mat. Quinn, an employé of the Vandalia Rail- way Company, Had his arm broken by a heavy box being blown against him, Join Moran, brakeman on the Southeastern Rail- way, terribly cut in the head by flying timbers. Achiid named Mary Brown was dangerously in- jJured; the house in which the cnild lived with her parenis was blown level with the ground. An omnibus driver in the empley of the St. Louis Transier Company was blown from the omaivus which he was driving, aud had ene of his legs broken. Mat. Cooney, alaborer at the Vandalia Railway Company, had one of bis hands mashed by being blown underneath @ hand car which was passing at the ume. Hairy Hawkins and Charies Chrysty, laborers, were serlously injured. Frank Edwards, engineer on the Vandalia Rail- way,” Was terribly scalded by an escape of steam. Mr. W. F. Gainey, foreman of the Vandalia round. house, had his leit arm broken by a heavy door blowing against it. ‘A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE which occurred to a whole family cannot be passed over without being noticed. The portion of the house near the Chicage depot, in whch Mr. Charles Schather’s family were situated at the time ef the tornado, was blown frem the roef to the foundation, and, strange tu say, With @ slight contusion to one of the children, the family escaped unharmed. BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY DESTROYED OR DAM- AGED. The ameunt of property destroyed will in all pro- bability reach or exceed $1,500,000, DAMAGE T0 THE ELEVATOR, The upper portion of the East St. Louis elevator was blown completely off and landed 200 yards away from the building. There were 8,000 barrels of four and 45,000 bushels of cormin store. Tne esumated loss 18 $15,000, LOSS OF GRAIN. relve cars loaded with grain, standing on the tresuiework of the elevator ai the time, were blown from the track and a portion of their contents strewn. on the ground. One car was blown in the river and js atotal loss. The cars were owned by the India- napoiis and St. Louts Railway Company. FREIGHT OFFICE UNKOUFED. The roof of the freight office of the Indianapolts Cempany was biown of, as also was a portion of one of the freight houses. The loss of tne Indla- napolis Company is probably $8,000, TWO BUILDINGS GONE. Two bnildings now in course of construction were blown down, Which were owned by J. B. Livingston. Loss probably $1,200, THE FREIGHT HOUSE OF THE VANDALIA RAILROAD. This was blown down, and four cars were blown from the track. The loss o1 the Vandalia Railway Company probably will reach $75,000. UNROOFED. The roof of the house occupied by Mr. Harry El- liott, master mechanic of tie Ohio and Mississ!ppi Rallway, was blown off, but fortunately none of the immates injured. THE OFFICE OF THE WIGGINS FERRY COMPANY was blown down. At the time Mr. E@ward Newkirk and Sam Gilbert, master carpenter, were in the buliding, and, strange to say, they all escaped un- harmed, A TEAM OF MULES IN THE RIVER. A four-horse team of mules, which was approach- ing one of the terryboats, was blown off the apron, and three of them drowned. THE FERRYBOAT EDWARDSVILLE, which was crossing to the east side, had her pllot- house carried away, ‘The ferryboat MULLIKIN had her smokestack carried away and a portion of her upper works injured. STILL ANOTHER. The tugboat Ram, owned by the Wiggins Ferry Company, had her deck swept ciear of every meva- bie object. The loss of the ferry company is esti- mated at $5,000. FIVE TENANT BOATS, owned by fisherinen, were unroofed and the occu- pants left to the mercy of the weather. BOARDING HOUSE GONE. A boarding house, owned by Mr. Patrick Conway, was blown down, and se’ ral small dwelling house owned by the Obio and Mississippi Rallway Com- | pany. The loss of Mr. Conway, including pe property, 1s probably $2,600, THE SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT HOUSE. The freight house of the Southeastern Railway is a total wreck. % Two passenger cars and eleven box cars were blown trom the track. The car house was also de- stroyed, and one engine buried in the ruins. The joss of the Southeastern company will probaly reach $35,000. onal DESTROYED, A boarding house and saloon owned by Mr. Charles SchaMner was partially destreyed, and a saloon and dwellimg house owned by Mr. Frank Dunnigan was completely destroyed; loss probaly $2,000, LOSSES TO CHICAGO RAILROAD. The passenger depot, two freight depots, the round louse and water tank of the Chicago Railway Company were blown down. The round house took fire aud all tke woodwork burned after it had fallen. Is Evans, an engineer, was killed in the build- ing. One engine Was in tlle house at the time, ana, she, too, is a total wreck. Seven freight cars were thrown from the track, and all outbuildings de- stroyed. The loss of the Chicago company will prowably reach $390,000. THE OWIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD. LOSSES. This road suffered severely. ‘Ilree freight Louses, the passenger car house, Water tank and Adains Express ofice were blown down, and twenty-two = were blown from the track. The loss of the Oldo and Mississippi will provably reach $300,000, A huinber of smali tenement houses owned by the company, lymg north of the depot grounds, were also blown down, X THE TOLEDO AND WABASH ROAD. ‘The round house, Wabash Railway Company, was n dewn, and two engines were buried in the (hree passenger cars and one Pullman palace and also an engine, were blown from the track into the siough. Seventeen box cars were blown from the track; all the outbuildings of the company were destroyed. The loss of the Wabash company will probably reach $200,000, THE GRAND HAVOC, Here the amount of destruction occasioned in East St. Louis terminates, 80 far as ascertainable Jast night. The tornado passed on and left the evi- dences of its frightful visiting behind. But these particulars do not sum up the general havoc wrought and the individual suffering occasionea. LOSSES ELSEWHERE. Late jast eyenipg reports reached East Sp Lopis that the town of Brooklyn, about two miles nortb- east of Kast St. Louis, had been visiied by the same storm #nd a large amount of property destroyed, Some property also in or near Venice 18 reported to | have been destroyed, THE SUPFERING among the unfortunate families in Hast St. Louis ts really pitiable, About thirty families were rendered homeless, and many pee people had their little all buried in the ruins of their once happy homes, The good people of Last St. Louis did ali in their power to alleviate the suferings of the weunded and homes | less, The terryboats up to a late hour were thronged with people from this side of the river, all anxious to jearn ‘he fate of their [riends. Some action on the part of citizens on this side of the river looking | toward assistance to the suierers will doubtiess be looked for, and we bope not in vain, THE WRECK AT THE EAST ABUTMENT. One of the most extraordmary results of the storm was shown at the east abutment pier, At the time of the outburst about twenty-two men were at work in the air-chamber, and ever one hundred others were dispersed about the works, some on the masonry aud some aloft in the purchase boxes and other points. he heavy rain which preceded the ter nado had driven some of the men to shelter, but still very nearly the reguiar number were at work asusual. Nearly every citizen is familiar with the appearance of the stie of the pier, as the work of laying the caisson progresses. The frame work of the derricks, with the wireways of the ‘“travellers,’? and other beams crossing and recrossing each other, make a perfect forest over the pler, which Is ef the strongest character, The timbers employed are all of massive size, and the fastenings are of iron, High upon the southeast corner of this maze of timbers is the aerial rest which Supermtendeut McComas calls his of- tiec. This was the scene where it seems the very heart of the tempest struck, The crossing timbers formed a sort, of latticework, but the tornado was too compact for it to resist. It struck the frame- work like a rushing sea. There was a moment of dreadful creaxing—a shivering, as if a furious spirit Was axsailing the whole—the workmen looked up aghast; hardly a moment was there for a man to change his place before the dreadful downfall came, The whole framework not so much gave Way as was gathered up and piled like a lot of dry twigs into a chaotic heap, and dashed down and stamped upon by the storm, tae great mass mcliuing in a north- eastwardly direction. The noise at first was positively deafening, and men were bewildered ana hardly knew what had happened, But the storm passed as swiftly as it came, and then came the terrible realization of the calamity, Crics of wounded men came from the awful Wreck pleading for assistance. Superintenuent McComas, who escaped unhurt, although bis oMce was badly rocked and strained, quickly recovered himself, and calling bis men to- gether, all that were able to £0 to work directed their united energies to the business of extricating the wounded. SINGULAR ESCAPES, So far as was possible for them to ascertain last evening only one man was Killed at this pier, which is one of the most extraordmary events In connec. tion with the storm. When one looks at the mass of Umber splintered and packed vegether over the scene of the men’s labors it seemed aimost incredi- bie that a single one escaped. TRE MAN KILLED. His name was James talpin, a sheet iron worker by trade, He was killed e by the oilce of Mr. McComas, receiving a terrible blow on the head and upper part of his body. He was on the platform east Of the oilice at tue time he received his death ow. THE BRIDGE LABORTRS INJURED. The following are all that were ascertamed to have been wounde Joseph Clarke, shoulder and arm shattered. ‘This man, who has a wife end family, was sent to St. Luke's Hospi! He was promptly attended by Dr. Jaminet, who, tient, postponed amputation until tais morning. ‘The case is a bad one, and fears were entertained that he would not iive througi the might, Wilham Grovin, seriously hurt. P. Gannon, resid 1,425 broadway, seriously. ©. W. Smith, restdes at’ 933 North Second street, seriously injured, but not considered ia immediate danger. D, Collins. This man was employed on the bridge, Dut Was on shore at the time of the storm and was injured by a falling house. ‘These are all the wounded and they were all promptly attended to by br. Jaminet, who was either at the scene of the calamity or at the houses of the injured men all the-aiternoom and up toa late hour at night. THE LOSS. © It is stated by the Superintendent that the actual Joss to the bridge is between $15,000 ana $20,000, It is doubttul, however, if the framework will be re- stored 1n the same shape as before the storm, ADVENTURES OF THE TUGS. The bridge company tug Hewett was lying near the east abutment when the siorm struck it. The wheelliouse and part of the cabin, suchas it was, Was torn oi, aud Captain Montgomery went into the river with the wreck, but succeeded in getting outsafe. Iwo or three menemployed on the tug were also thrown overboard, but all managed to es- cape a watery grave, John Applegate was painfully hurt on the head, either by @ fail or a blow from a piece of fying um- ber. AS soon as matters had regained some degree of calmness the wreck of the Hewett was brought over to this side and left near the bridge landing, an poo oe of no small interest to a large crowd of spec- ators. IN THE AIR-CHAMBER, There were some twenty-two men in the air-cham- ber at the time of the catestrophe above. ‘The smashing of the timbers ana tnterrupuon or the ma- chinery quickly apprised them something was wrong, and as soon as practicable they were got out, Not one of them sustained any iojury, and, in fact, as things turned out, they were in the saiest place on the pler. Mr. Dé Courcy was in charge of | the air-chaniber gang at the time. Thoms Maivin, Who las charge of the alr-chamber work, was in ine main shalt at the time of the general smash-up over head. He heard the giving way, and. looking up, saw the collapse. He wisely retreated down the shaft some distance, and, no timbers falung down on him, escaped without any mury, DISTRESSING SCENES. As the news spread of the tornado across the river the attention of people at first was concen- trated on the bridge works, It was reported that a miost terripie accident had occurred, aid the wildest Tumors prevailed as to toss of lite. Soon the wives and other relatives and the friends of the men em- ployed at the Works heard the news, and alarm spread quickly from neart to heart, Many a pallid and tremnbling Woman might be seen hurrying wine landing of the bridge tugs, or standing there look- ing Wildly towards the mass of ruin at the east abutment, or eagerly questioning if such a man, naming some dear one euployed in the works, was hurt or killed, Even at dark auxious women were to be seen waiting for the arrival of the boats to have their anxieues allayed. The officers and em- ploy of the Bridge Company acted witn com- mendabdle kindness and promptitude, beth in suc- cor pg the wounded aud in answering the inquiries respecting the victims of the accident. BLOWN AWAY. The floating derricks of the Bridge Company moored at the foot of Lami street parted their chains and floated down the river. The towboat Porter, however, followed and brought them back and leit them just above the site of the east abutment. DAMAGE AT EAST PIER. ‘The framework erected at the cast pier for carry- ing up the masonry was entirely demolished. Several men were on the pier at the time, but none of them were injured. Tus scaffolding wus, how- ever, of a light skeleton nature, and the loss is not serious. In connection with the storm it may be stated that several men were reported as blown in the river, but so far as Known tuey escaped salely, With no injury but a ducking and a fright. THE INTERRUPTION TO THE BRIDGE WORKS ‘wil! not be very serious, a8 prompt measures will pe taken to remedy the effects of the disaster. In ten days or two weeks, probably, the wreck will have been cleared away and work will be progressing a3 usual. The occurrence of the tornado will serve to practically illustrate the dangers to which the bridge, when completed, will ve exposed, although that of wind storms was fully compreliended m the calculations made of the jorces that woula have to be resisted. FEARS OF EXPLOSION, After the crash at the east avutment there was a general fear an explosiom of the boilers would en- sre, but this happily did not occur, and the steam was finally let oif belore any acctdeni occurred. TUE STATE OF THE AIR CHAMBER, works, and of course the pier and air chamber are wholly unharmed, ‘The connection of te air pumps, however, and the steam connections were brokeli up, and consequentiy the pumping of the aur is suspended. Tne chamber will be permitted to fill with Water, and as soon as the damage is repaired it will easiiy be forced dry again and Work resumed therem. A REPORT. Late last evening a report was current that lot had been killed, while in the pilot house of a st_am- boat, near the loot of Choutean aveaue, by the smokestacks being biown over and one of them | erushing trough the pilot house. tuculars were ascertained. THE STORM AT BELLEVILLE. The dwelling house on High street, belonging to Mrs. Wm. C. Davis, was unroofed by a wind storm Which passed over a portion of Belleville, between ‘Unree and four o’clock P. M.A small portion of the roof was landed in the street, aud the balance lodged on the premises of Wm, Kiliermann, adjom- ing, where trees and fences were inore or less Gainaged. Fortunately none of the inmates of either house were injured. Some sheds in the Vicinity of the depot of the St. Leuis and Helleville Railroad were biown down. ‘The roof was biown froin a stable owned by Jacob Dolich, and also frem astable owned by Edward Abend, in the south. eastern part of the city. The fair grounds wera more or less damaged, and a portion of the new amphitheatre, it is said, Was levelied to the ground, while sigus and chimneys were blown about pro- miscuously, No further par- The Town of Fayette, IIl., Destroyed. Sr. Louis, Mo., March 12, 1871. The tornado which swept with such force over East St. Louis on Wednesday, passed through the eastern part of Green county, Ill., and did a great amount of damage. It struck the little town of Fayette with great force and in less than a minute the town was lairly destroyed, the principal build. ings and even the smaller ones being blown dow: A steam mull, @ seminary and church were co} piaely demoliabed, No lives have been reported as Causes ror Divoncg.—Liova E. Jones, of North. way, Va., asks for diverce on the trivial ground that her husband nas her, murdered uer father ‘any comumitted mm view of the condition of the pa- | The disaster only involves the derrick frame | -when the cry, “The Union is dissolved,” flashed } to do as they pleased, and perhaps as a retaliatory THE SOUTHERN DISORDERS | * Alarming Condition of Affairs in the Palmetto State. The Black Militia’ and Ku Klux in Battle Array. Barn Burnings and Other Out- rages Prevalent. THE COLCRED DEXONSTRATION ON CHESTER. CrestEr, March 9, 1871. Not since the memerable day of December 20, 1860, ‘upon the wires and resounded throughout this State from mountain to seaboard, has there been such in- tense excitement in the town of Chester as has ex- isted here for the past week. The changed relations of the two races since the hydra-headea monster of rebellion made its appearance with the Palmetto flag as its banner, the disastrous results of the great ¢elvil con#ict, the advancement of the negro to the enjoyment of civil and political rights coequal with the whites, the dominance of the blacks over the whites by a majority of 100,000 votes in this State, and the superior advantages accorded to the negroes in the maiters of civil government by partial national legislation, has again fired the spirit of the chivalry, and disaffection has broken out now under the guise of that mysterious organl- zation known as the Ku Kinx Klan. Every day for the past week this community has been on the verge of a bloody conflict—a war of races—which was only prevented by the timely #rrival of a COMPANY OF UNITED STATUS TROOPS, the presence of which had the mural effect of restor- ing law and order where before hostility, chaes and lawlessness relgned supreme. For a number of ‘Weeks past @ most unsettled and lawless state of affairs has existed In the western portion of Chester county, which was in part the result of flagrant out- rages by the Ku Klux Klan, consisting in mainly whipping and scourging, thouga it 1s strongly sur- mised by many republicans here that a number of NEGROES “WAVE BERN LOST” — @ most significant phrase in this section, which means ‘hanged’? or “shot,” or otherwise summa- rily disposed of. Then, in addition to these, and which ali parties concede to be the origin of the re- cent disturnances, there have been numerous aggres- sions on the property of the whites and also attacks upon themseives by the armed negro militia, In the present excited state of the community it is hard to get at the actual facts which led to the threatened conflict ; but from the eontlicting state- ments and rumors that prevail it 1s evident that the Whipping and maltreatment of negroes by the Ku Klux was in this instance provoked by the BURNING OF COTTON GIN HOUSES by the negroes generaily and firmg on unarmed people by the colored militia from ambuscades with the Winchester rittes with which they have been armed by the State. Few people felt themseives safe from attacks passing along the highways, particu- Jarly at night, and oe eM the darkness was lit up by the lurid glare of some burning barn, with its valuable contents of cotion, provender and agricul- tural impiements. Added to this, too, for some rea- sons there h:s existed recently a SULLEN INDISPOSITION on the part of the blacks to perform their duties as laborers. They persistently refused employment, though the spring work created a demand for their services; they broke off ail contracts which had pre- viously been made, and, armed with rifles, muskets or pistols they began roving in bands over the coun- try, committing depredations, shooting cattle and frequently perpetrating daring acts of highway rob- bery. I was more than astenished to find that the entire negro race 18 on & PERFEOT WAR FOOTING, as far as arms are concerned, and some people inti- mate that they are by no means wanting in the mat- ter of discipline. They are often driiled by regularly commissioned officers of the State, hold their speci- fied meetings for that purpose, and have been seen at nights in large bodies patrolling the neigh- borhoods In which they reside. No negro cabin is to be found without its Winchester rine, its mus- ket, pistol, bowie Knife, bayonet or scythe, the lat- ter formidable weapon being one of the most popu- Jar among them. An almost natural consequence of this belligerent aspect of the biacks, coupled with their marauding incursions, thefts and other out- rages, which easily incited the fery spirit of the chivalry, Was & GENERAL UPRISING OF THE WHITES, having for its alleged object the suppression of vio- lence, and by speedy aid summary means, if possi- ble, to put an end to so lamentable a state of affairs, It 1s neediess to say that the ever ready Ku Klux found in we general unsettled condition of the country an ample ileid for their midnight operations, and, from the accounts I have been able to glean, they were not siow to take advantage ef it, as subse- quent developments will doubtless show. Informa- tion having been received here that an attack was about to be made on the town, and that it was to be fired, ail the young men assembled here on Monday Jast, and under the Jeadership of the oldest and most influential gentle- men ef the town. ‘Tits section of the county has been ee ts quiet, and the rumored attack had no justification beyond an assumed right of the biacks measure for Ku Klux outrages in the western sec- tion of thecounty. In view of these circumstances the people claimed that no lawor power coulda divest them of THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE, and they resolved to stand by their bones and their firesides. Scouts were sent out to reconnoitre on the evening of Tuesday, the 6th, and they reported a considerable body of armed blacks forming and gathering in the vicinity of Mount Carmel. So gene- ral and widespread was the apprehension now felt that parties here telegraphed to points in North Carolina for assistance, aud to other places in this State, and large bodies of whites immediately started for the scene of action from each ef the places applied to. Three hundred men are said to have leit the county of Union on norseback on their way here, and over forty arrived from Charlotte, N. C., besides numbers of others from points nearer. On the morning of the 7th a body of colored militia, numbering about seventy-five, armed with the Win- chester rifies, made their APPEARANCE IN THE SUBURBS of the town, on the Union road, coming from Car- mel Hill, The whites, 1 strong force, remained in town, ready, however. for immediate action in case oi an attack. ‘What the intention of this bellige- rent force of blacks could have been was not known, but they alleged they came there owing to the un- settled condition of affairs in their immediate neighoorhood, in the western part of the county. Upon being notified of their approach tne Sheriff and other civil authorities of the town despatched messengers te ascertain their purpose. ‘This Mission Was accoinplished Without gaining any further information than was already known, and as the blacks contlaued in a hostile and threatening atutude the whites became more exasperated, as they had nothing todo with outrages committed a considerable distance frem them in 4 different por- Uon of the count A COUNCIL OF WAR : was held, and the blacks were informed by the Sheriif in person that it was the determination of the citizens, if they did not atonce withdraw trom the town without molesting either persons or pro- perty that they shouid be COMPELLED TO DO 80, and they were allowed until four o’clock in the after- noon to consider the terms offered them and evacu- ate the suburbs. ‘The hour arrived aud ihe hostile blacks still remained in position—many supposed with the mtention of storming the town and of firmg it, if possibie—and the whites patiently awaited some development of their purpose, whatever it might be. ‘To their surprise, lave im tue afternoon the sable force began a retrugade movement and soon they disappeared from view. ‘There was novhing farther then heard irom them, and it was supposed they had grounded vieir arms and quietly returned to ther homes, until the folowing morn: ing at hall-past one o'clock, when a 10US DISTURBANCE occurred near the Charlotte and Augusta Railroad depot, in the opposite quarter of the town, in which one culored man was Wounded. A number uf shots were exchanged, principally without eifect, and at daylighs the whoie colored force was found IN POSITION near the site of the oid York depot, in an excava- tion known as the turntable pit, whtle the whites were intrenched at the depot, about 250 yards dis- tant. In this hostie attitude the opposing forces eyed each other, neither anxious to make the attack, but both eager that the other should open the battle. Luckily, however, wiser counsels pre- vaued and A PARLEY ENSUED, during which 1t was agreed, on the part of the colored lorce, that they would reure five miles in the country, there to disband and return to their homes, 1{ not molested, The excitement was Dow at its bighest pitch, and it was with the greatest dificulty the fiery sprigs of chivalry could re strain the older men from “pitching into the d—d niggers.” It was now supposed that quiet was effectually restored, but the retiring biacks again acted in bad faith, and ambuscaded them- selves behind A STONE WALL, from which position they fired a volley upen a party of unarmea citizens, wounding one serlously and killing two or three horses, ail without any Just pro- vocation, as is alleged, a whites, Another ac- count given me of this ir is that the negroes, see- ing several mounted men approach them, got be- ind the wail, Cyr threatened by the horse- men sey Bred equal dam: on both sides. This occurrence aroused the tre of the whites, and the follow- ing morning about two hundred mounted citizous, coming mostly fem the disaffected district, DDENLY APPEARED * in Chester. During their stay of several hours they committed no acts of violence, and dnding no hos- tle negroes they went away, On the evening of the 8th a company of the wighteenrh United States in- fantry arrived, and was received by the Intendent and civic authorities with great courtesy, An un- derstanding was established between the groops and the citizens, the former assuring the 1atter they came there equally fer the protection of whites and blacks. ‘The oficer in command assured the people that, in hts estimation, the civil authorities were fully able 0 PRESERVE THE PEACE with the aid of the eltizens, and he would simply hold himself in readiness to obey any requisition made upon him for assistance by the Sherif. It has new becn agreed on the part of the officers of the colored militia that the arms now in their hands SHALL BE SURRENDERED by Saturday next, and if this agreement be faith. fully observed it is to be hoped that, with the presence of United States troops, all further dis- ‘arbance will cease. ‘The excitement stilt contin- ‘ues, and a spark would blow up the ignitable maga- zine of intense popular feeling. A house m the heart of the town WAS FIRED LAST NIGHT, but was happily extinguished before much damage was done. Itis feared that this mode of fighting with the torch—a powerful one in the hands of the negroes—will be continued and serious results may yet ensue, LAWLESSNESS IN MISSISSIPPi. about in Brutal Assassination. [From the New Orleans Republican, March 8.} Some weeks ago we reported the condition of af- fairs in Summit, Miss, and the lawlessness existing there, The challenge of Dr. Ferguson by young Pryor Hurst, and the shooting and danger- ously wounding of the former by the latterin a street rencontre was embraced in the report. * Dr. Ferguson was so seriously wounded that he has not yet recovered, but young Hurst was thirsting for somebody’s plood ana that insane thirst has been appeased, as we learn by passengers who arrived on the Jackson railroad train from Summit yester- day. tt appears, according to the information from the arties referred to, that a Prussian laborer named niacke Was an active sympathizer with Dr. Fer- son at the time of the street conflict between the ursts and Ferguson, nis sympathies extending se far as to lead him to arm himself on that occasion. Last Monday Uniacke was working as a gardener for Colonel Garland, but requiring the advice of the latter on some matter, left lis work and went after The Colonel. Not succeeding in finding bim, Uniacke went into a saloon, where he was followed by Pryor Hurst, who accosted Uniacke and asked him if he was armed. Uniacke replied that he was not, whereupon Hurst struck hima biow in the face witha cane, ard then, before Uniacke could re- cover from the effects of the blow, drew his revolver and shot him through the head. Uniacke fell dead, buteven afier that Murst fired and lodged four balls in the body of the man already welteriug in his blood. Harsi, whose reputation for bravado and desperation had previously over- awed the single policeman of the town, quietly walked away, flounshing his = and defying ar- rest, and thus he escaped. With the mark of a cowardly murderer on his brow he has departed from Summit, but tis hoped that he may yet be ar- rested, brought to justfce and be compelled to surfer for his offences. It 1s lawlessness like this which tarnishes the good name not only of Summit but of other towns in Mississippi and the South, Itisa singular condition of aifairs when no one dares to Hg @ murderer, but all permit him to escape alive. OBSEQUIES OF A COLORED STATE SENATOR. The Emancipated Race Paying Honors to the Remains of a Representative Man. The obsequies of Isaiah L, Lyons, late a member of the Virginia State Senate, were appropriately celebrated in Williamsburg yesterday by the colored population, Mr. Lyons died in Virginia on the 21st uit., and his Temains were embalmed and sent to his friends in Williamsburg for interment, These friends resolved on making the funeral a public one, and in order to give the various colored organizations of New York and Brooklyn an opportunity to take part in the obseqmes the funeral was postponed until yesterday, THE SERVICES. Inthe morning the body was taken to St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, where the usual mortuary services were performed by the Rev. Dr. Fox, rector, aud the Rev. John Peterson, of St. Philip’s church, New York. The body.was then conveyed to Washington Hall by the members of Stone Square Ledge No. 6, F. and A. M., and there remained until shortly after noon, when, the hall belng densely crowded. the exercises agreed upon ye comuutiee of arrangements were carried The deceased Senator reposed in @ rosewood comn, with oval top, silver handles and silver Tiouldings, surmounted with Masonic emblems. A silver plate in the shape of a cross bore the follow- ing inscription:— Grrecccccenncececevoroeree. erocooccovcrcose ee Q Li. 8 ISAIAH L: LYONS, ie AGED 27 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 99 DATS. : DIkD FEY 2131, 1871. LLOC ILO IOLELEL LEE NED DOLOTE TE LEE HE TOOCEDLEDE LE OE LEG The exercises opened with es by the Rev. A. R. Jarvis; a solo and chorus, “i Heard a Voice,” fol- lowed; the Rey. Highland Garnett read a portion of the Scriptures, and Mr. Louis H. Putnain then de livered a lengthy eulogy. He said that the deceased represented the great principle proclaimed by ‘Thomas Jefferson and embodied i the Declaration of Independence, namely, that all men were born free und equal. In gazing upon his ieless form he could not help remembering that before his time no lebelan ever sat in the Senaie Chamver of the aughty commonwealth of Virginia, nor could ne help coming to the conclusion that God bought about the great change. The deceased was born in New Jersey and was brought to Williamsburg when only four years of age. From that time until he reached the age of nine he was sent to school, and acquired a knowledge of reading and writ- ing. He then entered the employment of Dr. Palmer a8 an ofiice boy, subsequently became a clerk in Dr. Ray’s drag store and remained in that position until the breakiug out of the war. He then entered the Sixth Pennsylvania colored cav- alry, and before the close of the war was assigued to duty as hospital steward in Hanay (ou, Va, At the close of the war he opened a drug store in Hampion and prospered and became so hignly re- specled that his party elected him to the State Senate, where death overtook lim. Mr. Putnam here alluded to the condition of his race im the South contrasted with the North. In New York, he said, we have only @ ghmmer of that light that led our brother to the Senate Chamber of Vir- ginia; yet, thanks to the whole American we have here aright to vute now, and, as liberty and justice progresses, other rights will be accorded us. ‘In the South we have equal political rights with the whites, and the only equality we luck i m education. Mr. Putnam conciuded with the nope that at some distant day all feeling of prejudice against his race would cease and that whites ana blacks would work together harmontously for the welfare of the whole country and the happiness of all God's ple. The solo and chorus—‘‘Weep Not for the Saint that Ascends”—concluded the exercises, when, & a drenching rain storm prevailing, the commitiee of arrangements conciuded to curtall the proposed iuneral parade, and the remains of Isaiah rr Lyons were conveyed to Union Cemetery, followea by & large number of carriages containing his family and friends, the committee of arrangements, Stone Square Lodge F. and A. M., the Lincoln Associa- tion of the Sixteenth ward, members of the United Benevolent Society of New York and Qolonel P. Hawkins and staf. THE NEW YORK HERALD AND THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE, (From the Jersey City Herald, March 11,] GETTING EVEN. The boys of this city whose heads were com- pletely turned by the accident of getting into the Legislature are ina peck of trouble. At their first stride to Trenton they imagined, at every proud step, that they carried the entire wisdom of Jersey City right between thetr toes. Poor lads! How foolish aud inexperienced! The newspapers com menced to poke fun at their conceit, but they were silly enough to consider their vanity a measure of wisdom. But the papers would poke fun at them, and pronounce them conceited blockheads, who allowed rogues to do their thinking. These attacks have touched their vanity, and they smart under them as men troubled with @ cu- taneous disease suffer from the application of caustic, The New York HERALD has been unsparing in the exposure of these ninnies and the corrupt rascals who have them in their keeping. Last Tuesday morning one of the ninnies deter- mined to be revenged In some way. As soon as Mr. Warrin saw the HERALD correspondent on the floer of the House Mr. Warrin made a motion that the floor should be cleared of all persons except the members of the Assembly, and the HERALD corre- spondent took his hat and left. Now it is our opinion, and we daresay the opinion of nine-tenths of atl rational beings in the State of Now Jersey, that @ representative of the New YORK HERALD Is of far more importance on the floor of that Assembly than &@ whole army of George Warrins. Mr. Warrin and ‘his colleagues wish to saddle the people with in- famous, plundering commissions, and the HERALD’S mission 1s to apprise the people of frauds, schemes and triokery wherever they present themselves. Rascals everywhere dread the Nsw YORK HERALD. It is always impartial ang always righte @ A NATHAN TRAGEDY IN NEW ONLEANS} Murder of a Large Shipping Merchant—Franelg, W. Perkins, Formerly of Bos'on, Killed in His Own Office and His Safe Robbed. {From the New Orleans Picayune, March 5) On Tuesday morning F. W. Perkins, propriet the Alliance line of Havaua and Florida steamshi was found dead in his oiflve, at Ne, 86 Carond street. Over his right ear and above the tempi was & pistol shot wound, which had evidentiy sioned Immediate death—If, indeed, the fearfal ing he had received over the bead had got previout roduced imsensibility, ‘fhe back part of lus hej Baa been beaten to a pulp. The skull was fract in twenty places, as if he had been stricken dow! by some heavy instrument and pounded untul life ‘was extinct. Tt is probable that the pistol shot eet euiarw ard by nn assassins to make sure the butchery was complete, / Mr. Perkins left his office last night at the usual hour, and went to his residence at the corner of Dunciation and Sixth streets, but, probably ane ung some paper or other valuable, he return his omce at a late hour of the night. This 1s supposition of his friends, He was doubtless fol poss back by his assailant and murdered as The homiotde was first discovered by the porter the house, a colored man, named Toby, who been a confidential servant for years, Entering office at six o'clock, he found the body of Mr. kins lying on the door, A of nlor was fol 4 near head, and the spectacle was poe Boat appalling. The office was a scene of utter fusion. Drawers were opened and papers tered on the figor. The safe in the inn office had been opened by keys abstract from Mr. Perkins’ pocket, and its contents over. hauled and examined, There was also another safe in the room, which the burgiars did not succeed opening. This safe 1s in the inside of the Dg: the front office, and discloses the heavily shod feet of the workman. But from this point the myste! deepens rather than is cleared away, The key which were in Mr. Perkins’ pocket, and which wel used by him in opening the door of tie omtiog, wi found ‘in the keyhole of one of the drawers, The! ‘Was no other outlet except by the front door; zou ‘vnat was found locked in the morning by the p ‘The murderer could not have locked it as he wen out, because he had no key, unless he had a stole one. There have been several keys lost recently. stolen in fact. One of them may have enabled th murderer to accomplish his purpose, These were the observable objects that met thd eye on entering the ofice—a scene of utter sion, inthe midst lay the form of F. W. Perk calm and noble in death, his features manly an dignified, crimsoned as they were with his life bl His body had been robbed, the pockets turned insid out and his watch gone. Near it lay @ small pistol, single barrelled, which had been discharged an dropped in haste by the murderer. Close by tt lay monkey wrench and screw driver that belonged mm ene of the drawers of the inner office, but which been used in & vain endeavor to open the safeq This showed thal the robber had searched for valus ables elsewhere before atlempting to open the safe Indeed, the appearance of the ofiice, the used and the imstrument employed, show that deed was committed by some rough worker—an un« practiced hand. pro:esslonal burglar would hava, carried his tools with him; even a common house thief would have had his bunch of skeleton keys. The rouga and hurried manner of the search diay closes the hand of a iaboring man, and the bro: footprints on the table In tie inner oiice, aud opened with a key, Which 1s composed of two pi Joined together, the pieces making a key; separa’ they are ineffectual for opening the safe, One 0! these pieces was in Mr. lerkins’ pocket and wai taken out by the burglar, who tried to open the safe with it; but, failing in this, he resorted to a wrenc! and iron lever in the house. Every effort,) however, was ineffectual ‘he burglar then at~ tempted to pry open the doors of the cupboard fi the back office, supposing, no doubt, that it con- tained valuables; but the iron poker which he w cole ‘oF its object, and this aitempt also was abi joned. ¥ ‘There is another fact to be considered. If @ clu! was used in beating Mr. Perkins, it was carri away by the man whodidit. The most probabl supposition ts that the weapon used was an iro jimmy with an inverted point. A blow stricken by such an instrument would have produced the jag wounds the back part of the head revealed. would the large poker that was found lying on th safe, and with which an meffectual attempt L been made to open it. The more likely supposition: of all 1 that that these wounds were produced with the monkey wrench. Ttis instrument also belon to the house, snte <s! If, as supposed, Mr. Perkins came to the office latq at night, it is mot probabie that he was jollowed int it by the murderer. In that case he would hav geen the man or heard him closing the door beni him, The murderer would never have attemp' ch a deed without first taking every precautioi against interruption. ‘To have stopped to do th would nave neeessarily alarmed his victim and é abled him to call ior assistance. When the shot wi tired the doors were closed or the sound of the dia< charge would have reached the street—the struggle, even, would have attracted the attention of the i. On the contrary, the murderer mu: ave been concealed in the building at tha time Mr, Perkins came. into it, If this the case, hearmg him at che door, he could easil have concealed himself until he had entered ani locked the door behind him. Coming Into the offi behind the railing the scene of confusion that wi resented doubtless greatly astonished and appallt im. In the surprise of the moment the murder could have emerged from his concealment an struck the heavy biow from behind. It is singular, however, that the pistol shot should have been fired! with such means at hand to occasion death, Thi of itself proves the deed to have been committed by an unpractised hand. The pistol, however, may offer, a clue if it can be Identified, It is anew one, and has evidently been fired but once. it will be seen that the blows were stricken with great violence. It would have taken not one blow a but @ dozen, to have mashed the bone of th skull behind into the brain. It was at first suppese that the concussion of tne builet fractured the skal) in the back part of the head. Had this been tha case the fractured skull would have penetrated out< ward, not in towaras the brain. Dr. Cooper is cers tain that nothing but biows with a heavy iron in~ strument could nave caused the contusion and frace ture on the head. ‘These are the circumstances of the case so far ag they were able to be gathered in the scene of utter, confusion that fps ag They are suMicient to elk to the community that a horrible murder has been committed—that a usefuland kind-hearted citizem has been killed and his family plunged into unim- aginable distress. lt devolves upon the ones the duty of ferreting out the criminals and bringing the murderers to justice. ‘There are various points in the case which afford @ ciue to the perpetrator, Near the door was the im~ pression of a shoe of large Sena my such ag would be left by a wet sole, having come in recent contact with dust or dirt. Having dried, it le! clearly defined the impression of the shoe. It wi probably the deed of no personal enemy. The object Of the assassin was plunder, {t may be that tha person who did it has had the idea in big mind fog days or weeks, Should this have been the case ha would probably have lingered about the house fre quently, watching for opportunities and meditating on the robbery. » Jt & singular that a robber should have gone ther@ without first supplying himself with means of the breaking open wooden doors, The most ignorant person would hardly have been led into the impres« sion that valuables were left unsecured. That such means were at hand is proven by the fact of the ineffectual attempt made to open the cup with the small iron poker. ‘The case Is strikingly similar to that of the Nathary murder in New York, and it would be well to loo! for the theory of the case in the points suppil by it. Captain Perkins was born in Boston, Mass., in a and is consequently thirty-one years of age, [ete at Dartmouth College in 1861, at the reaking out of the war, and went from college the army, joining the Second New Hampshire regi¢ Ment aud serving with distinction, Subsequently he was appointed captain assistant quartermaster, and was ‘with the Army of the Potemac for about! half the war, when he came to this city, Under the administration of General Canby he oc- cupled the peepeniee position of chief of water transportation for the Guif. When hosulities ceased Captain Perkins, who nad formed many warm attachments in New Orleans, determined to locate here, and tormed a copartner-' ship with Mr. Hersey, son of General Hersey, of Ban ger, Maine, for the transaction ef a shipping busi- ness. Subsequentiy the firm was changed to F. We Perkins & Co., the company being Majer F’. W. Per: kins, a twin brother. ‘This firm has for several yea owned the Aluance Hne of steamships, which haa carried the United States mail to Havana, via the Florida ports, and have been noted tor the prompt and able manner in which they have performed th service. Recently Captatn Perkins projected, ant was just about starting under the mest favorable auspices, @ new line of fine steamers to carry the mail from this port to the Florida ports and Havana. He was so constituted tnat he could never be idle, and was always revolving plans for the future, boty for his personal advancement and for the commer- cial interest of the city. An active, enterprising itizen, he united to fine business qualificauons a remarkably courteous and elegant manner, whicht won him many personal friends tn our community. He was a warin friend, and his nature was 30 gen- tle and 80 1ull of charity that we question whether a beggar or any one in need ever appealed to him vain, though his good works were never parad with ostentation, His bruta: murderer has robbed a mother and twa little children of their only earthly support and thé community of a valuable citizen, while he has added to the history of crime one of tie foulest deeds that darkens its pages. To his stricken family and brother words of con- solauuon Were mockery. We can only assure them of our profound sympathy. The human fiend who committed the act at which the entire community stands shudderingly aghast must be brought to punishment. The pouce must use their every endeavor to track the muidnigh' assassin and robber to his den, and found, he must feel Ue vengeance of the law and of an exasperated people. —————— THE $65,000 Horse.—The New Orleans Picayune of the 28th ult. says:—There is no truth in the report that the trotting wonder of Kentucky, Blackw: has been gold to a party of New York ES poesen $65,000, His owner, Mr. Steele, does not propose sell him unt he is able to prove to the world wonderful speed. Bonner will have to look to Dex~ ter" iaurels when Blackwood enters the lists againaa: