Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1883 — Page 1

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YOL. XXIX. NO. 43. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1883. W HOLE NO. 1.603.

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EVACUATION DAY,

The Centcnnary of the Great Historical Event. iv Yrk Olebratfs the Departure of tbe British, After a Seven Years' Stay. An Immense Frocession Speech by the President and Oration by George William Curtis. ttavhim;tns tati e. Nfw Vork'a Celebration of the tOOtli AnnU er-;ry ttt thr Evnrnation by the Itrititi I nrllinK if the Stale ieorj;" William CurtU (ration. New York, Nov. lit?. The day opened with a lull, leaden sky, indicating rain or snow. The atmosphere was moist and raw, but not cold. At sunrise the forts and ships tired salute of twenty-one puns; this was followed in half an hour with a successful etfort by tteam whistles in the bay and on the shore to rreate th mot-t disagreeable noise imaginable, thus emphasizing the wonderful difference between navigation in 178.1 and IMS''.. Decoration was elaborate. Public buildings and club houses contented themselves with a display of the stars and stripes, and occasionally the colors of Trance and Oerinany mingle with the red, white and blue. All places of business are closed and the entire population of Manhatten and Long Islands have given themselves up to the enjoyment of this patriotic occasion. Points of historic interest are surrounded by crowds anxious to recall the scene of the day when the Pritish withdrew from A mcrivan shores and independence was really made secure. The threatening weather of the morning toon developed into a pronounced rain that increased as the day progressed. Only the more courageous of men and women retained their places upon reviewing stands, and those remaining et'Kxl upon seats and protected themselves as well as they could with umbrellas. People on roofs, whence they expected to obtain a good view of the parade, as well on sea as shore, quickly sought the shelter of chimneys or went below. The streets, however, continued crowded. Broadway was a sea of umbrellas, bunting clung to the Hags talis and walls of houses, and the brightness of morning soon disappeared. The fog on the l'ay and rivers deprived the flotilla of steam vessels of much of Its expected glory. It was a novel parade to New York, and it attracted a great deal of observation. The programme laid down for it by Admiral John II. Starin was strictly adhered to. Boats to the number of several hundreds rendezvoused in the Bay, formed in divisions and steamed Into North Kiver and along the New Jersey shore till opposite Sixty-llfth street, New York; thence returning down the New York side of the river around the Battery into Kast liiver; steaming there as far as the Navy Yard; returning along by the Brooklyn shore to the starting point at Bay Ridge. As the boat bearing the Admiral of the fleet passed the 'Tennessee," the flagship of Admiral Cooper, the several ships of the United States fired a alute of twenty-one guns, manned the yard?, and made other demonstrations cus tomary on such occasions. At noon every steam whistle in the city began a salute which was unbroken for five minutes time during w hich it was to last. All tLe details of tbe Evacution Da rele brafon were carried out. Early this morning trains brought in throng of visitor from tbe country to swell the crowds already here, fctreets and window along the line of march of the procession. Fifth avenue and Broadway, were thronged with peonle. dense w as tbe crowds that progreis lr an direction was almost an imposifbili -rVi police, of whom there wasah- y' fand, could do but litt! throngs of people in ord- in keeping the the line of route ch- , Preserving Presnlent irthu- dT' About J oclotk dSt Grant aa?" ccompanil by ex-Presi-Fifth i m- Gcneral Varnura, left the head of e IIotel fox the Pint wbere tbe thv tr e colQmn Ts being formed. There nVL- jbtL their places in the line. It was vy.ly 10 o'clock before the line was onued and put in motion. Tbe police had great difficulty in clearing a passage. After the police came General John Cochrane, Grand Marshal, and etaJT, accompanied by the first troop, of Philadelphia, and the city cavalry, under romman.d of Brigadier General E B. Grubb. T'ae first division was commanded by Bivvet Brigadier General Richard 11. Jackson., Fifth United States attillery, and comp, ed of United States troops, escort to ;d:..,tinguished guests following in carriages. Preident Art) iTir and Secretaries Folger and Lincoln wr m the lirst carriage, and were followed 4 by (Jovernors of States -Mayors of n mnicinallties, and other civic men ; officer 4of the Army and Navy, and delegates c j mercantile bodies of this and ether phv Grand Army Posts were next, i? Yw ty associations of the Volunteer iure l artment of 'ie present and past, and aiore ' vic societies. . -r Broadway was crowded with a surgn mass of humanity that cheered the Presihe at heartily and gave a lasty recognition to xvernor Butler, punctuated occasionally by iz'trs of ''Jewksbury " The head of the pro cession passed tbe otfice of the Western Associated IVess at 12:10, and at 3:15 the head of the sixth Division, which closed the profession, came in view, requiring four hours to pass a given point. Notwithstanding the rain, tbe procession was the grandest New York ever preseuted, and it was witnessed by a vastly greater number of people than any previous atlair of ttte kind. IJCVEIMXO THEMATIE. The unveiling of the statue ol George "Washington on the xtepsof lite Sub-Treasury was attended By a brilliantcompany, including the President of the United States, members of his Cabinet, Mayors of New York and Brooklyn, Bishop Potter, Bev. Dr. Storrs, Collector Robertson and William M, Evarts. George "W. I-ane, President of the Chamber of Commerce, opened the ceremonies witth a brief address, speaking of the atsociatioi'3 connected with the spot. Key. Ir. l?torrs made a short prayer, after whicn Royal Phelps, on behalf of the Statue Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, presented his report to I'resident I-ane. Governor Cleveland then unveiled the statin?, and after the cheering had subsided I'resident Lane turned to President Arthur, and

said that as President of the Chamber of Commerce the pleasant duty devolved on

him ol tendering through President Arthur to the Government of the United States the custody of ihisfctatueof Washington, erected by the ritizens of New York, pursuaut to an act of Congress to commemorate his taking lhe oath of onice on this spot as the lirst iTesident. I'resident Arthur, replying, said: M. Prksickkt and Fellow-Citizen U is fitting that other hps than mine thoald Kive voice to tlie fentiments of pride and pleasure which this occasion can not fail to inspire in every breatt. To myself baa been aatii;ned but a slight part iu the flny's services, and 1 shall not eicpcd iw bocomlnc limit. I nave come to this historic spot, where the first President of the Republic took the oath to preserve, protect and defend its Constitution, simply to accept in behalf of. the (iovernwent tbi tribute to hit memory. Long may the noble statue )ou have here set np stand where you have piaced It, a monument alike to your own reneroKity and pnbhc piritand to the wisdom and virtue and vermis of tue immortal Washington. The Chairman then introduced Gea AViu. Curtis, as orator of the day. Mi. ccrtih' oration. The rrcat series of revolutionary centennial celebrations ends titly upon this day and upon tins rpot. lhe momentous events tnat marked t tie opening, the culmiuaiiou and the close of tUecon11. ct he ten duly commemorate!, and for eii;ht vtars the full stretched memory ol the country, a harp of a thousand strings swept by patriotic emotion, ha resounded with the heroio mnnic of the revolutionary story, To-day the revolutionary story ends At ibis hour, a hundred yciirs aao, lhe iat british sentry was withdrawn, lhe irapeiial standard of Ort at I.ritalit felt at the fort over which U had ItoaUI for 1JO years, and in iu place the K'ars ajd Stripes of Amehean lndo iiidene flashed in the sun. Fleet and army, royal flag and st-arlet uniform, rorouet and ribbon, every fin and nymbol oi loretrn authority, which from Concord to Saratoga, and from aiato(;a to Yorktown. iiad sought to rubIuc the Colonies, vanished from these Miorvs. Colonial and provincial Amvrita hail ended; National America had begun; and after the lapse of a hundred years, the cradle songof the hop? and promise of our national nativity is still the p.ian of onr mature power and an ured proserity ; nlory to Clod in the hitfhot, ix-aee on earth, :ood will to man! Yet a more sorrowful departure history docs not record. In that humiliating tnomeut, the fruit of the victorW a of the elder Put. which had girdled the giube with JirltnU clury and had Ktirplied the pretext for taxing America, crumbled to ashes. The catastrophe was not that an Knglisb Array was vanquished, it was that Kurland was wounded. It was not a Held lofct, 11 was an Umpire rent asunder. It was not a blunder of military strategy, it wai a moral miscalculation. As her wisest statt'Sinen had predicted, l iicland had fallen upon her own swoni; and she had drawn It against herself. In strikiiiK at ber kindred in Amenta, she struck at the political traditions, the immemorial rights, tbe jealous liberty, which are the hereditary pride of the Knglihli name. Dut none the less the political separatio of the two countries was complete. Englaud hud declined tbe greatest opportunity that was ever oflered lo a grvat Nation, and America, panoplied In the mighty memories of her birthright, with the sturdy self reliance of indomitable conviction and of conscious power, turned to carry forward a. a new Nation, under other conditions and thronfih other institutions, tbe cardinal principles of Constitution! liberty. This day, ihervfore. commemorates the end of the ol.t onler. and tills spot the beginning of the new. YA itb the evacuaUon ol New York monarchy fnded; with the inauguration of Washington the National lie public began. Tbe result, indeed, had been foretold by the course of events through all tbe -olonial penol, which ouluilnateil In the total overthrow of lirlilsb power, and surely and res is tlefsly as tbe revolution of tbe globe through the naiknei-sof the night turns the continent te the morning, the progressive development ot the Colonies brought the great consumation of American National Union, which consecrates this spot. The limes that tried men's souls in this o lutrr were rather In 17m than in 1776, for the colonial ability to win independence involved neither the righteousness of the cause nor the character of the IHOple. The Revolution had proved their mior. the new situation tested their wisdom; and Without wisdom the devolution had been in vain, liut what Ameiican docs not know, and proudly own, that the perpetual and Inspiring assurance of that event, the chuer of the weary march, tbe joy of the vn iory, the ont dein of Concreas. the Pride and lioi-c of America, was the diameter of WashinKton? No voice for a powerful Union wan earlier or strenger, or mure constant, than his. The fervor of his conviction ktudled the faith of the country. Samuel Adams might he-ltate, and l'uttlck Henry doubt, but Washington was sure. t'nion alone had won independence, union alone could secure it. Without union there was no common revenue, no ccmrt on peculation of commerce, no settlement of common territory, do common bond between adjacent Statea. Devotiort ty liberty au'l loyalty to law. proceeding with equal sUp, LaVd losether led tlie race of which Washington is the consummate flower, from the gloom of the aiiuient O'ennon forest to the imperial splendor of England and the Republican dery Of the I'm ted states. From tbe balcony of the hall that stood hero the Declaration of Independence was first read to the citizens of New York, and, althoug a the enemy's fleet had entered the hart or, the people, as they listened, tore down the roval arms from the walls of the ball and burned them in the street, as their fiery patriotism was ahout lo consume the royal power in the province. Here sat the Continental Conarress in iu closing days. Here John Ja . STCpared the instruction of John Adams, the lirst American Minister to ireat Uritain, and here the Congress received Sir John Temple, the first British Consul-general to the I'nitcd states Here Jener on was selected " Con as Minister to France. ahd hY StcrtUr) Jay.with i Mc rbl? '.ad and clear compnhension end unbetvBll 1 mrst ity that hi'terwRnt Ulustratetl tbe first txercoe of the '.udlolal iowerf the I'aion. directs! the foreign acairs Ol toe comeaerauou. nere. aiso. wntn tue Confederation disr-.ppeared, the first Congress of tbe Union astmbf'"!. Indeed, we are enveloped by inspiring ncmort's and kindlins local associations, Y onder, almost within sound of my voice, till stands the ancient and famous inn wbere the Commander in Chief tenderly parted with his officers, and there, over the way, where once a modest mansion stood, the Federalist was chiefly written. Tbe very air about this hallowed spot is the air of American patriotism. "Almost a hundred years have passed, bat more reverently, more universally, mora gratefully now than ever, in all civilized lands In which the greatness of bli example baa exalted the estimate of .human character and the standard of human conduct, every people fervently prolongs the prayer, Long live George Washington 1' " Tbe tatk upon which he entered here was Infinitely greater than that which he undertook when, fourteen years before, he drew his sword under tbe elm at Cambridge as Commandcr-ln Chief of the Continental Army. To lead a people la revolution wisely and successfully, without ambltiou and without a crime, demands, indeed, lofty genius snd unbending virtue. The power of his personal character, hi penetrating forsignt, and the wisdom of his judgment, in composing tbe myriad elements that threatened to overwhelm the mighty undertaking, are all unparalleled. -Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality," he said to Lafayette, "are neeessarv to make us a trreat and happy peoples." But he was not a man of phrases, nor did he sappose that Government could be established or maintained by lofty professions of virtue. No man's perception of the indispensability of great principles to tbe successful conduct of great affairs was ever more unclouded than bis, but no man had ever learned by a more prolonged or arduous experience that infinite patience, sagacity, forbearance and wise concession must attend Inflexible principle, if great affairs are to be greatly administered. Fiilow citizens, tbe solemn dedication of Washington to this augtut and triumphant task U tbe event which this statue will commemorate to unborn generations. Kisewbere, in bronze and marble and upon glowing canvas. Keniat has ö lighted to invent with the immortality of art the besibeloved and most familiar of American fiiures, 1 be engineer of the Virginia, wilderness, tha leader of the Revolution, the President, tbe man, are known to all men: theyara everywhere beheld and revered. ut here, at last. Upon the scene of the crowning event of his life, and of his country's life here, in the throbbing heart of the ifr1 city. wnerc it win w unuy mxu i rvuunisa uiuuuuo. here in the presence of the I'resident of Iba United biates, of the Governor of New York, of the official authorities of other Slates, of the organized body of New York merchants, who, as In other years, they have led the city in so many patriotic dtd upon this spot, lead now In this commemoration of the greatest, and finally, of this vast and approving concourse of American cittzeus, we raise this calm and admonishing form. Its majestic repose shall char land subdue the multitudinous life that hear and murmurs around it, and as the moon draws the swaying tides of ocean, its iofty serenity shall lift the hurrying crowd to unselfish thoughts, to generous patriotism, to a nobler life. Here descended n;-oa our fathers the benediction of the personal vfjsence of Washington. Here may tbe moral gvndeur of his character and his life inspire our children's children forever! i At the close of Mr. Curtis' oration, the vast assemblage united in singing "Praise God, from "Whom all blessings flow." Assistant Bishop Potter pronounced benediction -and the people went off to look tbe proces

sion.Thousands of persons witnessed the ceremonies from windows of adjacent buildings. In the evening there were many social gatherings The Seventh Regiment held a grand reception in honor of the visiting Governors and staOa At the Theaters, National airs were given by the orchestra. The fact Is. the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the evacuation in this city by the British will be remembered long by those who took part in it, either officially or as spectators. What dimensions the affair would have assumed had tbe weather been propitious, it Is lraposible even to guess. As it was, with all its disadvantages, lowering clouds and raw, cold wind in the early morning, followed tint by heavy mist, and then by a pitiless rain, a the morning grew older, the public out-pouring was marvelous A banquet was given by the Chamber of Commerce in celebration of the Uvacuation to night at Dclmonicos A large number of distinguished guests and prominent merchants were present. Ninety odd representatives of New York families, in dined to night in the Hotel Biunswick to commemorate the event. The dinner a purely social.

The Mat nr. The stn'ue of Washington, which stands on the steps of the Sub Treasury building Iu Wall street, is tbe work of John Q. A. WaxL It is the largest ever made of the figure of Wadhiugiou, is of light colored standaid bronze and is thirteen feet five im h s in height. The head is two feet in height and Ino feet broad in extreme measurement. The extreme breadth of the itatue is six foct. It weighs some .'.COO pounds, has an average thickness o! half an inch. The redest al, which Is placed n a rostrum for public speakers, is of the Ivckahoo marble of which the bub-Treasury is built, and rises in thejeenter of the llight of teps. Th? total height of the pe-ieslal and the stone platform forming the rostrum Is twelve feet ten and three-eighths incites. The rostrum rises flush from tbe sidewalk to a height of seven feet three and seven eighths inches, and its die has a width of fourteen feet. It haa cap and base mouldings. the the former one foot tea und one-half inches, and the latter 2 feet P?i inches in height. The top Is on a level with thai of the eleventh step of the niicbt, and the face is several feet in front of those of tiie side abutments. The pedestal, which sctx six feet hack on the rostrum, is 5 feet 61-, Ii che in height, thus rising one foot ami one-halt an inch above the line of the eighteenth or last tep of tiie flight and the lloor of the peristyle. Its base mouldings measure 1 foot and ü inches, and those of the cap 1 foot and )i an inch. The width of the die is 4 feet and 6 Inches. This gives a total height for statue, pedestal and rostrum of 'J6 feet : inches. The Inscription, cut in large, plain letters on the rostrum face, is; i On this Site, ; : In the huilding thtn Known as Federal Hall. : ! (JKnUGE WASHINGTON Took theOatb of Office as First President of : The Umtkh statu ok Ahekica. April 30, A.D. B9. t: wM . . The statu represents Washington, the first Pres. Mcut, as he appeared on the historical occasion, when, having taken the oath, he says, "I swear-so help me God." The costume is tbo civilian dress of the day, the only thing military about It being tbe cloak, which, resting but lightly on tbe shoulders, as if about to fall oti. it is the i-culptor's intention toJiavo typify the relinquishment of the military for the civil career, lhe costume is sedulously plain, reproducing carciully that chosen by Washington for the occasion as In consonance with the simplicity of Republican ideas and institutions. The coat of the suit of brown Americau cloth which was made especially for - the occasion. ben aingle breasted auU thrown well open to display the long square cut vest, falls in eflective straight folds fiom tne rUht shoulder and under the left arm, whose hand, appearing between it and the heavy folds of the military cloaE. rests upon the steel hilt of the simple civilian sword. The knee breeches are bnttoned about stockings, which were of white silk, and the square-toed, low-qutrtered shoes are furnished with plain silver buckles. The kcre!)lef wound about the neck, the rüttle below which fills the openina left by the uubnttouing of the tipper burtons of the vest, and the sleeve ruffles were of cambric instead of lace. The body is erect, and the head is held bib. The featnrea express calm digDity and power. To the right of the figure-is a short column or fanes, on which rests an opeu Uible. Tl Clnemoriai stone on which Washlngldü s'.?0d when he took his tint oath of olTice as President was int in position eaturday. The wagon on which it was conveyed from the stone yard to tho Itib-treasury building was guarded by four policemen to prevent Its demolition by unscrupulous relic hunters. l!y meins of a derrick the t'ouc was nca ly deposi ed u the cavity whicn had been prepared for It on the rcstruin immediately in front of the pedestal. It projects slightly beyond the surrounding surface. Ifce monument was erected by voluntary contributions to commemorate the biking of the oath of ofiice by ieneral Nasiungnn as first Prtsidcnt of the t'nlicd States, it that p'aeo 0.1 April v0, 178'., ' SLAl'GUTF.KKD. HirKs l'aIia' Array Destroyed by thr False Prophet. Lospoji, Nov. 21. A dispatch to Renter's Telegram Company, dated Cairo, K:25 this morning, says the Armyot Hicks Tasba has been destroyed by the forces of El Medhi, the False Trophet. Intelligence of the disaster was brought to Kharto mby a Coptic ollicial. The fighting is said to have continued from the 3d to tbe 5th inst, and to have resulted in the complete annihilation of the Egyptian troops. It is stated an European artist was the only person who escaped. The forces of El Medhi comprised, it is estimated, 300,000 men, and included Dervishes, Bedouins, mulattocs and regulars. The battle was fought near El Obeid. El Medhi lirst sent forward the Dervishes, declaring they would vanquish the enemy by divine aid. Subsequently the regulars joined in the attack, and later the engagement became general. The Army of Hicks Tasha, which early in the battle was divided into two bodies, was Bubrequently Teunited and formed a square, which the forces of the False Prophet brokv.- after three days desperate fighting A Council of Ministers has been held, and it has been decided to concentrate at Khartoum what Egyptian troops remain at Duem, Goba and other places in Soudan. Tbe force under Hicks Pasha comprised 25,000 men. He had with him ten British fncers. O'Donovan, cf the I-ondon Daily News, and an artist connected with a German illustrated taper, also accompanied the army. Evyln Earing has advised the Egyptian Government to abandon Soudan, and establish a strong frontier line from Khartounts North Sennaar Province and to Souakim, on the Red Sea. It is reported the recent ord for the evacuation of Kgypt by the Brtish troops bas been countermanded. C'lhcial accounts state the force under Hick 1 Msl.k ft?rrei!ated 10.50U men. It is believed the correspondent! of the C.n phic, accompanying 1 licks Pasha, was lined. IHphthrrta and Smallpox. Special to the Sentinel: YIKCEX5E9, Ind., Not. 20. Diphtheria has made its appearanac in the city, six out of seven cases proving fatal. An epidemic is feared. An infant of William Guy, at Washington, bas the smallpox, having taken it from a person recently returned from Louis ville. Sergeant Manon's Contract. Chicago. Nov. 2C. The clothing firm in this citv who contracted with Sergeant Mason, who shot at Guiteaa. to act as sales man for them as soon as released from TrUon. have not beard from him since his pardon, and do not know whether be , will iulll the contract or cot.

FATAL FLOODS.

Creat Destruction of Property In Indiana. HILdcIs and Missouri. An Almost Unprecedented Rainfall, Con verting All Small Streams Into Raglnjr Rivers. Loss to Property and Life Illinois Mines Ruined Lacrossa, Ark., Destroyed by a Cyclone. TiirniAY's SToitn. The Heaviest Rainfall in Year. Causing Great Unuiage to Property and Crop. Special to the Sentinel : Bi.oomixgto.v, Ind., Nov. 22. The rain which had been falling almost continuously for the past three days wound up last nigh' with one of the worst storms ever witnesses here. The wind was fcarfnl, and the water came down in solid sheets, accompanied with vivid Lightning. The water in "Spanker's Branch" was higher than ever known before, washing away foot bridges, sidewalks, and flooding several dwellings to a depth of two feet. Tbe Skating Kink under canvas was washed away bodily, and lodged against the arches of Third street bridge a demoralized mass of canva, ropc9 aud flooring A large new fire cistern, tbe arch of which was just being finished, was Hooded, and. the arjli demolished. The damage to the city will be from $J00 to 1,000. In tbe country the damage was great. Some farmers who were feeding hogs m the Wtonis loosing hogs, corn and all. John Blair was a heavy sufferer in this way. The L., N. A. and C. track at Uarrodsbarg, twelve miles south, is washed awav for the distance of a mile, and trains will be delayed for a day or so south, but will make transfers of passengers and baggage. This is tbe first time water ever was high enough to wash out at this place. Heavy Damage in .Munde and Vicinity. Special to the Sentinel : Mixcie, Ind., Not. 22. It has been raining here for two- days continually, while tbe river is higher than it has been since the June freshet of LSsO. Considerable damage is reported to railway property, particularly on the Bee Line and Fort Wayne Roadi. On these traffic is almost mspended. There are no trains from the north or south on the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and St Louis and Lonfsvillc Roads: hence no'mail from points on that line to-lay. The' Bee Line mail from the west reached here at 1 :"0 p. m., alfha'h. ci5,;23 a. nv, ' vThfl A la rrs Jee Line br dru aciuKs V lute River, oue mile east of tin city, is in a dangerous condition; it has partly gone and the balance will gd to-night. Trains are transferred to the Lake Erie and Western. To farmers the loss has been heavy; fences and corn have been swept away as if by magic. In this city gOOUS and fruit? stored in cellars have been greatly damaged.- The river is still rising and rain falling. At Seymour. Special to the Sentinel: Seymour, Ind., Nov. 22. Rain ha? been falling steadily for thirty hours, and is still coming down. White Kiver rosa over five feet in the Jast seven hours, and is coming op yet at a fearful rale, and it js believed the entire bottom lands .vill be inundated before midnight. Should this prove trus. the loss of corn, growing wheat, stock an 1 fencing will be enormous. A heavy cyclone struck the Hardenburg neighborhood, eight miles cast of here, at 6 o'clock last night, and several houses and barns were unroofed and a larc, amount of timber destroyed No loss of iue reported, but some stock was killed. Heavy Damage at Viucenne. Special to the Sentinel i Vixces.ves, Ind., Nov. 22. During the storm last night a miniature cyclone struck this city, unroofing houses, demolishing outhouses aud tearing down fences. The Colored Baptist Church is leaning six feet at the top. The river is rising rapidly. Citizen in the eastern and northern part of the citj- were compelled to move, the water averaging from one to six feet. Farmers in the low lands are fearing a total destruction of their corn crop. At Columbus. SbccIaA to the Sentinel: Colcmbvs, Ind., Nov. 22, There is serious appiebension of a disxsterous overllow and damage to crops in the White Kiver bottoms in this vicinity. The waters are rising fast and is already out in the fields of ungathered corn and rushing over the young wheat. Thousands of bushels of corn will be ruined if the river gets a few feet higher. Swept Away Ity the Flood. Special to the Sentinel : Connersville, Ind., Nov. 22. One. hundred feet of the stone protection along Water street has gone with the flood to-night. The entire wall, just finished at a cost to the city of $5,000, is in great danger. MISSOIIU AND ILLINOIS. Great Damage Done to Crops, Railroad and Low Lands. St. Locis, Nov. 22. A heavy rain yesterday in Southeast Missouri overflowed McKenzie Creek which runs through Piedmont, Reynolds County, and several small houses and other property were swept away. Two women and three children are reported drowned. Some live stock was also carried away and drowned. The Iron Mountain Bail road Company is said to be badly washed. The loss at Piedmont is estimated at 10,000. At Frederickstown, Madison County, Saline Creek overflowed and considerable damage was done to buildings along its banks, but no lives lost. Une bridge crossing the creek was swept away; another was damaged. iSeveral washouts are reported on the Iron Mountain, south of Ironton, and some damage done by high wind. The rain is said to have been the heaviest for several years, and it is feared much damage was done along all streams in Southeast Missouri. The rainfall also extended over a large part of Southi -n Illinois. Streams in the vicinity of Mc mt Vernon are out of their banks. Tbe ci ops on the low lands . were greatly damared. Trains on the Louisville and Nashv lie Air Line Road were delayed by washo its, and two or three of them stopped entirely. The banks ot the large pond at

Mount Vernon, which supplies the water of tbe Louisville and Nashville shops, broke and nearly half tbe water ran out, out no special damage is reported. Fears are felt for the safety of a party of duck hunters, who left Mount Vernon 'Sunday, but hoped to te able to save themeelves. The country surrounding Du Quoin is flooded, and bridges washed away in every direction. A larce double culvert, three miles north on the Illinois Central Road, washed out The Paradise Coal Mine, one mile north, is flooded to a depth of a foot or two, and more than a mile of railroad track running from there to the Illinois Central fload was washed away. All men in the mine escaped. AtCeniralia the rainfall was very heavy. The streets were flooded, cellars tilled with water, so deep in many places that people can not leave the hoje. At a laic hour last night Richland Creek, which runs through Belleville, 111., broke through into Winters' coal mine, near the town, with great force and volume. At the latest accounts live active and six abandoned mines wero flooded so that they will probably never be used again. The active mines are known as the Greenfield, Beatty, Western, Taylor and Kloes, and were working about 2tM inf-n All the mines were connected with each other. All, therefore, shared tbe same fat. The loss in machinery and genet al outht estimated at föuvjoo.

Town lestroyrI. Ark., Nov. 22. Yesterday a B.crr.8vit.i.K., cyclone in Iatd C'jossc.. live uiiic.s ry store and . hurdies are in were killed outright County destroyed La from Melbourne. Evetbe Academy and ruiD?. Three persons and several seriously injured. I.ateet reports from Melbourne o the cyclone there states tl:at seventeen perrons were inured. Misi Shetlield died to day. A citizens' meeting hero snt v Belief Committee, I caded by Doc-tori Lawrence ntul Case. io botn towns and ?l-V) was raised ir iimntd'ale relief In Texa. Galveston, Tex.. Nov. 22. It is reported a cyclone near Ogden last evening blew down a small dwelling belonging to James Burch severely injuring Mrs. Conway who was within. Two children with her escaped almost unhurt. The storm wa over in a moment, leaving a track seventy-rive yards wiue bare of trees. A STKANGH TO!iV. An Annnyrnon Writer Ilelates the Circumstances of the XYiWoti Tragfdy at Green. tlrld An Involuntary Witu- of the Crime. Special to tbe Sentinel: - Greemielp, Ind., Nov. 22 The cituens of this County were consult ruVy surprised to-day by the following letter, which appeared in tlie Hancock I)cmo:rat to-d.ty, relative to which a telegram .h published in tbe Sentinel the day following its receipt. The following is the letter: A:sirK-oN, Ind., Nov. 10, isss. rriT n IIancoi h Diiv v K.vr-In looking over the Tally Star, of Anderson. I saw an allusion to mo Wilson munter, Mmietbiug that I knew nothing of, but heard of oniclim. afterward, an i I will state here that it made trm bl'jod run cold when I read of Jt. 1 rill ted :c, hlool rt.tifto-rM er zm ii.nr?. nfrtuAi s.Zj ni 'ht m; sell, w ith three oinr pa!., boarded a trsin at Indianapolis and iau up to irecuticld for the purpose of robbing a Vault, but when we got there we found that w. could not da anythine, as we couclude! th-u we wero shudowed by otlicer. and in do-ltritu them wo left Greenfield and ran north We traveled on foot all wether uuul we Kot to a little town called l.dcn. Wo then com ludod that wc lad better separate, as we might oo susncioned if e all wtnt top ther So two of tu went Mraiyht on and ir.ysvlf aud pard went east about a mile. And then turned to Our left, and there wo ciossed a small stream. We tht-n went on till w come to a lane that ran due cist and west. We went but u short distant e when vq thought that we heard some one, and not wantins to b seen, we cllln bpd OVfr .1 h ifh fpn. p nn llwumth tl.l.nl the road and laid down. Directly opn.site on the ouit-r siiie, norm or u.', was a nonso. u e ha 1 lain lucre cui a snort um wnen we heard something like tho grating of bara door binges or that of a pate, mid thinkii.g tliaf it was tho man of the house just jgc ttiuir in, 1 told my pard that we would just ne stul and rest till he went in, and then we would k on; and, as it happened, we cio both looking toward the hou-e. ami all at once a man Appeared in front of it. He stood still a short titiin bh if tistetiinc. He then stenned on what teemed to be a porch, and with what seemed to be some hard substance ho broke the pane of class in the front door. He '.hen reached his arm in, and we heard the bolt Clo' and the door opened, and just as it opened we thought he u? Piet by a Xcra&le dad ia niäit clothe, aal ihcio were tome words t pok but we coui i not d:6tiiigulBh what was said. Then, from tbe souud. ae tfcousht that they were Lavins a family fi;ht, and then all was still for a short time. Then I told my pard that 1 heard the stilled crivl id a child, and that there Was foul phiy In tbete, and that we had better interferes but he tho'jjht not, aad said that we would wait a liitU while and see what we could hear. So we had laili there but a few inomen's when a man came out of the house, lie nood and looted all around, and then started oft' in en easterly direction. So we waited till he got, in the read. We thcu got up and followed iu the sume direction only we kept on the inside of the fencj. We went something like a quarter of a mile. The man then disappeared near a cabin. We went on b:it a short distance when we came to a road running north and soutti. We then struck north, and lust at daybreak we came out at a small village called lluutsTilte. We there went into a house and asked the wny to the railroad, and tbe lady said it was. just a mile west to l'endleton I asked the lady her name, and I thins she said it was tut ber, but I won't be positive. Wo then went to Pendleton, and when we Rot there the other hoys were thera waiting for a train and did not care which way it whs going. So we did not wait long until the train goir.g cast came, and we all got on aud went to Anderson and remained there till noon. We then went north, and two of tba boys got otf at a place cailci Tain peco, and I and my pard went on up to Logansoort aud. stopped over night, and the next morning he went back to Indianapolis and 1 went to Cbicauo, and from there 1 went into the Hiack Bills and returned to Indiana loft f prin g. But in tho meantime I had not heard what had happened at that bouse until some six weeks apo. when I picked up. 1 think, the l'ollce News, and saw rn account of the murder, and thought then that my pard and I were just as guilty us the man that committed the murder, as W-- were lying there so close and did not interfere, when, if wo had known what was going on, we could have saved two lives. Now, Mr. Editor, this may seem like acock an 1 bull Ftory, but, sir. the man that done that foul deed still lives in your County, and it is only a question of time till he will be brought to justice, as I think 1 can lay my banas on him at auy time. So with Ibese few remarks I will leave you the mystery to solve. ' My came I will withhold at present. N. B. You will hear from me ajrain. The murder as described in tbe letter above was the most dastardly ever committed in the County. The h'entinel at the time contained full account of the murder but to recall tbe circumstances: June 7, 1678, Mrs iNirah J. Wilson and Annarretta Cass, who lived near Kden, this County, were surprised at nicht and choked to death after a struggle for life.. The greatest excitement prevailed fore some time and Stepben L.Bate, brother jn-law of Mrs. Wilson, was suspictoned. Bat after a long trial he was acquitted. The County oflered a reward of $"&) for the arreit of the guilty parties, and leading detectives worked at tbe case, but nothing has resulted and the perpetrators are still at large. The description of surroundings and mannt r of carrying out the murder as given in above letter corresponds with evidence as brought out during trial. The enitor of the Democrat has olTercd to intercede between writer of above letter and the authorities that facts may be brought to lkht and murderers punished. Whether anything will result from the letter remains to appear, but it has caused considerable comment, not only concerning the murder but also the intended bank robbery.

WARRING WORKMEN.

A Bloody lUot Between Laborers in Pennsylvania. One of the Participants Instantly Killed and Several Tatallj Wounded. The Negroes of Birmingham, Alabama, Threaten to Burn the Town. A HLOODY KIOT. Workmen for Ittval Gaa Fuel Cnmp inies KnRRge In at Titch Itattle-One 31 u Killed and Several Probably Fatally ghat. tPiTTsEUKG, Pa., Nov. 20. Intelligence was received to-night that a bloody riot had taken place at the Natural gas we!l, Murraysville, West Mordant County, forty miles east of Iittsburg, between laborers oi rival Gas Fuel Companies, resulting in the death of one man and rbe serious injury of four others. The tiici..; . well at that point is claimed by the eni.t-.lvania Fuel Coin pan', and also by Mütj e-;ton, a Chicago cai-iti-list. The . ylvai-.ia Fuel Company has been in ie?5cstiun. This afternoon a pang of thirty laborers in the employ of "Weston made t'.vlr appearance armed with Shot-guns and viiibs, J heir intention was U take I'OssessloT. of the well and prop rounding. 7v riadi the well they ertv stirwould be obliged to renege a large pit lumber. The laborers cl the IVnnst Ivanu Tuel Comanv were dieting a trench for a ripe A soon as tbe object of tbe invaders became known C. N. Haymaker, a member of tbe Pennsylvania Fuel Company, ordered the men out of the trench. They were unarmed, and in order to hold the lumber vile sat on it in a body The Weston forces moved forward and ordered the laborers olT. The latter refused to go, and after threatening demonstrations by the attacking party they raised their guns and fired. The assault was unexpected and tbe result frightful. When the smoke cleared away N. Haymaker ami three others of bis party were found ly ins on tbe ground. Haymaker dead and three others of his party, w hose names were not yet ascertained, seriously and probably tatally Injured. A scene of the greatest confusion ensued. Tbe workmen of both Dartie engaged in the pitch battle. A man named Kiefer, belonging to the Weston party. wa seriously injured. Many others were slightly. Tbe eston force being armed finally put the Pennsylvania Fuel force to ht, und at last accounts were In possession. The Sheriff baa been called upon, and detectives Of this city were dispatched to the scene. A later dispatch from tbe scene of the riot fays the trouble occntred this morning and that the Pennsylvania Fuel Company led bv Haymaker, were the aggressors. The well was in the possession of the Weston forces. Haymaker early in the dav engaged in a Lru!l!e with a .workman named Cower t.U wee Jverely beaten. He then collected eighty of his men. armed them with clubs, and after assaulting and fatally wounding Kiefer, Westcn's watchman, SVeston's party opened fire, ith the result as given in the previous dispatch. Haymaker's party fled to Murraysville, and the Sheriff was not! tied and started to tlie 9cene with a po- It is reported also that Haymaker's brother and friends have crcuni.ed a party and left for the well with the avowed intention of haying revenge at anv cost. l:r.0p m. r.eports from Mnrraysville are conflicting, owing to the lack of telegraph facilities. The first story telegraphed is now The attacking party was led br anirmed. Albert Lowser. oi Irwin s (station. When they appeared at the well Haymaker mounted a board pile and ordered them off. lkwser charged cn nim and stabbed him in the stomach four times and then shot him in the side, killing him instantly. The order was then given by Bowser to shoot, and six volleys were tired. Three of the Pennsylvama fuel men were injured, and the balance, beimr unarmed. tied. Bowser then took possession, and with twenty-two wen are keeping the Sheriff and posse of twenty three at bay. Sheriff Kettering sneer ecied iojeapturing four of Bowser's men, and an inquest is now being held. Intense excitement prevails, and another outbreak is expected at any moment Bowser and tbe men on Weston's force are armed with Winchester rifles. THREATENING BLACKS. The Negroes of Birmingham, Ala., Threaten to II urn the Jail and Other Property. Bibmiscium, Not. 2!. Hearing of threats of lawlessness by negroes in the city, the Mayor last night ordered out two militarycompanies to protect the town. The negroes are incensed and are threatening retaliation since tbe lynching of Lewis Houston for attempting an outrage on a white lady Thursday night. They charge that the Jailor willingly surrendered the prisoner to the mob Saturday night, and that the authorities neglected any measures to prevent the lynchine. Early last night groups of negroes were observed in different places discussing the matter. They were heard to threaten t burn the Jail and tbe house of lhe woowii who identified Lewis Houston as her assailant. By 10 o'clock tbe negroes had entirely disappeared from the streets, and none could be found at places where they usually congregate, no services being held at any of their Churches. Tbe military remained ort duty all night. A mounted gattling gun stands to-day on one of the principal streets. The intended victim of Houston is a Northern lady w ho recently came to live here. A CRANK PKTECTIVK. He Arrests a Respectable Farmer far tlie Murder of the Crouch Family. jACKsojr, Mich., Nov. 2;. Yesterday afternoon a man representing himself as Colonel W. P. Terry, of Pinkerton's detective force, Chicago, applied to C. B. Bush, Seperintendent of tbe M. C. Railway, for a special engine to go to Mason, a small station thirty miles north on the J., I and S. Kail way. in quest of the murderer of the Crouch family. Superintendent Bush supposing him as represented granted the request. Perry went to Maon to secure the assistance of the Sheritr ot Incbam County, and arrested a farmer named Andrews living eight miles west of Mason, bringing him to Jackson at midnight. Considerable excitement was caused by the arrest and thousands crowded to tbe depot waitinc tbe arrival of the special train. Threats of lynching the prisoner being made the engine was stopped out of the city limits and the prisoner conveyed to the Jail in a hack to avoid the mob. Perry turns oat to be a crank and ex-conviet named Howard, and Andrews ia a respectable farmer, who stopped at the hotel the night of the murder, coming in very late giving for an excuse that he had been to a bouse of ill-fame. SberiJ Winney examined into tbe facts and sent And.ews back home.