Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-04-20

ErFEcrs Or TIE FaEsuEr AT 4In WEST.
The Wheeling (Fa.) and other Western
papers, Cor tie past three OF four days. con
taining additional particulars of the late
heavy frcxhet, are at hand, aud from then
We CLEAN the fol oHing additional. rarti3u-
lars:
At Wheeling the water was 60 hish that
many of the Inhabitants CT VIVA: is called the
'.Island," were forced To desert their hotses
6kiffs, vawls, fat boats aud RATS were cdiii-
mon on many Of tie streets. Regular lines
of small boats were r':si,iiEg upon sonic of
tile streets aud each passenger was charged
five cents. Lagrange. Wellsburg, and all
the tbwns above the city are deserted; and
the water is rushing through them at rap
i'll aud damaging rate. 4 number OF the
passengers who came Oh tile cars as far as
Llgrauge, and could co,iie no further. reach
ed here yesterday in u skilF They report
that there is no estimating the dau.age done
to property all aluug the Ohio. At La
grange there are several trains Of cars col
fccted, ana good many water bound pas
sengers, who are Offering fabulous sums to
get away.
La Wheeling the gas pipes became filed
with water; the streets were at night as dark
as possible. The water works were also CON-
PEELED to cease operations On Tuesday
morning, the water was running all over the
Island. and hundreds Of people are quitting
their homes and crossing the bridges in an
ticipation of a still greater rise. The Sus-
pension Bridge was crowded from day Wight
until late in the day by wagons containing
household goods, men. women ard children
ploddin along i'll the rain. A report reach
ed the city yesterday morning BY the steam
or Emma Graham, that ! house ia Lagrange
a short distance above the city, had been
washed away and that FIVE persons were
drowned An English family, consisting of
O. father, mother aud four children. living
on Deep run. about six miles above the city,
We're swept away on Tuesday, during the
storm, and all persisted but one. All along
the Ohio river great damage was done by
the flood. 1t is estimated that the damage
done to public works. such as railways, ca
nails, &C., &c, will reach $50. 900.
The amount taken from the Marine Bank
at Columbus. Ca, on the night of the 9Th
inst. was SIS, 542. about half of the sum
being in notes of that institution, and the
remainder in notes on other Georgia and
South Carolina banks. The thief omitted
to take u bundle of the Marine bills of the
value Of S. 900, as we'll as several bags of
silver which were in the vault.
THE PRESIDENCY OF THE CONVENTION -
The Developments Of the views the three or
four hundred delegates to the Charleston Con
vnntion, now here (says the Washington
STAR lead US to believe that the Presiden-
cy of the body will fall to the lot of the
lion. Caleb Gushing, Of Mass.
re- We understand that Mr. Moss. of
Fairfax, though improving, has written to
his alternate Mr. Seldom, apprising him
that Aa will be unable to attend the Charles
to- Convention. The duty therefore will
devolve ON Mr.. Seldom.
Res -CnoLERA.-About 800 hogs have
died IN Charlotte, N C., within the last
two months The disease prevailed more or
less throughout that section of the State.
The Forty-fourth Annual Convention Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Do
eese OF North carolina, will be held in Char
lo'te' y. O., on the 9th of Nay.
DEATH OF MINISTER CLARk.-Ne,c York,
april lS.-Beverley l.. CLARK: Minister to
Guatemala, died On tic I..al. of March.