The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-03-25
Cofal affairs,

us from all along the river of great destruc-
ton and loss. The current was SO strong,
at the mouth of the river, that the steam
| ferry. boat, Maryland, was carried down on
the fats while crossing with the Saturday
morning train. The telegraph wires of the
| Company that spanned the river between
Havre de Grace and Perryville under the
was stopped between Port Deposit and Per-
ryville on the river shore road, and the stage
was compelled to take the old circuitous
route over the hills. A large quantity Of
lumber was swept away from the yards about
Port Deposit, while the streets and cellars
of the town were inundated. Farther up
the river, about the mouth of Octoraro
Creek, the damage to, and loss of property,
was very great Messrs. John and David
Shure lost very heavily; one of them losing
several head of stock, and a tobacco house
with its contents, consisting of several thou
sand pounds of tobacco. The back water
in the creek submerged the rolling mill of
the Mccullough Iron Company, and the
Towering mill of j. S. Christie & Co. on
the opposite shore of the creek, but no Sc
rious damage was done at this point. One
span of Conowingo bridge, joining the Cecil
shore, was swept away, and lodged on the
flats at the mouth of the river. All along
the river the destruction by the freshet has
been enormous. The Harrisburg cores
pendent of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes
on Monday, as follows:
THE GENERAL scENE-ExTENT OF DAMAGE.
Harrisburg is now perfectly isolated, the
water having rushed over the banks of the
river about four miles above, forcing con-
nection with the Paxton Creek. This has
greatly increased the volume of water to the
north and east. 1t is twenty feet deep at
the Halfway House, two miles east of the
town. 1t has now reached Vine street, Gov
ering it to the depth of several feet.
On Front street, it is very near the man
sion of Gen Simon Cameron. On Second,
it has nearly reached Meadow lane. The
canal is completely obliterated in the food.
The gas house is submerged and the supply
of gas has been stopped. All the engines
in the Novelty Iron Works are under water.
Porches. stoops and articles are floating in
every direction. Every rolling mill and iron
|
hundred families are drowned out Of house
and home,
THE DAMAGE ELSEWHERE.
The loss Of property elsewhere along the
banks of the river must be unprecedented.
A Rebel invasion, followed by burning and
pilage could not prove as destructive as
this food. Booms on the north and west
branches of the Susquehanna have broken,
cod I'll. L.
thousands of dollars worth of logs and tim
her. Bridges have been swept away, among
them the bridge over the Juniata at the June
ton the one over the Susquehanna at
Clark's ferry one at Duncan, spanning a
creek, while all the rest are more or less
damaged. Islands are under water, stock
drowned and household articles lost
At Middletown the water has flooded a
great part of the town, destroying a very
large amount Of property, while, in fact, all
along the stream houses and towns are i'm.
mersed.
Telegraph communication has almost en-
tire.y ceased The Western Union will lose
about $40, 900, the United States Company
about $4,000; while all the other compa-
MES lose heavily.
The railroad communications are nearly
all severed On the Pennsylvania road, be-
|
feet deep in some places, and about Column
bia it is deeper. Several bridges, it is
thought, have been swept away here. The
Northern Central cannot cross the bridge
here, and are sending their passengers to
Baltimore by way of Philadelphia and Read
ing, &c. The Pennsylvania Company is
running its cars on the reading road. Col
Thomas A Scott is here experimenting the
transportation business. The Cumberland
Valley Company have ceased running. So
also the Dauphin and Susquehanna. A large
number of strangers are here awaiting trans
portation.
The floods seem to have extended all over
the States of Pennsylvania and New York
We have accounts of the great destruction
done on the Allegheny river, and on the
Hudson. At Oil City the loss by the food
is estimated at S2,O0O,O0O The city was
completely flooded, and many business Of
fees were hoated away by the water, which
rose with unprecedented rapidly All the
bottom lands above Oil City were submerged
and the McClmtock and Oil City bridges
over Oil Creek and Franklin bridge over
French Creek were carried away.
| Derrcks, tanks containing large quantities
Of oil came down, and the river was blocked
with floating barrels, most of them filled
with oil. Many Pittsburg firms suffered
| heavily. Along the banks were sad evi-
dences of wreck. Many families whose
houses are gone are camping along the bank
All tie banks along the Allegheny river are
| inundated.
A considerable quantity Of oil III barrels
| will be recovered. having foated into eddies
below the city and left aground by the re-
ceding waters. At the mouth of Sewickly
Creek it is estimated that one hundred thou
sand dollars worth of property was washed
ashore.
A large field at Manchester is entirely COW
! cred with oil barrels, and one piece of bot
tom land short distance below, about
twenty one acres in extent is covered from
six to eight feet with oil barrels and lumber,
in confused mass.
BILLS FOUND. The grand jury of
the Criminal Court of Philadelphia, on
Monday last: found true bills against G.
Milton Allen, late Cashier of the Philade-
phia Custom House, as follows:
"Bill No. 458 charges Gideon NJ. Allen
with the larceny of $6,765.
"B'll No. 457 charges Gideon M. Allen
with the larceny of SOL, 764.
"Bill No. 460 charges Gideon M. Allen
with the embezzlement and larceny of ST.
56195.
"Bill No. 456 charges Gideon NJ. Allen
with the embezzlement and larceny of $780,
20, $40 and S14534.
"Bill No. 451 charges Gideon NJ. Allen
with the embezzlement and larceny of ST..