Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-21
The Very Latest.
THREE O'CLOCK A. u
HARRIsBuRS, March 20.

HARRISBURG, March ~.
The extraordinary freshets in the Su.quehauna
aud Junista rivers are subsding The water IS
falling rapidly. The damage done to the Penn
sylyana Central railroad is very slight. The
road is now in working condition Trains came
through on time 20 day from PlttsburS. The
damage done TO Ihs track six miles east of Hsr
rsburg will be repaired by to morrow evening.
In the meantime the business of the road TO and
from Philadephia and New York is passing over
the Philadelphia and Reading road.
The Cumberland Valley bridge has been re-
paired, and the trains OF the Northern Central
rosd are passing as ususl
THoNAs A ScorT,
President p c. r r. CO.
PITrsBURG. March 90
Telegfaphic communication With Oil City has
not yet been re established
We can give but meagre details of the losses
By the late food The loss is immense, being
moderately estimated al over two million dollars.
Oil CITY was completely f1odei. and many
business offices we're fosted away by the wafer.
which rose with unprecedented rapidly All the
bottom lands above OIL CITY were submerged.
and the NArlenstoek and Oh City bridge over
Oil Creek. aud the franklin bridge, over French
creek were carried away Derricks snd tanks
containing large quantities of oil came down,
and the river WAS black with floating barrels
most OF them filled With oil
Many Pit-hurg firms suffered heavily
All along the baDk- were sad evidences of the
effects of the food. Houses gore. families camped
along the banks
All the towns along the Allechsny river are
inundated
4 considerable quantity Of Ill in barrels will
be recovered. having Aoa,ei into eidies below
this city and let ground By the receding water
a. the mouth % Lesickley creek. /; IS estima-
ted that 500 900 worth 0! property vas washed
ashore Que large Geld At Manchester was en-
tirely covered with oil barrels, and a piece o {
bottom lands short distance below about %
acres in extent, is covered from elk to eight feet
deep with oil barrels hesped up in a confused
mas
NV loRx, March 20.
4 Liverpool letter mentions the death Of Tom
Savers, the Prize fighter Bells Lie con,rsdicis
the repor;
The Times New Orlesns Correspondent s.ys:
woman who let Mobile o. the sch saws the
rebel troops are being removed. snd there is
every Indication that the city will be evacuated
IL il probable that NOS, Of the garrison is out
side OF the city limits
The Times correspondent. writing from White
House, says:
Sheridan has destroyed more property than
vas ever before destroyed ia one expedition in
oue dsy. he captured one million collars worth
The KAns~ah and James rivers could not De =.
paired in two years The banks are cut and the
levels drained
Sherdan's command obtained supplies for the
horses sud men in Is counties which they ira
versed
The supplies wasted aud issued 70 poor starr-
ng women would have been sufficient 10 feed his
army for I month.
The Richmond papers contain an appeal from
officers recent. sashorised to raise negro regI
nents
They ask the people Of Vagina who have
given sons. brothers, ueasy sad property 10 sup