Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-08-20
LOCAL ArFAIKs.

AT meeting OF the City Council, held on
Thursday evening, a petition was presented
from Washington Council, No. a, o. U. A.
NJ, asking permission TO erect building, to
be called the American Mechanics Institute,
in Fourth Street between King and French.
1t will be similar TO the Maryland Institute
in Baltimore. Itwas referred 10 a committee
Alfred d. Vandever has resigned the office
of Assistant Inspector of the Second Ward.
The City Council has granted the use OF
the City Hall TO the teachers OF the Sunday
School of the First Presbyterian Church,
meeting in the Institute Building, from the
9th TO 14th OF September, for the purpose of
holding fair and festival.
Council has authorized the Lamp Commit
tee TO purchase oil, wick, etc, as they are |
needed, in open market, instead OF making |
| yearly contracts as heretofore.
Owing TO the severe storm which prevailed |
on Thursday night the steamer containing
the excursion party of the Washington Fire
Company, returning from Cape May, were
compelled to lay at New Castle from II
O'Clock, Thursday night, until 3 Friday
morning.
Richard Greenley formerly proprietor of a
hotel at BridgeYille, committed suicide by
drowning himself in the Nantcoke river on
Wednesday last. His body was recovered.
On Wednesday, two cars which had been
placed on the new road near Milford juno
tion-not having been properly secured
shortly after the engine was detached from
them and taken back to the station, ran back
and coming in collision with the engine
"Sussex" injured il materially. The Engi-
neer, Joseph Hyde ha just finished oiling
the engine when II occurred and made Il
narrow escape with his life
Tie Storm and i@ Ebects.-one oil the
most terrible rain storms that has visited this
vicinity, at this season of the year since 1S42,
commenced ON Wednesday night last The
rain continued to pour down in torrents un-
til Friday morning, when ii abated is fury
! somewhat but did not entirely cease. Dur
ing Friday we had copious showers at in
i tervals, throughout the day. On Saturday
morning the rain commenced falling again
between SIX and seven o'clock, and contin-
i ued without intermssion until about nine,
0 when the clouds which had so long Obscu ed
4 the horizon broke away, and the sun burst
forth. In an hour or two it again clouded
= over, but after shower it cleared away,
9 since winch time it has been quite warm,
: the thermometer ranging at about S5 degrees.
"a The freshet in the Brandywine river sur
passed anything OF the kind seen in that
stream since 1842 The water rose some
IS eight or ten feet high completely overflow
e ing the land on either side OF the Creek
The marshes in BrAndywine Hundred, lying
between the Brandywine creek and Della
II ware river, were completely submerged III
n water. Thoro wero number of cattle RrnZ
ing on the meadows in these marshes, bu
Il we have not heard that any Of them wert
drowned.
q During Friday and Saturday, great dea
of fallen timber was driven down the Bran
g. dywine by the current.
"a So far MS we have been able to learn, mont
y of the mills on that river sustained any ma
l. ferial damage, though in some instances th,
lnI,.
70 workmen having taken the precautiOn TO re
move everything that could be injured b,
the water beyond its reach The bank q
W the race on the northerly side of the Bran
IT, dYwine, which supplies water power to sey
IT. eral of the mills, was badly broken.
10 The Christiana river was also much swol
-, len, and the marshes along its banks over
IT. flown. In the vicinity of Pine street th
lg water was foot deep in the cellars OF
sh number OF dwelling houses, dong muc
N damage. Walton, Whann & Co.'S Super
: Phosphate Factory, was flooded, and som
H. of their stock damaged. The race bank
on the Stanton Flour Mills, is broken. Abol
81. 800 barrels OF Flour was injured by the fir,
ns floor of the mill being flooded with waite
'at On the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Ba
ID. timOre Railroad, this side of the Susquehai
ot ma river, no material damage was done, bl
ess on the other side the injuries were so grei
In that the through train from New York dr
H. in Baltimore at g. 10 u. m. on Friday morl
n' ing, fell into a culvert about fourteen milt
see from that city, breaking the express, baggal
ey and mail cars, and iniuring Il. Ford, EXPIRE
tu- agent; II. W. Flanders, OF New York. an
,ho l., Easion, of Philadelphia, mail agent
'i -" Baggage master Albert Ransom was al:
az slightly hurt, but no one was killed. III
md damage has been repaired and the trail
are running regularly.
The Philadelphia papers say " that Il
city has never known such Il deluge. III
water in our rivers is unusually high. Fai
out mount dam bids fair to rival the famed Nj
I'D. CARA, and the numerous creeks and rui
,an which entwine the city swelled to Il
size of rivers. Shallow ponds around
lge have increased 10 the size of lakes, and Il
sed roads in the vicinity of the city are but ro
rn- ing torrents OF water. Unfinished buildin
lin. have been thrown to the ground, celia
~ have been filled, trees uprooted, eInban
'he ments carried away, cattle killed, and,
in one instance at least the life of man h
ng been lost"
or. A number of culverts gave way in Phil
~. delphia, houses were overilown, and consi
nol cradle damage was done to property III
Ter storm extended South as far as Virgini
led and North TO New York. and from the a
counts received, 1t appears to have dol
much damage TO railroads and property.
leu In the South it appears to have been mo
ISiIlhlC thuH Nortn VI uhi anu several llYi
in were lost.
The Cecil Wing gives the following n
Il, count of the storm in that locality Aft
AK three days of clear weather, something vel
mo unusual for the present season, rain aga
Oh, set in on Thursday morning, which conti
ear rl ueu s!eauiiJ a 'n!ousn ING uay, increasing
Seu heavy wind, which prOstrated tue grOwit
corn, broke and uprooted many trees. ri
the Big Elk Creek rose higher than it has be,
ck- for twenty years before, it is said by perso
-. living near it. In the morning il was fill,
rT with floating rails and logs. The water ro
round the bridge at Gilpin's Fording, OF
led mile north of town, making the crossing
the morning very dangerous. Villa
- Campbell, in attempting 10 reach the brid
ss' with horse and carriage, had his carra
m, upset and narrowly escaped drowning
10 Another Victim of Rebel Cruelty.-A fe
y" weeks since we stated that a man nam
An jeremiah Ayres, who was a member OF G
de h, First Delaware Volunteers, had vomit
,ot IL ball about the size of robins egg, Will
bly, carn na a"d 'ni, ~ of NJ rd ugnpTse' II
est was n noriion of tho food he had eotan ,,,ti
of prisoner at either Andersonville or Flc
ence. He had been i'll, at intervals, ev
an, since Ills return home, which was in gre
ecu measure caused by the cruel treatment
nm received at the hands of Wirz and his co
wo tederates, and this hard ball In his stoma
an had much to do with his sickness. For
time after he had expelled the ball from
of' stomach, he became much better, and hop
were entertained of his ultimate recover
40 The result has demonstrated, however, Ill
law il had remained in his stomach too long |
~ fore it was elected, to render his restorati
~, a., a.