Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-07-31

T r,iss INV readinu IF the character of
T EVANS
Inc man.
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Floods in Texas-Gkeat Destruction of
of Property.
correenondent of the Galveston Nclrs
vr;tino from Ia Grange. Favette conn
70 un5er dato of .Julv ii. pives the fol- |
ioo,1ying account Of lie recent disastrous
doods in th.t reoion.
+" For y week mast the Colorado river
has been very high. rendering it diff. |
o',1t an,i vow danecrous 10 cross oven in
- si,iW tI,ns n.tri,v otf nearly ali com. |
,nnnication WITH Bastrop and Austin, |
inc stages and mails being henmed up |
and unable 10 get ont.
HThursday night the good people of
T., GRANGE wont To their beds. leaving
the river still some ten or fifteen feet
within its banks. and at day it was
fonnd TO have risen seven feet. and at
nine o'clock IT broke over its banks
hhnxa ana below fms throwing two
;rr,,,o,,sa ti1os If ,vatar unon thp Town.
A. Liza, n'cIoci, Inc ,vatars had M Of in
~, a. 80 - ,.oIIo,,s hat,vaen town and
he r;,.,,. on the sn,th-west side and
10 s','n,1i,,i. ,,o.,, rorifllv A. t,yelve
n,o1onl, a. fDnnd }ts iavnI and having
Srit,ep al tna ;nhsh;tonts ont Of the
...ds,,,,,, ",i IL ~ tI,a to,,n n hernn
q nd
',iiS ~, W. ,,.,.d tha rrnif A. one
, ..I 'aie 4, ,,may ,itI'in iJnc5 Of tho NH
~; eAo oe,', :. % ,,d ,;sina so fast thpt II
49, ,Sa n,rn,,,d hacl, fron its edra
sc 1919 n,o,,',ls oF ,.on,an and chill
d.,., la ~ thn ,vator.s edye aud saw
u 'hei. st" n,ne "' tiIeI Nv tho flood and
49,, ~ the,, sSyenI a,Sov or tnrned
n '@uy ~ . tho, Stood willie the crash
~ s,,,ns,;,'or ~ dnS,vs ma
w. ,,.;,t';, Nfon rnshad had, and forih
", ~ haruai,.cl- or Amt Seek inc thoir fam
Ill.,, as. osI, in,, IN ossistance 70 liz n
L,s, VI oira.,d,,9 ,,yin,m,im,r m. cinin,ing
,.ouao 'fs a. loni,a On TO- ,,o,e
thair f,,r,,i,nre crn,,, those nnt vet hmm
d"tnd
g Ny,cons 1oodod will, furniture rata
, rod 70 md FRO some tn The hirh rround
.ts " t,a;t f,,,I ,,,ss ~ I,o,1eohoid
Will 'ie Eva nihars ~ fai,e oT ii,a re
,,,ai,,i;,,,s ,r,res p,fnrh fhrea o,clocls
me nni111,, sonnrn xvns n sk,cet Of xvntor
Store doors Nero thrown open and mer-
: chants and clerks stroye TO save their
Foods, or piling them in their second
Stories and on the counters; while every
man and erything available WAS put
: into reouisition to save the women and
children from the torrent which was
now rushing over three fourtEs of the
. town 4 hnnt was made of the boards
~ oo@' st1 III e,
49, trn,,rb rho a,,d
snar,hins tor Hose who nesdsd beIn'
2 There was no parly distinction; frielid
: and foe wore allied torpther to meet the
~ coinmon onamv.
"Snturdav. cltnc. and fotnd the little
c TOWN dnlur.h fnr IN thn suu.re and In
: Ivory stors stond four or iva foot IF wa
I ter. II WAS wholly deserted. and nll the
. inhnbitants hn1 fed 10 The ,jrh ground
and hills III tLe northnrn and noriheo 4
ern suhurbs Quantities Of nrovisinns
p ycrs destrovod in the storosNsnch NJ
n smear flour and cofIca-fho essentials
:, that wore In bnrrols and too heavy 10 be
u liIted ON counters or miner doors. Al
d Chalk Rjuffs fnl,r ,niIes above. on thc
y ,.ivsr hank ,,r ~ tha owe conld re.rh
7 TO the north. west and south, the country
was ono un6r6ken sheet of water.
t & Ii i ma there in tho distance
!. nnou,y III. clunins of oaks micbt ho
O seen ibe roots Of horses MT v,sfer,lnv
;, occnnieJ nv nrosnprons p,aniers' nov
filed hv ths waters.
= "Tasi nifrht thc woter had not reco1od
: and the rusitives werr not rcrmitted ia
n 10 TO their Lonnes During thn Who'll.
niyht Ike town WINS rnnris1 ~ armed
men in ho.is ,,gninst lie ,iegra,es. WIN
= thr,htt,iieil. 10 enter and seize the provis-
, ions and food for which they suffered
: These negroes had lived in flats -r ~ 7
Il the river, and in the past, fir years |
It have saved enough tf5,i I III Them houses
e and buy spi,lnn arrrls NJ pround from
/. whici.i,a,. ,rainii.I ,hnir sunnnrt These
$500 , ~ ,iS,do,. t,,entv G.et If water
thoic nrons dcstrovod anil their fences
mi hnnsrs swanf a,yav. A twelve
"i,Jo,I, tI,s ,,,ter b,d re,.cflod from the
enoeN ~ I've lar, its ,,,s,.,e Uouses
t~,,d puS e,,,u,,o, acro.s Tho street
c'''' .,,.o,,3 ',,a hnvne fIrniture
',i', ,' ~ 9,i'nno.;tol hore aud
-. T., ILL '.nnrs;oi, in The middle
lreIe, ~ VIZ .t",,r,,,l, ,,nrds The
oi inc Stioc1 VI ~, Su "i'7Vi" ,y"i,N,' -