, 1870-10-08

8, 1870.
subject to inunaation. and in
p1ncky bravado tho inhabitants Of. it Resolved
10 stay insulated all night. The dsrkno.s OF
this plsce Is remarkable, eycn by moonlight:
for !; 1ies: 30 to speak, under mere cfssk 9;
dark, and nothing is hearl here ex-
cept the rosr Of the tS? s1xeFz. En-
day night catue doxn With the Sten*ndosn
street of Ha1psf'a Ferry deep pu!idle ot
moving waieT, and tha whole space ba:wsan
Bolivar and Lundon Heights ! dslu5e, Tho
ordinary Gcpth OF the Saenaua 'ah /, not above |
i've feet, but the water roon rose tan. fitte:n.
aEd twenty feet, aud befurs dirk tbs lalaild !
wh4 ta4t beco1aiEg eubmesgei. When total
darkness CANT. and the little town possessing |
no gas. was merely 6lu.ce VI streetsr tas EsIn |
Of the how1iuE OF the rivers. tbs cEn1chiug OF
d-ittwood, ard the noise OF nature il pain,
cries were hearl from the side oFthe ;slaat,--
island now no more but part of the soAnilg
rirer--ana the lishts of the dwellings thezeais-
appeared one By one. The people OF the main-
up the roa1 to Bolivar Heights. md from that
high plateau where Miles surrendered they
GRessel the fate Of every -oul 1pon,1lse leland,
and specuiased upon the sepataEe identity OF
the eeyersl shadows passing doEn the gull.
Tie Shenandoah, about IN eighth OF
tiiisa tsi,s ".e' 10 ths depth p',a' Il thirty
feet, aad the only lights which shono IN
dauntedly alt the night. we're in tile 1rea. ertst
mill near the upper end OF the is1aad-one Of
the most val;1,blo mills in the couusry-wl,o=a
st0t,t walls stood u hke tower.
When c.orcing broke. the Shenandoah side
OF Harper FeEry Was an eddy OF ruin. On
the iel4nd there uere few structures left. and
tAess WGEo GteaYfu!ly men2"ei bv trees,
heamf, nId debris OF all descriptions. aud
their occupants wefe tecn at the upper will
aoae, seeking relief witl, outss1efr!cu hands
| oczy tide EoRfa N the cellar Of the hotal 1T
| the Junction. nvrr tho railway platforms. and
even a1oaua tic engine house Of Jol,a Brown.
making 4 rast lake and cataract nj tlls two
great valleys. It ti]ed the armogy yard,
Hooded the ce1lsIs OF the rniAed workshops
there, swci,t uI tic sa'ii piers Of the ot1
bsieEe a..,,!, 1,sl ou;laste1 every te-ifucllse
energ: Of the war, and aerieusls Ine:aeal also
the railroad oTfdge OF wrought 1r'n braces
acroes the Io.uraac. lho R.lti:nn7e l.
t:io 'r'"s n-''shs} tltsusn til: aclase
alt d7y, au.t The Uuat:ria1 p4sseaSafs,
rs they csosst.a the riveE, lo<'kri doxn uuon
| TIC nIa.LtrSna in The ts4y 1t tho nlua 1:tl.e
Tia whole Of sha. Saturday VA series of
episode. 1t IIarpcEs Ferry A. viyll.a the
bloody Nonday. when Johu Browns bHnd
|
Houses and 1uil]s yielded and passed. lowa;
separate foiks were RESCUED from the freshet:
the inlAbisAu'd Of tho little village, so of,eu
cursed with rapiue, enacted the wh1ls dra,ua
Of heroisI and suffering unailssl. and. at tha
head OF tho Committee Of Publc Safety, =
public sritit IN the p!tce, wadcd around and
bossed things ,ise . benevolent pirate. From
far up The valley the carcas=ss a,td structures
Of other towns AoAtca past. ia m1:1v ca,es
recognized by the Ferry people, and sll vent
down the common gulf, tho Poionac.
| or TO WASHINGTON.
The Potomac passes few hn1all villages in
tie mountain gorge immediately below Har-
pcrs Ferry, sucl. Sandy Hook, Wesyerton,
knoxville, and Berlin; but, nra: tic Point
OF l:ccks, 1t leaves tho region OF rail
aud high road and enters TINT desc;
,a,s ,:N ,;s country 1 OF Siiis,ness , h. AID I'd
Cnion soldjese. Nothing hut rope and II lille
ferries ars uow encountered, and 10 consider
able atsiue1st enters tile river, except the Ma-
nbcacE. The Potomac at tines exr1uI5 tu
half mile, and again contracts to mere tor
rent. Along its left bank sas=cs for the whole
iistauee, the Chesapeake aud Aho Canal: At
tLie eessun o: tll.: Year crowded with coal AID
quarry barges. aud graft fiatS. Passenger
beats, p1opcilcd bs Etealn, take plaiis and ba s
gage, auh let tEem out 1t tho au1cra! locks
1l'rcugh :as qlct ce1n:Es tho gteat f:esl.t
,
drawnirg eLetp, cattle. and hozec.. carrying
away IT. useE. barns, hay stacks, feEces, aud
boats, s1proosirg trees, tearing ZIP lock-. and
| moving acrer ii pebbles, and aii 1tere thing:
ssera compelled 10 make the lesp OF tfty feel
. ut the Great Fslls. By Saturday morning III:
c1na1 ~ q the f1vfr were the sacaa boiling cl1t
! rrnt 10 the eye; navigation was suspended
. an.l the src.het haul !io.rci nt1 thu lumb"
ri:es. tto:'ped the hig MILLS. and cracked hun
.lred, II i}uar barrels NJ tha busy q1ays .
. t'eo1gttown.
, PANIC AT WASHINGTON.
OF rasite G. rg-.a.: :lcre i III is.su call
; cd M:son'e. or !anafoa:an, a|'sut 100 acres i:
e'i1,. 1iicee. aud below tii- the po,pm,c ex
| panis Into Il wide poof like lake. The rive
, maLes 4 turn to tho south near!y at right ~
+ giles here. hu. creek OF canal called tho r
, b+t, with nido mouth, discharges into tn
ro.omac at tli. bend in such ulaurer as t
: receive the whole volame Of the fte=hcts
:, The canal il the citicf ecser Of Washington
= and it lore the inrnt1asion up into the heart O
i the town. Very noon the waser began to ru
= np the strcete. even into Pennsylvania avc1u,
a drowning ont part Of tho market h:ust
y .loodiug the hotel cellars and FALCON reataul
:, ants and standing like bruad lake within
- block Of WiIlard's Hotel. 1t was h!ei Wit
!, overy vsriety Of domestic u|en+il and odible {
:, y, inedthlo quadruped. Amongst the objes'
- negro haoy, bes.Eiddcn By couple /
- cats. Its banks and bridges We,
=. =. filled with needy negroes, hooking out drif,
"a wood, eeeLiyes, barrels. goods boxes, Al
- VT. cEe Of furniture. In its sling, ame!ln
current boatmen and raftmen were paddli.
10 crossing streets, on tho ontslda Of tho Ttbe
G, ve1e become rrccaEtoue. eFen for wagaa
- The vile pur!ieus Of prostitutes aal vagF.n
o. rs tie creek esdn we're soou depoqufatad, Al
n i,'saush The elufce. saving what they coul
e 1t n,ght this ainsnssr, Eeek'ng river vas ~
es OF floating lights aud police bstges. 1t nj
" ~ extraordinary spectacle, aud many curio,
sP neor1e reu.ained II, night to enjoy it.
ss sa ass ,ss ca,.a aacS n'f fl 5ss 5
=, aud the pile Il, rsil"1y T.. bridge ,,,,bs:s bss
se AID balf broken up. Tho Potomac look
Is to be two miles wido; it VAS nearly Of Il
IL: color Of blood, aud stsewn from shore to rho
M With the infinite objects Of tho vengeance
'a- the freehet, through which the steam fal
ess boss moved with the greatest difficult
~ Travel YVES suspended; navigation nna1
- cessed scores Of poer people waSe housulcs
fiT hundreds at others had laid in eIoayh II
g. wood to keep thstn al! winter The mourn
II yestisee OF LundEed nnisvl for:unaI VI
re- henred agAinst the skeletons OF the bridge
ns one buumet had piano case, anothe
he Look care. 4 third N aucient beti-tead.
I'd pride ot family. Not until MONDAY did I
ier watc1a greatly abstc.
=" TOTAL DAMAGES nj IHH FLuOn-
es, The full lossee il. kind and lie br this hc
sIs in the Potomac and lanes Valleys will pro
ss- 'e BY foot up as follows:
.11 LsTce lost .-......
'"H Cattle and she+p..
raj Railroad property. kts
the >.::l property. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
lhe Houses anil household property. 23a
,he CI0p3 Ca5TltAl 0H- lU
'AA ROa.ls and hli.ipra.-... ....... ........ 2t0
!,. City wafeht Ise damages. s.............. 2E
tte n.msee to canals and boat ptnre:ty..-. 4H
lify LOSS to the communities and railways bg
tho Interrupted ttaas11oTsA1lun 4,ooI
the EThe rlc*' and 4 lanti.T OF coal alone wiE "
her fected to i2scr part OF the abt'Sc aalnuntl
rs. The tats Manage BY the hood OF lss
W., probably IS ,6t0, ,enD, two-thirds Of which
,ear TALL upon the poor aud 1abo;ing classes.
al; TIE clr17AL etrT As wArER1So FLAcE
or- Some word, on the topography OF W.
eIe- inctcu City. aud what resnain- Ut the '.ts:
, to miles square" formerly constituting the
= Of t.ict OF Colombia. may b. property said U
sc-. this episode. A. New York aud fhi'ldels
,lcs, lie between two sivtrs, so do.A the eap
ca,. citv, Thu District las q water-hne upon
oee; | Potomac OF abons ten nilea /; tho roto1
!, i, falls mari il from northwest to southe lst,
- 10 the actual city front ID nc.1ly four miles lo
bounded veefwaEdIy By Rock Greek aud e
such usrd,1 br the Antieo5'ia or Eastern bEs'
nes Tie rcd city extends back on Rack u
mi h,n5Iy a mile. aud on the EASTERN Bra
inn nearI1 three miles. Through the lungs Of
siyi,; civ flows sluggish and tre1cheroas tor.
80, | c.ita3 ysri0uslv the 'sTibcr Greek, anu