The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-09-30


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Alexander X Foster bag iu.t com.
wiihmor matyrlou anls1r,'ire
reports lI ay' thoto tis way
from Orlando 10 llillon,illc. after
crossing Fort Na'llu branch, Loloft.
tho road 10 avoid boeginr 10 which
be was subjected. Tho safest place,
ho thought would be on n high black .
iackrilg' running parallel with Che
roal, wu.e' Bee accordingly took. /.
Altcr riding perhaps q mile, hisI
horse commenced begging, and for
a dis,ouceitwos questionable wheth- .
or he could getthrough or not He.
however reached more solid footing.
Again he commenced begging. Att
this time he noticed remarkable and
portcutious sounds IN bic rcar.
The begging grew worse as heI
progressed, until he had TO dis
mount. There seemed no escape
for him; both he and his horse were
still begging, The sounds in his.
rear increased more and more, and
became more and moro alarming,
aud the route in front more boggy.
lie dared not stop, as this would
have rendered it impossible for him
to extricate himself; he neither dare
nor could look behind him. His
whole thought and aim was to reach
terra tirma. At last after tho most
upcrhuman excrtions, both he and
shoro, exhausted to the most cx.
trcmo degree, reached solid ground.
Turning to examine into the cause
of those fearful sounds in his reer,
he saw the most terrific and appall-
ing sight it has ever been my fate
to listen to. The first thing that
attracted attention was that the
trees were moving, first giratory
motion Of the top, then some sinking
gradually out OF sight, the tops re-
volving more and more rapidly ms
they sunk out Of sight, others fol-
loving, aud as they fell revolving
and describing arcs of circle
against the sky. Then the whole
earth, as far as the eye could reach,
sinking, and It's place supplied by
waters, rushing, soothing, boiling
with the noise Of mighty cataracts,
and ever and anon, casting to the
surface the roots, tops or bodies Of
mighty pines and oaks.
If | could only tell it to you in
the language of tho awc-stricken
witness. It must have been, beyound
comparison, the most fearfully ap-
palling and awe-inspiring sight
ever witnessed. The horse and man
lie now painting in the memory Of
the horrors they have 50 miracu
lously escaped.
People are rushing from the scene
OF disaster. Our camp is crowded
with the terror stsicken inhabitants
from the country in our rear Eve
rybody is awaiting with forebodings
and horrible expectations. They
belieye the day Of judgement has
come. The extraordinary phenom-
ena appears more and more extraor-
dinary. The country for two or
three miles from here to lake Melon |
is entirely submerged, and is now
one vas lake. Nothing authoritative
from beyond, though rumors are
rife that Orlando is swallowed up |
and the whole chain Of lakes to lake |
Conway are now united and form
an immense inlandsea. We leave
Immediately and in terror for our
own fate. In haste, yours,
" Crrunrc
ApoPKA, Florida.
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