, 1873-02-01

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and d Immediately tho wAtor began to fall at Port
Rspo 1asnS srSsa1 tho hSpGss s.s3 e 70 al r S 5Gsss noss
gntished that tho worat was ovor; but, aftor
dark thoy found tho wator flowing over their
door.sille again. and standing two feot hghm a. IN
their parlors, eittnB-rooms anu kttohons; Ihe
onothor gorge iiad napponod at Wataon's or
p.lmers fslsnd, and : second fortiaoation OK
ttar inHn eia IaolnJ tia wnter m again on
1nut 1,nst astt Main atroot reaotio tho
rrani danaioS " Van3oo. and covering tllo rail-
snsa tracEa abova md boIow and their huge
%aasa nast"s u owy, tno Wan atroet the iumber
.,i;as nHasea woro 1iftci m Ind alakon
is1sut insst lila thu smiling OF boxee OF
matches large honaen wero turned aukow, somo
moyod from their foundations, and two or throO
- Eli down thn broad Uhesapeako; and, with tho
wator aoyon foot tloop whore pooplo usually walk
od dan and traded, tic nervous and chillad inhabl-
tsnta wero driven into their SECOND BtorioB and
Swindnw'a Si1ud' md boeought delfyorance. Tho row.
ha.t" nr,1oi hv ro,irh md willing la1,la, not
ros,sn vorun, T to audi delnrep moved from house to
t.n,se e,d hro1,pht o,t women and ohildron, old
11a AZ ntn TspvS ~ .e"tar and followed their pro
toctoin anG IL, the danonr toir familiar
nr,a suun innratona noreies. nd outhousoa flont
paatt"A'' p,oat orowi1ad hard by tho stranger
HHahrI;s KEN ~ d;stant aott1on,onts. Pig
aaui.' a,n aooa animn1a. trans md he1pcB
estnns, 1,nwn t}mhor nhiugloa. Btsye8. and bonta
d;st. 4sn,t Jov thn a1lfod stroeg, and nil
aas H., W.; r;vnr nasr al hsnd oylo hid roarcd
tnq pruau t,sol arar" ~ wn,co and nnthinr that
10 Voice qaco Romnyc IN Tho sidos Of tho
snoAo Ma5 ,,an1n.. nuI ,,annio ati1 hovorinr near
thn roaanrna eozod oyer an extended prospect
Of G river snd hay' frozen rapids, md ielols HON.
and distant parts impollod onward, as in aomo
moving mob Of mans utensils and surroundings.
Il was Bcone Of equal terror and boauty,-tho
an aAtning brightly op tho placid By ana y; its It's
susouohanna halo aud calm, whilc tho clogged
river. uorploxed with crunohing and unwontod
freights Of ruin, exclaimed aloud, always omf-
nausly, aud ofton like MI artillery Of pain md pas
gou.
Afanv moor uooplo, stok of town 30 exposed
n Nni;1rn in lar paroxy,ua OF birth mud relief,
eadly took their departure for Oxford, Elkton,
Vayre do Grace, and BALTIMORE resolved to
Tho a,,nerb lawn granite dwelling and bank Of
1lr. Tonlo was piaocd originally above tho reach
Fl roshets ba I'll srennd it vas Inundate and q
'aocl1 ~ tlle railways waa ali Withdrawn,
t,n trseIn iuyisibla aud above 9100, 600 worth Of
nrorcrfv mn had daappearoJ In ono houso, tho
narnsn ns a Wnn,nn ,yho Ind died on Fritiar ro-
1nto nH NIL Until HG(lUGB-
dov ,ron n nroccasio,, Of boats escorted Il and
IVY t.'ss 7otnrrca "nvp WHAT to perryvilio.
tNo o'"'A1 Tmr TSc1nrnr m All. OTHERS
r,ossess,nr human conaoauonco wea lhs resoue
& ot e~o ~ nro aIavo " pnrt neuosit Hero thoro il
1u 1arma v n9Tx ia1sd ot t,re md roe auslainiuc
af fgr,n.bo,,se % aa,d oeeunoa by married broihers
a.n,ad poho,fs EohoaIv Ind boon ablo to COM
,,,,n;oato .ifi them betwoon "Wednesday and
tue following iuGhasS' 9ItMomh n;y ~ nd XIII 4
iloa rontI tno,sn tIot thnsr iR;nr, fnrm was now \
want ~" ;na.Tna 1n,c3 h;nh w;ih IoGrad cakes and
f.aiIa ~ frost rfi,or i,aI honn soon anyernl
t;naa ra e,,d W ad Loeu used to
snoai with tbom ii vain, tho sounds of the river
1nva of 3Pmnriaonmonf' a reward Of s1oO Droduc-
cd q BODY OF adventurous mon willing to go 10
thoir res reacuo. ThcGo woro ducE-sllooters and
shad- -aahers Of UaYro do Gyecc,-a gueor wild
1870 ~ bInrv1nnj vnter-mau WIN enbsiut partly.
in aosn;to Of tle laws, by shooting infcrnat
n,achinea into flooks OF canyes-bnclx dicks, and
nliing seinos in tic and beaches OF the head
~ pihG iho GSrsnnaa1;o. Two boats cab!oI togo!hey,
md lat att by s coil Of rome from tho shore,
omtcro1 ont tho drift Disappeared in tho ico..
rorro, az Into ! ease,ntao, and
woro nn1ted ncrogs tho leo, flo glotlges, until
nt M1to ~ nn,,"d NJ tL noonlo Of Lupidu,n. After
eront 1abor, ono submerged island wns nttainea
! S6t timsa. man foll oyorboard and was ia1nmed
! n tie ioo and again rescued. Tho ropo gavo
mt nnI t11o nlyontururs at Inst continued thoir
! mi icabaraa Of the river, No voice replied
from tho farmhouse to tleir hnlloo and, OK
nsetine ouly to find tho dead remains OF the be-
! toneuored people, they pushed on to the second
| isiand. which was ohaoa Of delugo aud aya-
! lancho.. and there saw tho two simple furmern
| padding between their hou1o and barn. At tho
door, an Old lady, wooping hystoricn'ly, blessed
God, and shouted:
HWe've done nothing bnt pray all night Tor
help. Glory! Glory!"
Tho water was two feet deop in the farmhouse,
and fro in one Of the hsdroonaa lnd warmed
these poor souls, who haa been aaluted al night
Ike frontier family belenguored by wloopiug
Indiana.
SEQUEL:
In the atreets Of Port Deposit, canal-bohts,
and evon sloop had been deposited a1uonsat
the hnbitations, and tho piers and wharyea OF
stone and timber were crushed, like an almond
under tho hse!, Hunmocks Of Ice, assoh a. nc we
| 500 depicted IN Arctic landscapes, Btfe"oa tMe
| 1S,1o ,f G1e1n