Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-10-23

The heavy rain caused considerable rise In
the Leligh and Schuylkill rivers. The bridge
a. Moosic, ON the Iehigh and SEQuehanna
hailroad, was swept away on Monday but 10
further damage was expected. At Mauch
A'hllnlt the Iehigh rose six feet, and cars load
ed with lumber were placed on the railroad
bridge to prevent its being carried down. At
Port Carbon the Schuylkll was higher than al
any lime since 1850, and great damage was
feared ifthe rain should continue all night. At
Noliistown the river rose eight or ten feet.
MEETING OF CREDIT0Rs.-A meeting Of the
creditors of Martin Landenberger u Co., was
held in Philadelphia on Thursday last, when
Mr.. Ernest, on behalf Of Mr.. Landenberger,
stated that his assets were $4,000, 900, while
his total liabilities were $i,400,O00; that his
large amount of real estate in the city and at
L.andenberg was entirely clear of incumbrance,
and that he would pay In full dollar for dollar.
Six canal boats, loaded with grain, in tow
of the steamer Aida on the Hudson river,
broke loose at three O'Clock on Monday
morning and sunk opposite Stony Point.
Fourteen lives are reported lost. The sun.
ken boats and their cargoes are valued ut
Sl50,000.
Thomas Nolan, an old one-legged man, keep
81 ola small grocery store iItBoston, was rob-
bed, on Sunday night, of $4,000 in money and
United States bonds. They were the savings
of many years, and lie was foolish enough to
keep them in trunk in his chamber.
The propeller st. Lawrence was burned
in Edwardsburg canal, near Edwardsburg,
Canada, on Sunday Her cargo, excepting
a quantity Of pig iron, will probably be a to-
tai loss.
Ladies' and Chidren's Fancy Furs, at Ex-
celsior Fur Emporium, 7l8 Arch St. Philadel-
phia. The stock of Fancy Furs for Ladies' and
Children Is very large, and no one can fall to
be suited. Read adv.
The Tabernacle Tent" in Baltimore, was
destroyed during the storm on Monday morn
ing. Religious service had been held In II
under the auspices OF the National Camp Meet.
ing Association, and for two years past iii had
been pitched in various cities Of the Union.
The United States Marshals In East Ten
nessee and Western Northern Carolina, on
Monday, arrested large number of counter.
feiters, whom the secret service detectives had
been 'spotting" for five months. The East
Tennessee prisoners were taken 10 Knoxville
last Monday night.
A letter from Padang, dated August l5ti
says the Dutch were making extensive prcpa
ratisns for a second expedition against Acheen
The force was to consist of 80 ships amp stea
mers, carrying twelve to fifteen thousand men
and was 10 start in October.
pidly to the influence of cold weather. Twenty
deaths from the fever were reported on Mon
day. Business is reviving in Memphis, and oil
Monday its streets were "crowded with vehi
cles, the sidewalks being 'thronged with pc
iestriaus."
The schooner Cecilia Jeffrey, with q carg
of 10000 bushels of wheat, went aground nea
Kingston, Ontario, on Saturday, and is q tots
loss.
The schooner New York went ashore q
Oswego, and began TO break up on Monday
The storm on the lower lakes has been tn
severest of the season.
The British bark Elizabeth Knowles Is ashoI
below Cape Fear, and will probably be tot
loss, though the most of her cargo may b
saved.
Leander +. Riddle, Hannah Riddle an
William NJ. Field have been granted letter
testamentary on tbe>sstate Of the late Re-
James Riddle,