American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-03-22

from the overflow OF the river. nc IT,
cent high water had washed away two
of these dams, and large force of work
men had been employed to strengthen
the only remaining one. On the morn
ing of the 18th, however, after
a night of fearful anxiety, the
pressure of the water forced the sole
barrier asunder, and the lower portion
of the city, comprising about two-thirds
of the whole, was instantly submerged.
A large number of persons, failing to
escape, were drowned. Many houses
were destroyed. The full extent OF the
calamity can not be known until the
water subsidies.
"A correspondent at Pesth, on the
18th, summarizing official and private
accounts from Szegedin, says the dead
must amount to many hundreds. 1t is
impossible to make a close estimate, as
the number buried under the ruins can
not yet be ascertained. The houses, built
of sun-dried bricks, continued to COL
lapse long after the first
thrush of the flood. The work of
feeding and removing the sufferers was
proceeding with the greatest order. Six
steamers and 20 tugs had left Pesth for
Szegedin, and the Hungarian Minister
of Finance had forwarded 100000
forms in aid of the destitute.
An official statement shows that of
{, 200 houses in Szegedin all except 261
have been destroyed. Most of the hab-
itations destroyed were of the lower
classes of population. The loss of life
is variously estimated at not less than
1000, while many think it will reach A.
600 or even 5000.
IT is believed that IA vessels of the
Gloucester fishing fleet, with about LAG
men on board, went down during the
terrible storm on the night of the Goth of
February. The vessels supposed to be
lost were at work on st. Georges Bank,
the famous fseding-ground for
Goldfish and haddock, situated about 140
miles southeast from Gloucester. The
vessels which rode out the storm and
returned bring no intelligence of the
missing ones, and there is little doubt
that all are lost. The gale is said to
have been the most severe ever expert
enced in that latitude.
THE Post-office Department has is
sued an order for tri-weekly fast mail
service on the Mississippi River, from
st. Louis to New Orleans, to begin as
soon as practicable. The contract has
been let to Gen. j. B. Price & Co., who
will place On the river a new line of fast
steamers, which it is claimed will save
over so hours on the round trip.
THREE murderers were hanged in
New England on the 14th-William H.
Devlin at Cambridge, Mass, for the
murder of his wife and child; John Q.
Pink ham at Concord, N. H., for the
murder of his employer, Mrs. Miriam
Berry, a widow; and Henry Gravelin at
Windsor, VT, for the murder of Herbert
o. White.
The Pacific coast also furnished
three victims for the scaffold on the
18th. At Maryville, Cal, All Ben, a
Chinaman, was hanged for the murder
of John McDaniels, and at Portland,
Oregon, Eugene L. Avery, alias Archie
Brown, and James johnson were hang
ed for the murder of Louis Joseph.
Victor Nunez, Mexican, was also
hanged at Pueblo, Cal, on the 14th,
for the murder of man named Rams
cone. The latter's wife had become
infatuated with the Mexican, and
in order to enjoy their illicit
amour without molestation, the lover
killed the husband and then ran off
with the widow The couple were iv
ing in Nevada as husband and wife
when they were both arrested. There
was no evidence to convict the woman
as an accomplice in tho murder of her
husband, although there seemed to be
no doubt of her moral guilt.
CHARLES H. BELL, prominent law
yer of Exeter, N. H., has received from
Gov. Prescott the appointment of United
States Senator for the extra session, to
fill the vacancy caused by the expiration
of Senator Wadleigh's term.
4dE Onlo hepuUuCau OIdtc SouVtH-
ton will be held at Cincinnati on the
28th of May.
THE Mayor of st. Louis has issued a
proclamation intended to check the tide
of impecunious colored emigrants from
the South. He warns them that there
is no prospect of their obtaining en-
ployment in st. Louis, that the city has
no funds to keep them or to pay their
passage elsewhere, and advises all those
who have not the money to carry them
through to the West to remain where
they are.
THE bark S.eipner, from Rio, is quar-
antined at New Orleans, the Captain
and second officer and boy having
died of yellow fever during the voyage.
THE six-days international pedestrian
contest for the champion belt, at Gill
more's Garden, New York, was won by
the Englishman, Rowell, Ennis, of Chi
capo beinp second and Hartman of