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Show ii nvs tini ruMiui scAnc. (tnrral Oreely ar tha rguul't Predte linn Are Entirely I'nau tbortied. Washixi.to.m, D. t'.. April a Ser geaut Dunn of the signal acrtice la recMit published Interview prvdli'Ud ibat one of the grH'.itent calamities ever known In this country U Inimlnaul in tho lower MimMppI alley, and hi statement ha caused him to be one cf the most talked-ed men In the country. In an Interview with po4t reporter last evening General Gveoly, chief lk'l observer, said that Mr. Dnan predictions predic-tions had been entirely iioam-)rii"t and Was linwulTaiTied by the facta shown. Gener.il Grely iuv that he does not think that Sergeant Dunn Intended In-tended Ills remark lo lw given such wide publication and thai he regret them now. "SergMitut Duun," coalinued General Greelv' "has been in li.e service a number num-ber of years, aad I hve always considered consid-ered blm one of my biighu-t and able it men. He wat stiitlou"l la New Orleans Or-leans for some time, and while there h made a study of the Miitppi river. mid he probably bases his itateiitenU en his obem rttiom inadH at that time. I is tviremelv unwlw, however." taiit (jenerul (fteely. "for an y one t'j make such xeiiMiilon.il statnmeui in a time of such general publ.r eMitemeut, and nothing should be aid hich Is not fully Wliriaiileil by the fjrt " fieneral lii'elef iid that h" had reejveil telegriins ftorit tiirt presidnnl of the New Uile.uis Ki liii'i') 10 whi' h that uf r; ! 1 11 jii tat lh.lt .TOIinta of Sergeant Dunn's prediction h;ive reached reach-ed Sew OrleaiiH and caused the gr4trl exrlicment itt ti city. The trlegraiu repi't( that author-tltiverb author-tltiverb niiit be sent ly General Greely If pohjbe, I;i reply to thl re'pien General Gen-eral (ireely telegraphed lbl tllTB ."( not any danger of lo of life. Thai lb w ater might riv to a siiltii lenl bolsht to cover tho llrit stori.nof buildings out heyood the inconvusiieui e, which might isntie from sin li a rondiuonof affairs no mote serious tronlile was to b aatict-Imted. aatict-Imted. Iu addition to this, GUCTal I Ireely has wired llio signal otllier tl-tioned tl-tioned at New ttrleans to denv th" truth of Scrgeani Jnmn's prediction aad lo telegraph the deulal all er tb State vt Louisiana II he thought it necessary. "The condition of affair lo the Mississippi Mis-sissippi valley iof ronr ery tarlooj." continiU'd the Krl' al, "aud tb)r is no prosper! of auv aiut'!iin'nl of the tlkoi during th" ti-t Ira iUys. The rier may poibly WA two vt thre Inch' hi-low M-tnphls. but vhn it ia alrradr fniir feet aboie the dner line, a fall of a few in'hes v.ill tuake no ddler- enee." lhn loss to the loiictry V1I, h thiuki, amo'int lo Miiiions of tl-dUra b"-forv the tl'vid sulsiib-s. pe'ial dlspulehes from sr Orlean ay there Is Kre.it iiinl!trn.tti3 ther at fte'rgfint Iutin' ptedn-ttons. The probability ji. h'ievi-, tlial Ss-rgeaot Iiiuiti is not respo;i.i. forthe Uniiaj' altrihnted to him. Jl'ire Lkvlv is is tE etravaifnt Ung'u" of ikjiub UrespJiti tM writer |