Show by telegraph AMERICAN io 27 07 the disa disaster Ater at Is is not so eel destructive asat awat first reported Later laten estimates put ut the actual present loss at the leak was discovered on Bi londay monday and workmen were busy all day and night filling in about the waste pipe their morts efforts eff emd were useless at this morning the work was ads abandoned aud and the water then gained so rapidly that in a few minutes the dam opened E 0 penny renny of the glenville manufacturing co mounted a horse at the head lead of the flood to warn the inhabitants in the valley T the water which grew greater by the athe absorption of successive ponds pond as each lower dam was carried onn off 14 moved at the rate of five live miles an hour and from the time of pen neya warning up to the arrival of the water waler the people were busy in 1 moving their property but very little was wag rescued the accident is a terrible blow r upon the valley about 1000 hands are thrown out of work and industries are sadly crippled vou You youngstown NasTo wn ohio 27 cabarles 11 sterling who was sentenced to be bueg hueg tomorrow to morrow for the mur der tw two years eyears ago of a young ger anan gir girl i I 1 n amed named lizzle lizzie grumbach n er el was wad yesterday ie spited by y gov vortig Y oung till the alst of april next the mystery which has haa surrounded the accused was today to day I 1 intensified by parties who claim to be his and brother from maxwell maxwel p iOn lon ontario tarlo tario arriving in town and vis biting him in jail he has bince since since lilt his second trial commenced claimed that his parents reside there R and gave the names of different th members eMbers of the family today to day ghen when his hia supposed mother was tak ento onto seq liin she pressed forward ime him bith when he be coldly idrew drew back saying she fihe was not his mother ther lher ho ii liever ever knew her had neier nofer never seen her had never been in lia lla maxwell blakwell kwell and that his name was not charles 1 M sterling that he was once int intimate imato with the ahe real charles charies M sterling and has assumed eg his bis name mrs sterling ia 11 positive livo live that this I 1 is 8 her lier son though thong h he effa ft home seven beven years jears ago T the he another jn mother other tried to mention inci incidents deats that would make him remember aber lher her and besought him not to add chis jhio to his crime of which he is ac aused and with tears and sobs im in implored one look of ic recognition cognition but all to no purpose Is IV I 1 SAN FRANCISCO 21 27 1 I for a long time litigation has abeen in progress between the spring hf 61 valley vailey water co and the city I 1 irrelative to the payment of the com corn if ip palas pal pai anys VS charges charge sor for water furnished for municipal purposes the bills i lef erred to amount n t to covering a time from early in 1872 up to last month the lower courts have lave rendered decisions in favor of the company but the board of i supervisors super visors at a recent meeting refused payment pending the result of litigation gaLiOn gallon in the supreme court lito today to day the president of the spring 0 oV malley mailey valley alIey company transmitted a communication to the board stat i immediate steps be taken lo toward warda a fair sett settlement lement and payment for water used in the past and und the making of a proper contract for the future and such steps be prosecuted to as speedy asap eedy a fc slon sion as may be done under the law the corporation will cut off the u supply of water from its mains for biall ordinary municipal uses of the jo city except the extinguishment of i fires lt A chico dispatch slates states that the Op parties arties artles arrested in connection with the recent outrages there were today ent sent cut to oroville the county counts seat for confinement five of 9 them eugene roberts F E conway thomas stain john and Cli arles aties slaughter were today to day held to answer for murder and arl 1 son aon hon son john mahoney pleasant slaughter helary cwright adam 11 T jonea jonca and james fay weid were held heid r for or arson wali wail all xii waived au an examination hav ing lug made aborn statements of their thein guilt except mahoney who is held an on the nce of wright and will be brought before the grand jury nest rest monday mere more lions are expected before the grand jury A of f assassination v 1 is reported to have been concocted al whereby whereby ruby reby some ox bis or seven leading cit cli dilkens cil wens kens were marked far death the clil cili s aro are to detert determined hided to go 1116 the of the matter as it is Ati angly iu steH that there arp I lorr hony hont orp arp li part parti lep cp who are implicated in and accessory to the recent depredations CHICAGO 28 the excitement over the gold prospects in the black hills appears to be exciting more than usual interest just now A party of seventy five or a hundred men has been organized in this city and propose to take the field early in april A party of twenty from Blich michigan igan and another party of nifty fifty mostly bostonians ton ians arrived here this morning another company of forty eight from maine blaine will pass through here on friday five car loads of mill mac machinery maeh mach hnery mery was shipped on the northwestern north western road yesterday consigned to parties at deadwood washington 28 the treasury department recommends vigilance 0 on t the he part of the customs offic officers ers erb in the matter of the importation of horses cattle sheep and swine ao so as to provide against the introduction of the which is pronounced infectious as well as contagious the following gentlemen having accepted are announced as the commission to visit louisiana judge charles B lawrence of illinois ex governor J F brow of tennessee general joseph chaw ley of connecticut general john 11 harlan of kentucky and wa wayne y no niev BleV mcveigh elgh of pennsylvania GOLDSBORO NC 28 ampton Hampton Ei and party passed this point at noon at Timmonds ville florence and magnolia the citizens turned out in great force and cheered enthusiastically for hampton bands of music handshaking and handkerchief kech lef let waving accod accompanied palled every demonstration hampton briefly addressing the crowds norm horn the platform car said having been een elected governor of south carolina and being recognized by the people as such he hir intends to exercise exercise exorcise his rights his visit to washington was merely a matter of personal courtesy to the president wilmington TONS tonk N C 28 general hampton attorney general connor and general butler reached here this morning an immense crowd of people accompanied by a band of music met them at the depot depoti when a speech of welcome was made by hon A M waddell governor gover Gorer governor gor hor hampton responded as follows my friends IKO reo to washington simply to state before the president the tho fact that the people of south south carolina have elected me governor of that state I 1 go there to say to him that we ask no recognition form any president we W e claim recognition from the votes of the people of the state I 1 go there to assure him we are not fighting for party but for the good of the country lani iani I 1 am going there to demand our rights nothing less and so heip help me god to take nothing less ign I 1 go to tell him the condition that south C arolina carolina has been in for years past that our people have been under disadvantages never encountered by any other people on this contine continent nl that they carried the election were successful and propose to enjoy their victory s general augur at sew kew orleans te telegraphs to the secretary of war in answer to an inquiry concerning changes in the situation he says he has no particular change to mention with the exception that the packard and nicholls governments have been using strenuous efforts to strengthen their positions information has been behn received receive I that packard continues to arm his principally colored but adherents of nicholls Ni cholla say they have no apprehension df of danger as their armed friends are more numerous and effective than packard packards while an additional adit ional force from the adjoining states can be procured if necessary chicago 29 A special from the seene scene of the ce flood says little is left but the shattered walls wrecked bersand timberland tim hero here and there a gaunt chimney Tim timbers berd machinery and uprooted trees bristle everywhere and on th the oam once smiling meadow meadows no now buried ailep beep inthe in the mud are scattering scat seat fering remnants of some SOMO sort men miln mul mil n are at work repairing the converse and granite mills although seriously ap injured lured will be preserved NE NL W ORLEANS 28 three members who nho have heretofore occupied seats in the he packard house frank J dave nave davey dasey bof I 1 of saint landry barnard davies of point and ulger of ideria itlena were berc today to day sworn in and took seats in the Ki cholla lekis leiis legislature lature jy as jt it is as claimed that a fresh batch of counterfeit missouri state bonds have been discovered and money lenders are cautioned against the possible fraud RICHMOND va 28 wade hampton and party arrived at 8 38 tonight to night five thousand people including conservative clubs and a committee of prominent citizens received him with the firing of canon and fireworks An address of welcome was made by ex mayor masor clely after returning thanks for the ovation ova tian hampton enid he interpreted the demonstration as a tribute to the cause he represented good government governments home rule and reform the people of south carolina are in earnest we have tried compromise in vain vaid and last fail fall we planted our feet firmly on ithe the constitution and began to battle for our right we remembered that ours was one of the ori orl original kinal einal thirteen states state and strong men and loble roble women joined hands bands in the struggle declaring by almighty god that they would sacrifice everything to win cheers a voice you did win yes my friend we did win you cannot imagine what those people had to bear to win their constitutional victory but they won and fully colored men operated cooperated co with them and now thousands and tens 0 of f thousands of colored men are paying taxes to my government now we ask and all I 1 am going to washington to ask Is that the federal troops be withdrawn from fhe state house of south carolina the oni only y place in the state where my authority is not respected send bend the soldiers to the barracks where they belong and leave the government of that state to the nien men who are strong enough to sustain it my people tell me to hold bold on and so long as they have the right to give me such advice so help me god I 1 will hold 0 on 11 prolonged cheering CHICAGO 28 I it should be understood der stood that spotted talis tails mission of peace which wh ich was mentioned in these dispatches a few dava days since is entirely voluntary on iii in pa part it he himself proposed that he should visit the camps of crazy horse and other hostile indians indian to endeavor to induce them to come into the reservation the government has in no way aided him in his undertaking further than allowing him to attempt it should spotted tail tall be successful the military author authorities ides ldes wills will of course be very glad outgeneral but General sheridan shern Sheri dar dat says it is not his purpose to parley with the indians any further or to delay the intended campaign while negotiations between spotted tai tal an and d the hostiles ho atiles stiles are pending sup plies are now being rapidly for warded and everything is being bing put in readiness for this campaign which will be opened as soon as possible SAN FRANCISCO 28 A letter received by the panama steamer from the captain of the schooner montana detained by the mexican authorities ties at Maz atlan states that the judge of the district court had issued an order by y which the goods on the vessel were seized and taken onshore on shore against the captains protest and the vessel theia then allowed to clear philadelphia 29 A mutiny occurred on board the ship jamestown for san francisco lying off the breakwater seven of the crew were placed in confinement but giving no suM sun sufficient clent elent reason for the mutiny will be taken to sea on the ship chicago cini Ciri CAGo 29 john eltzroth living near peoria ills llis shot and killed his wife and then himself this morning they had not lived lived pleasantly for some years eltzroth had just returned from call fornia where he ha went some months ago NEW YORK 29 the suns editorial says the eight to seven cam commission mission that made hayes a fraudulent president is now abw to be followed by four to one or three to two in the commission in the louisiana case hayes has got up a louisiana commission of five live members all of whom with the exception of brown are republicans it may be inferred therefore that the commission will stand four to one on such questions as come before it but we presume that lawrence is an inde independent p eident party man and so the body may sometimes stand three to two it ia is such a commission as a fraudulent president might be expected to get and nobody can be disappointed with it weare wo are not surprised to learn from washington that thai hayes to confer with wheeler before he makes out his instructions washington 29 wade ham hampton n and party arrived this mornin morning they were met at the depot b by senator gordon and judge mackey who accompanied them to willards hotel LETTER TO PRESIDENT HAYES the following was addressed to the president by hampton this morning willarda willards hotel washington march ah 1877 I 1 to the president sir in compliance with your invitation I 1 am here for the purpose of uniting my efforts with yours and of composing the political differences which now distract the people of south carolina I 1 beg you to believe belleve that my anxiety to bring about the permanent pacification of that state a pacification on which the rights of all shall be safe and the interests of all shall be protected is as sincere as I 1 feel assured is your own for the accomplishment ment of the same ends my position for years past in reference to the political rights of colored citizens and my solemn pledge as given during the late canvass in south carolina that under my administration mini s all their rights should be absolutely secure should furnish sunni sufficient clent guarantee of my sincerity on those points which appear to be the subject of special anxiety I 1 have the honor to ask aak at what hour it will be your pleasure to receive me 1 11 I am sir very truly yours signed gaw WADE vade ade HAMPTON governor of south carolina the president returned an immediate reply that hampton would be received at one wade hampton senator gordon and attorney general connor called upon the president at the appointed time and lunched with him at two the conference is expected to be long COHOES N Y 29 du during ring a 11 nire fire re this morning at 67 mohawk street the walls fell burying charles walker a fireman in the ruins and crushing an adjoining residence mrs hanry henry luddeke was killed the ious logs on the property is insurance ranco range partial ST 29 the board of directors of Merchants tho the exchange Exclia today to day adopted the following resolutions lut ions Whereas continued delay in settling the political troubles in louisiana is proving detrimental to the interests of that state agricultural commercial and manufacturing and as this condition of things reacts injuriously on this city and the whole mississippi valley be it therefore resolved by the board of directors l of the |