The concussion was so great that at least forty of the darkies were knocked off their feet and thought they were killed by the explosion.

Paul landed at New Orleans, April 27th, finishing a journey of two thousand four hundred and thirty miles.

He was feted and lionized in the Crescent City until he was in danger of becoming enervated, so he boarded a train for the north, some thirty pounds less in weight than when he started at Oil City..