Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-03-05

F0m The ttHC1HH afi iHfrlraH-tth II
TIE FEOOD1n
The river still continues On the RISE l. Is m
doubleday Gi feet above low water mar. YcstR
day It rose at the rate ofan .a.a hi hour From
az O'clock last evening g. IA tba mHrns W
should think nj the rate Of an u a apl h1f an
hour Tho l4G'cf from above reports We my
expect finn II L. lG inches m1rr Il wa idLuR
abafe tie Gre 1t kenowhn,H was al sttnd below
I,fase several inches whllc tn toni was u, May
vile We should hop the eh1ye may rot I've cor
ret for The seenc ALREADY pre- anled ~ da;rc lng,
but We understand # hip Is lle Least estimate I BIS
morning II continues 10 nj the rate OF inch
per hour
We took boat IN company with a number of q.
Tiers Yesterday afternoon, aud rowed 10 tn lo~'t
part ofthe city. The scene presented cannot easily
be described. 1t Wa painful TO witness drslruc-
ton on vast scnlr. some houses upscb-
others IN inn,ncn, danger Tho WINTER reached
the roofs oi the more humble, and the windows o.
the second stories Of good frnme houses Flat
boats loaded with won and children furniture
and live stock Race Vine, Elm and Walnut
| busy with the moyeahls The paper mills up
peared to b. in The middle Of the rlycr # river 1t
can be called Sklfs w.re passing Ia every dlrec
ton. We returned VIA Front street.-The f1e
houses flooded, the lower part Of the stree, Tnte
deserted, and the second stories occupied Of those
nearcr Muin-boat loads Of furniture from Water
street formed II melancholy toattaTmbH
| Two Of the workmen at 1lda foundry were
were drowned last night. They ran down the
cenr nj the time the embnnkmrnt gave way To save
/ perhaps some ctIccts--the water rushed in with
such fury as to render e2thpo impossible There
lsarePort OF two N three children beIng secure,
from noutInE log cubln but We cannot trace 1t II
| any authentic source.
FHDAY MonEIHG Feb l7th
The work OF deaoatlon still continues rlyei
having reached nearly 10 Lower Muh street Oul
composing room IS about square from the pub
hshing Office When VIZ issued the first creu,ai
| no on presumed II would rench much further thar
Coumbla-hut MI calculations have fdlcd s." II Is
stll the rise IL stall the rise nll that i
sad or known. Thu boaunen are crying beneath
our windows "twelve and half cents to Ii,
mouth of Main street Every KIND Of craft IS pu
IN requlsltion tubs boxes, cano,a, fats dug- outi
sklhs, yawis, &c. Sc. he a=rn. "a 40 hvr1v "A,
the regatta of Venice, though W. may not boast o
Bravo or hntonio. We ought to r,rcpta 61kcy
who manages his trough with wondtlful dextr
rty.
We cannot suumcrate hnlfofthc sad calamtic!
past with It's accumulated waters, carrics With
the wreck of It's dcsolatlon a church passed ID,
city with ITS stcepe, bound for New Orleans, ",
presume a poor mmket Excellent frame house,
float along, with hay stacks ruis, leaving the farm
Stript of every vtstge Of cultivation The lowe
Mil Creek Colerain bridges have also hoa,cd of
aud tn bridge over White River in kentur,y Tn
Kentucky River has backed mp as far az Frankfort
, iDntl aabn IT, H..
the Tennessee wcro both very high
We should think the water Mt tins tim, fFrida,
Evonng) nearly At lts helght--rsing this mornlu.
about onc half OF an inch an hour--We have In
little 10 add to the above. From the " look out n
the Commercial Hotel, corner Of Broadway am
Front, We had an excellent prospect Of" Cincinnati
as II is The waste OF waters The suburb
East and West, with the lower put Of the city, d
far es Lower Market the cellars Of which ar, iii
led with water, were naveable IN every direction
Newport opposite THIS city, was pretty we'll aAoa
the winter rcarhiug nearly to the windows Il
3 the second story Of tn Z : Arsenal Covlng
ton do. bctter-some dr. land beng yet discern
bic
The bridges ut Dayton and Miamcsburgh ar
. seriously injured The embankments At the forme
e, place answered wcll--no inund,tion There Al
reports OF II dreadful flood NJ New Orlcsns-prob,
, bly, without foundation. The only lives lost, be
.ljes those already mentioned are two n, erocS /
e he Eastern suburbs.