The Arkansas advocate., 1832-03-21
THE FLOOD.


 lest details we have received of the dis astrous effects of the unexampled rise in the Ohio river, which has spread desolation and misery along along tic t!i banks of that noble stream. The great city of Cincinnati has felt the effects oft most severely. pittsburg likewise has suffered much, and the smaller towns and the rural settlements on the mar gib of the river have, with here and there only an exception, been at least partially inundated. Our own river has been high, but not so high as to cause serious or extensive mischief.-.hational Bonner.
 Cincinnati, Feb. 20.-The river con tinued to rise until Saturday morning last, at which time it was G3 feet above low water mark. It remained station ary til about noon, whenit commenced falling very slowly. From Saturday noon til Sunday noon it fell & inches, and when our paper went 10 press last evening, it had fallen altogether twelve i inches.
 We learn from a passenger on board the steamboat Versailles, that the river fell at Maysyille IS inches from Satur- day morning at 4, until Sunday morn- ing at o'clock.
 From tte Pitts6urg Statesman IRe Hood.-On Sunday last, all of our rivers rose above their embank- ments-the Alleghany, Monongahela and Ohio, and produced q scene of waste, destruction and distress, never before witnessed here, and seldom ex- perienced by people inhabiting regions subiecttoi inundation. The waters were considerably higher than they were ever known to be before. People resi- ding on the islands and the margins of the rivers were driven from their tene- ments, and several buildings were liter ally swept away. Wherever the tor rent reached, t was resistless, sweep 1 ing foeks and herds, and making our fields and plains desolate and baFe.-I without attempting to estimate the amount of damage, or 10 enumerate or specify instances of individual loss and distress, wewill merely state, that they are innumerable and inealculable.- But so far as sympathy for the sufferers, l and an active heneyolence and concert cd efforts will relieve them, their imme- l diate wants and necessities have been supplied or mitigated. At a public fneeting held on Monday escning, 10 1 take into consideration the condition of families made houseless by the flood, and to adopt means for their relief, committees were appointed for that purpose; and committee was also specially appointed toreport, as far as practicable, the extent and amount of loss sustained. We shall avail ourselves ofthe information of that report when made, and publish its material state- neuts, for the information of the pub lie. hn the mean time, we copy from Mir. SylYester's "Despatch," the follow lowing paragraph or the subject.
 SILvEsTER's OFFICE, Pittsburg, Feb- ruary l3, lS32.-We have had a trc- merdous food--and Pinsburg and the towns in its vicinity have sustained great injury and loss of property The versroseconsiderabiy higher than they have ever been known 10 rise be- fore; being from one to two feet high CT than they were at the ssPumpkin Elood' in lSI0. Tie waters rose to so great q height, that many of the fam lilies on this side of the river, and oH on the first bottom of Bayardstownand AL ] leshany Town, were obliged te aban- don their dwellings. Several small hou- ses were entirely carried away--and several islands down the river have been completely swept: their fences, stock, horses, cows, sheep, hogs, fodder, Sc. SC. having i,li | beer; cleared of f to- gether! We will not attempt to esti- mate the loss and damages sustained; for it is sincalculable. Those acquaint- ed with the localities of this city will be able to form some idea of the height and force of the torrent, when we in form them that we had to pass to X, from our office in aboat,-that it rose as high as Liberty street on St. Clair street. nearly up to Ferry on Fourth, and quite up to Second street on Wood, be- ing tzro, aaree and four squares from the bank of the river. Besides the loss of property, the inundation has caused a great deal ofindividual distress, and we are gratifed to see anotice from the MaYor of ihe cifv calling q nuhlic