Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-21
Extract Of letter dated

SCHENECTADY, lIW May 1000
l have Just seen a letter from Canajohaire,
yesterday, which says, "there are breaks
md breaches innumerable on the canal, between
his aud Little Falls; the navigation will be hin.
Tered at least a week" The dam at SmithtOwn
s partly washed away; and the canal, where it
crosses the creek, filled up with earth and rub.
above high water mark. The same thing
mas occurred at Speakers, where. 1t IS SAID, the
dam is more seriously injured. Twelve miles
above this, (Swart's) the river rose to a greater
height than the canal, and so displaced an ague'
Duct there, that the level has been drawn OH 10
order to repair it. In fact, there are SO many
and so much damage done between e.'s
and Utica. that the packets have ia'd up ior unI
present.; az the ONLY navigable parts OF tue ea"a'
are from Utica to Little Falls, and from oeue.
nectady seven miles west. Business VIII p'oo''
bly be DELAYED week or thereabouts.
From the Rochester Daily .Hdrerf'ssr.
The Gar House. at the bend of the Rail Road,
. few rods north of Graves Leather Factory, IN
this village, was undermined by rain ON sun.
day.n,sht. and fell TO pieces, from the high wall
ON which it stood. One of the elegant pleasure
cars sustained but little injury,-th other, we
are informed, was nearly destroyed.
IRON me fhltduePHtu u"~c""
The Harrisburg In,elligencer. of Yesterday,
mentions that the water in the Susquehanna RI
yer at the time the paper was put to press, was
SIXTEEN feet above low water mark, and still ris-
ing. The oldest inhabitants cav the rise is srea-
ter than has taken place for thirty years-hish-
er than the great flood sixteen years ago.
From The Troy Press.
Ala m ln,ks uhorn hut
a aay or two since alb was hustle and business.
there ia now nothing visible Dat the sweeping
food. filing the basement. and IN some instan-
ces reaching the second story of the principal
stores along Rivpr.street. No inconsiderable
amount of prnperty has been carried of Or dana
yed. Notwithstanding the heigh,h the water had
when we spoke Of 1t yesterday, it con-
tinued gradually to increase till about seven
o'clock this morning. But since then it has
been on the fall.
State Lock and Dum-So overwhelming and
has been the food occasioned by the
rains, that serious apprehensions were yes
terday entertained Tor the safety OF the Sioop
Lock. and ITS security POW is thought to have a
better guarantee, IN the fact that the water is fall
inp. than IN the inherent ability Of the work itself.
in its present condition. TO resist the action OF
Tue culfu ~ q SaSoNN'
The water having risen 10 such a heishth as
completely to immerse the sloop Lock, it was
discovered that Its action was first Washing away
the earth ON the east side oft. connecting 1t with
the shore. Disastrous results would have i'm.
med,ately followed. But Mr.. Sprague. of the
NORTH TROY Factory, and others, took prompt
measures to construct temporary dam to pre-
vent the water from passing East of the Lock.
That part of the work, however, lying between
the vest wall of the lock, and the east end Of the
dam and apron, and upon which the latter abut.
has now for many hours been exposed to the turf.
Gus action of the water, and to considerable ex-
tent has been washed away, but how, far-be-
ing entirely under ~water-cannot precisely be
told.
When the food shall have abatrd the truth
will then be exposed. Ii was evident. however,,
when we were at the spot this morning, from
what could be discovered BY the use of a set.
ting pole, that several ieet OF the embankment or
earth al that ~point-which is certainly a critical
one-was washed away. To guard the %uutinish.
ed part of the waterway to the North Trey Fa'.
tories from the furious action Of the driving food,
it was necessary to extend the temporary dam
Just alluded to, some rods further east. In the
prospect there is of the foods immediately aba.
ting, apprehensions Of any considerable damage
a%ccruing is materially diminished.
Ffeshet in the Susquehanna.
PoRr DEposIr, May II.
Great Ereshet. = The Susquehanna. which
was perfectly clear and unusually law. early OH
Wednesday morning, took a sudden aud unex.
pected rise, so that bv the evening of the same
day it was higher, as we are told, than it had
been for thirty years befnre. II rose nearly SIX
feet in seven or eight hours.-and continued To
rise until L o'clock. P. NJ on Thursday. Much
property, it is said. has been destroyed by the
flood; great quantities OF loose lumber. &c. have
fioated down the river, and we have heard that
some cattle had been washed away from an Is.
land near Port Deposit. 1t is rumored that
several lives were lost. but we have received Ger
tain accounts OF caIy one fatal accident. For
awhile, we were. under apprehension on account
of the canal, but we think it will escape with lit.
tie or no injury.
A lad, aged about II years, was drowned
near the head Of the canal. on Wednesday NOR
nius last. His name was John Thomas, he was
in the employment Of Mr.. Hessin, lnnkeeper. and
waa ancaOeb i'm drawing ont lumher uhpn the IA.