The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-02-04

The N. Z. papers contain some items
of news by this arrival, with markets
DC. The funds were declining-the tea
market was languid-cotton was improy-
ing, and the sales were large.-l5.
THE GREAT FRESHET.
The flood, caused by the rains and the
melting of the snow, last week. has caus
ed much destruction Of property on the
shores of the Hudson and the rivers fur.
Their South. Many bridges have been
carried away, and buildings also. The
Croton river rose to great height
and one half Of the Cro,on dam, which
had been erected at All enormous expense
by the city of New York, was sweep,
away. Several bridges below the dam
and dwelling houses, were also carried
away-and several persons were drown.
ed. The storm which caused this freshe
began on Tuesday evening, and continued
till Thursday night, 10 o'clock.
Great destruction Of property has occur.
red in New Jersey. The Newark Turn
/ pike, Belleville and Aquackanack bridges
have been swept off. At New Bruins.
wick a large quantity of lumber and other
property has taken to the water
River Delaware, opposite Phlladel pllia,
and probably for a hundred miles above,
was filled with heavy floating ice--,he
current running at the rate of five miles
per hour. Immense damage is appre-
hended.
In the Schuy kill, the ice began to
break up on Wednesday, and at o o clock
on Thursday night the wharves were
overlooked. The cellars of warehouses
and the lower floors were flooded. but
property was saved by activity on the
part of the occupants. Much wood and
coal were adrift, and nearly all the wharves
are more or less injured, some of them
being damaged to the amount of $500 to
$500. At four o'clock yesterday morn
ing, the current, increased to five or six
feet above high tide, began to subside,
but was still above the mark last evening.
The bridges have been swept away in
all directions, and the travelling is inter,
rupted in every direction.
The damage done by the freshet, owing
to the late sudden thaw, must be very
great in different parts Of the country.
We have. accounts from Vermont and
New Hampshire, Of bridges having been
swept away, and other damage. The
Haverhill IN. H. Egis speaks of dam,
age to the sawmills, tannery and carriage
shop in the Oliverian river, and the three
bridges over that stream have all been
carried away. 1t was also said that a
portion Of the Piermont bridge, over the
Connecticut, had been swept away. Two
valuable bridges at Lisbon had also been
carried away, and the factory consider
ably damaged A bridge across Wells
river, at Newbury, N. H., had also been
washed away. The Egis says-"There
cannot be reasonable doubt of severe
damages as far as the rain has extended.
Saco, Merrimack, Winooski, and other
rivers have doubtless done their work ol
terror, of which, by our next publication
day. we hope to know the extent.
The Lowell Courier says that the
Merrimack river was the highest on Sat
urday morning, it has been for many
years. Two bridges at Concord. N. H.,
and one pier of a bridge at Amoskeag.
were carried away. A saw and grist mill,
at Pawtucket Falls was also swept away
by the ice. The falls afforded grand
and beautiful sight, during the whole of
Saturday, and were visited by hundreds
of the citizens.
| The Philadelphia Ledger, of Saturday
says:-'sall the bridges on the Delaware,
between Trenton and Easton, have been
swept away. The loss on the river side
must have been immense-lhough at
this hour g o'clock) we have no positive
information respecting the probable
amount
The Newark Advertiser of Saturday
says--four Of the six bridges over the
Passaic river, were entirely swept away
yesterday, the large bridge at Pine Brook,
at Caldwell, in this County, has also, we
understand, been swept away, and we
hear of the destruction of numerous mill
dams and smaller bridges, in this and the
adjoining counties. The Bridge at
Boundbrook, somerset co. across the
Raritan, we also hear is gone.
Boston Journal.
The late Feshets.-From every quar-
ter, we hear of the immense damage
originating in the late sudden rise of our
rivers. The deep SHOWS which had fall
en- before Christmas, rendered the earth
impervious to the rains of the last week,
and consequently the streams were all
swollen to an unwonted height. The
waters of the Susquehanna, have been
rushing by our Borough, in swollen and
angry waves, carrying with them, vast
quantity of timber, and doing we fear
much injury at the north. The first vio-
/ ence has somewhat subsidized, and our
up country friends must now bestir them.
selves to repair damaged roads and re-
place bridges.-Pen. 7el.