Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-04-27
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TIE FRESH TUE cANAi-InE .nops

IfiE FRESH TIL CANAi.-IHE .ROps
The great Fresh-nere properly speakinr fI,od-
n IL JlGrs. Whsb ias Jest sui seed, was The ureaes
"'eh bad occurred aee 1872 according tn the tc.lI
n2nt OF the coolest h'elitanls.' Though yrgnian
bred and born, we Lave not cen riisrn II Richmond
more Than sumo dom Years nd iherrterp ran sgcak
l'cs personal observation only at short period touch
lng eVehis Here hnono Tie marv.iiu1s recullrctnfs
relative to lie vagar 5 of enr good old 'yergood b.
c"se 'T$aHng 50 lice tract Of country. ar3 furnish
's c'.2blvl l9f transportation. and fof ngny other
hcnehis hHhy aud bonieously cnirrs.is itat some
ioriN years OF ssipce, lose upon lis shgre and
sNticd tu Us Lruad hcs until Nam street WAS A.
ed nigh Is The Del Tavern and that communication
was kept upaeng the Streets with the aid Of boats in
"nisl pa 9ais WefeFeeeyed al the Tavern. This
fAettd Cur especial Haler. aud We had despairpd Of
ever seeing 81 great fresh But the interesting If.
.'i2h WAS robbed OF ~ unriyalied characer when We
learned thai II that the Main sitea abont the Bell
Tavern AID below hafpon to hey ond Market Bridge.
was nom 1--we To SIX d! eght feet lueef than prteat
10 That the la'e Ffesl, while higher than the mem IRA
be 81" IN which pcoFlc went 10 dim at The Pe" in
o1als' gate no opportunities ior wacr navigation in
Nam street
Some ID the old ees and knowing ONES attempted
10 disafa2e our l1tle day flood, by comparing it with
mar which several vars gone ~ swept of Mayo's
bldgc. Then roseto the bridge and over Tie bridge
aud swept Ii clean OIL But another fart vnticairs our
last Nod. Formerly Meyo's Bridge was much io'rer
avoid the highest flood that il was supposed w'ud &c.
cur On saturday night the water aud the bridge
Nlssd and those who saw the collision were very apnre
iesYr HAT the waves would carry Of the whole afic
iciafe morning IN their strong embraces But tie bridge
stands yet, aud the waters are gone back to their ac.s
tnHtd bed. II Is hot strong luuhno Ter a beautiful
hrid5e-thou8h 1t has Withsiood ice chahcs" and i'm
peeH' and tremendous floods in the last two or three
yoafs HAT were thought sufficient 10 carry or d zen
,"eh specimens If bridge architecture. II establishes
one principle: that while symmetry and strength are per
al md
are mol always Incomptble
II IS declared by ole who speaks eX cahclra-wlo
HH"3 what nc say and who Observes every Thing that
iahes place, aad treasures up closely in us memory
Mat he hersnoreeycr. who never allows an, cfeat
10 take place %hoat beinp accurate in his coanents
upon H. III one way aaglhef-we say rst il is dcear
rd BY such an one that the flood Of last week exceeds
my lIlh- N Tie memory Of man since 1872 Fosi
ned ; 7ach authority we boldly proclaim it aud pni it
Town rs land mark-or newspaper mark a. YOU like
10 guide the chr niclers in future touching floods in
Ne nvor " hat the river then did not inform
cd lat we are 10 infer that il did wonders since sur
passed what we have just seen.
" G doubt whether such thing hyo such rises in
The river within ten eleven months has occurred
Nistana eenurya1d the probability is, 1t may not &C
cur asaIn Tor another eeary. II has been unor
luHaie Tor lhc James River Company, srailened as ii
IS i3r means-aud Tor the trade generally. The time
has been HE very worst both 0r the uade and the ia
pr1Eement, that The disasters could have happened
Ihe Company could have paid the interest ON is deb
bat for the disasters Of the last year. aud do ardent
y pay tlai they may oil sustain lss HAT y III
setnufiy interfere Wh their prospective ealcuaiiots
The wheat crop on the river las susaipcG ceyuni
'enbl. fnihous injury Wherever lie Young crop WAS
inundated, there musi Lave been cu!rcn OF eddy: If the
ofntr II was washed up II the latter, must lie hufrd
beneath n mud deposit II cannot struggle though. eN.
cep, where the Sheet of waier very shallow and Tue
deposit consequently slight An experienced Il 81
uer thinks that portion which forms the exception above
ndl1tu, uotS not bear the q! t TO the