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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-11-10

UUARIING.-Slngle gentlemen, or gentleman
~ and heiT wives, can be accommodate with pleasant
rooms and board IN small family where the comforts OF
home may be enjoyed, at SIS Murray.s,reet n2swa
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-11-10

GEKMAN SILVER, GERMAN SILVER,
JAMES G.. MOFFET, Manufacturer, I2l Prince
sS n y offers for sale, the lowest ma,ke, prices 500
lbs German Silver of different widths and thcknrssr, IL
consequence of paying personally his particular attention 70
the manufacture OF this article ne stand unrva
of color. and fully equal 20 the innnorfed oil Inc
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-11-10

QST, In Wall street, on the sth instant, q
beck dresn By D, Bsrrsu u Co. ia faror Of Firth
Sr III me Shioa Bank Cor ou. hpndred DOLLAR The
omon Bank with Firth Hall " '' e 'e'ei % s''
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-11-10

u Health Quiet, and CGmfoE s-. ara,
to strangers stopping few days weeks the CITY such as
rarely ssby LOCATED led on , ssin a5 Ss amy
msiiate vicinity of the principal steamboat landings It's
and Whale eas hs
gliding entirely Animal Food and stmnlants Of all KINDS
Charges moderate and every effort made 10 render BoardIs
street, o1 iy25 Il
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-11-10

ROARDING--UNrrED TEMPERANCE
- HOUSE al s. Greenwich s,res,-Ths house i, large
aud the rooms furnished with CRATES we'll cslcus,ed Tor
FAMILIES or t'sSle ssate%en One parlo, the 6ls deo,
Meals equally low. Pleasec call and see nd Inc
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-11-10

A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE and two
three single gentlemen be pleasantly accommodate,
ed with board by applying AT a East Broadway sz5Q
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
Parish Of East Baton Rouge.

Parish of East Baton Rouge,
Nv virtue of an order from The Honorable
rebate Conr, in and for The parish Of Fast
Baton Rouge, will be sold by The undersigned
Parish Judge on
Thursday the 2sth day Of Sept. 1e43.
lat II o'clock M: Of the Court House in thT
Of Baton Rouge. The following named
belonging to the succession Of The late
John !. Gorham decd; to wit;
London negro man 20 years Of age, house
servant.
Henrietta. negro woman 25 years Of age
good cook and wasberwoman and her
two children oae abou. 8 years old and
the other shout one yeor,
Dedce about II years, house servant,
Diana about 20 years, good cook,
Henrietta yellow girl aged Ia years,
Terms Of sale.
Cash, 4 payable on the first Of Jany: 1914
and | on the FIRST Of Jany: ls45 in notes en-
'dorsed to the satisfaction Of fhe administrator
and payable in Bank and mortgage 10 be re-
tained until final paymset.
aug. "a 20 Oh. TESTER, P.J.
WOOD CHOPPERS AND A COOPER
WANTED.
A number Of wood choppers are wanted TO
cut cord wood IN the rear Of The subscribers
plantation on the highlands.
ALSO,
A cooper to make sugar hogsheads and mo-
lasses barrels. Apply to
STEPHEN HENDERSON,
2 miles below Baton Rouge.
aug 20 20 At.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

lin The countrg was filed with muddy WA.
tier, NJ d The machit 9 y dos Dyed or great.
ly damaged. Thousands .f p%nnneIs Of
fences have been carried away. md MI
crops in The valleys Of tho creeks gfent|y
injured or destroyed,
In addition to The devastat'ons orcnsion.
Jed by tho aeood, the large stono barn Of
Mr.. Lewis Davis. ofHaveffotd, WINS struck
with tightening md entirely consumed 10.
|eether with dvsF fifty tons pf hay and sptne
wheat and onls.
The btedgsover tshtsn creek on tho old
|LantHstsf toHd. Ia swept uway. Also the
mill dam Of Mr.. Brooke, and that Of MI.
John Evans, swept AWAY.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
CAN rGtENps FORGET T..

#s&4#4@E
Can friends fotget-4raH ffiende forget
The blisrlul ties tha, bound thetn-
Ttoss happy hovrF when once they mot
With hope and biiss around hetn'
Can | Iofget-rah | forget
The cham of ftiendshiP-hesef =
Around my heart il fingers yet,
A tie ! would not eeter.
When wight shadows vel the ground
When uad Of broken hearted,
cit Inc down 10 gaze around,
On scenes mud years depariad,
I'oAd inemurs to my heart shalt bring,
The friends | loved ]sintetes'.
And in my eafs again shall ring
That voice | valued dearest.
Scenes Of The past ehall come agai''
In saeet review before me,
And sacred teelinge yet remain
10 eptead their lustfe Ger mn,
And thinkeel thou that III forget
Thy suuthing friendship III ever -
This heat may thrul, and break. aud
Twill not lvtgsl thee evet.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
DELAWARE County,, Aug. 9th, Is13.

MI DELAWARE 'ouNTF aug. ON, 1910.
81 Dear Sr:-Ihls county was visited
n yesterday with tho largest mud most de.
destructive fieshet which has occurred with.
Mn the memory Of our oldest inhabitants.
II 1t commenced raining early in the morn.
n ing, and continued 10 rain moderately
kw,th but little Intcfmisslon until after two
r. NJ, when the rain began to fall
in torrents, accompanied with much thun.
gder and tightening. In fact, it appeared
Hllke II succession Of heavy thunder gusts,
q Though not accompanied with mnch wind.
/ II will require hundreds Of thousands of
{ dollars to repair the damages accustomed
nby the freshet alone. The numerous null
Isstrcams which traverse this county were
gin n few hours converted into perfect rivers,
Z and in consequence, bridges, mills, dwell.
4 lIngs, fences, have been swept away to a
smosl alarming extent. Many lives have
undoubtedly been lost, but what number
| well not venture to state positively, IN
: consequence of the contradictory unor
which have reached me.
4 | will proceed to state some of p%articu.
J lar instances of loss, which you may re-
sly upon being correct or nearly so. The
! stone bridge at Darby, over Darby creek,
swept away-two lives lost.
The bridg over the same creek at kei.
I Iy's factory, much injured. One of the
dwellings attached 10 the factory was car.
ried off boldly, together with the inmates,
consisting of mother and four children
all of whom were drowned.
) HaIfa mile above KeIIy's a small fac.l
#tory, occupied by Mr.. Kent, was carried
sawav. together with a dwelling, but mol
lives lost. Still! higher on the sam creek,
the paper mill and saw mill of Mr.. Obornl
Lewis were considerably injured.
] One half Farmer & Markers pape mill
not occupied was carried away. The
wing walls Of Darby creek bridge, near
Leedom's mill, swept away. Also the
wing walls of the bridge over the same|
'creek where it crossed by the West Ches- /
ter road, and the arches extensive injured
Crum creek bridge, Beattie's dam and
tilt mill on Crlm creek carried away Al!
Riddles factory a team Of horses drown
ed.
The lattice bridge at Lewis mil [CrnmI
creek carried away entire.
Ii is reported that three persons were!
drowned at Bancroft 'smill and eleven onI
Chester creek.
The above particulars do not probably
embrace the one. hundreth part Of the loss.
sustained within the borders ofthe cc.ntrv.,
The iawer story ofevery factory and mill
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
East NJ lllobore.' Aug |,

tSMtriE Nrrp ~scorNpRRliSM II rder tn.
\ caption the Clcavcland Herald Of the 9Th inst,
+ relates the following case of crIme and per
fdy:
To some days past a reccnt eiorcment Ia:
cause no little talk in our city, and the fact,
\ which have come TO light are almost too humi
Hating to poor fallen human nature, tn heal
allud,nE to, II appears briefly, tha, nr. Henry
b, Peabody, a practising PHYSICIAN in Clcave.
land, was called some three years ago, TO vist,
professionally Mrs, Belden, vic of Captain
i Clifford Belden, then in delicate hc alth, and
has subsequently been employed as the tSmi.
" physician. Early in July. Mrs, h, left the
city on a v sit to her relatives in Summit
county, aud after she had been absent some
two weeks, DR.. Peabody left the city with a
buggy, net Mrs, B. in Portage county. doubt.
less by appointment, took Der into BIS convey
ance, and neither have since been heard from,
Circumstances attending the meeting and
%elopemenl were SO mySteriously arranged as
10 lead the unsuspectng husband and his
friends at first to suppose Mrs. b. bad been
murdered on her way 10 visit her friends in
Geauga county but facts, terrible as death,
soon remove The suspicion. " The truth came
out, that DIR. 7, hat abused the confidence the
husband reposeA ia his professional integrity,
and in his honot as a man-had seduccd The
wife from her tdelty-and for wears the
Iacpraved physician and patient had been living
la concealed righteousness and guilt.
What adds, If possible, 10 the enorni'y of
the conduct Of adultereF, is the fact that he
his not only deserted an excellent and respcc-
table wife and an interesting family of chill
Idnen, but in addition to robhang them of peace
and happiness, he has literally stripped them
|of the ~coavenieuees and necessarlss of life.
We arc informed that to raise money for the
he n~aor,saged his properly, including
even the furniture. &c. Of the family
Peabody is abou, ii years old, S feet 10
inches high. rather portly, with full. brandy
face, speaks quick, and shows a rather
set of small teeth. and is a great
lbragsadocio. Mrs. B. is a very small, frail-'
looking woman, about SO years old. and has
child CT.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
ETAT DE la LOUISIANA.
Psrolsse d'Est Baton Rouge~-Ooa. du
Trois,sms District.

iroialsms District.
! Mary Kennard femme,
James 8. Rhodes, son mari
Cstte cause par sonssntsmsnt du cohssil Q
etc assignee pour CO jour. Attsndu que II.
vidsnce verbaIs OF par ecrit n implement eta.
hi Que la plaignapts est proptittalre dos or
clavest
Mafyi agts de ~ ans, g, ses ,rois snfans,
Lucy, aghs de q ans,
Nancy, dc . ans;
RI son jeuns snfant n6rdmt Henry,
En- yeftu dune adjudication par Charles
Tessler. Jnge do paroisse 81 ax-ofieio Juae
de la Cour des preuyes, 10 26 decsmbrs 1s4l
pour Ia sotpme de trelzs cents quatrsyinRt.
quinzs p~iastres, ct dus Mary Kennard a mp
proprie va portion ds Ia succession de "a mere,
Cunu,s suit
Trois rbnts slnat-six p~iastres "a quatrs
vingt -douze cents, ct sa portion des bisns d.
son psre, sasoir:
Slx cents 1uatfevinkt. utss ~pisstrss o. wing.
o'n1 cents, Ell pottr balance d'aequit, a donnt
4 Ia succession de son psre, don ces s~sclayes
furnnt achstts, Sos dsux obligations pour cent
soixsnte-sept ~piastrss, ct soixHhte.six cents.
cbaqus uns dssarellss Il stt depuis liauidfe:
1T Vus ibN 4ifH fst fAVSs stHlGU tA pTDpFIGtG &c
paree ct paraphsrnsle de Ia plaignsnts, Mar,
kennatd, ct dc plus que lee ~affaires de- sot
mari, fames n. Rhodes, sont tres enbaraasts
ct gus lee droltg sepafes ct Ia prophets do Ii
piRfgndbtg s1rt par consequent en- danger. l
est done ordbnnt, adiugs ct ddcrsta que Ia
plaigpsnte, Mary Kennard, soit dtclsrte Ia
propritthift des e~sclaves sus-msntionnss 10.
yoir Mary, agte do n ans ct sea trois On.
fans Lucy ages do 0 ans, Nancy dc 2 ans,
ct ~l'enfant Henry.
Qu'iIs soient dtcrttts IN prophets atparss
et parapherHale, Of qu'eIIe ait s6uHs Iadmipis
tration de sa proprittt separes RI parapber
male, ct gu'slle SOFT ~stparts en- bisrs d'avse
son dit mari, James y. Rhodes. Of au'sllr 10
couvre seq frais de process.
Go "a Juin 1643
ISAAC JOHNSON,
Juge du 3me district.
10 certife que 10 sisdlt est uno yAritahltI
copic dn Iugenent or)glns1.
A. WtHTHsor.
aout . 70 Gfefier.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

Death at Il Gaming Iabie-Singuia,
CircumStunce.-The German papers SPEAK
LOT a singular circumstance. which Is about
to give bi. III 10 II law. Suii.-A middle apec
man was not long since, playing pharo al
shoeihen, IN the pr'nclpaIIty AnhaIt. H.
i had been playing for some lime when the
scard h h Id won 1000 due It's. The deal.
fer handed ever the money, and inquired
hos he wished TO continue the game, but
tie n1an made no repv. Repeating the
1 question and receiving no answer, he de
sired one Of The bystanders to see if some,
was moi the matter with the mi n, he did
/ o, and the player was fund to be a corpSel
The dead body was taken away, and the
sdea!er very cody DIR W back bis 1000 du.
Eats saying that. he game was a cvnaIlag
'natsG contract. made between persons ca
!pabie of fulfilling It's conditions, and could
mot be- supposed 10 bold good between the
and the dead. The heirs have claim
led the sum, and the matter has been 10
the tribunals.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
Dim

DIED
On sunday The 20 III Ihsti ut half past g
% .rlnck A. M. al the residence Of w 6 Gayle
in this parish. Mrs. Sarah Heath Kane Of
Nashville TeGnessr.
The New Orleans Picayuns and Nashville
papers will please copy.
At the residence Of u Confad Esq in this
parish last evening. Mrs. Hannah wife Of AT
Fed
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

Will be sold, without reserve, on
SATURDAY, the I'd Of Sept. next,
lat 8 o'clock A NJ at the Louisiana Penitentiary,
"a variety of articles manufactured at that in
'stitution. consisting of
Horse ard OK carts and wagon wheels,
One peddling end one Dearborn wagon,
A large assortment of coopers' and cabI-
nets ware,
Harness, saddlery, &c. &.
Terms Of sate-AlI sums under fifty dollars,
'cash-for fifty dollars and upwards the pur-
chaser to give endorsed notes payable at the
Louisiana Bank on the first day Of March
1874. II LANOUE, Sr,
aug IL 81 ct Warden.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

AGooD DAucHrER.-A good dangh-
ter! There are other ministers of love
more conspicuous than her, but none in
"a gentller, lovlier spirit dwells, and none TO
the hearts warm requitals more
iIoyfuily respone. There is no such thing
as a comparative estimate of n parents
love for one or another child. There is lit
lie which he needs TO covet, TO whom the
treasure of a good child has been given.
Blu q sons occunatinn and pleasures carry
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

SINGULAR Casa negro boy, the
property Of Mfr. Andrew III. Jordan. Of Co
lumbus, Miss. died in Louisville, Ky. on
the 9th inst. The editor Of the Advertiser
says Of him
We visited him after be was shrouded,
In Company with his master, from whom
we received the following remarkable de-
tails concerning him. He was four years
old in April last. and four feet one inch in
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PROBATE SALE,

Parish Of East Baton Rouge.
Will be sold by The undersigned a, the oouft
house in this town, on
SATURDAY, the I'd September next,
at the usual hours Of sale, lots No. /, &, 7, g.
o. Il 10, Of square No. so, Deanregard's sec.
ton Of Baton Rouge, belonging to the ~succes4
sion Of the late John Randolph decd.
The sale Is made at the expense Of Aug
Doplantier who failed 10 comply with the con.
dttion on which he purchased said lots.
Terms cash.
july 20 % CHI TESTER, p J
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

AaS.HAS 1lENr,--.in English mer,
.chaut, now ira .eliing in this country, ,eu>
Espeaks in correspondence of The manufac,
ItuFe of American hemp:
saw the States navy yard stores, a.
engines and machiner yior spinning OF twis,
Ping cables, which is far superior TO any
thing of the kind | have seer IN Eng!an nd.
|Ihe Americans are growing their own
hemp on the Mississippi the foreman Of
The ropewaik say that it is much superior
and will stand a much higher test than thu.
Russian hemp. and that the cables they
make are much better and stronger than
The best they can get from England
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

l T.lmup,e AkLEegaI, THE CHilp or Mrs.
- -~a ct 10 make man," said The Greater,
and n,ytiads ef angelic beings listened TO his
voice. "De nos create him." spoke the angel
Of justice.
ALE will wteng his brethren, ininfs and ops
press the weak, and cruelty ~ill.tfeat The fee.
bic. "Do moi create him. spehs The angel Of
'reare.
I" lie vii, manure the earth with hum, n
Ilieud.''
''Tha fret born If bic fate viii he an assss-
|sin and murder his own hreiher.'
" He will aesetfate thy Sanctuary with his
liee," esid the hngsl Of truth, and though
llutn ata'tpest on his teuhtenahea thine own
image. The zeal Of truth, yet will falsehnad
and deceit prevail in his voice. ''Create him
not, he will rebel against thee, and abuse the
freedom which lhou hast bestowed on him.
exclaimed The fhnrne of assembled angels,
Sill they g rHe. when Charity. the young.
pst and best be- 10, ed If he etei nails creation
approached his throne, and knels before him,
q Create him, Father" she prayed, in thine
own image, lei him be The beloved Of thy
geninees. When all tir servants fofsshe
him. ! will preA and lovingly assist him, Ills
very errefs will | turn to hie good. will FIJI
The breast rf The weak with ~heuevplenee. and
render hin mertiinl towards thnse who are
weaker Than her. II he depart fen, pence and
truth, if he utfena justice and equity, | will
'atill be with him. and the Consequences nj his
Down rrtnta shall chasten his heart. and purify
ID II, IN prhitenee md 1--we"
The uhit efeal Father listened 10 her voice
and created man a weak and etfinu being.
But even in hia ertore, a pupil Of the divine
goodness. n child If ,prfet, IoFe and charity
which neYer Iorsahes him. and ettll strives TO
amend him.
Remember Thy origin. q man. when Thru
art crunF and unjust. Or all The divine attrls
butes, Chariy alone stood firth 10 plead that
existence he gran cd to thee. mercy aud lote
have foslered thee. Then remember. be just,
be ineteifnl,
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

height, wasbofn In Mississippi, Of pnrents
in no respect remarkable for any deviation
from the ordinary size and teippe'amepi
sof their respective reses~4nothing unusual
lin pefsop or mind, distinguished him. until
he completed his first yeaf-when he DO.
gan developing IN a manner that excited
4 The astoni-linnnnt IL MI VIM saw him
| lis hair grew with surprising fap'd''y ovft
Sh,s entire body md face, giving him Wits.
4 hara and heard "a Iusttiant ne hn adult.
lie body assumed the muscular Develop
n,ept Of athletic mi nhood. his strength
enabling him nj fur years of ayr. to l,ft
/ 900 pounds dead weight with ease. His
/ mind was clear md s,f'hing|y vigorous, aud
his character distinguished for integrity
land generosity. We examined iis corpse,
and were asivnlshed nj The symmetry md
enormous strength Of his proportions. A
futrnadier might have envied the fitness
luf h,s whiakets on cheek and chin, and a
ldprnnsogne eontented to be honest with
he ingenious expression ri his rouhts
nance. His hands and feet were more
TAPER and symmetrical than nnF ri his
steee We ever saw. He fell n victim I"
Irlentiay. and the eminent ms deal mid
lcalled IN 10 his relief ware fully persuaded
aur The necurac, ofhi4 age.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26

An etn TURTLE -. The Ply ,outh tMass,)
j Memorial has the following all about a mos
j marvellous and ancient turtle
MIR. Editor send you an oil l'nd turtle,
for which | think there was soma inquiry IN
the Memorial few months sihch A part oI
the account IL taken from the Massachusetts,
Gazetteer, an cld publication.
In 1893. Shnharl Thompson found a land
turtle. marked on the ehell l. w. lT47, (sup.
posed to be John Williams, who lived in the
neigborhood At that time) II had lost one
DOT. lie marked his initials and date, and
let II 60, 1t was again found and marked BY
Elijah Clapp in ira, by William Shaw IN
l1S5, BY Jonathan Soule IN 1854, by Joseph
Soule in iTa0, Ycnos Smith in l1Rl, and by
Elijah Saule in 1870"
About fifteen years ago IL was found BY
Jonathan Soulc. and again by him the present
wear, July, lsa3, Mr., Seule kept il several
lay$, aud Il was seen by A number Of persons;
here lie no doubt but il ia the same fret mar
ked hv John Williams, ntne'y str years ago.
Most Of the marks and dates are still lcglhle.
An the persons ly whom II was marked,
formerly llved III the nr,ghhorhood where il
was always found, Its having bat three feet.
is strong e,idence OF it's being the same found
by s, Thompson ii li63. roall appearance
il 10 likely to live many years longer,
O THOMAS BENNETT.
East NJ iilebore.' Aug. /,
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
AVIS,

Ln soussigne ayant tte nomm6 admipis
tra'eur de Ia succession John L. Gorham, de-.
cede dams cette paroisEe, invite leg persoBnee
quI ont des rtcjamations contre Ia dits sac.
cesslon dc les PR senter sans delai, ct csIles'
qui %dolVenf, dc yenir payer IL plus prompte.
ment possible. l.. BONEECAZE,
IL aont II administration
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-26
GREAT FLOOD-LOSS OFLIFE AND
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

at ~ "~ ~" ~
The city of Philadelphia and The coun.
Try in the vicinity was visited on the even.
ing Of the 9Th inst. with n tremendous
storm of wind and rain, which has been
productive ofim'nense loss Of property and
life. 1t commenced raining in PhlIadel.
phia about 7 O'Clock IN the evening", md
Tor four hours the water descended N tors
renis. snbmrrg,ng The whole city, and con.
vertlng The benulitul streets INTO Trimming
divers. The damage Of property was We.
Try great IN stores and cellars. and among
the shipping, but in the city We believe one
I " round the city, however, the destruction
If property and the loss of life is terrible
Indeed.
The papers are crowded with details
sand letters from their correspondents IN
the country. from the mass Of which we
,~soIect the following, from two or three d'f.
|%lerent journals:
"Chcster and lis vicinity are bowed
down beneath the christening hand ofPro.I
violence. The borough and lis neighbour
hood present scenes of desolntion, such as
in the absence Of the terrors Of war, havei
been witnessed in thus State. Our shores
are strewn with wrecks, our streets filled
with ruins, and from every section we hearj
Ia Ics Of terror. and desolation, and death,
sufficient to appull tho stoutcst heart.
THE recent rain had fully saturated the
soil. and that yesterday, therefore. flowed
the surface. In the afternoon the
became heavey beyond description.
III fell as If in Il mass. The very hills
>hcetcd with water and in the val
Hey r~ivlcts became creeks, and creeks
were swollen INTO rivers. A fre>het was of,
course anticipated; but a food such as
'enSued co"ld not have been apprrhendcd.
1t is said that the passengers in the after
noon boats saw a water spout burst upon
the Knights between Ridley and Chester
creeks but though any ordinary fall of
rain, however cop'ons. seems inadequate
10 have produced The subsequent food,
there is no satisfactory 'idencc Of the ex-s
of a water spout. About six o clock,
it was found that Chester creek was raj
pidiy rising Every effort, was instantly !
made to place such property as was move-s
able out Of the reach of danger; but so In-s
Simultaneous was the swell of water, that :
the next moment left no feeling but the in.s
stinct of self preservation. The stream
rose. il is said by some. six feet in five !
others aver that it rose six feet :
in one minute. The water poured down !
as if wave of the sea had been swept on
ward bv an earthquake. In short in twos
hours ii had risen twenty-ttree feet. Ihes
neighboring creeks were swollen in The I
proportion; and The roar of the i'm :
,etuous t.:rents rang for miles through tie
country. The hood swept lrreslstIbIy on !
ward. The dams buzz for its restrain-ss
we're as reeds before the ocean t.a.at rushed :
" /; the channels were lost, and the vast1
'olume of waters spread over the plain, teara
ng up the largest trees. and sweeping :
and buildings like bubbles upon its /
urface. 4
"%Fortuna'ely this took place before
ark. or the scene would have peer more