Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-07-11

.on il. s.aississippi.

yian. We copy few paragraphs; n
The accounts .. The flood are most sls- "a
trbus Kaskaskia. Chesler. SC. are ruaan- 4
!. The Office Of The Republics at the 4
,rder place has been undermined, and a
e press and materials lost in the water.
Id business of Missouri and Illinois are y
adiv deranesd. Farmers, mechanics.
ar6eners, all have suffered ;7and BRICK
ards. woodyards. -and the necessar.es
/ lie along The rivers have bees destroy
al Millions OF dollars are lost BY the +,
iodd.
The Republican gives the following PFC,
Iute Of the distress occasicnkd sby me
aodd The. editor went on a tour WITH |
,hs.MaIpr III search Of La Butte ! Reyn-
ard. The SnlS point Of land out 81 waseT 10 |
ITs5 He thus speaks Of what hs saw 10
Al Bon Sscour, there are encampe1' a'i
10 open CAMPS, one hundred and twen,y
tvb nersons. Several Of these iamilles
le.k their homes with from toaf 70 nine
children. ana with less than iiiy pounds
.ofIflour and a small quani,ylot meat
seine Of them have been SIX add elght
dass in Their encampment, They lave
oeberally lost the most, some slliot their
clhhes. andlwhen The food Subsidies lney
viii not be 10 asbetter eoGJnlon. Inc ie,
mtrks here made will apply 10 nearly
! ..l-.n-Alhar4pdainin lenlinped~ hxloY-;;,
srs loriy live persons.
! Al John Cohen's, eighteen PERSONS.
All John Sharp's. Eve persoEi.
| At Carnes.s. twenty one perssns,
| lAl Fallins Spring, thiriy-one persons.
4. Al Edward Heberts, four pessaons.
II al Prairie du. Point, forty onb persons
| IAt Jos. Bosmener's, forty peAons.
| lAt The Grand Marias Pass, iYiiy fami
lisAs. i
| An all, ~e believe We may SAP that WI
astertained something3of the cendition o
fuI three hundred prisons. Fre,n thence
4 pI to the Caqiien, aud how much turtle
wa had not the means OF ascertaniug
they are scattered along The Bfsfs. W,
say, yesterday sight which Would hay,
/ drawn pity from heart OF Stone:
| large family Of young children ok in nun
ben withoutiaiher or mother, pho wer,
dependent on the ehsrity Of hose " b.
knew their parents How thef sabsist
ed lbeloret We dianot Learn, bDi 40 Sc,
the IN without homes and depeadenl d
the hand Of kindness, and thit shelle
only such as boughs or under ten1s ca
a9oFd, ma5a us feel deeply hcw mucl
thOse subject 70 these priva'ioas shout
sympathize aud minister to theIwants c
others.
There were mary other. SETTLEMENT
which Ave bad not lime TO visiti A fe'
5 are lodged in houses, large nnmber i
the same room, but generally they are i
.1fuds tents. erected on the spufot the me
meut. A few we found with indian (
Sioux tents but 10 general Ebey have u
Other covering than branches Of trees lai
thick on polls or sheets made7nio tents.
TIE people Of Bellville and that vlcin
: ~, We learn4 have been very Aciiye5 b,
the draft upon their good Offices will
gerY large. We have no hesitation
saying. that there must now be rising
thred hundred persons eneamfet# hpo
the lNuffs, who have been driven fToi
eitlhemes BIZ The aleod. NJ any Of the.
need iassstapce. especially in ths way
i provisions ;Sand in our view Of the niece
: sites oi the case. it i The duty offbe pc,
!. ple UPON the highlands, for one shnndrs
!. or more miles. 10 contribute to their relie
II this is not done. there must oecuf ~
n ny cases OF extreme suffering and we {
not believe the people Imme eAately upc
= the bluffs or within few miles are alb
10 NEE The demands upon their lioeralit
v The committee 10 this city have al the
E charge quite as many as their means Y
b justify lbe expectation OF supporting.
/. present. they feet constrained 10 .decIln
q sendin relief 10 persons ont Of. tRh city
n Yesterday morning the Indian brougl
up from Kaskaskia the Sisters OF Chart
al the Convent, the PRESS cobnecte
with lhe Church al tina, place. and sew
/ raj families. and such furniture is tie
: had saved. The stowa is from ten
!, twenty feet under water,
ATS o'clock, P. NJ, on the 9Th Ii
+, river wds at stand
The Ficks5urg Wing says thai ii
damage fn that region caused by the ri,
in the riferis very gTeat-it estimates th
40. O0e 9ales Of cotton haye been lost b
it.