New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-08
The Western Flood.

THE Western Flood.
O,r sdv;css from II. Louis are to the 9th
.,.s. -. .,.na o,d zrond nroba.
Inc r''e' was '"'h g. 500 -,
bly rise no highef. he iono"i"e 40 -"
from the Log OF the steamer lcatan' "h'ch
came down the Missouri and arrived at Clncin-
nat, nm the Ist instant:
..,,,.,, :o ~ is, ,r,.n,o houses ,ss,.
ed down to ~ oa I'd 10 te edge rool-cicken,. hog
dog, cuts &C. on bord nt ,he' iino there ss' lnf,
uee ri.n 5 @ % 1T. =, a.. .s .,n s,e,, M /,
captain Of lint tenncee Ca,te swimming round md
and ,ound M the andhete comes lao;hef ha1,e lh
people On me bb!'i % IKE me iidIa ~ ~ s 90 "
Innc S'p ", ,., a., ,i,.n ., ,h,ae women on ,u,
OF ,hs hou,e-wnlsf WITHIN lei Tie roof and rns nc
an hour lhe to~n oi Nn'Vh. ni MI mr. W. KIM =
lusf s'nitns @ 10Y n af u,Si, ~ ,,y, tgir- be-
sde chcScir, ne.r,s 6r,l. cni.e hogs. &c. all @
pnce 81 n'u, 80 yaf RchrDo Y i,e' ME . nn"se Hasny
ut ,hf 'n IT 4 1,"J Tb Ind . "i, ire oa., t roota
We there and cnuii no. t1t--r'os @ nan, ho.,e
tatts1i Tor e .nm whe We Mc.e ere w. "',"S ,l o,J VI" ~
sr FfwIs. m. boye Gn,s"w the river is only even n
WIDE They hhnd n the river 40 to itet middle p'riis
IN. wood @l, ne @ suHi@ M 80 "ig.'w % @ ~ , , uT
river t,lins-I;rus,yck at IL o'cnrk al Ter waer ir
pIn-e' t,' day The rye - i'g, %ee 80, =" ~, @
,hs @ l5 J1n. Let, lex Gs,on on The evening oi Monday
2ith LEFT s., Lou, for C,nenna,i THURSDAY. the 2', a.
bocIocS " en- ,tS uo'e .,e "i,, i m !" c, a, tt
.nd bs ba,. bad zone h h"' oi the Ohio o'c5rk
FlIday evening. Reached Cincinnati July ls,.
The st. LOUIS EGpuDlCdn DI the SCtn gives
The following nic,ure of distress occasjoped by
.ho aood srhe Ed,,,r ,y.,t n, ;. ,ou- ,v,,b The
81; II pa,..rd ,ha',,ul,
Nieyo' ~ eeaI'n VI La D'. AZ ua ,A
Poi', Vi 'anu ou' VI ""'e' ~ AZ "-1'
speaks oi what ne sa" IN lfc Town
At Bon Secour there are encnmped, all in opea
camps. one hundred aud twenty-five persons. Sey-
elal of these families left their homes with from four
10 nine children and with loss than Gtv pounds oi
Aour and n small ouantitv or rne,t-some Of the N
have been six mud rpb, da,s in their encampmea 10 T.
'rhev have generally los, the ,nost some all of rhc.,
clothes. and when the flood subsidies thev will ror
b. in a better condition.
In all, we believe we may say ,hat we ascertaincd
something OF the condition full three hundred pr
sons. From thence up to the Cantien, and ho l
much farther we had not the means OF asc'rtninnE'
they are scattered along the Bulls. We saw, yes
terday sighl winch would nave drawn piy ron
heart OF stone large iamliy oi children tsi@ 10
Humber without lalher or mother, VINO were dc
peudent on The charity OF those VINO Knew their pa
rents How they subsistcd before We ,lld not eHr'i,
but TO see them without home and dependent tor
shelter on the hand OF Kindness and that shelter only
such as boughs or under tents can afford WIN scan
ty covering, and all the attendant evils, made us c!
deeply how much those who are not sutgrct' 'he,e
privauons should sympathize and minister 10 the
WAITS OF others.
There were many other settlements winch we had
not time TO visit. lew are lodged IN houses a
large hu'oef III 'hf same room ou' Eei'raIS u'oc