The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-23
ITO BE- concluded 10 morrow.l

GREAT FIoops ON RED RIVER, MISSISSIPPI AND
ARKANSAS. "A correspondent OF the Cincinnati AT
las writing from board the steomer Queen of the West
under dnte OF the i2h inst says I've have gentle
man beard our boat from Red River that took from
the Republic as she came ou' OF the river lie says there
but plantations. for three hundred miles up the
river hut That are overfown Some Of them ten feet
under water, and the boat he came down went
number Of plantations and took the people out Of The
houses the b at running alongside Of them The higher
lands full cf cattle and horses to their mddes IN
water eating the harb from the trees and hogs were float
ing down drifts great portion OF the stock must be
destroyed He told me OF one plantation belonging 10 Mr.
L. Comp.e, who had eight bundled acres in cotton and
four hundred in corn all Of which under water and de
stroyed The Arkansas river IL in nearly had
iition | noticed many plantations on the Mississippi
below the mouth Of the Arkansas, entirely under water
plantations too, that escaped the Inst years food The
loss will hetTemendou, Above the mouth othe Atansas
think the plantations are ont of danger from the nood
Bnsroy AND LtvERro,L STEAMSHIPS The Bri-
tanna, since she passed through the ice canal IN
Jannoy last has been thoroughly overloaded from stem
stern every Of defective timber taken ont Of her
and having passed strict and thorough government
vey is in every point as good rs Her last yoy
sge n very fine one considering the season having
flen in with large fields OF ice, but by keeping south
avoided them oil Capt iewett is still in command and
happy is as resh aud strong
rho Acadia overhauled in December ani is strong
and Grn The Hiberna works admirably, and is the best
ship the The Caledonia LEFT Liverpool on Sun.
Day Tor this port and is In fine trim The Cambria which
The OF the ship the stocksio take the
place OF the sarred Columbia, IL il reported will be
launched Ia June and ready 10 take her place in the line
December She will take rank, ard class with the Iii
hernia, with all the Improvements experience in the
vice ha, suggested When this is effected these ships
will present class Of steam vessels without their equal
any service We also learn that the contract bctw
the pfoprieors and the British Government for the
veyance of the mails semimonthly, between Liverpool
Halifax and Boston, has been renewed for ten years
Boston Tfanecript, May u.
FIRE ~ II vsDALg.-H'trv L0ss The Woocn
Factory in Hinsdsle, owued by Messrs. Richards
and Carson the former OF " nsd de- and the latter this
town, was destroyed ~ FIRE on wednesday morning last
fire a h,l
been slowed away there Il supposed TO have been
casoned by spontaneous combustion. The inhabitants
rallied from all parts OF the town in short time, but the
1ime hal made such progress that il was impossible to
stop them, 70 any considerable amount of the
chnery Mr. Richards loss 10 estimated az Sl7 O0O lie
Is an industrious man. and loses all his property hy this
disaster Mr. Carson had offered his interest in the mill
for $4,000 but IL probably cost twice that sum No nsu
rance on the building or machinery Pifsfeld Earle