The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-19
From the Boston Courier extra
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.

From the Boston Courier, extra
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
The steamship Acadia, Captain Harrison, from
Liverpool 4th instant arrived this forenoon, 10 the
short passage Of less than - days.
The commercial accounts by the Acadia are not
of great interest Grain and -four had fallen In
price; there had been considerable speculation In
cotton, with rise Of price, bat towards the close
the market hattened, and prices came down.
France.
DREApFuL FLoops.--The Paris papers Of the 25d
and Gath inst, contain the particulars of the mum
dations by which several Of the French provinces
have been fearfally devastated.
IL appears, says the National, that every seourse
has this year fallen our unfortunate country
Ineendisry fires lighted by unknown hands have
carried desolation into several departments, the
deaIth OF provisions has increased the distress, and
at present the rivers are overlooking, and the mum
dations ravase what had escaped the fires. Entire
villages have been swept away; bridges, viadue,s,
and considerable buildings have fallen to pieces
The loss is yet aseeItaned, nor Is the number OF
victims yet known; but the letters received from
the scene Of desolaton, are filed with lamentations.
The deyaststions caused by the overlooking Of the
Loire have been dreadful.
The communications between Paris, Lyons,
Avignon, MarseIlles, and all the southeastern re-
gions Of France, is completely cut of by the mum
dations. The accounts are, almost necessarily, I'M
perfect and often contradictory thing, how
ever is certain that the magnificent bridge over the
Loire at Orleans, the viaduct connecting the Or
leans and Vierzon railway with the terminus in that
city, has been swept away by the resstless fury Of
the torrent Il cost 5000 900 francs in the erection,
al. H.. If III
at least two years TO come.
The Semaphore de Marseilles, OF the 10Th inst,
mentions that during the last twenty days Il had
raned necessarily in the south Of France. The ry-
ers Huyeaune, the Durance, the RhOne, and their
tributaries had overlooked their banks, and, on
eral points, interrupted the communications. On
the 18th the lower part Of Avignon was under wa
ter Al TaIasoon the Rbone had risen, on the 18th,
nearly twenty feet above lis usual level and the in
hnbitants apprehended recurrence Of the disasters
Of 1910. AT Audrexieux, the part Of the town sIu-
ated on the Rhone has been leyelled, comprising
eighteen houses ard all the Of the adjoining
railroad are lost The barracks Of the gendarmerie
buta heap Of ruins and several persons persisted
The number of houses destroyed at Roanne amount
10 lis, and ~ 400 boats, laden with merchandise,
lying in the Loire or in the canal and made fast TO
the quay, $40 sunk. The most fatal episode
OF the disastrous day OF the 18Th, at Rosnne, was
the loSs OF the municipal councillor, Merle his son.
and some other persons, who were upset in boat
within sight OF hundreds Of spectators and persisted
Al three o'clock on the morning Of the 18th, the
Loire n sc suddenly. and overwhelmed the whole OF
the lower part Of Nevers, and, joining the Nievre
formed an immense lake, under which had disap-
peared part Of the faubourgs Of Mousse, Nievre,
and Loire, and which extended to Plagny. Here
and there were floating timber trees, cattle, and
cries Of distress were hoard at every point. In an
instant the whole garrison was assembled at the
scene Of the disaster. Their object to the
population Of the faulourg Saint Antoine, and the
inhabitants Of the isolated houses in the country.
Bordeaux Journal Of the 2lst gives the follow
ing account of the loss Of the diligence, Feurs
"The diligence, IN which there were eleven persons
was carried away by the food, and only three per
Sons escaped
A Blois journal says: IAN the accounts that we
receive from the lower part Of the Loire distress
ing. II is said that at Amboise twenty-six persons
persisted in an inn. A great portion Of the railroad
has been carried away"
A letter from Tours Of the oath says: at il only
owing to the rapidity with which precautions were
adopted that the part Of the city is under
water. As II is, the faubourg Of st Symboren is
Inundated In some places the water is more than
nine feet deep. In the church, the water is about
three feet deep, and part of the wall Of the cemetery
has been washed down."
Letters from Cherbourg state that the French
government have completed contract with a pri-
vate company respecting the navigation between
France and New York By this contract the govern
transatlantic steamers, the Uoa, the Darien. the
Chrstophe Colombo, and the Canada, vessels Of
nearly 1900 tons and of 450-horse power, on con-
don that the vessels be insured for IL 900 000f.,
and that Cherbourg be the port of arrival and
departure. BY the terms of the treaty. they are to
commence running on the LIST of December next, but
it is thought probable that they will not be ready
till the beginning of next year.
Marshal Bourmont died at his chateau, in Anjou,
on Wednesday last in the I'D year of his age.
The celebrated viennese dancers, forty-eight in
number, under the direction of Madame Weiss sail
ed on the ID instant, in the packe-ship Yorkshire,
Captain Bailey, for New York. .t
u~ Portugal.
An instruction has spread rapidly in the northern
provinces, and has assumed formidable aspect
The Duke de Terceira, who had been despatched by
the government to Oporto, has been seized by the
insurgents and imprisoned in the castle of Foz. The
Count das Antas, who had held the command of the
troops in the NORTH is president of the iunta Of
Oporto, which has proclaimed regency, and Don
Pedro v. The Marquis de Louie, husband Of the
Infanta Donna Ana de Jesus Maria, aunt Of the
queen, is the president of the junta of Coimbra,
which proclams the same. In the latter city, four
provisional batalions have been organized, which
are to unite with the forces of Aveiro, and other
provinces, and march the capital. The fifth Gao
adores and the artillery that stationed Faro,
have declared against the government, and all the
steamers belonging to the state and to private com
vi
The Migueliie party appears disposed to join in the
revolt against the present government; and Skin
msh has been fought at BeIlas, in the district adj
joining Lisbon, between the Miguelite peasantry
and a detachment of the regular loops. The peas
ants were defeated and had several men killed and
many wounded; but the troops had also several men
wounded. Meanwhile, the government at Lisbon
ia actively making preparations to quell the revolt
Two regiments have marched from Lisbon for
Abrantes, where Col. Lapa has already arrived with
body of infantry from San'arcm; and il is stated
that the king consort who has been appointed COM
mander-inchief of the army, will take the command
OF these troops, 10 order to act with vgor against
the insurgents. Several proclamations have been
issued, as well decree ordering all the inhabi-
tants Of Lisbon, between the ages Of Is and As, to
enrol themselves in the bat,aons of militia which
are in the course Of formation.
Germany. aa..
BERLIN, Oct 24.--Thc Prussian government, has
ordered that guardians shall be appointed to the
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