New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-19
From the Baltimore Patriot OF Tuesday evening.
The Grenf Rreahet.

The recent heavy rains have melted the snow on
the mountains and we hear from all the large streams
that have their sourcein the Aeganes OF heavy reshes
We noticed yesterday the frcshet in the Susquehan'
ua and paragraph from the Wiliamsport (Md) llmes
stated that the Potomac rising very last we bear
nothing to-day of injury 70 the works on the Poto
mac and we are in hopes that none very material! viii
be suffered as have information OF any, which
otherwise we think should have received
The accounts from the susquehanna are very bad.
We publish to-day letter from Port Deposite which
We regret to learn that the injury the Tide Water
Canal be considerable, but It's extent cannot De
known until the water falls.
from Philadelphia which left that City last night at ten
O'Clock, arrived here this morning ut six O'Clock.
The Freshet IN the .Susquehanna.
PORT DEposrTE March 10.
| hasten to inform you OF one OF the most awful
foods in the Susquehsuna river ever known even to the
oldest resident The water commenced rising ON Satur
day and continued rise until Sunday evening by which
time village was well nigh inundated
The in the upper part OF the town rose into the
houses the upper side of the road and many OF the
houses the road had be secured by large
tied around them and then to trees on the hill Such a
time had here yesterday you never experienced.
We driven out of our house by from three to four
feet OF water in the kitchen.
There is not particle of fencing single sniaH
house standing from Rock Run the Still House 1T is
Of wreck and destruction from one end OF the
Corporation the other You may better judge OF the
hight of the water when tell you it in Office,
and nearly half way the road in front.
Our bridge By the board several small ptles OF
lumber LEFT here yesterday morning in hurry but we
succeeded in getting them in below. and secured. In
the main the lo5s will be triing except the wharf which
will be washed good desl, but 10 what extent we can
not determine. the water Sill running over II
ike mill tail.
The water ut this time mine O'clock has receded As
far the end OF the hnge she'd and is gradually fall
ing In front of those two high select cung piles.
the upper part of the wharf the drift wood and timber
is about feet deep Many Of our email piles we had 10
with ropes and two or three OF them lay in front
and around Souters stable.
The Conowingo bridge gone and all the fishing bat
teres the river The destruction OF property on this
river il incacuable. The old Maryland Canal washed
out SO also is the Tide Water from Bells Ferry 10
Havre de Grace SO supposed il composed part OF the
bed of the river can give you no description OF the
state OF things here yesterday.
No pen is competent TO describe them. II was awful
in the extreme should suppose Winners loss to be
sbou, $1,000. His wharf is washed away his stone
bosts are all gone and his property wrecked
MORE OF THE FREsHET on THE MERRIMAcK.-
II seems BY later accounts from the scene disaster
Haverhil that the damage is much more serious than
anticipated in paper OF yesterday. The water
has not been known 20 be high for eighty yearsand
the damage 70 dwelling houses. factories, workshops,
furniture &c. cannot yet be copectured with any
degree of correctness.
We learn that Merrimack and Water SITS leading
from the depot Lue River, all the provisions and
contents OF cellars for ourths OF mile
destroyed The store Of Mr.. Gales large two-ssory
building. is turned almost Aarge building owned
BY Mr. Thayer, and occupied by him druggist store
started from its foundation some ten or twelve inch
es Mr. Thayer was in the building when it occurred
Messrs. MONTGOMERY & Co. have In their mandatory
hundred cases Of boets under water, which Will
be total loss
com barn. in which was stored large quantity OF
corn farming tools, &c belonging TO Mr. Tnos Parsons
aoa,ed OF, and will be total loss together with
large quantity of provisions. Children were taken from
their beds by wsdng through the water waist higd
Large quantities Of wood the banks Of the river have
been doated Of.
The fall in the waters on the night before lss was bu.
temporary-the river having become again blocked up
with ice continued to rise during the remainder OF the
night and morning. During last night iel agan OUT
when the left this morning had risen TO within four
or five inches of its highest mark.
Boston Journal, Tuesday.
Motifs Dam. below Woonsocket, r. l. on the
Blackstone River carried away by the freshet on
Saturday
About thirty feet of the track of the track OF the
Northampton Railroad, where 1t ruls along the Wess
bank OF the river above Willimsnse was undermined
and swept of by the and ice during the breaking
up of the river on Sunday last. temporary track
was constructed around the bresk and the trains passed
over as usual on Mout8y afternoon.
FRoM NEW ZEALAsD-Capt. Skinner, OF the
ship Tobacco Plant, arrived this port sunday from
Auckland N T. Oct. lS reports that every thing was
quie that place the period of his departure bur
the inhabitants were daily expecting an s'tsck oH Inc
natives
The New Zealand Times of Sept 81, furnished BY this
arrival says:
HsM. sloop of war Daphne, arrived on Friday from
the Bsy OF Islands and the Albert schooner on Ihurs
Gay The troops had not arrived from Sydney and no
hosiilities had commenced.
Our ally, Wsda had been joined By large bodies OF
natives from hatais and others would follow shortly.
from the same district that thsre will oct be less than
twelve TO fifteen hundred natives ready to concert with
the troops when they farther reinforced we cave
heard runors OF peace but under such circumstance
consider the least concession would be most dis
graceful 70 British honor, it will most certainly be IA
tal to the future peace and prosperity Of the Colony
New Bedford Mercury,