Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-20

Gay me river was literally covered With masses
Of llniter, barrels, hcgsEeads laihes, floats frames
Of houses, &c. On one oil the fishing floats were
two negro women, who !oa,cI Justify ior help
they were rescued from their pelilous situation,
near his town, by some c! our Intrepid waittm,a.
Welearn ihat,w spans o.,he Conowinso Bridge
have been carried of. Fears are entertained Tor
Fort Opposite Bridge. y negro man, named
Peer Garlic, belonging 10 Jacob Hoke, %as
drowned yesterday"
FreShct M The SctuyttM.-The Philadelphia
Ledger OF Saturday morning states that the great
storm OF Friday night, attended with thunder am,
Lightning, and the warm weather ard CONSEQUENT
haw throushoui;he country, has produced airesh
in the Delaware and Schuylki rivers. As teI
as we nave been able 10 Learn the damage done
IS not 50 extensive as We app.ehtnjed. On Satrr-
day, The use III The Schuyiki, was feet ircnts
over The dam al FairmoDt bringing down col-
siderable lumber &c. The shores we're washed,
and below the Water Works The most of the fac
tories and other establishments nave been conf
PEELED July or partially 10 suspend their opera
tions, which OF course will he resumed as Soon
as the water has abated. MANY OF the wharve.
were washed below The Permanent Bridge, and
wood and coal carried Off loss, however, incon-
siderable.
The water has Slightly oyehowed The city
water works building, but no 10 produce any
the west side OF the river Were the Schuylkill
Navigation Company are enlargins their locks
and making improvements, The damage is 10, Sc
rous, though II must have the tendency 10 rctari
their operations n short time. One or twu al the
Golfer dams have been damaged and filed with
wafer; beyond which, The injury done is but ri
ding. No doubt the damage up the river has been
considerable, though we incline 10 he opinion that
il has not been one-quarcr 81 disastrous rs al
former ireshe,s. The present rise in The Schuyi-
Kill al and over The dam, exceeds the one OF De-
cembcr 24ih, 1871, hy III inches
Notwithstanding the risks run by boalmeu.
81, there was but one death 10 record parry
consisting OF three men, OF whom Two were bro
theirs named Beckei, was engaged aboui three
miles aboTc The dam in securing drtt-limber. a
canal beat came floating down, and they started
10 make prize Of it, They boarded the boat but
one OF them, Augustus Beckel, as he approached
| the DAM probably regarding his situation as peri
iouS, jumped overheard 10 endeavor 10 gain the
shore, ami sinking Immediately, was seen 10
more. The boat ll)acd s:ie,y over the dam, and
the remaining two were rescue! opposite Nc
I Cormichs Qate Hardins's) Inn.
a many eli those connected with business eS-
/, adjustments along the river anticipated rise in
the river, they prepared themselves accordingly,
/ and lumber and other things were securcl or Ia
/ ken away 10 places OF safely. Yesterday The
water had fallen three leei, YET ilcane down with
perfect rush, and was rare sight 10 those who
never saw the elem"-: of water raging and foam
! ing 10 lis widest career. The canal IN The vici
! nifty OF Manayunk has not suffered ans serious
damage; reports, however. STATE that, further M,
The injury i considerable The Noiristown Rail-
ROAD, near Spring Mills was overfowed on So
! tuiday, ard yesterday The trains between there
! and the CRY proceeded IS csuai.
/ In tho D,la W. ihe ,raq also very rnrsi-
! derable: Overlooking many u Tue wharves along
/ The city front, bu; doing no damage. II was re-
! presented that tip tho river Yesterday near Bof-
dentown and Trenton, The Water was stii, on the
! rise and had overlooked the raiitoad nea. Trcn.
ton SO high as 10 nut the fire on, Z: one OF he
locomotives attached 10 train oil Cars
Damages on ne SuSquchaaaa.-W learned,
says The Phila !clpha Ledger OF Monday morn
! ing, by passengers in the line last evening from
| Columbia and Lancaster, that the bridge a,
ClaFk's Ferry, AMI the OLD briise Al Harrisburg,
have beer carried away by the food ard ice
| doing in lhe!. course considerable damage 20 Tie
railroad al Harrisburg, which was partly destroy
ed by fire Sumo time ago, ana which was IN pro-
I IL r.psi.
/, is said, that several miles in ex.cn, 2; he
wall OF the canal fIom Columbia has been demo
lshed; that in the vicinity Of High Spire, between
Lancaster and Harrisburg, The railroad and urn-
pike were overlooked 10 The height Of six feet,
and the canal completely inundated The greater
portion OF the whole line.
DEATH or Col. Sc0rT.-5y a notice in to-iay's
oaper, ii will BE- seen tha, Col. Joseph Sco,t has
departed this life. Col. s. was one al that patti
otto baaJ-the Petersburg Canada Volunteers
| and served through the whcle OF that arduuus cam
paign in The course Of which he was severely
wounded. As a citizen he was distinguished for
sterling integrity. kindly feelings, and r.odcslv
| Jideporment which won Tor him the esteem OF
| all who knew him.
About fortnight since, he was stricken down
| BY paralysis, from which, after few days he
seemed 10 rally AMI strong hopes we're entertain
ed OF his recovery. Il was, however, ordained
| otherwise, and on Monday morning. about three
o'clock, he yielded up his spirit TO the God who
gave it, Petersbprg Iutciiyrncc.