The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-28

From the Louisville Journal, Dec. 2.

| From the Louisville Journal, Dec AL
At O'Clock last evening, the river had fallen feet
inches and was then rscsdng the rate Of an inch
q quarter an hour. Merchants and others busily
the water rscsdss We see however that in the streets
all the dirt aud drift Is permitted to accumulate The
! weather continues cold and cloudy.
p 8. O'Clock, A. M.-Ths river has fallen upwards
of foot since o'clock last evening The Frankfort
Commonwealth, OF yesterday, reports the Kentucky
| NAsHviLLE Dec. I7.-Our city presents q wretched
sppearance-al habitsbe stores and other tenement,
filled with families rendered houseess by the food
Such great restitution at this Of the year is
douby Snow has been falling almost constantly
wood Is enormously high. The Wing of the 18TH says:
This food has not yet begun to subside. On Thursday
rising at the about half an inch per hour
Steamboats, now moored In Broad and Water streets
The damage done by this food is of course great
In the bottoms Of the Cumberland and intended for
portaton, may be said to have been shipped without
Dill OF lsding 1t Is gone-washed away 1t is the Gus
tom OF those who grow for sale the
bottoms to gather and put 1t in pens Immediately on
the bank OF the river Those pens all of now and
where the corn not gathered 1t has been washed
away ON the stalk along with the fences which
rounded It, Much stock also consisting of hogs COWS
and borses-has been lost We apprehend that this
Will be found to be the with all the tributaries of
with the Ohio and It's tributaries In cotton
market there is nothing doing on speculation. Or.
ders for manufactures have been allied to extent
at Ga cents, but few holders will let it go ct that
prioe-not enough to fill all the orders hand We
feel nexpressbly grstihed at being enabled to state
sent disastrous inundaon goes brayely The Mayor
has handed in $780, voluntary and unsolicited subscrip
tions from private individuals. The corporation had
previously made appropriation for the relief Of the
sufferers.
The Huntsville .4dpocate of the 18TH saws: The
creeks and rivers have been their hanks The
Tennessee we hear Is almost high It at the
great reshet last spring. being out of Its banks Great
damage has doubt been done by the heavy rains and
the high waters. We expect that much corn well
cotton has been caught by the reshet in the Tennessee
The mails have been almost entirely suspended since
Friday OF last week
The Columbia (Tenn) Beacon says that Duck river
has been exceedingly high, and continued to rise A
bridge had been entirely washed away and quite a
number OF families compelled to leave their houses
account Of high water The damage to mills farms
ana bridges In that section are exceedingly large
SEvESrEEs LIVES Losr.-On the night of the 10th
inst at about ten o'clock just they preparing
from the ood in the great new brick building the
late Fourier settlement (he water having reached the
and discovered that the walls wore falling Some JUMP
ed out into the water whilst those that remained
crushed and buried in the ruins In about Ave minutes
the whole OF that beautiful fabric shapeess
OF immersed ruins with bst fifteen OF its inmates breath
ing the breath of life -sevsntsen havingt und tomp
Ia about ten minutes after the crash, two skifs,
from Utopia, town short distance above arrived and
rescued the almost frozen survivors, who in their
cape from the building had taken refuge upon drift
logs &c. and carried them safely to land Among those
who persisted are the whole OF Moses Connelps fam-
ly, himself included, a gentleman we'll known in this
city as lecturer, last winter at the Melodeon Mrs
Ransom formerly Of this city Miss Elizabeth Ransom
Henry Ransom Alonzo Guernsey John Hemphill, for
man, named James A. Mackison, vtter to the place
Irishman, named Charles X Keenan,; John Woodson
acolored man. belonging in this ctya carpenter Mrs
Hannah Lee, ard daughter (colored) John Schroeder
Charles Lee (coored); Ann Madison do others names
unknown-in all seventeen. Among the survivors are
Mrs Wattles. Schroeder's three children Elizabeth
Crossman two black men, John Q Wattles, Scotchman
(name unknown,) and others The above terrible
iamity happened at what formerly known as the
Fourier settlement but which bought by
citation called the Excelsior. Is situated at the mouth
OF Buskin creek In Clermon county, forty miles above
Cincinnati on the Ohio river Cincinnati Daily Com
merciGl, D,c. %.
ANOTHER SAD AccIDENT.-We learn from the officers
of the Ben Franklin that the residence Of Mr. F Hsr
desty in Warsaw, fell down Saturday, killing three
OF the inmates two Of MIR Hardestys children and Mr.
John Williams The fall produced by high water. |
-Ctncinndti Chronicle Dec 2lst.
The river has fallen that Front street is clear and
business has resumed its usual activity The food ha.
left little sediment in the Streets and but for the
general pumping from cellars stranger in busiest
Streets would know Of the great rise of waters that
has occurred There upwards of twenty steamers
at the landing last night loading and dschargng with
great activity Cincinnati Gazette Dec. 2ad.