New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-15
freshet and Great Destruction of Property
In Michigan.

Extensive damage TO dams and mills In Macomh
aud Oakland counties, Paint Greek and Clinton
River, was occesioned by freshet Saturday lsst
The work OF demolition commenced ~ Hemingway .
upper mill Paint Creek above Rochester by the rv
Ing way Of his dam, which confines q pond OF water
covering about 1000 acres and l2 feet deep This i'm
rnense mass OF water swept everything before into
Tho Clinton River aud down that river TO the navis
waters OF MI Clemens We are told that every mill dam
on the creek and river carried away. We hon,
that the report will prove exaggerated Carpenter /.
mill, on Paint Greek undermined, and half the
foundation carried Oh. The mill however, stands Al
Rochester pen containing 100 hogs was swept away.
aud several cattle drowned The unfinished bridge II
inca nearly completed. was destroyed IL is mpossi.
BILE 10 estimate the damage until farther information Is
received. 10 must be- immense There are. we believe.
three aourng mills in the village of Rochester and four
shove, including Hemingway two At Utica (includng
Csapels on the canal probably sae) another NJ Fred
eticN near Mt Clemens There are probably others
that We do now recollect Beside these there are a
number Of saw-mis on the line OF the freshet
Detroit Advertiser.
Tar Row AT rHg NERASDAH the Police
Court yesterday afternoon. JohR and James Stewart
Thomas Riley md Samuel Carlton. were brought up.
charged with riot and assault upon another at the
'ersndsh, Ceurtst on Monday afternoon. They al
sxeioed marks OF hard ght upon their persons jus
ice Gushing In the absence of testimony ordered them
70 recognize In the sum OF SoO each for examination
tomorrow Carlton 10 from New York
Boston Traveller. 18th.
LAAk SUPERIOR MiSES-The North American
, Nine VIII De worked BY 50 men during the coming
w nIer. Az engine and stamps has arrived there.
Ire Snu Mne sull improves. i is expected 70 ship
l2N tons the coming season. The Copper Fails 60
has shpPed 10 tons OF copper Paris OF about 70 Der
cent lDetroit Er,.e pr..r
Intelligence from Venezuela was
received at - Jago de Cuba on the l6,A plt hv Vn
exuelsn vessel which came direct from Csr:hsgena-
President Monsgss has offered general pardon To ali
the sdherents Of Psez benesh the OF Captain ami
who would submit to the Government
IN. o. Com Tines
Az ILLISois MoNsrER.--On Monday last
large OK fed by JSco5 Strawn OF this county passed
through jacksonville. on his way "a New-orlesns. Ills
weight oa the hoof Is 500 pouDds-ke Is seven years
old II any other county beat this should like
to hear OF II Jacksonville (l) Argus
MissI>G.-Thomas Frsser. a shoemaker by
trade "a years Of sge left NewNor about the s4.h OF
October, on his way 10 Toronto. he has not been
heard Of since reaching Albany. wilism Dixon. of
Toronto viii be thankful TOR any information concern
ing him.
A GENERAL TES-HouR LAw.-Grcat effort. are |
now making throughout this ani other states to bring
shout universal ten hour factory system The man.
niscsurcrs opposed 10 IL bu, favorable only
hey wish general system tor fair play
tScientifc American.
LS We had the pleasure OF a visit yesterday,
rom NJ. William II Mitchell brother Of John Mitchell
ne irish Pstriot Mr. Mitchell comes Ia Wscon ain with
view OF settling here and viii hope, had no ne
n our lar western land which may diminish bis re-
Ireis a. leaving the Green Isle Of bis nativity.
Milwaukee Sentinel. 29lh alt
t<s tame wolf, Kept by Mr. Harwood in
'neionsn as awsichdos took IL into his hesd lately 10
i've specimen oil his natural disposition and sexing
nsn oy inc es wounded him dresdfully. The animal
'ss killed immediately. ,
" THE PorAro Ror has materially damaged
net spoiled most OF the crops in this region. We
now on several neds entirely DESTROYED by
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