The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-01-01

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From @e louisville Journal, Of he l7h.
The Flood inRahe OhIDsest I
There are probably notices. than fOupOr five
hundred houses Wifhin the city limttsahOw nm
der watetgi8T These hOuses consist Ofvextenaige
found rs, warehouses, -four and saw milIs,
pork houses, manufacturing establishments oil
various kinds, stores, and dwellings. SOM Of
these houses are entirely submerged; in 9TH
err. the water is several feet deep on the Sec
or floor. 1t is feared that the water will car
ry off some Of the smallest buildings on Wa
ter street. "
The water, at 10 O'Clock last evening, lack
ed 3 feet inches of being as higha the high
est wa.er during the great food OF 1852. Dn-
ring eleven hours previous to.5 O'Clock last
evening the river rose IL inches or one inch
per hour. During the night it rose,a' about
the same ratio. The water, at 10 O'clock last
night, had reached the sidewalk in front Of
NewCOmb's new warehouse on Fourth street.
An immense quantity Of lumber and other
property, such as corn, outs, hay, &c. are
> floating in the river, and hundreds are seen
: in skitFs ga herring drift. The cross streets, as
l far as the water reaches, are b booked up with
piles Of lumber, logs sc.
From the officers Of the mail boat we learr
" that The river was rising slowly at Cincinnati
= at noon yesterday, say about half an inch al
hour, and it is their opinion that 1t is falling
!. there now. The water was in Columbia stree
and eleven inches below the high water mari
:, Of s32. The distress in Cincinnati was yer,
~ great. All the churches were thrown open I
admit those who were driven from their hous
v es and could find no other place Of shelter.
he'll Lawrenceburg, Rising Sun, CarrOltCn, an
in lactaavery place along the river were ovel
he aows Lawrenceburg, the citizens wei
a. going nome Kentucky side, as the whole bac
cd country was inundated. In some places alor
Isd the river, as far as the eye can reach, nothiI
!, but water was visible. Many boat loads
- coal have been carried off and are aoatiI
down. The lelegraphic reports we subjoin a
.bv taken from the Cincinnati Eng uiTer:
The CINCINNATI Enquirer, Of the 10th, say
o,ol Up to the time we write we have no ma
,od on w edn osday rom any direction. The m
going East left here on Tuesday morning, /
+, accomplished only seven miles on the railro
anil and was returned. The same was the res
viz on Wednesday. Nearly all the avenues to
blic city are blocked-our markets are almost d
ties ttute Of suppties-tuel is extremely seal
INT as wood can not be brought in, and many
n the coal yards are under wafer or approach
"a ss them cut ofF-all business operations are
Died stand, and the public mind engaged with
AIDE one subject; the great calamity with VIII
that we are listed.
res. We have a letter from Mayalick, Ky. de-
on Saturday, which gives a sad account OF
rv. ravages Of the food in its earlier stages in
vicinity. The writer says "the waters in
.eve- North Fork are ten feethigher than ever be
4 ma known. In the bottom land farms there is
ance a veslige left to tell the tale Of a bountitul
: the vest. Ungathered coEn-ields present the
not p~earance Of 4 vast lake. The fences
is been all swept away, and in q few instu
Of barns have shared the same fate. Hemp,
corn, and hsy-s'aekS are among the tn
Ofthe that were"
Suay- Al Blue lloks the waters na'' -
The precedent, andS great a~Ou"'
been DONE
. hors A gentleman VIM ioAOHoS ~ -
0 had day morning rom eOO' sass@St.k
oased Marietta the town was neafiysSub
~ sa@anaahs muukingum was disShaTg'n
ind i, waters wRhsgreat faPidiiy and force,
long higher than the oao' - - 800 |;
Eaving condition Of tne OO'O'O
~ night.