Washington telegraph., 1848-01-05

Tng fRssner IN run omo.-Ihe Louisville
Journal Of the ljlh says there are probably not
less than -four or five hundred houses within the
limits of that city under water These heuses
consist of extensive iounderies, warehouses iluuI
and saw ms, pork houses, manufacturing eslab,
lishmenis of various kinds, slores, and dwellings
Some of these houses are entirely submergedi IN
olhen the water is several feet deep on the SECOND
iloon Ii is feared that the water will carry OF
some Of the small buildings on Water street The
latest accounts from Pittsburgh and Wheeling
report the river falling at these points, II em.
clnnati il was still rising aud lacked only eleven
inches Of being as high as the great ffe.hal oI
1882 The distress in the latter city was very
great-=all the churches were thrown open 10 al.
mi, those vino were driven from their heuafs aud
could find no other place Of shelter
Lawreneehurg, Rising sun, Cirfol'lan, aud IN
iuei every place along the river were oNeIllawsd.
Al Lawrpnoeburg the citizens were gong 10 the
Kentucky side, as the whole back country waA
inundated. In some places along the river, Us far
as the eye could rcueh. nothing but water was
visible. Many boat loadz pi coal have been eitfFd
OIL aud ate floating down.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of the 10th says
Up TO the time We write We have no mails Oh
Wednesday fiom any direction. The mad going
east left here on Tuesday morning, but aeeen.
plished only seven miles on the railroad aud was
returned. The same was the result on w dnesiay
Nearly oil the avenues 10 the city are b'oekadFd-
our markets are almost destitute Of suprles-luel
is extremely scarce, a. wood cannot be brought IN
aud many Of the coal yards aIe under walet ef
approach 10 them cut oft'-all business operations
are at a stand and the public mind engaged with
but one subject the great calamity with Wlehwe
are visited
We have letter from Maysliek, Ky, dated on
Saturday. winch gives sad account Of the rasaf
ol the Hood IA il earlier stages in thi, vicinity,
The writer says "iht waters N the North Fork are
ten feet higher than ever before known In the
bottom land farms there Is mol vrsigs lrii 10 tel
the tale Of a bonnliiul harvest. tngiihetfd corn.
fields present the appearance Of vast lake. Tie
ionees have all been swept away, aud IN few
Instances barns have shared the same fate. Hamp,
ilax, eomi aad hly.saoks ar among The laIRgs
that WERE
Al Blue Ldeks the waters have rxeseded all
Preeedeai=-and a great smeuui ol damage has
been done.
A gentleman who feaehe1 the city on Monday
morning FROM above states that when lie passed
Marietta the town was nearly submerged, aud the
Moskinfnm was dischafgiue lis waters with Ffeai
fapidily and force, being higher than the Ohm
lie could not tell the condition Of the Scilio haY.
ING passed IN the night
In our own Immediate nriahhnrhood tile de.
sifuelion Of property has been very Greai-hul We
now possess.
o'clock, p M.--Tha Steamer Monongahsla
is just in from Pttsbnfg aud reports the river rising
rapidly At Wheeling aud all the way dOwn-=th-
tributaries being oil iull aud contributing 10 tho
swell Of the waters The Monangahea len
Wheeling on Monday evening, aud the river must
have continued to Tisr up 10 the time VI our ieie.
graphic despatch on Thursday morning Tie
officers think the rise here mus continue At least
iweniy.iour hous. The water IS now about two
feet below the mark Of ls39 We fear now that
Il will exceed that, the greatest Of all preceding
floods
o'clock, 7. M--The telegraph has insi bren
put ia operation to Ptt.bufg We shall probably
have dispatches at 10 o'clock. 7 NJ. A despatch
from Pilisburg. dated At II o'clock yesterday,
announces 90 feet watef in the ehannel--Alle.
NN"hf Ahtt AsaAhk "hH iftAHeHh Ai'lA wv HAaHA
Muskingum liver higher than ever known
Up 10 last evening, at 1 o'clock, the water OF
Broadway had come up to within d few ieei Of the
Broadway Hotel GA sycamore street Il was up
10 Columbia, aud in the store Of George $ light,
on the noTthwes, corner, about one foot upon the
hrst floor; on Main Il had reached halfway up
between Columbia and Pearl; on Walnut street
!, had come up nearly TO Pearl; and MI the ether
streets ahOyp aud helAw Wrr, Ovafng,yn ia tbr
same proportion, according to their respective
grades.
We never saw such a sight before rs we wit.
messed yesterday, In Columbia, Front, Roadway
and Sycamore streets. II was no uncommon thing
to see skis aud yawls in each Of them, containing
several persons, moving along with the same iacil
ny that they would in the river.
We saw good sized barn floating by yesterday
snugly filled with grain. One mhn was seen ia
the door.