The Arkansas banner., 1850-03-19
Flood at sacramento City.

What We have long anticipated, has al last taken place The wsiers after threatening for weeks. have performed their work at Sacramento The city Is inundated. We learn, from passenger by the Senator, that the average depth ol water there IS four feet There are, however. some few knoNs yet above water, on the tcps of which hundreds have collected a last resort. We regret 10 learn that several instances of death by drowning have occurred. One gentleman informs is of ease oi four men, in slaie of intoxicaIion, who fe over l board from boat, and perished. The loss cf pro- perty, in the city alone, must be immense. In ed. diiion 10 this, herds of cattle the country have been swept of in great numbers and drowned The loves; estimate of the loss which we have heard Is l one million of dollars.
 1 The current running through the streets is very strong, and great proportion of the property lyiag loose, has, of course, been swept away. In add- lion to this instances have occurred where tents ani houses have been carried off One large brick house, which was in procrss of erection has been cracked by the rushing waters and the oa iio as of many ether houses already iooseBed Many. in endeavoring 10 save themselves, forced to leave the sick and even the helpless to the mercy l Of circumstances. gentleman informs us of an instance that came within his know ledge of q ma wno was almost dying for waut of water to quench his thirst. aud yet who. although the water was flowing within few inches of ms berth, was so sick that he could not reach out and help himself, In addition 10 the loss of life and property, in addition to the bighted prospects Of hundreds what shall we say of the immediate distress wh!c. s!.e nuudsticn has producedl With many of the houses only one story high with tae rushing water covering almost every spot of land n the city, with no conyeniences for making fires for sleeping, and for cooking. il Is difficult 10 see how the inhab iants oiSacramento manage 10 exist al the preseut time.
 The elements seem to be against us. Fire has swept through our own city; the same calamity min Inf t,as and now, to complete the circuit. the floods have poured down with devastating power upon Sacra- mento, tine metropolis of the north. With miracle of elasticity, San Francisco has recovered from iis shock. II we have been rightly informed, Stock tou is rapidly regaaing its former appearance and we cannot think, with many, that this ovsrwheln,- ing flood from the mountains of Inc north, will destroy the prospects of Sacramento, We under stand that hundred thousand dollars have already been snbscribed by the citizens of Sacramento, To- wards the construction of isyee.
 This Is matter which long since should have engaged the most earnest atteaiion of the popuia- loa of that city; aud, if attended to in tme would probably, in great degree, have ameiorate. If not totally prevented. inc tate catastrophe. We hope to see il carried isio thorough effect. the Sacra mento shortly resume her usual position as an in land commercial city, netwithsta ssisg the severe ordeal through which she Is new passing.
 oh'''S of HE SAYING ''MO&k TRUTH THAN roETRr.-Aia dInaef, Sylvester challenged Bea Johnson 10 see whs would the most readily form fhyniEg coap!s;. Sylvester fcss,ea tk.. faa as follows:
 ''i John Sylvester,
 Hnesed yoar sister"
 To which JohGsoa immediately Teiosted.
 '.I Bea Johnson,
 Hagged yoaE wife.
 "Bot," sad Sylvester, rather ehagrined at the tuEn s-thsf's no rhyme"
 .No," replied Johasoa. ''bai its uae.s