New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-24
MORE OF THE STORM.

already given full details OF us prOiress 70 the
Westward. A correspondent, Of the Norfolk Wal
Sostke,n Argus, writing from North Carolina
Elizabeth City, on the lsth inst thus depicts the
state Of affairs in that region;
This place has been visited by one Of the Sc
verest and most destructive storms that has &C.
cured hereior many years. 1t ragged during the
whole cay yesterday, last nisot, snd today, &C.
oompanied with heavy fall of rain and even
now no O'Clock, Thursday night the wind bowls
f.sTply, and there no SIGNS Of Immediate abate-
ment Our wharves present a scene OF great dis
sster-vessels thrown up on them, and lumber
scattered in every direction. TIE river is swollen
TO an unusual hight Several houses have been
blown down, and alarge number of trees torn up
by the roots, bridges swept away, &c.
Bot serious as has been the effect in this imme-
diEte vicinity, it is not more so than upon the agri
cultural interest Whole fields OF corn-the great
,,a1le of this vicinity-heve been evelled with
the earth and the fodder literally torn into shreds.
have not as yet beard of any loss of life, but
dread to hear from the coast.
We gather the following items from the Phila-
delphia and Trenton papers Of Monday
We rode up the Schuykill on Saturday after
noon as far as Pheulxvllle on the Reading Rail
road for the purpose OF viewing the condition of the
flooded river and the deyastetons wrought along
its banks the particulars Of which appeared in our
3 columns that morning Ine appearance OF things
was equally grand and melancholy One would
scarcely have supposed the usually peaceful Schuyl-
xiii capable Of assuming so wild and turbulent
character 1t was yelled almost TO a Mississippi,
y which in the quIeer portions 1t resembled Ia the
color and angry how Of its waters; while at the
dams 1t looked like vast and furious mountain tor
rent pitching down rocky oeclivities, the dams
themselves being nearly lost in the hight and fury
3 OF the food. The numerous factories, iron works
and dwelling houses on both sl1es OF the stream,
vito the tide flowing through their lower stories
ne tovypatla lock al canal with DOrtiOnA
Of the NOrristown Railroad, hidden from sight, the
4 gardens, me adOws and cultivated fields in part
wholly submerged; the wrecks Of canal boats,
fences and outhOUses seen here and there; and,
worse than al, the parties OF men at intervals
dragging the river with seines and grapnels to re-
cover the bodies of the drowned presented series
of very exciting and painful spectaces
This hood-a Summer oDe-the result Of rains
we may say days ran-was 10 every respect
remarkable II has proved as evanescent as it
= as violent. The waters have already, ia great
measure subsided. Nor was it, as the accounts
sbow a mere local foundation confined TO the
echuylkl. So far as heard FROM the rain was very
extensive, swelling the streams IN various quar-
4. tiers, and doing much mischief as ct Carbondale,
where the damage appears to have been OF very
serious character Phil. North American.
FLOOD AT CARBosDALE.-We learn from a let
ter received by 8 gentleman of this city, that on
the morning Of the 10TH Dam No. of the Della
ware and Hudson Compsnys works broke and
flooded he town, filing the cellars and damaging
property to q considerable extent. But tho most
serious disaster which has ever befalleu this Com
pany occurs by the giving wsy Of the Dan, which
had diverted the Lsckswana from its natural chan
mel at Carbonate. In returning to its old channel
all the mines at this place were suddenly filled
with water. These constituted the largest portion
Of the Company's operations-where Il has exca
waited coal for more than twenty years, and extend
over many acres. Without other aid than the
pumps heretofore in use, IL is supposed toe mines
cannot be cleared for months. The mines at Arch.
ibsd were above the water and safe. Two boys,
4 brothers, were drowned In the mines-One having
gone in 70 warn the other OF the danger. ID.
b The steamer Kenebec, Capt Flowers, which left
here for Cape May and New York with nearly 600
passengers on Thursday last, and for which the
most intense interest ielt in this city for her
b safety arrived at ths port last night fcon New
y York, with the brig McMain, of w arren Me- IN tow.
This latter vessel it appears, from inform alton re
b ceiyed by o. encountered the tremendous gale on
. Thursday between Capes Henry aud Heniopen,
and shortly after 2 O'Clock the next morning had her
ma,ts broke en- In consequence, and her hod two
3 thirds filed with water The MoMain belongs TO
y N.sroith n Son of New. YORK. and was ner first
~ trin 10 Savannah Geo. with ballast having left that
port ON Wednesday. The wife OF Capt Lawry, OF
the brig vas on board, and at the tine the mas"
broke was IN one OF the state-rooms below. Wnen
the water dashed into her m,dshlps Mrs l. awry
was thought OF by her husband, and ne quickly sez-
ed q rope threw II 10 her and thus saved nsr by
me ans Of the rope being tied round her waist, aud
abe leapiDg, amid the raging tempest, out OF the
window The escape from an awful death was
really A miraculous one. The captain o. the an
nebec seeing her at o'clock yesterday morning,
art 10 her assistance and landed her safely at this
nor, las, night alter sail of Hi hours from the
landing at Cape May. Esprit of the fines
From the Trenton True American, Monday.
The recent rain caused the river 70 raise nigner
than at any time since the great ireshet oil lo4O
hsupposed that it was twelve feet above its usual
level. All Saturday, logs, sawed timber iences,
And various kinds OF lumber came down the river,
. snd the shore was lined with men, women and
children securing it. Several canal boats and SEQ rs
also passed down, and some WOODWORK, loo ieet
otg, supposed to have been connected WHO the
Canal works at New Hope lodged In the creek
near Mouisville. We heard that the Delaware
Division Of the Pennsyl vania Canal was over
hoved, and the bank had given way az Oentef
Bridge, and that in the same neighborhood, about
Fgsbeep had been drowned, and some were seen
tossng here. ffy
| Ors man went down the river part OF log
nh, having got on at Tsylorsvile-he was takea
| sd at South Trenton. The floating wharf USED oy
| ne Edwin Forrest was upset by large Tree, anu
Ne boat had to land her passe Dgers on tne olan ~
ne Rolling Mill In Lamberton large nuhosr Vi
| tess we're blown down by the gale on Tharsday,
md several had TO SHIFT their anchorage u ayod us
fsy. The aoldest inhabitsnt' says this Is Tue
hxsssk water freshet that has happened since ~
xho rivsr continued to rise until yesterday morn
rs snee when it has fallen several ieet'
fhezRsDy State Register Of Monday says;
The heavy rains on Thursday and Friday have
yscdsced The most extensive and disastrous n0oa
! h,bs Hudson ADD ito tributaries ever Snorn az
tAs sssson Of the yesr, and the water has been
higher n the streets Of Albany than 1t has been
= asy tine for several years past The River con-
dausa rising all Friday aud Saturday, and 1t was
net snta yesterday morning toat 1t co nmenUea
ssssad'ng very slowly and graduay inoeea. 10
he sscosd .tory of the stores on it. Quay st was