Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-06-26

roaring and crashing around added to the
already gloomy prospect. On Saturday
the town presented scene of hustle and
activity. Families driven from their ten
ements by the encroaching waters, were
deserting their homes and seeking refuge
in the upper part of town-for in this
case the Homestead Exemption Law fail
ed to secure them in the undisturbed pos
session of sheir property.
On Monday the water was still coming
up and it was found necessary to remove
al the household goods and considerable
quantities of merchandise TO higher
ground. Wagons, skifs and RATS we're
occupied all day IN conveying men and
merchandise from point to point.
At this moment Monday EVENING" the
entire bottom presents a spectacle Of de-
vastation. From the bank Of where the
river used to was" to the foot of the sand
ridge the water IS from four to FIVE feet
deep, and Is standing from ten to fifteen
/ inches deep in the houses west Of the east
side Of second street south of and includ-
+ ing Spectator Row, and in the whole Of
tde fat south Of the Post Office In our
Press Room the water IS twenty-five inch
es deep. The farms along the bottom of
the ridge are completely inundated-and
many Of the fences have disappeared
Several hundred cords of wood have been
washed down the stream. The distillery
premises are under water and operations
suspended. Messrs Morn viii sustain
quite a loss by damaged corn
just as we are putting up this hur-
rygraph a fiat boat IS passing up First
street laden with several hundred sacks
Of grain-and others are loading at differ
ent warehouses. Lumber yards are being
foatedinland or staked down to keep them
fast: RATS and boats are plying every
where aud men are wading shoulder deep
from house TO house.
The river is still rising TUESDAY morn
ingl though more slowly, having only ris-
en- three inches during the last twelve
hours, while for the twenty-four ending
: A II Yesterday it rose over Is inches =
The 0swego is loading from the second
story window of d. z. Phelps & Co
Large quantities of lumber and shingles
have been noticed floating BY since day
/ light
Water hip deep around our press aud
/ we are compelled to issue this by hand
Hope the water viii 20 down soon.
The accounts from below are gloomy
enough. Through the politeness Of Capt
Beebe of the fine steamer Dubuque. who
stopped awhile to give us the news, we are
enabled to give our readers few particu-
lars Capt B tells us he never witnessed
such devastatiOns as the food is now max
ing From Alton up, almost every place
! is partly under water At Hannibal and
/ from seven miles above and forty miles
below the river was six miles vide Ma
ran City is entirely inundated and all
communication cut off with the back coun-
try. Several large RATS have been suck
ed out upon the prairies below, by the
force of the current At the Rapids Ho-
tel in keokuk water stood 5 inches deep
on the first floor on Sunday night Capt
b says nearly all the wood has washed
away And yet the bulk of the rise has
not vet reached the lower towns. The
Missouris full and the Illinois still rising
Great damage has been done along the
river above. Several large mills have
been swept away, aud number of ware
houses inundated The steamer Kate
+ Kearney went up on Monday to the re
lief Of Port LoUisia, which place was en-
tirely submureed
Cape DREw, six miles below, Is sur
rounded BY water and has removed, with
his effects and stock to OGuawka An
/ cventwhich has long been expected threat
ems TO take place very shortly-we refer to
the passage the river is now wearing away
through the ridge that separatrs the Riv-
CT ana the Big Lake" at the lower end
of Drew's farm If this should be accom-
plisheIthere IS a probability that the main
channel viii be on this side of large Is
land between it and Burlington, and join
the old current again at point above
Sh0koh0r
The bridge across the Big Slough, on
the road to Burlington has been swept
awav
The Telegraph says that in Burlington
the houses situated on the bottom were
from six to eight feet under water Tues
day morning.
= S-Boats from above report that
the small rivers are falling and the main