Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-04

Disastrous FRssurr,--Great Loss Of Property
md Several Hres--'rhe thunder storm ON Thurs
day night was succeeded, M New York ana its
vicinity. by forty eigh hours of continuous rain,
closing finally ut early hour on Sunday morn
liHg Outside the city the ground has beenthorough
/ y flooded, aud much damage has been done 10
Itailroais. wster-eourses, and perbaps to winter
crops. The Tribune says:
On the Harlem railroad one or Two INN rant
bridges 'vefe CARRIED away, but the damage VIII
scon,b required. onthe Hudson River roar, two
tunaIea. anu nifty feet oil the bridge over Groton
irsSer5was destroyed, and in other places rmbank-
nients wasted down. The throuehstrain which
Should have gone up last night did not Start. The
way trains Sing Sing win run this afternoon us
/ usunt. Sn the New York and Erie raIltoatlfexs
stsnslNe damage was done, and seven lives were
lostnt Stairwan, few mile west of Pot Jefyis;
Il they being cartedsinto the river by large guam
NY oil earth, Witch locsened and gave way The
New railroads have. so lar we have learn
mostly escanstl damage or 10 ira
beyond adetention of the Rhiladsl nhia tram
Tor few hours on SundnS, IN conseq OF the
track at B0rdentow beng ever owesi
R1nors renc he'd the lily that The Hood
had far injured the Groton dam as 10 cutSof the
usual supply of@watst. The mayor issued his
proclamation calling upon all pe rSons to- observe
1.-THE greatest economy IN. the usssofs wster
Eetween Albany and New York nh The landings
are fooled, barns on. fences destroyed and
ktrees uprooted. Several large factories Ind also
been destroyed. All fatterson, NJ the Passuic
river ishigheT has been for forty years In
New York city basem ents and cellars have been
i flooded; sidewalks and payenlents washed AWAY;
4 trees and shrubbtrY comple tely prostralea, aud
Flower gardens and bile beds su bnefgel.--
The loss property various sections as lar as
aseertalned, rs at one million oil dyiars.
/
u The California papers annolneethe death of
Robert enhow, Esi., late Associate Law Agent
lof tue VI S, Land Commissioners Gontl of Cali
i1ornia. We take The sqhjoined llohce 'front.' tile
San Francisco Coulter: IL
- Mr.. Greenhow was alnatiY of richmond, Va.
where he lived until he had gown 10 ma nfooi.A
| Fiom that city lie removed 20 W ashingtoii, and
was IMP Dyed IN the State Department for long
number oil ye;tts, as CLERK, translatof, compief,
sc. Every place lie held, lie filled with nccept7
iance and ability. He prepared "a work upon Ole
gon some years ago which GongfesS authorised
| 10 be pIbilsfsit From the eIsct oil weak eyes,
he was coinpelle 10 leave Eis situation Underthe
Govefmne mr..
About ears ago, he came Ia his Slate by
wayof The city OF NJ eSico, accompa his ac-
mpsael lady. NJ llile nilhe city The Mont
lezumas he tiiorong lily examined all the archives
feiating to the land grant I'M this State. About
4 two years since, he received the appointInentcf
Associate Law Agent o e the Lniii Commissioners
Court, " he held until lew mouths ago
f0li1lg5lOr
1seseralsse past Heiowes, perhaps, this fail
nTe:oe hetitlf TO his ppicationito stu6y. Hewhs
Thoroughly readsin the history his country, a
good scholar, anu lemanI general infarma-
ion. n
His deatIwill be received in Richmond, Wash
ngtop, and m gina, " deep regret. Hehas
IN all the Sc places, many and friends,
who viii mourn his loss 1t should lie some sat-
1stacllon TO Them, however, 10 know that he bore
here the same high character for uptightness and
Iintegr ~ which marked his career at home. May
his leteayed widow inl. in this sad loss Of hers
that consoal lion and support winch Heaven alone
can afford
Tbs GAleRfe siuP EsicssoS - ON the perform !
dnces of the Ericsson 10 accident, tie
N. Y. Courier says:
The engineer beng uncertain low long she
might be detained in getting out, terdiscontinu
ing the of her at dock, allow
ed the hres very low, so when she start
led size made but seven revolutions per minute.
Il As her fires brgh tened her power increased. SO
that in passing the battery she made eight turns,
and at distance of five lilies beyond her Ievolf-
tiUn had reaclIetI len per minute. Her reed in=
tcreased as she progressed, making final fultt2
turns, and as she reached the measured distance
lof eighteen miles from OF Governor Island I'M
one hour and thirty fiye minutes belngia little
less than twelve mil per hour! Going dowtlt the
tide was favorable, bun the wintiwas sttoiig ahend
on the quarter, 81 iich nearly the fa-
yorable influence ofstide. Remember, although
the tide was nnfavorabe, she ma de twelve miles
an hoi.r, passing a measured distalce of eight
miles IN precisely forty minutes. The highest
working pressure al amy one time did not exceed
len ponnds per SQUARE ifch This pressure ~ i'll
he gteatlY ncreased by sii orr alteration about
being maue IN some the connecting pipes which
II is flentl xpected Wi give ilttycr forty
pounds ptessn or even more IL tseessai ~.
Il ---.-.s-s- ~ sd
1 GJSanta Annals great battle l,Si III Aiyatez, re-
ported some days ago, turns out be no battle att
although the victory was celeBrnteds inithe city
of Mexico, on the nth ult., by the ringing Of
bells, firing ofkcannon, ndsasuspension ofMbusi-
ness. 1twas at first alleged that Santa Anna had
taken the Cuesta del Paieetino; but when the
news came to be phlished next day. twas stated
that he had iynrez fr6 a port called Go.
quillos aIdwould probably be at that time at5the
I'Pelesrino. Afyalsz, says the Picayni:e, had al
ready abndoned an Al ynnced port called Gajones.
and very probahl IL that GoduiiI6s may lave
faIlerinto tie possession of Santa Anna in the
same manner
on!the 18Th. on the strength OF this victory, The
lists were eehel To comps for the payment of
the 100000 600 to be derived from the Mesilla
treaty, provided thai the successful candidate
should pay on she same day $500. 600 on ac-
count, The DRY about the victory is thought,
wasg otnp by 5ssntas Anna IN oder 10 make a
ssraise.,, .
spIcapE EaIoGsY 1ap 1ssfAa ArIoN .-on
"wednesday last, in New sYork, a married woman,
named Sarah o. Bnen, wife Of Thomas or tien, d
sailor, wentst an apothecarys S and patchasel-a
quantity of laudanumwhich she mixed. withiyine-
gar. and endeayored to induce her husband ana
mother law to drink, insisting that it was very
pleasant beverage. Not liking ilstaste, they!ie-