Southern shield., 1854-03-18
-, tbe Louisville Courier of the llth'
 IO1. n ,he Ohio-UnprecedeItea boo plisse-~Immense ls Damages
 h''' Anticipated.

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 .obiohas swollen into a mighty
 Ds a,ore than mile in width in Her '''G ag the city, with current as I6rn' "os o and resistless as a noun InPe 'uU 'rrent. or an avalanche that
 'la.os a'n 's, all before it, The wharf was vas
 mespI, Iv inundated last evening, the Ien'l''.{{ '..{{,he Third street bridge.under
 a0G' 's,.r. and the boats Is in port had no
 wa's'' t ground left 10 place their
 ffs'g" Tsa river during the A hours end mith 6 o'clock last evening, had
 'ss ';sso to the unprecedented height oi s,ya feet, and during the day yes
 ,day. it was rising al the rate ofsix kebes per hour, a rise heretofore un- [n,alIed at this point. As natural
 psequence all the denizens along karer street were compelled 10 move
 as hastily as if their houses were \ fire, and drays and laborers were
 active demand all day. By time
 warning, the freight, except a lot kiron that had been landed on :he harf, was removed without damage, hugh most of the boats in port kslerday discharged but portion Etheir freight.
 IThe kenturkv river was rising kry fast yesterday al Frankfort, hd all the tributaries were pouring LI volumes of water, and much hmage was done 10 the property Ibng the banks, and fears were en- krtained that Ihe Frankfort and oth- E bridges will be swept away. At he mouth of Kentucky the water kas pouring out with tremendous ice, and trees, of the largest size, gre floating out. The offers of
 mail boa. from Cincinnati report ks Miami river rising at tremen- Eat@ rate, and Scioto above was al-
 FmusualIy high.
 i By our dispatches from Cincinnati
 pt night, it appears that the river lad risen 9 feet during the previous
 hours. This is the heaviest rise ke have ever heard of, and we have
 c doubt that the most disasterous foot that we have had for years will ksue all along the lower Ohio and the Mississippi. Immense quantities of brn and other produce have been Formulating at the various shipping Joints belew here, and it is feared that great amount will be swept away E the flood.
 At Fishers Mills on Floyd's Fork, bout r miles from the city,. the khoIe country is overhowed, and i'm bense quantities of grain damaged, |rd the extensive f1ouring mills in tat locality in danger of destruction. The Rolling Mill and Wallace & Gthgow's Boundary, and several oth- Ers below Washington street, were |nundated by the rising waters last bght, and of course work will be bspended 10 day.
 The occupants along Third Fourth, BuIIitt, and the other cross streets, ! Fere busy all last night in removing Eer goods, sugar, 6lc, and at late EOur the workmen were busy at hork, and warehouse room, as well labor, was in great demand. Al o'clock last evening the water was E ihe first floors, and rising at the e,e of six inches per hour, with no |Ope of abatement. The merchants Fere paying one dollar per load to lraymen for hauling from the river b Main street.
 The present rise is greater than Fe have ever known before, and si far surpass the flood of December, 1852. That year the rise commenced ln Tuesday, the 18th of December, 'ld or the following Friday the river tame to stand. The greatest rise vas on Wednesday; when the river lose ten feet in 24 hours, but during he next "A hours it only rose six feet, Ind the next but2 feet.
 During the past A hours the riv- ? has risen II feet, and 10 judgel rom ihe Cincinnati despatches, and [ the rate at which it was rising last Ight, the rise will be more than 10l eei, and we have no doubt the flood 7lIl far exceed that of '52, if not that tlS47.
 At9 o'clock fast night the river Vas still rising at the rate of six inch per hour, and all the cross streets, ear Water, undated, and no land ag whatever for steamboats.
 The rains and flood have been cry destructive to the railroads sFeabout. The Jacksonville Road Is feared has suffered considera ply. | ne train that started out yesterday lofnlng was soon compelled to re- urn, a portion of the road having zen washed away. Vn the Louisville and Frankfort 'ali road, also, some damage hasE cen done, but as force will be i'm 1Tu'ateiy put 10 work, it will soon bel i! order apan The train that start