Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-11
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Great Flood and storm.

| CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 9-rhe fpod has consider
ably damaged the Milwaukee Railroad bridge. No
trains are running. The Galena Railroad bridge,
at Egin, was also swept away. and a number OF
culverts we're destroyed. The Fon Dulac Railroad
track was carried away in several places. The Aux
Plains bridge and the Burlington Rlilroad bridge
over Bureau river gone. The Rock Island
Railroad bridge at Dupsgi river was moved by the
ice on Friday night, and engine, tender and six
cars were precipltated into the river number
of Railroad bridges were carried away on the llli-
nois river At Lasalle it rose % feet.
HARRISDURG, Pa, Feb 9.-Several piers Of the
Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge were Injured
by the food, and are in danger of being destroyed;
the cars have stopped running. The scene along
the Susquehanna is awful, and great destruction
of property is threatened.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9-The ice in the Shuyl-
kill broke up last night The water carried away
coal, wood and lumber, and then subsiding, left
canal boats on the wharves. The damages not
so serious as it was anticipated they would be. We
have similar accounts from 0swego, Trenton and
Elston, Pa. At Albany, n. Y, the water is three
feet higher than it ever known before
Wrecked houses are coming down stream cattle
and horses have been drowned; cellars are filed
with water and fires are breaking out in the lower
part of the city from slackening lime. There is
great confusion and alarm. Railroad trains are
landing passengers outside of the CITY, and no
trains are leaving The Hudson River aud New
York Central Railroads are engufed. The city Of
Troy, n. Y, is nearly overlooked
The freight depot at Grand Island has been
burned, it was set on fire by slaekening lime.
CHICAGO, Feb 9-Almost all the Railroad river
bridges in northern Illinois and Michigan are i'm.
paired or destroyed by the freshet, with vast
amount OF other property.
New ORLEANS, Feb 8.-The cotton presses of
Hunt & Montgomery were burned To-day and from
10 to $4,000 bales Of cotton were consumed, loss
$500 900.
Dates from Vera Cruz to the 8 inst, are re-
ceised, and from the City of Mexico to the 29Ih
ult. Advices represent the country DISTRACTED
At Potose the insurgents dispersed, fears
entertained of filbustering invasion of lower Cali
ifornia from San Francisco,
New YORK Feb 9-The Dr. Burdell case is pro.
crossing before the Coroner. Nothing definite has
been ascertaned as to the murder or murderers of
DR.. B.
LOUISVILLE, Feb 10 The River is rising here
and at st. Louis VBcinnes and Evansville.
GREENFIELD Mass Feb 9 The River is food
ed; Scebbns' grist mill at Deerfeld has been swept
away.
PORTLAND Me-. Feb 9.-On wednesday the of
fcers quarters at Fort Sullivan were destroyed by
fire, aud the soldiers quarters were burned the
next day.
WASHINGTON, Feb --Senate-Bright present.
ed the credentials of Graham n. Fitch, Senator
elect from Indiana A long discussion on his admis
sion took place at the close of wlich Mr.. Fitch
allowed to take the oath by vote of 80 TO l2--
adjourned
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bill for wagon road to the Pacific. On motion of
Mr.. Barbour to suspend rules to enable him TO in
troduce a resolution for the impeachment of the
U. S District Judge, John @. WatIols, Texas A
discussion took place, but nothing was concluded
Kelsey from the Special Committee reported that
Jas. n. Simpson be discharged from further atten.
ance on the Committee, which was adopted. Adj
journCd.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 9-P M-Fo1r declined 10
cts per Dbl, sales at 35a5 40; Whisky a. Corn
firm so "a; Oats "A AS prince Red and White
Wheat ll6ll20; Mess Pork and Lard very firm,
but bulk meats declining Clover Seed active at
7 90; Lard Oil advanced TO 95c.
New ORLEANS, Feb. Observation-Disclosures de
mand advance. Sales Of fair at l25aI28. Mo-
asses 50. Western Mess Pork $40 80.
NV YORK. Feb. Cotton firm; wheat de
c!ining; corn advancing pork dull; beef firm; lard
buoyant; bacon firm, lOialO4; shoulders 81; dress
ed hogs 94a9I; whisky frmeI; linseed oil firm at
81; lard oil 81 05; taliow firm at .; coffee advance
ed t, sales at lO4,lO4; molasses dull, tendency
downward, sales at 70; stocks lower
LOUISVILLE, Feb. l0.-The river is rising Last
evening there over seven feet water in the
Indiana chute, and four feet in the middle chute
The river filled with floating ice yesterday
There will be enough water on the falls to day for
the largest boats to pass over. The thermometer
at l o'clock to-day was 90 deg. above zero
Weather clear, indicating still greater cold in pro-
spective.