Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-15

FRIDAY, May IA.

ARRIVALS.
I MARY Cook, Dalzell, 1t. Louia
KATE CAssEL Grey, Dubuque.
METROPOLITAN, Rhodes, St. Paul.
DEPARTURES.
PEMBrNAw, Griffi h, St. Paul
BFs CAMPBELL, Myers, Montrose.
FANNY HARRIS, Webb, Galena.
EsvoY, Rowe, St. Paul.
METROPOLITAN, Rhodes, st. Louis.
The river is falling gradually.
FREicHTs.-Very scarce. Probably less
doing in both freight and passengers than
has been known for some years, at this sea
son.
The Missouri Republican says: The rlver
At this point commenced swelling e@yMon-
day night, and up 10 10 o'clori yesterday
morning it had risen two or three inches,
after which it became stationary. It did
not remain long at a stand, and at dark. last
evening had fallen four or five inches
The Dew Drop from st. Paul, reports the
river falling fast from St. Paul to the Low
er Rapids.
CAIRO. May II, A. NJ.
TIE heather rainy-The riper rising Water
inside Of tie Legees.
There is no news of interest here to-day,
the weather being such as to put stop to
ali manner Of business. 1t r,.ined steadily
all day yesterday, and just as steadily last
night, with a strong wind from the North
The night was extremely dark, making it
impossible for steamboats, TO run. The riv-
ers are rising here at the rate Of half an
inch per hour, and the rain has swelled the
water inside of the Cairo Levees fully
eighteen inches during the last twenty -four
hours. Cairo is decidedly moist, sloppy
and uncomfortable The plank walks are
ailoat in many places, and skiffs are getting
to be n common mode Of conveyance inside
OF Cairo A number Of houses are sur.
rounded 10y water three or four feet deep,
and can only be reached by means of trestle
work. Cairo has never yet, while surrounn-
ed by levees, presented so moist an appear
ance. We are experiencing almost a second
edition of the Deluge
TIE STORM or MoNDAY-Accounts reach
us, from various directions, of the extent
and severity of the storm in which st. Lou
is shared on Monday. Eastward, as far as
T., tIot 4 IN
falling Sunday night and prevailed with
brief interinissions, until yesteday morning.
The amount of water that fell was excess
i've, in that direction, as well as Northward,
beyond Bloomington, Illinois. The effect Is
seen in the swollen streams, which are gen
orally over their banks, and gradually ex-
tending over the bottoms for n mile and
more towards the highlands. The Sanga-
mon and Kaskaskia rivers and the les
ser streams are pouring down large floods.
The big and little Wabash are too full for
their usual bounds, and have taken a wider
range over the rich l. wlands through which
they run, The big Wabash was still rails
ing rapidly yesterday.
These repeated heavy rains and resulting
wet lands, are sore vexation to the far
mers Scarcely any corn is yet planted
The wheat grows rank, instead Of to head,
and will fail to yield the amount of grain
which was anticipated three weeks since,
besides being Liable to prostration in heavy
storms unless there is speedy outshining Ct
the sun, and continuous warm weather.
JAMES LYoS--The James Lyon, Capt.
Blake, left st. Louis for this port on We'd
nesday. She will be here to day. shippers
bear in mind
At Dubuque the river has fallen about 20