Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-16


TREMENDOUS FLOODs---H. h. BRIDGE
SWEPT AWAE---GREAT DESTRUCTION
OF PROPERTY.
Accounts siil reach rs Of the frightful destruc
ton of property, South and West, By the foods i
the Mississippi and its tributaries.
Our dispatches indicate that thR town Of Cairo i
in danger Of being literally swept away, while th
damage to the Illinois Central Railrosd has beel
very great
/ letter from Kaskaskia Illinois, says that tha
place is now submerged by the high water, aud tha
the people have taken refuge on the Garrison Hill
The freshstssfsom the Okaw river, which is al
over its banks, the Mississippi at the same tine be
ing very high. Ksskaskia vas nearly cleared Ou
and destroyed BY the great food Of 1874, and the
present freshet viii probably finish the business
So much for The oldest town in the Western country
The OksW river is higher than it has been for the
last twenty years. Cattle and hogs have been
drowned in great numbers, and two persons, Mr..
Jones and a young lady, both living near Yandalia,
we're swept down BY the angry current and lost.
CIEoszArI, June I1.-Weatber cold. sdn rain
ing, but not hsayy River rising rapidly all IFS
tributaries rising-by food, probably. The Ohio
AID Mississippi Railway track is washed away six
miles west Of this city Other roads are damaged
sOme-nOt known here yet to what extent. Aler-
curry So
LtFATETTz, Ind, June II, 8 P, MI commenced
raining at 2 o'clock Wednesday noon, and poured
down almost constantly until this Friday, morning
The Wabash river rose with fearful rapidly. The
inhabitants the river bottoms aWoke in the morn
ing to ind their homes rapidly filing with water,
and were obliged to esespe in boats and BY swim
ming on horses. The Wea and Wildcat creeks, two
small streams, rose in a few hours to raging foods
The Toledo and Wabash and Western Railroad
bridge across Wsa creek was entirely swept away.
Damage $4,000. There are two more breaks west,
and not less than i've oulyerts east, on the same
road, gone
The bodies Of the fireman and engineer killed in
the accident the La ayette and indianapolis Rail
Road we're recovered last evening. The wreck was
terrible One bridge and several eulverts On that
road are gone.
The Wabash river is still rising, and immense
quantitses Of say logs and rails, &c. are sweeping
past. No trains mails can leave here for several
days. Whole farms are under water. Much grain
stOredi in barns viii be total loss.
On the New Albany and Salem Railroad the bridge
across Wea, South, aud the bridge at BrookstOle
Station, North gone, also other serious breaks
It's impossible to estimate the damage 10 the Wa
bash and Erie Canal az Wild Cat. The feeder for
thisleYel four miles Esst the lock and dam and 500
feet Of ofembankment are gone; also the State bridge
There are seven breaks between here and there
There are several large breaks at Attica Dolphin,
Logansport and Wabash Il will be impossible to
use the canal again this summer,
DAITOE, Ohio, June THE Miami river at this
point has risen to within four feet Of the great 0od
Of l847, ard is sl rising three or four inches per
hour. Il is raining steadily. The water is running
over the road between he Main street bridge and
MePhsrsontoWn, which viii probably be en-
tirely under water before morning. Some fears are
entertained for the safety Of the Dayton levee, which
is only about feet above the present stage Of
water. We have rum0rs that at Troy and Piqua
the river is higher than in l847. The whole couu-
try north Of Dayton seems to be flooded beyond any
former period, and much injury has been done 20
to crops.
STILL LATER.-The citizens Of McPherstown are
moving cut Of their houses this evening to places Of
safety. At the canal basin, the swaynil House.
the business houses, BY way Of precautiOn, are re-
moving all perishable goods to the upper stories
The conductor from Troy this evening, represents
the river there as high az high as in 1857 and ra-
pidly rising Considerable alarm seems to prevail
there.
Ex President PIERoE.-The following pleasant
ddBgs of General Pierce and his wife, who are So
journing in the island of Madeira are furnished BY
a New York correspondent Of the New Hampshire
Gazetts:
the 10th Of last month"; gave US hattering accounts
Of Mrs Pierce's health, at which her many Ports
mouth friends viii rejoice The eE-President still
continues to win golden opinions from all sorts Of
people 0athe 9Th Of April he had grand reeep-
eeption at the consular house; Of which the dgni-
tares Of the island; military, civil and eeolesias-
tic, all assisted as well as ne English resident no.
biiity and gentry, and the Inhabitants generally
His manners unpretending, yet dignifed, charm
everybody. Indeed, the general owes his success
in political life, next to his talents, incOntsstably
great, TO bis graceful, easy and eOnoiliatOry
ners Would that many Of our great men would
cultivate So the miuor morals more The person
81 popularity would wait upon eminent and &C
knoWledged abilily. The United States frigats
Cumberland, which was still at M4deira when we
last heard from the island, gave the ex President
q grand entertainment on board. He was received
with the customary salute. and each gun Of the
frigats vas answered by tbs Portuguese fort at Loo
Rock; and the same imposing demonstration sttend-
ed his return to the Shore which was crowded with
the sympathetic population.
THE GRATE OF ETHAN ALLEy.-The good people
of Burlington. VT. are advised BY a correspondent
of the Green M0untai Freeman that if they viii dig
to the depth Of twelve feet they win End where
Ethan Aliens remains once Vsrs. By his own re-
quest he WAS buried in q standing position, the top
Eel L. L. - E. rr