Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-29


had 70 yaeate their houses On the upper gssis-
siPpl .Aexandria, Marion City, Lagrange. canton
en0 other places OF both banks we're suhmerEsf
Inc american bottom and loElaud lossss By tSe
n0oa5 are very heavy not only from the prevention
o corn planting onl rom The damage 70 The WhssE
Several farmers ct IlinoistoWn, opposite 81 Louis
lost all they possessed One man, on the border Al
Goose Lake, lost thirteen head OF cattle 81 49,
ing. A. Weston the old bridge VS. swept sEsv- =.
was also every bridge between Plslts City aud Wss
tou. By the latest news from st. Louis the river
vas falling, though they had been visited With more
heavy showers
THE STORMS AND FLOODS D VIRGINIA
The counties Of King George and Westmorslsad.
in the North Of Virginia. we're recently visited vita
desOlating hail storm, which created sad havoc
among the grass and grain. The damage IN these
counties is estimated az from $4,000 10 100000
\ Beaver Creek, in the southwest Of Rockingham
county, was recently 80 swollen during q violent
storm, as to wash away whole fields Of corn son
and all North river vas very high and number
Of houses were damaged greatly. Hardy oounty
similarly visited the 9Th inst, when several
houses were unroOfed, and cue man was nearly
killed. The damage done near Fredericksburg has
been estimated at nearly $50, 600, over 500 900
bushels Of wheat having been destroyed Ths rise
Of the Wheeling creek on The llth, vas never be-
fore equaled Above Triadslphia the Hempfsd
railroad bridge Wss totally swept away, and the
country round was completely inundatsd
FLOODS AND sToa,s IN IzDIsA
On the llth inst. the Wabash river rose with
fightful rapidly, after the previous ccpi0us rains
and ihe river bottoms we're completely Inundated
The Wea and Wildcat creeks rose 10 be mighty
rivers, and the railroads leading over them we're
Hashed away. But little corn vas plan ted praFi9us
10 the food, and whole farms becoming SUBMERGED,
large amount Of grain in barns vas lost.
THE STORMS IN aARTLASD.r
The wonderful rain storm Of the IIth inst food
ed Baltimore. No less than twenty turnpike BRIDGES
ia the vicinity were swept away, and three persons
we're drowned. The neighbOIing streams Of Gf5yne
Falls, ShToeie Run, Herring's Run, Rock Run,
and the Paiapsco. and al tributary streams, usre.
greatly swollen, carrying away an immense amount
Of property, in bridges, dams, piers, buildings aud
crops Ii was the most destructive food that has
occurred in Maryland for twenty one , ears.
FRBsHETs 1E PENEsFEVAEIK
The memorable storm Of the llth inst did con-
siderable damage in the vicinity Of Philadelp his
Ia the rural portions Of the city crops sustained
great damage. AloBg the DeiaWore the lover
Wharves were oveTh0Wed, doing some little damage,
but along the Sohuylkih the injuries we're eEisn,
si7e Nearly seven feet Of wafer poured over he
dam al Paramount, carrying with il much valuable
property, and all the WhaIVes below we're submtrg-
ed In the vicinity Of Manayunk the Ridge turn
pike vas OverhOWed, and several thousand dollars
worth OF property vas destroyed
The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad has a nuubeF
Of breaks in the smbankment, and the tressel work
Of Mill creek bridge was greatly injured The
damages az the Whitewater canal have already teen
alluded 10 above. Near Sedamsvlls there Is & very
large break The total damage 70 track alone Is
estimated e. s., 500.
The Little Miami Railroad has had the bridge A
Duck creek dislOdged b food, and several land
slides little further on, bat The damages have
beed mpOrarily repsired.
The Hamilton and Dayton road had she trssssl
work Of the bridge az CummingsTille, and part Of
the em5ankment under one track near Carthage,
carried away.
On the Covington and LsEingson road q large
land slide occurred eighteen miles frosa Covington.
On the Cincinnati, LaWrencebuEg and Indians
polls road the main portions Of the bridge Gull
ford were carried away The damages on this and
oihsr bridges have beea repaired.
The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Gainesville road
was Distracted By land slide near Clarksvills
On the Alton and st Louis railroad 8 train vas
blown of the track BY tornado al Lexington, and
two hundred and fifty feet Of The road between
Alton and Tsrre Hau,e had been washed away.
The Piusburg and Steubeuville road vas Obstraei-
ed by a land slide o. Georgetown.
Ga the Lafayette and Indianapolis road train
vas thrown of the track, and an engineer and ere
man filled. BY several oulyerts being carried away
BY the dr oil Of the Wabash
The Toledo, Wabash and Western railroads, over
Weacfeehs IN Anulaua, were elllfely swept away
doing damage TO the amount Of So, 600.
The Chicago and Quincy Railroad suffered from
the washing away Ct oulveit5 near Quincy.
IL Is impossible 10 estimate the damages 10 the
Wabash aud Erie canal At Walc0tt Eve hundred
feet Of the eHbankmsnt are gone. The State bridge
is also gone, and there we're large breaks at Aios
Dsuphin, Logansport aud Wabash.
ESTIMATED DEsTRUCTIOE OF PROPERTT-
The Y asi6ed nature Of the devastation and the
vast extent OF country which il covers renders an
accurate estimate Of the damage next 70 impossible
We can, however, approximate 10 q result, as fol
bEs;-
Cotton crop 400 900 bales. ...... 600 600
Grain CROPS lu.vuu ,VUl
Sugar crop, 10000 h0gsheads....-..... 200 900
Towns, buildings, bridges, mills lsvees
and farming stock. ........ 5000 GOO
BailrOadsand canals l,0J0OO0
This is but rough estimate. We feel certain
however, that 50 far from exaggeratipg the agZrs-
gate losses sustained as set down, our figures fall
short Of the reality. And these losses though nOi
i generally felt by our financial and commercial
classes now, will undoubtedly leave their impress
sions upon fnauciers, stockholders, banks, msr
I chants and an interested in the profits and losses
Of the great Mississippi Valley