The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-29
THE FLOODS. THE FLOODS.

The western papers filed with accounts the hate
and viosnt rains In that section Of the couatsy. On
Monday last. the 24th instant hoodng rain fell which
to have extended throughout the whole western
country At Cincinnati immense amount of damage
done Bridges ia the neighboring country xers
stroyed wells caycd In, shade and fruit broken
down, and much damage done
correspondent ftem Osbosne OHIO ssys that on the
25th Mad ver rising at the rate Of three inches
hour. The farming interests had suffered severely "A
great breadth Of land which wonh have been planted
had the been favorable will be left uncutvated
large portion Of the which has bssn planted has
rotted that upon hill land has washed out. II Is
exaggeratfon 10 ssy tAt at least twotArs Of tie
which has besn planted in this valley between Dayton
and Springfield, will have to be replanted We have
planted forty upon farm and expect 70 rspInt
she whole. Should the crop resut Ia half m average
YIELD QUE most sanguine will b fully real
i1ed."
AT Madison. Indiana the rsan b described n pour
ing out z and not ordinary rain such out
pouring has before been witnessed by the oldest
nhabitant there has been parallel to It since the
gest food Of 4T when much OF tbs railroad
~ from ths Cincinnati Gazette, Nay al
A genleman, who left Indianapolis yesterday and ar
rived Ia this city yeferAy afternoon the line Of the
Indeuapoek snd CAcnnaH railroad informs u that the
rains net hssvy q Indianapels - this place
none On Monday nsshx TAs rsas thas ts hsps s1ssnd
ed about thirty milss west cf LAwrsneebuyEA. The
whole country through which hs passed IL dcugcd with
water. The roads are imp1aaabe, being ia worse
dition than they la February Much of the wheat
h down, and this crop has generally besn sssously in
ured Other crops have also suffered to large extent
But little has been planted, and will require many
days of drying weather 10 put de aAd ia condition
be touched with plcugh. largs portion of the corn
that had been planted washed out The fcs Of the
country, generally, presented gloomy sppsncs All
the creeks very high sweeping bsscrs thsm fsnces
&c., thAs lsy aDng their borders Tho creek that In
yrcd the bridge at Guilford, about large Mill
Crrek, with current twenty five per cant nnpd.
This, in ordinary tnes, Insignificant stream. Ths
injury sustained by adjoining lands from ths overflow of
this creek may therefore be Imagined
rFrom nc 81 Louis R~pubiIeaa ssshf aE
The whole Of this ssction Of country sssrsng fsom
sdaiiy dcuse IL rains every day ccpicSsy, somsaime~
prodigiouaiy hard The ground saturated with water
In many places nothing has deem done in ths wsy Of
ptoughng the ground for planting oor or thAt has
been done tho grains have rottc bsan washed ND
al has TO bo done again. The wheat time
promising Of magnificent harvest In many places books
- n it might be Aiaps. Tho graa crops can hardly
be injured By weather Bnt Altoesthcr with heavy
rains every day an advancing season. the prospect
IL gloomy enough. Unlsss there h chanos N very
te while the whole prospect oE ths pspucsr and
sumer viii be changed; the former will be Ahls to get
greatly enhanced prices for what he may have vea of
last years crop, without much psopsrt ~ rnlnG any
thing the present one; and the Iatter will have
pay cxtravagant prices for whatever he may use
Our river column tells all about the ccnaitjon ~ the
river here, well south of II rog vuEy Mpidy
up to Monday morning, whcn II may be presumed the
water found it. way to unusual places and perhaps
hs banks, and the rse leus rspad during ysstday
In the evening it below the great Overflow of 1a44
comparison with that extraordinary Hood, whsn 70
much damage done in every quarter. II II hoped that
change in the weather will take place, and that
the rivers will begin to recede