New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-24
FLOOD ALONG TIE LOWER MISSISSIPPI

FLOOD ALONG TIE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
4 cerespoudsn. of TIE Aimoa,, Rconbisea-, t,sv.
eng fton ST. LOUIS for Nsw. Oriesrs says:
o. Board sTtAMEy wv. NJ. MoeRIsoS
Jurs l6, ls56.
There is scarcely s dry spot to be iouod eetsesn
tue rrouth Ct tie Ohio snd Memphis, though 10 sysy
few places they tave managed T. prevent soy en.
croac1mert en- thelr dwellings by TIE timely erection
Of insiee leyets Ihs suffering ot tue stock beyond
caculbiior. lis 10 rt.e SIGHT to witness mI1y IS
fifty heed Of cs:tle borees and hogs nuddsd together
on small psich Ct h;ga iaud, with barely room "
stand, nUcn less TO 10 cowr. Al some fss points
woere the le zee IL removed 70 greater distance
the bank they are ory troubled by the water sh.cA
ia absorbed by the esth and ftds ,s way 10 the
face; however tbs carries Wi i very LITTLE astruc
ticp. We are just ro~ passing the hugh bluff upon
which the village situated. and 10 isaeed trea,
70 esze upOl lie towering rugged cliffs as contrast
them with the bal.rce f over ors tbouss1d miles
river bark now labs 70 destruction 81 sGy moment.
TIE riveT row using very rapidly IN this neg abor
hood, AID though tie wstsr will be higher tee ruin
Garnet well I've much more geuersl CT more severely
felt, ard the stferes Ssy, "et i, come as it wi DO
over tie scoLer.
CoIUMBUs KY June IL, 1853.
Tie rver at this point Is yet Using and ts wlctn Is
estimsed ct ~ miles. The Missouri side is tie suf-
fersr. Kentucky fulIers COZ i1ersbly, but 10 coUpsn
sou, very u;es Tie water has been encroachog on
TIC bscS ano lower poItocs o. the two towns, CO.un
bus ard hentEcsy City, for some toie but yesterday
Il took fancy TO ill up valley alt'le quicker and
burst il the leyee in Ii Sc places. At keaI7cky City,
just below the mile. it flows IN deep stream into the
towpi hslf way Up from there 10 another crevsSse.
At tie vi s't boat Of E. b. Wood Co. the cves is
broken some I'D feet ard torrent Ot water three feet
deep is rustirg down two Of the streets toward tue
bluff The main portions Of the two towns are az out
OF wafer yet and though the wster IS row fourteea
inches higher at ths po,nt thar In loi1, do no. thick
il will do suy camsge in or about the " two inlsn.
cities" The country below and shove is one
vast extended scene of ruin AID eesolstion,
Distressing to behold. The los, of crops is To-
the food will be ircalculsbIe. 1 know Of three
planters whose combined loss u t"enty-three tn.u
sand dollars. One Of them IL MIR. Burgess OF Won
Island whose loss In wood alone Is J ana Ms loss
of grain is - 500 could rane fifty psrs lns 10
this vicinity whose Individual lcsses average s. OOO
Ire velocity of the current is now seven and half
miles per tour and the oischsrge Is ne ary two hun
dred million gallons per day ISfoTmst'on furnished
busy en- ployed il bringing in the stock and otaer
effects Of the "wsshedout" inhabitants of the low
lands. Two large families, with all their plinder,
stock. &c were brought to our favored town.
7th-1he rise continues a. the rate Of about enc
inch in twenty. four hours. large house passed
down early TIL, morning; smaller one about ii
O'Clock; ard spotner at o'clock. Large trees are
sTeep ping rapidly by, ard at times whole grove OF
youro cottonwoods G an be whisking gsy along.
Isth-The Ed Howard. from Ne Ohsats, suded
here this morning in a starving condition. No pro-
visions could be procured this side OF Memphis
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Tie Frceport III Bulletin tells the following story:
Mrs. birmingham, wife of the master mechanic
of the Gslena and Chicago Union Railroad at this
point, made very narrow escape from drowning lsst
week. 1t appears that she was being conveyed ny q
hired man to Pecatonics. When they were within
about mile and half of that point they were COM
PEELED TO leave their carriage and take TO boat toto
which they stepped with two gentlemen, who were
there waiting to be carried over. They had rowed
some distance when dog which was swimming along
side ut his paws upon the sid, II the bost upseugt
ard precipitating its occupants toto about ten feet
water. Two Of the men swan ashore. The other
succeeded in reaching tree near by, up which he
clambered. Mrs. Birmingham, after sinking twice
was caught by the in the tree aud held until per-
cons from shore 10 their relief, which WAS in
about three.qu srters CT an hour. The only Injury
Mis B. sustained vas the chsfirg Of her arms, In
holding to the tree, and COLI After the gen.
teInan had secured his footing in the tree be found he
had mech lace in the shape OF rattesnake he sue
ceeded in releasing himself from his dangerous CON-
panion without in Jury.
One of the gentlemen lost his wallet containing FER
800 in money, beside valuable papers.