New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-15

tr.e TIE ees made a; the ScFy lev rstss were oajv
10 ools.n eoCe means to foruis6 the with food.
many OF whom were slDO-s n starving cooiaioa-"
Tie trade viii opea by tie i~hsh Cs1si tie pcossst
s,ei Freshis to the esst are uSusra.J iow. ssd
ycsse's abundant. A,Rcbnono no !ess than 1ob boss
ard IJe vesse,s are reported IN pos- large ocmbss
Of tsts s.e also lyrg in az Pottsyte decks. vsesg
fer lu.Jpg. Altogether the trsls opeas mot ,nsusQs-
C,ovsiy.
The Money NE rket is striayen. at Chicago.
IL tie Superior Coui, OF ConneItcct, Judge BsuM
has ext.,ed an order directing the RechvcSs @ ~
Rank of Meth America 10 pay from the assst- q sss
bark in Their bsnds first to the note.hodss, csxt 70
the dspcs,crs aud then 10 the creditors who hsd 3D.
vsucsi money to hep the baps through ts dhcs.'ss
on pledge OF its notes. 2At hcr.i{G-c, Js1~saf
esy~;
ave Understand there Is mouey enough in hsod 70
par the two inst classes, and tnat enough Will be ee
iLed ultimately to pay the ls:tei Glaze, "hoh 'ac'1ds
tbose banks OF ouT city which Attempted TO help tho
beLk cut of its troubles IL IL Singular that .ons
Sl5CO0 s5out coe-half the circulation OF the essk, q
Low outstandipg.
The ennexed eNtsots viii show tie exteat Of ths
flood u the Mississippi, River aud its tnbGtsnss. T1s
M-ppl. Bulletin Of the ;Sth ut says:
"Ibe river at this point is stdl rsng, and hss cons
I'D wtan - ipches OF extreme high. water mark. The
water is flowing entirely the track " the Metn
phis and Little Lock Railroad, At dltsace a
five mics from the terminus on the opposite side a
the river. IS hoped. however, that no ssrors az
iury viii be sustained by the rvad liz is not thouG6
that the overflow will reach the point at witch traok
laying is r-w going s.me ~ miles from this cuy.
TIE lane Rcck He-HScrGf of tire 93d NJ hss esua-
lar announcement. II declares that
lie river is higher than for II years. aad std
rising 1he rain s still falling rapidly Mondayi Tue
peseat prospect Is foe extensive overflow aud grco
des,uc,ion ,f property. II yet lacks, at ths point,
four ~ of the s,est ireshet of 1871 though in msay
places the bsnAs completely submerged, and tic
destIu,t ton ct elock must already be very great
a, NspOlt 90 City the water has flooded the strcetA-
csus hter e tzen Of that place fo,. lsst vse&,
from galley Of the residence ct hs father asA was
drowned IN the street before assistance could be
dersd The who,e town is seyera! feet uncer wstes.
The IiesA6nrr S,Hf,rei of the ID inst. says
The river at this point is now within few inches
Of TIE stage of 1880 and fom our te'egraphic do
pscfe- il vii be the upper nNers arc eti going
up. The Forest City, sr, ed at our whaif last eva
ing at dark from Napoleon, reports tnat town coNa-
pleeiy inundated. aud the citizens are compelled -
20 flom pscc to place in boats upon floating loss
The town Of Preltlss s in the same condition. Tbs
love, b. low Napoleon the Arkansas side, and be-
low Greenviile the Mississippi eide, hare gtvcs
way and tbe whole country on both s,des Will sooe oe
submerged The Arkansas and White Rivers ara
higher than they have been known for years. ssd
rising. The Tennessee Cumberland and Msasapn
are the same condition. gentleman tMr. A. q.
GibsoD) writing from Mt Leye, Plant alton, etats thsA
the river within FEW inches OF the highest wsSx
W. have ever bad From appearance We have ~
doubt The river will reacn stage Of water onAg
eaua.ei BY the great flood Of lsg'.
II was reported that the leyee pear Lake Provdetoe
ia broken in several places and the rveS in Others
running over The Ievee and that at COneOrda beleU
Heens, Arkansas, tho river is higher than It was a
1870
The Vcksburg papers Of the "a inst. contain sdde
topa information;
HThe Ulcers Of the X. H. Winslow (which ben
pass down 90 the "a 70 Vicksburgl report that at
ieex Island One Hundred there crevasse 10 the
wee through hich nine feet Ot water wa pouring -
apowerful rate. They informed that there woss
several smal breaks in that vicinity; apd muee
damsgs lad already bsen sustained. The Wins!Ow
wae obliged tO bring all her way freight to this poen<
beng unable (the water being 50 hIgb) to mako her
usual landings.
"Tne officers Of the steamer Whitensn from Ysxos
River last night, state that the rain has been ps0osg
down IN tcrieats ia that region, and the uves vey
high. When they left YazoV City yesterday morning.
the water getting up into the town. ------s
The Ficlsbsrg SoaVhroa Ct the 81 inst. says;
"Tae levee broke in Bolivar County, at X. d.
Chotsrds place, Thursday morning. and l. oPea
for one mile. II will doubtless ruin many vaiuabis
plantations. Also in Coahcma County the river b
rising at the rate Of Elk inches in tveoy -four hours at
Delta and Canes LandiDgs."
THE iopisiihc .Iournai says:
The amount Of suffering entsied and damage dsas
We have j. by the steamer Diana. She reports tho
evee broke al the late John l.. Martins place. aad On
the opposite side. Also, at Central Landing and g
various other points. On the Mississippi eide ths
river was over The leves. At Napoleon some twesty
three deer 70 killed in day inslde Of the town.
which had been driven in by the food. great de1
of property was destroyed
Her officers saw at one place below Napoleon borsee
standing in the porch Of private dwelling. saa
any number Of cattle standing in water up to thsr
sides. Hogs were standing about in the woods %
logs
river falling rapidly at that point. i. had receded W
10 tn at tiu-, two feet.
At NAPOLEON the river was entirely ths bsAkA,
and in many other places oyer the levess psricu.IH
have been overwhelmed and toe whole face OF Shs
country inundated The houses at Nspoloon have
three 10 five feet water the first floors, and stok
and cattle either drowned or starving IN wiiderness
a waer The most Of the inhabitants have taken lodg-
iDgs at the United States Hospital which orsunstAly
is aboIe hgh.water maIk. From the mouth OF White
River, which had been at food hight together with
the Arkansss down to the LOuisiana line, but vesy
little Of the country has escaped the overflow.
At Napoleon all the valuable live stock has beea
shipped on aatboats, while the less-fayored qusdru-
Ieds ale standing about IN water nearly up 70 tess
mouths, patiently waiting for the waters to substde
About opp cite Island 100 crey:ce had been made n
the Ieyee through which the water of the MississpPt
wss pouring at q fearful rate, delugins the wnote
country around
TIE planters along the coast in the vicinity Of Nov
Ore ana have the greatest apprehenons, a. "a ever.
flow in that quarter Will be disastrous in ths exfess
If their evees CO Withstand the present hood thsv
need entertain no further fears this reason.
Tie erection Of leyees, or embankments, along The
upper bank Of the Mississippi River, is likely IN tDs
10 prove disastrous " planters along the coast thesgh
Il nures TO the immediate benefit Of the owners q
nnd. that have heretofore been annually overdsvs.
Now the evees coupe the river TO its natural bosnds
ard lands n the vicinity Of Wolf Island, for instaaee.
which few yesrs ago would not command 6ve a.
Lars an acre, are row refused at twenty-five. Thsse