The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-23
THE OHIO RIVER ROnMINC

The Cincinnati Gazette of Monday saws: The tor
rents of rain which fell on Friday and Saturday
has swollen all the streams, and raised the river to
within two or three feet of the height reached in
the great freshet of 1858. At the foot Of Broad
| way the steamers Jacob Strader and David Gibson
are pokng their noses with unusual familiarity to-
wards the second story of the Spencer House, and
at no great distance from that popular hotel. From
| broadway to Ludlow, along what is known as
| Sausage Row." the occupants have been compell-
ed to vacate their premises without ceremony, the
water having filled the cellars and easements oc-
| cuped as coffee saloons and small shops. The eel
! lars of the stores on Front street, from Main to
Walnut, are filled with water. but the goods hav-
ing been removed, but little damage has yet been
done. Farther along in the same direction. west,
| the small buildings along the banks have general
| " been flooded. The abutment of the Suspension
Bridge, the Ohio side of the river at the foot of
| Vine street. is completely under water.
The ground underneath the track of the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad was considerably washed away
The l0.50 train last night not sent out, in con-
sequence of the washing away of the dirt under
some portions of the road near the city, and the
fear of injury to the tresse work.
The new bridge over Millcreek, at Gest street,
was completely inundated, and probably will be
| very much injured. One end of it had been raised
some four five feet from the abutment and rest
| ed on the water.
The telegraph poles along the banks of the
river, running in every direction except to Pitts
burg, have been washed away by the storm, so that
communication by that means was interrupted last
| night.
At the foot of Sixth street the water over
flowed, and prevented the passing of pedestrians
| teams.
The actual rise in the Ohio at this point, up to
last evening, since the storm commenced cannot be
less than from thirty to thirty-fue feet!
The Licking river, which enters into the Ohio
| opposite this city, has overhowed its banks, and
compelled the residents along its margin to vacate
the lower stories of their dwellings and take refuge
| above.
From the Brighton House to Ernst station, on the
Hon and .,a.1uA
miles from the city, the water covered the entire
flats, and carried away wood and fences without
| ceremony: The gardens along the creek were
| hown, and the owners, both men and women,
wadlng through the water to gather up what little
! loose "traps" that had not followed the booming
current below. At Mill Creek Bridge, the water
was up nearly to the top of the embankment of the
roadway, and still slowl y rising last evening.
As far as the eye could reach the bottom appears
to be one sea OF water, muddy the streets after
| storm.
| The banks of the river, for distance of two or
three miles, presented throughout the entire dav
yesterday, one OF the most animated scenes which
has been witnessed in many year. Thousands
upon thousands OF men, women and children were
constantly upon the banks covered the floats and
coal and wood boats along the levee. The streets
leading to the river presented a continued throng
ot people, on their way to take look at the Ohio
con a swell" The appearance was more like that
OF gala day than Sabbath, and notwithstanding
the WIND was strong and piercing, the crowd was
not lessened in numbers from morning till night.
The Muskingum, Kanawha, Scoto, Big Sandy,
Little Miami, and all the side streams reported
bank full, and rising fast.
The Commercial says: Lawrenceburg, Warsaw
and Carroton all partly inundated and it is
likely that Cairo and Mound City will be drowned
out as the food from this part of the Ohio aggre-
gated by Green river, the Wabash, Cumberland
and other tributaries will make the Ohio over
whelming at its mouth.
BRITISH GENERosITY.-The following facts in re-
gard to fatal collision in thsharbor year or two
since, have not we believe before been made public
| The Cunard Steamer Niagara, in coming up the
harbor, had collision with schooner Harriet
Maria, of Orleans, by which one of the crew, Dan
| iel Higgins, was drowned. The matter of damages
was left out to referees, who, after patient and
| thorough examination came to the decision that
the schooner was wholly to blame in the matter,
the owners OF the steamer not being liable for the
loss of the vessel. Notwithstanding its award the
Cunard Company decided to pay the costs of the
referees, and also sent to this city the sum of
one thousand dollars, to be divided amongst the
persons who were sufferers by the accident.-Bos-
| ton Traveller.