The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-04-18

ming. eWeb venture that this has not been.
excellea in the knowledgs, Of the oldest resi-
dent in the yioinity.A - Belmont Chronicle. ssGl
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From the Wheeling Intelligencer
THEoHIGII4 WATERS
q The water. continued, to rise all night
Wednesday and yesterday stealing
slowly into the streets and rushing into
the cellars on Main streets .d' From Gem
tire Wheeling. along Water 4 and ~ Main
streets, bthee'p people, have gone to the
high places and given up their houses
to the water and the rats. There, is
but one mays Of reaching the aentranse
to onrfqface by) lmpai and Tdqg outsH
skiffs, yawlss f4etboatsa d and q rats aye be-
ing poled about through the streets for
the purposes Of Securing = property and !
killing raises Regularrilines of, small
fryCboats aregfunning between Quincy
street and Centre Wheeling, the pro-
prietors of which charge five, and ten
cents fare. Many persons about the,
Belmont Mills, in the hope that the
water would cease to rise, put off NOV
ing their effects till their houses were
surrounded. Oh Theno everybody. .icom-
-menced moving at sonce. A Pigs being
re carded as the most valuable were car
ried. squealing away to the neglect Of
babies, who did not observe this With,
out q seuallJ demonstration The
scene wb1N haze been, very l6dicrous
under less serious circumstances. ~
But lshesiposr Rats!fSThe waytheyi
sufferedmgasin. 4 We, .sappese there
must have been two OF. three, hundred
boys sailiag aaroand upon 1rafts, boards,
stogystumpsy and so forth, slaughter
/ ing rats, for no other cause than that
they we're, rats and had been deserted
tby their felloweworms.d sEeGs ussd ~
| Lagrange, Wellsburg, andaiallnthe
GOWNS above the city are qsfeserted. .sand
the wat water a- is is rushing through them EN- a, at
rapid and damaging. rate. "A num-
beriofs the passengers who came on the
cars as far as Lagrange, and could
lcomrues no further, reached here yester-
tday ina skif, which they purchased, At
/ an'awfuldhigh, price, and d,sold again for
song. They report that there IS no
estimating the damage done to prop.
t,erty all along the Ohio AtcLagrange
there are several trains OF cars collect
edSandsa good ygwater bound pas
sengerso who are 9iieral4lg tappllops sqms
to get away. Similar reports OF the
Condition ot things above are brought
by the steamer Diadem, Whlch arriveo
yesterday morning. - cry few sseam-
ers .areT arriving from m any direct dlrection
owing tothe fact that there Is no busl
mess doing, and it,does not pay them tt
run,e ella Z. .s1.n sii.,@g Ito 1o''las. 70 g
! In Mouhdsyitle there ~ arc re-. seyera ever 4
feet aof water and The people have a
fed into the mountains aofI hepsiaam
'tnot" Where the mon roaretn slosa nor sa
1 whangdo9dls m1o9rSnetn, y, ppY Yaefe wa
liter Is, not, sanq gT9eFe saIety Is voucn
J safed by hospitaoie IlafmeIs'I 20 IiMls
} att towns eeiow,-exceP11'nose si'ua'e
: upon the hlgnesesgrouno' .aaAIoNi, ,... !.
: IN fheI cry; gesEei'q9ay' tne Ic1pH!slo w
r OF things Temindeu '''t us .. a. Hoiius I1.i
Nopody WAS was aolng anysnn anu =.
whole P9pulaFloh sssmea - nass S4a
:, : gregated about %, the eage ,ot Inc = ,nsaala @
7 waters. ,efhere Was nes. = pry sPos uPe
i, the island, the water haytpg :supnerge
roIeverything buto SneA n.gnS1alAs) over
I Ohio. % saLo.Iea = = :,
e Much 10 sne srehel .. soi.lAsas' s.ss, - -
o. water seeinea' ias' evening" W '0 S'o'
ly receding. S.yo1smoa :, pas :,
,o"e learn ina. ON eonor'o 1TIeeki M 3 - =
:, damage is very greae az 5llss3,:os' bhe Snoo'
swept away ana completeiy oemoisn'
= strong farm l9lSa h9usSesf Hunareos ,n1HS q hog
p sheep, ana cattle =! were e' snH'vf drowhea.
y reference 70 CERTAIN marks fi mage s naI dJ
l. ing the hood ,otI nlty7,W0' we see "a
\ the water ls' not as hgh ipy 1ourleet'
2 upon that occasion -
looked