, 1861-12-26
SEATTLE, Dec. 18th, 1861.


From our Oregon exchanges We copy the fol.
lowing additional particulars Of the effects of the
late freshet. The advertiser Of the 18th inst.
says:
We understand that Corvallis and Albany sus.
tained but little damage from the recent flood.
The lower warehouse at the furiLer place was
carried away. Most Of the buildings in Orleans,
opposite Corvallis, have been swept off by the
rushing waters. Mr.. Abel George, who lived
on an Island above Corvallis, had four children
drowned. Two other persons, residents Of Cor
wallis, whose names We do not know, were also
| drowned.
The loss at Sal m we have already given
Champoeg has been entirely destroyed. The
ireshet Of lS49 swept through that town, doing
considerable damage That Of 1853 also left
marks Of its visitation, but it was lei for the late
Hood to give it the most destructive blow
At Butteyille, but little damage was done to
the buildings. The dwelling house Of Mr.. Ry.
nearson was washed away, as well as few
smaller structures, situated in the back part Of
the village, which is lower than the immediate
'front.' MIR. LerOcque lost some fifteen hundred
bushels Of wheat from the water rising in his
warehouse. Messrs. 4. W. Geer l. Go. are losers
likewise, from the same cause, to the amount Of
six hundred bushels, making together some
| twenty-one hundred bushels of wheat destroyed
at Butteville. A large quantity Of the same art-
Gle must have been lost in the Champoeg ware
houses.
Mr. Boone, at Boones Ferry, on the Villa.
mstte river, is also among the sufferers by the
flood. Hisdwelling house was washed from its
foundation, and as the water subsded, II settled
across hollow and broke apart
A gentleman from Champoeg informs US that
the waters Of tue Willamette are now sixteen
feet higher than at the memorable freshet OF
1858. All communication with Eugene and the
surrounding country is for the present entirely
suspended.
According to the report Of committe Of citi.
zens, which appears in the Aryus the loss at
Oregon City amounts to $4,000.
The ArgD Office was invaded by the food, and
the publication Of the paper was necessarily sus-
pended for week.
The loss in Orleans, Linn county, amounted to
$5,75O.
Tho Oregon Democrat, published at Albany,
gives the annexed account Of the damage sus.
tained at that place:
The aggregate loss Of property In this place
cannot, we presume, fall short Of $4,000. A
dwelling house occupid by the ferryman, Mr..
Priest, was washed away, and the -four room
connected with the Crawford Mills has been
much injury has doubtless occurred " the ware
houses, still almost under water to their roofs
The amounts Of wheat, -four and apples, belong.
ing to and in store with the different business
companies which will be totally or partially dam.
aged may be given, approximately, as follows:
Crawford Bros-, los sacks -four, 900 bushels
wheat; d. Beach 4 Co, $500 boxes apples,
1900 bushels wheat; Foster & Co, 1900 boxes
apples, $4,000 bushels wheat; Hyperion &
f1eischner, 1900 bushels wheat; Conner & Co.,
200 boxes apples, 1900 bushels wheat; Altree,
1000 bushels wheat
At Corvallis the destruction Of property was
not very considerable, in reference to which the
Union says:
In this city, owing to It's high situation, no
damage was done. except to the warehouse Of
Mr. Nicholson, which was started some eight
feet It contained about one hundred bushels Of
oats, which were damaged, and fifty or sixty
bushels Of wheat belonging to Nat Lane, was
damaged. Avery's old warehouse was also car
ried or Il contained q tombstone valued at &3O,
and some furniture in charge Of Beatty, valued
at $50. This Is all the direct loss that the city
sustained.
Smith Stewart, near Corvallis, lost - sheep,
20 hogs, 800 bushels wheat $50 bushels oats
200 dozen sheaf oats, and his fencing, barn, sta
dwelling house.
The country between Irwin's Butte and Eu.
gene City, distance Of 80 or 40 miles, up and
down the river, has been one vast ocean Of wa
ter, except here and there where knoll, butte,
or patch Of timber stood out Of the water ike
an oasis in desert. The Willamette Long Tom
and Muddy (n Benton county) were coming in
one, and presented the Appearance Of vast lake
ten miles In width, extending far over IN Linn
county on the coast. and clear back to the foot
hills on the west
Mr.. B. Y. DoweIl, who left Jacksonville on Sun.
day, December lst, SAYS the destruction was
great In Rogue River and Umpoua valleys He
saws Evans bridge on Rogue River 4 gone RrioOs