, 1861-12-20

Total, S164, zoo
This estimate does not include the loss sustained
in removing goods, &c. The total loss in property
lost, damaged, &C., will probably reach $17O,OOO
Respectfully submitted,
d. P. THOMPSON,
Chm of Committee.
Loss AT ALBANY.-The Democrat gives the
following:
! The loss Of property has been very considerable
and we much fear lives have been lost The ag
gregate loss of pronertv in THE ,>aca ,pnpnt. ws
presume, fall short of $4,000. A dwelling ho- Z
occupied by the ferryman, Mr.. Priest, was washed
away, and the -four room connected with the
Crawford Mills has been driven from its place,
and is a total loss, besides much injury has doubt
less occurred to the warehouses, still under water
almost to their roofs. The amounts of wheat
-four and apples, belonging to and in store with
the different business companies, which will be
totally or partially damaged may be given ap-
proximately, as follows:
Crawford Bros, 100 sacks of -four, 500 bushels
wheat; D. Beach & Co., $500 boxes of apples,
5000 bush. wheat Foster & Co., 1900 boxes
apples 10000 bush wheat; Hyperion & Fleisch-
ner, 1900 bushels wheat; Altree, 1000 bushels
wheat.
Others have likewise been losers, in lumber,
&C., but only to small amounts
On the Santiam river, we learn, the destruction
has also been fearful, some families losing nearly
all they possessed-stocx of nearly everything
having been swept away by the irresistible flood.
A saw mill, situated near this place, owned by
Watson & Baldwin, is destroyed. A house which
was standing just on the opposite side of the
river from this place was carried away Twenty
five head of sheep, belonging to the same person,
were drowned on Sunday night. We understand
that the bridge on the road to Corvallis is so
much damaged as to be worthless in the future.
Such are some of the effects of the terrible
high water and inundation in this immediate vi
cinity, and we but dread to hear of the effects
elsewhere.
FROM THE OREGON STATEsMAN.-The bridge
over the North Umpqua, at Winchester, Is car
ried away.
Mrs. McGohen, an old lady sixty-three years
of age, escaped with her daughter from their house
near Lebanon, and took refuge on a tree, where
they remained twenty-four hours. The old lady
was provided with side-saddle, fastened on
limb, as a seat
The sawmills of Mr.. T. A. Riggs and Mr. Ames
in Linn county, were destroyed Keys FIGURING
mill, near Lebanon, was not much injured.
At Corvallis, six persons are reported drowned
four of them children of Mr.. Abel George, living
on the island. The other two were men-name
not learned
Mr. Moore, of Orleans, lost his safe. The stage
company lost coach and one horse.
AT Lancaster all but two houses are reported
gone, and those about to 60.
We learn that the whole of the level country
in the forks of the Willamette was flooded. The
fences and stock are mostly destroyed. The
houses were not generally washed away.
Mr. Maxwell the ferryman, living below the
forks, lost his house and most of his effects.
At Harrisburg, no houses were swept off, but
considerable damage occurred. The dam of the
mill was destroyed. The water came out about
half a mile in the prairie.
At Brownsville, the Calapooia came around the
houses. The apron of the bridge was carried
away, and two mills above there are destroyed.
At Eugene City, the water ran through town
but we have learned few particulars. The high
est water in that neighborhood was on Sunday
night. The water is said to have extended from
the Willamette to Long Tom in great depth. Nc
loss of life heard of above Corvallis
The prairie at Mr. Ford's below Salem, is {
perfect scene of wreck Houses, furniture, cloth
ing and all descriptions of utensils, horses, cattle
sheep. hogs, chickens, lumber and fencing, arr
piled in heaps and scattered everywhere. 1t vii
be fortunate if their decay does not breed pesti
lence.
FROM THE UPPER WLLAMETTE-We copy
the following from the Corvallis Union
"The country between Irwin's Butte and Eu
gene City, distance of thirty or forty miles, VI
and down the river, has been one vast ocean O.
water except here and there where knoll g