New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-12
FROM PHILADELPHIA.


| From Our Own Correspondent 49,
| PHLADELPuIA Saturday June :, 1862.
! No living person has witnessed such Wholesale
destruction OF property took place on Thurdsy and Friday
all along the Delaware and ,s tributaries occasioned by the
heavy and long continued rains which fell early part
the week far exceed the great ice e'ast OF January
Ie which jammed every bridge daianus the rivers
sweeping away every bridge Delaware and Lea:h
ercep. those Trenton and Eason. Lumber dealers whs
have witnessed the most destructive deiuges Of the essqas
hanps occurring within fifty years. that this excesd
the worst Of them. Indeed any one who stood upon 90
himself All Thursday sftcrnooa there continues
Of aoatns lumber going down The swollen curreos 30
Rss innunerabe had been wrecked and mixed up 10 ous
tumble There also whole and parts OF other
VITA sres, piles Of lumber dressed flooring &C., with ths
strips between the boards showing that thy had been LIFTED
piled There qusne. pst.sl from boundaries
entire hed with pigs horses cows ssd mules
barrels of our whisky and hundred articles showing th
entire households beea swept Further tie rive,
the bode. Of several human beings taken out Of .h
wreck This terrible evidence of the deuse st the head
the river continued TO ill the Channel and fost by 81 Iha
In font Of this city and 30 mile, up the river shs
were THOUSANDS OF PERSONS engaged with boss hook. and
ropes in picking up humber and towing ashore
Even stestugs at work 10 the SANE way lmmenss
that ,hsy cosd save but fraction Of the gh,ia mass Az
lumber thus caught viii belong to tbose who took
r.s may be- reclaimed and win be held salvage. RS
believed that not less than 100000 OF personal property -
been destroyed by this deuse 1t overlook the ubermss
Al the worst osi6le the year has cleaned the
OUT ep If their Winter collection OF logs even their cav
mills Already advance in the price of lumber talked Of
A.. II stock Of logs had been the mis gomez and
the latter had escaped there are no os May worthy mes
You see from the pabsned accounts Ahee al this hosos
wreck Of matter came from Private letters SPEAK OF "a.
dsmsQs TO railroads and canals great suppoaeA
IL il The movable property tia; has suffered most Tia
Schuys region to have suffered less than that Of ne
upper Delaware bat 10 bad enough even there Some st
stocks In
damage canal aud railroads In the Other hue the iassee
stocks hang heavy the market until tho whole truth
knowu IL will require week Of low TO ascertain this
and least three weeks more to put all shnss Ia wen
10 this summary Of dissser may be added mach injAy
done to growing crops The farmers tell mo that ~hes s
they nd been rolled and not likely ses up again Many
ere Of pershaoe fruits lost condebs Quantities By
Sss S1iSs 20 ss wIs he eo"s
the Railroads. acted embsr.o on the usud
oa amy Tue, before the lie Rebel stsos At Seven Pines
fsin idea may DO had OF the condition In wneh sos
IL would be impossible give you idea Of the burs q
indignation which followed the news Of Gov st.nys COZ.
r Tesurnns fugitive slave. 70 the why, look
soturn to the days 81 barbarian aod ressS
our dainty doushfco ourns but condemn his dom
neering folly While do not know single individual whe
10 ot these ousgss should DO brought all the way froD
Csifornis for tast purpose We account TOT asum.
and that bsas now undecriv.d he win .PPys
oomps remedy In the Interest Of Freedom be aid w
Hunter in the interest OF Slavery Tho moral asd relses
this entire community shocked oy oov
Sany nsolent dsspotsm. know Of no seuon wnsco w.
=. e tho heart ou OF our people the least appearance 81
Ii. President being disposed TO sustain him. -, a..
Gen Birneys suspension from COMMAND on ne osg
will be conclusivey shown ~ be the result Of error n
longs here 10 known TO be anything but cewna NC -
friends W no know facts Of the have s.oa 0s se
pension Of pubic opinion until they can De so - N. h,h
of the field reminds me tnss ~ zee 10
and watch carried the e breast pocket woondee ~
adelphisn, who returned this week me -.
stch into fragments and buried itssi s1y ~
the bble-thus saving the owners NE tun 10y "a -
| bible story revived but one WHICH ny s ' -
examining the evidence at. ..L ma, h. rok;..d ~
,.r.irt nv several Of merchants OF ette" mvn -
ah,ns IN Nav Oesns-ens remitng all no ewed the esaem
inteution and ability 10 pay - soon y snns
49,, =, ,h,s there Then there wss sepseees run ca -
s 70 s Ia. Ing few hours aud winding up With svesy
eating whs, he called for The prize crew Of W
ph steamer Bermuda have been discharged IRON eastoSN
p'. s,nn. alton BY the Prize Commissoners but Ne
80. ..,,,nony that the vsssel viii % con-
th.s much effort should be made to influence the pub
% nrd In her The trsds in coal oil nom Ne
60 upties IL increasing very rapidly among uA tev
mouhs up the ls inst os 7%5 gallons were exyous
h.ncs worth about 4l750os. On Thursdsy, thsss VS.
ixyr gathering Of co,oed persons 20 celebrate
kinds Buyers beginning 10 Do rsceacuee e ~ ~,
interest Tho incident VI Col Cross tsfsn9 nAHs1u @
prison a. easily he forged himself In, mshfg % -
Ia sh all about these parts 10 10 cens'arI~o .ne 49,
.sdous tsks-in Of the season. considiin9 nov NAY W.
officials were successfully victmisod pss ne ~
20 prison for the rruandsI Of bis term Of eve
biz plices the down train TO Mssnn 60
aa and Marshal MilwaId. whose ctoss wasea eses w.
lsas pssyvatsd s6sn GstsanG hAee f..