New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-25

We have received the following account Of
the recent freshet in the Susquehanna written at Lock
Haven, Pa:
"On Thursday last the river stood. all day. at 81 feet
above low water mark. The houses in Lockport were
half submerged were also the farms along TIE banks
of the Bald Eagle Creek. In the afternoon II CON-
menced raining and knowing the depth OF snow to the
north and we bad grave iorbiddings OF the
BY dark the river had risen four inches since
shutdown. The next half hour added SIX inches. Mid
night brought the food in the first war Of its fury
From IL O'Clock that nighc until three o'clock Friday
afternoon it increased rapidly and destructiyely.
From the belfry of the Court house the panorama
was a vast lake dotted with houses, crossed and ooan
tercrossed with rapid currents and bounded by m0un
tains Horses cows and hogs could be seen swimming
for life or floating dead through the streets Sklis and
canoes and plank walk RATS gliding in every d.
rcc,ion transporting families to second stories or 10
higher neighborhoods About three hundred PcrsoLs'
mostly women and children. took refuge IN the CouH'
house; and at this writing, Saturday evening. neaiy
one hundred still there houselesS, worn out cod
and hungry. .
"A walk around the town this morning dispayeds
wide spread desoatioD. Sidewalks fences, trees lor
timber icebergs and DRIFT OF every description covered
the streets and gardens. Watel-st, below Hanna, y
quilted and impossible with rubbish. From this corner.
tow ard the Bald Eagle nothing appears TO be standing
but few fence posts and, off IN the distance the ran.
road bridge surrounded by cump Of trees and an old
red barn'suT0unded by water. -,
day the water rose the end OF the lower ana
broke Of the boom'sticks. whereupon everything
except what had before lodged against the piers sIv,o
through the opening Before noon the logs anu unio
which had accumulated on the Lockport pier OF tno
river bridge carried away the span al that enu;
few minutes later canal boat shot IKE DOH sIeer
through tie next span, leaving tie roof frnsed VITA
million spnters dangling oyer the upper Arches ono
IockpOrt house lies rather stands uprish' IN
tie guard lock at tie head of the shufe.
Several other buildings have tumb.ed over on th.t
side If the river but the water Is not yet low enouL W
enable US to ascertain the damage they have sustained
\ boat-,he Eag.e-bridges the canal az Ohnren-.s.
with her stern upon the ioHpath and her DO" c' 'na
beam The junction Of the Philadelphia and Ere AID
The Bald Eagle Valley Railroads is covered with aooss
eight hundred thousand feet of saw logs and hundred
thousand feet OF board piles, which toaIed out sha"
and Blanchaids basin.
"The piiing grounds Of Simpson & Co.'S. Satteres
& Co.'s and Long 4 Bargows mills are covered via
contoIed piles of lumber and with acres OF slabs saw
logs and timber. The boom which held from TAO
Boom House toward the Island prevented the entue
destruction Of these lhree mills with all their Millions
Of seasoned boards.
10 the town itsolfprobaby $4,000 will cover the lossi
but to the lumbermen who live IN it, and 10 the business
dependent upon them. IL must be counted ny luhicus
OF thousands Iii tho lamsport boom did not break U.
which as vet We have no trustworthy information tais
loss will be essened II did give way then faly ona
fourth Of all the unb Der made on the vest prahch "a .o
Susuelauua and It's tributaries for the year OF eHS"
ls6j has gone TO Chesapeake Bay and the fats Of May
land. About fifteen millions or feet are ~ tue Dvoin'
and many millions in jams al Dunn is1aiu OF hInn
iugS farm Il. Liberty and on esh ialln u"o,e
At Pennington. little, any damage was uon-
and All the logs of Buck Creek said 10 have been
saved The farms from Pennington 70 MN hai o."
,ctv Generally minus fences aid most OF them lament
ably short OF stock. W.T. po;,.,,, 4,
:The track OF the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad IS a
GOOD Deal injured, but as the lesSees OF tis
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad monopoy-haye never opefat,ea
il ard have never shown any disposition 10 90 So ta'
damage is no loss. ,,,,o,
"Thc Queens Run Bridge is safe, ana the illuca
Ridge ms well the already mentioned over tno
Eod Eaple From east and west OF these points YOU
will hear ms soon a. we. ,.-, H. s,sa,
The water is said to have been higher by h,,een
inches than during the great food Of ISL and thfee
-, hrher ,bnn i'm 1851 We have heard Of the loss Oh
no human life, so far, for which We are ISoiouaav
thankful
A correspondent writing from 0wego \. \" sta'e'
that the Susouchanua was feet inches higher al ''
poln, than ever before sweeping off bridge ana ouu
iurs ard doing immense damage to all classes i" '"'