Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-17

! IN through the door opening on Railro
avenue and landing their passengers on the
stairs.
On Friday a subscriber Of the American
! UaiOa, who lives some distance in the
country, padded a canoe from his house
! to within few rods Of the office door to
obtain mis- daily paper. We thought this
was quite huge thing, but yesterday our
carriers were compelled to carry the papers
around in skifs and canoes 20 leave them
with subscribers. Many of the latter were
not at home when they called, and the
| papers had to be brought back to the Office.
Many persons who were compelled to
move at the first uprising Of the waters,
selected places for temporary habitation
that they believed were safe and free from
! any further inr0ads Of the element, but
! many ofthem have been compelled to move
a second and even third time.
Residents in the suburbs were forced, on
! Friday night to take TO the roofs of their
houses, in numerous instances, and remain
there until taken off by boats the next
morning. Frequent eapsizes Of boats took
! place, and the occupants were only rescued
from their perilous positions after great
difficulty.
During the morning large mill went
down the river. The water wheel was
still attached to il, and il sailed along as if
il was proud of the feat it was accomplish
ing
| At the river bank nothing could be seen
but water out-spread as far as the eye could
reach. The current was still very swift and
considerable drift wood was running down.
| The water was up the base of the lime kiln
| on the cliff above town. This shows that
the water has risen fifty feet, the base of the
kiln being about that distance above the
average stage of water.
A section of the bridge, the one at the
city end and all that remains of it, is tied
to the bank above Market street, as is also
1 the hull of the steamer Dunbar
| On the bank below Cameron Hill, scarcely
anything can be seen of the numerous
buildings which stood there on Monday
last. Nearly everything has been swept
away. At least one hundred buildings
have gone from that part Of town alone.
Market street, from the river TO the depot,
distance of mile, is under water, with
the exception of small portion of the
middle of the roadway each side Of Third
| street. s-E
The merchants on both sides of Marke.
Il
water invading their premises during Fri
day night. Some of them moved during
| the night and the others in the morning,
Mr.. Parham, one of our well known
| citizens, was instrumental in rescuing over
a hundred people living in the country,
beyond Fort w God, and taking them 70
the high grounds. Chaplain Van Horn
and family, living at the national cemetery,
were brought off by him and taken to his
1 house.
The force of the current on Railroad
avenue has been sufficient to move the
trucks which stood on the track there, and
| float them of.
A party of the police got large scow or
boat and went ont as far as the Valley
| House and took off number of fsmilies
who were drowned out. They brought up
| two COWS and calf with them on their re-
| turn.
From the Union March r.
The waters continued to rise during
Saturday night and Sunday. On Sunday
night they rose seven inches between night
fall and daylight. During Monday morn
ing they we're on a stand, and about noon
they began to fall. From that time to II
| o'clock at night they fell FIVE inches, and
by daylight this morning we expect to find
that the food hus subsidized at least one foot.
Large barges and scows, fiat boats and
trading boats, Aoated up Market street and
around Ninth, past the Crutchfeld House,
out Chestnut street, past the remains of
Sutlertown, around Seminary Hill, and in
fact everywhere.
1t is stated that the back water extends
up Lookout valley to a distance of forty
miles from the river.
Hundreds of people came in from Mis-
sion ridge and Lookout mountain during
yesterday, to endeavor TO get something
TO eat.
The steamer Cherokee on her trip down
the river, steamed across the country three
miles TO the town of Washington, county
seat of Rhea county, forty miles from here.
Her officers took every man, woman and
child who remained in town on board, and
after giving them an excursion around the
suburbs of their town, took them back again.
The flood is up over the caves of most
OF the houses in Harrison, and the inhabit-
ants have taken to the high Hill on which
the seminary stands. 1t is feared that they
will suffer for want of provisions.
Nearly every building on the river bank
below Cameron Hill has been swept of.
The large brown colored frame building
which stands there has been damaged i'm
mensely. The building is nearly three
hundred feet long. About one-half of il
is already gone, and Che rest of il is
badly broken up.
The water stood five feet deep in the
American Union building yesterday morn
ing. The paper has been published regu-
larry every morning without the loss Of a
single issue. The employees, and all others
who had business to transact with the
Office, were compelled to land in boat on
the stairs.
The Republican office has been eem-
pletely ruined. The water was up nearly |
to the ceiling of the first story yesterday |
morning.
Several attempts were made during Sat- |
urday night 10 break into stores in various
parts of the city. Some parties succeeded |
in making an entry with boats into the |
store of w. Crutchfeld & Co., and stole a
quantity Of goods. .-,-..
Locomotive engines standing on the
track in the depot yard, are covered by the
water, leaving nothing but their bells and |
smoke stacks visible.
Mrs. Clement c. Clay, wife of. the well |
known Albanian OF that name arrived in |
this city by the train on Tuesday night. /
Einding the travel cut off she remained in /
the sleeping cars in the passenger depot
until Friday night, when the rapidly ris- |
ing waters compelled her to beat retreat.
She was taken to the house Of one Of our
citizens in part of the town out Of reach
of the water.
MARTIAL Law
Yesterday morning, a petition signed bs
about one hundred OF the property owners
and business men Of this city, was pre-
scented to Major Kline, commanding the
troops 81 the post, requesting him to pro-
claim martial law, and interfere to protect
the citizens from the bands of rowing
scoundrels who were plnndering the de
serted stores. After a consultation with
His Honor, Mayor Carr Major Kline is
sued the following order
HEADQUARTERS Posi-, CHATTANOOGA. /
March II, 1867 -C3eneral Orders, No. II.
In accordance with the wishes Of the Mayor
and property holders the city of Chatta-
nooga is hereby placed under martial Law
All skifis, barges, hatboats, etc, will be
seized, and used BY the military for the pur-
pose Of moving furniture, etc, unless they
hold upruaits from the Eavnr ar fror,, to- |