The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-03-30

BRIDGEPORT ~wEPr AWAY

cent to them are a vast sheet O.
wafer We have no, yet heard q,
much damage To urouerty in tbi. i'm
NEEDN'T, section par,ie. from New
Madison report TIM, the new county
hril..s ncros. Fin, At Owen. Mil.
/. ,ud,pgered the water being with
in three or four feet Of the bottom Of
the bridge and ,.ing 4ea:ordny
morning but 10 b.. hop, ant the
tide h,. .uh.jded r.. ~ rain fell
durir- Monday
The Tennessee river vas .all
rising ye.terin, morning at Decatur
The muddy famiu, water. were
sweeping With terrible violence thro
Svan Lake and over iLc fat country
near. The bridge across the lake l.
vet intact. tboaah , p,r,ian Of il is
Insecure and locomotive. are not
trusted ON II, The trHip. however.
are pushed over and engines are in
waiting on either side ~ take ,hm
on cansine onlg DELAY Of abor,
thirty minutes Trains arrive regu.
lar from the West and from Nash.
vile
The river is several inches higher
than over known before at Whites.
burg and the har. satcr. have
reached AesH,n. Mill. Imuen.e
guanItie. of drp cover the surface
II the river and 5n Yesterday several
thousand fee, Of sawed nine lumber
va. seen floating down
We learn through Mr. " + Nor
veil. the operator st the depot. that
on sunday nieht the Greater portion
Of Bridgeport bridge va. .wcxi away.
Al the North bridge this cudl and
three span. Of the south bridge are
gone. Thu, l. an immense loss and
vii. obstruct travel for some weeks
We learn Also through the sane
source that strawberry Plain. bridge
across Tho Hul.tuu above Knoxville
has been carried away The fre.het
i'm the valley. alan. the East Ten.
nc..ce and Nirsinsl road. r. unpar.
.llelcd and great destruction Of rail.
road and other praper,, ha. occur.
red. The food in the Tennessee
come. mostly from ,hatquarter
Tn our own road east If this the
ear. are ruunip, 10 Beiiennte Sta
ton the Paint Rock bridge being
all .,fe ,Laut five mile, of the
road in the y,cinii, Of Mud and
Crow creek. l.. Submerged At Mud
creek bridge yesterday morning the
water was Xix feet over The floor OF
the bridge
We are sorry L. learn through
Vol aIii' that about three thousand
bushels OF government corn Tor th'
destitute and large em"nn' sent
ty ihr he'lei AHso' ii'lnh 10 'he
NNalhi WI, lcs'f"SeA ny 'H' u'ga 81
the ln''umoiA 'Ah9'hs GA 'he len
ucs'ce Also large quantity OF
bacon u -abh'eFt'u 'n' u : h'pee
'hat SOME 81 u can Oe 'NNel
We ate'h '' near 'to"' '"e h''S,-
supp a. we dr'''He'''" must %
Apltiiiut
ih' planters nave ha' /" su'pen'
proving A'''sett'f' '"' we S''hinE
OF 'he crops VIII ue N''heNh va, "e'Ai
su rN' u T. very 'o''''''' ,''"' "'
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''"N' SA''S
ooNuirloN of rtAffANoouA- tos'
oF lirr ANp PROPERTY
The Atlanta Int ilgcaecr. Of th'
llth. SAYS
From q gentleman who lefs Chat
tanoora al late hour 900 Mouda,
evening last. we have obtained fev
particulars Of the terrible state OF
AFFAIR." in that unfortunate rity. A
81, time left, the Tennessee rlgei
was stlll rising. the rain Sun falling
and the whole country presenting
the appearance Of vac, sea Of water
He was guest at tfv CrutchhelC
House. where he remained unul tn,
water reached the y,randa. when 4
wa. deemed prudent r. yacate. which
~, done IA a boat The water COZ.
tnued to rise steadily until Il reach
ed the ceiling ui the ~ stor, oI
that hotel alter which, holsg IN
other parts Of the c,:y, lie sa~ no
thing NOR, Of 1t
90 M.Skct street the .ain busi
ne-. thorouehtare. the water vas ten
I feet deep At the highest POINTS. ol
over the TOP. or the awnings IA front
OF the large store. The goods had
been removed to the .econd -,orie,
If the buildings where /, ~as bsli.s
ed ,hcy would be- safe aud the ne
ee>sity Of removing them 10 a NOR,
secure point wss not seen until il
was too late Thu. more than
three fourths of the dry goods. pro
visions. etc. we're DESTROYED Oa'
informant estimates thai at Least
two third. OF the city Is literally de
s,roycd lie saw small houses aoat
my hiiher aud ,hither SMILE many
large ones had either ,umblej over
81 .erc falling asunacr
The scene was one O. Wild con
fusion in fact 50 terrible a. to beg
gar description Persons who Mad
remained in their home. in the vain
hope that the waters would recede
we're sompelled in SOME instances tC
make their exit through the roof.
and escape IN boat. Tie could MOI
give an opinion a. to the number o.
lives lost. but they were numerous
and he saw many VERY narrow escapes