Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-20

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J. Front street, is under water, and SON
9 damage is done by the washingp
Y the banks.
i The indianapolis and Cincinnati ros
i Is not damaged. The depot cannot
6 used on account OF "baek water.n bI
Y no other inconvenience is sustained tina
i having to go 10 the foot Of Harriet stree
a to board the trains.
e Trains on the Marietta and Cinciu
= natl road will use the Cincinnati, Han
1 nton and Dayton railroad depot unit
!. the flood recedes.
i The scenes along the Ohio and Missis
J sippi road, down to Delphi, is uniforml
aquatic, save and except when broke
b by an island-like house, standing out |
Y the water, with bewildered dog or ca
I perehed on the roof calling aloud for as
e sistahee. The old Sedamsville house
s isolated and islanded, but is still oeeu
pied by its inmates, who communicat
s with terra firDld by means Of skifIs.
t Mil creek bottom appears bottomless
9 and at certain points illimitable. 1t
completely submerged, and all the gar
3 den beds, briekyards and hundred Othe
miscellaneous industrial and produetiv
! enterprises and employments occupying
! its area, show no sign Of existence abov
the smooth surface of the pitiless flood
, The bridge, the new cattle pens of tn
western stock company, and in fact al
the buildings, houses and fences through
I out the bottom, are more or less unde
/ water.
The avenue to Spring Grove, the ia
yorite resort of the =" fast " and "fancy,'
, is a lagoon beyond the first toll gate, ant
but for the existence of the old road
above, our =" sports ~ aud the dweller
along its route would have been com
, pelled to adopt the Venetian modes o
iocomotion in the desire or necessity t
reach the region beyond.
IN FRANKFORT, KY.
The Frankfort YeOpsdn Of Thursday
thus describes the deluge in that place:
Nearly all that portion of the city
north of the railroad and west of st
Clair street is inundated. All person:
living in single story houses were re-
moved by wagons aud boats; Others
moved to the second stories. Much dis
tress has been Oecasioned by the unex-
pected overflow, but we are glad to see
that our cit!zens arg promptly relieving
theeuffsriDg.
Consid .rable household and kitchen
furniture has been damaged and de-
stroyed. The tOllgate keeper and Mr.,
| John Markham, living near by, on the
Lswrenceburg pike, were compelled to
move their families and household goods
/ Monday muruing The Danville stage,
| owing to the submersion of the bridge
near the tollgate. was unable TO reach
| here yesterday. In fact, it is the great
| est flood we have had since lS47, and
many contend that it is equal to that
/ flood. The scene on the streets yesteg-
/ day and Tuesday was lively. Every
/ body-men, women and children-Were
astir to see the turbulent waters. The
destruction of property above here must
have been great. Houseg and furniture,
corn cribs, farming utensils, and all
kinds of fioatable property, have passed
down the river. Our bridges have with
stood the flood quite nohly. The pillars
are firm, and no fear of their giving way
is apprehended.
IN CHATTANOOGA.
"CHATTASooGA. march, %.
" Col Hlnes General Superin tendent Of he Nash
tille and Chattanooga RditrOId
/" Dear Sir: Toe wafer is now up to the edge
Of the roof Of the second porch, and necz deep
90 the door Of the lr1ck warehouse The con-
.nts OF O h buildings are agoat' IL font OF
the t1utchheld house there Is not loss than
{ elve feet sf water The passenger depot is
almost ruined the floors have aI raised and
are afioat in twelve feet OF water. The sitting
rooms ticket Office and baggage rooms are
ready to zip over. They a,s now leaning at al-
out OF the water and put IN the western and
Atlantic depot, but during the night the water
rose over Il agRtn, and it Is now aflOat. / hired
boat and got men 10 &c IN after IT,
" Ali our cars are under water. some arc
floating, and l .esr that some OF the empty
boxes have left the tracks aud noaied or The
contents OF the loaded cars ase Of course en-
tlrely ruined except the bacon and lard, some
OF which we InGy be able 10 handle.
1.-The mayor, Witu "A posse, came and made
raid on q lot Of bacon. protested lie in.
sisted. The city, he id. must have II, and he
guaranteed that il should be paid for. AS for
that taken b. the authOri les, haVe no fear,
buf the soldiers tr0ubts3 me no little, breaking
= think there are fully sixty car loads OF
freight damaged. PRYOR, Agent"
Some idea may be formed of the loss
of life occasiOned by the late unprece-
dented inundations Of the valleys of East
Tennessee and North Georgia, when il is
stated that from twenty-five to thirty
corpses have been seen passing by
Bridgeport. The character of the gentle
men who bring this terrible report is
vouched for by Col. Innes.
Mr.. Courtney, president of the New
Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga rail-
road, states that he was in Chattanooga
when the waters burst in upon the town.
Nearly everybody had retired to rest,
and there was no apprehension whatever
Of danger from the flood About mid
night Mr.. Courtney and the other guests
of the Crutchfield house were aroused
from their slumbers by the report that
the water was coming into the building.
When he went down stairs the floor was
covered to the depth of i've feet. All thst
portion of the town was similarly sub
merged, aFt but few Of the citizens had
an opportunity to save any perishable
propertyPwhieh happened TO be on the
lower floors of their dwellings.
LATEsT-THE FLOOD FALLING.
NASHVILLE, March l7.-Col. Yates,
who came over every part of the track
from Chattanooga, leaving there yester-
day morning, reports the flood entirely
subsided. The Crutchlield house has
been reopened and business resumed gen.
orally. The rolling mill and big tannery
are all safe. Sutlertown is swept away.
The bridges between Bass Station aud
Stevenson. are gone, with three miles
under water, which in some places, is
five feet deep. a short distance this side
of Chattanooga several houses have
fioated on TO the track. 4 bout one hun
dred car loads of freight are ruined. The
reported loss Of life and suffering for
food are greatly exaggerated. A thous-
and men are at work on the road. The
bridge at Running Water will be COM
pleted TO morrow. Chattanooga creek
bridge will be done Tuesday night. By
Wednesday or Thursday trains are eX-
pected to pass through, transferring cars
per steamers at Bridgeport. Trains are
running to Chattanooga from Atlanta,
via Dalton and Cleveland Other infor-
nation reaching Nashville by various
means says some thirty three miles OF
the Virginia railroad, north of Bristol, is
washed away. The great bridge at Lou
don is all safe. The flood did not reach
it by ten feet. Another bridge over the
Holstein, one thousand feet long, mis-
taken for it, is gone. The Holstein river
rose forty-eight feet and eight inches
above low water mark. The water rose
within ten inches Of the bridge. Clineh
river is very high, but the bridge on the
Kentucky and Knoxville road is all safe.
The only break on the East Tennessee
and Georgia road at Chicamsuga, is
thirty feet of trestle adjoining the bridge
being gone. 1t is estimated that sixteen
miles of the track Of the East Tennessee.
and Virginia road is gone. Three spans
of the Strawberry Plains bridge are swept
off.
DEPRAYEB CURRENCY.
London Cor. Chicago Times
How long will the United States be
content to submit to q depraved cur