The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-21
THE WEATHER AND THE FLoop.-


If we were writing for the present
/ generation alone, we would deem it
unnecessary to speak of the weather
as it has prevailed for the last forty
days. But we expect the files of the
EVANSVILLE JOURNAL to be pc
rused with interest when all now con-
nected with it have passed away. For
the information of those living in
other sections of the country, we
make notices Of the weather from
time to time
During the last forty days we have
had but three days that could be
called really fair. During all the
balance of the time murky clouds,
rain, and snow, have prevailed. The
style of weather, and its duration
without material variation, have never
/ been known to the Oldest inhabitant;
and March, 1867, with nearly the
whole Of February will be memoir.
able in all coming time as the most re-.
markable for the inclemency of the
weather known in the annals of
history. 4 SH 3I4G
The floods, too, that have prevailed.
in the Ohio and its tributaries and in
the Lower Mississippi, will, in like
manner, form an epoch in the history
of the world. The food of 1882 may
have been few inches higher, and
even this is not clear, but it was of
but brief continuance. This food
has existed for a period of forty days
"a food, the duration of which has
1 perhaps never been equalled since the
ark of Noah landed on Arrarat, and
the rainbow was designated as cove
nant of promise that the world should
never again be destroyed by water.
On the eth of February the waters
commenced spreading over the low
bottoms along the river. and now, at
the end of the forty days, it has but
commenced to subside. Ten days
more must elapse under the most fa-
vorabIe circumstances before the
river will be again within its natural
| limits The food of 1847 will be-
come by-word, and to the people of
the Lower Ohio and Mississippi coast
| its mention will bring to mind the
most painful "reminiscences e4
4 The RIGRTs OF PRoPERTy.-In ad-
dition to the immense damage in
ficted upon the inhabitants along the
coast by the prevailing floods, there
I are likely to grow out of it many cases
| of litigation az to the right of proper
fty. Thousands and tens of thousands
of rails and other property have been
/ swept away by the overlooking wa
tiers, and many of these articles have
been caught afoat by others and
/ held as their property, claiming that
/ they have a right to them--the right
of capture. This seems to- be mis-
taken notion. IF we are. not mistak-
en-, the law in reference to such things
is the same as in relation to estrays.
The person taking up an estray
horse or other animal is required
to advertise it within a. given period,
say FIVE days, and then must keep the
animal without using it for a given
! period, that the owner may come for
ward and claim it. The same is the
law with reference to-fatboats, barges
and other water craft found floating
loose upon the water-the' person or
persons catching the same being of
i course entitled to, a reasonable coma
pensation for his services. The same.
1 we takeit, is the law in reference to
rails, saw-logs and lumber washed
away by food or freshet. The com
mon law of right would seem to be
this. and common honesty, we should
think, would prevent any one from
attempting to keep as his own proper
ifty of value theirs obtained Thou
sands of dollars worth of property is
thus lost annually by the owners not
finding their property, or by not I'M
derstanding the. law. We hear Of
several cases of property being caught
and claimed, wherein the rightful
owners propose to- try the right Of
property. &c.
HARPER's WEEKLY for next Sat-
urday has fine wood cut of BEN
WADE, President of the United States
Senate, and telling illustration OF
Soufharn Tur+ioo For q, oo,,r, oDd