, 1869-08-02
THE TEXAS FLOOD.
Incidents at tho 1Nuudnttons

The r1st nt IaAtfcr Naa taH 10 b8 s!1tt- -nfo
ftrt. MAny I,ersuat nnEro~ly rscspet, wisa thcts
ilyra. nltrr t1nyt Ut Rrrst iSt!l aal su!sttnx IN
ihr Gotu,u, fAnds women aud ch'llFci, Mr.' lrs-
cuc,1 f5oH ,hrtE nuinea. wrrr. III stsesa INSTANCES
stuphDg atss deep IN watss; Others we're rescued
ffu:u tho ruufa OF satlr h1usca, through wh1ch
ittiirr MAS rot NO ETeut ~ at nrst reported In |
tbs country ninny !aEnrfh lAfe Ten sts1epea o.
rot,on nnti corr, tho1ssntss OF rails, come lev
Clpthtpg PROVISIONS, md valnahlrs Of al kinds |
Hundreds Of freedmen we're 'o'cea 70 take rcfugo
in trees, AMI CHILDREN wrrc ftShed 10 trees, IN |
which condition they rc11.Ded tor twcntt.lour
hours or mote before assistance was gtsea " pas-
Tho Au.tin Grzttse rays that about n!oe miles I
below that city, In the nelchbo!hood Of MI Cost
son willow lady, with SIX small Children driven
from Ter hoEse. which was aweIt bF the high
water. took refuge Ia q tree with all her lille
onc4 A the na,d brought aloaR rals and dEltt
wood she caught them ard constructed sof o.
ran around the treo, 80 that when ono Of her
children slept and tel It vas caught BY the plat-
form below. iiere the heroic mother. with heE
precious iFsasu5ss ,so .os has .nI
took them all safely 70 SHORE Ee.,
The Guadalupe Ut New l'Eaunieia IS rePrcsentel
TO hare nsen fotJnse feet perpeaacalHr'y, which
must have been MANY feet above any previous
Tie mighty nood Jus. missed an additional
hour q rat aboye, TO make Castrnste An island
wh:ch old Mexican tradition SAYS once occurred.
The GoliBd Guard has the following; Not
marx Known to the Oldest inhabttanf, 1t Is still
rising this evening FRIDAY. 9Th ias:.l, IN conse.
auence OF which nearl1 every farm IN me vales o.
tbe san Antonio Nin be ru!ned. Cotton. corn,
cAstor bean, &C., viii suffer nike. Alas for human
calculations, tine week ago, corr delivered IN
the fall, could have been oouGht tor tIitty-ese
be male al auy reasonable rate" -
The 1atc orartow Of tho rtrenins seems TO have
been general IN Western Texas as far up az AUS
tn and San Antonio nt lc9st. The Lasacca ConI-
1prre1nl teys that the bridge on the Guadalupe
Ssq sna va n I e5 o esgs
been sWept away. The destruction Of orops On
th!s tirer, in tionzaes, Dewitt, md Victoria co1n-
The Gonzales Inquirer states thai, Mt that point,
the Guaualupe and sau Marcos Rivers were entite-
ly out Of Their banks and spreading osef Talis!s
riycra vas more Or legs submerged. and cotton,
corn, fencing, md negro cabins sWept aWay.
surrounded BY the nood. and had to be reacued
With boats Seven negroes we're seen Coating on
on ROOT Two Ae1csns attempted e sw1m wi ato 70
10 take refuge IL q tree, from which they were
taken the next day as also were three Of the ne
groes, The other fouI-a woman and her tnsee
% The seeHtn irana says: " On TUESDAY night
! about O'Clock, the ratn catne down in torrents,
tng. For nfty consecutive hour-, uH to TUESDAY
| noon, 1t poured dow2 IN such b1tnd1ng ensets OF
ran = re have pessr seen faIL Eat Moaas5
| o,cr ia banks o. potn sues, and co1Ecnced H.
VoaHnens So1e sard s9a sreaoe se''s nn tssy eovers
| tie lower belt Of bottom lands With
their growing crops Of corn and cotton. %
ou5S i to Se Increased by th:se Of he second Or
mountain stse, which came dowa Ike an ava
iancbe. uear1ns IN theis mai and @ :asstaS eonsse,
horses. 1t Ire present wr1t!ng-1hursday, 10 ?.
e5teS spa sPis ,se en!9@ oxe 5eaa eops M
ryeF Is CoW q nile 10 W:dths and Fnea
it considered hist It's natural :ta ehanne; :!
eighty teet, some idea can be formed Of
tic vast volume OF water that has deluged our
yare5s, and rubbed labor ot it, ieMaFu y ;aas .ns
nefae Is the 2s oo Sh To9as 1aI of sns
has q ant 51 aEsaS n Waea s sao
Of wsie, bfoke IT. Eont.ugs and he Was forced
to take tree in the chaanel Of the Hret, Mnefe :
sace. " It Is poesl5ie that succor eau reach him
t0Ssy, y,sEe a,as{} a. following extract from the couu.
tns eurrespontenee s Of lie Houston Tlzn71aph
''The Hver here kep. srttlng higher and hgnes M
c,as unI, that .e oreTow vas upon ua Tnc er-
eseInc., VA sSea, aad all vent 10 work 70 saEe
fs: espa q 1ne y
merrtsi nug ia Tattr But up TO that time had no
reason 70 fear any danger whatsoeTeF. a. the nsef
| hrntr through considerably as,oEe Us and MAS cr-
red on with terrible current above town. t1t
the calamity Esi not Jet come: About ? m. M on
sa5pfda' ss'eF eo,tnr 9! rs *en' s1e = 0 s W oe
held fearful sights. can nss9re % Sna; ad
We saw cattle, hoE.es he, eoMtas COVE, eaa aa
anoa; eIs 1se 5.qasd nr.ds ut his Tns noi she
wont Of all II was now ABOUT oGoea. ana oe oF.
fore we could get haek to ne honse We Hs's e ID
. could gel % the house An Preparations "eIs sas
made. aud had the clothes PACKED nn ana ,i Eo'
fs@y a. ed rq y ro Rseaa and
Ten United States soldiers who arc Stationed here