Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-28
TEXAS.
Further Details OF. the Great
Flood.
Great Loss Of Life and Prop
erty.

We gather the following particulars
from the Galveston News Of July IS:
EAGLE LAKE, July 16, 1S69.-Mr.
Perry has Just returned from San An
tonic. He reports the Guadalupe river
ten feet higher than ever known before
the entire valley was overflowed which
is now a perfect wreck nine-tenths oil
the crop Of Gonzales county is entirely
destroyed.
Comal river rose to the third story of
Norris cotton factory at New Braunfels;
all the material and machinery IS de-
stroyed; the wooden factory and every
Touring mill and every bridge on the
river has been swept away.
Reports from San Antonio say the
water is over both bridges in the city.
No particulars.
The San Marcos is higher than ever
known. One white boy, two Mexicans
and eleven negroes were drowned.
Crops in the valley entirely destroyed.
The Nevada is very high; but little
damage done the crops, mostly on ups
lands. The stencil arising from decay
ing vegetable matter around Columbus
and Alleyton causes a great amount OF
sickness, and the other towns are almost
uninhabitable.
THE COLORADO VALLEY.
A gentleman well acquainted with the
whole Colorado valley from Austin down,
and who examined the most Of that
valley Immediately after the overflow In
1852, gives the following as near ap"
proximate estimate of the loss of cotton
by the present overflow in four oil the
river counties:
In CoIorado county. 900 bales.
In Fayette a,
In BastrOp ....'.''''..'''''''5UpO a,
In Travis county
Total ,OOO bales.
The above estimate is based on some
knowledge Of the extent of bottem
lands cultivated, and on letters recently
received showing the elevation OF the
water. Very little information has been
received of the condition of the country
below Columbus. The same gentleman
has received, however, letter from one
planter stating that almost ene>third OF
his crop has been destroyed. This Is
the Foote plantation, some five or Elk
miles below Columbus. If twO>thirds OF
the crop on that place has been saved
our friends thinks it affords good reason
to hope that the loss has not been so great
in the bet oms below.
THE FLOOD AT COLUMBUS.
The Colorado Citizen, of the 10Th inst,
estimates that at least oneathird OF the
crops of these counties, bordering on the
Guadalupe and Colorado rivers have been
destroyed. A large number OF cattle
and other stock have been drowned,
fences and buildings swept away, houses
inundated and furniture demolished.
We condense from the Citizen:
st this point the river commenced to
rise so rapidly on Saturday morning last,
that it was impossible for many of the
citizens to get their furniture removed
from their houses. With many it was
flight for life. At noon the water was
running through the western part OF the
town, from half mile to a mile from the
courthouse, in depth estimated at from
five TO twenty feet.
The Messrs. Brooks used all their
boats in bringing families out, and more
boats were built and put into use. No
one was drowned here that we know of,
but we learn that Wilson Wood
Drum.oole, wife and two children, were
| drowned in the vicinity of Eagle Lake.
At present the waters slowly recede,
| the river having fallen about six feet.
4 NJ Z Al. houn roFpnua1 tn
their dwellings, though the water yet
swims a horse in the western part OF the
town.
The Citizen learns that the Guadalupe
river has oyerflowed its banks, and ruined
about onc~third of the crops in the coun-
ties bordering that stream. Its ravages
are represented as worse than those OF
the Colorado, though thisrepOrt is doubts
less exaggerated.
| THE OVERFLOW AT LAGRANGE
We have the New Era of the 10th. 1t
gives a graphic description OF the Hood.
A partial list of the losses aggregates
over $42 900. These losses are but drop
in the bucket to the immense loss sus-
tanned by the swOoping away of fences,
| corn cribs, stabies, barns, and houses
And again, the loss of all these is small
in comparison with the immense loss sus'
tanned by the destruction of the finest
corn and cotton crop that has grown IL
the valley of the Colorado for years.
We fear the greatest loss is yet t
come. The flooding of the country, anC
the rank vegetation rotting in the hot sun
is almost certain to produce disease an,
death There is much distress, and w
f fear there will be much more as the re