The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-05
NEW YORK,
Heavy Rain StOrm-L0Wer Portion
or the city Partially FlO0ded-GoId
Board Voted to Establish q Clear
Ing HOuSe-N6Ws from Spain.

II u1aUEIU SpcClal TO the LL6FOC
says the insurrection is still main
tanned by the Republicans, who hav
cut the telegraph wires leading to th
Provinces and stopped railway train
from carrying Government dispatches
The populace at Bjar, is excited
and bands have been organized i
! Henesca and other places.
Madrid remains quiet.
A special to the Herald says tha
the Austrian Government orgal
states Lllat Napoleon will probabl
open the French Legislature by
the announcement that the European
powers have agreed upon a genera
| disarmament.
The town Of Franenstien, ia Saxony
and the seat of extensive linen facto
ries, is reported destroyed by fire.
New YoRK, October 4-Tht
storm subsidad at noon, and /
is now clear. Dispatches from the
central part Of the State repor
damage tc the New York Central and
Erie Railroads. Portions of the
Harlem Railroad are washed away
and some bridges are gone.
a freshet has occurred in Sehuyl-
XIII lAlNGE at L anu EEY6Ed
| freight ears carried away.
Considerable damage in the lower
part of Baltimore and some damage
was done on the line Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Road, and especially to
the telegraph poles and bridges. The
storm ceased at Baltimore early this
morning, and the food has subsided
Another injunction was served on
the Gold Board by Heyser & Sons
Several firms have sold out at the
Stock Board, under the rules. Gold
heavier. ~ = -
NEW YORK, October 1.-The rain
which commenced Saturday midnight
lasted until this morning, terminating
in heavy gale, which, however, did
no serious damage hereabouts. The
railroads southeast and north are
however, much damaged By the heavy
freshets, and the tracks of the Cen
tral, Hudson, Harlem. and Erie
Roads are washed away In various
places. The Upper Delaware is
twenty feet higher than itwas Friday,
The freshet in the Schuylkill carried
off several freight cars belonging to
the Pennsylvania Central Road,
reached the second story OF buildings
on the SchuylkilI, stores were swept
away, large quantities Of lumber,
merchandise, wagons, &c, besides
even mules and horses. The covered
bridge at Manyunk was carried away.
Two horses were drowned by the
capsizing of a canal boat. Al great
many houses In the city were flooded,
particularly on Twenty third Street.
The occupants escaped In boats. The
water rose seventeen feet at Norris
town. The flood exceeds that of 1850.
The damage is immense. The Lehigh
River rose fifteen feet, causing great
damage. The tracks are submerged
in Baltimore. The damage to mer-
chants is considerable. the goods in
the submerged districts having been
removed. The foundations Of many
buildings were washed, however, and
the pavements torn up. The damage
to railroads is not serious. and they
have been repaired.
New York, October 4-The Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Direct
ors held a meeting to day, but the
result has not transpired.
James Brown q Go. have brought
suit in the United States Circuit
Court for $2,500,000, difference on
81 600. 900 In gold, sold by them
through A. Speyers, at 100, on Fri
day, to Fisk & Gould.
Accounts received from all sections
show that the storm has beee general,
and seems to have caused consider.
able damage. The telegraph, save
the cable, has been much interrupted
Many railroad bridges have been car
ried away from Whitehall. Breaks
are reported in the canal at various
places, and 250 feet of the toW-path
has been carried away between Me-
chanicsville and Waterford, and fifty
| feet at Dunham's Basin, about three
miles north of Fort Edward.
At Fort Anna, a man named Julius
Lesser, of Whitehall, in endeavoring
to escape, was drowned with his team
Several bridges on the Rensselaer, &
| Saratoga Railroads are swept away
! and the track is washed out in several
| places. Several bridges are gone or
the r. Il. Roads, and through trave
on the Boston q Albany Railroad j;
stopped, on account of bad breaks
both East and West of Springfield
The fall of water at Springfield
reached eight inches The village ol
Westfeld is inundated, and it is re
ported that the loss will amount tC
100000.
No trains went through on the Hud
son River Railroad since this morning
Near Castleton 200 feet of road bet
and both tracks are gone. The bridg
at Stuyvesant light house is also dam
aged, and the culvert near Livingstoi
Station is partially destroyed. In tn
town of Rhinebeck four out 0
! five bridges are destroyed, and all ap
! proaehes to Rhinebeck are cut of
| The Harlem Railroad is washed ava,
in several places, the main difficult
being between Chatham and Dove
/ Plains. Passenger trains which lef
Albany at 6:20 this morning, lef
Poughkeepsie tonight at z O'Clock 70
| New York.
Hudson dispatches report that th
| bridge at Ghent, on the Harlem Rail
road, was washed away, together witt
many others on the line between q hen
and Copak. The Hudson and BostOl
Railroad could not ran trains througl
to Chatham to day. About fifty fee
of track was washed away nea
Claverack Depot, aud other damag
was done to the road, which will B
repaired by tomorrow morning.
Construction trains on the Hudson
River Railroad, which left HudsoI
about 9 O'Clock this forenoon to assis
in the repairs at Livingston Greek
met with an accident at Mount Me
rino. about one and a half miles froI
the city, by means Of the falling of
culvert as the train was passing owe
it. The locomotive was throwR ovel
and the tender fell through the cul
vert. Several laborers were injured.
NEW YoRK, October 4--Genera