, 1870-04-23
IOWA.
The Great F1ood-Dubu4uc and Dun-
Icish Partly Submerged-Thc Du.
buquc d Mtuncsotn Railroad Cons
many 0FEnNfZc6.

tcl1h HNF1ly SuDIuHrEed-ThC Du.
buquc q Niuncsotn Railroad Cons
rany Organized.
Correspondence Of The Chicago Tti1une
DrErQCR, April 81.
Hereafter when the old chroniclefs wish TO
tell OF a big rise INDUCED in Ly tho Father Of
WAte1e, they will not be required to 20 further
back than the month Of April, 1870. To use
ste1eotyped expression, such food at this
period Of tho yenr was never before
Known within the memory OF tint
time-honored individual, the Oldest inhabitapt,
The river, swollen by tho mighty Hoods from
the ST. Croix, ChippeTs, Wisconsin and other
tributaries, commenced rising about two weeFs
ago, and has been crawling up steAdilv ever
eince, until now it's proportions arc truly mag
nifcent, and, as remarked By one Of our daily
Tast inland sea-" Tho 1evco portions Of Du-
buque and Dunleith arc almost entirely sub
merged, and all communication with the
freight derots or steamboat landings is car
ried on BY means Of sailing craft Hundreds OF
compelled to abandon their homes while
othc1r, determined to see tho thing out, have
settled in the third story, and arc patiently
waiting for the angry waters TO subsidc. AL
the mills, factories, and machine ahops have
sustained by levces, streets, and cnbankmcnts
VIII be immense, and tho patient labor Of
months will bc required to put them in order
again. Latest adyIces represent the river
falling at St. Paul, and II this is tho caso we
may expect decline hero shortly. It has now
rassed the ligh-water mark Of 1859 By several
inches.
The citizens OF Dubuque, who have long
laborcd and complained under the real Or
fancied grievances Of discrimination, are much
elated over the prospect for now railroad
nntlet 10 the rich fields Of tho Northwest, tho
agency by which it ia to be accomplished being
tile Dubuque 4 Minnesota Railroad. The road
AZ projected, commences ut Dubuque rl:piut
eouth along the west bank Of the Mississippi
River, crossing tho Turkey River near lis
northern part Of ,Fnyette County,
where it talcs northweeterly direction
through Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell, Worth,
and Winnebago Countless in Iowa, to the State
| line, where it passes into Minneeota tho final
| to make connection with the Minnesota River
| Ikailroad from st. Paul, which il already con
! rtrneted to that point OF junction. The en-
I terrrisc is not new one. but has been per
rnitted to drag for some months Fornseeing
| tho Importance Of tho project, tho people.
headed by n few energetic spirits, took hold OF
| the mattcs with will. and in the course Of
| two weeks succeeded in raising cash
subscription of J200, 1000, each share
rerrcrentipg S100. An assessment of per
l cent Qae Dte1t lHNAt, 11A AAA6 Ru1uHuC II pu1u
in, 20 thas active operations will commence as
soon aa the weather permits. Under the late
chosen, consisting OF ]. II. Griffith, s. r.
woodward, J; A, hhembeS; William Andrews
dent OF Clayton County, while all tho other.
aso well knovn and iniaoenti,l citiaons Q!
on the 10Th inst, J. n. Griffith, Esq, va:
chosen President OF the company; II. L
Street, Vice President; G. H. Booth, Tre.s
urez, and Peter Kline, Jr., Secretary. Th.
citizens, generally, ayowcd themselves mnci
pleased with this selection, and il is antici
pated that the Affairs of the corporation vii
nov move OF awimminSly. It is The iptentio.
to have the canal completed to the mouth @
the Turkey llivcr the present year.
The State Supreme Court, Justice Cole PRE-
eiding, is now in session here. The newly
appointed Judge, Hon. E. Il. Williams, o
Clayton County, takes Ills aeat upon tho bencl
for the first time, and thus far eeens 10 bcs
his judicial crmine with becoming gravity
The United States District Court il also in ses
sion, and will be called upon to settle sercra
important liquor eases the present torn