The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-12-08
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7 Nav, lSii, and continued rIsIn. at
/ The rate of from two feet TO thirty
/ inches every twenty-four hours, until
| the lst day Of June, at which time j.
/ was within eighteen inches of high
water mark in the years lStlS and 1876.
1t then commenced falling gradually
until the 10th OfJune, at which time
| it had fallen some five or six feet. so
Is TO leave all the farms free from
water, which were previously about
half covered with water generally,
with the exception of Jacob Trcese's
farm, and few Others. This rise
| was presumed to come ont of the
| Mississippi river On the lith of June
the Missouri flood came down, and
the Mississippi commenced rising
again, and continued to rise at the
rate of from one foot to eighteen in
ches every twenty-four hours until
/ ii inundated the entire bottom, COW
ering every firm in it from eighteen
| to thirty feet, that being the depth OF
sounding5 on the road from JoGcsbo-
rough 10 LittlctOn's old ferry, and to-
Williard's ferry. Horses, cattle,
sheep aud hogs were destroyed ia
vast numbers, notwithstanding every
! exertion was used bv the benevolent
and cnte-prisiHg citizens throughout
/ the country. Wood boats, ferrv,
fiais, canoes and skiffs and divers
( RATS or other crafts, made upon the
/ spur OF the moment, were exercised
in collecting and boating the stock
and household property of the alarm
ed anil distressed citizens TO the high
I lands. Many of the citizens living
near the bank of Illinois shore, da,i
with their families in CONSERVATION
! TO the Missouri shore, leavin. all
their horses, s nd cattle and house.
I hold effects TO their fate. The latter
rise and overflow of the river cOntin-
ued until June 20, when it came to y
stand the citizens having in great
degree made an end of rcmoVin. the
effects of the suffering inhabitants To-
the ncighbOring hills. On the Ist of
Juiy the waters began greatly to re-
cele, and continued in fall until the
- dsy OF JHly. whcu it became Cpn-
fined within the ban.~ Of tue river.
IL is worthy OF remark thai sboGt
one halt the houses 10 the Nississi',,
pi bottom were removed from tneir
foundation all the fcuces >holIy re-
luJvei and washed s8ay. All The
warehouses on the bank Tell ;ato ia
river, and many Dwelling hou,c<
shared the like fate.
The inUnd.iiiUa was ten or twelve
feet higher than that ot i-..S. Or oF
lS2ti. aud higher than ever KNOW
except iu li~-, VIXEN il rose thirtr
feet above the common l-Tel. ssi
from The reports recorded IN Beck',
history of Illinois and Missouri. "a
WAS the create; fOod known dRriu.s
the ls-i lJ1 yesrs, Al " hich sesio,i
The Mississippi washed IN part "a
Fort Cu8FtreI. AR, tCrrs. lie ol,l-.t
French settler la >. Louis, ave The
inund1.ioR "a the Mississippi sut
Missouri was not a. high by some Or
j feet IN i->j a il was this yNGc, lSiI,
and all the old settlers 0f kaskaski4
agree in say ing that the Overflow al
I7S.J left one dry spot in ;h~ Iowu nY
/ Kaskaski5. which was covered I'm
ISL with water five feet deep. The
steamer Indiana vas chartered bv
the nuns TO take The pupils OF the
nunnery To -. Louis, and received
them on board at Col. Menar,Ps door.
and passed along the road to Sl.
Louis, on which there were Wa from
six ID fifteen teet Oi water, leaving
the river so far To .hs left OF the
whole route. SsBie twO hundred
ri'iIeDs weg.g up from kaskasSia ora
the Indiana and about three bui,,i-
red found shelter OH the promises o.
CUl. MenSrd, and many more spread
their tents along the bluffs.
Millions Of dollars will not cover
the loss sustained BY This flood IN tho
States Of Illinois and Missouri. Some
Of the most valuable farms in those
States have been rendered worthless
for several years. 'Tne whole Amer
lean bottom from Alton to Cairo was
submerged, cont inning seven hunt
red square miles Of the finest land IN
the world. In ueclea I;eynard was
ne only point Of iGSd out Of ,r0teI. IN
l7SJ; so says the S. Louis ReDHJil-
caB.
The 9rea; Hood was OccasioDci by
the swelling OF Tie Northern rivers
with empty into the Missouri and
upper Mississippi, and b. the melt
ing Of the SHOW On the eastern de-
clivity of the Rocky Mountains.
The spanish and Portuguese his
torians of DE SOtOs marauding cx.
pedition tell Us that in March, l5i2,
all the hi.h grounds on The west si,I.,
OF the Mississippi from the mouth
OF The Ohio To ted River, were sub
merged several feet There is doe,
Tus0,r iH the clerk Office OF Ran
dolph county. H., at kaSka=kia,
dated l72j soliciting grant OF lots
and lands from the crown nf Frame,
ard urging a. Z reason the '-rFc4t
f1pd' of tho preceding year az,
which overriOwc,l The village, ,les-
isOycd the houses, and drove the in
hlbi!anis tO the blUh-.
The bottom land, along The Mis,i.-
Sippi, from Alton 10 Cairo. al the
mouth OF tue ohio, Average ii7s
iuilcS III width. Since The Nissj--
>iapi Wa- first discovered lay !u-
rOpcsn> the waters hal passed over
g!l the low grounds from hiuH IL
baHAi -Nft ~ tibttN. tltt bOiAtIi WIS
submer.cd from bluff TO bluii in 49,,
aud !.-I Iu l1>I this bottO.,l wa
again rOvcrc ]. and small boats passed
from -. LouiS 10 haska>kia oyer tho
laud. In iNit, at The annual Juno
rise IL the Missouri. 4 part Of the
American bottom, aud the roHlmon
jcld> Of ST. Gcneyirye, were iauR>
lated
In lS2G the river inundated tho
town OF Illinois, opposite II. Louis.
and also the low hasl, along the
American haiiclG, bat not is high by
ten feet as The food of l>ii. The
so0d at ST LDW;s attained il, great
est height on the 2Ith Of June, INiL
aud wSs is feet inches above the
low wafer mark AZ that day.
The Mississippi bottom now ap-
pears annually clean and h:althy.
all the decomposed vegetable matter
being washed away, and all the
shrubs and underground which the
water covered are Killed, together
with ali the beech, sassafras, and
many other species OF timber.
y. w. Brooks.
JoEesbGro, H., Aug. |. 1874.
PoMPEINN REMAINS We were saw
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