Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-28
THE FRESHET IN HE WEST.
he River etftt Rising az AcKn,hf'
GREAT DEsTRUCTlON OF AVA


CINCINNATI, o, Dec. 2S.-A dispatch nom
hemphis this morning SAVE the river has risen
ghteen inches since dark last night as - nov
? ring rapidly. The river is almost chnkod w.rh
eating ice, which is heavier TO-DAY than mat
Which passed down yesterday, and has cut ~
way 20 within a f-w feet OF the Spars lying
e CIV Jefferson street. Two bsrges o. coz, one
tNned by the gss c1mpaug, we're sunk ,, a
wave from the gorge 81 Randolph landing tbs
morning. Should the g'rge brCaS aNay son,
- = nov anticipated, he Wcs' Wtnd, Belle
Pike and x, +. Walk vil 20 down IN sixty or
seventy feet o. water. and 10 viii be imp 1s-ih.e
20 save TIE dry uocks. tho lerry boar i.Nrslsi"r,
TIE wharf beat belon ing ~ Captain Z s,te rson,
sbc The steamer kclen Books.
steRmbcet Crashed Nv the Tee
the etesmer Celeste. While trvtr,r 10 lad Al ~,
loot OF Island No. - Tuesday u,or,iinc. a.
struck ey = mas Of floating - ana suilt ina
fragmenis, amt SUM- -, a Co.,, ~ .,,,rr ans
'o'.oh NoI'n ron 80 Do 70 500 olo. the oficers,
c." shu NaSs, "a gcIs having barely me 20 e.
eaps III NE tNsts. The steamer was worth
So ogo. sni ~ss no. insured. Her pss=engrrs
Wals, i siNtN miles across the country 10
BroNns, '4', s2Ger-ig intensely ftom cold AMI
TXc bD,.,r. thouss nd bushels 81 coal rere
i'm tbe hsrg.s IN, az Memphis. The Ul.S-..,
loaded with sugar a u motssses. trotn New ar
!, ans for ~. I.ours. o oadtA hf"Aen. TIE
Arlington. with 1 300 a N-es OF cot'a, broAe
seven hawsers sud Vas e, -Tied down. hlt Uas
csaGht, with the los OF l.0 "ates- Over NIFTY
bsTees ard fiat boats were WreC >ei; TIE Re o
Il he had 20 bales OF cotton on board. The
West Wind Mss worth $1,000 the ludiur.
SO oe and the Summer Coon. S1.D'd. From
the latter 5,ooo coo iceS O. Lumber, IN loss, were
swept awsy.
IG',r.-Further advice from Memphis state
that the Belle PIKE has settled nearly % her
boiler deck. Tie wrcCking boat Eckett i re-
moving her cargo consisting OF s5t bale o.
Gotten OF which owe. hall has been saw p
should the boat hold NJ during the dav he
remainder will he saved. All the cabin flrni-
tuTe and state room doors have been removed
She WAS valued az Sla.on0 and = insured for
s-5.oUotn Pittshurg and Wheeling OF ces instead
OF IN New Albany as reported. EVerxtbtng
viii be saved except her huh.
frem South and Central America.
THE Usual REVOLT rIoN.
NEw ORR, Dec. 2S.-Hayanna papers OF the
out n the Cauca, headed by the Btshop OF
fastc, against President MOsquera. growing
out OF tie latter designating General SantO
Co'ona as bis (MoSq lera'sl successor. santa
Cclons is in command OF the governmet.t
,Ioops, and II Is reported that an engagement
has already occurred.
TRK Volcano
OF Santana, the northern part o. san saliva
cor, Is eruptng. and it is feared many valuable
coffee plantations will be destroyed.
BuGoTA
mas been serously IN Undated, many psnr'e
oelns drowned and much proper destroyed.
More Fires
DETROIT, Dee. 2N.-Ihe Adrian car work. az
ADRIAN, with six new coaches, was burned last
nigt. loss - COZ. One hundred aud Hffy
men are thrown out Of employment
Troy, n. H., Dec. 2s-h. Arnold a. Co
PRINT works, at North Adams, we're burned
yesterday morning. Loss. also 900: insurance
$4,000. Two hundred hands are thrown oat
81 employment.