Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-26

side 6! the c-o2k, wss also getting his store
ready t;.v he wateIy visitor.
= i.ilo he lower port Ct E!chmo3d presented
sccra e activity the mills o.; the satcr iluc ia
| Manchester we're likewise bll5j. ct Dunlop Il
SIcCanca's f2ur niil3 cveEytheg was r!0v2t
from the loger floors to the upper. At tic cot
ton mills the sane was done.
At the mills OF lIayaIl e. Uicnshaw every.
thing was moved lr1m the lower il)ors, as they
were right 10 the line CT the Hood.
As the aplcnG!d tu,bo1t "Arctic,' Mcssrs.
Leffler Il Talbot owners. WAS entering the
loci, gate she struck Spite ana sunk in fifteen
Minutes She vas one uf the best 10 the river,
and had hc;n rebuilt lest year. llcr boiler cost
81, 600, ard was one OF the strongest on any
boat ci her s;z,. E7crythiDs valuable was got
ten from her before she sunk. The high water
will prevent her being raised Immediately,
which is u&icitunaG ut this time, as She Will
| ba erc:tly ule.!rd ia towing vessels up the
river
Much ,i:.!;;..,c WAS done along tho Chcsa-
i,aaic an, U,i!n railroad. One hundred aud
Tory io;r in; IL the trcstn at The western end
e. h II; - oycG the Riy&rna river, at Char
i0ttc.v::;n, '2ss WISHED dove.
'taa Talt" agent on tao Chesapeake "ud
OIic RAILROAD wac ici: Hi:l the naiIs last even
iaa hid !G return last night, ewing to the
Wishing a,:aH e the Ra?idan ard ltiraaa.
HTiiEc.
III. l;y:t:, & -Cu;e GSeat ca the Chesapeake
roui, ;";eerap!ci to Col. Holiday that he was
e?::::jt.c,: 1t N.!5or9' .by high watcc.
The so;.:hc7n i1aii due ty tic Daayc road
is! ;::a.t u $50 did rot coa12 il, owing 10 tic
Ge-irrci;.:i Of tic Stanton rive bridge.
Viii" - !!..ye IS spccii!; Information ;rola
t!es: points. there CA b" 80 t;0ti;,; that til
G@'n.E: !i.4 ben considerable.
/ OH the Chesapeake sud Ohio railroad tn"
otlic::# With thc usual vigilance laid uD all
tc.:&oA 6; "a, r"ias 70 ;!:i4 cau'" say be al
i!;,uir,. :ir2 :.u. ~. 30 live; ha7: :22tH lost %
IL IL" Il The road
l. nc Shenandoah rive: tno wAtci' con-
H-nca! g;ag g: ;.;:1e o'clcl; l'r;''>y light ans;
!y Lie S:'u":aT ul5ru;i,E %@s several t'ot
ie; i tian III ;hc great fl )5d q 1870. The
damage Q crOGs. ~, ii vAIlousy cS'inistcd al
ti3:I OF" 20 ;wJ hundred LhGuSaad d;ilars.
The ir!I&" = rAs T. Il 0. r. r. at M0u4t
t~aW!@ri VS. Gaua%@1 TO a considerable *
tG1t ':'hn bridge ov&r Sout:. river, IN tho
Man:$.;.s r.!iTou,! WIS AIS destroyed. NJ loss
Il II: /, reported 50 las.
KTcHMGND, Va, Nov. % "A '!i~p.5ch tro:.
D.Iyi:!: last night says :-"I'he D!n river has
r:Syi; - yearly the highest poiat ever known
p her The ,!aIag3 ia and about The city is
I5rta la" 500 0O). Esrrg;lna bnrierins 90
The Dan RVS; aad The Big and Little Saod7
river, LIS 1@cG SSent away. The Virginia
Mii!u:pl Railroad hiss su.t.iupd mucl damage
u; tbs p.i2f. TIC iron bridge over the staa
tnn liynr If that raui has gene. Three oIhc:
.nnor briggs ol, iha, read have bacn sw3p;
Awny 4 ;:,n r,;.l be-! has been washed in May
r!acsS. Ulrv;ia - n!2!t l.! in d4rkac$, as t.tc
.as wax arc Submerged. a humber of houses
have b2er sacpt away anil the Destruction Of
the ircahcs is iacalculahc The river is sill
I;slHg."
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Nov. 2l.-AlI the
streams IL he ncEhb0rhooj are greatly swollen,
aud The a5isc2rt farms arc suffering. The rV.
or j. - high as in 1870, but is DOW falling. A
I,ortio3 Oh! the iron bridge Is goac, AMI the bal
.nco is seriously damaged The telegram ines
are dos9r. The Chesapeake Il Ohio Railroad ia
badly washed, and as trains arc stopped, the
damage c!unct be estimated, but w!l' 10 very
!rIa: IL the vicinity.
\ dispatch t.Jil iynchburs, dated 10 p. in. -,
Saturday, says:-lhc river at this point is IS
high as in 1870 and is still risieg steadily. All
the bridges are gone, and the damage to all
sorts Of property is i'm mcnse. The ja1nesli liver
and kanaWha Caa.' between Lynchhurg and
!s!eLrlosl'i vii! probably sustain mos: serious
damages hy the ovclh)w Ct the river, and the
c0nscqn&n. breaking OF lis barl:. The food CT
1870 caused loss to the canal company O! sly
era! Thousand dollars and suspension Of The trar.
lie tor months, and this DISASTER is likely to be
rerel!"d.
UALTtMOEE, Nov. 2j.-'ihc Western trains
Oh thu Baltimore and OHIO Railroad due here
la5t night and this uornirg arc detained at
Cumberland en- account OF high water in the
Potomac The track Of the road at Sir Johns
run in Morgan couoIy, W. Va, being sub.
merged.
\ dispatch from Cumberland at | o'oock
says the Water was falling and the trains would
leave Cumberland in an hour or two. 4 dispatch
from tarper's Ferry ii ! o'clock reports Inc
bridge at that point IS sale, the water net nav
lag riS9r 10 the level OF the bridge.
CHAMBERsBURH, Pa, Nov 25.--Thara was
q destructive flood at this place last night, the
| Conoc0chcagua crack risog fifteen feet above
its ogdcaly level. aud doing damage to the OK.
tcut Of 1t least $50 900 during the night. At
i o'clock lh4'&ticrnn0a five spans Of the Cam
berlaui Valley Railroad bridge over the Poto-
aw3y. Six heavily ladcu COIL cars were Gu ihc
bridge 3; ta ;ala aud went tow1 with it. The
less vii b. aJeut $4,000.
RICHMOND, We, Nov. :!j-As aot;cipated
ia:t light, The wafer continued 10 rise steadily
aurrg tho remainder Of the night aGd all Of IT,.
Gay, add hatar3 l0on had reac!ioi hiyh water
mag!; Of ;l2 memorable hooi IT 1870, 81 this
!1t:, i. H.. tho water IS eighteen inches above
:a'a2 GIar';, AID sill risinG slowly. Daring tic
entire night an,. carly hours OF to day The work
q. moving Ea2rchaudjsc from Tie threatened
portions progressed steadily. aHd By this time!,
action i2oy merchants succeeded 10 saYiu, in
incGsc 4uau;itlea Of goods.
The la;craost cXc!ic;2ent prevails in this CON-
tauli!y. Services al church to day were but
thlcly attended, the people seemingly having
ouly lnc to 20 to different points along The
riv.r aGd il The lover part Of h3 city to vicw
the iDaiIy rushing w:tcrs and the devastation
| caused thereby, ana 10 speculate in rclatina to
| everything ccnoec;ci With the food Mayo'5
Dr!;tsn, spanning he river betwccn this city and
t;snc!ics:er, was one chic! point OF n,crcs! dur.
IL; '!o forenoon, for it ,va5 expected it you'd
! GOT aog Withstand the Immense pressure OF !hc