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GREAT FREsHET-DREADFUL DEsTRUC TioN OF PRoPERTY.-We learn by paper. just from Lancaster, that there has been { great ireshet in the Susquehana, which has destroyed vast amount of property. and in- jured our public works to heavy amount We are without adviees from Harrisburg, r consequence of the railroad being inundated with water; but passengers state that news o the destruction of the bridges at Harrisburg aud at Duncan's Island was received by teIe- graph from Harrisburg. The river at Colum ba has risen to such height. that it has driv- en the inhabitants from the lower part of the town, and great fears are entertained for the safety of the bridge at that place.

 We also learn that the Aqueduct at Middle, town, has been entirely destroyed, and the line of the Canal carried away or seriously dam aged. to the extent of nearly forty miles, We hope the accounts are exaggerated, and give this as mere rumor without being in pos session oi facts, fearing, however, for the worst results. The enterprise of our able Board ol Canal Commissioners. we doubtno will at once place in requisition. the means of soon overcoming the difficulties that have for the present interrupted the facilities o travel and transportation on our State Improve mentS.