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this country. The Ohio rivercomno.. , eed rlslng dg at at this place on Tbursda,,, f,,, last. On Friday, soon after tgela', Ss o'clock It began to overflow it's banls The water rose at the rate of twa,s inches an hour. fill Satnrd. "e'se when it began 10 rise less aid less ra idly, til eight at night. when if cana ,ap' , stand and soon after began to fall..l ll 'o The precise height. the river aba low water markhas not yet been asa ose tained. Ii is known to have risen h;'-l sl' CT than it has been since the memor,s ss 7, the oldest persons now living: f ba;a from five to six feet higher than # ,A'ss a at the memorable floods of 's4 and ,ls Iss The destruction of property occas;ons -, by this calamity is beyond calcula,aeo The whole valley of the Ohio. from fn0'l. a,. source to it's mouth, within the ra..a "s of this tremendous freshet, must mo sent one uninterrupted scene of watas desolation ahd distress. The farms ol the rich bottoms have been swep, ., the fences, ana dwellings, barns. e corn Y, and meet-houses, with their conteals and stock.

 All the towns and villages along tbs river, have been wholly or part nps dated. and many of the buildings win Iall they contained, have been carried away.

 All the low part of our town hasat fered severely-it is impossible atlha time to estimate the loss of properH- 42honsess we arc informed, mostly silsHjI frames, have been swept away from South Wheeling. The bridge over Wheeling creek is gone-35 houses were counted passing by on the river, from Saturday morning till I2 o'clock A large warehouse filled with flour, lodged on the upper point of the island, The river is now even with the banks.