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Destructiue Flood and Loss of Lite.-The New York papers of Saturday last contained long accounts of most distressing flood which occurred in Balti- more on the night of the l4th inst A little past mid night the alarm was given that the stream known as Jones' Falls, which takes its rise II or l2 miles from the city, had overfowed its banks, and was pouring its waters into the streets and alleys and filling the lower stories and cellars and sweeping every thing before it.

 The inmates in many ot the houses in the Meadows, so called had scarcely time to leave their beds and make their escape, while others were drowned without any previous forewarning The bodies of five persons were found lodged against the drawbrdge, and it is supposed others were carried down. An aged couple in the vicinity of Whites distiery were drowned at the residence of the sexton of one of the churches the sexton, his wife, and three of the children found drowned in their beds. The water here had risen eight or ten feet number of other persons in differ

 ent parts of the city found drowned. It issaied also that twelve or thirteen persons drowned in the shantees on the Susguehanna Rail Road, short distance from the city. Besides the loss of lives, the loss of property is very great For three four miles above inc falls all the mill dams, &c. are swept away. In the Meadows" 70 or 30 horses and mules, and about 100 COWS are said to have been drowned, the

 water rising from to l0feet The water swept with astonishing fury through parts of Saratoga, Halliday, North Centre, Bath, Clay, Harrison and Frederick streets, and causing great damage to the cellars

 streets, sc. The whole damage is estimated at . million of dollars TT -T.rs