From the Baltimore American of July 1871 !.
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from the Baltimore American of July 1877
IHR GREAT WESTERN FLOOD.-Ihe suiferlngs
caused by the great flood III the Mississippi Valley
present apIessng occasion Tor the extension oil relei
from other PORTIONS oi the country The desution q
idmIlesthe distress OF great numbers Tor 0 the
Of le and the ot de-
sc-ibed as painful III the extreme.


We take this opportunity say that MIR. Riley Of Kas.
kaskia Illinois, gentleman duly authorized, has ar
rived city ior the purpose OF receiving such
contiibuons as may be given oi the relie OF ihe dis
tressed people OF mis- Ieighborhood. We sincerely
nope his will be fruitful good results The iol
loving from Mr.. X. descrbes The character and
tent OF the calamity in the seat ton IRON which he comes
Particulars THE FLOOD VICINITY or kAsKAs.
As situated III the American Bot.
tom, three miles from The Assisspp RIVER. and about IL
test above thu Usual rise Of water III that river Ia the
vi June, the whole town, well Surrounding
country was entirely inundated to the dstn
10 twenty ieet curIet passing over the at the
ci iour or five miles an nour-carry ing of many vi
houses and destroyog all the CO wheat and gardens
III the whole iowldnd Regions and drowning
numbers OF cattle h0rses &c The inhabitants driy
the bluffs 10 secure their lives many whom III.
en ely destitute not having provisions Tor single day
nor the means oi procuring tiem.


am certainly within the bounds of TRUTH when say
there the 27th june above 1000 OF the sufferers
encamped along the bluffs
whittier to NY nor non To themselves from
alton. Yours, UANL. REILLY.


st. Louis paper, speaking Of the city OF Kaskaskia
and Of the town oi Chester, says -


We regret 10 learn by late Western papers that the
city OF kaskaskIa limos, has been swept away by the
Hood lew buildings only being lett to mark the spot
where but lew day ago stood hourlshing city, Ches
ter ~ ruined also. AiIons 0l dollars OF property
have been swept away from the shores Of ssou
and the Upper Miss sppi rivers and their tributaries
The business OF Missouri and Illinois sadly deranged
Farmers, mechanics, gardeners all have suffered and
BRICK ards, wood yards and the along
tns rivers have been destroyed. We happy see
that human ie has been sacrificed rs heard
from The Convent Kaskaskla has been abandoned by
The Sisters OF Charity, who fled 10 st. Louis.