TIE FLoop.-During the greater part of last
{"character_count": 4669, "word_count": 835, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9526000022888184], "ccnet_perplexity": [1690.199951171875], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
Tue FLoop.-During the greater part of las
week great quantities OF rain fell In this and IN
land began ia rise very fast Saturday II had risen
fsrt Norain fell saturday and indicated
raining assa and continu,d during ysss.rdsy and LAST
night fall in torrents The river Is nearly "a
high 1t was at the time Of the great ood last spriog
and 1t - still rising Business at the wharf Is sntrey
suspendsd drays and other vehicles are re-
moving the property Of the amli-s who reside IN tne


ciDity Of ths large quantities OF cotton
bacco salt etc are being from the wharves to
places OF security The steamers plot ana MAY prse @
| floating within a few feet Of Broad street The
Market street bridge is entirely under water The river
still continue, rise and IL Is thought ny some that the
rise will he greater than last sprins but this
rather doubt as the Is getting colder; there is
little doubt however but that 1t will yet consider
a'y wan Change in the ~sts W. learn that our
Mayor early this morning called out the corporation
hands to aid the poor su4rers in moving The suffer
ing must be at this ncl men sesson OF the year
! Orfhoy Titan (Nrshuiiie, 1snn.) Dec. l3h.


The Ohio continues 70 recede, and by oP NJ. yeser-
day had fallen nearly three feet Merchants ar busy
in clearing out their lower noors while the sediment de-
posted by the waters is easily managed Variou.
modes have been suggested for clearing the cellars of
water In many of them probsbiy the water will wash
through ths gravel and keep pace with the Of the
river in some locations hos. acting syphon can
be- used while many will have be- cleaned by
pumps or by the assistance Of the Rose companies
gentleman who arrived here yesterday from Wheeling
reports the river falling all the way down at Marietta
IL had fallen eight feet The Loirils Journal Of Fri
day says Below the distress Is still greater Portland
is overlooked The Nashville mail came in last nightil



skiR Along the river banks whole families may be
seen on the hills without shelter Boats report all the
tributaries running out" ~ Cincinnati Gax. Dec 2Oih


Nashville at the present time, presents most pitia.
BILE picture We hardly know what to say Of the cond
ton of the upper aud lower parts Of the town Several
hundred families have been driven from their homes by
the flood The bridges over Water, Market, College,
Cherry and Summer streets, entirely under water,
and rsons ara compelled to cross in shihs. or walk
mile around All the houses between College Hill and
Broad street, under water some entirely So The
distress in this part of the city very great but 1t does
not exceed that which meets the every hand In
the vicinity Of the sulphur Springs there, too, the
the low lands The is dismal aud sick
city presents sad appearance Yesterday, the city
authorities appropriated $500 the relief Of the suffer-
ers: the Mssons and Sons Of Temperance, have made
appropriations for the purpose venture to
say that the Odd Fellows will not be behind. To-day
the people called together at the court house for
tho purpose Of collecting their mites in the same rghe
In the midst Of all this Distress the few per
sons who can get to town with wood, are demanding
from So to $40 loads that in ordinary times sell at
from So to So hope to be able In future number
Of paper TO give the exact number OF families In
distress -Nashv'te OrthopoifdH Dec 10.


The river at this place is exceeding high and is
still rising The bridge across Duck River, has been
entirely washed away, and quite number of families
have been compelled to leave their houses account of
high water The damage to mills farms and bridges in
this section Of country IL exceedingly iarge-Coumbid
(Tsnn) Beacon, Dec. l4th.


As the upward train OF cars on the Little Miami Rail-
road passing the embaukment over Craw6sh Creek.
on sunday 1t gave way, and threatened serious conse
The sunk several feet into the water but
remained upon the rails, and the locomotive having
where 1t solid foundation dragged Them thrc ugn
la safety The wood upset. aud the supsrinten
dent made marrow escape with his life The water
each side Of the mbankment forty feet deep
and had the locomotive failed the Lost the track
the consequence must have been most disastrous Gin
tinnatt Commercial, Dec. a.


gentleman infor that q steamboat below
Leavenworth ascending the river, discovered small
boy the roof Of house floating down thu Ohio The
officers of the steamboat rescued him from his perilous
situation in such state Of exhaustion from exposure
the cold that he could speak, to tell his
He was In this state put shore at Leavenworth for
medical aid--Loui,piite Democrat, Dec. 30.