THE.MINERS’ AND FARMERS’ JOURNAL.
•Jfhnnff €onii»anies.
▲n act to incorporate the Charlotte Gold Mining
Company.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Morth-Carolina, and it is here
by enacted by the avtkority of the aafie,
TImt a ^old mining cotii|Kiny shall be 08-
tiiblishwi in the county of .Mecklenburg, u»d
State of North-Carolinn, by the name and
style of the Charlotte (iold Miuiug CoinjKi-
ny, with a capital of one hundred tliousaiid
dollars, in shares of one humlrt^d dollars
each ; and that VVilliani Davidtion and iSutn-
ucl M’Conibs, and all those who now arc,
or shall hereafter beconic tlieir associates,
are hereby authorised to open books nt
Charlotte and such other places as they may
direct, for the purpose of receivin" subscrip
tions for shares in the said company, hav-
ing advertist'd su-h intention in the Far
mers’ and Miners’ Journal, and such other
papers as they may deem necessiry, for
twenty days, and keep said books open for
ninety days, with power to re-open the same
in like manuer if the amount of capital shall
not tie subscribed.
II. Be it further enacted, Th#t the com
missioners under whom the books are to be
0|tened for i>ubscriptions shall meet at the
cx[iiration of ninety «lays, after o[»ening
books as al>ove provided, and coni|iare their
bo(ks; and if it shall (h: tiiund that the sum
of iweiity-rive thousand dollars have bt*en
subscribed, the aforesaid commissioners
shall firthwith advertise in soiir* newspa-
j>er, and requfitit a general meeting of the
stockholders at such place and time as they
shall appoint; aivl if stockholders re[ire-
senting a majority of the st»H;k subscribed
shall attend said meetinp, either in person
or by proxy, the said stockholders may pro
ceed to appoint live directors, one of
whom shall be president of the company;
and the said directt)r8 shall be appointed for
one year, and uutil tlieir successors are ap
pointed.
ill. Be it further emicted. That it shall
be the duty of the directors, within ten days
after their appointinent as aforesaid, to meet
and appoint one of their bo*ly president,
and to execute such bonds as may be re
quired of them by the stockholders for the
taithful performance of their res|)Cctive du
ties while in office.
I V\ Be it further enacted. That when the
puin of twenty-five tiumsand dollars shall
be sub*crif>ed in manner aforesaid, the sub
scribers, their successors and assigns, shall
be, and they are hereby declared to be in
corporated into a company by the name
and style of the Charlotte (iold Minmg
Company, and by that name may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, be
fore any court or justice of the peace, and
shall so continue tor the terra of twenty-
five years from the ratification of this act,
and shaH.jx: capable in law, to have, pur-
chaijc, receive, possess, enjoy an'l retain, to
them and their successors, lands, rents, len-
cijjents, hereditaments, goods, chattels and-
efibcts, of whatsoever kind, nature or quali
ty, and the same to soil, grant, demise, a-
lien or di^^pose of, and shall possess all the
rights and privileges of a corporation or a
body pfditic in law; and also may make,
hnve and use a common seal, and the same
break, alter and renewal their pleasure; and
may make and ordain all such hye-laws,
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with
the constitution and laws of the State, as
shall be necessary for the well ordering and
conducting the affairs of the com[>any.
V. Be it further enacted, 'I'hat if the
whole of the capital stock shall not be sub
scribed, and the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars shall have boeii subscribed, and the
company organizedos bef ore provided, in that
case it shall be lawful for the stockholders
to re-op‘n the book:^, and receive subscrip
tions for the balance of their stock.
VI. Be it further enacted, That if more
than the capital stx:k shall have Ix.-en sub-
scrilicd for within ninety days, then it shall
lie the duty of the coniinissioners to reduce
tiie subscriptions in fair and equal pro|)or-
tions, reserving to each snb«:ril)er at lea^it
one share ; ami if the stockholders shall re-
op;n the bfM>ks, and more than the capital
st'ick sh.ill l)e snhbcrihed, then the stock
holders shall reduce the subscriptions to the
capital stock in the maimer above stated.
VII. Be it further cnacted, 'I'hat the
gtocktiolders of* said company shall meet
once in each and every year, at iome con
venient place in the county of .Mecklenburg,
either in person or by proxy; and at such
general meeting, if a majority of the stock
eub-scribed he represented, the said stfick-
holders may proceed to elect their officers;
fit their salaries; take l>ondsfrorn the ofH-
cers for the faithful |x:rfbrmance of their
duties in offipe; make all necessary bye-
laws, rules and regulations for the govern-
n>ent of said corporation; and shall have
piwer to do all other acts neces.sary to bc’
done to carry into efFect tlie object of this
a t; and th« stockholders in general meet
ing shp.n entitled to v(»te according to
the following seale, to wit; each stockhol
der shall be entitled to one vote for each
share he may hold a.s high as three shares,
and one vote for every thn^e eliares as high
as thirty shares, and one vote foi every five
shims above thirty shares by him or her
Leld at the time of such general meeting.
VIII. Be it further enacted. That the
stix kholders in said company, who together
own or rejirescnt one-third of the stock sub-
scrilKjd, may, on any emergency, call a
meeting, uud shall have power to remove
any officer of the company from oflico, for
misconiluct or other sutiicient cause, and
to inaUe such rules and regulations as may
be neces.sary for the governiiient of the
company until the next annual meeting of
the .stockholders.
IX. Be it further enacted, That the said
corporation shall apply their capital to min
ing only, and all its jKiwers and privileges
are granttnl and to l>e exercised for the pur-
[H).«e of mining; and the said cori>oration is
hereby declaix;d incapable in law to carry
on any o| orations of banking, or to direct
its funds to any other purpose than mining.
X. Be it further enacted, 'I'hat the full
amount of every subscription shall bo paid
in at the time of sul>scribing, or shall be se
cured by bond oh note of the subscriber,
signed by himself, and two good securities,
neither of whom shall bc a corporator; and
if a security shall afterwards iK'Comc a cor
porator, the president and directors shall
require another security in his place ; anil in
case such re«|uisition shall not ba complied
with, the president and directors shall fijrth-
with collect the money due on said bond or
ii(*te. 'I'lie money secured by said bonds or
notes simll bear intercat from the date ; but
shall be paid into the tr’«.sury of the cor
poration in such .sums and at such times as
the president and directors shall by resolu
tion ordain and require.
XI. Be itfurthiT enacted. That no sub
scription shall lie for less than one share ;
and ill case any subscriber shall fail to pay
in the amount of his subscri[)tion, or to^ive
his bond, w ith two securities, as aforesaid, as
by this act provided, that the suid sulticri-
l)er, and any and every director conniving
or as.senting to such failure, shall be liablu
to any creditor of the company tor the full
amount of such subscription, to be recover
ed fn>m such subscriber and director or
directors, their executors, ad.niiiistfators,
jointly a:id severally, by an action on the
case.
XII. Be it further enacted, 'Fhat thecor-
pfiration may make contracts, or become
bouiHl by any instiiiinent, or security, or n-
greement, or writing, signed by the jiresi-
deiit, or by any |H'rson duly authorised by
him, or by the |irtsident and directors; but
the legal estate in the lands, tenements and
hereditaments, aliened by the corporation,
shall pass to the purchaser only by and
under the corfioration seal.
XIII. Be it further cnacted. That any
legal process against the corjKjration may
be served t>n the president; and in case he
be mit in the State, or evades the service, |
the service of the same on any director;;
and in case there bc no director in the State,
the service on any btockholder shall l>e suf
ficient.
XIV. Bc it further enacted. That it shall
be the duty of said corporation to keep a
full and fair record of all their proceed-
in tKtoks procurod for that purpose, anl
shall bc bound to produce said records in
any court of justice in any county of the
State, when required so to do by the court.
It shall be the further fluty of the said cor
poration to preserve all bonds and notes giv
en for sfot-k in siiid coujpan\. and to enter
such payments as shall from time to time Ik?
made such bonds, until they are fully dis
charged.
XV. Bc it further enacted. That it shall
l»e the duty of said corjioration, at the first
Court of Pleas and (Juarter Ses-sions, to be
held for the county of .Mecklenburg af\er
the organization of the said company, and
annually thereafter, to present to said court
a full and fair statement of the full amount of
stock sub«cribed, the amount which has
been paid in cash, and the amount for which ^
the president and din>ctors hold the bonds
of the subscribers or stiKkholders; and, also,
the amount of the debts due tt> the corjKi-
fation, and the names and places of resi
dence of the several stockholders.
XVI. Be it furthr enacted, 'I'hat the
president and directors shall pre?cril)e the
manner in which stock shall lie conveytMl
ir transferred from one sitfjckholder to an
other, or to any other i»erson, and that the
stock shall In; personal pro|)crty, and go bv
succe.ssion to executors and administrators.
XVII. Be it further atacted, 'I'hat all
the property of the aforesaid corporation of
what» lever kind or nature, w hether lands, ne
groes, machinery, stock, goods, bonds or
other fffi'cts, shall lie liable to the satisfac
tion of the debts of the corporation, and
shall be subject to be levied on bv cxecu‘
tion, attachment or other legal process, and
sold.
X^'III. Be it further enacted, That this
act shall be in force from and after the rat
ification thereof.
A fsn.AKE IN MI .SIC.
Jo Gunn, like many anothrr one,
In tuiisic «a« a gcreanirr;
glib his torip^uf on tnu»ic run,
It might b« cail'-'ti a str'-anicr.
No wonder that a lad like Jo
Sliould be on dijiginij iRiit ;
He had a vuicc like any crow,
Wliich nature ah'.’ had lent.
He’d raise the mu>ic notes nublimr,
He'd (Tire tlicni rapid fall;
In keeping; tune he d rnicd that time
WaM sadly wasted all.
But thief the music of Jo (iunn
I,ay in the miisirV Khake;
lie hud a iii thud of hiii own
'J'o give the (juuv’riiig quake.
}fc vhook hi* handi>, hr shook bis head,
He Hhnok hiii fed and all;
Till II breaking tiirth in triumph, said,
“'J'hut is 'i bhake, hy gaul!”
COXGUKSS.
I CONGKRSSIONAI, ANALVSl^'.
KIIO.M Tin; GLOBK.
! ^yaHlAnglon, l\b. ‘iri.—In the Senate,
I yesterday, the Virn-l*Kr»sn>ENT commuiii-
jcated u letter from the G'overnor of Vir-
I ginia transmitting the reKohitiony adopted
j by the Legislature of that Comnionwealth,
on the subject of the removal of the re-
I mains if (teorge Washington from Mount
j Vernon. Some private bills wore actod on,
I and, nt one o’chick, the Senate procecdeil
j to the consideration of Executive business,
af^er which they adjourned to Montlav.
In the IJotise of Beprenentatioes, IMr.
VVat.moi'ch, from the Committee on Naval
.\fliiirs, reporteil a bill to re-organize the
Tniteo States corps of .Marin“s. Various
local bills were reported t'l'om the Standing
Committees. At an early hour, the House
went into Committee of the Whole, on the
bill for the beiHifit of Mrs. Susan liecafur.
An animated discussion ensued, iu which
Messrs. (’arsi)X, W'KKi.iKi f;, Dravto.x,
Doui)Rii)i;k, DrKi iK, W iiu k, of Louis
iana, IV.AiM r, Howako, K. Kvtrktt, Hck-
oKs and Wii.ok, participated. Oii motion
of Mr. W ATMoron, the committee roso,
rc|>orted progrws, and the House adjourned.
J'ehruiiry “J7.—'I'he Senate did not sit on
Siiturday.
In the House of I\>prc!(ntalircs, Mr.
■Vd *.«s submitted a re.solution calling on tlie
/•’I'csideiit fl>r a copy uf the iiibtructions to
the agent who ncgutiated the treaty with
the Sublime Porte. 'I'he resolutions sub
mitted by .Mr. I5i.’a\cii on the “JliJ in.^t.
calling on the Secretary of the Nav y for in
formation res|>ecting the live oak on the
public lands in Floi ida, ^:c. were taken np.
■Mr. W'HiTi:,of Florida,ofiered amendments
proposing to extend the enquiry. A dis
cussion of an acrimonious and personal cha
racter occurred, between Messrs. Branch
and Wiirj'i:. 'I'iie amendments were final
ly niolified by the mover at tlie instance of-
■Mr. Bhanch, and, t»gether with the.origi-
nal resolutions, were ajireed to bv the House.
The bill granting letters patent for useful
discoveries to certain aliens, was pas.vd.
'I'he Mouse resumed, in Committee of the
Whole, the consideration of the hill for the
i relief of Susan l)t.*cafur, ttul. 'I'he amend
ment propos,d by .Mr. I’karck in favor of
the neices of ('ommoiiore Decatur, was fur
ther discu'^ed by .Messrs. 1C. Kvkki.it,
W .vrMi'ioit, Kk.miikr, .Mi Di Frin, An-
UEK.^iON and I’kakck. The ameiidment was
rejected. A motion was then made to strike
out theenacting clause of the bill; liefbrtf the
que.stion was taken, the (,'oiiiiniltee, at the ;
instance of Mr. DAvisofMa.ssachnsetts, rose,
reported progress, anl the House adjourned.
Fthnwry US.—In the S nnte, yesterday, ^
Mr. W rnrrKR pre.sMited several (R'titions
in fav»r of the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia. K nunilier of me
morials in favor of the renewal of the char
ter of the Lnited States Hank, were presen
ted. Mr. W niTK, from the (’omniltlt e on
Indian Aftiiirs, rejnirted a bill e.stablishinji
the office of Snih?rintendent ot’ Indijii Al*-
fairs. .Mr. Clay’s resolution was taken up
and .Mr. Dallas s(Kjke two hours and a halt
in its support, when not having concluded,
he gave way for a motion to adjourn.
In the I/niigeif Rcpresentatites, numer
ous memorials and [>etilions were presented.
Mr. ARffinH, from the Committee on For
eign .\ffairs, rcpfirted a bill to carry into
ellect the Convention l)ctwcen the Lnited
.States and Fnmce, concluded at Paris on
the 4th of July, Mr. ARCUKn, from
the same Committee, n-ported a bill to a-
mend the act fixing the comp-nsafion of the
Ministers and (.'oiisids of tin; l nited States
residing on the P»arbary coast, and for oth
er jMirposes. Mr. .M( l>i jfii;, from the
Committee of Ways and .Mean.s, reported
a bill making appropriutioiLs for Indian an
nuities and other similar objects, f!.r the
year 1h:J2. .Mr. Pn Mvtrn, from the Coni-
niittfie on the I’tiblic Liinds, reported a bill
to remove the Land )Hice fixnn Mount Sa
ins to Jackson, in the State of ,Missii.si|tpi.
Mr. Hall, of N. C. from the Comniittee
on Public Kxftenditures, reported a bill to
establish a uniform rule for compnfmg the
mileage of Memlxtrs of CoiiKress. .Mr. I’au-
rixgi;r, from the Committei; on the Militia,
rejiorti'd a bill to (irovide more effectually
for the national defence. 'I'he* resolution
submitted on Saturday last by .Mr. .Viiams,
was nifKlilied hy the mover, and agreed to.
The resolution submitted on'I’hursday last,
by .Mr. Clavtox, of (»*orgia, for the ap-
)>ointment of a Select (.'oniinittec to c;xani.
ine into the utlkirs of the Bank of the l^ui.
ted States, was taken iip. .Mr. (-'lwton
addrt'ss{'d the House in tiivor of the adop
tion of the rcsfjhition, and was followed by
Mr. .M( Di fku; iiiopfwsition thereto. W hen
the latter gentleman had concluded, .Mr.
pAiTox obtained the fhxir, but the hour
heretofore agreed upon for a recess having
expired, he gave way, and the House ad
journed to meet again at 7 o’clock, P. .M.
1ai;mm; Sns.'-ioN.—The House re-as-
s^'initled at seven i/cliN'k. On motion of
Mr. Joii.NsoN, of Kentucky, the bill to es
tablish certain Post Uoads, and to alter and
fliscontinue others, and for other purjKises,
was C(;iisidered in the Coiiiinittee of the
\V'hole on the L’nion. Numerous amend
ments were agreed to, when-the Committee
rose, n-ported progress, and at a late hour
the House adjourned.
Fi liriinry 29.—In the Semite, yesferdayj
.Mr. Uav.ni: introduced u bill e\te:iding the
right of Delienture to Key West. 'I'he res
olution re.-iiK'ctiiig the Tariff, submitted by
.Mr. ('i.AT, was taken up, and Mr. Dallas
rciiunied anc) concluded hi.s speech in its
suppoit. Mr. I'ui:svTii then fiKik the floor,
and, after t;|)eiiking some time in opposition
to the resohitiuii, gave way to a motion for
adjournment, i le will resume his remarks
this day.
In the House of Uc/iresentatires, Mr.
W/rivLiKFK, from the Couimittee on the
Public Lands, repoi ted a bill for the final
adjustment of tie claims liir land in the South
F,astern i^and District in the State of Lou
isiana. .Mr. DopnKiDcr, from the Com
mittee on the District ofColmiibia, made a
re|>ort on so much of the Presiilent’s Mes
sage as related to the expedicney of grunt
ing to the citiz*ns of this District, a Dele
gate in Congres.s, or a territorial govern
ment, concluiling with a resolution, adverse
to the views of the President. Mr. Koot
laid on the table sundry amendments to the
bill for rcchartering the Bank of the Uni
ted States, which were orde red to Ih> prin
ted. 'J'he I lou.se resumed the consideration
of the rc.>mlntion, proposed by Mr. Clayton,
for the ap|X)hilniV'nl of a Solect Comniittee
to evainine into the afliiir:* of the Hank of
the rnitedState.-'. Mcssrs. Pa'ito.\, Polk,
and Camiikklknc, addressed the House in
fivor of till! restihitioii; and Messrs. Jem-
1 KR, liKA.M K ;ind lll NTI.N«.TO.\, ill op(H)Si-
tion to It. Mr. .Miiciiki.l, of S. I', is en
titled to the floor to«lav.
March 1,-^In the Stnatc. yesterday, Mr.
Qlav intniduccd a bill giving a donation,
in land, to .\ii/usta Cullege in the State of
Kentucky. The bill sii|)plemrntal to the
act granting the right of pre-emption to st.-t-
tlers on the pulJic l.inJs, was fMisscd. .Mr.
(^i.ay’s resnhition, prn|Hi»ing certain modifi
cations of the 'I'arifl', ami Mr. Havm:’s .i-
mendment thereto, wi re taken up, and .Mr.
Fohsytii concluded his rf loai ks tliereupon,
after speaking abrnit two hours, .Mr. Foil-
SITU moved a reference of tin- res.>hition,
und the ainenihiient to the (’ummittecs on
I’inance, .Manutacturcs and Agriculture,
jointly. .Mr. Koiihins has the Hoor for this
1
In the Hotisf' of Represent at ires, the bill
i to establish certain po-st roads, and to alter
and discontinue others, was again consider
ed in Committee, and various amendments
agreed to. Mr. VANf k iiuived an amend
ment authorising the President of tlie I'lii-
ted States, hy and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate, to appttint all Deputy
Postm.TSters, whose conqK;ns:ition amounted
to or upwards. 'I'his amendment was
rejected—Veas ol, .Navs 71. A bill to
I'oiilirfn certain claims to land in the 'I'erh-
tory of Arkan.'ias, wus jHisae tl, S iine time
was lijK'nt in Committee d’ the W hole on
th(‘ Tnion, in consideratixi of the bill in
addition to an act to providtt for certain |)or-
sons in the land anti naval service, in the
revolutionary wan 'I'he ♦'oinmittee rose,
rc|>orted progres?, and abked leave to sit
Ui’ain.
Fioin the N'aliunal InttlliKeiieer, .'tth iiu>t.
TI!K IlKKOKKK CA.sr.
IN' THK SITREMK COt'KT OF TfIK P.
Sam’l. A. \Vorr*ftrt p*. The Stale of (rt'orgia.
OiiSatunlay last, Mr.('liief Justice Mar
sh VLL delivered the opinion of the Court in
this case, revetsiTig the judgment of the Su-
^lerior Court of tiwinnett county, in (leor-
gia. The eflL'ct ot tliis decision is, that
the recent acts of fo'orj^ia taking [>ossf:s-
sion of the ('heroke«! country, and (>rovid-
ing for the punishment of jhtsiiiis thciein
residing without the license of'the (iovern-
or, and without taking an oath of allegiance
to the State, arc declan-d null and void, as
contniry to the constitution, treaties, and
law.s of the Lnited Stales.
'I’he opinion of the (Jhief .lustice was verv
elaborate and clear. He took a n vicw of
the origin of the I'nropc'an title to lands in
\merica, iip*)n the ground of discovery.—
11(1 establi-li'Ml that this right was merely
conventional among the Huro|iean (Joverii-
meiits themselves, and for thi^r own guid-
:iiice,nnd the regulations of their own claims
in rf:gnrd to each other, and in no n;spoct
changed or afl«‘eted to change the rights of
the Indians as occupunts of’the soil: 'I’hat
the only etH i t of th*' l'urf»|»oan title was, as
betwe« n I'lirope.in nations to recognize an
exi’lusive right of trade and intercourse with
the Indians, and of iiltnnate domain in the
territories occupied by the Indians in liivor
of the nation or government wIio m* ,>iiibjects
were the first discoverers: 'I'hat all the Ku-
rojHjan governments, Spain, Fiance, and es-
|)ccially Creat Britain, hud unitbrinly re-
cognized tiie Indian tribes and niitions as
distinct communities, capable of. and enti
tled to, self-government, as Slates, anl in
no respect, except as to their right of inter
course with other KurofK;an nations, and
the right of pre-em[»tion in the discoverers
to purchase their sod, as under the control
or pfjwer of the Kuropeans. 'I hey were
treated as nations capable of holdiiig and
ceding their territories, capable of makin;:
treaties and compacts, and entitled to all
the powers of peace and war, and not as
conquered or enslaved communities. He
demonttrated this from various historical
fuels; and showed that when upon the Rev-
olution the I nitefi Colonics f^ucceeded ti)
the rights und rhums of the mother coun
try, the Ameriean Congress uniformly a-
dopted and adhered to the same iloctnne,
Itotli before and after the confederation ; that
sincc the adoption of th'- Co[i‘titutiou the
same doctrine had as uniformly prevailed
in all the departments of the (Jovernment;
and that the treaties with the Indians were
held to be treaties, and obligatory in tho
same sense as treaties between European
sovereigns. He showed also that this hud
been the established course of things recog-
nised by (Georgia herself, from the adoption
of the Constitution down to the year 182!>,
as evidenced by her solemn acts, com|>acl8,
and laws. He then showed that by the
Constitution the exclusive power belonged
to the llnited State*) to regulate inter^urso
with the Indians, and to receive se.ssionsof
their lands; and to make treaties w ith them.
That their independence of the State (Jov-
ermftents had been constantly upheld; that
the right of possession to their lands were
solemnly guaranteed by the United States
and by treaties with them, until that title
should, with their own consent, be extin*
giiished, and that the laws jwssed by Con
gress had regulated the trade and intercourse
with them accordingly. He now reviewed
the laws of Georgia in que.stion, and pro
nounced them re|)ugnaiil to the Constitution,
treaties and laws, of the United States.—
•\nd he concluded by maintaining that the
party defendant in the preaeut indictment
was entitled to the protecticHi of the Con
stitution, treaties, and laws, of’ the United
States; and that (Jeorgia had no authority
to extend her law s over the Clu-rokee coun
try, or to punish the defendant for disobe
dience to those laws in the (Jherokec country.
.Mr. Justice .McLean deliven;d a se|Hi-
rate opinion, concurring, in all things, in
the opinion of tho Court. .Mr. Justice
BvLnwiN dissented.
GKKA'I’ ri,K)I) IN TIIK OHIO.
Fiom tkr Wtuhingliin (llobe.
A citizeii of ('incinnati has seen, with re
gret, in the nevvspaprs, copied from th»
Cincinnati American ICxtra, some account
of the Hood in the Ohio, w ritten in u spirit
of levity, (probably intended for vrit,) but
ill-conqK>rting with so serious a subject ud
the inundation of a large portion of that
beautiful and populouscity. He has receiv
ed from a citizen of that place the follow
ing i.'-iteres! ing description, which you are
resfiTclfully reque.sted to lay l>efore the rea
ders of your widely cxtenJctl pajier:—
“ ('incinniti, I\b. 10, IHjjo.
“Two days ago, 1 informcHi you of tho
unfortunate coiuiition of our city, in con.se-
qucnce of a flowl m the Ohio, then consid
ered to bi; greater than had be'ii s»;en by
the oldest inhabitant, 'i'he rise has con
tinued from that time to liie present, ei;lit
o’clock, P. .M. and still continues. I’he
river is now much higher than it bus Ix eii
.“ince the first irhite inan set toot on thi
plain—and, from advices brought this morn
ing by asteamboiit from alujve, it is expec
ted to onitiniie on the rise aUiut twelve
Iinir9 longer. It has rist'n throughotit fhia
day nt the rate of one inrh per h«mr. 'I hut
you may bc enabled to realize the .xitiiation
we are in, take the following particulars:
“ 'I'he water is altoiil tiro feit in depth on
the fWir of th*- ('incinnati Hotel. At 5
o'clock, I saw the steamboat, Pearl, at an
chor, brmtdside to the hous**, ami in imme
diate contact with the posts and trees whicl*
are planted at the edge of the (wveuieiit.—
At the same time a canoe was run into tlio
hall of the P.roiidway Hotel. 'I'he river
flows lip Broadway to the Market Sjmee,
and up .Main and VValiiiit streets, n arly to
Pearl street. In a vvorti, the entire boitimt
prt of the city is under water, with but lit-
tie e.xccption. I'he Commercia! Bank thi.'j
day migrated to the “ Hill," and busine.ss in
the lower plain is entirely suspended, except
tln! business of saving the projierty in stores.
'I’he imm;diate ilistres.s cons;(|iient ii(»or»
this Slate of things, is ver\ great, and great
I0S.S and deningeiiieiit of' Ufsiiiess must t'ol-
low. We have had no mails for a week.”
“Ci«ri«w;/;, Ftb. 17,
“ Last evening I advised you of the stato
of the fliHid in the Ohio. W ithm the ‘24
hours since I wrote, the rise has coutmued
lowly,aiKl IS prolwbly eight inches. From
th«; indications this evening, it is hojK-d tho
risf' i« ut an end, and it is exi»ecte«l the flood
will remain stationary during the night.
•• Lverv jmrt of the lower plain is now
subinergt?l, except Pearl street, and sotnn
parts of the .Market space enst of Maui
street. There is hit space for a wagon ti*
(lass on the south side of the Marht-house !
'I'he river is over the pavement at the cor
ner of Broadway and Market-spare, ami
flows thro«igh to Sycamore, l>etween th«»
liiiildings and the Market-house. I wa*!
till* afternooii in sight of Mr. Steplten Bur-
row 3’ house, (corner of Walnut and Sf cuml
.streets:) tho water was within one foot of
the top if his doors!
“ Several of tin* most vahinhle squares in
the city might have been hiirnfd, and caus
ed less loss of properly—less individual siif.
f’ering—less general injury to tin- jtlaee. I
have seen, this !ifternoon, more than 01,0
d. 7,"ii small frame Iioum s afloat in the low
er part of the city, and many hoiis*'s are
tied with ropes. Several housri from a-
Ixive have swept by. in the current. 'I'lio
wooden sii|)erstructures of the bridg*; over
Mill-creek, moved oil'yesterday.
“ .Marietta, Lawrence burgh and i^hawnee-
town, are suppo.sed to Ix; in 11 gn-at ine;Lsure
destroyed. treat distress throiighoiiHiu> val
ley of the Ohio i*} the inevitttbla coiisquftu(j
of this extraordinary flocKl. S^juie years
Will be required to overcome the eflj-i ts if
if. One million of d ilhirs would probably