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feet of water in the lower work shop. The water came nearly to Main street on 17th, between Main and Cary, and the inhabitants of Hughes ow had to adjourn to the upper stories of their dwellings. On Franklin street the water was in and around Garlick's drug store and up to market arch, and filled Franklin street at that point so as to render it nearly impassable. All the flat between Franklin street and Broad was one expanse of water. There was two feet in the cook room (lower story) of Libby's building, used as a C. S. Military Prison. A house near the draw bridge on 17th street, used for stowing lime, caught fire. Several small wooden structures between the river and dock were washed away. A good deal of lumber was also swept off by the flood. Some seem to think the fresh of 1817 higher than the present one, but on consultation with the oldest inhabitant the reporter came to a different conclusion. It is impossible to estimate in money the damage done, but we should presum