Turbulent Waters

A clispateh f rom Toledo, O., dated Feb. 7, has this to say about the íloods in that city and vicinity : 1 here is still great distress from the flood in the town. Above here on the Maumec, the water lias fallen about thrce feet to-day, at Defiance. At Napoleon the bank of tlie canal is reported giving way, flooding thc cntire country. At the town of Florida, 40 railes above fiere, the water has risen 33 feet. Evcry family in town has been driveu from home. Mar.y have taken refuge in schoolhouses and öthers in the brick chnrch, and both buildings are crowded The flour mili will be swept away. Gooda and provisious llave been lost from houses and stores to a large amount. Many head of live stock also perished. Throughout the entire stato the ;reatest fear prevails that the worst is yet to come. At Waverly, O., the Scioto has overfiowed the bottom lande, and the little town of Jasper. seven miles from Scioto has been enAt Marietta, Ohio, the entire ibwer portion of the city is eubmcrged, and tlie water contiuues to rlse at the rate of flve inches per hour. Huudrcds have been driven from their houses, and great distraía prevails. The Western Union telegraph office is entirely uuder water, and direct coinmunication canuot bc obtained. At Cinciunati the riso continúes, and great damage has been done to eoal rtccts moored there. In Pcunsylva,niathe trouble continúes. A telegram from Pitteburg, of the 7th, says : From present indieatiohs this sectiou will be visitod before morning with the greatest flood for 50 yers. All day yesterday and last night the rain feil in torrents at all points along the Mouongahela yalley, the record showiuga total raiufall of yt iuches. This melted and carried off the suow on tlje mountaiu, aud soon créeles and stieams at the head-waters wcre couverted into small rivers and pouring their volumes of water in the Mouongahela. Portions of Allehany City are now under water, and milis and faetories all along the eourse of thc river have beenobliged to suspend. At Wilkesbarre, people have left their homes and gone to places of safety, and the lower portion of the city is covered with nine feet of water. At all of these uoints the trouble has bnt just commeuced. lee gorges are f orming at bends in eaeh of the river, and thc only hope of safety lies in the gorjre being so firmly fixed as toresist the f orce of the watera from above. Wheu they do give away, the amouut of dainage done will be appalling. Cincinnati dispatches of the 8th, say: The Ohio river is rieing along lts whole length, an alinost unprecedented case. At Whccling it is 36 feet 6 inches, and rising. Boats cannot pass uuder the bridge. Marietta is floodcd more than ever. The railroad between Marietta and Belare Is. six feet under water. Catlettsburg is already flooded and more damage is expected on aecouut of the great risein theSandy river. AtPortsmouth the river is 55 feet and risilla;. A considerable portion of the city is under water. The Scioto river is also rising above the raiJroad track. North Portsmouth is under water. Here the river continúes to rise, being 50 feet 8 inches at 1 o'elock. Newport, Ky., suffers most at present. Very many houses are already iuvaded by water and pcople are moving out. The Anchor iron and steel works, Nèwport iron and pipe foundry and the greater part of Swift's rolling mili are compelled to suspend. Merchante aloug the river front in this city arebusy removinggoods from cellars and the firet Hoor. The city of Marietta is in total dafKness, the gas works being all under water. The loss in that city is very great. Several persons have been drowned. At Pomerov, ühio, the water ia from 5 to 15 feet deep. Ko train have arrived at that point siuce the 5th iust. The water still continúes to rise at the rato' of two inches au hour. At Portsmouth the river is rising three inches an hour, and the railroads are all uuder water. At Pittsburg, Pa., the damage is almost wholly from innndation, and the aggregate loss is great. All milis and faetories along the Monongahela pad Allegheny rivers are submerged, and operations are suspended. The water in these rivers is nubsiding, aud no new damage is apprehended. At Whceling, W. Va. thc water is receding. At Parkersburg, W. Ta., the water is the highest ever known. On the morning of the 8th, the river was 45 fi'et above low water mark. Everv mili in 'the city is under water. The water throüghont thc flooded district is slowly receding, and all fear of further trouble is quieted. The details of a terrible disaster in Cineinnati are given in the press dispatches of the 13th iust. The freight depot of the Cineinuati southern railway was undermined aud feil into the surrounding water, 30 to 50 feet deep. The earth had become so soakcd as to melt, and the accident was further hastened by the breaUing of a e.cwer. It is not known how mauy lives are lost by this accident, but it is believed that at least 35 persons werê in the doomed building. A ttleam of hope brightens the scene at Cineiunati. The water has eommeneed to slowiy reeedc, having reachcd the greatest helght l;nown in 50 years. Tlie situation is alarming. It would require thc publleation of the greater nortion of the directory to name the business men, partieularly in tobáceo, produce, grain, commission, whisky, aud all kinds of mauufaeturing interests whose business is wholly suspeuded. Many of these also lose goods. Manufacturera all lose heavily in dai.-iage to machinery aud stocks aside from loss of time. More than a thousand business tirms and manufactorics are thus prostrated, yet business men are not dislieartened nor selfish. These same uien for two days have poured in contributions to the fund for the relief of the snffering among that much greater class the poor who are driven from home and are deprived of Work. It is estimated that ao.000 to 40,000 workmen are out of employment by the closing of manufaetories. Tli.-eö ion council immedlatclv took the nceessary steps to issue a loan of Y190,000 for arelicfinnd, and the city is thus euabled to proTidc foritfél _ To remove fingor marks, putty stains, &c, from jrlass, put a little soda iu the water with which yon wash it. Wild mint scattered about the liousc will rid it of rat and-mi.