Great Flood In New York City

Tlio liig'a wind of last uiglit ha! continucd during the day, accoinpanied by a heavy fa 11 ot' rain. 'J'hc fiood lias ermsed great damage to proporty. lluutlreds of basemuuta and cellars of stores, wirchonses, aud dwellings have beeu deluged, and a large aniount of gtud has beeu completely destroycd. 'J 'hc tlde rose in inany place thil rnorning witiiin oue or tvvo foet of' the upper timbers or string piceos of tho wtrarvea ou tbe Kast and North Riversides of the city, foroiflg its iraj np tlirougli the eartb, tiliing tho gewers aml üoodirjg van lts, cuiiurs aud basements to the ! depth oí frcui ,i lew inchis to overal I feet. A f'cw callara adjuiuiug thosc v.'!:ie!i had been partly filled with water weifi) however, perfaotly ry, Dwütg to tliu füct tliat they had been cemented froin tlioir foundatious to thu line oí' tbe ' Street. On the East Kiver sídc cellar? tvero flnoded in South, Front aud Water I streeta. and in gomo casos beyoiid Wutor I gtreet; and on the North Rivet ido in Went YVaebiugtQB nad Ureotiwioli streets. In ÍJnttcry placo the water esfoüdtd te the vaults in tho vieinity of JJruadway. Tliero has been some d.tniiigü to rihipping, bat not lü B grent' extenf-. Two or Éhree collisions have oecurrvd, but the ships wero soparatad witliout ifj'iry. The Sound steamers wero do'ained, none of thera having arrived at noon. A considerable uuinber of families have been driven from tlie bnsonents wliich they irihabited. During the night some of the basements on Washington Street, oceupied by poor families, becanie halt' lilled with water, and this morning winnen wcre wading through the ilood in geaceh of artic-lcs indispensable in tho jircparation of breaktast. Cluthing and boxes were yot floating. Pumps wero in demand this morning and were working in every direc-tion. - Tbose who had no pumps, borrowed il' they eould, and many purehased Oth en who, fol any reason, did not obtain pumps, eonsoled theinselves with the re iloetion that their pumping noiglibors would probably have their work to perform again, when the tido rises this evemag, Tihö Journal of Commm-cc was not issued this morning, the press-room of that oiliee having been so badly fiooded that tlie fires under the boiler were extingaisbed ; the water rising two or three fcet. TIil' proprietors of the Journal gent ' tu tlio Cbief Engineer of the Fire Dei partinent asking that a fire engine might bc detailod to pump out the water, in order to enable them to issue their paper; but it was doeided to bc useless to at tempt the work, iiiasumeh as water would llow in rapidly agaiu. The usc of anothBf prcas was linally obtaiued. The screw steamer Usprey, Gaptaiu Kenney, from Providence, arrived this moruiug at 8:30, reports the gale as E. ijL E. in Long Island Sound, aud very hfavy. The ship Ellwood Walter, with troops ou board, lying at anchor in Quarantine, carne in colusión with the ship Autoerat, but by the assistance of the stc,-m tug Acliilles tho vessels were separated witliout damage. Should tho high wind continue, the uext high water - at six P. M. - will be üu unusually full üuo. Most of the vessels in the North River havo dragged their anchors.