The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser

FAYETTEVILLE (N. C.) August 14.

FRESHET.

On Saturday and Sunday last there was a large and almost unprecedented Freshet in the Cape-Fear River. There is only one instance remembered when the River has risen so high, which was at the "Great Freshet in 1795."

The increase of water on Saturday night was so rapid, that it is said to have risen 50 feet in eighteen hours! The River began to fall on Monday morning, having risen in the two days upwards of seventy feet. The injury done to crops and other property adjacent to the river, is almost incalculable. The fields below are said to be completely inundated, and as the water recedes so gradually, it is probable that all the corn which has been covered with water will be entirely destroyed.

There was no very material injury done in the town--many small houses near the river were overflown, and the large mill of Messrs. Terry and M'Neill, although situated on a Creek at some distance from the river, was by the back water alone, completely inundated within about 3 feet of the top of the building. As the current was not strong, and great precautions were made, the building was saved.

We understand that two human lives were lost at the river on Sunday.