Daily National Intelligencer

A remarkable circumstance happened on the 30th ult. on the Genesee river, about ten miles above this place. A part of the land upon the north bank has fallen into and across the river so as completely to change the course of the stream, which was at this place about eighty yards wide. The land on the south side of the river was level for some distance; on the north there arose a very steep and high hill, commencing about twenty or thirty feet from the edge of the bank. Along the intermediate space a road passed, the level of which was not more than six or eight feet above that of the water. In the afternoon of the day above mentioned, about half an acre of the bank fell into the river. About half past ten o'clock at night the people in the neighborhood were suddenly alarmed by a tremendous noise from the hill, accompanied by the jarring of the houses. Upon going immediately out they discovered huge masses of the mountain tumbling from above into the river, and dashing the waters to a great height. About 15 acres of the surface is supposed to have fallen. The cavity left in the hill is of a circular form the back part of which presents a precipice nearly perpendicular of about 150 feet in height. Several trees which stood on the side of the mountain yet remain in an erect posture, having been carried down in that position on masses of the earth; the tops of others are buried in the ruins, while their roots are raised into the air. The current of the river being completely obstructed, it has risen above the opposite bank, and is now forming a new channel for a considerable distance.

Gen. Farmer.