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structures were begun amid the smoking
embers of the old. And at the end of
four weeks 761 buildings had been
erected; of which 65 were of brick; and
among the latter the Orleans hotel 85 x
50, which remains to this day. Three
weeks later the waters on all sides
over-topped the new embankment
and rose 20 inches, higher than ever
before, and entirely covered the site of
the city, to a depth of 1 to 12 feet, for
more than a month, and obliged the
principal traders to do their business
in tents, on the high-lands at Brighton,
four miles away, till the subsidence
came, and the roads were again pas-
-sable. At the Spring Elections of 1853,
3400 votes were cast, and set of officer's