Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-21
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

mere was considerable apprehension nj Tho J,
OF our latest accounts from New Orleans. oC,,e
danger oi an extensive inundalion from he liI
state Of The five, and insuliicency of the le,.o Ign
pecally on the bark opposite TO New Orleans ~.
following paragraphs will serve TO show ,ha, c
dailon there was for this apprehension
The Natchez Free Trader Of the . instan, s,,..
lie rver is still rising here and if the rise II, Ill.,
Ono and upper Mississippi proves true will i,nn
date the hole conniry that has long been hreaeneJ
with an overflow"
NEW ORLEANS, May2
LANpsLIpE.-Wereg etto learn thsi, on the n,cb,
before last, the nks olihe river ON the opposite s"
oithe city, cayrd in for some distance. The uo,',
where the landslide is, is below tie WiIow Han,
immediately above the lower ferry. Foriun,ieI,'
the village was protected by double leyee Tia,
old leyee sunk, and several buildings with il trL
space between the old and new leyee. is mean Nv
yards in width and 400 in Length, and is oyt,hann
with water from five TO SIX feet deep. The buin
ngs that disappeared were three frame houses h
tween tie old brick powder.house and the rive,
The inmates, al about 10 O'Clock at pieh won,
awakened by a crash andih rush Of water nlo Thor
rooms. They bad time barely to escape nnb ,L.,
lives, losing all their goods. Since thai, the west
gable o the powder house has caved in and there ara
indications that The undermining OF the bank co,,;
nues 10 an alarming extent. The damage to ,he
Willow Grove Hotel, we understand, is serious ihs
lower apartments being covered five feet deem u,
wafer. as well as the yard and garden IIones ~.
entertained that the landslide will not extend ro ,hs
epee-an event that must drown the whole civ If
Algiers. The inhabitants, for their own protection
would do well to raise another levee, in the ear Of
the that constitutes the only barrier ao,i,s
The enetoachmen's oil the nver Bulletin
New ORLEANS, Maya
IHE CRENAssE remains in Deary The SAME comb
ton as % Saturday. The river is, however. VOW
high. and in several places has almost OVERT we'd
the second levee. We look for nothing less ,h,n
, of tba hi,
ny. Ruitsfn
New ORLEANS My5.
lMPoRTASrF TRUE.-rhe steamboat, Farmer ar
rlv d here yesterday from Cumberland ShoaI,
which point she left on The 26th uli. Atthe mouth
OF the Arkansas, she met the steamer Corvette
from Little Il ck and leai ned from the passengers
oil board that the whole country ffom Lute Rock,o
the mouth Of the Arkansas, was oye,howed, Tn,
lauds bordering on Arkansas low, and but starce.
ly populated ; still the damage sustained must DO
very considerable. in the destruction. among 9th,
er things, e large quantities Of valuable timbet
AdrertsN.
1t was reported this morning. know not how
truly that the water was oozna through the llgh
road, AT the head Of Spain Streef, IN the hind
municipality The reports which reach us from the
other side Of the rlyer and the vicinity of Algier
are also unsatisfactory. few hands are enplo,eJ
IN raising the only leyee which remains; but there
are signs that lead TO fears oflhe whole levee being
"huefiit'heJ. we are sorry to hear also that
steps have yet b. taken to construct new lr,ee
lroa the upper part OF Mr. McDonough's plantation
10 that which formerly belonged to Mr.. p Marigny.
Courier.
MISSISSIPPI RlVER-The Cincinnati Gazette of tie
i21 INST says: We have the distressing counts from
gentleman who left New Orleans on the LIST Nav in , sasm-
boaI Gen Brown Of the Flood the Mississippi Near,the
whole country, from the mouth of the Ohio to New Orleans
Is under water The plat Of Cairo completely sub
merged and great Fears the destruction Of
New Orleans.
BY the Ficksbnrg Sentinel of the 2nd instm,
learn That several al The warehouses the landing have bcea
abandoned owing the rise of the river The editor
we may now, To almost certainty predict overflow
great, II not greater than the memorable flood of 1925"
ARRIVAL. OF MIR. PRICE The ship Garrick, from
Liverpool arrived Mt New York the 18th Anon.
her passengers is VIM NJ Price, the reputed dcaung Ia
led States District Attorney
From the Aeao York Americas.
Among the passengers in the packet ship Garrick, arrived
last evening, is VIM. NJ. Price and family
Mr.. Price, the United States District Attorney, il willy
remembered Disappeared without notice. fine and
December 1898, leaving behind him letter the PrcsIs
nequnlled for its cDoness, which he clinqnshed Office
sake, and added TINT apparent ba
HIM in his accounts would be Than squared if alIova
for properly due to him made.
Since that time he has been published aud re-publscd
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