Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-22
Correspondence OF The Baltimore Patriot.
LATEST FROM ST. LOUIS.
From The Nsp Orleans Delta, May IL
TIE SAIVE EREVASSE

readers, 10 learn the progress made by the en-
sineers in stopping The breach in the levee. OPP
posiie Saves plantation, we established 4 regu-
lar express, Yesterday, TO transmit US dispatches
during the day, from The scene OF operations.
As the dispatches were received al our office,
they were posted up on our bulletin board, Tor
the Information of The public. II will be more
satisfactory, we mink, 10 our readers, as showing
The state Of affairs al the creyasse, as he work
progressed, 10 give the dispatches in The order in
which we received them.
Saves CRRvASsE, Friday, IL, M.
Mr.. Dunbar is here with several pile drivers,
theJob boat Swan, and about one hundred labor
ers. He has despatched The Bourbon 10 the
Guy for more materials.
Last night, about one o'clock, alter your re.
porter LETT the creyasse Tor Inc city, The Ieyee
gave way again, and The breach now wears a
threatening appearance. ! cannot say that the
prosper oI Immediately arre>,ing Inc torrent is
al all nallerins. Al any rate, II cannot be
closed Tor several days yet.
Saves CREyAssE, Friday, 2 P. NJ.
The Bourbon, one OF The most active of your
nafoor boats, commanded by the interchangeable
Capt. Edwards, has just returned from the CITY,
WIN provisions Tor the hands, ana fourteen thou
sand sunny-bags, lo be filed with dir, and used
as adbatis between The piIing. A. Mclaughlin,
well kIown in the Guy: and all along The coast
as periecI mld-turtle, in creyasse came up
on the boat; and with Dunbar 10 plan, and Mac 10
execute, al will be done that can hr done.
notice, likewise, very busy, Mr.. Patrick I.aneron,
tne dHcning King, who can have more work done
wi'h me spade than any living man, and Mr.. S.
Merritt one OF your most efficient PRACTICAL CHI
z-ns. There are aboul one hundred laborers,
and Mr.. Sauve has placed his whole lorce al lhr
orders Of Mr. Dunbar, under his indeialieabe
manager, Mr.. J. T. Leech. Notwithstanding
heir exposure, The haLds all enjoy good healIn.
Inc crevasse is dlscharging more wafer than
ever, but II passes Of and does not eneroach from
the rear 10 he front any more
SAVES CREyAssS, Saturday, lat A. NJ.
Affairs here are in about the same situation
as reported A line OF piles now incloses Inc Gre
vase, win the exception Of about thirty teet
still entirely open. The pe.driyers discontinu.
cd their labcrs a dark, but will resume 10 lhc
morning. The hands are busily hro' wing in
a6oatis, which can now be done 10 abundance,
as there Is plentiful supply VI gunny bags
The Bourbon and Swan are constantly employ
ed IN bringing 10 The cTevasse The bags which 4
portion Of Inc laborers are filling below The
hands are dong their utmost al every point.
fcsrsl that cannot send your readers by this,
the last express for The might, some definite opin
Dunbar enIerains some hope, bur he planters,
many OF whom have long experience AMI mncn
practical knowledge in relation 10 crevasscs
nayc almost abandoned hope. In facr, one,
very old planter, who has spent his HE on The
coast, declares thai the thing is now i'm possible
II behaves The authorities Of New Orleans 10
spare no expense 10 supply The Engineers with
all they may require 10 prosecute The work. Ii
is only by prompt and energetic action the enc.
my can be conquered.
THE OVERFLOW AND THE REAR OF
THE ClTY.-The water in the rear OF the
Second and Fouuh Wards, Second Municipali-
~, confined slowly rising through Thursday
night, and all yesterday. and our dispatches from
The Sauye OreVasse, in another column, leave
inl hope VI an abatement OF The food. The
whole oil the new Smell Road is now covered 10
the depth OF a loot and halt 10 three feel, and
the Canal, oyehowing lis North bank, is pour
ing lis surcharge into the rear OF the Seventh
Ware, Second Municipality; and thence the wa
Ter finds no impeachment 10 The lower extremity
OF the city Although The water is constantly
rising above the New Canal, il has moi covered
the ground further inward than il il did on
Thursday night. This is owing 10 the obslruc- !
ton offered by the ridge on which Apollo street. |
runs, which Tor the present acts as partial |
barrier, and forces the water TO seek its lie. |
vel over The North bank OF the Canal, and |
through the artificial channels penetrating the city
The district now overlooked is Two or three feet |
higher than either Camp or Canal streets, and |
il is only The Apollo street RIDGE which prevents
the immediate inuudaion OF the whole Second |
Municipality but as the ridge is inrefsecied BY |
cutters, dilches, and The Melpomene Canal, the |
calamity, ii is 10 be feared, is only celcrfcd for
a brief space. Already has the overflow, below
he Canal, spread itself as far 10 the outer
sdge OF The inhabited portion OF The Seventh |
Ward OF The Second Municipality, and OF The
back wares OF The First Municipality, and is
steadily advancing 10 short the whole city j.
with inunjation.
These OF our population Who have been III
first victims OF he calamity, are generally the ,
poor and The struggling many OF ihem with |
he wafer flowing 10 al their doors, are in a pilia.
bic situation. Il needs, we trust, no oher nceG-
i've than bare statement Of their condition, to (
IRON their more fortunate neigbbors
and fellow cnizens the sympathy and assistance
heir condition demands.-N o. Della, Maybe.