Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-06-06
Overflow In New orleans,

i dYtOI dIu lU6 l1GaUS OI departments.
q raa Overflow in New orleans.
The Delta, after describing thee districts in the
Second Municipality, which are thin!y settled, in
the upper part Of which the watg enters, goes on
with the following graphic description of the inun-
dation: sf## "5. ..85'H ~5= Frat ."+
Every part of the Seventh Ward is
~navigable for small boats. This ward is
bounded on the lower size by Circus
street. 1t is well settled, and built up for
six or eight squares back to the
swamp. Most of the houss are small
tenements, the residence offthe laboring
portion Of our community. h this district
are several important public institutions;
Workhouse, which is surrounded wa.
ter two feet deep, but tn, interior. of
which is kept dry blythe stroig protection
Of the brick walls, and by coistant pump
ing. Near this, is the Prctetant Gene
terry, the oldest burying-gra,nd in the
Second Municipality. Thi rs several
feet under water. The Gas Works are
down, and these Protected by
strong l~evees, erected at grat expense
and with extraordinary pronptitude by
that skillful engineer, Colonel Campbell,
the Superintendent. Back # the Gas
Works, is the large Cotton Hess of the
Freret Brothers, which is seyeal feet un-
der water; and has been abaldoned for
the present by its proprietor. Nearer
down is the beautiful Fisk School. house,
which was fortunately built ssesal feet
above the ground, and is safe aid dry, the
pupils reaching it on the woodenpassways.
That magnificent institution, tle Charity
Hospital, rises, as it were, from the very
centre Of the Lake; its basement inun-
but the main building il elevated
at least twenty feet from the ,round.-
Near the Hospital, is the Catholt Chapel
of St. Joseph, which is entirely, lurround-
ed by water, and is inaccessible save by
boats: As the water passes down it wi
dens and extends nearer to the liver, APP
preaching on Common street within four
squares ofthe river, and washing the rear
of the st. Charles Hotel. 1t ID at this
point that the overflow begins to intrude
upon the abodes of the wealthy. On Ca
nal street, it stretches from Carosdelet to
the swamp, including many elegant re-
sidences, in some of which the lower doors
are bricked up, and small skis fastened to
their steps. The State House, including
the offices of the Governor, Secretary Of
State, State Treasurer, aud Auditor, all
These dignitaries are daily
boated to their duties in small skis, the
ingenuity of the State Engineer mo- hav-
ing yet constructed a means of projecting
State buildings. Far down on Canal
street, where the waters become deep
enough to swim a small schooner, is the
Maison de Sante Of DR.. Stone:
Passing over into the First Munieipali-
ty, the water is thrown back a little by the
resistance of the solid block of buildings
between Dauphine and Bourbon, and re-
cedes as, far as midway between Dau-
phine and Burgundy, as if it were deter
mined not to neglect our worthy Mayor,
who resides on Burgundy. between Gus
penthouse and Canal, and whose residence
is in water several feet deep. From this
point to the swamp the whole Of the FRS,
Municipality, the old square of the city, il
one unbroken lake. Il is built up and
settled for eleven squares out from
Burgundy street, presenting a front Of si1
and q depth Of twelve squares, Or at leas
one fourth Of the squares and houses ii
the First Municipality. In this district al,
the Catholic Cemeteries, the old and new
which embrace prehaps the largest mum
Der Of beautiful and tasteful tombs and
monuments to be found in the country
As the water approaches the Old Canal
i begins again to recede, andencounter-
ing the strong slevee of the GCarondela
Walks passes down. the Canal into tr
Bayou St. John where, on account IL
various inipediments, it creeps slowly t.
wards the Lake, which is an average ii
three Of four feet lower than the inunda-
ted streets.
g-Clean linen is the very vaccins-
ton Of Cholera; a ugem