The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-20

| I00 RIO000 In t0o S00G0 ana west.
The Plaquemine (La) Ss~tswsI. OF the 7th inst.
says,-The waters, which have 90 long beer
threatening US with an overflow, seem to have do
clned that civility for the present The river land
OF course the bayou 10 At length falling. We
understand that al the present moment the settle
ment called Indian Village, few miles from here
on the bayou, under water, and that the planters
in thar vicinity and Gross Tete have suffered I'M
mensely by the flood.
The New Orleans Delt4, of the llth INST, Says
The steamboat Belvldere arrived here last night
from Carolina Bluff, Red River. She reports Red
River as fslllng very fast. On pa ssing Baton
Rouge the officers noticed the breach in the levse
on the opposite side, where The water was pouring
through the gapin large volume and great rapidity.
The plantations in the vicinity were all Overfi0wed,
and the water was halfway up the doors OF the
church. A number of negroes were seen at
work, all employed in eadeavoring to repair the
crevasse.
The Washington Umion, of the 18th inst,
speaking OF the Mississippi river, at New Orleans,
says A good deal of injury had been already
done by the falling In of the banks and embank-
men's, and by the formation OF crevasses, tho
water forcing itself through the levees /; and 80
G,itcai Were maiters about Bayou Sara and
fehte Coupee, that further rise Of two inches
t In,y, %oaid 40 an immensely OF mischief, It was
tno"ght, py overcoming considerable portion OF
the country. The years ct remarkable floods
seem to have been 1917, 1923 1928, 1914 and ls49.
But the great flood-the greatest within the
memory OF man"--is said TO have occurred in
reached by several feet and 1t we'll that they do
not reach II, tor such would do now fistv
times as much damage, perhaps, as IN l779.
The Louisville (Ky) Courier, of the 18th inst,
says:-LaSt evening" the river still rising
slowly, with ii feet water on the falls, The Ken
lucky river was rising slowly yesterday.
The ST. Louis (M0.) NeW Era of the 9th inst
says-The river at this point has risen very little
since our last Issue, but the rain of last night, if
general, will no doubt cause another heavy swell.
report was in circulation yesterday, that the
water was over portions of the road leading from
lllinoistown to the bluffs, which Is unfounded. 1t
will require further rise of several feet, before
any portion of the road Is inundated
The Vlcksburg miss Whig. of the 6th inst.
says:-The river Is recedng slowly. having fallen
about Six inches up to yesterday. II Is reported
here to be again rising az low down as Memphis.
COMMERCE OF ALBANY.-The frelghtmg busl-
ness done on this river 10 immense, far exceeding
IN the aggregate the computation OF many who
have for years been engaged in this business
The entire receipts OF the three canals, WIS Ere,
Champlain and Oswege, and their branches, are
brought to the Hudson, and are then scattered
along the sea coast In return for the products OF
the West, the merchant receives the manufactures
Of the East and OF foreign countries, which through
| the same medium are transported to The various
shipping points on the lakes, and from thence
through the entire West.
AS we have no registry OF vessels here, It IL diff
fcult to ascertain with any degree of correctness
the number OF sal vesse navigating the river at
this point, There are three regular lines running
to Boston, numbering some forty vessels, all Of the
largest class OF schoOners, and another to Phllade
phia There are also very large number of
transient vessels running to the South and East,
wholly engaged in the lumber trade. Of their
number we cannot speak with any degree Of Ger.
tainty.
The towing business alone is an Item OF consi.
derable magnitude. Last year there were SO
barges, varying from 100 to 400 tons each, and 23
steamboats, engaged IN the transportation of mer.
chandize to and from this city. The capital IN
vested in this branch OF the business alone, from
actual calculation by person well qualified to
judge OF the value OF barees and steamboats,, Is
estimated at about one million OF dollars. Half of
| this amount is said to be owned by persons resi-
ding IN this city. For the purpose Of showing that
this Is no fancled sum, and that had sufficient
| data for estimation, we annex list of the lines
running at the close OF navigation, which will be
continued on the opening OF the river, the number
of boats in each, the tonnage, and list of the
steamboats, engaged ia towing them.
The New York and Albany, formerly the Eek
ford, is the Oldest line on the river This line
II barges, measuring from l60 to 400 tons each,
Green& Mather, agents.
The swlts 94 Line, A: Van Sanford. Jr.. agent.
having been burned in the Basin last August.
| which will soon be replaced. These barges mea-
sure from 200 to 400 tons EACH
The Albany and Canal line, George Monteath
agent, have IL barges, measuring from 200 to 40
tons each.
The barges belonging to these lines are towed
by the steamers Swlttsure, Commerce.. Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, and Ellsworth forming daily line
between this city and New York The steamboats,
are owned by these lines
Schuyler Co.'S line consists Of eight barges,
measuring from 100 to 260 tons each, and four
STEAMBOATS,, viz: Belle, Baltic, Oswego, and Cayu-
ga, to run daily between New York and this CITY,
b. G. Brainard, agent.
Durant, Lathrop ~ Co., have four narges, mea-
surlng 100 tons each, and the STEINER Trojan. It
is now in contemplation to add to this line three
more Ste amboats for the purpose of forming daily
line between this city and New York.
The. lludsonlRiver line, Chaplin ~ Co., agents,
each
T. James has four barges, measuring from 100
TO 200 tons each.
L. w, Merchant have three barges, measur-
ing from I50 to 200 tens each.
s M. Fish a. Co. have SIX barges, measuring
from 100 to 250 tons each.
Martin Demmlng has three barges, measuring
from 100 to 250 tons each.
Robert Dunlop has six barges, measuring 100
tons each.
Twedde IL Darlington have two barges, $50
tons each.
To these we add list of the lines to Philadel-
phia =
PHILADELPHIA LINE-Yardley & Co., agents,
have II barges, measuring $50 to 200 tons each -
John G. Whites Philadelphia line has six
barges, measuring $50 tons each
To these may be added five or six steam pro-
peers running TO Philadelphia, and three to Hart.
ford and Norwich.
we annex q isl OF the transient eteomO0at6
which were engaged last season, and will doubt
less be this, in towing the barges belonging to the
smaller lines to and from New York. VIZ; Sam
| dusky, Buffalo, Madison, and Kosciusko.
The following were engaged between this city
and Troy :-Iolas American Eagle, Maria, Jehn
Mason, Star, Chief, Isabel, Convoy, and Glpsey.
In the above list we have not included a certain
class OF boats known as lake boats, except such
are used exclusively on the river. There
large number OF these boats navigating the river
and canal, which are loaded either at New York
or at some points on the canal. which go directly
through, without stopping to unload at this place
albany Journal, M0rct IT,
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION II VIRaINIA-The
election for representatives. in the next Congress
of the United States takes place ON Thursday, the
26h day OF April The following are the candl-
dates of both political parties:
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