The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-19

Little be said in addition to what has already
The latest report from che Of disaster last night
states that strong hopes entertained that the
breach would soon be stopped We fear however, such
hopes iusory, and that we shall have to record still
more serious loss to property If not to life before the
mighty father Of waters shall again be confined within
his legitimate bounds The whole range of the Second
Municipality below Dryades street. and to the line Of
the New Canal, may be said to be inundated, the in
hsbtants having means Of escape except by boats
The canal is brimfu and should the temporary evee
recently thrown up the north of give way all that
portion OF the city in the Of Circus and Rampart
streets will be inundated Mr. Dunbar surveyor Of the
Second Municipality, Engineer j. w Smith j. s. Wood,
ana Others with strong force were at work yesterday
in strengthening the leyee the line Of the new
canal far as the ridge and still hope their efforts
to keep the waters rushing into the canal from above
within its banks, may BE- successful Mr. Dunbar had
also several gangs work yesterday cutting suces
through the northern back Of the canal below the Me-
taire ridge, causing the water to flow through the
swamps thus relieving the banks Of the canal between
the ridge and the city of much OF the caused
by the rush Of water into it from above
Among the various ahoat in the city yester-
day evening in relation to the crevasse of a
raft of timber having been dragged by the current
into it. carrying away large portion Of the spiles.
IL anything Of the kind occurred, the matter must
have been greatly exaggerated as the letter given
in evening" makes mention of the fact, which the
writer anquestionably would have done, had such q
The following letter. from the crevassc gives the
state OF affairs up to Ave O'Clock last evening"
sAvVrS cHrvAssT R nsa a Of jssHsMTs0n0
Notwithstanding the rain the work has gone on well
to day and If the piling stands the breach Will be
closed in forty eight hours. Mr. Pierre Sauve has
made herculean efforts Day and night and during the
ncessant and heavy rains since this disaster orcurred
he has been at work himself and stimulated others
He had the finest crop and would have made
nine hundred hogshcads he cannot now realize fifty
but is working to others. All sf his neghbors
or less affectcd-one Of them, Colonel Claiborne
having lost his entire crop thousand cords Of wood
his stock and large quantity of shingles pickets Sc
in the swamps Tile creyasse the opposite side at
Eugene Fortier's, three miles below, Is takingts
course and as Tar as theeye san reach there is sea OF
water
ANOTHER cREvAssE.
About or 10 O'Clock, yesterday morning the river
made creyasse in the evee on the west bank directly
opposite the powder magazine, about eight miles below
Algiers. A number Of hands from the neighboring
plantations at set to work to stop the breach
but their abors were found vain and the attempt
abandoned in hour two We visited the Of this
source Of destruction late in the afternoon and
found the breach about seventy feet wide The water
rushing through at fearful rate and having swept
away the picket fence lining the road rapidly
y,ripg the beautiful cane fields in the vicinity The
depth of water the road at the crevasse about
four feet and the plantations Of Messrs. Morer, Fa
zane, and John d. Lcpprere were entirely submerged.
About thousand kegs OF powder, which had been
landed within day two previous from vessel and
left lying the levee, swept off and the powder
magazine and the residence and outhouses Of Mr. De-
oonteau, the keeper of the magazine surrounded
with water to the depth of about three feet The back
water also on the rear of Mr.. Lacostes planta-
tation When left the place at o'clock no intention
expressed of attempting to check the until
this morning When materials, that deemed
sary construct back evee Of sufficient substance
to resist the impctuOus current expected from
the city The abrasion of the water must In the mean
time add greatly the width of the outlet the river
has made for itself and deepen the channel. Those
who acquainted with the geographical formation Of
the neck Of land which the crevasse has taken
place, will readily perceive that, unless the river Is
speedily confined within it's banks immense amount
Of agricultural property must be destroyed 1t forms
what is termed the English Turn. 1t is some eight
ten miles long and its average width not three
es-forming narrow peninsula levecd on both
sides, and crcumvallsted with plantations The space
between the will be flooded, and doubt
before this meets the readers eye the extensive and
beautiful plantations owned by tho Vsry's. Mr. Ben
jaman, and Mr.. Urquhart and oth0rs, the farther
side of the neck, viii be Covered Aside from the re-
mote consequences Of the cla uiy the destruction OF
in the immediately :rsy u The will be
considerable Mr. FAsa snge! ercJ'nr this yeay
estimated at 100 If.t esd, A!r l<spprctre's at
CO., and Mr. Lacoste's ~: bssides which, lin
putting the dsmsgeb,, dssts otiou Of the itself
must be taken into acoountx OF which cuts off
the next years crop
STILL. ANOTHER.
Since the above was written, WI. earn that large
crcvasse made yesterday the esst bank Of the
river, at the plantation Of Mr.. MoCutcheon about
twenty-six milce above the city This fortunately,
cannot add to the danger with which the city is
threatened from the crevasse al Mr. Sauve's plan
tation above Carrollton, the Metaire ridge will be
q barrier against the advance Of the food FROM the
McCutcheon crevaese.