The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-26
The Crcvasses at New Orleans.

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The accounts received from the at Sauve's
yesterday afternoon of the most discouragng cha
racter and leave hope that the flow of water will be
checked at present By direction of the joint commit
tee appointed by the First and Second Municipality
Councils. his Honor the Mayor sent communication
to Mr.. Dunbar yesterday morning requesting of him
all the information regarding the and his OPT
to the probability Of stopping it by pursuing
the present plan Mr. Dunbar, in his reply, dated at
o'clock r. M, states that he has hopeless task to
perform" having abored earnestly for week without
making any progress lie stated that in his first object
that Of establishing firm breakwater. he has yet
entirely failed; and that this must be accomplished be-
fore anything can be done.
The volume OF water, although materially lessencd
at one time is great ever and its depth is
such that png will not stand against it in the soft
would that the plan which has thus pur-
sued was not suggested by bin; hut the works
commenced before he arrived on the ground, he did
did not fit to change the plan Of operations In his
letter Mr. d. states his wish to be recalled at onee the
committee shall deem it expedent to do and adopt
any new plan He also states that he yesterday morn
ing with several planters in the vicinity
stated that If some definite and apparently feasible
rails, they would send back their negroes and pursue
the work vigorously until it should be completed
Mr. Dunbar sont down to tho committee a plan
which had just been submitted to him and which he
stated to be very similar to he had formed in his
own mind In conclusion he states that he shall con.
fine his efforts to prevent tho enlargement of tn
breach until he receives more definite Instructions
The joint committee met at O'Clock yesterday If
at the Office Of the Mayor when his honor SUBJ
mitted to them the communication from Mr. Dunbar.
After examining the numerous plans which had been
adopt any OF them without first consulting the survey
resolution was accordingly adopted, recalling
Mr. Dunbar to the city that he may jointly with the
other surveyors examine all the plans submitted fer
stopping the and decide upon which to pur
sue when the work will be resumed The same resolu
ton instructs MIR. Dunbar to leave tho orevasso in
charge of who will have his disposal suii-
Gent force to proveRt the breach from charging
Thus the matter stands at present, and, will be
seen. to have the water flowing in upon for
a week ten days to come at least No means of pro-
venting the further spread of the food in the city
ahnu thpref hp eff he I'M mi We
do not think it possible to lower tho present height Of
to any considerable extent while the
continues open; and it done at this point,
the relief would be but temporary II the in tho
swamp the to be lowered suddenly,
the rush throug the breach would be much more rapid
and the volume would in n short time become much
deeper. About all that be done at present Is to
already IS Its present snge is, however, bad enough.
Hundreds of houses are surrounded by the flood and
around large number Of them the water is from three
Besides all the trouble and expense caused by the
necessity of moving the amount Of damage to buildings
and other property will be immense.
The inhabitants Of the First Munic pali.y residing
below the Canal Carondcet, and also of the Third Mu
nicpaty are actively engaged in raising and strength
eng the lower levco of the canal to prevent the flood
from reaching them from that direction and large
portion of the residents above the canal entertain very
bitter feeling towards the work. which they imagine to
he detrimental to them. In this think they make
the mistake that the residents in the upper part
OF the Second Municipality did when they thought that
breaches made in the lower bank Of the canal
would save them from inundation.
same last night os when evening edition went to
press In places yesterday forenoon visible fall
took place, and raised vain hope with many that dry
times were coming But the fall not in the water
from the crevassc sudden rise occasioned by
the heavy rain of the night previous aud this wafer
found its level back yesterday proPortonate fall was
observed.
The Metalrie Ridge IL now being cut through in two
or three places and trust that outlets enough may
be formed prevent tho further encroachmcnt Of the
water in the city
THE cREvAssE AT The ENGLISH TURN.
We we're informed last evening and upon authority
in which have confidence that the crevaesc 81 the
English Turn closed yesterday morning
TIE OVERFLOW.
From the New Orleans Crescent, May IL
We are sorry to say that tho state Of affairs In the
rear Of the city not at all improved On the con-
trary in the First Municipality. and the Seventh ward
the Second the water still rises Night before last
the rise very rapdplaces which had boon dry in
the evening were overlooked the next morning The
flood steadily towards the lower part OF the
city and towards the evee. reaching in some places
ns far part and in Common street beyond
Circus The openings in the Motsire Ridge, OF which
much expected do not as yet to have pro-
duced much effect. The water rushcs through item
with considerable velocity but have caused fall in
the Of the city Above the New Canal the water
IL stationary but this Is because 1t has ovcropped the
barriers which opposed its progress down town Apollo
street is still dry but in Nayades street. square
nearer the river the CUTTERS filed with the water
which ovcrfows from the Melpomcuo Canal. Camp
street is nine inches lower than Apollo and tho
Mc,pomenc Canal reaches TO that street risc of few
inches more will flood Nayades and Camp streets cyen
though Apollo remain free.