New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-24
pnrs.r,u. Crsrn..s-Grnnd Lsree Brokea.

From The New Orleans Plea ,uDe Jsnsl
It's with the deepest regrcet that We announce
the breaking Of Grand Levee, in the Parish OF
Ponte Coupee. and the consequent danger 70 the
ARREST portion OF Louisiana
For tka intelligence we are indebted 70 Mr. John
Z Brady, the gentlemaDly clerk Of the Steamboat
T. ID. White. arrived this morning. Mr. Brady in
forms a. that the Grand Legee broke on Monday
morning last, about o'clock. The breach on
wednesday morning, by measurement, was 10
yards vide. large force was working on IT, Bat
there was little prospect OF sto 3pine IT, TIE water
on the baituTe outside was saif 70 be bat IS % Is
inches deep; the fell inside from IL 70 IS feet
By this cTeyasse, the whole Of the AttakapaE
country-the "earden-sPot' OF the S.sts--is Ia
danger Of inundation, and should the break not be
closed, incaculabe damage 20 hundreds Of pls1tS.
tons must inevitably ensue We anxiOusly await
further intelligence.
2. S-THE CREyAssE ABASDoSEDl-Ater the
above was writes. We received the following brief
epi.tle from 8 correspondent at Bayou Sara IL
will be aeon that the work Of stopping the ere.
vase has been abandoned, and that the worst
fesss are, consequently, TO be confirmed;
BAYOU sara "wednesday, juno IL
DEAR Pic: At last the Grand Leyee at Ponte
Coupee has given way, under the heavy pressure
Of water that rested upon IT. the river being four
teen feet higher than the surface Of the fields op.
pcsi,e On the outside. The crevasse occurred night
before last and is about $50 yards wide, aud is run
ming over with rapidlty equal 20 thatof the Falls
Of st. Anthony, sweeping everything before IL; de-
stroyIng houses, stock, &c from Pointe Coupee 70
Berwick Bay No ehcr. will be made 70 stop il;
all hands considering II impossible. Ths will rid
the town of Bayou Sara OF its superiority OF water
ard the good citizens Of the place congratulate
themselves that the water viii be entirely Oft the
town in lessthan a week.
TIE Pico,nne adds editorialy: The great
creyssse at Point Coupee brings disaster upon the
richest end most populous regions Of the State
Hundreds Of plantations must be overlooked,
hnusos will be carried away stock destroyed crops
ruined. Ii is impossible to estimate the loss,
present and prospective, which this inundston
threatens. II will in all likelihood cover up a
region Of fertile country as large a. some whole
States in the Union, and drive from their homes
vast multitude Of our most industrious and most
valued citizens. All this follows from break in
the levee Of the Mississippi not wider than the
space between Canal and Common sta. through
which the floods are pouring with friGhttul and r.
resistible violence.
The Delta says: TIE flow Of so large body OF
water into these outlets will cause such rise as
must inunda.e the whole country. IL was, we be-
lieve BY similar crevasse, in 1929, that many OF
the best portions of these parishes now cultivated
with great success were submerged 70 the extent
of twelve or fifteen feet. II the quantity OF water
discharged IS az all equal 10 that of 1929 there can
be no exaggeration Of the damage done. IL will
reach several-nay, many millions. We rest 10
hone. however, that either the crevasse will be
stoned, or that some measure may be devised 10
arrest this most disastrous flood.