The Arkansas banner., 1850-06-04
INight Almost in .A, rrrass,.


 attempting to land passenger above the Bonnet Care CEevASse, appoashed too near ias maia saek, and borne, by tha almost reslstisss eaTTent lo
 within short dis; xee oi the break, through which the waters of the Mississippi rush, with incredible velocity. hets shs as Izn sst0aad on the bsiIoS
 slip oi the leVse Iet 5Y the lnyading waters. The pressure Of the current. and ot contrary winds, vas so great that it seemed, ior some time, ainos ifn possable to get her SH. The |. D. White, passing very gasIanily responded 10 call tor help, And attempted to haai of the Natebez bat. on SO doing only injured heIsell and thteS the Naiehez further ashore. The Lowu.es, IT.. songh and powerful little boat, also mate several edsrts to drag tbs Natehex of but eiaeE broke her h1wsen, or tore her works. without noving the object OI her kindly ends ayors lie Nalthe1 was, the sloe, leIt entirely to her own Tsseuice4
 In the meantime thefe came up a tremendous storm, which increased he sPFTehensions of the passenxerx already excited by the other cucam- stances of their position. Some hfty or sixty yards as.ern of the boat which lay in the main current, rushed, with mighty force and deAfehing roar. the vast sheet Of surplus waters ot the great Father ot Rlyers-ahead blew almost q tornado, whist ihe heavens above poured torrent of wrathtni floods, ever and anon casting momen,ory glare over ihe scene by 6tfuI flashes of lightning, and causing the earth 10 tetleT with the feyerbsrauons of 'Jove's dread artillery" Add 10 this, the whstIing or the s;ean and lhe struggling Of tie boat 10 release her sell from her position, ts hc1rse orders os captain sud mate 10 the haods-kept necessarily at work in the rain and mud-and We have a picture of the sublime, not often to be witnessed Tn the usually quiet anu nonotonous course of steamboat travel along the coast
 The enjoyment of this scene. however, was some what impaired by the petils Of our situation, and
 the great fear oi being swept into the crevssss We began to speculate upon the consequences of such
 disaster What would become Ot the hoaif w ould she glide quietly over the torent into the helts auA Nakf sntsf thA fai of fhs riyersl This query naturally suggested an iavesti- gaton into the condition o the boats arGer. Was
 her supply of provisions abundant enough to support the large number of PaSeaseFs aboard, until help ! could bs obtaInedR Ehalks 10 the great invention
 oF ssli pork hete was Hs fear of our StarSIng. But could inc boat arrest ,ae impetus commuHIea'ed by
 the torrent before she had traysrsed The
 and 90, into the woods This idea qaite per- piexing. dark, tsa5ed cypress forest was not exactly intended as The theatre for sieamboas 10 operate in. PeFadven'yFe however she might find s road or canal eadids 10 the lake, and suddenly
 appear st the mouth of he Kew Canal. 10 the great wondermsnt o. Captain Dan Hkocs, Mi. Rannev, and the Grizzly Bar Ia md,tol these pain fal fumiualions, were sGtdsniy ovsTtaken by Somnus ant slept soaffily for some lime
 All al once we e1perenced sudden jerk of the
 boat accompanied by crashing, rushing sound.
 She was certainly afoa. off the ground, aud in the current with steam 10 bear up against it, and { whiz, rusa. rush. she went with whirng s-nsa- ton, as of locomotive at full speed, and general
 cracking of timosrs and rush of waters. IL was alt over with us now. Wewers in the crevasse, sure,
 and there was no help foras The boat was careen- ing. Now sue goes rolling over and over ike q
 football before ths resstiess torrent Crash. crash. crash! and up and down. over aud under wsntevery tbiaS and every body board Through the
 fields the boat is hurrving onward 10 the lake, when suddenly she ran up beng against
 some obstacle. ltProYed to oe largs sugar house, lately erected. At expense of $35,0 Q, Dy Mr F. Garcia. and now ne,rly submsrged. Here we were
 stopped, the boat lightly lo5ged and battered aud turned almost upsds down, her tim6eFs rapidly giving way. Great God.-she is cissoiving like q
 snowba in & stream there is no hope for us! No
 boat can reach us through this cnrsent The waters rushing into the cabin. There shs goes, bot tom upwards and Inc waters pouring over us.- Take care of yourseyes. We must all swim for it. Here goss-splash. splash! Our eyes opened 10 take one last view of the up
 per world, when 10, they fsll upon a sceae quite different from that which they apprrhendsd. The
 sun was shining bighty the marrow slip of
 land where boat had landed, and here was col lec;ed merry sssenoisgs of passengers, amusing themselves ia vsrlets ways whilst he "Heigh ho :. l, Heigh no, Here ste goes" oi the hands, accom-
 panied by sundry leiks aud oits, called atention 10 the prompt and powerful measures Tesorted 10 by lDS chef EctEc AapAin 10 spar OH Inv ooat, anu caused 10 rub ou- eyes and look about with Inc
 st1por and astonshneHt of one lust aroused from a
 painful dream. Ami 50 it proved 10 be-pothing bat dream. lhs boat lay qaietiy ashore. and the
 Captain assured us ali safe, and that wth lit tie patience and penpirston. we should b. under way in short order Meantime we found great
 amusement in fshiag in tbs current which flowed
 inside of the levee where Of several varls-
 ties Of fish were collected. All that Was necessary, was to dip your net down in the current aud draw
 it al arms lsugh along the banks, and il would be
 soon filled with largs sardines, butfaoss, and her rings, real legitimate. blue backed hsrrags, such as
 are caught in the Potomac. though not quite as good. The negroes fOnnd great happiness in this fshiDg, and soon saded themselves with as many ss they could carry. Thus amused ourselves
 an, the afternoon, when the boat was Prizsd of oy the excellent arrangements of the captain, and
 hauled up some distance from the main suck of the
 crevasss. when rsIoading. she got under way
 and proceeded up the riSsr after having adjourned
 foI twenty hours in such dissgreeabie proximity 10 the main suck of the largest ersyasse ever known ia Louisisns.-N. 0. Delta.