New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-31
storm at MobiIe--Addisional Particular,,


In the lower part Of the city all along the margin Of
the river including Water street. the scene il aariy
impressive Every wharf there completely broken Nv
and timbers old roofs boards hre-woed iii up the
ways and render them totally mpxssibleFrom e,nrern
street down to the extremity u te city is scene
wharves completely removed from their supsrrrrctres
broken into pieces; boats driven far mp on and tim
bcrs which force hardly restore ffssf wing
in the streetseveryth hing ia melancholy wreck and
striking evidence of the Of the wind aud the angry
| element which was its instrument
/ The walls of Marston's warehouse are broken in and
the building rendered unenantabfe The pilot boats
Liberty and Clara and the schooner Elizabeth are lying
close p against the warehouses The Elizabeth Of con-
siderable sizs and Hes where there Ia not particle Of
water right in the middle Of the street The water boat
Handy and another Elizabeth and the Laura are just
above Hitchaocks Press high and dry Water street
The pilot boat Margaret lies back Of Hitchcock Prea8
| Water street. dry as the day sbe was launched
The upper part q The eity presents The ame genssa
oors Of the large and the damage Is
done to articles Of merchandise The wharves there
below broken and injured to require entirely
constructions The loss by this Is estimated at
| 100000.
the particularly those IN oferecton
much injured to require reconstruction, but
is in the distraction Of the warves and il is feared that
unless extraordinary efforts be made to clear the streets
sickness vii inevitably follow The first object should bs
should also be Immediately raised and drained and lined
With such precautions these, think there will be no
danger.
Below choctaw Point the whole coast is swept clear Of
its drift woodas clear az the beach in the neghborhood
Of Pensacola In places the bay road has been torn
up and made entirely mpassable Trees in that region
Of gigantic growth have been thrown down. iuclGdbg
bic fruit trees 81 W
Near Government street the bodies 81 woman and
commonly called Dutch Charley Who te arsh
opposite the city. 1t that when the fecd
their carried away The husband and father
by means Of log imperfect raft attempted put
his wife and child peach tree but they carried
| them Ks
The houses on the island and elsewhere opposite he
city chiefly destroyed One house van carrisd sp
hut for the timely arrival Of the steamboat
Heroine the way to the city from Baan Springs and
the hunane ssertions q Capt Ham johnston me IN
hood Capt Johnston rsscned them ALL fys ia
M M bssn q aa infant only three inoass ~
shelter wers neary dead Thes ~sfs Sssd
within brief time they ere rssfOrsa sye
raj cattle we're found At the distance o tcn ias ssye
the city whittier they had been driven fras he isand
Along the whole eastern shore it II said the wharves
the action Of the have been apeptaxay Atstrk
Mills q large amount Of lumber was carried away with
/ the wharf
In the bay several vessels in upon the shores
The Col Clay and the Daniel Pratt hare gone
The ships Mersey and Abmiino (the latter with asil
quantity Of cotton on board for Liverpool were blown
ashore and dsmasIed near Cedar the lighter Jo
known found bottom upwards in the bay. and It r
believed that those on board Of her perished.
Below after hunting every part Of the commercial CEN
tre Of the city append List Of the
1t required considerable trouble to get this information
Of the extent Of the destruction To ii must be added
good many other things to make up the total As
wharves alone is estimated at s1e0Aoo
,. Tckncr, $1,000 s. I& Jones' ON goods ON com
Barnewal Fiter, 1860; n O. brewer 1 Co, 1000; r.
Reid Co, 1000 L. P. Hill Co. 300 IL Gage Co..
Savage Calef 1000; g Brewer. 1900 H. Collins slight
o,Grady: 1000; W 2 Carter 200; Roberts 100
2. Howell 6 Co.. 2oooi Z. G. Pollard 800 p 2. Crane
800; Sands Co.. 1900; A. Robbins Co.. 1900 Green
Hu%phreys mp @ Walsh &C., Co. 1000 n. Ris, KendsI Sc Go
$500; Perryman Sons 5000; Peleg Brown Co 1000
Adsms Zoo sSn Flash lSs son, 5eo Aubrey
i Wolfe 4 Co., 500; Webb Smith. 1900 Gallagher &
Gates 1909 Kenneth King 1000 barney sreths5s 500
$50 narn slight Campbell Co. 5ooon
1000 $; Eason, 1000 Marshall s Son 1900 Sand.
q Co. 1000; Mcmillan Gascoigne, 1000 j. f Jewett &
Co. in store 1900 J. f. Jewef Co. at mill 1900 Mo-
bile and Dog River Manufa Company asco q
Stasworth 1900 Todd Watts 1000 Parker. Morris
Co 1000 Fry, Bliss s. Co., 1900 w. Calvert 5000 Kirk
y sey Sheppard s Bray, 500 Foots Richards 200
: liam H Redwood, 1000 Barron, Meade s Co. 10000
is p. n pomeroy Co. 1000 l. Stiles Co 5000 Roberts
l. Il Wooiey. sight ssk smith, ito Davenport Pat
terson, 1000; ". johnson Co, 1900 Lloyd Bowers
s. Ounce, Agent 5000; Dsshen Myers 100 Henry
ylss stoddart Co. 1000 = Smith s2ooo; p Miller go
60 Stewart 400 P. G. Mcguire, 500 H. q N. Marx, 1000
a Capt Hearn. 5000 J. LHommedieu 1000; W. b. Sea:
u well Co., slight Coming 5000; A. J. 81. Leslie
slight KNAPP spt ps gFoWse q Sao soo 9n a 5 ES
Il ". A. Smith, 5000; Dade Hurxthall s Co, 5000; 2
Franksnhemer Soo Loughry e Homer S9o Henry
70 Co. slight Masterson & Brother, sights John silsby,
ie books and papers j. Shelton, ioo Grifing 200
Sons IN LOCO sons
store COCO Cohen Brother 1900 r. Crawford 20oe;
o., NfvnrS e. I. IN .Ionpa &C n II
Bowen, 1000; W. s. Truwitt, slight NJ. Lipman 4 Co.
It ZOO VIM Y, Moore, 1000; Haxiand, CLARK : George
ot Fellows s Co. 800; J. X. Randall Co. 10000; Ella
Co. 5000 C. 3, Dickinson 500 G. A. Arnold 10oo Hows
200 A. Reid Co., 5000; R. L. Watkins, slight Henry
q Wolf in $500; Robert Turner in vessels 1900
chan,iise, 500; NJ ]. W. Finch 500. -
J. The house between Grant't Pass and Cedar Point had
disappeared a.sd it is supposed its inmates lost
LATEsT FROM THE BAy--We indebted to Capt Car
u Of the pilot boat Frances for further intelligence OF
% disasters by the storm on the coast.
The brig Ellis cleared from this port few days ago
te Pambu went ashore the fiat between Cedar Point
and Grants Pass having sprung leak on her way down
b; the bay.
The ship Mersey cleared for Liverpool the 10th In
stan was found opposite Mobile Point daste and on,
The ship Aballina lying aground in Grants Pass
y having lost her masts
schooner with painted ports and large house or
deck is lying the beach of Dauphin Island mast
e be the schooner aicot Capt Maura
ae trader between Pensacola and this city
e The Light House at Sand Island is still standing ala
ut the Light House at Mobile Point
II most singular and almost indeed miraculous
's occurred below Washington Fand John L. Grant
ss of Capt Grant Tuesday night pile driyn
machine lying at the Pass The storm increased and the
e carried out to On Wednesday the wind an
ny current changed and they driven back to Biloxi
Thence they again carried out and finally brough
Pascagoua where they rescued They
my this perlous voyage thirtysix hours without food
oa think they ought to be able to graduate ueducae
NY navigetors.
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Convention at Emira uttered timely rebuke of the
versal of extravagant language. We do nothing
halves and do not begin to be satisfied when descrt
friends must conclude that all creation
,w done up in pocket packages for and that
eterns can be crowded into every hour of the a
In figures outdo the Hebrews in hyperbole shan
my all the Orentals describe moderate hin languai
icy that would fifty treat of Mont Blanc speak Of
three level vacant lots in the city in terms fit for
prarieof the rppes forty feet canal in words tn
eel would accommodate the pillows of oceans-of modera
nit East wind us torpado-ofa sudden squa sufficient
snap Balm of Gead in the door yard perfect hu
reane 1t rains but 1t pours 1t is dry b
ve everything is parched cataract always leaps from
diesy height in profound abyss. mountain alwa
iore1s to heaven chasm opens into immasldMe deptf
All our autumnal woods gorgeous our landscapes Ii
gh expressibly beautiful.
Our wives weary but they tired to deaf
lge never warm but they roast chilly but they