New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-19

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W Jones locker in five minutes. Full You vi
devils, il yoa ever pulled ID YouE Lives plli aF
OF you, pull gain about al enough to csear the
bush, the cable is jarnmed In bush forward of tG w
bows the boat lists over more and more, We STRUGGLE
we pull with the strength Of despair, we cannot gain
an Nut hold aiI I'VE have got. I Ioob about fas
MI o. and myself gaze into each others eyes the
thought Is the Same both, We have done our best
unless God helps 10 now WI are gone. Out wives
and children nfst We III die this miserable deasfl2
IT the boat turns over ne are gone for the marsh
one sea, overfoWe iu feet ana there Ii no land
for miles. That bush might hold up ona 81 tHo. but
how long in the face Of this hurricane We could not
reach The stanted tree oF stump which holds 0r1r
anchor for the current rushes b. with the force of
torrent. II we cannot save our wives and children We
Will dis with them. All these thfngs and Thousand
others rushed through my mind during the few no
ents We held fast to that cable and have no aans
Through Mr.. Ga. afsos gain ard hno bet
ter success w struggle To pull boat ahead that
her stern would drop clear Of this yielding obsac-
5tion. These bushes were low and stnntsd, strong
under the water but thin and weak above, and our
boat drew two and d half feet Of water. When ne
had about abandoned aII hope te wind and current,
which had been hauling more and more to the west
ward and on our beam uddenlg forced she bow Of
the boat oser to leeWard, and of course ahead far
the cable wontd not let Her drop enabling us bya
combined and powerful effort to clear the bush and
drop our boat free to the cable. We noW breatEed
more freely and were safe provided nrcable did not
our tree pull up BY tie rodts or the wind change
again Neither of these things occurred, however
I'VE tried our pumps % al To bring
the boat on an even ssl adopt every preeaufion
Necessary and hen Vastsd for TIE storna to abate
The Storm continued te ans thofgla sll n
night vas long and dismal as you may We
were satisfied content that had escaped with our
lives Soon after sunrise On Monday morning fne
| storm had abated to such an extent Chat We were
enabled to erect and rig jury ont If tie old
mast which We had cut down and tied to tile bsls,
and which still remained where we had made t fast
After arranging everything we took in our anchor,
hoiated Of sa finally succeeded IA sgtting
back into bayou Terreboane, within tile woods. Bg
sunset ne had reached Ill. house, some ff
teen miles up into the lenents Here sWe landed
and passed fhe night, and You imagine what CONF
fort, after being soaked hours all felt to
get into d House, put dry clothes and sleep. The
ladies, must say, behaved noby, for not a cry Or
murTnur did We hear from them whole 0f
this trying time. confined they were in miserable
hole three feet six, without sleep, and wet, with
hardly room 70 aiit upri sss5
But for the ezertoHs of Nh. @. and myself afdsd HI
by hr. Chesnut and son, and the black boy Lewis,
we would have been all lost and nlqat
confess that had an aversion to being
| drowned in such dirt and muddy water From the
edge Of the woods on bayou TerFebonna To 4 point
fifteen miles above te mist
have been awful. Hundreds, nay thousands u trees
Of all sizes were blown down, torn up BIZ the roots
i and scattered every way. Many bull
houses. baggasse chimney ets. were prost an
4 the eorn-felds on the lower Terrebonne were over
4 flowed and destroyed. essrs Pelt6n' sand Gufrnans
sngar-houses Grand Gallon were blown down; and
| from all directions I'VE hear Of crops destroyed,
buildings blown down 81 injured, and of exten
sive overfows everywhere. Nearly all the xoune
corn in the parish Is destroyed, and large
portion Of the atnred corn. The cane also IS badly
injured In short, such a hurricane is this has not
passed over this section Of the country within the
memory Of men now living, and when we think of it,
it appears almost miraculous that party OF seven
teen persons, on small boat thirty feet long y nine
feet beam, exposed to the WHOLE of this hurricane in
the open sea marsh could have escaped without the
/ loss Of single life. We have got safe back, ho#ev-
er, and we all think that we have had and pleas
sre enough for season, and We are satisfied to let
/ the rsdfsh live in peace for this year at least.
Mr.. C.s crop Of corn and badly injured, and
j the top Of his sugar-house chimneys blown down.
We are apprehensive that Gallon and Last Islands
1 must have been overfoWed, and possibly with great
lossHof life. .ss
We are under obligations for kindnesses manifested
by Mr. Chesnut's family, and also by Mrs. p. who
kindly sent carriages for US, and sat Is down to din
/ ner which was worthy the devotion We paid to il.
The trip has done me good, and believe that none
/ of us are the worse for our exposure.
lam fond Of violent exercise and rough life on
the seashore, but this time must say it was piled
on a little too strong. Z Yours, truly.
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