The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-08
7 nUN FnfIT M,

FALL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Several weeks ago the river receded from high
food mark, and continued to fall though slowly.
For few DAYS past, however, the fall has been
pid and it has disclosed a TACT which is not only in
tcrestng and surprising to of science, but dis
agreeable to steamboat men, and perfectly appall-
ing to the essees of one section of the steam
boat landing
This fact is the formation of several acres of new
batture, in front of the landing between Canal and
st. Louis streets During the long continuance of
the muddy flood, the big eddy whose outer edge
sweeps that part of the landing which have
designatcd-the inner segment of the semi-crcle
from which New Orleans, in the last century, de
rived the appellatiOn of the "Crescent citv"-has
been filed up with more mud than any one food
was ever before known to deposit. 1t is mud
that has to be felt after with dredging machines,
but a addition to the shore, rising high above
the water, and forbiddng the approach of any
steamboat or other decent sized craft from reach
ing the woodwork of the levee. As everybody
knows, there is a slant of the woodwork down to
the water called the ''apron" of the levee and this
apron has always been the first thing touched by
the incoming steamers.
Yesterday the fall of the river disclosed the as
founding fact that the muddy deposit of the flood
had actually overcome the cutter depths of the wa
ter, and opened its mouth to swallow the leyee.-
The mud in several places was found to be up to
and over the edge OF the "apron," and it was at
once made apparent that nothing could be more
ridiculous than for any steamer of any pretensions
to make any sort of Il landing.
The mud bar in front of the second district
steamboat landing was, OF course, an object of the
greatest interest to g~eat crowds of people. 1t
so solid that the vagram boys ran up and down and
frockcd upon with the widest glee. Crowds of
people were scattered along, looking at it; the
agents and friends of the coast steamers regarding
it with aStonshment and alarm, and the new les
sees of that part Of the wharves looking upon it as
something little less appalling than the upheaval Of
an earthquake.
BAD HARVEST IN RUss1A.-We copy the following
he IpnIOu cOrrpSuOnQeQce OF n
Adrertiser:
Some recent advces from Russia appear to ind-
cate that that country is not likely to be serious
competitor with the United States this year in the
European market for breadstufs. The wheat crops
in the important provinces which find their outlet
at Odessa are said to have been fatally injured by
| midew the produce in some districts being insult
6cient for seed next year. In Poland the result has
| been nearly as bad and in the immediate neghbor-
hood of st. Petersburg the fields are described as
! having been scorchcd by drouth such as has not
been pa aeled since 1881 the year rendered memoir
able hy tha cholera. Great fires are raging in the
woods aid the peat lands were likewise burning to
| the DEPTH in some places, of five feet
place called Ochta, near st. Petersburgh, is
said to be threatened with destruction from the ap-
proach of the flames. There are, however, some
important alleviations of these disastrous circum-
stances. In the South the districts bordering the
Sea of Azoff are likely to yield good supply of
wheat and other grain and in the orth the country
round Archange is well spoken of. The same may
be said also of several provinces in the interior,
which usually forward their produce to st. Peters
burg No actual famine, therefore, seems impend-
ing All that can be inferred is that the exporting
power of the country will for this season be greatly
diminished and the incomes of the mobiles will suffer
in proportion.
The annual meeting of the Central Ohio Railroad
Company was held at GAINESVILLE ON Tuesday last
The comparativelv large number of 2007l votes was
cast The old Board were reelected, with the ex-
ception of three members, John Davenport, William
Talant and Mr.. McKeon, the latter resident OF
Cincinnati. d. Mccartney, of Belmont, elec-
ted in place of Mr.. Davenport, and Messrs. W. B.
Brooks and James H. Carter, of Baltimore. in place
of Messrs McKeon and Talant.
The earnings of the year just closed show a fall
ing off in tonnage of only One-tehN while the de-
crease of money receipts is equal to one-third as
compared with the business of 1857.
1t is stated that the steam sloop building al
the Gosport navy yard, is to be called the Norfolk