New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-14
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The CEEvAssE at Bells Plantation "a ugly i, one
sense aud beautiful another apon visiting YES
erday beautiful to see the swollen angry river cease
Its rung within circle Of hundred yards around the
the levee sink 10 gentle CLASSY slope til coming to
vortex eaped and ceTed and roared and ahsi
foam fanticay glad OF the opportunity Of perpera,ing
criminal intercourse with the seds, gardens
and habtatons from heh the leYee bad barred long.
And beautiful spread within the semcircnar
limit Of the old inner evee and eaping aud laughing
that lever II 1t ancied It had placed ast
enable 1t to display its beauty and agili,y.
But ii livery uglyto the inundated plaBtaon-
the houses standing about in waerhe washed settlers
moving about boats wadng flying generally
all helpless 10 stay the wsier calamity The total Of
feeling that glad side Of
river, IN the vicinity Of Mr.. TX Sheriff Bells plantation
For distance before reaching the had
walk along the evee the topmos line Of which
ashed sngriy whilst the inner side Of pacdy by
the inundaton inland lake six eight
on terra rna though there plenty Of speculative Span
ards hand with skihs accommodate visiting crowd.
with ferrags rather around heroaring crevasse
The torrent running through terriheay
rapid The width Of the break in the levee hrO which
the water passed not than about seventy
Bell who present informed the torrent had won
itself channel fifteen feet deep. Imar easily be imagined BY
this what tremendous quantity Of leaps through
break. -
The break in was widest at the outside and mar
rowed in funnel The upper side break appeared
be fortified from further by stout row
picke The lower side the break however had no proec
ion and was yielding slowly the impetuou
flood
The central the crevasse was SO violent that its
outcurng eddy wearing away the bank undermining
and causing 1t disappear pecemea The evee broken is
new one than the old semreuar levee
whose semicirce Of third Of mile stretches in
straight line The hatboa with which Sunday
tempted dam the breach washed through and rested
against the inner evee in front Of Mr. Bells sugar-m The
scene altogether was sad and hourly promised become
The eddy the had reduced
some twenty thirty feet Of tottern
strip aud last evening the Of doubess
hundred feet wide.
Upon inquiry what in contemplation regarding the
informed the Opelousa Railroad Com
pany and the Parrish Jury had combined were consulting
aud Of stopping 1t was said that they
had jointly agreed to expend SIS effort begin to-
day. Five hundred negroes were 10 be had
at an hours notice. and material abundant every side
II Is 10 be hoped they will work. right way
to-day.
The idea Of Of the people Of Algers that
Harveys Canal will carry oil all the food can reach
them does not appear be very water in the
swamp is high the Of the opeousas railroad is
several feet under the to stop
abov the By this the passengers get
TO the river dyshod the Company steamer brings them
down from or takes them the landing Collector
Hatch who has plantation below Harvey Canal Informed
that the canal did offer any check food the
food had encroached the plantation adjoining his
and had compelled his neghbors take refuge on his
land .s
Large crowds of people visited during the day
including many ladies' and omnibus and carriage appeared
to be doing brisk business carrying people the scene from
the Fourth District ferry.
CoRoNER's ISQUEsTs.-The Coroner yesterday held
inquest the decomposed body unknown sailor found
in the river opposite the California sawm Third District
Verdict found drowned
An inquest held likewise on the body of Frances E. Pere
nin child II months DID, found dead residence Of its
parents the Margny Claiborne Streets Third
District Verdict accidentally drowned by falling into tub
of
NOVEL CAsE.-A man named Victor Richaud has
been arrested the instance Of Justice Dupauer on charge
Of incest in marrying his niece Whether the relation Of
uncle and niece that Of blood that through
age Of other parties have heard case win be
legally looked into at early day.
IMPORTANT ARREsT.--Lieut. Hunt returned last
evening from Carthage Miss, having custody Mr. Isaac
Jouan formerly sorekeeper in that town; he having gone
after him with the documents Jourdan charged
obtaining 5000 under false preence the Of
Wallace Rubo of Carondelet street He will be arragned
before Recorder sth to-day.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT.-Patrick Murphy, the
boy charged with the murder Of LORENZO Dow,
night Of the 2s! February on St. Louis street, Dsbsny
The testimony the same that given before the Coroner
frenzy him, stabbed and Killed Dow without
to some boys in whose company he had been '''' " "
The found the prisoner guilty without punish
which sends him to the pententAry for fe-he
boy so convicted within few weeks.
RECORDER STITH's CouRT.-John Bradshaw, mate
Of the eamsr Alton yesterday dismissed from the charge
Alexandria Mrs Brahaney had him vague
and he brought plenty OF evidence clear himself The
had been put ashore at Alexandria by Bradshaw
killed. or beaten, or hurt in any way.
Thomas j. Mackey araigned charge of being a
Auter to justice and fenshipin Charleston
charged there with violation the neutrality
Benger his y in 5000 the
the u T. Commissioner He failed appear before
Commissioner and his security, forfeiture of his bond
the documents and had him arrested Mackey
authority Of the but the Recorder maintained
Of South Carolina How the matter was
settled we did not remain
Michael Hogan and Frank j. Kastner examined on
counter charges Hogan charged with using hammer
kasner aud kastner charged with using
The result the discharge OF k4ster
OF Hogan the First District Court under
Hogan eccentric cholerc indiydualthe who
stabbed himself in the First District Court, ago
through vexation and impotence at charge against him
being hurried up for trial.
before First District Court for beating
with kill the steamboat landing, week ago
Bail $50
George the District Court for vo-
enHy beating and kicking Henry Kilon the Long Wharf
Exchange, on the lst rst.
George Ramsay dismissed charge of causing
the false arrest and Imprisonment Of q. A. Reynolds
Bridget Madden dismissed from the charge batting
head of Kate Ferguson with bar Of ron. Kate failing ap
pear.