Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-05-07
Special Correspondence Of the Democrat.
New ORLEANS, May 4, 1859.

waters OF the MISSISSIPPI seems TO plact
1 a damper upon all other exciting topics
: | have just returned from a trip, up one
side and down the other. Everywhere
6 along, hands are engaged i'll patching
up the ~lcvccs, which are on a level Will
the waters of the river. The least WING
%ruslcs the waters ovcr the banks, and
threatens the most disastrous consc
~qucnccs. The water is higher here thai
ever known before by some three Oh
four inches. In former years the most
destructive crevasses occurred in tho
month Of May. Thus, i'll the Louisiana
Gazette, May 9, 1923: yesterday morn.
ing the lcvce gave way in front Of the
plantation OF Mr.. Jumonvilic, s miles
below the city and on the same side.
.Tllc river has not been SO high as it is
at present since the year 1871. God
grant that New Orleans may not expe-
rIence such another autumn as that OF
1911" The Louisiana Advertiser of
May 10, 1928, says: capt. Lcecl,, of
the steamboat Fidelity, last evening
from Natchcz, informs us that there was
Il creyass about 200 yards wide eighteen
miles above the city" The Baton
Rouge Republic, Of May 10, 1923, says:
"Since the year 1885, the waters in this
neighborhood have not been known so
high" May -, 1928: ''The levee in
front of Mr.. kenncr's plantation, 90
miles above the. city, gave way two
days since. This crevassc is very wide
and thirty feet deep. 1t is believed Mr..
kcnner's crop will be entirely ruined"
Tic papers notice several other Gre
vases. above and below the city, and
yet the summer of that year was un-
commonly healthy in.the city. At that
period the Quarantine was in full blast.
Numerous we'll paid officers were-loung-
fig below the city, occasionally annoy
ing the commercial interests of the city,
by the detention of some vessel from q
suspected port-just to keep their hands
in.> But while they were watching for
yellow Jack" i'll the direction of the
Balize, the scamp made his appearance
in a contrary direction. having broken
out at Natchez, which place, in a short
time was nearly depopulated. The first
announcement Of the Epidemic was
brought by the steamer Alabama, which
ill-fated vessel was kept in quarantine
some six weeks, ut the station eight on
ten miles abovestfle city.
There are many prophesying a sickly
scaso by reason Of the water and filth
combined. The fact is, the city, in re-
spect to its streets, never was in a worse |
condition. But if DR.. M'Farlane's the
DRY, that filth is neither a cause for the
origin OF propagation of disease, is cor
rect, then we may expect a healthy sea
son.
Capt. Bossicr died last night of the
wounds received in his encounter with
Mr.. Vernon. The latter will now be
tried upon a charge Of murder.
Tle@alew faction are determined to
hold their assumption of power over
the Democratic party, and have an
nounced the 14th inst for their primary
meeting. The old liners will not re-
.cognize their right to dictate, and will
hold their primary meetings on the night
Of the 18th. There is very little said.
about candidates i'll general. The fav-
orites are numerous. Col. Marks will
probably have the majority of regular
delegates from the city. PHGS1x.
New ORLEANS, April 26, 1859.
Error DEMocRAr:-One of the most
splendid pagcants that ever was wit
messed in the city is now parading the
streets, accompanied by some dozen OF
fifteen bands of martial music. The
number of Odd Fellows in procession
cannot fall short Of two thousand stout,
able-bodied men, whose profession is
Friendship, Love and Truth, and whose
mission is to relieve the distressed. to
take care of the widow and fatherlcss,
and educate the orphan.
Major Heron, Secretary Of State, is
in the procession, and is the orator of
the day The preparations at the Grand
Hall, both for the Grafton and ball to-
night, are on a most magnificent scale.
Another Of those dreadful calamities
which cause. a.sliudder at the bare re-
cital, has occurred on the Mississippi.
The splendid New Orleans and St. Louis
st. Nicholas yesterday burst her
boilers while descending the river, caus-
a scene quite as destructive as that
Of the Inflated Princess. The explosion
took place at Island Sixty, below Mem
phis; some forty Or fifty lives lost.
: The rain is now pouring in torrents;
Odd Fellows have a muddy time OF
it. The river is yet rising here. No
effort is made to stop The cfevassc OPP
posite Bonnet Care Point. There are
places below where crevasscs are
apprehended, buta good guard is kept.
In a work entitled "Travels in the
States" by Basil Hall, Royal
Navy. the alltlar mentions that .ln b