New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-25
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The River-Levees and Crcvasses.
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The West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter of Saturday
announces that in consequence Of the rapid rise D
the river 1t has been compelled to move its office.
The Concordia Intelligencer OF Friday last has the
following:
The river at this point has been steadily gaining
since our last report. By Measurement on Tbursday
morning Of last week, the river had exceeded ths
highest water of last year eight inches and y mes.
snrement yesterday morning, the water exceeded the
high water mark Of last year 10 inches, making the
gain for the week five inches. We have no accurate
guide by which to establish the altitude of the river
in 1885, but it is the impression OF those We have con-
versed with upon the subject that the river now at
this point, is higher than in that memorable year.
notwithstanding so much damage as yet has mot
been experienced, owing, doubt to the more Ell.
Gent condition Of the levees
The Marengo levee continues impregnable, and the
opinion is entertained that though the exertions Of
the force employed upon it, that it can be kept up
unless the river rises much above the present point
Built Bayou Levee settled in one or more places
this week, but was Immediately repaired and is now
| in good condition.
The prospects are certainly gloomy and discourag.
ing with as much water as can be successfully COM
baed, our only salvation seems to be in speedy ces
sation of the rise. The speage water is taking effect
upon the plantations near the river and the crops
are being seriously affected
|. We learn that Wednesday morning last the Hen.
derson levee broke. The gap has already extended
several hundred feet, through which the water is
booming with tremendous force, threatening i'm
mense destruction. The break is about thirteen
miles below Vidaa and near where the break of last
year occurred.
The Vicksburg Wing of Saturday says
The river rising yesterday at the rate of one
inch and quarter in twentyfour hours at this point
IL was sixteen inches above the high.water mark Of
1850, and nineteen inches above the waterline of
1858, last evening.
ThoN iCtrc tpr Co,tI 80 o.k
Some unmtigated scoundrel or sconndreIs net sat
sfed with the destruction which the flood is creating
in Madison parish, sought to increase it on Mouday
night last BY cutting the levee in two Places few
hundred yards above Young's Point. 1t was fortu-
contemplated and vgilant watch has since been kept
up upoH the levee, welIarmed. We learn from Col.
Young that suspicion rests upon certain parties and
we trust the fends may be ferreted out Hanging
would be too mercful for them!
A gentleman from Madison parish furnishes the
Baton Rouge Advocate with the following intei.
gence:
There are five crevasses in the parish. The first
occurred the Gath of March, caused by tbe cavino
of the bank at Col Whites plantation In the course
OF few hours the water from this break oyerfowed
the plantations Of Col. White (wasbing away all his
buildings) Barney, Biggs, Grove DIR. Young and 9th
ers, and gradually extending until nearly all the
plantations from Yonng's Point to Brown and John.
ston's, below vicksburg, including those on Walnu.
10 mr.
entirely submerged. ..,,,..szsssa y
A few days after another creyasse occurred at the
plantation of Mr.. Matthews, Just above Diamond
Island Bend: The great levee at the Diamond Island
of water against it in day or two afterwards. Bed
ford's levee broke the 10th, entirely Overlooking
his plantation, and adding to the vast volume of wa
ter pouring down upon bayous Videl and Roundaway.
which were already overfowiDg
On the 18th still another break occurred inst below
Duckport. at Cabertson's plantation, and another
further down at the John L. Harris place. From these
it is feared that the whole of Madison and
much of Concorda and Tensas will be submerged
The picture is deplorable one, truly. The plant.
ers have given up all efforts to stay the flood that is
pouring through their broken levees at all points.
Not,hlng put speedy and rapid decline in the river
and desolation. Richmond is under water the Vicks
burg and Shreveport Railroad for several miles
washed up, while untold loss has resulted from the
destruction OF the newly planted crop.
LIE Messenger, published in the parish of st,
Jacques of the 23d inst states that on the previous
Saturday night crevasse break occurred in the leyee
just above the residence of Mr.. Robert Delogny The
alarm was Immediately given, and in short tim e
over five hundred hands collected from the neighbour
ing plantations and by indefatigabe exertons closed
the gap, everything being reported safe next day.
La Jeune dmc'fque, published in the parish of St.
Jean Baptste of the Esd inst states that on the pre
vlous Tuesday creyasse occurred on the upper bor
der OF the parish of ST. Charles just above the resi-
dences of MN. Bouligny and Ganucheau. That paper
states that half an hour before the crevasse was dis
covered, the levee among the most solid and substan
tial works of the kind in the State, was sound and
nninjured as ever. When discovered the breach had
the appearance of being cut through rather than
washed, and the water was pouring through in vol.
ume six feet wide and three feet deep. It was sup.
posed that the evee Was cut by some malicious mis-
crean and endeavors to ferret out the truth of the
matter are being made by the enraged inhabitants of
the yicnage