New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-10

+ A. ]. Smith, Gibson, j. o. Davis. Mower, Woods.
/ wilson, Emory Thomas, Ripley, Ramsey, Fry,
| DelafeId, Hol5, Eaton, Ghanleri Ihos. Woods,
| Schower, Barnes, Dyer, Shiras, Townsend, Hoti-
man Cameron, Potts, Ewing, HinGks TsOn,
Bowen D0olittle, Roal, Buishen, Cole, Stevenson,
Duyal, Hayes Powell, Kelly and Lauman Several
breyet brgadiers, colonies and lieutenant colonies
were also confirmed in the regular army,
THE MISSISSIPPI FLooD-TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY AT PRAIRIE DU OHIEE-DAvENPORp
INUNDATED BUCKINGHAM CUT oFF-RAILRoADs
AND TELEGRAFHs SWEET AWAY, ETC.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, May 4.-Reports from along
the river begin to give details Of the food At
Prairie du Chen the lower part of the city is in.
undated, and the water flows over all the street
extensions. Lumber yards are atioat, and steam
boats load and unload by showing their gang
planks into the doorways of warehouses. On the
last trip of the ltasca down, she landed her pas
sengers in saloon and came near pushing the
counter over with her bow.
| Davenport has not suffered much. At east Day-
| export row boats are the only means of locOmo-
ton, the water being in many places 10 feet deep.
The river is about six miles wide at Davenport.
The levee being built of brick and earth, is pro-
badly washed away. While many manufacturing
| concerns are suspended, none are seriously dam.
aged, but fears are entertained that they will be
| AT Rockingham immense damage has been done
| the town being cut off from the rest of Iowa by
canal surprising anything Butler ever saw in the
| vicinity of Richmond. The water starts in at the
mouth of Black Hawk creek, and taking grace
| ful curve, returns to the river near the head Of
4 Horse Island.
| good deal of damage has been done abou
| Albany, Iowa, the track of the Western Unior
Railroad, as also the telegraph line, being swep
| away,
| perceptible increase is apparent along The
river, and we know not how soon we shall be ablt
to ascertain the amount of loss inflicted by thi
| great food. AS it is all the swamps, soughs an(
| bayous along the river have been filed, and TIN
result will most undoubtedly be very unhealth.
| season.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC vrCToRY--sHoCETNG IRA
GEDY.
! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind May THE Democrats ant
Conservatives succeeded in carrying the election
| for city officers III Valparaiso. Merryheld, Demo
crat, was elected mayor, by zoo majority. This i
Democratic gam. The radical paper pronounce
| it q Democratic victory.
on account Of domestic troubles. Two men wen
| to the house of Thomas Blaine, who was absent il
| the woods followed and brutally murdered him
by beating his head with mallet. The wife O
| the murdered man, suspecting foul play, sent he1
| son to watch and he witnessed the murder. Al
aceomplee confessed that the murderers would
be at his house in Goshen, on certain night, ant
| they were arrested. Justice will be done the
guilty parties, the affair is in the hands of oil
| organization known as Regulators.
| ANOTHER arURDER-B oARD1NG- HOUSE DESTROYED BY
/ FIRE-oNE OF TIE BeARDERS BURNED TO DEATH.
! Dies MONIES, May 4.-Ihe body OF man wa
| found to-day in small creek, some ten miles
| from this city. He had apparently been deat
some two weeks. Near by an overcoat and bloody
axe were found. The mans head was badly
crushed. lie undoubtedly had been murdered
| Apparent age, s. years. The name of s. D
Cooper was written on the inside of the lining 0
| the oYercoat.
house near Boonsboro in which number o
railroad laborers were boarding, was burned thu
other day. and sick man persisted in the flames
rERsoNAL-AID FOR THE DESTITUTE N ALABAMl
AND GEoRGIA-TRoTTING MATCH.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May 4.-Gen. Sherman and par
of his staff left this city to-day on tour Of nspec
and the forts in the district OF Minnesota. From
thence he will go to the head of Lake Superior
and return home by way of Chicago.
meeting has been held on 'Change and liberia
subscriptions made for the relief of the destitut
people in Alabama and Georgia.
Jack Rossiter won the trotting race to-day owe
| Roxana, Andy and Wokaw, mile heats, three i
FIVE; best mile 2;42, slowest 2:48. Wekaw wa
4 distanced On the fourth heat,