The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-07
Jaral ant.uigle.,rtte. l.r

.vr.r,Ir SuIal SMleiltgenGe. a9
Im wArza 1. the rear of the First and Fourt
cona a y arsSsa,ng Ss 1och more rapidly than in th
has fallen upwards Of dve feet since ssturds, ,
evening, but the waters of the lske Are stilI =,
high that II Y impossible to use the draining ma
onlnes 70 advantage. The track Of the Cana
considerable extent BY the food, below Claiborne
street, and viii probably take . weeks repair
lpg before the cars can recommence running The
| ClalDone and the Dumains street lines are also
damage to the track but by the food itseif There
. . greet deal Of suffering from hunger and the
oiscomforts arising from the deluge. MANY fsmi.
nes remote parts OF the suburbs have been cut
on nom 81 communication with their neighbors,
and are IN core need Of food. The csrcsses OF
cove, mules, horses, swine, poultry, dogs, and
other animals, are reported to be floating in my
riads IN the overhowed districts. There was q re-
POT gay or Two ago that the Washington Hotel,
and other buildings at the lake end Of the railroad
nad fallen IN, but 1t was without truth. The
Warrington is totally uninjured, and only q fe y
feet OF Boudro's embankment have been washed
swsy. Il. 1e rl.I88 T N 10
lts reported that the lighthouse at the month
OF Bayou st. John has been carried away bat we
cannot learn II any mischsnce befel the keeper
a great many whsryes and bath.houses are des.
ubharmed. Eye Witnesses tell ~ % that the vboIs u =
length Of the Pontchartrain shore on the side TO.
wards New Orleans, presents most forIorn and
q Bsyo6 coc6oh. tie iatss moi has been sslfsd
upon since the war BY negro families, who make
. ecsnt and precarious livelihood BY catching
persons from that region assert that none Of these
poor wretches have been drowned, but that their
privstions have been terrible.
II was an interposition of Providence, that
north wind did not spring up on the heels of the
equinoctial. II It had. what would our unforrun.
ate fellow. citizens back Of Claiborne street have
done In the midst Of deluge, without food and
fuelf As II IL, we hear that dysentery. colds.
and that great many children and old people are
sick.
The water is running OF. however, so rapidly,
that before Saturday there will probably be
naught left OF the flood except few stagnant
pools. "a ID &C. rrsr -.
A witty son of Bacchus, who lives away out on
Bienville street, woke up on Sunday morning to
find the water within an inch or two of his parlor
water. chickens, dogs, cats, rats and two snakes
floating about on planks, logs and wooden uten-
sils. he sought consolation at his sideboard-
every decanter and bottle was empty; the same
result was found on examining the cellar. He
went to the front door, and exclaimed, in the
words of the Ancient Mariner:
Water. water everywhere.
And mot drsp to drink
INCIDENTS OF THE 0vERFLow--The advancing
lake waters drove hundreds OF rabbits out of the
took refuge on the dry spots along the shell road
where they were bagged in considerable numbers.
Upon the recf Of . house standing solitary and
alone amid the wavea. sat dog. bowling piteous-
him some what as Macsuley's New zealsnder may
be expected somewheres in the dim future to be
seen looking down from London Bridge upon the
devastations of time around him. 4
GTasshoppers by the thousands infested every
inch Of dry ground along the high eEbankments
Of the canal. II was impossible TO make step
without crushing score of them. 5sfe-I ! F
There we're focks of sea-gulls flying over the
Ridge. small propeller navigated there too,
and actually made alanding at the corner of Canal
and Claiborne streets.
The Howsrds and the chief of police we're dis.
tributlng charities yesterday.
MORE THAN one hundred gallons of punch we're
qusned last evening at the residence Of Mrs. Ken
to tie Rousseau Guards. -
TIE ARRAY OF CLUBS assisting the Roussean
GusISso sSs qEss xsss Was sxssSsdng me
vedettes, the Hiberria Club, delegates from Ger
man Democratic clubs, Seymour Rangers, etc.
TIE NEW GRAND jury for the First District
Court consists of E. F. Laviebeuvre. foreman
A. williamson. P. d. Sourdes, A. Magnon, E.
Bobn, Paul Rousseau, J. A. Drake. A. L. Escaver,
L. Msrtensten, Geo. Tate. B. McCoe, O. Fernan-
dez, (co.l L. d. Morant. lcoi( q. Harris. tcol.)
Gabriel Pichon, (col.) and Paul Decuir, (col.)
WE ARE INFORMED that the opera company was
TO hsve left France on Sunday, for New Orleans
direct. by one Of the Hamburg Transatlantic CON-
pany's steamships: Mr.. Cslabresi, writing from
troupe and expresses bis confidence that 1t viii!
equal If otturpass anything heretofore presented
to the New Orleans public. We shall soon be en-
abIed to publish . full list Of the company.
CHARITY HosPIrAL.-Ths board of administra.
tors Of the Charity Hospital, at their meeting on
MONDAY evening; ven slscaea t1s ne following visiting
Drs. Warren Stone, 7. G. Richardson, Samuel
Logan. W. 8. Mitchell, B. A. Pope. Heber Smith,
James Jones, 8. NJ. Bemiss, Frank Hawthorn,
Stanford az, =; chas Joseph Jones, !; D; Ss' B,uDs'
Alexander Hart, L: A. Burgess, W. C. Wilson. F.
h. Dennis. George W. Lewis.
TIE TExPRAruHx yesterday, % shown by the
observations Of A. B. Griswold q Co., corner
Canal and Royal streets, was ~ follows: At
A. n. "a degrees; la IS; sr. n. 80; eP.
n. 70. = a3af - issi ris tss o. q
The tempersturs yesterday, as shown by the
thermometer ct G. Duhsmel's, Ill Canal street,
was a. follows: At 6 A. n. 68 degrees II Y.
70; 3P.N. 76; 6f. \. a..
The CAPTAIN of the schooner Elizabeth Ann,
which arrived ct the New Basin ON Sunday after
blown away, and the water in the lake falling
fast. \
THR Law subjecting 10 heavy fine or imprison.
ment in the penite ntary any sacrilegous cuss
who may dare by word or deed attack police
commissioner will, IL is said, be rigidly enforced
under the new regime. q
JOHN ORroRICHA. who was found lying sick and
almost dying in the house No. l37 Marais street,
In the submerged section, has been taken to the
Charity Hospital. 1s-3 nsfa .eskfrf .ff s
JAS. KELLEY AND GKo. WILLIAMS have been
arrested on st. Charles street as dangerous and
suspicious characters, and locked up ct the Cen.
trail Police Station. W ~ ~ 81
A CHILD ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD, named Rosa
lima Clark, while wading through the yard at No.
los Toulouse street. between Roman and Preur
Streets about o'clock yesterday afternoon. fell
into Q well and was drowned before assistance
could reach her. The body Was subsequently re-
covered.--isis sse1 1sl "a 135s ,tasF bs1 8
A NEW BORN WHITE CHILD was found dead
wrapped In O blanket, on Coliseum street, be-
fuson phiin and Jackson early Monday morn.