Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-10


pirc. In this the President consulted the sen
the country, and the pleasure of the German
court. Mr. Bancroft is a gentleman whose
character and attainmenis fit him admirably
for the position. In view of the devotion of
the German people TO Mr.. Bancroft, his recall
from Berlin at this time, would have been an
net of securing want Of courtesy TO Germany.
NEW ORLEANS UNDER WATER-The intel
ligencc from New Orleans of the flooding Cf
IA considerable portion Of the city, is Of an
alarming character. The water has flooded
some five or six square miles of its rear por
ton, considerable part Of which was thickly
inhabited by the poorer glasses. Those living
in single story buildings have been obliged to
seek tenemcnts elsewhere, and those occupy
ing two story houses, have lctg.cH themselves
to the upper strocs. There is an average
depth of two feet of water weN up Canal
the principal street of the city running be-
tween the river and the lake. There is much
suffering, and the authorities are doing what
they can for its alienation. Every available
boat is brought into requisitiOn by the police,
who were active in their efforts to rcmoye
those exposed. or course, there has been
M ueh damage and destruction Of property,
aud many market gardens, upon which the
city is dependent, have been destroyed and
railroads are submerged. One. reports run-
ming four and another seven miles through the
water The dispatches that bring this intel
ligence leave us in the dark as to the d-
tn oI Int hntb bnr n
rise Of Lake Pontchartrain, which lies in the
rtar of the city, or from the direct current of
the crCyasc in the lcvce, TO which allusion has
been made heretofore. From statement,
made soon after the break had begun to be
threatening, that the current had found its
way into the lake some fifteen miles above the
city, we are left 10 the conclusion, that the
body of water thus cmpted into the lake has
produced this rise. This conclusion is strength
ened by a single remark IN the dispatch before
us-that the water in the lake was recedng.
There is reason 10 apprchcnd that this new
branch of the Father of waters, from its con-
tinuance and extent, may become permanent
arrangement, and its effect upon the lake such
rs to materially narrow up the city, and COM
pei its extending, only, along the margin of
the river. The depth already, from front to
rear, is quite limited, and II by this dividing
Of the waters Of the river, and the further en-
croaehment of the lake and Its corrupt marshy
bordev upon the city is to become permanent,
the effect upon the health of the city, already
sufficiently bad must he perniciOus, With
the surface of the river above that of the city
and the country both above and below, and
the neglect Of the leyee or bank, by which it
II confined, as has been the case durmg the
war, the inhabitants cannot but live in con-
stani jeopardy and alarm from another break
liable at any time TO occur, and food and
sweep away all before IT,
A dispatch of the 9th says-The water re-
mains stationary one inch below the highest
point reached. Notice has been given by the
Gus Company that the supply cannot be ex-
pccted more than two days longer, with the
water AT present height.