Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-04-22
TIE oyFRFLow. LEyEEs. &C.

The CoshoEa Ciilsea Of the 17rh has the
/ following paragraphs, which will be Of special
interest to persons owning lands in the Missis-
sippi bottom:
Pass LEvEE.-A report is going the rounds
/ Of the press, that this levee broke during the
/ late high water. We see such a report IN the
I New Orleans and other papers. They have
been misnfoTmed-tae levee is only -four milss
from this place, and we speak from The book
The wafer liked four feet Of reaching the top
Of the leyee, aid the river was in few inches
Of the water mark Of 1850 Ibis levee Is in
complete, not having sufficient base; when
finished, as it will Be this coming summer, il
Will stand immOvshie, before any food that
may come agairs. it.
A resident Of Bolivar county writes Us, that
we were misiIfOrmed IN regard to the overflow
in that county; be SAYS " that our levees have
been broken IN two OF three places, bat there
has been but a small portion Of 'he county In
the vicinity OF the brakes oveiflowed, and no
such thing as people abandoning their houses,
rr families occupying one end Of the house and
tae cattle the other has occurred, unless it has
been some individual who Sas so unfortunate
as to have his house on the outside Of the levee.
There is about forty miles Of lsvee 10 one
stretch, in this county, that was not broken ia
anv place; the two or three breaks have Gone
but little damage, and have no doubt but there
will be good crops Of cotton raised upon The
plantations upon which they occurred, the
present year"
Our informant was a travelling stranger who
professed to be only a day OF so from that
county, moreover the Memphis APPEAL pub
fishes a statement corresponding with ours OF
] last week, and says 1t is 80 informed BY resi-
! dsUt Of Bolivar. We are happy to know That
We and our friends Of the APFEAL have been
misiuformed. etc.
Our efficient Sheriff and bis deputies spent
several DAYS lately in Lewis swamp IN quest
[ Of the raltsmen who cut the leVee at the swamp
I They run them out of the swamp. Two OF
I these Tsftsmeh. were arrested in Bolivar eouu-
/ ty, and are now in irons waiting trial. Their
names are SIN. Nc Waters and -- Shelley.
| They viii have a very lively time Of it.
INCREASED Value or LAND.-None Of The
I lerees Of this county broke during the high
water, Gone was cut, in the extreme lower
portion of it, and but one or two farms
[ (which were outside the leFee) were over
| bowed. Heretofore our citizens have not bad
entire col f ieuce in the stability Of the levees
I in this county, but now that they have stood
| the remarkable high water Of this season, they
/ are regarded as permanent and fixed 8 iHstii a
/ tons Of The country. The people now feel
secure from water. aud are va'Uing their lands
/ at nearly double what they did before tie food
AHElG Is no AtEEtlirAlE VI AAAH 49, ----1
county is to be The garden spot Of the State
she has a greater amount Of land, not subject
to overflow, than any other county IN the
/ Mississippi boltom-her lands are at least Of
as good quality as any lands along The river.
oorrszpondenos Ct the BaI.iBo7e sunl
WASHINGTON, April 15.-The managers Of
/ the conference in relation TO the Kansas bill,
/ on the part Of the House, were not announced
/ as late as two O'Clock to-day. RumOrs as to
the selection have prevailed, but they were er-
rone0us. The Speaker may hnd il a somewhat
difficult task to please the majority Of the
I House in the selection Mr.. English, accord
/ ing to bis declaration yesterday, expects the
appointment OF a committee that VIII repre-
sent the views Of the eanti-Lscompton majority.
But it may be doubted whether there is az anti
| Iscompton majority Of the House, unless Mr.
| hnglish be inclsded N g.
n any essential alteration OF the Senate bill
be required 81 Mr. English, It Wili still be IN
danger. LscomptOn has set 10 run the gauut-
let between the hesitsting Northern Demo-
Gratis and the Southern States rights men.
Mr.. Garnett's remark, Yesterday, THAR De would
not vote for the senste bill II amended, shows
hat il is stiH in q critical condition. Bot
skiliful management will bring it oct Of danger
The fate Of The Minnesota and Oregon bills
depeud upon the passage Of the Kansas.
irbe country has reason TO congratulate itself
upon the speedy termination OF the session
Congress has not allowed itself lime to DO any,
thing except to pass the appropriation bills
and The Kansas bills, and this Is all that y re-
ouifed The Congress salary bill was coed
device for procuring short session. Congress
/ is better paid for gong home than for remain
I ing here to stteud TO public business.
/ The Pacific Railroad bill Is before the Senate
/ and is undergoing a thorough discussion lhs
project Of telegraph TO Utah is revived BY
/ reconsideration Of the vote postponing I L
next December. ION.