Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-06-25
Great Flood on the lower mississippi,

Thy Il ESfreSEhAEGSl1Ol u TIC hlSSOHL1 bERuoA
cap.l
The prospects of The sugar planters a
bore the ereyasse, in the vlcinity OF New
Orleans, il Tar below an average. the see
page water has dgne immense damage all
sac way up 70, Natehez. -
The river is rlsing rapidly, at Nachez, al
which place il is two inc,es above any rise
since lo5O. Al Rtsdney il is in the ewers
on Main street. aud rose V inches Friday
pight. The whole pt Tensas Parish is N
imninenl danger. Asyarno great danger
isedoae onlyin the upper part. The town
of Grand Cults covered, aud The occupants
are busliy engaged in moving ~ the second
floor. rhs, P:anta1ions OF Colonel Gaffey,
Hamilton aad Person were being oyerffowed
by the breaks in the levee5 on Saturday -
In tie vicinity of Point Pleasant ,the fields
were covered ia many parts by seepage.-
AT Asawsol. afeW miles aovve the point,
the whole forces of the country were en-
sgagedzto prevent the giving way OF he leyee.
lii they fail ailof IsensasParisa will de de-
sstroy ed. 5assa RS r ~
Al Hurricane Island, Ashwood, Davis
Landiagsl the Nater is UP te the mark OF
1850. An immense quantity Of water was
pouring oyer Ms. Davis plantation. as we'll
as many others destroying everything Units
wsy. The plantation OF Joshua james,
Iweniy-six miles below Ficksourg, is half
covered @i,ll secRnge water. The swe4s
from sleamersleaplpgo yer tie leyee on eeih
sides of the river. Al New Carthage and
Warren1on. thereeissno dry land visible
Frail trees all dying from the effects 81 the
water. The great cgevasse, SIX miles below
Vicksburg.. is pouring out a river Of water.
Is, 1000 gennies filed with dirt have been
used with little or 40 effect. New recruits
were constantly arriving by li,e boats from
below, whilst many have abandoned the
work and gone home. TIE difficulty in get
ting dry dlrt renders it iippossibie To cheek
the ioa,hiag water, which inits wild course
carries away trees and everything before
il. s1a -. gees he3isa e4 t-1a .s-f5
River rising slowly and gradually at yickd-
burg op Sp6day. m a as
Pottt Lo9keut esegssse, just below Lake
Psovideilces 10 q9,tFtt,g out q stream ten feet
i'll depth. covering the wiscle country in lis
course. River failing aeli'tIe from rroyi-
denee IL. Wof,hihgtoh;s Peiut. caused by
countless numbers u5 5reacars IN the Leyee
above Providence 5sa e9a
The Plszatatlusis Of Cspt. Henry johnson,
Tom Waraeld. lIHnts Jseksun, Leland and
Others, above Shirt-lail Bend Cut of, and in
the vicinity of Grseny,lie, Mississippi, are
but little damaged. The cut off carries the
water away with such rapidity that it is i'm
possible to overflow about GreenyiIie, unless
IRON breaks above. SOB
At Gaines Landing met the present Fise.
which increases al the way 10 Cairo. At
Pepdieton's, twenty miles abevel Gaines,
the LeYee is also gone. and waier stretching
over the country beyond the reach OF human
sight. At Shaw's, twenry-6ve miles above
Pendleton's water four inches below the rise
OF 1859, and leaPing over tie Leree Ing deg
en- places.
The streets IN Napoleon are navigahle for
The great Eclipse. Arkansas rising slowly
but had been falling for some days. On the
7ih inst, at Prentice Limiting, Just above
Napoleon. the leyee yielded to the pressure
Of the great Father of Waters, and was car
ried together with trees, FENCES, houses, anG
in fact every thing in its way, eff towards
Silver Lake, in Bolivar county. This is one
| of the most DESTRUCTIVE breaks in the Mjssis.
sippi river. Some o. The finest and largest,
plantations in the whole State are complete
y oeera3wed, and made useless for the pres
ent, Above and below Napoleon, fes many
miles. the entire country is flooded on both
sides OF the river. ScaifoIds have been snill
otl which stock Of every kind is herded in a
perisIlabIe condition. Hundreds Of cattle,
horses, &c, ean be seen punched on some
spot rnder water, but a little more elevated
Than The surrounding land. il the most pita-
Bile condition, the stronger ones forcing the
weaker into the wide waste of waters which
is fast gathering about tEems and which will
ere this mighty food subsidies, give them as
food foF the fishes. Houses are ready to
float from their mornings, while their occu-