Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-24
The FIoOd in the Lower aIlssissippis

correspondent Of the So. Louis RspiE5iie1H gtVes
the following interesting details Of the rayages Of
the flood between New Orleans and Cairo:
The prospects Of the sugar planters above the
erevasse, in the vicinity Of New Orleans, are far
below an average. The seepage water has done
immense damage All the way up o Matches.
The river is rising again rapidly az Nate5ez, &c
which place II is two inches above any rise since
1850. At Rodney il is IN the sewers on Main street
and rose two inches Friday night The whole Of
Tensas parish is in imminent danger. As yet no
great damage is done only In The upper part. The
iowa Of Grand Gulf is covered, and the occupants
buslly engaged n moving 70 second hOors. The
plantations Of Colonel Coffee Hamilton, and Pea--
son, we're being oyerhoWed By the breaks il lhe
leTee on Saturday lnths vicinity Of Point Pleas
ant the feids we're covered in many parts By seeD=
age. AZ AshWoOd, afsW miles above the point, the
whole forces Of the country we're engaged TO pre-
vent the giving way Of the levee. If they fail all
of Tensas parish viii be destroyed. l1
AtHuTricane island, above AshKoOd Davis land.
ing), the water is up 70 the mark Of 1850. An
immense quantity Of water was pouring over Mr.
Davis plantation, as wen many others destroy
ing everything in its way. The plantation Of Joshua
James, tHenty-six miles below Vioksburg, ia hsIF
covered with ssspags water. The sWells from
steamers leap over the leYee on both sides Of the
river. at New Carthage and Warrenton there is no
dry land visible. FruI trees are all dying from the
effects Of the water The great srevasse, six miles
below Vickshurg is pouring out river Of water
As coo gunnies, tled with dirt have been used with
little or esctd NsE recruits we're constantly ar
irving by the boats from below, whilst many have
abandoned the work snd gone home. The difficulty
ia getting dry dirt renders it imPossbe 20 eh sek the
fcsming wafer, which in its WilG course carries
away trees and vsrything before il. ~ i
River rising slowly and gradually at Yiolsburg
on Sunday.
Point Lookout crevasse, just below Lake Prozi-
dence, is pouring 0ut q stream ten feet in depth,
covering ths whole country in its course. River
falling ahuie from Providence to WOrthinEt0nis
Point, caused By countless numbers Of breaches in
the IeVee above Providence.
The planiafions Of Capt Henry Johnson, Tom
Warheld, IlGnt Jackson, Lelsnd, and others, above
Shirt tail Bend Cut Of andin the vicinity Of Green
Vile Miss are but little damaged. The cutoff
carries the water away with such rapidity that il
is imPossibls to oVerhoE about 6reeHFiue, unless
from breaks above. -... 70. -.
At Gaines Landing met the present rise, which
increases all the way 70 Csiro. At PeDdleton 8
twenty miles above Gaines, the Is7es is also gone
and Hater stretching over the eouRtry beyond abe
reach Of human sight At ShaWs, twenty. five
miles above PendletOns, water four inches below
the rise Of 1850, and leaping over the ls7ee in 8
dozen places
The streets in Napoleon are nGViaabIe for The.
great Eclipse. Arkansas rising slowly, but had
been falling for some days. On the 7th instant Al
Prentice Landing, just above Napoleon, the levee
yielded to the pressure Of the great Father Of Wa
ters and Wss carried together vii 3 trees fences
houses aud in fact everything in its Way, OF toward
Silver Lake, in Bolivar county. This is one Of the
most destructive breaks in the Mississippi river
Some Of the finest and largeg. plantations in the
whole State are completely OVerhoWed and made
useless for the present. Above and below Napo
leon, for many miles, the entire country is flooded
on both sides Of the river. Seafolds have been
built on which stock Of every kind is herdsd in q
perishsbls condition. Hundreds Of cattle, horses
SC, can be seen punched in some spot under wafer
but alitle elevated than The surrounding land
in the most pitiabe condition, the stronger ones
forcing the weaker into the wide waste Of waters
which is fast gathering shout them and which Will
ere this mighty food subsidies give them food for
the fishes. Houses are ready 70 float from their
mOOrings, while their occupants are preparing with
floats and wood beats 70 commence a journey, God
only knows where. ra.l -i
Coneordia and Lsc0nia ara sharing the fate Of
Napoleon. Helena is ons-fourth- Of an inch above
the water, Gen. Pillows plantation is Watered al
over. from q break in the Isvee in froat Of him
Passed Aatboat anchored BY the grave Of the in
fstsd Pennsylvania; brought the secgEd clerk aud
captain up from Memphis The third clerk AR
Clemens, is at Memphis, in q very dangerous condi
ton. From Memphis 10 Cairo ihs river is srehed
ia the CENTER ana pourin out on both sides several
tion Of Cairo, and around Madrid, No, the only
visible spots worth mentioning from Memphis up
Water higher At Memphis than ever known before,
and rising Two inohesin tsenty-fsur hours Most
Of The dwellings along The river from two 20 six
feet under water The destruction Of the erops is
not hall the dImage done. The loss Of stock and
fencing and oordWoOd is considerably more than
crop of corn cotton. In maBy places wood boats
tied fast 70 tree SLED with wood. and sign
Of living being near the owners losg since having
abaRd0ned their rancho, and gone 20 look for an
y aATaFaE." % -ras
Hickman. under the bill. is we'll Watsred whilst
Columbus and Kentucky Cry are reluolaaJly bath
ing in the turbld waters from the ''Black Rspubli
can kingdom