Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-22

.erpool, in honor of the heroes of the At
lantic cable, at which FIVE gold medals were
presented to Cyrus w. Field, Capt. Ander
son, Mr.. Canning, and Mr. w illoughby
Smith. The entertainment was splendid
affair Mr. Field said the existing cables
were perfect in construction, and could do
twelve times the amount of work which
was offered. He therefore hoped the tariff
on messages would soon be reduced, SO
that both lines might be kept constantly
in operation. He was in favor OF allowing
the transmission of political intelligence to
the press on both sides of the ocean at
rates which would enable them to publish
the full news of the world every day.
The South.
The business part of the city of Albany,
Georgia, was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
Loss S2O0,600
Rail communication with Memphis was
entirely suspended ON the 18th and 18th,
the road along the Cumberland river being
several feet under water.
n nlt IlON ltONt ulCiuDlllS, vi
the 10Th, involved loss of $4,000, one
half of which is covered by insurance in
Northern companies
The streets of Memphis must be horri-
BILE. The Afpeos says that valuable cow
was drowned in the mud at the corner of
Poplar and Orleans streets, on Saturday,
the 10Th
The Mississippi river at Memphis is so
high as to be forty-three miles wide. The
water at Cairo is within sixteen inches of
the top of the levee-there are serious APP
prehensions Of an inundatien.
A joint resolution has passed both
branches of the Louisiana Legislature,
protesting against Federal legislation in
general and the reconstruction bill in par
ticular, and appropriating $4,000 TO con-
test the constitutionality of the same be
fore the Supreme Court.
Nearly every spring the floods are
reported as excessive, and greater than
for many years. There is no denying,
however, this year, that the foundations
are more serious at the South than since
1S47, and the Kentucky river is higher
than then. Mound City is now submerged
the crevasse having raised the water inside
tho city to the same height as outside the
levee. The flood in the Arkansas river is
now at a stand The effects of the freshet
at Helena were disastrous in the extreme
Many houses were swept away, and the
destruction of property is immense
| Twenty-seven persons, mostly freedmen
persisted in the flood. Reports of suffer
ing at Chattanooga and other places along
the river are appalling. The pecuniary
losses cannot be estimated, but will reach
1 millions of dollars. The water is from
twelve to twenty feet deep all over tho
town. Cincinnati and Louisville also suf
fer greatly.
On the 18th, the steamer Mercury struck
q snag near Arkansas Cutoff, and sunk tC
the hurricane deck. Twenty-Five passen
gers were lost and those rescued suffered
untold horrors. Some were badly frozen
1 from standing in the water, and the ruffiar
crew of the George ID. Palmer plunderet
first the wreck and then the Survivors
rif1ing the baggage and stealing even The
underclothes and shoes of the ladies. Two
hundred and twenty-five mules wer,
drowned by this accident. One of thu
most terrible features of the many terror
attending the wrecking of this steamer
was the following: Seven men had sue
ceeded in each clambering on bale of cot
ton As they were struggling in the waite
and clingingto this, floating down the river
about daylight, it so happened that the,
all lodged against some drifts, and, hal
frozen, all they could do was to hold Il
their bales of cotton, and wait for succol
to come to them. A short time after day
light, the wind, blowing violently, blew
down tree, which, in its falling killed
four of the seven, and their bodies passed
out Of sight under the drift.