, 1874-05-02
TIVE SOUTHERN FLOODS.
Roviow of The Situation on The Mis-
.sissippi Below Memphis.
Tie Damage in Arkansas Not So
Great as Reported, -: :
Much Damage ia and Suffering Caused in
t.: ~. Northern Louisiana. = .:

NIxMPn1s; Tenn., May 1.-AlanY reports hayo
boon sont from here in reference to tho ovoraow,
.some;of Which .partook Of q sensational char-
actor, az, for instance tho damage ut Oscoola,
Ark, whore It waa stated TINT the lovoo had
broken, tho town was Inundated, and tho in;
habitantB wero In n perilous condition, whom the
fact was that n small traverse loyco Ind broken
and partially. flooded the town to tho depth Of
10 inchoa.. $685..
-. Bn1Er REVIEW or THE ENTIRE s1TuAT1oN
-,nay prove interesting. from Cairo to this
point stoamers cannot mako the landings on tho
west bank except ut wharf boats, and .yot}
with the exception of, 0acoola, no serious
damage to tho planting interests has resulted.
the Arkansas sldo except.a local ono, and largo
portion of. tho country iB subject to inundntion
and is scarcely settled, MS Id the case opposite
ihers. where the, ryer spreads out to tho lgh
miles. Tho St. Francis Valley. is generally a
foot aboyo the overflow, and the planters are
haiting for dry weather to begin planting while
the river valley ia inundated up to Indian Bay,
hut, for reaaons- already given, tho damage is
Eight. Ton Thousand dollars would probably
covor tho losn Of stock, otc.--
-: THE ANEANaAa VALLEY IS ovEnrIoWED
up to Arkansas Port. but lil;e tho others. tho
thu damagoB thore. From the. mouth Of tie lat
ter down is where tho greatost damage resulted,
md where deBtitution undoubtedly exists nmoug
.nll olassoB, but particularly tho laborors and
their families Largo portions of the TaIlahatoio
aud Yalaboosha: bottoma have boon overQowed
for some time, but at tho latest accountB the
water was subsiding; but another crovaso is re-
ported at Catfish Point, milking tho fourth IN in
p9aatatfons laye 'nba Beoa ln}srcd. @ us Sun. Sr
flower River Inns SO far. carried on tho
mnin body OF, the wnter, escaping, through
the Hushrnckany croyuaae and Deer Crook, and
the plantations have suffered, materially; but
from :Milllkon's Bnnd, 25 miles above Vickeburg,
is whore tue greatest damage has boon dono, and
where tho grentoat dostitution md suffering
.... rnA1ss nuNS1So.
Tho Nashville l. Northwestern trains are nov
running, which opens the route to Louisville via
villo Diyision, Memphis Il Louisville Railroad,
tolegraphB that lie expects to have the road a!l
right by,, Monday. -....... ..:. -
-: a lady from ncar Napoleons whose husband is
,one Of tho woalthiest Ipiantors IN that section
arrived here to-day. sheHtnteathat the family
and. hands,, numbering. eighty, Nero without
but for.tho food furnished by tho ofdcera. of the
City OF Vioksburg,
The river is now stationary, within 10 inches Of
the flood Of 1861
:h1Ea1riuB, Tenn, May 1.-Privato oitizensl,ere
aro making good progress IN forwarding supplies
to tho sufferers. To-day they sent by tho Cnp-
1tal City 10000 pounds bacon, 60 bales hay, 100
ST. Louis, No., May 1.--Noarly $4,000 in
money and about s2, ooG worth Of supplies lave
been donated for tho Louisiana sufferers to
date, and the Committees aro still at work. ~
CoSDonD N. H., May 1.-This city has con-
tributed $1,000 for tho Louisiana sufferers. -,