Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-05-02
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.


"IN MEMoRIAM."
Jyhereas. 1t has pleased our Heaven
" Father. in His inscrutable wisdom, to
summon from his labors upon earth our
beloved Brother, Thomas Link, ). W.,
calling him by His omnipotent will to
that Judgment which awaits all who are
toiling in this earthly temple.
md WAereas, The Masonic ties
which have so long bound US in mutual
friendship and enjoyment to our depart
ed brother, are severed, no more to be
reunited until the day when the grave
shall yield up its dead. Therefore,
ResoiUsd, That we sincerely mourn
this disruption of precious friendship
and the mystic ties which bound us
to him, whilst we bow sabmissively to
the will of our Divine Master, whose
ways are right
Resolued, That we bear in our hearts
remembrance his long continued and
eminent fidelity to Masonry, and his ex-
emplary devotion to the principles it
inculcates.
Reso'ued, That we truly and deeply
sympathize with the family and friends
of our deceased brother, and commend
them to that God who is the Husband
of the widow and the Father of the
fatherless, and to His grace, which is
able to comfort and bless them.
Resoived, That this Lodge be draped
in mourning for sixty days, and that we
| will wear the badge of mourning for
thirty days.
| Resoived, That a copy Of this paper
be sent TO the family of our deceased
brother, and also published in the jour
nails of this county.
JOHN NJ. ENGLE, Sec'y.
Committee on resolutions: DIR. VIM.
f. Alexander, VIM. B. Daniels, Rev.
John A. Scott and John NJ. Engle.
The Great Flood In the Mississippi.
The details that reach US of the flood
in the Mississippi would seem to indl-
cate the almost utter ruin by water
nearly of what has been left for ruin in
Louisiana. The cotton and sugar grow
inc districts have suffered UNNECESSARILY
and in this regard will affect the whole
country. Appeals for aid are enforced
by facts, in regard to the suffering OF
families and their domestic animals,
which are resistless, and it is gratifying
to note that aid is prompt aud that
food and rations and money are begin
ming to pour in for relief from many
quarters.
The New Orleans Times says that
the extent of the damage by the over
flow in Louisiana is only beginning to
lie understood, and that The flood will
involve 100000 acres of land and a
population of $4,000. In the cotton
regions it is now ascertained that nine
of the largest and richest parishes pro
ducing cotton have been inundated.
The parishes of Carroll, Morehouse,
Shetland, Madison. Franklin, Tensas,
Caldwell, Concordia and Catahoula are
all overfowed, and embrace fully p
100000 acres. The amount of cotton
land in these parishes in actual cu!tiva-
ton is ascertained to be quarter of a
million acres, besides one hundred
thousand acres in corn. These estimates
include only large places, leaving out
hundreds of small farms, and all estl-
mates tor cattle, hogs, and gardens.
The population of these parishes is
2O,394 whites and 54,O33 blacks, &C
cording to the census of 1870.
In the sugar producing parishes as
certaiued facts discover equal ii not a
greate- amount of ruin and suffering.
These parishes are Pointe Coupee. East
Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge,
Aberyille, Ascension, Assumption, La
Fourche, st. James, St. John the Bap-
fist, st. Charles, Terrs Bonne, and Pla-
quemines. The overflow in these par
ishes covers nearly two and half mil
lion acres, titled and untitled, including
the production OF thirty thousand hogs
heads of sugar, besides large product
of rice and the crops of small farmers,
of whom there are many hundreds, who
have lost their stock and pretty much
everything else they possess.
In all the parishes named it is believed
that more than $4,000 people are in
actual suffering for the necessary sup
plies of life, and that in less than sixty
days the number of those whose circnm-
stances will require alienation will in
crease to more than $4,000 persons.