The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-01
Cuba, the situation is reported to liz as

to Cuba, but the rear of all the planta-
tons, is under more or less. From
Mobiles up to Monroe, NIorrison's place,
a large portion Of the Lilies bend, in
which there are several plantations,
nearly all Of Mrs. Dinkgrave's place
and of the Copeley place, Il large por-
ton ofthe old Downs place (mostly from
the reaD and nearly all of the lower
portion and rear of Pargoud's home
place including residence and quarter
are under water. Along this front,
the old Taylor (now Cobb's) place has
the largest area of dry land. The lower
part of the old Downs place (now DR..
Richartlson's) is pretty well all out of
water, also.
but little land out. The old King place
is all overfowed.
A large number of cattle in this Sec
ton are represented as starving.
The levee across the bayou at Morri-
ions, one of the best ever built along
this river, has been either wholly or
partly washed away. The river road
ran along its summit.
At Columbia, Harrisonburg and Trim
ity, the water has left no dry land. sAt
Trinity, and below, the suffering must
be beyond conception.
Bristle Ridge.
This is a ridge of high sandy land,
lying southwest Of Monroe two miles
a 1n ho1 oh
by one wide, and is thickly settled. All
of this ridge is overHowed, except few
spots here and there. Mrs. I;ssiclz
locked her doors and came to town,
leaving all her furniture in the house.
Before She could return: the water had
risen nearly up to the top Of the doors,
and entrance was impossible, except
through the roof. a large number OF
hogs, cattle and some mules have been
drowned on this ridge. The only hab-
table houses, with about three excep-
tons, are the gin-houses. Tn Endom' g
Clubhouse, chickens, dogs, cats, hogs
and people live together, in the midst
Of forage, furniture, and all the other
effects of dwelling. His dwelling
floor is Is inches under water; his yard
four feet and n half, and he lives on
what ia known as high ground.
East Of Monroe.
Along the railroad, there is a dry ridge
here and there to Delhi, but like
angels visits they are few and far be-
tween. Beyond Delhi to Nicksbure
there is little but water. Below this
line, in Madison, Tcnsas, Concordia,
Catahorl,, Richland and Caldwell par.
ishes, we cannot even imagine what
the extent Of the ruin is.
In Conclusion.
Our description Of the overflow has
been necessarily extended; but not one
hundrctltl1 part of what we have seen
or heard, have we been able to record
Like swallow, we have dartcd from
place to place, barely touching the
points we might have fingered upon
and extended this chronicle of the flooC
of 1874 all over this paper and the mex
and the next, in recounting events the
like Of which, we are certain, no othe1
writer in this Valley will ever again be
called upon to record.
If we We're asked, what has been the
prime cause of the overflow, we could
only answer, rain. No "JHne rise' il
the Mississippi has brought the water
upon ,es-no breaking of levees, because
all the lcvees broken have relieved us
While the Father of Waters, has beer
falling from crevasses, our own river
hitherto an insignificant tributary, ha:
been working the ruin we have bu
poorly attempted to describe. Itseem:
Gus that there is no leycl-so wide ant
far-reaching has been the t1ood-but the
water level.
The editor Of the Homer Had speaks
of our "ittleness." That we should
appear little to him, is only Il confirma