Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-04-26

including radical improvement OF the
Ohio river 10 give six or seven ieet naNi-
CATION at low water, and the hanaWha /
river to give six feet Of water, S25,oJo,-
600, and a connection by canal
or freight railway to tide water IN Nir-
einia, the canal to cost S55,OOO,UOo' or
the railroad S25, 0Oo.O 600. OF the south
ern route, the improvement OF the Ten
nessee river TO give three feet OF nayiga-
ton, s., OO0, 600, and the construction OF
a canal or freight railway to the Atlantic
ocean, will cost respectively s35, Uo0,OUo
or 80, 100000. II canals be constructed,
the total cost will be about Sl55, 200, 600.
An actual expenditure of from $40, OO0,-
600 TO So, OOO, 900 nearly will be required
for SIX years, when the whole work can
be completed.
Window suggested as q means OF rais-
ing the money for performing the work,
restoration Of the duty on tea and cof-
fee, which would alone complete the
work in six years, when the tax could
again be repealed, and the works would
stand forever as monument of the wis.,
dom OF the present Congress.
LITTLE Rock, April 2i.-The situation
is essentially unchanged. Baxter has
notified the President that he has con-
vened the Legislature to meet on May
18th.
New ORLEANS, April %. - Additional
accounts continue to be received of the
devastation caused by the floods and of
the sufferings of the people driven from
their homes. letter from the Red
River country says it is entirely over
flowed, and "all of us are bankrupt.
We have no provisions, no money, and
many are starving. The water is all
over the country and is still rising The
cattle are not drowned, but are dying fol-
want of food. Sheep and hogs are
drowned by hundreds" A letter from
planter in Carroll Parish says from the
overflow there will be twenty-seven
plantations in this parish that will make
no cotton at all, eleven that may make
half crop, and twenty-nine that are
good for full crop. The water from
Bonnet Carree and McMullen crevassei
has overfowed Grand Point settlement
in st. James Parish, and is forcing tn,
inhabitants to leave their homes and seel
protection in other localities. resolu
ton of relief committee held in Poin
Coupee Parish states that in consequence
of large number of persons living be
hind the grand levee having had thei
homes completely swept away ant
nothing saved, they being cut off from
all communication with the other part
of the parish, it is essential and neces
sary that immediate action be afforde,
to prevent starvation.
CHICAGO, April 25.-Twenty-fve hun
dred dollars were collected by the com
/ mittee of the Board of Trade to-day 70
the sufferers in Louisiana.
MONROE, La, April 24.-lt is impos
sible to give any idea of the extent of tn
overflow here. The water is the hi ghes
ever known, and the town is an islam
, two and one-half miles long by half
mile wide, from which there is exit onl
by boats. Business is almost completed
u suspended, and fully one thousand pee
Il pie here have not rations for three day
nor money to buy any. The town is flu
It OF starving stock of every description
The river rose an inch last night and
still rising. The plantations in the vici
ity are all submerged There are l
prospects for crops, and what the Poop
are to do God only knows.
D, ST. JOINS, April 25.-All the oper
tives of this city have combined again
the employers and mill owners, and sc
ious trouble is feared. A police for
" has been detailed to protect the mills.