The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-05-05

freight is discharged into the second story ofthe
/ rarenouse located on the banks. Nearly All of
Chicot county Is under "a IA alsn Ire gra, -. "a
Psrt OF the counties above and below. cattle.
sfroyed. and f6s ne0 and even Ponitry are ali de-
con mon necessaries OF life. 1t IS stated that
nsnrly % Ioi nSe We million acres OF rich cotton lands
viii b eaned ans tns shereSg ceSSns gesSII SGt
", would & m make the loss TO the producer not quite
49, $1,000 49,. for The coming year. Not only will
Will suffer 1 To,kIng classes. but the wealthy
IL ,toa LIN sne sunken cotton district below during
gay or Two state that there at least
aII ~ ,LnoussnQ farm labOrers in absolute want
and hnndseas asil If from from the submerged distcs
returned last night nom the ovesfoTed district
OF the people - o0-O''O"
CAN NOT BE IMAGINED.
The planters have been compelled to abandon
.neir plantations, and the negroes with their
Ainihes are congregating by the thousands
around the settlements and country stores, and
are on the eve OF starvation. At many placee
they have been driven nearly 10 desperation by
hunger, and boldly threaten that they viii moh
the soa and srsS.1s siys5 them
Iour pounds OF meats and n peck Of meal nav
ssen y each family Of the unfortunates who are
and do that only to preyenf tha hsIy ,s; n1ss,
S eres nres nom invading their houses and stores
food. Many who obtained supplies from the in.
serlor merchants and gave mortgages to them
able TO pay their debts, and the result will be a
loss TO the merchant OF everything advanced.
mere early In the spring and went down the river
anu a.J Ieneed Isno are now returning and finding
from Way osek . 70 Virginia and the CarOlinas
st aIe tnoroughiy water soaked that is those
,nstsre SUI above water. At Reeves, on the
and the water pouring through rapidly That is
R1f Rof, thirteen miles M below here. dus6pucEsna,
crevasse is expected at HopeweII' yf where "d the
steamer ozark Is now laying with lumber and
White rivers threaten snother inundsfisn and 0f
sne.a pahks ana leyees and back water from the
inisSssppi covers their valleys for a long dis
BELOW vIcKsBURd
the situation beggars descriptions. and is funv
as bad as that above From a gentleman who
came up yesterday on st.Louis steamer, L learn
that the Grand Levee break has 80 flooded the
country that 1t did not even give the people time
10 build raftsand nearly forty families hastened
to a saw mill on Grand river, the mill standing
OF on elevated ground, above overflow, and there
rounded by almost TN ocean OF water and half
famished. The break in the Grand Levee is in
other still at Hickey's the third at Hermitaee-
and one at Bayou Goula. All OF the east side
OF Bayou Tecne will be covered, aud the west
side will have Its share of the flood. The How.
ard Af,s9ciation OF this city have appointed
Der OF Commerce relative 10 renoering aid 10 the
sufferers by the flood in the Mississippi, Arkan-
sad sas and White river valleys, and were looking
stores TO send down the river.
The New Orleans limes of the 25th inst saws
from the great oVefow Is tGsr beeia5ns pa e
understood That IL was vast was readily COM
acres and population of i7soe was sSDsSeDtSy Ei
beyond reasonable calculation. Yet such is
ascertained that nine of the lsIeest and richest
ks ksrisnes prod ducing cotton have been inundated.
The me parishes Of Carroll Morehouse, Richland,
and Catahoula are all overhowed. and embrace
fuliy T.! 26eO oOo scres The amount of cotton land
tanned TO be $4,000 acres, besides 10000 acres in
corn. These estimates include only large places,
estimates for cattle, hogs and eardensl u Tha Ha
population of these nine parishes is 20 Sy4 whites
and 81 0SS blacks according to the census of ls70
In the sugar-prodncipg parishes ascertained
fscts discover an equal, If nota greater, amount
RUIN AND SUFFERING
These parishes are Point Coupee, East Baton
Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville. Ascension,
Assumption, La Fourche, st. James, st. John
the Baptist, st. Charles, Terrebonne, and
Plaquemine. The overflow in those parishes COW
5000 acres titled and untitled includ-
ing production Of 30, 900 hogsheaa of sugar be-
sides large product of rice and crops Of small
farmers. of whom there are many hundreds,who
nave LOST their stock and pretty much every
thing else they possessed. The population of
these parishes, pa according to the census Of $50
total Of l22 sos, from which must be deducted the
population of East Baton Rouge as but a small
portion Of that parish has suffered from over
how. Ihat ded uctlon being made, the parishes
named contain population of l03609. In all
the parishes named IL is believed that more than
essary supplies of life, and that in iess than
sixty days the number Of those whose circum-
stances Will require alleviation will increase TO
special dispatches to the Louisville Courier
Journal Of the 9th inst, from Memphis, say
that the river Is about stationary, but there are
fears of another rise. There is much suffering
and and des,itution among the people in the bot
rivers and along the Mississippi. Four-hfths Of
the bottom land TO the gulf is Inundated. Com
plants of suffering in the above districts reach
here daily. Memphis merchants have donated
money and provisions In many cases. No
action is likely TO be taken by the city or mayor
merce and Cotton Exchange await the action Of
the mayor, who has not signified his intention
to convene the Council.
EEw CREvAssE.
Officers from steamers Just arrived report a
new crevasse at Neblett's landing, Arkansas, II
miles blow Napoleon, which district is already
deluged. Hushpinkney crevasse is widening4
feet every "a hours, on the deep side, which is
quicksand. The extent OF the damages to the
country is unknown. The levee al Friars Point,
Coahoma county, Miss, will stand IL inches
rise, IL being raised a foot above water by
sand bags, piles and plank. All visitors,
travellers and citizens there are compelled TO
work on the levee. Should the Ievee give
way, untold destruction will result. There
is no railroad connection with New Or
leans except by Birmingham, Montgomery
and Mobile. 1t is reported here that a large
bridge on the Mobile q New Orleans road has
washed away, effectually Fevering communics-
ton between those cities. The mails are behind
time The Little Rock road is running. Trains
hence to Nashville and Louisville go on via the
Charleston road, and thence by Decatur. Infor-
nation is lust received that the railroad agent =
and employees at Paris left there Sunday 10 ex-
anime the condition of the track on the Clarks-
Vile division of Louisville q Memphis road.
They went by engine ~ miles TO Springfield,
and there met the -roadmaster, who came by
boat from Danville TO Benton, four miles along
the track which is under water, and trav-