The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-05-07
TIE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
The Tide Three Feet Higher than Ever
known.
AvERI1h's pARIsB.


AvERIh's PARSE.
The Louisiana state authorities re-
ceive letters daily from persons from
the overfowed sections asking for pro-
visions, etc. The following extracts
from them are fair specimens. A letter
dated Simmport, ATerill's parish. adj
dressed to the governor, says please
send me some supplies, as I have fam
lily of nine children to keep mp and
feed. The water is three feet deep in
my yard and al1 over my place. It is
utterly impossible for me to get any
thing for my family to eat without call
ing on you for assistance. Please for
PHYS sake do not fail to send me some
supplies by return teamer.
The following is an extract taken from
a letter to the governor dated Big
Bend, Averill's parish " The whole Of
the Bayou des Glaizes and Red river
front is entirely overhowed. All of us
are bankrupt. No money, no credit
Commission merchants all shut down on
us. We have no provisions. Many
are In a manner starving. The water Is
ali ever the country, and still rising.
The COWS not drowned are dying for
want of food. Sheep and hogs are
drowned by hundreds. Take this mat
ter into consideration and see if some
tbIng cannot be done for us- /" "ssa-.z--. /
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The governor has received a letter
from Clarenton, st. Mary's parish,
which says Among the many suf-
ferers by the recent overflow are those
who have lived on the east side of
Bayon Ohenez, Bayou Pigeon, on the
shore of Grand Lake and Lake Chicot,
ali of which districts are now submer-
ged, leaving some three hundred fam
lies in a state of utter destitution.
SEVERAL CHILDREN
are reported drowned in the streets of
Port Vincent which was oyerhowed.
The fiat country of st. Helena, Tauxe-
patton, Washington, st. Tammany and
East Felicisna parishes is flooded for
miles.
The Times says gentleman from The
upper coast gives the most appalling
description of the condition of the peo-
pie who happened to live in the dis
trict overhowed by the Hickey crevasse.
He says that not less than twenty sugar
plantations have been submerged from
that source already. That, however,
was nothing compared with the suffer
ings of the people. On Sunday last,
the gentleman witnessed a large num-
ber of persons wading their way out of
the torrents of water which passed
through that break. Among them were
women In the water
UP TO THEIR ARM-PTTs,
holding their IL fants above their heads,
and it was reported that some had been
flooded away on the rushing tide with
their little ones In their arms.
THE DISTRESS IN DETAIL.
Capt. Blanks, In a letter to member
of the relief committee, says: " I have
just returned with the Ouachita Belle,
from Camden, Trenton, and Mourtoe,
through the OverfoEed district of north
Louisiana, and see that efforts are being
made to relieve the suffering occasioned
by the overflow. I have also seen the
tabular statement which was presented
by you to q meeting of citizens from the
overhowed districts, held in the senate
chamber last week. From personal
knowledge and direct information de-
rived from others within the last few
days, am satisfied that said estimate
is by far too low. As you have been
requested by thrae different public meet
ings held in the overhowed district of
Louisiana to represent their wants and
condition, I now present you with a
statement of the localities and numbers
needing help at once, so that you may
present the same to the governor and
the committee for distribution appointed
by his honor the mayor. Lower Black
river, 800 destitute Mardis, including
that part of Concord parish on Black
river, 500; Wilson's, on Black river,
400; Trinity, including Tensas Bayou,
Little river, 1900; Harrisonburg, IN
Guiding Bayou LAWS, / 900; Harb's
Landing, including Braine Landing,
300; Carter's Landing, 400; Bunker
Hill, including both sides of the river
and swamp, Balavan, Ouachita and Boef,
1 500; Columbia, including Franklin
and Oneal's, between Ouachita and Boef
river, 1000; including bottom on both
sides, 1900 Hopewell and Waco, in
Guiding back swamp up to the Guachita
line, 1900; Monroe, 1,5o0. Total, H.
800 now, at lowest estimate.
This number may be said IN actual
want, and many have been so for days,
as they have now been Under water for
two or three weeks. They have lost all
their hogs, and nearly all their cattle
are either lost or drowned. The people
themselves have neither money nor
credit, no place to go to and nothing to
do. But this estimate by no means
discioses the distresses of those reFid-
ing on the small bayous and creeks who
have been overfowed by the baekwater
and foods of rain. They generally
have been on land, but have lost much
of their stock and improvements and
are out of provisions and money, and
the provisions for making crops are so
that none are willing or
able to advance the supplies. If these
must be added the number in need of
help is not short of 10000 people in the
district referred to. -
THE COTTON FIELDS.
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