The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-02

LEE nIsSIsSlPpI FLOODS.
"a ride rhree Feet Higher than Ever
KNOWN.

{ visions. etc The following extracts
from them are fair specimens. 4 letter
/ dated Simmport. Averill's parish. ad-
I dressed TO the governor, says: Please
/ send me some supplies, rs l have a fam
I ily OF nine children 10 keep ~ and
feed. The water is three feet deep IL
my yard and all over my place. It IS
[ utterly impossible FOR me 70 get any
/ thing Tor nv family to eat without call
ing on vou for assistance. Please FOR
! PHYS sake do not iail 70 send ne some
/ supplies 10y return te,ner
The following is an extrac; taken from
I letter - the governor dated Big
/ Bend. Averill's parish The whole OF
/ the Bayou des Glaizl and Rad river
4rl4l. - - = sk1,i2s 90 an ~ -
/ ere bankfurt. No n6neF, 20 credit.
Commission. Merchants all shut down On
Us. We have no provisions Many
/ are IN e manner starving. The wafer is
/ all over The country, and still rising.
The cows not drow1Ai are dying for
want Of food. Sheep aud hogs are
| drowned by hundreds. Take this mat
ter into consideration and see II some
/ thing cam be done for us.
BAYOU rEcHE. ErC.
The governor has received a letter
I from Clarendon, St. Msry's parish,
which says: Among the many suf-
ferers by the recent overflow are those
who have lived on the east side OF
/ Bayou Chenez, Bayou Pigeon, on the
shore of Grand Lake and Lake Chicot,
ali Of which districts are now submer-
ged, leaving some three hundred fam
lilies IN s state of utter destltution.
SEVERAL CHILDREN
ar reported drowned in the streets of
I Port Vincent which was oyerfiowed.
The fat country OF s. Helena, Tauxe-
patton. Washington, st. Tammany and
East Felicisns parishes is flooded for
sniles.
n The Times SAYS a gentleman from the
upper coast gives the most appalling
description Of the condition Of the poo
pie who happened 10 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-
her Of persons wading their way ont cf
the torrents Of water which passed
through tina; break. AUoIg them we've
women IN tho water
Up TO THEIR AEM-pTrs.
holding their Infants above their heads,
and Il las ref orted that some had been
hoodA away on the rushing tide with
their little ones in their arms
THE DISTRESS ~ DETAIL.
Capt. Blanks, IN ) letter 10 a member
Of the relief committee. SAYS have
Just returned with the Ouachita Belle.
from Camden, Trenton. and Mourtoe.
through the oyerhowed district OF north
Louisiana. and see tha, efforts are being
made 70 relieve the suffering occlsioncd
10y the overflow / have also seen the
taou ar statement which Was presented
by you 70 q meeting of citizens from the
cverhoWed districts, held in the senate
chauaocr last wees- -,
- hv far TO low KS Won have been
requested by three different public meet
ipgs held IN the overtlQwCd district II
Louisiana to represent their wants ana
condition. l now present you with @
statement OF tie localities and numbers
needing help ~ once. 50 that you mly
present the same 10 the governor and
the committee for distribution appointed
by his honor the mayor. Lover BlacS
rivar. 300 destitute MsrGls. including
that part of Concord parish on BlacA
river. no, Wilson's. ON Black river,
400 1firity. including Icnsas Bayou,
Little river, 1900; HarrisonourE, IN
cluding Bayou LAWS, 1000 haro
Laniing, including Braine Landing,
500: Car er's Landing, 400: Bunker
Hill. including both sides Of the Ilyer
and swamp. Baiavan, Ousclita sna bocf.
1900; Columbia, including tranklin
and IDEALS. between OuGchita and Boef
river. l 600 intending bottom on both
sides. 800 HopewSn and Waco, IN
cludinC hack swamp up 10 the Ouaehlia
inc. .500 Monroe, so Total, H.
coo now. n lowest estimate
This number may be said 10 actual
want. and many have been 50 Tor Gays,
A thev have low been under wafer Tor
- or three weeks. They have lost all
their hogs. and nearly ali their cattle
are either lost or drowned. The people
themselves have neither money noF
credit. 10 place 70 60 20 and nothing -
do.A But this estimate by 40 means
lisssoses the distresses ot those resid-
inv on the small bayous and creeks who
hsve been overiowed by the backwater
ana hoods Of rain. They generally
have been on land. but have lost much
of their stock and Improvements and
are ont OF provisions and money, anu
the provisions for making crops are SO
discourACing that none are willing or
/ able 70 advance the supplies. II these
must be added the number II need OF
[ help Is nos short Of -, 600 people IN the
E district referred 10.
TlFE COTTON FIELDS
The Times SAYS the ext-n Of the
I .isn,sre which hss resulted from the
I great overflow is Just beginning 10 be
+ faliv understood. TLl 1t was vast. Was
readily conceived, bat that IL should IN
/ volxe i've million of acres and a popula
4 tion Of It's, 600 was apparently beyond
1 reasonable satisfaction. Yet such was
the case Il is now ascertAined that
nlno az the largest and richest paris hes,
1 producing cotton. have been inundated.
l The parishes Of Carroll, Morehousc,
/ R;ehisnd. Madison. franklin. Tensas
/ Caldwell. Concors7ia atM Ca;ahalu ais
All oxerfioued and embracing fully ,,
500 600 acres. The amount Of cottor
land IN those parishes IN actual culiiya
tion Is ascertained to be go. 900. besides
To- 600 acres IN corn These estimaiei
include only large places, leaving on
I hundreds OF small farmers sna al cstl
mates for cattle, hcgs and gardens. Ia
4 pooula.iau Of these nine psrishes Is ~,
S9{ whites and 81. 0sSS blacks, sccordin.
10 the census Of lS9a
xTxE sIaAR REGIONS
HI TIC tANAAN-~-%
aScersained facts discover su equal !
not a greater amount Of rum and suffer
= lug These parishes ara Point Coupis
FsSa Baton Rouge. West Baton Rouge
It,srsille. Ascension, Assumption. Il
fonrce, 81 James. s. John the Baptist
St. Charles. Terrebone and Plaqnimint
: The overflow in those parishes cover
pea-iv :. 900. 600 acres tiiisi ard IN
He'd. including : production os 5000
; ArsheAds os sugar. = large product c
: rice and some small farmers of whor
? there are many hundreds who lost thei
5 stock and pretty much all else they pos
sessei. The population of these pal
: SShes. acoariing 70 the G nsns ot ISL
2 was 20. .SSS whites snd - al black.
: making 4 total Of iaa.6o9
. In ail these parishes. named. it = D
: lsexei that more than -. 900 people AZ
: row in actual suffering for the neoess-
" supplies OF life. and thas IN less tia
. Ssxtv DAYS, the number of those who's
Circumstances viii require all ration
; viii increase to more than 5000 Pei
! sons.
OSEjhay live As $ eonquerer, or
; king. or a magistrate. but he must a.
2 a nan. The bed of death brings ever
D human heing 70 his pure individual,s, :,
~ the intense contemplation OF Ia