Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-30
MOnOpOIisfs QuarreIing over the
TariH
THE OVERFLOW.
Sad Stories of Suffering i'm the
Mississippi Valley.
Less DiscOuraging Reports from
Northern Mississippi.

Special TO the Louisville Courier-Journal
MEMPHIS, April 2S.-The river is sta
tiOnary. There have been no arrivals from
below since the night previous. We have
very few additional particulars of the food.
People constantly arrive in great numbers
from the counties along the rivers south OF
Memphis, pennileSs and helpless. Mrs.
Walker and child came yesterday, borne to
passing steamer in the arms of her hus-
band, who waded knee-deep in water a
hundred yards to reach the steamboat. She
reports that her husband and three children,
withthree days provisions, were left in their
half-submerged home. The children were
sleeping ON Shelves.
The cooking stove was located on the
dining-table. Pigs and fowls found shell
ter on the hOuse-tOp. Seven of nine horses
were starved or drowned. There are no
provisions in that section, which is over
flowed for miles. Their neighbors are des-
titute and starving. She came to obtain
aid and purchase food for her impoverished
husband and children. She is much grieved,
and fears that her husband and children
will die of hunger before relief reaches
them.
In the country from here to Chicot the
woes of the people are unnumbered. None
are there to portray the suffering of
The Starving Thousands
on the submerged plantations removed
from the notice of the public. The con-
dition of the people is truly horrifying.
The steamer A. 5. White left here to-day
with provisions donated by citizens. Pres
ident Pettigrew, of the Chamber of Com
merce, and President Galbraith, of the
Cotton Exchange, appointed joint COM
mittee to-day to devise a plan to solicit do
nations for the relief of the sufferers in the
overlooked districts south of Memphis.
To the Associated Press.
Driven Out 10 Die.
LOUISVILLE, April 29.-AIrs. O'Brien
died on the Ben Franklin and was buried
here. She was with her husband going to
Cincinnati and had been driven from home
above Hickman, KY, by the high water.
Memphis Moving.
MEMPHIS, April 29.-Under the aus
pices of the Cotton Exchange the city has
been divided into districts, and committees
appointed to canvass for money for the suf-
ferers from the overflow.
Little Rock Cut OF
The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
has been forced by the overflow to suspend
running trains, owing TO several washes.
Superintendent Livermore hopes to be able
to resume running in ten days, unless the
road is injured more than is thought to be
the case. The Express Company will con-
tinue business via St. Louis, until the
Railroad Company can charter boats to run
to Madison.
The YazOO Valley More Hopeful.
YAzOO, Miss, April 29.-The river here
is decliningslOwly. Reports from all points
above show the Yazoo and Tallahatchie
falling. Greenwood on the Tallahatchie
is entirely submerged, the water there be-
ing higher than in 1867. No serious dam
age has yet resulted from the Hushpuckana
creyasse. Fears of a general overflow are
subsiding A few DAYS of clear weather
with the tremendous current now in the
river will suffice to carry off nearly all the
water covering tillable lands. Only little
over One-third of the lands is now under.
Merchants and planters are quite hopeful
and the indications are that crops in the
Yazoo Valley viii not be so alarmingly
short after all.