The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-04-30
The Flood i'm the mississippi.

| lie recent ncaVy rams Wl1cn SceHl W IltVe
extended all over the country, have swollen
the Mississippi to larger dimensions than ever
known before, and the destruction to property
in Louisiana is true1y distressing. During last
week appeals were daily coming in to the State
Government from the Inundated districts for
aid:
Please send me some supplies, as I have a
! large family--nine children-to keep up and
feed. The water is three feet deep in my
yard and all over my place. 1t is utter impos-
sible for me to get anything for my family to-
eat without calling on you for assistance. Please,
for PHYS sake, do not fail to send me some
supplies by return steamer.
The following are extracts from a letter to
the Governor, dated Big Bend, Avoylles Par
| ish:
The whole of the Bayou DIES Glaizers and
| Red r liver front is entirely overlooked. All of
us are bankrupt We have no money and no.
credit. The commission merchants have shut
down on us, and we have no provisions. Many
OF us are in manner starving. The water is.
all over the country, and is still rising. The
COWS that are not drowned are dying for want
of food. Sheep and hogs are drowned by hull
dreds. Take this matter into consideration,
and see if something cannot be done for us.
| The Governor received a letter from Charles
! ton, st. Mary's Parish which says among the
many sufferers by the recent overflow are those
| who have lived OH the east side of Bayou Teche,
( on Bayou Chenez, Bayou Pigeon, on the shores
of Grand Lake, and Lake Chcot, all of which
districts are now submerged, leaving some 300
| families in state of utter restitution.
| A gentleman who reached New Orleans on
! the 23rd from the flooded parishes states that
the Tangipahoa, Tickfaw. and Amile Rivers,
were swollen by rains from Thursday to Sun
day, completely overlooking their banks and
4 spreading over the country on either side for
miles. The people are fleeing to the highlands.
1t is estimated that the water is three feet high
| er than ever known BEFORE The Amite River
rose very rapidly Several children are repor-
ted drowned in the streets of Port Vincent,
which was overflowed.
| The flat country of St. Helena. Livingstone.
Tangipahoa, Washington, st. Tammany. and
| East Felticiana Parishes are flooded for miles,
The Times says: "a gentleman from the up
per coast gives most appalling description of
! the condition Of the people who live in the dis
1 trict oyertiowed by the Hickey crevasse He
says that not less than twenty splen led sugar
plantations have been submerged from that
source already. That, however. was nothing
compared with the stIfferings of the people on
Sunday last A gentleman witnessed LARGE
number of persons wading their way out of
| torrents of water which passed through that
| break, Among them were women in water nm
to their armpits, holding their infants above
their heads and it was reported that some had
oeeil noa.eu away on ths rushing tiae' WIN
NV var np1TsSs nil 81 "a 7o+to, fro,,
planter in Carroll parish saws that from the
| overflow there will be twenty-seven plantation
IN TINS parish 1hat VIII MAKE no cotton at all,
+ho4 a,a 81 ~ ~. f,,1 ' rh
from Bonnet-C arre and McCullen creyasses has
oyerfowed Grand Point settlement, st. James
PARISH, forcing many to leave their homes and
! STEIN piOGectloH Ill Otlef IOcaliJleS. EuSlneer
Van Felt, OF the levee company, reports the
eiu u' az. az AAicAey peyonu conIloi. =!
and about ten feet deem. Mr.. Hickey,s resi-.
dence, a two story frame cottage, with eight
rooms was taken up by the Hood and carried
- Ilie pacA ps.rI u tne pialtatlon' where
tha ar;s - hap1 a,it I,u 49, ~
OF the Mississippi river apnear TO he Under wa
ter.
| CAIRO ILL, April 24-Ihe steamer Mime
oia, Wnicn arrived mere Yesterday from Mem
pms, picked up seven 1amllles, VINO mad taken
refuge on skliis, RATS, and dugouts IN ORDER to
escape from thelr hooded homes. Ihey report
s1ars'tIloh' anu say that many 1anllles resldenG
tha ha dronnod ~ star,a ~ aatI, ~ WIZ
The President hac cd tLa
missarv General to nprcb.sa 5oo ooo. nations Of
ao 900, ;ao ~ 49,, ,1 ,.,,a 49,.
VI 49,
~ ooo ~, 49, ~,
=, 100 ~
49, y1o'1.Y. ~ -4o''' % "'f
III euppii0s pien''ls' anu oe'ei por1ions
-. 80 '...~ ~- V-o.o'''
800 So - el'e n,l'iliole oohier-
ence, dieu aI MS residence IN That city, on the
| Odd ;ns+ .rad 70 ,7a.rs ua ,hoa boo, fft,,
wears in the Ministry. and was recorded as a
I -
| man OF deep piety, great intellectual vigor. ard
ministerial usefulness.
The ST T0uis RanuhIicap q strone, Cro,gor
| supporter at one time, is responsible for the
| following.
| throroh the STATE Granoa for az n Ia n,,,ld
| ,,,,,, So,ul+ a. 49, = - 90 ~
now ooeoio tHe silille pow aC nome TOT Sl0.oU
But who cares for So, 81. when a MONOPOLY is
to be broken down, -
w w 0AoH0' "o"n'
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itics' we nave HeafCt OF a woman VINO believes