Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-21
The High Water in Arkansas, Missls-
- sippi, AIabams and Louisiana
The L0wIands All Under
Water.
Break In Rhodes Leyee-The Elton and
Bass LeVees-Tis Effects on the
SuRAoWer RegiOn-The
I'd AgSs 1a Railroaas.
The hevees Near New 0rleans-Fears
OF Breaks-Jelf Thompson On
the SituatI0n-Etc.
MISSISSIPPI.


that time heavy rains have fallen, the
Arksnsas is again swelling, and the rise
here, instead of Stacking up, as 1t was
expected to do, is increasing in volume.
In addition to this, we find the levees
giving way and the water flooding
good deal Of the country ON the Louisi-
ana side.
THE NORTH LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
g- RAILROAD.
The track of the North Louisiana and
Texas railroad is under water in many
places, and by this morning 1t Is sup
posed that so much of the track win be
submerged that it will be necessary to
use boats for the transfer of passengers.
The last train went through yesterday,
and henceforward there will be no more
through-lrains from this city to Monroe
until the water subsidies. Trains will,
however, run ON either end of the
road, and passengers will be transferred
from Tallula to Waverly for the present
by boat. The submersion of the rail-
road track is said to be the result of a
break or erevdsse in Bass levee.
From the Yicksburger, ,i7th.1 Gst
A heavy rain set in on Saturday night
and continued until Sunday morning.
Yesterday we had more blackening
clouds and sprinkling showers, which
will materially contribute to the heavy
river that is now spreading over the
lower lands. 1t is reported these rains
have been pretty general, and that in
consequence the YaZo0, seven miles be-
low Satartia, rose ten inches in the
twenty-four hours ending Sunday eve
ming. The planters in the sections sub
ject to overflow, are very apprehensive
of results, and their fears are certainly
not unfounded, though tidings from the
upper feeders Of our inland sea are now
rather favorable. e# .
BREAK IN RHODES LEvEE.
; THE Lake Providence Republican, of
Saturday, says: "We regret exceeding
Iy to be compelled to announce to our
readers this week the sad news of the
breaking of what is known as the Rhode
levee, Just below Judge Montgomery's
residence, and Immediately opposite
Judge WHY'S plantation. This levee
has been in danger for some days past,
and would have had water running over
the top OF it the first part of this week,
had not Mr.. Hustled, in charge of the
penitentiary hands, raised it some six
teen inches above its original hight; but
the whole levee was entirely too narrow
in the base to withstand the pressure Of
water against it, particularly as the en-
tire line had become thoroughly satu-
rated with water, and being entirely of
sandy soil, it was to be expected that it
would not Withstand the pressure"
ELTON LEvEE.
The Elton levee was about to give way
under the pressure, says the same paper,
on Sunday last; but Major Richardson,
assistant engineer, happened to be on
hand, and did all possible In his power.
The result was that on Monday morning
Mr.. w. G. Sanford had organized large
force and was busily engaged raising and
strengthening the levee at that point, 80
that when Major James arrived on Tues
day with a large number of men, Mr..
Sanford's work was SO far advanced
that he was enabled to leave its COM
pletiOn to Major James, and discharge
his force"
BASS LEvEE
was considered in a more dangerous
condition than Elton ievee, and Major
James removed there, and put on q
force of one hundred and twenty addi-
tional men, and did all he could to save
il, but he had tco powerful an enemy to
fight in the great Mississippi river, and
he had to succumb at last. There were
also rumors yesterday that various other
breaks had occurred at various points,
but thus far the water has been carried
off to great extent by the bayous and
creek, and it is not expected that
THE DAMAGE
will be very considerable from the pres
ent overflow, except in the washin z
away of fences and perhaps in the
drowning Of some stock. It is too early
in the season for the overflow TO injure
planting interests to any ext ent, as
there is no probability of the river re-
naming at its present high stage long
enough to disturb the Arrangement Of
planters. Even should there be gen.
erai overflow, the present prospects are
that it viii be of short duration; for,
with nothing to sustain the river, de-
cline being reported all the way above
the water here wiz necessarily run out
rapidly. This seems to be the opinion
of the planters in the Sunfiower and
Deer creek country.
THE EFFECT ON THE sUNFLowER RE-
GION.
After the war and the flood of 1857,
the Sunfower region was almost absn-
dened by planters, but since the erec-
ton of this levee there was such feel
ing Of security restored that the lands
were being very rapidly brought under
cultivation again, and the increase In
the production of cotton was becoming
very large. An overflow at this time,
following a season of such low prices,
when the whole planting community Is
straining every point to start In for a
crop and barely able to make headway,
will be ruinOus to the country. Large
accessions have been made to its labor
ing population from the poorer regions
Of Alabama and Georgia, and with i'm
munity from overflow, there Is no esti-
mating the production of cotton which
would be realized there in a few years.
fr ALABAMA.
From the Mobile Register.l H
HIGH WATER ON THE RAILROADS.
No train is expected in, and none will
90 out this evening on the Mobile and
Montgomery railroad. In addition to
the break on this read above Greenville,
another is reported on the road between
Selma and Montgomery. Trains on the
Grand Trunk railroad are stopped by q
break at Little Paul Bayou trestle, thir-
ty-six miles from Bobile. The water is
SO high that repairs will be slow and
difficult. The rise in the river at Jack
son is reported at fourteen inches In
thirty-six hours, ending Monday morn
ing. The Mobile and Ohio Is all right
so far.
LOUISIANA.
From the New Orleans Times.l
We have no desire to create alarm
without cause; still less inclined are we
to cry "a false alarm" when the danger
using the words of the Picdylslel 'sis
imminent Nor are We inclined to
place our romantic publication" rs
our neighbor has done, under the head
Of "river news" and then make a SEN
sation of its falsehood elsewhere In the
same paper. The facts are desirable for
all purposes, and rs we gather them, DO
we give them.
THE RIVER AT NATCHEz.
The Natchez Democrat of the twelfth
says: 'eThe water is higher now than
at any time this season, and Is now one
foot and four inches below the high