The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-04-25
TIE sIlssIssIpPE FLOOnG.
DeenlIs Of BDeStTuCsiOn an q
DeNtItsgIsOn.
DISTRESS IN ARKANSAS


Reports from the lower ArkarIa'
aud White Rivers give sad reports oi
the iunnda'ipu. Immense numbers OF
stock have been drowned and actual
.le-iiru;ion prevails in many places
The Howard Association of New Or
l,ans hrs sent 81 500 to the Howard
Association of New Orleans for the
sufferers FROM the overflow.
Tng ANTE VALLEY GOES Under.
Nfw ORLEANS. April p Capt
Pnrier. of the steamer A,ire. regort-
he Whole Amite valley under water
The river generally has bank Of
WE'VE "a fifteen feet but now the waief
i, four feet deep over the bank, aud
has washed away houses, implements.
etc The inhabitants have fed TO the
highlands. where they now abide III d
destitute condition.
AT BATON ROUGE.
Gen. y. JEFF Thompson Chief State
Engineer. sends the following di-patch
IN the Assrciaied Press from Baton
Rouge 10 day: The Hickey crevas,e
l. twelve hundred feet wide and passes
even fee, OF water at velocity OF
eight miles per hour. The Two Nc
Cul en- creyaSses are each one hundred
aud City feet wide. but will be closed
IN u few days
MEASURES ron RELIEF.
BosToN. April l.-Twenty promi-
nent merchants have been appointed a
committee of citizens 10 raise coutTi
aoatIons t0r ~ boufSfana sufferrr~
New England citizens are requested IL
co operate. y dispatch authorizing a
dra.t for $4,000 was at once sent to
New Orleans
New YORK. April 2l-The May
ors OF Brooklyn. Jersey City and New
ark announce that they will promptly
forward contributions for the relief OF
-ufferers by The foods in Louisiana
Mayor HlvemeYer has not made any
move yet in the matter
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE on THE ykBGF
OF sTARVATION.
NEW ORLEANS. April 30 -OHicia
tcleerams received to day state that the
whole country from Monroe to III.
mouth of Red river Is under water
and that 10 600 people in that distrier
will soon he Oh the verge of starvation
Lsrge numbers ct negroes from th'
nverhowed district are focking to til:
city.
PROCLAMATION OF GOV. KELLOGG
Gov. Kellogg has Issued 4 procla
nation 10 the officials aud citizens 81
tie ovcIfiowed districts, assuring then
hat the State government has done
aud i doing all that il resources vii
allow to alleviate the sufferiogS Of
those who have been reduced TO desii
tuition by The disastrous c5evasses ana
rod, consequent upon the recenI
heavy rain storms
lie states that al p'ieation has befr
made to the general Government Sol
aid. which h has reasons to beiiey,
viii be promptly responded TO tia
the M1yur OF New Orleans. the Presi
dent ot the Chamber nf Commerce
aud a committee OF distinguished CT a
zeus are doing all that can be- done 4,
seed immed ate assistance 10 thn>t
lIDNt III HEtnt htitA tittAt az p as t'i
been maie 10 tie great cities Of tht
North. East and West. which vii
Doubtless in due tine bring generous
response.
lie states that food, ci,,hinz. ana
money will be forwarded without de
lay Tie advises against sending this
distressed population TO this city. al
distribution OF supplies. aud that 'h,
laborer- OF the Inundated districts be
assisted in making their way 10 III,
parishes which are not under water
AMI here their services are still needed
In conclusion the Governor says
1T may be that even out OF this dire
calamity some good may come. through
he -t,enfiou OF the nation Of large
being 20 painfully concentrated upon
the question Of making the building
aud maintenance of the leveeS OF ~
Mississippi, a. also tie preservati6i
of proper outlet for the riyer, d
national work