Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-09
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI.
Interesting Notes ON the Situation
Above and Below Meniphis-The
PLANTERS and their Crop Prospects.


Interesting Notes ON the situAiisr
Above and Below Menphis-Ths
PIaaters and their Crop Prsssects.
Memphis Avalanche, siay7.
As A result Of series of careful in,
quiries from planters and others famil.
lar With the river valley region, the fol.
lowing INFORMATION was yesterday ellie.
tied regarding the situation.
BETwEEN MEMPHIS AND CAIRO.
All plantations between Ashport, loo
miles above this, and nearly the north.
ern line of the great cotton belt, to this
port, save tive or three, are more or less
free from overflow, and are already
partially planted IN cotton. while farm
hands are as busy as possible putting
in seed as fast as the water uncoTers
the remainder. The river is falling
slowly, and within ten days VIII, it is
expected, be well clear of water and un-
der cultivation. All around the town
of Oseeola planters are hard at work,
and every place is partially planted.
The town iteelf Is in the water, but all
farms contain more or less dry land.
The only two farms on which no work
has been done is the Craighead and
Randolph places, which adjoin each
other. Little or no distress exists any
where above here, and every body feels
cheerful. So much for the upper
country.
ON THE RIVER BELOW. 81.
As has been frequently stated, the
valley country lying on the east or
Mississippi side of the river below here
is well protected by sound, firm levees,
and, With few exceptions, no water
except from local rains has yet annoy
ed planters on the Mississippi side
above the mouth of White river. On
the Arkansas side the situation is diff
ferent, though it is not as bad as many
have been led to believe. Commend
ing at Reeves, dozen miles or so from
this city, is nearly all under water.
Merriwether, near it, is also half under.
Apperson's, Armstrong; and Aliens
are well cut, and partially in cultiva.
ton; Earle's is nearly all covered;
Seanlan's and McNeilPs are well out
and largely planted in cotton. The
Burgett place has about 800 acres
planted IN cotton. John and Joe Hack
lerode's are pretty well covered by
water, but have done some farm work,
and expect the water to run of in time
to raise crop.
Down in Commerce Bend, Baskets,
Bledsoe's, Hawkins's, and their neigh
bors are all well out, and have planted
part of their crops. DR.. Peters has
already under ground some 1900 acres
of cotton on the Clampit and his old
place.
In the bend % miles below here, the
old Burgett place has full 400 acres Of
tillable lands well above overflow. DR..
Peters Cat Island place has $50 acres
of cultivable lands as dry as a horn.
The Toihson place is not dry Y. ".
Williams place has 100 acres dry, and
Mcconnell has all his open land dry
and in cotton. Nc. is in town, at the
races, and he wouldn't be here if high
water worried him any.
IN WALNUT BEND
Dupree's place is half ont, Keats is very
little under, one of Fred Rogers places
is nearly dry, though his home farm is
well covered. Tom Berry's place is all
under, and down at Trotter's, below the
mouth of the st. Francis, a break was
threatenened at last accounts, which it
was feared would do some damage st.
Francis river has run over its banks in
many places and submerged nearly all
farms along its course. This is within
the last few days. Little work had
been done toward getting in the spring
crop, in apprehension of the food, and
so no harm of Importance has resulted.
The people expect the water to run off
III ten days, and then cotton planting
Will proceed with a rush. Below He
lena some Of the finest cotton lands on
the globe are under cultivation, and all
that region Oh the Arkansas side Is well
protected by levees, which so far stand
firm. All If that section, and especially
around Fort Pinney, opposite Friar's
Point, the planters are 'well advanced
with their cotton and corn planting.
Farther down in what is known as
Tacoma Circle, $50 miles below here,
several dozen fine places are well pro-
SCOoCu Dl HAlfdIC ACfSCss anu ntSH wafer
don't affect them. About Knovlton
Landing, in the same vicinity, the lands
are under, and some of the people there
are IN trouble. Still farther down in
Chicot county, about the mouth of the
Arkansas river, a number Of large
plantations are under, and distress pre-
walls. Over on the Mississippi side,
where the Bolivar county levee breaks
have occurred, very few farms are en-
tirely covered, and many have large
amount of land lii cotton. A great
deal Of heavy work has been done by
the people to stop crevasses and save
levees, and much confusionhas prevail,
ed. The amount of actual suffering
among the people has been difficult to
ascertain, but there is little or no
trouble for laboring people to obtain
good work and sure pay, whenever they
are inclined to change their base of OPP.
erations. The principal distress is
down in the Louisiana country, but the
promise of an early decline of the
waters affords a much brighter outlook
than prevailed a few days ago, and
within brief period, it is to be hoped
that our great stream viii confne its
flow within the banks, leaving the cot
ton and corn plantations above the
tide.