, 1874-04-25
OVU TENN FLUVD0.
Several Louisiana Towns Almost
Entirely Under Water.
Five Millions of Acres of Land
Suffering from Inun-
datiou.
A Population Of 10000 in the Sub
merged District.
Nine Of the Richest Cotton Parishes
Badly Drowned Out.
An Equal Amount Of Ruin and Suffering
in the Sugar Growing Par
ishes.
Twenty-Five Thousand People Actually
Suffering for the Neceasaries
of Life.
Thousands Of Animals Carried or br
Flood and Famine.

Innn4AnfH MI rr1n1o
"a 1AAi1laIS carried UT BY
Flood and Famine
NEW ORLEANS, L., April o5-rta fo1,ovr4,r a,-
patch to the Associa.ed Press showa that thn ood ~
OuachIta va11ev h,a MT ,h.+, go. - 49, 00 -
Moxpor tn 49, 80 -oas-a' oo' Is increasing:
give an 1dea OF the extent OF the overflow here TIM
water is higher than WIZ ever knourn Tha +o-, r. ~.
isand two an, ha1f n,trea Inn ~, h,,1 10 ~
~. IT., 49,. 0 lug pS na'1 "14a "aaes
o4n "0A-o tnele 1s no exit except By boats, or by
swimming From the crossing OF tho railroad una Da
On from o,t,o.,s 49, 4'4N' eo'f'o ano
ra,, 49,. haa. 'op4o n'ln8 IN tho
ttoF Aa'o oeen dr1VcL H. ALI the vacant
houses nre taken, and several families arc living
in the Court-H huse Bustness in amoat cn,nts+,11-
suspended, but the houses ara oDen Fn,v m 49,,
,1a !, N. 49,. t1 ~ oPeu 1"Hs !'ooo pco-
po IL tno to" nave not rat1ons for three days.
money 10 bu5 one Stock Of every kind IL gathered in
the town aid starving On De Sard Island almost all
the plaut2ton. .re ,,nd.r ,v,+,-. =, ooo .1. 80.
pbi,i1,a 49, o1,1,. =. 4'oo ae1es' eap'.
t.a,- 1 n.s 10y aoou' l'o' VI "nat mas tSanspfFed
two feet submerged in the yard. and no Da,.@no h.
low. Trenton Is under water from Croesley;s rext-
denee beyond the business houses Of tie town. tro
er bn1.k to eight feet in tho rear Cotton is brought
IT, Ill., 99qds afe sen; out to c!.burne bali mile
e dep in he On o the er
the fences are nearly Ill washed down. and To could
E' ~ steamboat doTn Cotton street. The r1ver rose
light and Is still raining There arc no crops to anear
IT and there have not been days' work done aiouR
r. river IN four weeks In Hils the land Is washed
has been labor thrown aysy what thc neonia 49,. ~
do, God only knowa.
Editor Ouachita 7tt<q7aph
Captain Blanks, in letter to member Of Tie reef
committee, II have just returned with the Qua
chita Belle from Camden Trenton. and M1nte.
through the overhown dis11ct OF North Loutsans and
see that efforts have and being made to relieve Tho
Arc4 cna@h h.,t,
the tabular statement which presented by you to
the meeting Of citizens from the oe1lowed disricta
From personal knowledge and direct information de-
rived from others within the Inst few days an satis-
tsfed that said
ESTIMATE IL nr FAR TOO LOW.
As you have been requested By three different publfo
meetings held in orerowtng districts Of Louatana to
represent their want and condition. now present YOU
statement OF localities and
SrMnEEs NEEDING HF1P,
end At once 20 that you may present the to tho
~ Ais Honor the Mayor. Lover Black River, 300o;
Mards AZ, I'd Including that part Of concordla Parish On
IT, including Lndas Bay. Lttls River, 200: Har-
risonburgh, including Bayou Louis. 1000; starba
Ganung. iqeluding nFaiae Landing. 3oo Carlos Lan-
[1vef and swamp between 0uschta md Boeuf, 800;
Columbia, including Franklin and ouachits
Soche1 e ao st. bens onaeha acudtns Ind
the bottom on both sides, $500: Hopcwe aud waco
,n3cnding back a swamp uns the ouachta line, 1000:
Aon7oe SOC total 116oo- Now, at the lowest e.t.-
mate, tna humoer may be said to be in actual want,
ma many have been 80 for days, NJ they hare now
have
LOST AL THEIR HOGS, AND NEARLY ALL THEIR CATTLE
are either lost or starving: The people Themselves
hare neither money nor credit, pace to 60 to, and
noth1ng to do But this estimate by no means dis
closes sloses inc distress ot those residing On small
oaJous and creeks. which have been overdowed BY
'he backwater and floods OF rain They have gen
aei stock and srs ee out sp Of pro- .!
:fops arc 10 Encouraging that none willing abba
% advance the supplies These, too, mnst suffer
needing help1s '' ~ '1'4D'N
NOT SHORT or 5000 PEOPLE
n ,aa Tae o3s!sac. as!s1 referIed @ M to:
Inc Times *ays the extent Of tho damage which hax
eS1lted from the great overflow is just beginning to
X fully understood that it was vaat readily
elYed but that # should involve Of and
POPULATION OF 178oo0
@ Eas apparently beyond reasonable calculation; Jet
= uch . Is really the caae IN the cotton regions.
nd richest parishes producing cotton have teca
nunaated; 1aao Ihs Partsnes Ct Carroll, More
;snse ,3se. htenlsnd; @ Madison. FFankltn, Teasas,
Ia4d"eA' Cohcordla and Catahaul1 are I'LL overflow
a, embracing 1ully 800 600 acres. The amount c1
tton !and IN these parizhe1 Ia actual cultivation,
scerained to be 900 besides 1000 acrcs in
orn- These estimates include only the lazg. pl,cea
eA'1nE out hundreds Of small farms and all estt1natct
6e e.s eA'' Him. hon and saTaen' 3aa ho population Ct
4'o'3 blacks, according to the census OF 1870
IN TIE CoAn.rRoDccts1 PARISHES
mount of ruin and snfering. These parishes ar4
otnte Coupee, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge,
ber7ale: Ascension: Assumption. La Fourche, st.
anles H. John the tsste, st. Chariea, TeEze Benae
nj p!n4uemiue. The overflow in these parishes covs
rs near 600 acree titled and untitled, including
production Of $1,000 hogsheads Of sugar. bcnilcs /
5ge product OF rtce and the crops Of email fae11
whom there are many hundreds, Who have
LOST THEIR s7ocx,
ID pretty much everything else they possess. Thu
op.,11on OF these parishes, according to the censuI
1870 was 50 3e8 whites. and 2,2t1 backs making
'tal OF l2o .6C0, from which must bc deducted thf
opulation OF East Baton Rouge, a sr:a portion ii
,at parish has suffered from overflow. That d.duos
on being made, tue parishes nam5d contain a popu.
ton OF oa6d3 In all the parishes named it il b.