The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-04-25
r. Louisiana Ovsrasw,


The nore do,ail We receive o. The IL.
undations II Loaisians, the Wider se find
ske diariet submerged and the greater the
distress &C the sufferers Besides the val
lef q The Mississippi, the kw lands along
tie Red and Oaachisa rivers are overflow
ed The socas h<isg reported porth o Red
river, frOa Ray, Carrell, Msaisoa, Tensass
Concov,lia. OAsaehisa. Franklin, Csiahoola,
Murchoase. CaldEsA ana RiehlAad par
ishes. This Is IN The part 81 Louisiana
where The MississivFi foE@s she eastern
bOusdary, aud oaly tn OveraOgs On the
Louisiana iank arr reported. Tbs water
extends back from the rivers Cor many
miles, iuandziing probably 10000 Of
acres in the parishes named. Of which
2j0, 900 are cultivated in cotton and 1907
600 in corn. Below the Red river Is the
sugar region, and there arc oyerhows from
some ffleen creyaSses, inundating the par
ishes Of S. Coupe, East and West Baton
Rouge, IbervilIe, Asseneion, Assumption,
Lafourche, Terre Bonnc, st. Mary, st.
John Baptist, ST. Charles, Jefferson, PA
quemiue and ST. Bernard Oves 100000
acres in these parishes are cultivated in
sugar. A rough estimate indicates that
nearly one-sixth Of the State Is oyerhowed,
and there Is scarcely aplrisk bordering on
the Mississippi from the northern bOunda-
~ Of Louisiana 10 the Gulf that is not a
sufferer from the foundations, whilst a
number that are bsck from the river, aud
located on lis tributaries, are also partially
submerged The number Of people who
are partially or wholly ruined, and many
Of whom are in absolute want Of food, IS
stated at 5000, whils, it the high water
continues this number viii be increased
to $4,000. The New Orleans Relief Com
mittee think the seasons crops for all these
people are entirely destroyed, as there can
not be subsistence Of the waters sufficient
to permit Of cultivation for sixty days to
come Seven towns have been submerged.
The sugar plantations are ruined for two
years TO come, whilst the cotton fields can
not be replanted until June. The inun-
dation Is reported to be by far the most
extensive tina, has ever happened to the
State, and to prevent a future recurrence
there is great anxiety in Louisiana to have
the Government take charge Of the leyecs.
Mayor Judson, of Albany, was installed
on Tuesday His frs. official act was 10
call on the citizens Of Albany to respond
to the appeal for help from Louisiana. and
TO recommend that the unexpended bal
anccs Of the contributions for the Chicago
sufferers be devoted to the purpose.
The Mayors Of BroOklyn ard Newark
have received kilograms from the Mayor Of
New Orleans asking aid for the sufferers
by the great food
At meeting in Boston on Tuesday,
twenty merchants were appointed to raise
contributions for relief, and the other cit
les Of New England were asked to coop
crate. A despatch was at once sent 10
New Orleans authorizing draft for ten
thousand dollars.
Captain Porter, Of the steamer Alice.
who arrived at New ORLEANS on Tuesday.
reports that the whole Of the Amite valley
Is under water The river bank. usually
IL to Is feet above water mark, is now
submerged to depth Of feet, and the
people have fed to the highlands. Gen.
JET. Thompson reports from Baton Rouge
that the Hickey creyasse is 1900 feet
wide, and the water, Q feet deep. is hoE-
ing through it at a velocity OF s miles per
hour. The McWilliam creyasses are each
$50 feet wide, but will be closed in a few
days. The towns Of Greenwood and Bar
tonia, on the YazoO river, are entirely sub
merged. Along the lower Arkansas and
White rivers the situation is terrible, and
in many places the people are in want Of
food. There were indications of more IA in
in the Mississippi Valley on Tuesday.
The rise in the Mississippi still eontin-
ues. The Mississippi Central Railroad
has been broken north Of Canton, Tenn,
BY the overflow, and the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad is in imm inent danger.
Accounts from Vicksburg late Thursday
night report the river as still rising.