The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-04-30

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Black river, 800; Marais, in.
Guiding that part of Concordia
parish on Black river, 500;
Wilson's, on Black river, 100;
Trinity, including Tensas
bayou and Little river, 1900;
Harrisonburg, including bayou
Louis, 1000; Starts landing. in
Guiding Braine landing, 800;
Carter's landing 400; Bunker
Hill, including both sides of
the river, and swamp between
Ouachita and BGuf, and be-
tween Ouachita and Beuf
river, 1000; St. Albans, includ-
ing the Baton on both sides,
! 1900; Hopewell and Waco, in.
cluding back swamp up to the
Ouachita line, 1000; Monroe,
1900; total, 1900. Now, at
the lowest estimate, this num-
Der may BE said to be
IN ACTUAL WANT,
And many have been so for
days, as they have now been
under water for some two or
three weeks. They have lost all
their hogs and nearly all their
cattle are either lost or starv-
ing. The people themselves
have
NEITHER MONEY NOR CREDIT,
Nor any place to go, and moth
ing to do. This estimate by
no means discloses the distress
of those residing on the small
bayous and creeks, who have
been overflowed by the back
water and foods Of rain. They
are, and generally have been.
on land, but have lost much Of
, their stock and improvements,
and are out of provisions and
money, and the prospects Of
making crops are so discour-
aging that none are willing or
able to advance supplies.
They, too, must suffer or re-
ceive assistance. If these be
added, the number needing
help is not short Of 25,OOO
people in the district referred
to.
The Times says the extent
of the damage which has re-
suited from the great overflow
is just beginning to be fully
understood. That it was vast
was readily conceived, but
that it should involve
FIVE MILLION ACRES
And a population of 17S,
600 was apparently beyono
reasonable calculation, yel
such is really the case. In the
cotton regions, it is now ascer
tanned that nine Of the larges1
and richest parishes producing
cotton have been inundated
The parishes Of Carroll, More
house, Richland, Madison
Franklin, Tensas, Caldwall
i Concordia. and Catahonla are
all overhowed. and the dood
J embraces fully 2, 100000 acres
The amount Of cotton land in
these parishes in actual cult
vation is ascertained to be
25O,OOO acres, besides 100000
acres in corn.
These estimates include only
; large farms, leaving out hun
dreds of small farms and al
estimates for cattle, hogs ane
gardens. The population O
these nine parishes is 2O,39;
whites, and 54,O33 blacks. &C
cording to the census of 1870
In sugar producing parishes
ascertained facts discover al
equal, if not a greater amour
Of
RUIN AND SUFFERING,
The parishes are Point Coupee
! East Baton Rouge, West Batol
Rnnge, Iberville, ascension, As
sumption, Lafourche, st James
St. John the Baptist, st. Charles
Terrebone and Plaquenine. Th
overflow in these parishes cover
} nearly 2,5OO,OOO acres titled an'
!, untitled land, including q produt
tion of 10000 hogsheads of sugar
besides large produce of rice
and crops of small farmers, /
whom there are many hundreds
VINO have lost their stock an
! pretty much everything else the
possessed.
A dispatch from Vidalia Coz
: cOrdia parish, says that y pull