, 1875-07-12

tho hoott. and wDrB unable To MAKO theif ebcAl"'
and IN tho work Of saving tho nnsssofs an p'n ta,
their lisch. On Thursday tho Font heut, "N.sa,
councctA 1T. CypEien will, tho cnutss ~ that Ehl.
oY Toulouse which n bnlt Oh tho rtHlt BANK OF
Tue a1onno ~ ea,fe' s', a"Hy ~ pus tuhriIo si
GRADUALLY rettrinY, revealed tho, a1teHt % ""
calamity. At Verlun, on the uhsnf''n' 10 ~
department. Of Arioae. fftf lioures "efn car1'f''
away, and arabic fields we're s*ent hare: In
tho valleys OF tho trihutaslos Of tho tiaron''o
ilisasterB of The ramo kind ocrnrrod. t!'o dam.
ago tlono being very conslderabio ln those y!
asIo Tarn and t,or.. A. h"ca ~, mo 10Y" ln"e' psf.
wero tho !loods confined to tho basin nf tho
(;arouuc, At 1arbes the A,Ionr. "lnch. like tho
taronno has its o1Egin in tho 1'yrehnes, roac and
carried away the seson,ssesa GraKe o. .h.s
tho cessation Of the rain, but It in fcared ttlnt
tho melting OF tho SNOW OIL the mountains may
cause the river to rlBe lltuher than before. The
no much destruction "A st TouIouse, whore for
two days tho Inhabitants watcled the currcnt II
It bore down tho trees, tho timber Ut houses,
ehcdB and novels which ha'I best, swept away, to-
Ee,s, T e Of 9srstue + @ t. he ann
quarter alone $50 dead bodies Aavo been
fund, and 10000 pernone sro nnld to l.ayo
i,oen loft destitute. The Garonne lsas repnta-
tion for Hoods. Having shorter eonrss aud a
smal1or basin than tho Loiro It ncverthclesa
carries greater volume Of water than that great
river down to tho sea. But the coutee of tho
rivor Ia olstTucted by sAnd-banks which shift
with tho floods. Tho most dibastrons innnda-
ton on sooora is that of ITO whom tho river
rose 23 feet above fta ordinary lorel. Tie AoodH
of tho uaronne, Ii numerous, Rro not, aH ruic
as dangerous Rs those OF soino French rivers,
md thus, In the absence of exact statements al
10 tho height to which tho water russo on We'd
f1oetlay, tie number OF doAths by drowning and
the gTent loss of property ato point 10 tlls cor
clusion that THU last innndntion WAS ono Of
unusual character. Tho south OF Franco
a.ss ss ,rsy' Il s Gs'n % %r9eassy 1y x sS' ta to a
tral departments arc not entirely ex-
ompt. In lAAG tho Lnlre roso 20 feet In o,lo
night, md tho damage domo amounted to "a
00U. .0G0, tho OrlcanH and Vierzon viadnct. which
the inundatons in tho South were so Ronufal
aud disastrous that hubstrtptions wero opened
for thu sufIarors In foreign countries. C4a.000
having boon contributed tn London. In Juno,
tracts Of country from Paris to 'Lyons and on
ward to the sea wore laid under waler tho rivers
carried down human bodes, the works or man
and tho produce of the Garth, aud the streota Of
tho fnte Emperor visited Lyons he Ind to give
up his horse, and WAS rowed from place to place.
Al the Orleans railway Btation tho water reached
tho fourth story. In some places whole villages
wore swept aWny. 1n 1HGG the Valley OF lilo
Loire WAS again tho scone Of similar devassa-
tlon. Terrible, however, ~ thcRe foundations
were, thoy wero not no awful ~ those which had
occurred In October, 1893, whcu tho Saone poured
ito wators Into tue tho hhone, broke through It's
banks aud covered G0, ,0D0 acsos Lyons was III.
undated, 100 houses wcro swept away ID Avig-
non, 3lB at La Gullotloro, anu 800 st Matselllcs
and SisncH.
now AnnlcrLrunrBrs AND ssAsufAcrrRERa ARE
lIRELr TO III: AFFECTED ~ TIE DIsAhrEES.
i,ondon Itff9raEh, June A.
Tho rain which refreshed our cereals, revived
tho epititB OF our inoadoWH and Hweed tho VOL
ume Of our attcnuatca etrean,s atfortnieht back,
has had DISASTROUS effects i'll tho borth Of france.
Like fire, water is capital servant, but = tUrst-
bic master, And In Ennny Languedoc 1t has over
powered man and Lis works, and deHolatel q
province with the old and not unfamiliar c1lzae Of
inundatou. The rain, 1t appears, hns fallen tn
that region with troplca! pfotuBion aud persiat-
ence that would do crodt To Galway OF the Isle
OF Skye, and. ~ result, most OF tho rivera
throughout the South Of Fraucc;;tho Garonno,
tic Tarn. the Gers, tho Alour-haye oyarlowod
thoir banks, deluging sho fields, washing away
the crops. flooding Tho 1ow-lying suburbs OF
towns. drowning CATTLE md carrying away rail-
why bridges. In aomo ptacea the daronne 10
said to bo miles wlde; at Toulouse itself whole
Hhiio tue traffic over the railway lines has locn
interrupted III eevoral ptnccs. The o1tont OF tho
fnuudations is said to oxcoeA TINT Of the floods
Of 1866 whom tho late Emperor Napoleon per-
ttibuted relief at tile coat Of aome dangcr TO
lltnself, though In 3 way that greatly enhanced
hls popularity. Tho present vt1ltatlon also has
been promptly met BY tue Government. which
asked FROM the National Assembly, ard 1t once
obtained, grant OF Il 000 as = lrHt iuatallmbnt
for tho aid Of tho AulICrerb.
Tho south Of Franco has proapored go much
from the snperhbundauce OF last year'R harvest
thRt sevoro indgonce will probably be ths lot OF
few, oven though the atos Of inuudaton DO
larger thai has boon yet reported. TAe French
peasant IL penutiouB and frugal, and Aia ciaHac-
tcr In these respects Anewers tho double purpose
Ii. i.i.S
day and Of costing him loss for nero Hustouaneo
than our bsai-tcd aud heer.drlnklng, Lut most
inpEovident, workiagu1an requires. but Toa-
| louse. Auch, and other towua named have coll
siderable manufacturing populations, anti 1t is
they who will chiouy suffer aud be tho ohjocts Of
| Government MD. For all that, tile visitation.
unlike tho calamity In Asia Minor, for which
English help has beon earnestly sought And ia
urgently needed, will have . comparatively mod
crato range, aud vii! be llttlo felt III rics. and
progressive country. Tho chief lesson it tcncheB
| IL tho difficulty Of measuring tho force
| of elemental outbreaks it, tho sonth Of
| Franco. Although ,nuudatin1a, the result of rain
storing that gathered aud discharged like water
| spouts, have boon periodical occurrences frnm
time immemoslAl. tho French havo moi even yot
| fallen OH aflcotual meana OF Rrrest!nR thcir
raVRgtA. This IL tls moro sNrpFialllR, ~ river
I Ike the GAronns deBolAtes much richer regionH
| than docs the imp0tuous shannon whon it takes
| to all excursua among tue adjoining bogs. peat
naassos. and potato patches Tho unzD, tho wine,
| tho oil, tho fair a1palssa OF hncst wheat, tho
clustering and tho trolliBod vnoa. tla oltvo aud
mulberry trees, arc tho victims OF tho southern
| rlvsra riutous out0urzta whon the volume Of
| ws,er has become uncomfortable and tho bauks
| aro overloapod by the impatient torrent. Let US
hope the present lesson Yill not DO lott. and
that Ill. Loon hay, whose next budget will he
nel.hnr more nor 1ars than reflection Of tho
| coming harvest, will allow something from tue
Iisss'ry to protect tho fertility and industry Of
! tho houth.