, 1875-08-09
THE CROPS.
Tho Flood-I'nnic tn Indiana Grad.
ually SuI,sislinH.
The Total Loss, Though Groat, Not &c
Much rs It Wa, Heckoned,
Sundny Harvesting In tho Whcat-Ficlls
OF Minnesota.
Tho Water Of tho Mississippi All Running
to Ono End,


1EnhE HAcrE, Iud" Aug. H. GAo inundated
district IL comprsod chiefly In the valley Of The
Wabash River. beginning about 25 miles above
Lafayette. and extending 10 the mouth of the
Wabash. For that histsNce, tlls bottoms from
10 milos in width along the river, wete ovor-
flowed, tho wator thsoe days since being from 2
to IL feet deep, from which IL IL now reccding.
a careful estimate, bnsed on comparison Of 70.
ports received by tho railway conipamea whose
limos traverse this region. ani whlc!, agroo
with tho reports from other relialJlo
sources. and Ia confirmed by my
own obsorvationB, shows that tho arca Of tho
bottom lnhds inuntatod is hctween 45D and $40
e1uaro miles. 0f tais, not 10 exceed 45D waB
uuIor cultivation. Tito cropa horo hnyo boon
totally destroyed. much of tho growing corn
having been swent away. while tho rest Is loft
rul,eA.. 1seckouiug fifty bushoia to tho aero as
Tho probable crop OF the overs'owod bot,oms ,sl-
dor cultivation, the loHs exceeds s,Ouo 600 BUSH
Ella Besides. tho overflow OF tic tribu.a-
rios OF tho Wnbash hns cansed a
loss Of about 81 noarly as can DO
asgrogato Of l0.000.00o busl,es. The figures
look big, bnt tho fact In that thote arc no two
Of tho countfss which suffered in which tue area
under cultivation IL mt etlual OF Ereatsr, than
that OF tho Inundated strip nlong tie Wabash
aggeEatton Of The damage to tho low-lanlH not
lying Oh tho Wabash or its tr4luta1ies. This
WaH+ few days slnco, estimated no c1nnl to 10
1cr cont Of tho ontlro crop OF Contral aud
Southern 1nd,nna.
The panic IL now subsiding, and tho hotter
estimates placo the damage At not moro tllnn 20
por cont Of tho crop Of Conlrai mud Sonthc1n
Indiana. Extensive inquiry and aid through
considerable portious OF the district satiHfy ,1lo
That 10 per cent would bo too great an ca,inluto.
Tho late cool wcatller has Ind q favorable effect
and It is mare thnu likely tie crop returns fro
these low lastls will show but comparatively
Ia Il. !
when tho forty-tays' ra!u Het III is found to hive
boou damaged Icss tIian was estimated,
tho lo,s being hut from 10 to Ii per
ceut OF tho crop, iuatcad Of 80, as
first reported. Tho total loss according to tho
reports rocciycd from ovory quarter, viii ho nt
least lully offset by tho crop yioll generally,
which. unless further tlienBter occur on tue
lands that ercapcd tho Hood, will br FULLY equal
to that of the best years, while tho area utter
cultivation ls greater tlan aver before, the acrc-
age, according to some estimates, being 10 per
cent morn than that Of last year. This, however,
In probably all over.estiinnto.
Tie namaao to tho out crop is estimated at
from 20 to 10 per cent, tho former figure being
moro ncnrly accurate.
The Waonnh Is fnllfng rarid!y at all points
nbovo thia city, and has 1oAchod lta extreme
height. 1t il believed. ri SfnceunaB. There hayo
boon no rains for tho rnst Bsx or seyep days.
lie water-cotrses are rapidly cn,ptyinE thom-
Ee1ves. Complete taltsoad communication will
be restored within a few dhys, u1cept one or two
now roads, md Tho prevailing toue IL moro
cheerful,
panded on tho Evansville Il Cincinnati Railroad
by reason OF bsealss occaRioued by high matcr III
the Wh.to mud Wabash 1tisors.
TEnNE HAuTg, Ind. Aug. 7.-The breaks and
'lamago in tho vahlaltn limo have been required,
ana all trains will run regularly without transfer,
beginning Tomorrow night. Tho Ohio l. Ma
siasipri TOAD haa lost Its Wasbash HIvor trestle
opposite Vinconnes.