The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-06
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BY TELEGRAPH.
THE FLOODS.

CINCINNATI Aug 5.-The water is invading
the cellars on Broadway, Sycamore, Maia.
Walnut and Vine streets, up as hioh al
Second street.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 5-A dispatch from
Terre Haute says the Wabash River in
steadily falling. Railways have begun trans.
ferring passengers and mails. They can get
through tomorrow at Seymour. The Ohio
and Mississippi bridge is gone, and there
have been several wash outs on that road be-
Sides This city appeared to be the center of
the storm, extending about one hundred
miles in each direction. The total damage to
railroads, crops and private property in this
Congressional District is estimated at $10,-
100000.
MEMPHIS Aug. 5-The river at this point
| is rising steadily. and now stands 33 feet by
| the gauge, or within inches of the March
| rise, and with the rise reported at Paducah of
| l09 feet, and at Cairo of inches, the most
| hopeful persons here have abandoned all
hopes OF the river not passing that rise. 1t
may be of interest to state that on the 21st of
March the river reached 43 feet inches at
Cairo, the highest point; at st. Louis it stood
at feet, while at present Cairo show s fairly
Al feet III inches, and st. Louis ~ feet IL
inches, or three times the depth it had when
the spring food was at its height at Cairo.
Taking this as comparison, with an excess
OF foot and inches at Cairo, and nearly 10
feet at ST. Louis over the stage of the river at
that time, the outlook is not assuring.
During that food which reached its highest
point here on lst of April, or ten days after it
reached its highest point at Cairo, all exposed
lands were inundated, but the planters had
not commenced blowing and after the water
receded planted lanes lately flooded between
this point and O,ceola mostly in corn, which
is already greatly damaged or totally lost.
Capt Joplin, of steamer Frank Forrest, es-
Inmates that one-half of the corn crop along
the river between here and Oscela is ruined,
and fully one-fith of the cotton crop, with
water slowly and steadily encroachiog upon
cotton lands below here On Mississippi side
very little damage has been done and planters
are still hopeful and busily engaged in
strengthening the levees. But on the Arkansas
side where lands are unprotected the damage
already done is considerable and planters gem
orally are unable to do anythin, to avert the
danger. It is feared that freshet in Arkansas
River will cause great damage to fine planting
lands where it meets the back water from the
Mississippi.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 5.--Heavy rain storm this
morning, Reports from above state planta-
tons on Islands 10 and IS are being sub
merged, and at New Madrid the overflow is
running through sunken lands to ST. Francis
Valley. The water here is rieing steadily
and slowly encroaching upon exposed
plantations below. The crevasse at De-
Soto front has been repaired. Planters be-
tween here and Helena are working hard to
protect their lands.
A private dispatch from Pine Bluff, Ark,
says the river rose 6 inches this morning, and
is within 4 feet of high water. A telegram
from Little Rock reports another rise, with
20 feet on the gauge.
CINCINNATI, Aug Sit is difficult at this
time to form more than q rough estimate Of
the damages done to crops by the rain and i
| overflow in the valley, but it is believed they
will be heavy. the wheat crop had suffered
! severely by the cold weather IN the spring,
and half of what was planted was winter
killed; of the remainder it is believed one
third is hopelessly lost, and the balance par
TALLY damaged, though it is believed the dam
age will be much less than is generally ex-
pected.
The acreage Of wheat sown was larger than
last year, and the relative yield compared
with last year will be SO per cent less.
The chief damage to corn is in the river
bottoms, where the crop is total loss; that
planted ON high ground has suffered princi-
pally from being broken down. The acreage
was much larger than last year and the pros
poets before the food were favorable for an
unusually large crop.
It is now thought there will be q fair aver
age crop, not much if any less than last year.
Much depends, however, upon favorable
weather for the remainder of the season.
The oat crop has suffered more seriously
than either the wheat or corn, having bee
beaten fat and so badly damaged that 1t viii
be impossible to harvest it. The per mt
saved will be very small.
The barley suffered severely from the cold
weather and but little was growing. OF this
grain the quantity saved in condition for
mailing will be comparatively Insignificant.
The hay promises partial crop, but o
inferior quality,
TERRE HAUTE, Aug 5.-The Wabash is
slowly falling.
The first mail from the East since Saturday
same on last nights train.
The Express Of this morning estimates the
loss to the crops and the destruction of
property in fourteen counties tributary to
Terre Haute at not less than Sl2 900, 900.
BERLIN, Aug. 5-M. Brnghock, the Egypt
ian Commissioner to the United States Gen.
tennial Exhibition, has arrived here. Egypt
is preparing for a brilliant display of her pro-
ducts at Philadelphia. She has hitherto been
acting in the matter unfortunately 10 France.
but will now make her arrangements in con
junction with Germany.