The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-07
wArERY woEs.
Distrsss and suffering In the Rlooded
DiatEieIs In the Ronih.

MENPHis, TExS., March e.-The follow
ing telegram was sent this afternoon:
i MENPHts, TENNESSEE, March 6.
TO Governor Alrfa ]. HaWtinl NaStrillr
Tnaetsee;
Reports Of the suffering by the fnhabf
tants OF Tennessee, in those counties which
border on the Mississippi river, are daiiy
being received, and while the citizens 3
Memphis are doing everything IN thei,
power to relieve those In distress Il Il cyj,
dent that what Is being done Is inadeouatc
would therefore suggest to your excellen
cy that the Secretary OF War be officially
notified OF the distress which prevails n
this State to the end that q portion OF the
amount donated by Congress may be dis.
tributed among the needy Tennesseeans
whose lands have been inundated by The
present great overflow Of the Mississjppi
river. From the most reliable sources
learn that there are about $1,000 persons
who reside In the counties bordering the
river that are now suffering and should be
provided for the same as are the destitute
Of Arkansas and. Mississippi.
Nsigned NAPOLEON Hut,
President OF the Cotton Exchange.
AT 7 o'clock this morning the gauge nj
the river indicated 80 feet above low water
mark, showing rise OF four inches since
yesterday morning, doubtless caused BY
the local rains, which fell in torrents ali
yesterday afternoon and last night
throughout the entire country tributary to
Memphis.
The telegraph wires between Memphis
and Helena are down and nothing can be
heard from that point Great fears arr
entertained that the rains ofyesterday have
caused serious damage to that place, as the
Ilse mere was unprecedented and must have
been fully six inches ut Helena. All the
streams between here and Cairo, Ills. are
pouring out floods this morning and great
disaster to the country below must neces.
sarily be the result.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-The Secretary Of
War advised Governor Crittendeu. Of Nix.
souri,, that he will send ten thousand adj.
dittonal rations to the sufferers by floods
A telegram was received from the Post.
master at Vicksburg, stating th.t he leyee
was broken all along the river and many
were drowned.
NEw ORLEANS, March G.-The Picautns,s
GreenVille, Mississippi, special saws. The
pacKwater Is still rising and spreading, It
Is now IRON six inches to q ioet higher than
at any previous overflow since the country
was INST settled. There will be very little
land above water from the river front
places to the hills beyond Yazoo. Green.
vile Is secure from any possible overflow,
though the low points were at one time
threatened. Refugees from the oyerfiowed
plantations are congregatine here. and our
resources to feed and shelter them will ho
severely taxed. So far, relief avents have
not communicated with our local authori.
ties. Our Board Of Supervisors has asked
that some OF the Government rations be
sent here. The need is immediate.
The Sheriff OF Bolivar county had lodopd
his prisoners in Jail here. He yeports very
few plantations In his county with even n
stIlp o. !and above water, consequently the
loss oil stock there will be almost total. The
!eyees are thronged with negroes and stock,
whose condition is most deploable. As its
extent becomes known this calamity Be.
gins TO appal. A tax sufficient to rebuild
the teyees above would be almost insup-
portable; but that Is only an item, labor.
ers have lost their stock and moyables and
are in panic.stricken and demoralized
condition. Could transportation be se-
cured, there would be an exodns irom
here to the hills. The dependency Of the
planters and merchants is deepening.
AT hrst this blow was regarded as n disas.
yer, involving losses and hard times Now
II Is assuming graver and greater proper.
tons. The most thoughtful, us we'll as the
most sanguine, look upon It as disaster
greater than has ever beialten the bottom
country; lit will almost destroy the feeling
OF security with which our local capacity
to hold the levee was becoming to Be re.
garded. Upon this reliance was based the
railroad and other movements Of capital
towards fazoo and Delta, and if it goes,
al! possible prosperity to this section goes
win 7. The correspondent does not be-
..se l!eye thaI confluence OF hope can be re-
stored without National help to relieve the
leyees. 'N''S : VIZ