Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-19

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New ORLEANS, March 1S.-There have
been reported hilty-three breaks in the leyees
between Hushepuckana and Greenville, and
the greatest suffering is being experienced.
dispatch says the water from Millken's Bend
has submerged the town of Newton and
houses along the bank for miles into the
country. The steamer Cannon arrived from
IVicksburg yesterday: Capt: Campbell says he
Irescued over 200 head of cattle, mules, ETC.,
and number of families from the ends OF the
levee, and at one place went out into swamp
about mile and half for thirty yeopIe who
were literally starved to death.
The captain reports terrible condition of
affairs below, and says there are instances of
| not only lack of means, but absolute power
ty. The pilots of the Cannon report five feet
of water over Newtown, Miss. Below New
town, the whole country, with the exception
| OF Natchez, is submerged on the Louisiana
side. Drovland plantation at Point Coupe,
Hogs Point, four miles below
the Red river; the Gibson place,
sixteen miles from Natchez, and the Coleman
| plantation about twenty miles above, are still
water proof and the only sites where land can
| be seen at all. So far the damage to the sugar
| producing section of Louisiana has been COM
parativeIy light Two hundred and sixty
| thousand government rations have been dis
| tributed in this state, besides contributions
by private citizens. Gov. Lowrey has received
applications for rations Cor 10000 people.
Madison parish having added IL, 900 to its pre-
vious applications.
The clerk of the steamer Natchez says mat
tiers are good deal worse than on the last
trip Stock is in a terrible condition. In any
little knoll in the overlooked districts you can
see from thirty to forty cattle, and sometimes
several dead ones lying beside their living
companions. The gnats are literally eating
them alive. On one part OF the levee on the
down trip there was pile of wood about half
submerged, and on top of 1t were twenty sheep
| and large number Of hogs that had taken
refuge from the water, but would soon starve.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
sT. LOUIS, March IS.-The government
steamer Gen. Barnard, which has been loading
| here with government ratiors this afternoon
| and tonight, will start down river tomorrow.
She will take l75,OOO ratious, besides large
amount of food, clothing, ETC., con-
tributed by the people of the city.
where she will discharge rations for northern
| Mississippi counties, then proceed to Helena,
where she will leave supplies for Arkansas,
| with the state commissioners stationed there,
| and then go to Vicksburg. If she is not
| wanted for other service at the latter point,
| she will return to st. Louis and take down
another load of provisions.
| She will also have on board over 20,000 ra-
tions, which the officer in charge is instruct
ed to dispense to any suffering people whom
| he may encounter on the way down. Five
thousand rations will be left at New Madrid,
Mo-, for the suffering at Meldon, Mo.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 1S.-The river de-
clined two inches to-day. and now marks
| thirty five feet two inches in the guage. The
government steamer G. D. Rease arrived to-
| day and will be provisioned to supply the
| needy at points below.
Major Benham, of st. Louis, will arrive to-
| morrow and have charge of the distribution.
Lieut.. Vedder left to-day to investigate the
| suffering at points below Vicksburg, and
Capt. Lord departs to morrow on the same
| mission. The reports from below are all to
the effect that the river is gradually falling
from Memphis to Vicksburg. The appeals
Helena (Ark.) special says the river declined
| two and quarter inches in the last twenty
| four hours. The overflow, however, fell less
| than an inch. Beyond this there is no notable
| changes.
Commissioner Mangum received advices
| from St. Louis to-day that $4,000 rations had
been shipped for this point. They are expect
| ed to arrive Tuesday.
| The tug Stafford touched here at D. n. to-
| day, remaining but a few minutes. Cries for
assistance are heard from every quarter. Ev-
cry effort is being put forth by private citizens
to render such relief as is in their power. The
steady continued fall in the river has infused
| new life into our people and they are almost
jubilant, but are temperately prudent for the
| future.
The Gtobe-DemOcrat's dispatch boat reached
Helena, Ark, this afternoon The river has
fallen two inches at that point. The Arkansas
Midland train went through to Clarendon for
| the first time in nineteen days, running IN
water foot deep. The overflow has departed
| from Clarendon, except ia the low places,
while the river is falling rapidly Judge Man
| gum, the commissioner for Arkansas, who
has established his headquarters at
Helena, says that he has $4,000
people on his list now being fed by the gov
eminent, and ON half rations at that, He says
the number viii! now be largely increased, as
he can reach much greater number from He
lena than from any other point, that being
| about the center of the greatest suffering. He
thinks the government will have to feed the
people for month. There is very great suf-
| fering in the region of Helena, some of the
people being reduced to eating the carcasses
of drowned animals, and others are beginning
| to present the appearance of persons going
| insane from starvation.
| sHoRTAGH OF COTTON CROP.
| IL. S. Montgomery, president of the Mer-
chants Compress and Storage company at
Memphis, told correspondent he did not
think more than half crop of cotton could
be raised this year. The overlooked district, he
| said, produces over a million bales, and
even if the water subsidies rapidly, of which
there is doubt,no more than the average of last
year can be planted. Other persons, however.
| take different view of the situation and
| think the LAM can he nranared in saacon for
planting, and that a fair average crop will be
| raised.
| Labor Troubles Adjusted.
! PITTsBURG, March 1S.-The difficulties ex-
listing between'the Amalgamated ASSOCIATION
of iron and steel workers and the Bessemer
/ steel company at Homestead, Pa, were ami