Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-03-18

StOOu. l. H6 I0N60 10 Sdlu " nave
been cut mile above Friar's Point
yesterday to prevent the town from
being washed away.
Memphis Appeal, March 10.
Mr.. n. w. Speers, Sr., who has
for the past year been living on the
Tyronza river, about twenty-four
miles west of Memphis, returned to
the city yesterday, being driven
away by the high water. His place
is near Black Oak ridge, a point nev-
er before known to overflow, but
now nearly all under water. He
was two days coming from the Ty-
roma, in dug out, to Memphis.
After travelling about fourteen miles
in the canoe, he came to ridge,
where a mule was employed TO
drag the dug-out about three miles,
to another starting point by water.
Outside of few ridges, the whole
country, from Memphis to st. Fran
els river is under water. MeSserS
Fulwood, Martin, Craven, Roman
and several others in the neighbOr-
hood were large stock raisers, and
there were probably 10000 cattle
roaming through the bottoms when
the floods came. Many of these
have been drowned. Those left
are collected on the ridges, or in
houses that have been deserted by
the people. The gentlemen named
are caring for number of people
whose houses have been flooded
and provisions destroyed. Mr..
Speers speaks in the highest terms
of the noble efforts of several we'll
to-do farmers to provide for their
unfortunate fellOW-citiZens. Many
of the poorer people along the Ty-
roma are sadly in need of assist
ance, having lost everything. That
portion of the country has generally
escaped overflow, and none had
made provision for such a volume
of water as reached there this win
ter. Mr.. Speers says he saw over
fifty deer on one little ridge near
Mack's bayou, just after the first
rise. He could have shot deer from
his cabin door had not some one
stolen his gun. Fifty-two deer had
been killed within four days by peo-
pie in the neighborhood. Mr.. Speers
reached Memphis with his feet bad
ly swollen and quite sore from being
so much in the water. He will be
probably all right in few days,
and return when the water goes
down.
Some of the people from the over
flowed country near Horn Lake
Landing report that on the 7th in
stant Billy Williams, with his wife
and five children, attempted to
come to Memphis In a skiff to get
rations; that the boat became en-
tangled in some way, and, being
heavily loaded began to take in
water. Nearly all on board jumped
into the water, and Williams wife
and two of the children were
drowned. The accident occurred
just above Col. Ensley's place.
p NEW ORLEANS, March 10.-The
New Orleans, Chicago d st. Louis
r. r., is again submerged in the
neighborhood of Water Valley,
Miss. The overflow has assumed
alarming proportions, inundating
all that section of the country.
Trains are unable to proceed fur
ther north than Coffeeville Station,
this side of Water Valley. An ar
rival from Red river reports $50
families below Alexandria living
on RATS and in most deplOrable
condition.
Bayou Sara levee is still giving
away rapidly. IT is all green earth,
and crumbles as fast as the water
pushes against it. The gap is about
1000 feet wide, and the water, as it
goes through, about ten feet deep,
but rapidly digging deeper and
spreading far and wide over the
country, will overflow part of this
parish, all of West Baton Rouge,
and portions of Assumption, her
vile, st. Marys, Iberia and Terre
Bonne-the richest sugar district Of
Louisiana. The False river and
Grosse-Tete country will soon be
inundated. The loss of property
and the sufferings of the people will
be terrible. The State engineer
says that it is useless to attempt to
stop the crevasse. The people of
Bayou Sara are making a brave
fight against the food. All the
stores are closed, and every man is
at work upon the levees which pro-
tect the place, while a draining
machine is working against the
fearful pressure.
The Times-Democrat's Bayou
Sara special says: "This crevasse
will flood every place on False river
from Waterloo to the Vincent plan
- - -
places, causing loss of about 1000
hogsheads of sugar, besides a great
loss of stock and other property.
The chances are, all of the Crosse
Tete country will go under. AT last
accounts the water was on a level
with the levee, and this sudden in
crease will certainly goover."
The Times-Democrat's Yazoo
City special says: "The water is
rising rapidly and planters who
three days ago argued against an
overflow, are now moving their
stock to the hills. Many cattle and
mules passed through here to-day.
Deer driven out by the back-water
are scattered over the highlands.
The back part of our city is under
water and many houses have been
abandoned. One house was carried
off by the food"
In reply to a telegram from j.
Floyd King and e. John Ellis, con-
gressmen from Louisiana, asking
for a full and authentic account of
the destruction in Louisiana by the
overflow, Colonel Thomas l.. Airey,
president of the Cotton Exchange,
sent the following: "The chief
State engineer informs me that the
overflow in Louisiana covers large
part of the rear lands of East Car
roll, Madison, Tensas, Gencordia,