Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-25
THE FLOODED VALLEY.
Further Details from the Overlooked
DistrIcIs-Relief for the Sufferers.

a NEW ORLEANS, Marcn 4.-SO far the rel
4lief committee report $4,000 in cash con-
8tributions, besides lumber and other sup-E
zplies. They propose at present to raisel
1880, 700, most of which will be invested inl
Eforage for stock, if the issue OF govern
Sment rations is continued. The louisiana
commissioner have asked the Secretary of
SWar for 100000 more rstions, half of themI
Ito be delivered here by the 25th and the bal
lance by the 1st proximo. The crevasse at the
MOUND plantation, on Bayou Crosse .Tete
ION the east bank, is reported to be doingI
Hgreat damage to the sugar plantations inl
athat section. The overflow of Bayou Crosse.
aTete is caused by water from the PointeI
kCoupee crevasse.
q A dispatch from the President Of the!
4police Jury of West Baton Rouge parish,
s5concerning the levees, says: "The river
7ashows half an inch decline since last night.
ave are becoming well fortified sill along
The lines, and hope to hold out against all
that may come. Constant watching Isl
Z sSnecessary to prevent accident"
A letter received to-day reports the wash
ling away of several houses by a crevasse,
8below Water Proof, on the 2lst inst.
81 The Times Democrats steamer Tensas ar
s7rived at Delhi yesterday. Its correspondent
tal6I6RTapub RTdQulC uceCElpbiOu VI dlldlTb lDl
81 hat section and along the Black river. Att
the mouth Of the Red river information wasI
obtained that the Hog Point creVasse hadI
Submerged six large plantations. TheI
kAstock had generally been sent outI
saof that section to the hills in
n mississippi. On the way up to Delhi theI
Sasteamer picked up several families whoI
Eawere in search Of high ground. AfterE
ksreaching the mouth of the Black river thei
s&aUfiVQ frvTN TNracantad fbo nft
81 vast inland sea, not spot of land beingI
Ssvisible anywhere. The houses of the SQUAT
i. ters, or small farmers, were abandoned andA
ii almost submerged. Only the chimneysE
#snd roofs of the houses were to be seenI
ssabove the flood. The occupants had longE
4 :ince removed their stock and householdk
%goods TO the high lands further up theE
81 liver. These people, having no credit, can
,anot furnish themselves with provisions The
spresent distress will be relieved by the
ssration agents at Troy and other points,
&sNearly all the women and children IN this
S5section have been sent to the hills, but the /
Ssmale people, white and colored, are livipgk
s3n gin houses and corn cribs, the floors Of i
(which are scaffolded up above the water }
Il They are working hard to save their stock
Hby conveying them on flatboats to the highE
Hand. AT least eight plantations on Black {
Esriver are submerged, with nothing to mark
II heir locality but the house tops. The
\ water in the fields was six feet
S1eep, and the only means of
|scommuuic is by boats. Rats filed
@with frightened cattle, and poultry huddled
Ntogether on house tops made a scene of
utter desolation and difficult to describe.
After leaving the town OF Troy and enter
Hing the Tepsas river, no land was seen until
4the Bayou Macon hills were reached,
7distance of lightweight miles, and the trip
Through this section of the State was moreS
slike q sea than river voyage. By inter
SIviewiDg the white and colored people, II
WAS ascertaiped that along the Tensas river
Every little actual suffering for the want of
Stood prevails, as the colored people have so T
Sifar been furnished with food by the planters.
q The stock from this section has generally
ebeen sent to the hills. Prominent planterse
aon the Tensas stated that they were
#opposed to the issuance of government
SratioDs, as there was no destItution alonge
Eathat river so great that the people could not 1
larelieve, and rations would demoralize 2
laborers. The planters generally are able toE
l3teed their hands until the food is over. Thek
anegroes had already refused to assist ins
conveying out the stock, saying that the &
4 government would send them rations. /
SOther planters, however, said many ofthem
'3should not get the city merchants to adj &
vance supplies, and, unless the government
furnished rations there would be great des- :
zitution among the colored people. Lieuten !
sant Randolph, who was detailed by order off
The War Department to investigate the con- {
4dition of the people in this section
H0f the country, has carefully questionedE
81 hose whom he met, and from the facts
8he obtained the conclusion was reached that
: AT present the only general destitution thstN
HOrevails is among the white and coloreds
squatters, who cultivate small farms and
Nhave no help, and have neither credit nor
Amoney. The Times Democrats steamer is
rendering good services in this section.
# DELHI, LA, March PA special says thef
EBlack and Tensas rivers and Bayou Macons
are rising rapidly. aud fears are entertained 5
hat the stock scaffoded along those streams
III will be drowned. The loss of stock Is nowh
%estimated at 5000 and the loss in fences
s will amount to 500, 600; So 900 people lives
4along these streams and cultivate one hun
4dred thousand acres of land. The over Z
NAow In Concordis parish extends from
Z ihe Black to the Mississippi river, a dIstance
#of thirty-five miles; in Tensas parish, from
athe Tensas river and Bayou Macon to thes
q Mississippi river, distance of thirty miles: I
& 4 Franklin parish. from the Tensas TO the5
MOuchita river, a distance of ten miles; inE
u Madison parish, from Bayou Macon to thet
Mississippi river, a distai ce of tbrty-fY1N
miles; in East Carroll, from Bayou Macon to
he Mississippi, distance of ten miles I
In the upper portion of Franklin parishk
t#WcoJ VI tut ulllS VI luC loNSaS, bJdTIE
Nat Bayou Macon, the flood extends to the (
%Ouchita river, a distance of fifteen miles. !
a The Tensas river, since Saturday, has risen
H1ve feet, and is still rising at the rate off
Il eleven inches In twentY-four hours. Along
n The Tensas and Bayou Macon the wa
FER is three feet higher than in +
SlS74, aud the unprecedented fowl
rs accounted for by the breaks in levees
At Milliken's Bend and Goodrich landing
e The rations which have been sent up in this i
section are sufficient to supply the wants
3 lf the destitute people for some time, un-E
less the food become still more disastrous
The people are allin good health, and say.
II the water subsidies by the middle of May,
they will make full crop.
VICKsBURG, March "a - The steamers
aCharles Morgan, which arrived to. day, re-
\ ports that at Oliver M. Wells plantation, 25X
+ miles below Natchez, the boat was hailed s
4 and Mr.. Wells stock was taken on board &
4 and brought to Natchez. We'll informedN
Efhe officers of the Natchez that at daylightE
s on Tuesday morning he had fully 1000 acresE
s lut of water, but by noon there was not footN
\ # land to be seen anywhere. Pilot Richie,
40f the Morgan, says he has been on the riVerE
35 years, and that this year land has been &
overtiowed which had never been under#
$Water before.
Z The news from the southern portion OH
East Carroll and Madison parishes is very
4 Hdistressing, and the indications are that
more lives will be lost. The Kate Dickson
brought in three barges containing four
hundred head OF stock and about seventy
1people, mainly refugees from the overfowedE n
sections. At Sam Nelson's place, at Arcadia
Handing, there are about seventy acres outk
Of the water in front of the levee, on whicbk
z there is large number of people and stock N
At the plantation of W. H. Edgington. in
Eagle Bend, there are some three hundred
acres out of water. The flood has fallen
4ffteen inches at that point. The backwater@ 3
from steel's bayou has broken the levee at
8Cottonwood Point for a distance of one#
& hundred yards The backwater is three
8 feet higher than the river, and is runningf
! over from Tennessee Landing down to i
Chatard, distance of seven miles. A man
aamed Leopold was drowned at Brunswick
Z On Wednesday.
4 WASHINGTON, March "a The Secretary
Z Of War has ordered 250,0O0 rations to be q
purchased in New Orleans to morrow forN
the use of the destitute people of Missis- S
sippi, and that 100000 be Issued to Gen.
y #Mangum, Commissioner for the State of
Arkansas, at Helena.
The President OF San DomIngOS
Shot Ats