Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-03-17
Southern Floods.

ST.. LOUIS, March 14.-Gen. Beck
with, Of the commsisary department,
who has charge of the distribution Of
government rations from this city to
the flooded districtr on the lower Mis-
sissippi river, received the following
dispatch from Captain J. S. Land,
dated Memphis:
| have just arrived here Found
Premicat county in y distressing con-
dition, being entirely submerged and
about 1000 people entirely destitute.
Supplies sent to Gagosa are beng care
fully distributed, and will last until
about March 25th. More should be
sent there, rs the people arc in a very
bad condition and will go down. The
government shoud prevent starvation,
and should care for them at least until
May lst. About 800 people are desti-
tute at Hathaway, Tenn, $50 at Tip
tonville, 200 at Haler Point, Tenn, $50
at Bayfield, Point, and 800, in The Vi
cinity of Osceola, are badly IN want
AT 0scaola some stores have
been received, but not sufii-
cient. General Beckwith has also
received the following from Capt. Lee,
dated at Memphis: / returned here
Saturday night My dispatch of the
9th inst, fall short Of the actual desti-
tuition and the magnitude of the over
flow. If an additional appropriation is
made, sc, 900 rations of meal and meat
should be sent here as soon as possible
in large installments for the sufferers
in the state Of Mississippi. This in ad-
dition to the army ra,ions that may
not be sent from the first appropria-
ton. Destitution is general and in
creasing, and there are $4,000 destitute
in Bolivar county alone. My estimate
will cary the sufferers through to the
10th of April, and possibly the flood
may subside by that time SO that the
sufferers can begin work. Capt. Lee
has been directed by General Beck
with to take charge of the little
steamer Anila, which left here yester-
day, and proceed al once on the mis-
sion designated, to wit: the picking up
of parties of destitute people in the
flooded districts and taking them to
dry land and shelter, where they can
be provided for in comfort.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-The secre-
tary OF war received a telegram from
the commissioners for the state Of
Louisiana at New Orleans, as follows:
eve are supplying z GOO souls for fifteen
days with curtailed ratiOns from 49, 900
received, which are now exhausted.
The applications are for fully as much
more and are increasing. We require
at once 10000 additional rations."
The secretary ordered the purchase OF
100, 900 rations at New Orleans to meet
| the demand.
MEMPHIS, March 1.-THE AppeaFs
Henena, (Ark.j special says: The
river continues falling at the rate of
q inches in "a hours, and the over
flow in the city is passing off in like
ratio. 1t is generally conceded that
| the backbone of the flood has been
broken and that the worst is over, al
| though there il little or no diminution
Of suffering except the aid furnished by
the government, which is but q modi-
cum compared to what the country re-
quires 70 same its starving posts. The
breaks in front of Williamson's
and Opperson's plantations have
| thrown an increased volume of wa
ter in places which had been sue
cessfully fortified against the previous
break and it is feared much suffering
was greatly increased and losses will
accrue therefrom. There has been no
great amount Of exageration in regard
to the reports Of the overflow and its
disastrous consequences. Its report
ed that the Helena lumber company's
property was greatly endangered.