The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-18
ITEMS ABOUT THE FLOOD.
1winnsboro (La.) Sun, 11th.1

lwinnsboro (La.) Sun, l1th.1
The water In town js higher than In
1874. Boats land at T. A. ScOtt's sa-
loon. The water from Ash Slough hos
met the back water, and unless . fall
takes place in very few days almost
the entire town will be Inundated.
Town Is almost deserted. There Ia
no travelling about except In boats, and
visitors from the country are few and
far between.
| [vicksburg Herald, llth.l
Capt. T. y. Leathers, of the steamer
Natchez, brought the news here last
evening of the complete giving way OF
four of the most substantial leyees In
Tensas parish, La., viz: Hard Times,
Point Pleasant, Bucknel, end Wood
burn. These levees gave way yester-
day morning. They were protection
to some of the richest soil and the
weaIthfest and best plantations south
! of here in the Pelican State.
Madison Journal
The water Is not yet In our Office, but
it is all around 1t sufficiently deep to
float boats right to the door. The ex-
change fiend comes less frequent now.
1t is common occurrence to see a
fellow get a ducking while trying
to navigate a dug-out or bateau, or walk
our elevated sidewalks when with too
much bezine aboard.
The train made trip this week TO
Tallulah and ran through thirty.five
inches of water between Mounds and
California stations. During the short
while it took the train to make the trip
the water had risen half an inch.
Morgan City Review, l1th.7
Bad news travels swiftly, and it is
probable all or nearly all of our readers
know ere this of the flood of water now
on its way to our lands. The breaks
that have occurred this week in the
levees of the Mississippi river, in the
parishes of Pointe Coupee and West
Baton Rouge, will cause the overflow
of many thousands of acres of the rich
est lands of the State-the magnificent
sugar region of Southwest Louisiana.
This fact is one that causes the great.
est dependency. 1t means ruin to
many planters, no crops, death to thou.
to thousands of human beings, who
will have to be fed by charity before q
month passes. We have not the heart
to write more.
| Especial to the Daily States.]
MEMPHIS, March 11.-Rosedale, In
Bolivar county, is ten feet deep in the
water, and many of the finest residen-
ces are ruined. Three families above,
out of population of three hundred
people, remain in the town, and these
remain because too sick to leave. Above
the town is patch of levee on which
are gathered some Ave hundred people,
mostly negroes. Above and below the
same groups of people can be found
perched upon little islands that stick
out above the flood, and starvation is
staring them in the face.
The news from Arkansas continues
to be of the most disheartening nature.
ALI the sufferers cannot be reached by
government aid, and some must starve.
Many of the people are feeding on the
carcasses of drowned cattle. 1t is said
there are not less than 5000 people In
Desha county alone who need imme-
dfate assistance.
| DAILY States, l0tl.1 ....r
| Mr.. Lombard arrived from Alexan-
dria last night on the steamer Jesse X.
Bell. He reports the Red river fuller
than has been known for many years,
The current of water is very strong and
the levees and banks are cavi1g rap
idly.
| To illustrate the condition of many
people along the river he told an incl
dent which occurred during the trip OF
the Bell. After nighttall the steamer
was hailed by Some one from some
where, but the voice could not be To-
Gated. The captain asked what was
wanted.
| 81 want to send some hogs to New
Orleans to sell so can buy something
to eat.''
"Where are you?' asked tho captain
"Right over here" was the reply.
s'But I am afraid to try to land. /
might run aground" said the captain.
"Will you take them on if bring
them to you ?" asked the unknown.
"Where's your hogs?"
sI've got 'em in Il boat"
"All right; bring them over and
will take Them"
The Bell steamed across and landed
on the opposite side of the river. Short.
ly afterward a flatboat hove to in which
tho navigator had forty razor. backed
hogs. The fun of getting those hogs
on the boat then commenced.
The delay created some complaint
among the passengers, and one some
what more impatient than the Others
said, HOh, let the hogs CO. and let's get