The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-06

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Mfurifp. Trss., Maroh 81 The sieame
Fulton, which conveyed Captain Mclniyr
and party ~ the wreck " The Golden city
has returned. A diver went down bu
could do nothing. The wreck Hes In TWEEN
| ty-nVe feet Of water, bow up stream, AM
| the current Ia 30 swift that all efforts 10 ~
| through the cabin by the diver PROVED
| fruitless. No more dead bodies hay'
been recovered since the one mentioned
yesterday which has been identified as tina
Of Mrs. Anna Smith, Of Springfield Massa
Chusetts who mad been visiting relatives ~
| New Orleans. Her remains have not yel
been inferred and are awaiting instructions
| flom relatives or friends. If nothing
comes by tomorrow, u committee OF citi
zens will have the body buried in Ellen
wood cemetery. Many of the passengers
and crew of the Golden City left last night
and this morning for their homes, some
others will 20 tonight on the j. W. Gafi.
The Floods.
NATcHEz, Miss, March 29.-The river is
stationary, with slight tendency down
ward. Back water in Vidalia is receding
slowly, there having been fall of one inch
in twenty-four hours. A better feeling is
beginning to pervade the planting COM
are entertained by them of making
fair crop. If no heavy local rains
occur in this vicinity, the river will doubt
less take downward tendency in the next
forty eight hours
Information reached this city of the
destruction of Ralston GIN near Lake st.
John, in Tensas parish, Louisiana, by
which one hundred and twenty refugees
lost their lives. This gin was one of the
largest in North Louisiana, and was packed
to overlooking with negroes from the adj
joining plantations.
The steamer Natchez brought down to
ef'S color esiy refugees large quantity i
of stock and small amount OF rations.
Refugees have been tlocking here for miles
around, so that now Natchez is fairly
crowded with them. Groups, OF colored
people may be seen scattered all over the
public parks in front of town, and this even
ing the steamboat landing under the hill is
literally jammed Many of them have been
offered work at fair wages, but refuse 1t,
preferring to remain in idleness while the
government feeds and provides for them
ST.. LOUIS, March 29.-The government
steamer General Barnard, loaded with l5O,-
600 government rations OF meal and bacon
by charitable citizens, left here last night
for Memphis, Helena and Nicksburg, IN
charge of Captain Mullens, United States
army.
General Beckwith has received report
from Lieutenant b. III. Randolph, third
cavalry, dated Delhi, Louisiana, in which
the latter sums up the situation as follows
In the district from Red river to the Arkan-
sas line, about fifty miles west OF the Mis-
sissippi there has been no loss of life except
a few children on Black river, and there is
no actual starvation or restitution at pres
emit. The supply of rations,
| if iudiciously husbanded, will
satisfy all pressing needs until
April 10, when, should there have been no
| Improvement in the situation before that
date, there will exist general restitution
Should the flood fall decidedly by April 10,
| think at most there will be needed only
half rations of bacon and meal up to May
| for $4,000 persons who constitute the
class OF small farmers, white and black.
If there is no change for the better
before the 10th Of April, there will be
about 1900 persons without food or credit.
Should the water fall decidedly by April
10th, the probability is that planting can
be done by May 10Th ana with this pros
pect planters will prefer to earn bread by
| their own hands whereas if the waters con-
tinue to rise the whole sys stem OF credit
and working will be upset. Commission
merchants will decline to advance to coun-
try merchants and planters, and the latter
will not be able to feed their Iaborers. l
cannot too strongly recommend that
all issues be discontinued Immediately
upon the subsiding of ater so that plant
| ing can begin.
NEw YoRK, March GA Telegram re-
norter was informed at the Cotton Produce
and Stock Exchange to-day That the effort
| to organize movement in behalf OF the SUI,
sufferers from the Mississippi overflow had
been abandoned. About $4,000 had been
contributed by downtown business men
| for the benefit of sufferers.
NEW ORLEANS, March D.-River station
| airy. -
The United States flagship, Tennessee,
sailed to-day for Hampton Roads via Key
| West.
The relief committee will request cotton
seed oil mills to discontinue crushing. until
the dem and for seed for planting purposes
in the overflowed districts have been sup
piled.
The Times Democrat Troy Louisiana
special reports the water there three feet
tea inches above the flood of 1874. One OF
the boats chartered by General York, state
commissioner, to remove cattle is supposed
to have gone down during the storm Mon.
day in Uatahoula Lake, with a hundred
head of cattle The hills of Catahoula par,
ish are crowded with people and cattle, anu
huts are built OF pine poles to live in.
The general exodus to the hills has set
in. The Times-Democraps steamer sue
cors work of removing people and stock
from the overlooked land continues. The
water is rising at the rate of three and d
half inches day, and in many places has
reached the caves of houses, compelling
people living IN lofts TO move out.
On Monday at the Lindell place,
some twelve miles down the Black river, q
high wind, which occurred in the morning,
had unrOulud a portion Of the gin house, IN
which some twelve families were living, and
nearly overlooking the building. Women
shreked and children cried. A man in q
sRifr brought up news that Mr.. McAdams
| five miles below Trinity, on Black river,
stated that his house was shaking IN the
winds and that the lives Of his family. were
in danger lie had some forty hogs IN the
same building, and asked TO be taken out
He said he would not leave without the
hogs, however. A negro reported
100 head of stock near Lindell'!
place in deep water and threatened
with being washed away. IL would
seem that the climax of their woes was fast
approaching. Every day there is storm
and the wind with the waves creates 9
swell. endangering every overlooked builc.
ing Gen. York is exceedingly ANXIOUS about
the situation, and as lack Of transportation j
severely felt, it is not improbable that
we will soon have 10 chronicle considerable
loss Of life. The waves dashing against the
sides Of houses shake them 10 their tOunda'
tons, and when they are almost floating
they cannot hold out long. On the trip e
Gainor's plantation, below Troy, the
Succor left the river, and steam
ing out on the road, wa
soon running over brood plantation fields.
Houses away from river were much lover
than those on the banks, and as the boal
ran down the lanes and through quarters
but few had their caves above water. In
gin house leit there we're nearly 100 negroes
besides lot Of stock, and when the boat
passed these would rush out to the win