Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-07
1.-THE DELUGE.
Further Disastrous Breaks Along
the Mississippi.
Valuable Sugar Plantations Sub
merged.

New ORLEANS, LA, March 6.-The
following appeal has been received
here:
BATON ROGUE, La, March 6.-The
levees of West Baton Rouge cannot
stand more or greater pressure. A call
is made upon the interior parishes,
which will suffer from the flood that
is sure to pass over our parish in
case our levees break, to send at once
money to our aid. A few thousand
dollars may prevent repetition of
the disasters of 1874. Will the
people of st. Mary, Iberia, Terre
Bonne, La Fourche, st. Martin, As,
sumption and Iberville respond to
the call for aid in their own defense.
(Signed) G. j. BARROW,
President Police Jury West Baton
Rouge.
BATON ROUGE, LA, March 5.-The
people and local authorities of Point
Coupe, East and West Baton Rouge
are not able to defend long the line
of levees extending from Hickory to
Morganza. The State has no funds
for this purpose, and parishes to
the south and west protected by our
levees should respond, and at once
remit to the president of the police
jury of Point Coupe and West
Baton Rouge promptly and literally.
The authorities of these two par
ishes are honorable and energetic
men, and every cent contributed will
be employed to the best advantage.
We call upon those interested di>
rectly in maintaining these levees,
and make an appeal in this line of
general distress for outside aid.
(Signed) d. G. MoRsTAIN.
New ORLEANS, LA, March 6.-The
parishes protected by these leyees,
annually produce one hundred and
twenty-five thousand hogsheads of
sugar, besides molasses, cotton and
rice.
LA FoURoHE, La, March 6.-At 10
a. m. yesterday, at Pittman's place,
three miles below here, the left
bank gave way, and there is now a
sweep of water thirty feet wide and
ten feet deep. Three large plan
tations are already under water on
the left. On the Morgan track,
from the forty fourth to the forty
sixth mile post, the water is within
eighteen inches of the track. Ef>
forts have been made to stop it.
Lumber, sacks and two hundred men
have been ordered there.
There is another serious crevasse
one and half miles from here which
started at the same time It is on
the west side of the bayous, on
Leonard's place, and is sixty>fve
feet wide by eight feet deep, and is
increasing. They are at work ON it
now. This covers the J. G. Jay and
Lagarde places already. Mr..
Pardely, superintendent of the Nor
gan road, who has been here, has
ordered all the section hands availa
BILE to this point. The water has
fallen in the bayou one foot on ac-
count of the breaks.
WASHINGTON, March 4-The Sec
retary of War has telegraphed to
Lieutenant General Sheridan at
Chicago to have several good officers
to go into the regions devastated by
the recent floods on the Mississippi,
so that he may have the most relia-
ble information of the general ex-
tent of the troubles, and of the ac-
tual needs, in order that wasteful
issues may not be made. He also
telegraphed Senator Vest, of Nilsson
ri, in reply to the telegram from
Governor Crittenden, for more ra-
tions as follows:
Eight days supplies for the
number stated by Governor Critten.
den in Missis sipp; and
Pemisco Counties had al
ready been sent. In view
OF the enormous demand from lower
down the river, it does not seem ad-
ylsable to increase the supplies to
TINS point at present. For example,
the Arkansas Commissioners asks
$4,000 for rations for 40 days,
which alone would cost about
$50, 900 more than the total amount
appropriated by Congress for all
sufferers.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, March "A
special to the Gazette from Arkansas
City, via Tripp Station, at noon to~
day, says that the water has fallen in
all 15 inches, caused by the weaken-
ing OF the leveeinIthe Mississippi ops
posite and above, at Riverton,
Watch, Clay, Baggett and Williams
Bayous and other points. All Of
Bolivar County, Miss, is unde,
water, and most of Washington
County, includingi iGreenville. There
is much suffering aud want
on both sides. Families are huddlec
together in such houses as they thinE
are safest. The expected aid from
the government will reach this people
IN good time, and many hearts are
made happy by the approach Of
bread and meat. In this city the
water has receded from many houses
winch are being washed out to
DAY and made ready to receive
their inhabitants from the garrets,
No further loss of life has occurred
Inc people a.e more cheerful, ,as there
are signs of relief and returnino
business. The oil mill continues ai
work and is not at all injured. The
river men have begun to repair tc
their rock, preparatory to the re-
sumption of running trains
A great number of the skifi
and other boats Hv tn and fro,,