The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-10

tba oil .,,:.'''". 'uVre constantly, ana
y Is not thought that the river will break
;inIpugh, ~ that point, still il is conceded if
u should 1t would he impossible 10 sion IL
me river has clear sweep ogainst
mat bank which is about fourteen
leet high. The authorities are doing
an 'hat can be done to prevent break !
@ nsre US elsewhere, Mr.. Pie, one of the
city surveyors of the river. has insnected
| the levees III front of the city and dnwn ~
Taverock plantation, in st. Bernard parish |
ne considers that there is no danger what |
ever with the present stage of water and |
say the leyees are sound and strong. At
tne heau OF canal street the weather rnure
SHOWS the river between seven and
elght inches below the high water
mara OF iof' In case of break at
any point on the city front except
AZ CaVerock, no particular damage is
feared but vigilance is being exercised.
There are some weak places reported in the
leNeeS' hennerville is said to be safe and
the ievees between this city and that town
are capable Of withstanding the river
MT . u. Martin, writing yesterday CON
cerhlhg thlrd leyee district Saint Johns
parish, says; II was called upon and
closed break in a leyee ON Cameiia plant
alioh caused by the rice tlume be
ing in bad condition. Thirty.fve men @
were hard at work, and, by the use of sacks
OF ulrt, put us out of danger from that rice
hume. Ihe river at the upper line of Cam
elia piantatlon also with a rice flume was
nan washed out and caying in rop,dlv.
Nelshoors from above and below took
charge OF that section yesterday afternoon.
anu got through this morning on temporary
Morh' whlch with care and attention
yam stanu high water hear
lust now that the levee at Bonne Care
tolnt Is Keeping planters in its neigbbor-
nood BUSY repairing the damage from
muskrats, which are giving them much
trouble, and every now and then n bip
scare. Breaks caused by defective rice
iiuines IN levees are reported almost daily
~ points near Baton Rouge and the mouth
VI heu hyer nut no serious damage has
resulted. Red River continues very hiph
and still greater rise will occur from fhe
effects OF rains at Shreveport for the last
few days" '"''
MAJOR Richardson chief state engineer
mas Just returned from Il tour of inspection
as lar up as Greenville, Mississippi, I'm nm
interview he gives some interesting facts
concerning the disposition of the course of
,he nood waters going through the ere.
yaSses' heierrlng to breaks in the evees in
Bolivar county, he says: ''rhe first breaks
were in Bolivar county, Miss, where nnite
number occurred almost simultaneously
on March lst. After these breaks A percen
tlole and rapid fall was obtained at pont
oeiow, on account of the discharge of water
through them and through old breaks.
winch have existed for n long time on the
: ARKANSAS side as far down as Burches
Bend At Greenville, Sunday, a fall of
elgll5eeh lnches had been announced, and
sunday night there had been n fall of
eleven inches at Lake Proyidence The
water which passed through Bolivar
county spreads over that section of
the state known as the Yazoo Delta
ana eventually finds ITS way back into the
= MISSISSIPPI, at the mouth of the Yayoo.
, , As the How OF water, which passes through
the oreak, Is delayed in progress, it does
not reach the river again until high water
p ~ the river has passed the point where
! II returns to the river" No effect
from the overflow of water had been fell
= IN mississippi at the mouth OF
= the Iazoo river when Mr.. Richardson nossed
l that point. About six days after the pre-
vlous accounts of breaks in Bolivar county
anu along the river levee of East Carroll
ana Madison parishes, the people were
!, awakened TO the extent of the danger which
u threatened them, These levees were in q
y precarious condition before the break
above, as such volume of water has not
been known before for many wears, and II
. ,hey had not occurred it is doubtful if the
ieVees below could have withstood or con-
. : nhed the rapidly rising waters. The
! water which passes through the
! breaks on the Arkansas side finds its way
TO me Atchaialaya or to the mouth Of
: heu hlver. This back-water is now reach
, ing lhose streams, and the Atchaialaya is
now very iull. The section of country af
= iected by this overilowed water has PASSED
throagh its worst condition, as the supply
U at least for the present has been cut off on
account OF fall in the river along the Ar.
kansas line, and unless there is another
= heayy rise the back country will be relieved
Oy the water running off and finding its
= way again into the Mississippi at the mouth
+ Oh led River and down the Atachialava.
Inc llmes-Democrat Bayou Sara special
says Point Coupec levee, three miles
above here, on the west bank of the river
: gave way last night. This is new levee
not yet finished. Yesterday citizens worked
! lor the purpose Of letting the water
against the new levee. No danger was
apprehended, but it became somewh at
threatening. The water rushed with such
force, against the new levee that fifty
ieet has been swept away. The break In
he new line to-day was 800 feet wide, widen
ing every moment 1t would " u waste of
money to try to stop the creyasse. This
: VIII Hood portion of the False river coun-
: try, increase the volume of water from
MorganZa and will affect the best lands of
Baton Rouge. The cutting of the old lcyec
was fatal mistake.
IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, March On. C..
| Harris, who was sent down to Desha county
, by Governor Churchill, to aid in distribut.
, ing government supplies to persons ren.
dered destitute by overilows, returned YES
( torday. In an interview with a rcporter he
said that along the river front In De.ha
county, one hundred miles in length, the
, destitution is beyond description The
, water has reached an unprecedented height
Scarcely n farmhouse or residence has cs.
capped inundation, and the people
have been compelled to build false
I floors in their houses or TO seel,
( safety on higher lands, where, in newly
constructed camps of brush boughs and
cane, they sit and wait for starvation and
death. The situation is appalling, and
without government aid is literally and
quickly bestowed, there Is no telling where
u will end. Many persons have been feed
ing on carcasses Of drowned cattle. Per.
sonal investigation, as well as assurances
OF respectable gentlemen, convinced Mr..
} Harris that not less than six hundred fami.
lies, averaging six persons to EACH in Desha
county alone, are dependent upon the
' charity of the government. He believed Il