The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-23
Raging Floods.

TOWNS ~ THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUB
yFgGEp-LEvEEs WASHED AWAY AND CAT
TIE BROwNkD-PEoPLE LIVING on RAFTs
OR REMAINING KNOBS or LAND.
MEMPHIS. February 22.-Thc officers OF
the steamer City Of Grcenvillc confirm the
rcport published concerning the sad condi-
ton Of affair, now existing throughout the
Mississippi Valley. Thousands OF men are
on constant guard along the lcyocS. and
arcusingcvcry possible means 10 stl cngthcn
the mower oil resistance and elevate the
crcsfs 10 prevent the water from inunda-
ting the whole country. The Grccnylllc
brought several thousand sacks 10 be used
bv filling with earth 10 aid in Strengthen
Ing the entertainments. Twenty-Five hum
drcd sacks were put oil at Bolivar Landing.
where the danger Of break was immI-
ncut.
I'm Washington, I'saquena. Bolivar. Co
homa. and Punca counties, Mississippi. i'm
fact. along the whole shore line between
Memphis and NicksbUrg. on The Mi,SiS-
sppi, and the whole eastern shore of Ar-
kansas. are either under water or threat
encd with inundatOn. The inhabitants Of
n vast area Of country are in great distress.
Many have been forced from their houses
and are >uhsi,ting rs hest they may on rats,
and some on knobs or parts of old lcFcc~.
The destruction ~ live stock is beyond
calculation. The navigation Of the river
Itself is regarded by seamcn ~ dangerous
At H. present stage, on account oi the great
eNpansc OF water in many localities and the
billoWy character Of the waves vixen the
surface Is swept by heavy gusts OF wind;
also. because OF the great difficulty al get
ting 10 sale ports. The Government lights
along the river are maintained with admi-
rable regularity. Thos lights prove OF in
calculablc benefit to stcamboai-mcn now
since all the bank landmarks have disap-
pearcd.
Arkansas city is completely submerged.
Not single house in that city is free from
the presence OF the muddy flood. The
water there is represented ~ being eight
inches higher than in the Hood OF 1876.
The houses were built 80 aS 10 be above the
high-nood level OF that year, but in all Of
them there j. from seven 10 eight inches OF
waite.
NIcKsBrRG. February 22.-The Evening
Conmercidl publishes the following from
Colonel ID. &. Pepper, passenger on the
Anch0r-Linc steamer from Helena:
"Thi, morning we learn discOuraging
particular, concerning the restitution and
widespread ruin caused 10y the breaking
OF the levccs along the river from Memphis
10 Grccnvilc. The latest breaks in Tun-
CA county, Miss, are at Trottcr and Cor
don. a mile and a hall below laZoo Pas.
and in Cowpcn county. AT ward :
lake. at IL opening i'm Louis swamp. q
large volume OF water i going through
10 SunfloWCr bottoms. There Was tenn
porary leycc at Trottcr's Ridge. which i
all gone. This lcvec joined the main one
on Colonel Edward Richardson's place
above llushapukara. From the latter
Place down To the break above Mound,
Place. i'm Bolivar county, the Watcri> higher
than ever known, and inmany places above
the main land. II i only kept out by small
ridge, being thrown mp on the outer edges
OF the lcVces with dirt taken from the in
! side portion Of the levcc,. The lcNce 1t
Mound, Place gave way Monday night.
/ special weak points are Ia the Rohin~Nille
/ lcvcc. short distance above llU,lapu-
/ Kara and Lake Charles. 40 point just
( below Concorda and near B0liycr
/ Landing. Al al oi these points the water
/ has been running over the icvec>, hui was
! stopucd bv the use of sand-bae> and small
rides oi earth thrown upon the top OF the
/ lcycc,. The break at Mound, Place will
overflow Che Decr-crCek section. From The
officers oi the steamer Kate Dickson, which
arrived az 4 O'Clock to-day, W. learn tia q
/ telegram was received ut Hays Landing
/ YESTERDAY stating that the Bolivar lcycc had
! also broken from Grccnyillr down, on Inc
! Mississippi side. The lcycc> there are still
intact. and l. i hoped they will De able t'
stand the heavy pressure.