San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-04-20
MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
Tho Waters Slowly Abatlng.

telegrapbs from Helena, Ark, as fol
lows: every heart seems weary ana
saddened by the distress that surrounds
the city. There is nothing thought OF
except the relief of the sufferers ana
every one here has done his part IN sue
coring and helping the atMeted' Inc
strains remain unchanged in this sec
t;on. The water falls very slowly, con-
trorv 10 the expectations OF every one
and il is feared that it will remain up
some weeks longer. 1t has become u
monotonous sight to every eye. Com
missioner Mangam cannot fulill all the
demands coming from individuals and
from the mass. In Desha county the
sufferings seem to be very great. Ihese
adyices come from Arkansas Clty, wnere
the greater portion of distress Is STU,
atede But few supplies have reached
them. the greater number being dis
trihnted at other points. Rations are
eagerly prayed for, as the suffering Is
great. and help must reach them from
some quarter. A gentleman IN con
versation told the writer that near MIN
lived obont l 800 without food or money,
and unable to help themselves IN the
present state of affairs. lie was theh
on his way to Memphis to see What ar,
rapgements he could make 10 aiieVl@'e
the condition OF his neighDors. FROM
oil narts the same accounts OF misery
are told. Cattle and mules are DYING
and have died by hundreds. Human
BEINGS and animals are housed together
the Humans willing to share their very
last with their horses and other ANIMALS
not only from affection, but for the III
trinsic value they set apoh 'nem'
gentleman who has visited tne us
tressed regions remarked thai inc aoss
Looked more prosperous and III oet'ef
condition than the people themselves.
The pnats are becoming a greater pes1
every day They are having most Ia
tai effect, and i'll continue 1or some
time. 1t is Do great calamity as tle
Aood. Lieuts. Satterlee and richards
visited the overhown region around thls
nlace. rhey have already visited other
portions of the flooded country anu eay
That the horrors are not IN any way OK.
aggerated. They have estimated that
the number OF people requiring TO DC
fed is: In Philips county, 6,Ooo; MOI
roe county, 600; Chicot county, o'ooO:
Desha county, $500. These gentlemen
Give most graphic pictures OF what they
Save seen and experienced. Lieut..
Richards left for Mississippi county,
and Tieut. Satterlee for Lee county, 10
mako personal investigation OF aistlio.
ution OF supplies. In Tacoma Olrc!e,
particularly rich and fourlshlng sectlon'
GREAT suffering exists. Houses are be-
mo used for the refuge OF both cattie
and human beings. The steamer DICK
Jones, Just returned from SUNK 1Aanos'
reports the horrors more and more Ter
rible. The people were still eatlng
drowned carcasses and some few little
boiled corn. ..h,+
A St. Louis dispatch says: About
AZ 600 in money and large amounts Oh
provisions and clothing have been
raised here for the benefit OF the over
flow sufferers on the Mississippi river.
Cant. Lee, in charge of the Government
relief expedition up the Sunfower and
Yazoo rivers, estimates the loss OF hogs
total in the Yazoo county, the loss Oh
cattle fully rs per cent, and the 1enc-
ing, with many OF the smaller houses
destroyed" M;,s no.
norts: "Natchez is crowded with re1u-
gees, and droves of stock are passing
thronph town. Parties from the nelgn'
horhood of Lake Concordia and Iensas
r;nar renort great restitution. The wa
.a.naso 90 fast that many people had to
place pickets across the rafters OF their
p ponses and take refuge there, they hav,
ing no means of getting away, ana ana
many of these houses are totterlng from
tho torce of the current. Tensas river
is rising five inches in twenty -four
hours. and if it continues at this rate
the lives of these people will be IN great
danger unless they are speedily relieved 4is ID:
There is perfect panic among tne ne
eroes many being SO terrified as to De
SHE 70 make the least effort toward
saving themselves or families until
ronsed by the whites"