Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23
THE OVERLOOKED LANDS.
Slqhts Seen Inv tbe Explorers.

No 7tnmtaJie House Found for F0y
MicS- Government Raiions on The Way
10 Hcip he Sg6cTcrs-Peopte Who Think
the Reports Erdggerated.
ST. LOUIS. March lG.
The Globe Democrat dispatch boat was
| heard from to-day sixty miles above
| Memphis, which point iJ will reach to.
night. The dispatches draw "A picture
OF unparalleled desolation. The iurth.
er South the explorers go the greater
the distress and ruin they find. For
| fifty miles trayersed yesterday not u
tenantable house was found. The IN
| habitants have, for the most part, fled
to the bluffs, leaving their stock lily
| provided for. Several of the larger In
! dian mounds in Southwestern kcntuc
| ty and Northern Arkansas are fairly
| alive with cattle and small game driven
| to the attitudes by the water. The
river extends from bluff To blut, and
that means forty miles. The best in.
! formed farmers lear that the water wli!
| remain until the June rise comes, Gs
was the case in 1874 and 1858. la that
contingency IA ruin widespread, OF which
the present unparalleled deIuge Is but
IA iorcible suggestion, will follow. 4
large steamer arrived from The North
last night aad Is loading with 80 900
/ government rations and tons OF stores
contributed by the people o. st. Loui-.
! 1t will be sent TO the vicinity Of Helena
GREENyILLE, Miss, March lG.-The
| back water in this county is now about
stationary, and, it is presumed, has fully
| found its level IN this vicinity, hence
the extent Of the overflow can now be
indicated. A point OF varying width is
maintained almost entire on the west.
ern bank of Deer Creek. The eastern
bank has generally narrow fringe
above water. Patches only OF Williams
Bayou front are above water. Below
here. TO Lake Lee. the front places and
places on Ratticsnake Bayou. except
those on the eastern bank OF Black
| Bayou, are not inundated. In front OF
Lake Lee the places are all above water,
and from Lake Lee TO the l.saqueua
line the plantations on the river front
are entirely free from water, ns are also
the places on the west side Of Lake
Washington. Those on the cas-; OF that
lake are above water, except the back
portions of them. This il AN accurate
NAbAtlllfUN VI NAlt NtElblAlSI ~ " hNillllE
ton county, the largest cotton.grosiu
county in the STATE. In the south about
one. half of the cultivated land Is under
water aud on most OF It crop prepara
tions are progressing.
THE REPORTS SLIGHTLY EyAgcrEATEp.
The people think the reports sent
from here aud other points are exaRrc.
rated The situation, however. il bad
enough, almost appalling IN fact, when
laterally stated. The counties above
and opposite here are more generally
inundated and the distress aud losses
are greater than they have been IN Ar.
kansas. There Is very little river land
not oyerflowed except on the circle Of
Lake Chicnt. This ~ high ground and
;ts natural protection il exceptionally
good. Several OF the plantations here
have been recently purchased by Mr..
John G. Calhoun for his land company,
in which New York capital Is largely
invested. This property and other
places on the circle ot the lake here
sustained little It sny damage from the
overflow, aud there also plowing is going
ahead