The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-30
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ord. Back water in Vidalia is receding
slowly, there having been fall of one inch
! in twenty-iour hours. A better feeling is
beginning to pervade the planting cont
| mumty at the prospect, and hopes
are entertained by them of making
fair crop, If no heavy local rains
occur in this vicinity, the river will doubt
less take downward tendency in the next
! iorty-eight hours.
Information reached this city of the
destruction of RalstOn gin, near Lake st.
John, in Tensas parish, Louisiana, by
which one hundred and twenty refugees
lost their lives, This gin was one of the
largest IN North Louisiana, and was packed
to overlooking with negroes from the adj
joining plantations.
The steamer Natchez brought down to
THIS city large number
oil coored refugees, quantity
OF stock and a small amount of rations.
Refugees have been llocking here for miles
around, SO that now Natchez is fairly
crowded with them. Groups of colored
people may be seen scattered all over the
public parks in front oftown, and this even
ing the steamboat landing under the hill is
literally damned. Many of them have been
offered work at lair wages, but refuse it,
prelerrlng TO remain in dleness while the
government feeds and provides for them.
ST. Louis, March 29.-rhe government
steamer General Barnard, loaded with $780,
OOgoyernment rations OF meal and bacon
and about 80 tons of clothing contributed
by charitable citizens, left here last night
Tor Memphis, Helena and Nicksburg, in
charge of Captain Mullens, United States
army.
General Beckwith has received report
from Lieutenant b. III. Randolph, third
cavalry. dated Delhi Louisiana, in which
the latter sums up the situation AS follows
In the district from Red river to the A rkan-
sas line, about fifty miles west OF the Mis-
sissippi, there has been no loss of life except
u few children on Black river, and there is
no actual starvation or restitution at pres
emit The supply of rations.
If judiciously husbanded, will
satisfy all pressing needs until
April 10, when should there have been no
improvement in the situation before that
date, there will exist general restitution
among the people, both black and white.
Should the flood fall decidedly by April 10,
l think ut most there will be needed only
half rations of bacon and meal up to MAY
| for $4,000 persons who constitute tie
class OF small farmers, white and black.
lt there is no change for the better
before the 10th of April there will %
about $4,000 persons without TODD or credit
10th, the probability is that planting can
be done by May 10Th ana with this pros
pect planters will prefer. to earn bread by
their own hands whereas if the waters con
tinuesto rise the whole sy stem of credit
and working will be upset. Commission
merchants will decline to advance to coun-
try merchants and planters, and the latter
will not be able to feed their laborers.
cannot too strongly recommend that
all issues be discontinued immediately
upon the subsiding of water so that plant
ing can begin.
New YORK, March GA Telegram re-
porter was informed at the Cotton Produce
and Stock Exchange to-day that the effort
to organize movement i'll behalf of the suf-
sufferers from the Mississippi overflow had
been abandoned. About So, 900 had been
contributed by downtown business men
for the benefit of sufferers.
NEW ORLEANS, March 20.-River station.
AIRY.
The United States flagship, Tennessee,
sailed to-day for Hampton Roads via Key
West.
The relief committee will request cotton
seed oil mills to discontinue crushing until
the dem and for seed for planting purposes
in the overlooked districts have been sup.
piled.
The Democrat Troy, Louisiana,
special reports the water there three feet
ten inches above the flood of 1874. One of
the boats chartered by General York, state
commissioner, to remove cattle is supposed
to have gone down during the storm Mon.
day in Catahoula Lake, with hundred
head of cattle. The hills of Catahoula par
ish are crowded with people and cattle, and
huts are built of pine poles to live in.
The general exodus to the hills has set
m nnp 20 gta c.,
cor's work of removing people and stock
from the overlooked land continues. The
water is rising at the rate of three and u
half inches day, and in many places has
reached the caves of houses, compelling
{ people living in lofts to move out,
On Monday at the Lindcl place,
some twelve miles down the Black river, a
high wind, which occurred in the morning,
had unrooicd u portion of the gin house, II,
which some twelve families were living and
nearly Overlooking the building. Women
shrleked and children cried. \ man in a
skill brought M news that Mr.. MCAdams
five miles below Trinity, on Black river,
stated that his house was shaking in the
winds and that the lives of his family were
in danger. lie had some forty hogs in the
same building and asked to be taken out
lie said he would not leave without the
hogs however. A negro reported
100 head of stock near lindell's
place in deep water and threatened
with being washed away. II would
seem that the climax of their woes was fast
approaching. Every day there. u storm
and the wind with the waves creates a
swell, endangering every overlooked build
Ing. Gen. York Is exceedingly anxious about
the situations and as lack Transportation is
severely felt, II is not improbable that
we will soon have to chronicle considerable
loss of life, The waves dashing against the
sides of houses shake them to their founda.
tons, and when they are almost floating
they cannot hold out long. On the trip Ia
Gainor's plantation, below Troy, the
Succor len the river, and steam.
ing out on the road was
soon running over broad plantation fields
Houses away from river were much lower
than those ON the banks and as tho boat
ran down the lanes and through quarters,
but few had their caves above water. In a
gin house left there were nearly 100 negroes
besides q lot OF stock, and when the boat
passed these would rush out to the win.
dows To see the steamboat in their
Held shying aroun the cabins.and. getting
out of the way of trees In the fields. The
boat ran for two and half miles inland
and over broad acres of the Strong Cotton.
wood, Preston, Vernon, Omega Eliza, Star
and Herman plantations arriving at
last at the house of Mr.. James s. Gainor,
on the Omega place, Every cabin was dc.
serted along the route, refuge having been