The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-22
FELEGRAPHlC NEWS
THE FLOODS.
The Deluge Decreasing but
Suffering Continues.

Suner1Og Continues.
New Orlesns, 20.-Buckhorn break il
at least half mile wide and about ten
feet deep. Water is all over the country
and people are on the tops OF houses
waiting to be removed. James A. Stone
and John b. Stone, at Omega, have res
cued ninety people by means of skitfs.
Reports telegraphed of the burning OF the
gin house of GAMER, near Buckhorn, and
the loss Of $50 lives are incorrect.
Persons coming from TensAs Parish
report every plantation under water
or affected by it. There are eight
breaks along the parish frJnt. The most
disastrous Of them is Ships Bayou, which
is now nearly . mile wide. The water is
rushing through twenty feet deep, csus-
ing a rise OF ten inches every twenty-four
hours. Ships Bayou break IS between
the upper and lower ends of Lake ST..
Joseph, beth of which are near the river
bank. When the break occurred the
waters rushed through in such o volume
that it raised the water in the lake so
rapidly that il ran over the lower end to
the river lands, forming an island be-
tween the lake and river. The water in
some places runs over the tops Of planta-
ton cabins. Planters, as the waters en-
croached upon their land, sent their stock
across the river to the hills in Mississippi.
Planters are as hopeful as possible. II
the water recedes by the first or middle of
May they will be able to plant to con-
siderable extent. The overflow was
earlier than usual. Flowing will have
to be done as the water recedes.
A letter written on the 18th from
st. Joseph by the president OF tho police
jury in .Tensss parish says: 81 have
just Travelled twenty seven miles on the
highest portions of this parish in boat.
On nearly every plantation the negroes
have been driven from their houses or
taken refuge in the upper portion Of
their houses. Water from Ships Bayou
break has washed away houses, fences
and everything in its Path. The back
water is higher here than ever known.
There is not n thousand acres Of land out
of water in the whole parish. Landing
crevasse in Ascension parish is not
closed, but continues to widen. 1t is
now reported one hundred aid fifteen
ieet wide. The water is backing up on
the lands in Ascension parish above the
break and flooding the country below
that, and also ct. James parish. A por-
ton of the Burnside plantation is under
water. The final outlet for this water ia
through Lake Msrepose, thence into
Lake Popchartrsin. There have been
no rains in the Mississippi Valley for the
past week, and the heads also OF streams
in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
are reported falling. At Newj Orleans
the river has scarcely varied an inch in
week, standing as now, eight inches be-
low high water mark Of 1874.
Vicksburg, 20.-The levee at LevAll's
Palmyra Landing gave way last night,
and there is six feet of water in LevalPs
Ashwood levee, TeEsss parish. The
whole Of Hurricane Island is now
completely under water. Captain Leath-
ers expresses the opinion that in three
days there will not be one acre Of land
visible in Tensas parish. Passenger; say
the levee at Milliken's Bend cannot pos
sibly hold OUT if there is any further rise
OF the river. Lieutenant Vedder, U. s.
A, under instructions from the secretary
of war, left this morning for Monroe in I.
skiff, and will visit Ta.lulah, Delhi
Floyd and R4yville, and report tbs con-
ing now. From the tributary sCresms,
= dZptf 6lO OuuAOWcT9 "a
gloomy aspect of affairs i. reported. Cat
tia receiving no attention, efforts bein {
made in the directioa of saving horses
and mule. Refugees and stock continue
at :his point in large mum bers.
Yszoo City, 2e.-The water at this
point is two feet above the '67 mark, and
mas risen one inch in the last twelve
hours. It is likely to reach the
maximum at midnight tomorrow.
Boats from above report the water at
stand. TIE excitement is subsiding, but
each steamer brings people and stock.
A large part OF the refugees are negroes,
and with f5w exceptions are provided
for by merchants and planters who have
them employed. Some are gone to the
hills to work, and ~ yet there is no sut-
feriog. Some remained in town refusing
to work, but clanor for government
rations. At this point very little assis-
lance is needed at present Overlooked
business houses of this city have had
sc.tfolds built on them, and business
continues in them. Yazoo has an extra
police force day and night; with the ex-
ception OF few cases of petty larceny,
no yiolstions of thu law have occurred.
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