The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-04-08
A WI ek's history of ex"
element and anxiety.

lection L4evee On the Cragin plan
tation at Terrebonne station had
given way. Mr.. Naquin from the
upper portion OF the Parish was
ia town at noon, who reported the
levee on the plantation of Naquin
aud TetreaD was IN q precarlous
condition, aud likely to yield to
the pressure.
The rise in the swemps he said
was Eve inches during the last "a
hours:
The fall in the Lafourche in "a
hours was less than an inch.
Saturday April /. The fall in
the Lafourche in "a hours has
been a half inch.
The rise in the rear swamps
has been, siuce yesterday from 5
to 6 inches, making water within
= inches OF the high water marx
in 1874. Will the waters find an
escape at that height as they did
in that year? That is the CUES
ton. The break at Cragin's was
closed yesterday.
Two Or three wagon loads Ct la
borers from the Isienzi plantation
Of Il. 81. Allen passing over the
Bridge ell route 10 Howell and Ro
bichanx's WaverIey plantation in
dieated that prospects were be
coming desperate on that place.
Sunday April 9. The water III
the Lafourcle remained Stationary
since yesterday.
Report says that many back lie
wees are being abandoned all
along the Lafourcle and planters
are falling back upon their high
est ridges to endeavor TO save
their fronts from overflow.
Agents were in Thibodaux this
evening employing hands and pur
chasing spades to work on the ie
wees. The water was said to be
running over the levees on the
Leighton plantation two miles
above Th;bodaux, aud over Ora
gins levee at Terrebonn, Station.
Monday April 3. Mr.. f. Le-
Blanc from Bayou Black was in
town this morning, and reports
tlsat the water was poSsiug over
the levees on w. L. Skaters and
Bergeron and McCulIom's place
on Chacahoula. The inundatiou
Of those two places will complete
the overflow of all the fertile Cha
cahoula ridge. Leblanc reports
L steady rise of four to five inches
daily with the water, on Sunday,
above the water mark of 1874.
Two car loads of refugees came
in on the train from Morgan City
last night. The cars made their
last trip to that place yesterday.
Yhe Bayou Lafourche remains
stationary since Friday morning,
at Is inches below high water
mark.
Residents on the East side of
Bayou Lafonrche have sad faces
on account of the break iu St.
Parish. It was hoped that
people between the Lafoarche
and the Mississippi would meet
with no other miShaps, but should
this break prove serious it will be
destructive to large number of
plantations on the East bauk of
the Bayou.
Mr.. Arceneaux from Labadie
vile reports that the wafer iu
that vicinity is within 40 arpents
OF the Bayou Lafoarche, and all
the plantations are at the mercy
of the enemy.
Howell and Roblchaux had a
break in their Levee this morning
and abandoned any further at,
tempts to check the water which
Is up as far as their sugar house.
ID. B. Pugh also gave up this
morning and the Woods Bro. at
Terreboune Station also surren
dered.
At 10 this morning news arriv
that K. L. Pugh and L. l..
Winder had yielded to implacable
fate and given up. The Webre
plantation, j. S. Seely aud Tet
reau and Naquin have all given
up opposition.
Capt. Lewis Guion came from
NapoleenvilIe aud says that the
Trinity, and Garrett planta
tons are the only ones uncovered
this morning.
The mail brought the informa
ton that the crevasse in st. James
that threatened Eastern Lafour
che was closed.
The complacency and serenity
with which the citizens on the
East side of Lafourche contem
plate the rising waters is truly al
mirablc.
Tuesday April 4. The fall in
Bayou Lafourche in front of Thib
odaux has been one inch in "a
hours.
District Court met yesterday,
selected a Grand Jury, dischars
ed the petit jury.
1t will meet again next Monday
try prisoners who are in Jail
and are entitled to q speedy trial.
Messrs. Beattie, Winder and
Hrlon are occupied on their plan
tatlons aud Goode is sick, whilst