Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-05
FALLING RAPIDLY
All Along the Line, Though the Lower
Coast is Still Suffering Severely
Not Dry
Spot OF Land in Morgan City-The Leyee
Board Still in Session at
GreenYille.

| Special to the Appeal
GREENvILLE, MISS, April 4.-The Levee
Board resumed its session this morning
| President Stokes in the chair. After routine
business, letter from w. A. Percy, one Of
the commissioners appointed by Governor
Lowry to visit Washington on behalf of the
Levee Boards of Mississippi, to Colonel YER
ger, attorney for the Second District Board,
was read with good effect. The letter sub
stantislly advises the board to go to work as
though nothing had been brought before
Congress relative to levees, and leave all to
the River Commission, as recommended by
Senators Garland and Jonas. The board is
likely to take the suggestion. The board has
100000 applications for work in hand, and
is authorized to raise $4,000 more. There
were other proceedings relative to outstand-
ing claims.
The river is falling rapidly; tive and a
half inches in the last twenty-four hours.
The track on the Greenville, Columbus and
Birmingham road is badly wrecked from
here to Stoneville. From Stoneville through
the Sunhower district the track is all gone
The engineers report some telegraph poles
showing up, indicating full twenty feet OF
water. Mr.. Moore, a member of the Levee
Board of Sharkey county, is the only mem
Der absent.
No ice here; ten cents pound offered to-
day without takers. The Greenville chemi-
cal works will give supply next week. The
thermometer stood at 7So at o'clock this
evening.
River Falling Rapidly at Alexandria.
New ORLEANS, April 1.-The water from
Arizona crevssse is overlooking the bottom
lands to within FIVE miles OF Baton Rouge,
partly submerging a number OF sugar plan
tations. A dispatch from Alexandria says
the river there has fallen six feet and is now
inside its banks and everybody at work
plowing. No government rations are.wanted
above Normsn's Landing. The Louisiana
Relief Commissioners have been supplied by
the United States with 100000 rations.
1t is stated there is not dry spot of land
in Morgan City except the railroad track,
which is raised. Most of the residences have
water in them. The greater part of Iber-
Vile parish is covered with water, and the
prospects are that not more than half of the
expected -, 900 hogsheads OF sugar will be
made. The Story crevasse is 300 fee. wide
and eight to ten feet deep. Story will save
half his cane.
The Times Democrats special says: "Water
is running across the town of Pattersonville
at least one foot deep, and across knights
Island at least two-and-a-half feet deep. The
west side of Atchafalya, from Foos and Bar
nets plantation to Morgan City, is I'M
broken sheet of water. On Clarke & Steele's
place it is from two to four feet deep. The
FIRST cane out OF water from Morgan City up
is at Williams & Leyburn's, Idlewild place
Skiffs pass freely through the town of Pat
tersonville. Planters take their loss very
philosophically, and are determined to go to
work a. soon as the water recedes.
&c. G.. Zenn, who probably lost 5000, 900 by
the overflow, says his Riverside and Point
Pleasant places are from one to eight feet
under water. The east side of the Teche is in
the same condition to Centervilie. Above
this point little land could be seen yesterday
but ia all probably now under water. Water
is pouring over the west side OF the Teche
from Morgan City TO Fairfax plantation; also
over Greenwood plantation. Laborers were
throwing up levee on the Fairfax place,
nine miles above Pattersonville. They COM
menced leveeing at Garden City to-day. Mr..
Zenn thinks it doubtful if any seed can be
saved below Fairfax plantation.
New Iberia can stand six feet more rise
before the town is endangered Every sugar
plantation of Importance below that place. as
well as those in this vicinity, with the excep-
tion of DR.. Alfred Dupiel's, in Force Point,
are covered with water.
"Reports from the line of the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific railway state that the
water is falling rapidly, and it is thought
that trains will be running to Tallaluh by
the 18TH"