The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-30

shortly after being discharged from Il
boats. Boats are nov arriving bringing b
lew people, and u IN supposed that the tx
dus from the Ynzoo delta has about cnde
n VItKsBURG, March 23.--News fro
the overlooked country continues q
coursging. Passengers by tho steam,
sunh over, from Bunnower rive
furnish the following particulars concerl
ing the overflow In that region Froi
Burtonia 10 the mouth Of the Sunnow,
the water is from two TO three feet hight
than ever known. The steamer landed O
every habitation from the mouth up, An
made special inquiry concerning the want
and condition OF the people. There Was n
demand for provisions, as almost every on
had enough on hand to last some days
Gram for feeding stock seemed TO be tn
principal want, and was freely supplied
| At Williams Landing, the head Of naviga
| ton, but little distress seemed to prevail
nor at any point twenty miles below
| though in the next two weeks supplies vii
be generally exhausted, and considerable
| suffering will be apt TO ensue. From
Standing Point to Williams Landing ther,
are many places, from fifteen to twent,
acres, out of water.
The government relief boat, Anita, WA
at Shell Ridge, but did not intend to g
further up than townsville. The river has
lullell Olt lODb lTOHl w llllhlIlS IIhIlulllS "
Burtonia. From the latter point to Camp
bellvlle the decline is more gradual, and
from thence to the mouth the water is at a
stand
VIcKsBURG, MISS, March 22.-- The rive
is falling at this point and also all along the
YRzoo, Sunhower and Tallahatchie rivers
At Chotard, nearly opposite Alsatia ere
vase, the water fell about eighteen inches
Captain Carroll this morning received q
| al A rr.rI.ll 81 TIL 1,,I Ia
Louisiana, asking that boat be sent to his
assistance at once as the situation was criti
cal. In response Captain Carroll started
the Salle Corney with two barges in tow
She will take rations at Delta and go up tn,
Bayou to Tallulah. II. Goodrich
OF Goodrich Landing, has telegraphed
Governor McEnery for two thousand ra
tions. The river commission steamer
Emma Etheridge is here waiting orders.
sion. has orders to make thorough exami.
nation of all levees and make detailed
report of their breaks. A large amount o
stock from the overlooked country ha:
been brought here, and more are conGtantly
arriving. The number of refugees here is
not very large, and but few are now coming
into town. Governor Lowery is here
looking after the wants OF sufferers
and the distribution Of rations.
lnOIldS NOuHl, sGCltIuls VI viz SottoL
exchange, and Captain J. S. Loud, United
States army, arrived on the Common.
wealth. The latter has been detailed by
the secretary of war to look after the condi
ton of the people and report the amount
of rations needed, and the probable time
the government will be required to aid
the people. He says that at Lake Provi
dence and vicinity there are about l, sU
persons, and from the Arkansas line to the
limo pf asSt Carroll pprieh thprf
are not less than 5000 people, white and
black, who will require rations for the next
thirty days, and there are at least 2,00t
people in Madison parish who will have tC
be assisted for the next month.
The National Cotton Planters associa'
ton have donated bale Of cotton pre-
scented to them by Colonel Ben S. Kicks
to the benefit of the overflow sufferers, and
to-day shipped it to St. Louis TO be sold OF
ratified the proceeds to be donated TO the
purpose named.
New ORLEANS, March Pan order was
received to-day from the secretary of wal
for the purchase and delivery to the Louisi-
ana commissioners of 800, coo rations for the
overflow sufferers. Fifty thousand rations
were shipped this afternoon by he steamer
John Wilson, for Atchatalaya. To date
rations have been issued for 1900 people
for fifteen days, which will soon be ex-
hausted. The commissioners have applica-
tions for rations for 10000 people. This
additional donations, are received.
Provisions will be shipped daily by
outgoing steamers until all are supplied
or the stock is exhausted General York,
of Concorda parish, was commissioned by
Governor McEnery to supervise the dlstrl-
button of rations and forage and the saving
of stock along the Black, Ouachits, Tensas
and Little rivers and Bayou Mason. There
being no funds at the disposal of the COVER
nor, the Times-Democrat supplied the forage
distributed by General York, and subse-
guently bought small steamer for his use.
It was loaded with supplies, and to-day the
Times Democrat sent 10 Commissioner
York, at Troy, 400 sacks of corn, $50 sacks
of oats, so bales of hay and so sacks of bran,
to be distributed in the overtlowed section
east Of the Ouachita river. Stock are re-
ported to be dying by the hundreds. APP
prehension is felt that the people will not
be able to plant crop, even If the water
recedes in time, on account OF the loss of
stock.
The water from Landry creyasse is re-
ported as encroaching on Tire plantations in
st. James parish. Many persons believe
this crevasse cannot now be closed. The
work of closing live Oak Grove crevasse
was progressing favorably at last accounts.
1t has probably been closed by this time.
Breaks were reported yesterday at Hog
Point, also in Racourcio levee, in
Pointee Coupee parish. This last
break was not in the main Racourcis
levee, which is one of the largest in the
state, but was through the leveos along an
old channel Of tho river known a5 Ra'
Bend Airlie levee, in which three
breaks were reported yesterday from N!cks-
burg was a new one in east Carroll parish,
and was still in the hands Of the con-
tractors, the state not having received II be.
cause of a failure to complete it according to
Contractors and planters
in the parish had been trying % hold IT. by
building up low places with sand-bags, but
Il finally succumbed during the storm on
Monday This levee was IL, $50 feet long
and from TO 10 feet high. Most of 1t
will doubtless be destroyed. These crevas-
SEES will contribute largely to the flood
waters in Bayou Macon, Iensas, Black;
and Atchafalaya rivers until decline OF
ten feet takes place i'm the Mississippi at
Helena.
The cotton exchange, produce exchange,
board Of trade and board Of brokers have
appointed relief committees. Ry invita-
ion delegates from these committees aud a
1umbe- of prominent citizens net Gov.
,lcEnery tonight at the 81. Charles hotel
and appointed an executive relief commit
lee representing these organizations and
Ire business community generally, and
,ystematicai relief work viii be commenced
Al once and contributions solicited through
put the city.
ST. Louis March 22.-The Globe Demo
rats correspondent on the government re-
ief steamer Anita, up SunhOwer river and
,ome o! It's tributaries, gives a graphic des-
sriptiOn Of the scenes along their banks
among the poor people who for many days
nave been camping on dry spots OF ground
n cOoped up in lofts Of houses, or Eu1dled
ogether on roofs. Many Of them we're SUI
ering from hunger, and all were utterly
destitute, having lost everything they pos
Iessed. Up to Sunday night the Anita bad
Kicked up and taken to what are knosn ~
he Harris mountains, which are large,
Yearly !, 900 people, mostly negroes, Ingy
ire camped in the open air, but they viii
y supplied with food until the flood sub