Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-26
FLOODS STEADILY FALLING.

The Father of Waters" Getting Over His
Rage, and Slowly Retresting Tnto Or
binary Bounds-- Relief Work Carefully
Carried Forward-Tsn or Fifteen Davs
More will End the Time of sufferipg
ST.. Louis. March 25.--About $1,000 IN
money and large amount OF proylsionsand
clothing have been raised here for the benefit
Of the overflow sufferers on the Mis-
sissippi river. and Captain Lee. in
charge of the government relief ex-
peditition up the Sunfower and Yazoo
rivers, estimates the loss OF hogs total in the
Yazoo country, the loss of cattle fully rs per
cent, and the fencing with many of the
smaller houses destroyed. He recommends
the distribution of rations to continue at least
two weeks at Johnsonville and three
weeks in the lower Yazoo country, by which
time, he thinks, work will be begun in the
fields, and then the people can probably take
care OF themselves Seventy thousand ratious
a week, it is believed, will be needed until the
water subsidies, SO that the people can get to
work.
PROVIDING pRoyENDER.
NEW ORLEANS, March Is. = Rabasse Gre
vase on the Bayou Lafourche has been closed.
There is now but one break on the lines of the
Bayou Lafourche, that on PetI1in place, near
Waline railway crossing. It is doing but lit
tie damage. At Grand Gulf the Mississippi
has declined six inches from the highest point.
Mayor Whitehead, by order of the secretary
of war, has purchased during the week STE, 600
pounds Of bacon, 1900 barrels of -four. and
1900 barrels OF corn meal. These supplies
have been turned over to the Louisiana COM
missioners who are distributing them to suf-
ferers. The river here still remains eight
inches below the high water mark of 1874.
ONE DIscoURAaINa REPORT.
NATcHEz, March 25.-The river rose here
two inches ia the last twenty-four hours and is
still rising. 1t is now twenty-five inches
above the high water mark of 1874. Vidalia,
La. is submerged to depth of from two to
three feet, the backwater being higher than
water to run back into the river. The ferry
boat Concordia was busily engaged all day in
transporting people and stock from vidalia
and the overflow districts back of there to
this city. Natchez Is crowded with
refugees, and droves Of stock are constantly
passing through the town Parties from the
neighborhood Of Lake ConcOrdia, and the
Tensas river report great destitution among
the refugees. Many people had to place pick
refuge there, having no means of getting
away. and many of these houses are tottering
from the force of the current. Tensas river is
rising five inches in twenty -four hours, and if
it continues at this rate the lives of these peo-
pie are in great danger unless relieved. There
is perfect panic among the negroes, many
of whom are SO terrified as to be unable to
make the least effort towards saving them
selves or families until aroused by the whites.
VIoKsBURa, March 25.-The waters are re-
ceding. A majority of the people are in better
condition and hopeful for the future.
MEMPHIS, March 25.-The river here de-
clired one inch to-day, and now marks thirty
four feet eight inches on the gauge. Il is
falling steadily all the way from Cairo to be-
low Vlcksburg, and decline OF four feet will
put the water within the banks.
HELENA, Ark, March Is The waters are
falling slowly, but hunger and distress still
reign. Planters and country people will be as
destitute as in the earliest settlement of the
state. In Laconia Circle, a particu arly rich
and flourishing section, there is great suffer
ing existing. The levee which broke there
was built at a cost of $4,000, and was
thought to be impregnable. This faith has
cost great loss Of stock, for when the break
came it was too late to save any considerable
amount. Houses are being used for refuge,
both cattle and human beings in one house.
A white family are living in the back part Of
their house, while mules are Quartered in the
front room and ON the porch.
Lieut.. Satterlee and Richards left to-day to go
to other points for further Investigation, the
former to Mississippi county, Ark, the latter
on the Iron Mountain g. Helena railroad to
Mariana, to consult with Col. Hewitt, the
commissioner Of that district.
The steamer Dick Jones has just returned
from Sunk Lands, and reports the horrors
more and more terrible. The people we're
still eating drowned carcasses and some fewa
little boiled corn.