The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-23

. OF Deer creek, back OF Eggs IOlHJi urc ohI
: partially overlooked. nj.
J gave way last night, and there are SIX ie
I of water in Lowell. Ashwood landing;
Tensas parish, has also gone and the who
Of ofHurricane Island is now completely Ill
der water Captain Leathers express.
the opinion that in three days there wi
not be an acre of land visible in Tensas pa
ish. Passengers on the White say the leve
; at Milliken's Bend cannot possibly mol
out if there is any further rise IN the river
army, under instructions from the secre
tary of war, left at I o'clock this evenin,
for Monroe in q skiff, and will visit Tai
lulah, Delhi, Floyd and Rayvllle and repor
his observations of the condition of thu
country and the distress existing. He vii
make his report by telegraph. News iron
the tributaries streams OF the 1azoo, sun
flower and Tallahatchie add to the gloomy
aspect of affairs. Cattle are receiving nj
to the preservation of horses and stock
which continue to arrive at this point IL
large numbers.
LATER-The report in special dispatches
hence of a break of the levee in front OF the
town at Milliken's Bend, is untrue. Breaks
are above and below the town. The re-
ported destruction cf u gin.house few
| uuyS ago, WIFI BTedb lOoo VI Iicj 40 "tSN
untrue. There was no loss of life by the
burning of Baer's store.
YAzoo CITY, March 20.-The water at
this point is two feet above the water mark
of 1867, and has risen one inch in the last
IL hours. Boats from above report the
water at stand. The excitement has sub
sided, but each steamer brings people ana
stock A large percentage OF refugees are
negroes, and with few exceptions
a1
and planters who have them employed.
Some have gone to Hills Tower, temporarily,
and as yet there are no sufferers. Many
who have remained in town refuse to work,
but clamor for government rations; At
this point very little assistance is needed at
present. The overflowed business houses
of this city have had scaffolds built in them
an extra police for duty night and day, and
with the exception of few cases OF petty
larcency no violations of the law have oc-
CARED.
New ORLEANS, March 20.-A special from
Vicksburg TO the Times-Democrat,. dated
midnight, says: The river rose an inch in
the past twenty-four hours, but is now sta
tionary. ,Telegrams from 9azoo CITY r re- re-
port no change in the condition OF affairs
| there The steamer Carroll arrived there
| to-day with $50 mules and other stock, and
| $50 refugees from the overflowed section.
1t is believed the river at Yazoo City will
be at stand tomorrow. 1t has fallen an
inch at Rick's place, above there. The
steamer Headlight, from Davis Bend,
brought to Vicksburg 200 head of stock,
300 people, the majority of whom are
in the most destitute condition. She reports
that Hammock, Hurricane and Big Black
islands are completely submerged. not a
strip of land being visible in that entire sec
ton. At Palmyra and Davis Bend, about
thirty acres of land are still above water.
| The steamer Dickson, from Eagle Bend,
brought seventy.five head of stock and sew
enty-three people. The leyee Immediately
have broken last night. The creyasse is
now 900 yards wide. When the Belle Of
Memphis passed Eddington place last eve
| ming, the water was running over the leyee.
A further rise of an inch or SO will put that
| fine plantation under water.
Persons arriving from Tensas parish re-
port every plantation under water or af'
the parish front. The most serious OF these
is Ships bayou break, which is deep, and is
now nearly mile wide. The water is
rushing through in stream twenty feet
deep, causing the flood water from other
| breaks to rise ten inches every twenty
four hours. Ships bayou break is between
the upper and lower ends of Lake st. Joseph,
| When the water rushed through in such
volume, it raised the water in the lake so
rapidly that it ran out of the lower end into
the river. The lands forming an island be-
| tween lake and river are low, and the whole
island must be soon submerged. The water
in some places in the parish is over the Top
of the plantation cabins. Planters, where
water encroached upon their lands,
sent their live stock across the river
| to the hills on the Mississippi side.
! Tla lose Of cfoolr IN tho rarieb has baan
| light. Planters are as hopeful as possible
under the existing circumstances. If the
water recedes by the first or middle of May,
! they will re able to plant to a considerable
extent, as the overflow was higher and
and sooner than usual. II flooded the
| lands before plowing, and this will cause a
delay Of a week or two, as the plowing will
have TO be done as the water recedes. A
| letter, written on the 10Th, from st. Joseph,
| by the president Of the police jury, Tensas
| parish, says: 81 have Just travelled twenty
seven miles over portion of this parish in
boat. On nearly every plantation negroes
have been driven from their houses and
| have taken refuge in the upper portion OF
| gin houses; back.water has washed away
houses and everything. There is not one
| Thousand acres Ol Land ouL OI water ln Tie
whole parish. The landing crevasse in AS
cension parish has not been closed,
! but continues TO widen. IL is now re-
| ported as 1l5 feet wide. The water is
backing up on lands in Ascension parish
above and flooding plantations below in
that and also in St. James parish. A por-
tion of Burnside plantation is under water.
Final outlet for this water is through Lake
Maurepas, thence into Lake Ponchartrain.
There have been no heavy rains in the
Mississippi Valley for week past and the
head waters Of all streams in Arkansas,
Mississippi and LOUISIANA are reported fall
ing. At New Orleans the river has scarcely
varied an inch in a week standing as now,
eight inches below the high water Of 1874.
NFy ORLEANs March 2l.-Dispatches from
Vicksburg say that heavy winds and rain
storm visited there last evening. At mid
night a strong northwest wind was blowing.
To-day there are heavy swells on the river,
which, IL is feared, will cause new break in
the levees. The steamer Hattie COrney,
from Deer creek, brings $50 head Of stock
from l.. A. Campbell's plantation near
Shreveport. The water is eleven inches on
the plantations around Campbellville.
All boats bring large numbers Of refugees,
mostly colored. LabOrers at Maysville are
being supplied by the planters. They will be
ready 10 20 70 work as soon as the water
falls. Duckport still continues above
water. Planting commenced there yester-
day. The wharf and elevator platforms
wire an afoat this morning. The Taila-
hatchie and the upper NazOO rivers are de-
dining rapidly. The section q country on
these rivers which suffered most is between
Balouia and Iazoo City, where the loss Of
cattle j. big. The computations there are
a large number nf acres of land free fron
water on B1sebsnk. EEypt. Shell Bluff.
Gien. Oakwo0d and a number of other
plantations in The haz0o. At Greenwood
The vzser il falling, though the place is still
under water. and the courthouse is filled
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