Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20
THE WASTE OF WATERS.
LATEST REPORTS OF THE INUN-
DATION.
Feeding on CaTcasses-The Outlook
at Helena. Memphis. VIcksburg
and Other POints-LIst OF LOuisI-
ana CreVasses

ana Crevasses
CINCINNATI, March 1S-The Times Stars
ports the food as one foot higher than in
1867. The people are disregarding pro-
perty, and seeking only to save human life.
The court house is crowded, and the
steamers are removing the suffers as fast as
they can. Twelve hundred were removed
last night. A cotton gin house full Of re-
fugees was swept away and all drowned.
New ORLEANS, March 18.-Great
stretches Of MillikeL's s Bend levee, in Madi-
son Parish, La, gave way yesterday, the
crevasses aggre ating some two miles in
length The water from these will cover q
greater part of Madison Parish, jcin the
waters of the erevasses in Tensas and Con-
cordia, flow into B Bayou Macon and the
Black Ouschita and Tensas rivers, thence
through Red and AtchafalaYa rivers.
The damage from these breaks will
be very great, adding the entire parish
to the area overlooked, and possibly causing
additional damage by Overhowing the
stream above mentioned. The whole coun-
try about Eagle Bend is under water. Delta
is submerged, but the houses have not been
carried off. There are now reported thirty
three breaks between Hushpuckara and
Greenville, and terrible suffering is eX-
perienced from the disaster. A dispatch says
the water from Milliken's Bend has SUBJ
merged the town of Duckport, and the
houses are floating for miles into the
country.
The steamer Cannon arrived at Vicksburg
yesterday. Captain Campbell says he
rescued over two hundred head of cattle,
mules, etc. and numbers of families from
the ends of levees, and at one place went
out into a swamp about mile and half
for thirty people who were literally starving
to death. The Captain reports a terrible
condition of affairs below, and says that in
many instances there is not only lack Of
means, but absolute poverty.
The pilots OF Cannon report five feet OF
water over Newtown, Miss. Below the
town the whole country, with the exception
OF Natchez, is submerged. On the Louisiana
side the Dronland plantation, at Pointe
Coupe; Hogs Point, four miles below Red
river, Gibson place, sixteen miles from
NatcheZ and the Coleman plantation, about
two miles above Waterproof, are the only
sites where land can be seen at all. All other
portions of the country on either side of the
river were submerged, either from the back
water or broken levees. Above there Bruins
wick, Albemarle, Ingomara, Burleigh, Dun
barton, Magma Vista, Shilvah, Hays Land
ing and Moore's Landing are entirely
under water on the Mississippi side, while
on the Louisiana side the whole country
from Lake Providence down, is overfowed.
Much suffering is reported in the over
flowed section from Camden, Ark, to the
mouth of Bayou Bartholomew, and from
twenty-five miles below Monroe to the
mouth OF Black river. Government rations
for fifteen days have been sent this section.
The water along the lower Ouachita river is
six inches higher than in 1874. The recent
crevssse on the west side of the
Mississippi will probably carry the
water there still higher, though the
Ouachita IS reported as falling slowly at
Monroe. Red river also is falling. Con-
siderable damage was caused by the Pointe
Coupee crevasse, which is now a quarter
of mile wide, but thus far the damage is
not as great as was expected. 1t is believed
that the break at the Lundry place, In As
cension parish, and the breaks below the
city at Hory's and Live Oak Grove will be
closed. Thus far the damage to the sugar
producing session OF Louisiana has been
comparatively light, and 260, 600 govern
ment rations have been distributed in this
States, besides contributions by private
citizens.
Governor McEnery has received applica
tions for rations for 20. 600 persons, the peo-
pie of Madison parish having added $4,000
to previous applications.
In response to q telegram from Governor
Nee lery earnestly urging the commercial
bodies of New Orleans to appoint 8 COM
mittee to solicit immediate relief for the
destitute people, the Cotton Exchange to-
day held a meeting and resolved to place
lists In the hands of a committee and re-
quest the members to contribute to the full
extent of their ability. The commissioners
appointed by the Governor to distribute
government rations will distribute other
donations.
Mr.. H. F. Wilson, clerk of the store at
NatcheZ, says matters have not changed
any for the better since the last trip, but on
the contrary they are good deal worse.
The stock Is 10 a terrible condition, and on
any little knoll anywhere in the OVERT owed
district you can see thirty or forty head Of
cattle, and sometimes several dead ones are
lying beside their living companions. Gnats
are literally eating them alive. On
one part of the levee on his down
trip was a pile Of wood about half
submerged and on the top were sixty sheep
and a large number of hogs, which had
taken refuge there from the water. He says
they were out OF danger from water, but 10
the course Of time they would starve. The
river here is stationary and marks eight
inches below the rise OF 1874
VICKsBURG, Miss March 18-The river
hours. Governor Lowry and Commissioner
Hemingway were in che city to-day giving
attention to the needs Of persons from the
overt owed sections.
james N. Ogden, son of Judge Ogden,
and brother Of Hon. r. a. Ogden, of Louis
ians died here to-day rather suddenly Of
appOpleXy.
MEMPHIS, March 1S-The river declined
two inches to-day, and now marks 35 feet
tDah fhn
steamer G. B. Reese arrived, and will be
provisioned to supply the needy at poiRts
below. Maj, BeHnam, of st. Louis, will
arrive tomorrow and have charge of the
distribution. Lieut.. Vedder left to-day to
investigate the suffering at points below
Vicksburg. Capt. Pond departs tomorrow
on the same mission. Reports from below
are all to the effect that the river is gradu-
ally falling from Memphis to VicksbuTg.
A Helena, Ark, special says ''The river
declined 2H inches in the last twenty four
hours. The overflow, however, fell less
than an inch. Beyond this there are no no
table changes. The st. Louis Globe Demo
Gratis dispatch tug, Stafford, touched here at
p. m. to-day, remaining but a few min
utes. Cries for assistance were heard from
every quarter, Every effort is being put
forth by private citizens to render such re-
lief as is in their power. The steady, con-
into our people, and they are almost jubi.
liant, but are temperatelY prudent for the
future ~
ST.. LOUIS, March 19.-The Glo5e-D Demo
Gratis dispatch boat reachedgHelena, Ark
yesterday afternoon. The river had fallen
two inches at that point. An Arkansas
Midland train went through to Clarendon
for the first time In nineteen days, running
in water foot deep. The overflow has de-
parted from Clarendon except in the
lowest places. The White river is
falling rapidly. Judge Mangum, Com
missioner for Arkansas, who has
established his headquarters at Helena,
says he has twenty five thousand persons
on his list now being fed by the govern
ment and on half rations at that. He saws
the number will be largely increased now, as
he can reach from Helena a much larger
number than from any other point, that
being about the centre of the greatest suf-
fering. He thinks the government will
have to feed the people for a month.
There Is very great suffering in the
region round about Helena, some
of the inhabitants being reduced to eating
the carcasses of drowned animals, and 9th
ers presenting the appearance of persons
going insane from starvation. II. s. Mont
gomery, President of the Merchants Com
press and Storage Company, stated that he
thought not more than a half crop of cotton
would be raised this year. The overiiowed
district, be said, produces over 1000, 600
bales, and even If the waters subside rapidly,
of which there is no prospect, not more
than half the acreage of last year can be
nlauted. Other pars0ng hOwever take q