The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-23
WHAT THE WIRES SAY.
The Floods.


office, from Assistant State Enginee
Brown. reporting that he had just returned
10 BATON Rouge from Landry crevasse il
! ASCENSION parish. He says sixty feet 0
the leyee is gone, but he thinks they vii
close it, large force of labor
ers from the adjoining plantations being
present. Story's crevasse, below the
CITY, is now regarded as beyond control ,and
no effort will likely be made to close it.
Soundin;s to-day show the crevasse ten feet
deep and 200 feet wide. Water from this
crevasse will flow into Ship Island canal
and Lake Borgne, doing but little damage
exec pt to stores. Plantations where there
were 500 acres of stubble and $50 acres OF
cane planted will doubtless be almost
entirely destroyed. The. ends OF leyee
each side of the break at Live Oak Grove
cr,evasse have been secured and the belief
is that the break will be closed. News is
received almost daily at the state engineers
office of the closing of small breaks in
levees between New Orleans ana Baton
Rouge. 81, TT u M.
SON secretary of the board OF state engi-
neers, the following Information was
state: From the Tensas line to the
of the mouth of the river, also in Bayous
Lafourche and Atchafalaya creyasses open
ed. beginning near the upper line OF Car
roll parish and extending into Arkansas.
The estim ated length is eight miles. In
Madison parish the breaks are at omega
Buckner, Morgansea, Milllkens' Bend, Del
ia, Biggs, Inland Bend the SeI last named r be-
sas 5 parish Woodbury.; Bucknerr,
Point Pleasant, shipp's Bayou, Hard
Times, Fordtield, Hardscrabble and Kemp;
Concordia Parish, at Claremont and Glas-
cock, latter open since 1874, Pointe Coupee
parish, Morgansea and Pointe Coupee, the
former open since 1874; Ascension parish,
Landrick; st. John parish, bonhe o, 0arree,
open since 1874 st. Bernard parish, story si
Plaquemine parish, Live Oak Grove, All
of the above are on the right hand
bank of the Mississippi river except Ian
dry, Bonne Care and Story's, these three
being on the left bank. There are four
crevasses on Atchafalaya; Sultons, on the
left bank, in Pointe Coupee parish; 1ellow
bayou and the. upper VIM tract M;n IN
tract, nacyeae in St. Landry parish, the three
last named being on the right
hank. also Pittman's crevass on Bayou
Lafourche. Quite number OF BACK levees
are reported broken about Lake Concordia,
False river and elsewhere;
MEMPHIS, March 1S.-The river has de-
clined two inches to-day, ana nov now marks
IS feet inches on the gauge. The govern;
ment steamer IL. d. Rees arrived, and will
be provisioned to supply the needy
below. Major Beckam, Of st. Louis, will
arrive Tomorrow and have charge of the dis
tribution, but Lieut.. Nedder left to-day to
Investigate the suffering at points oelow
Vicksburg. Captain. Loud departs to-mor, fnoa;
row on the same mission: Reports from rom
below all show that the river is gradually
falling from Memphis to Vicksburg. -,
A Helena, Arkansas, special says: Ihe
river has declined two and q half inches IN
tbe last twenty-four hours. The overflow,
however fell less than an inch Beyond
this there are no notable changes. Inc St;
Louis be-Democrat's tug Saiford toucheu
here at 3p. m. to-day, remaining put a
few miutes, as cries for assistance were
heard from every quarter. Every effort is
being put forth by private citizens 10 renusr
such relief as is in their power. Inc steauy
continued fall in the river has unused new
life into our people. o,., Do
Gratis dispath boat reached Helena ar
kansas, Yesterday afternoon. Inc river
had fallen two inches 9;aIsnd az tra t1a;p went went
through to Clarendon for the hrst
time in nineteen days, running IN WAFER
foot deem, The overflow has departed from
Clarendon. except OH the lowest places.
White river is falling rapidly. Judge Man
gum, commissioner for Arkansas, VINO mas
Established his headquarters at Helena,
saws that $500 persons on MS nst nIg
now being fed by the government ana
on half rations at that. lie says
The humber will be largely increased
now as he can re ch from Helena much
larger number than from any other point,
thai being about the centre of the greatest
suffering. He thinks the government VIII
have to feed the people for month. Inere
is very great suffering III the region iouiu l.i
| 4 II 81
haing reduced to eat the carcasses OF
drowned animals, and Others presenting ap-
meals ofpersons going insane from starvation
ii. II. Montgomery, president oil the
Merchants Compress and storage company
states that he thought not more tnan one
half crop of cotton could De ralseu tllls
year. The overflowed district, ne saia, pro
water subsidies rapidly, OF which there is no
nrospects. not more than half the average
az last wear can be planted. other persons
however. take different views OF the sltua-
tion. and think it can be prepared IN season
for planting, and that fair average crop
will be raised. IA r,.,oo,,,or
Carol arrived dis morning lrom the 1azoo
river She has moved about thousand
horses and mules from the plantations 10
Yazoo City. She reported the river on
stand Al Schoula City the water Is rising.
In Delta. opposite the city, there is strong
current through the principal streets, anu
old fences, many outbuildings, etc, were
washed away. Anderson Inomas was
drowned at Delta yesterday. he was IN
canoe loaded with provisions, and II cap
sized. The body has not yet been recov-
cred. Two negroes were drowned FRIDAY
AZ Mrs. lanes place, in Madison par1sh,
hv the upsetting of a skif. The steamer
Deseret. loaded with iron for the oridge
AT Yazoo City, broke her shat. Her
place is being supplied by the steamer ,Ily
oi Yazoo. on Tchoula lake at Marisla one
bonse has fifty-seven people. IaZoo river
Is now ON a stand at Burton Island, ana
falling AT the head Of Honey island. Talla-
hatchie riyeris also falling at Longwood.
on the leyee a strong force was at work
ON Saturday repairing small break; ~
Is believed Il has been made secure. ABOUT
$50 bales ofcotton IN the warehouse at thls
,,ioce viii he shipped. A hundred and
inv bales are ON the bank Of Laula landing,
Nississippi. There is no water ON the
levee. and Il is crowded with families from
tbe hack country. At Shiloh landing there
Il much trouble from back water, but the
front levee is intact. At Altsalia levee All
4 right. At Sam Nelson, chute ~, water
commenced rising at the rate Of elgbt
inches in twenty-fOur hOurs. About seven
tv-live acres are lree from water, on " hich
there arc g13 persons needing rati0ns' Also
i00 mules and horses, 90 head Of sheep and
an head Of cattle. At Tennessee Landing
backwater i three feet higher than the
river. and i running over the levee into the
river. At Magma Vista backwaier com
,nsnced rising Friday night, and Saturday
ri,.ht ,ras running over The levee into the
river. In the hose Of M. Chapman, a.
tbis place, there are thirty people in the
second story. and there l. not a foot Of land
visibie. The water rose suddenly. There
Uere many narrow escapes from
drowning. At Chatard, levee il all right
but the back water Is running into the river;
There are about 30 negroes huddied
oround a small church on the bank - this
niace. an this water is from Steel's BayOn,
neer creek. Sunf0wer and fazoO rivers.
There 1T least 90 people between ChaiArd
and Magma Vista, mostly colyred, who VII