Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-21
THE FRESHET.

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gave way yesterday. The crevasses
aggregate some two miles in length.
The water from these will cover
the greater part of Madison Parish.
The joint waters of the crevasses in
Tensas and Concordia will flow into
the Bayou Macon, and Black Ouchita
and Cosas Rivers, thence through
Red and Atchafalaya Rivers. The
danger from these breaks will be
very great, adding the entire parish
to the area overfowed, and possibly
causing additional damage by the
overfowing of the streams above
mentioned.
The whole country around Eagle
Bend is under water. The delta is
submerged, but the houses have not
been carried off. There are now re-
ported thirty-three breaks between
Hushpuckana and Greenville, and
terrible suffering is experienced from
the disaster A dispatch says: The
water from Millikens Bend has SUBJ
merged the town of Duckport, and
houses are floating for miles into the
country. The steamer Cannon ar
rived at Vicksburg. yesterday.
Captain Campbell says he rescued
200 odd head of cattle, mules, &c, and
number of families from the ends
of the levees; and at one place he
went out into swamp about a mile
and half for thirty people, who
were literally starving to death. The
captain reports terrible condition
of affairs below, and says that in
many instances there is not only
lack of means but absolute poverty.
The pilots of the Cannon report
five feet of water over New Town,
Miss.
Below New Town the whole coun-
try, with the exception of Natchez,
Mississippi, is submerged. On the
Louisiana side the Lowland Planta-
ton at Point Ecoupee, Hogs Point,
4 miles below Red River bridge,
Gibson Place, 16 miles from Natchez,
and Coleman Plantation, about 2
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 back
water or broken levees. Above
there Brunswick, Albermarle, Ingo-
mar, Burleigh, Dunbarton, Magma
Vista, Shiloah, Hogs Landing 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
overfowed section from Camden,
Ark, to the mouth of the Bayou
Bartholomes, and from twenty-five
miles below Monroe to the mouth of
Black River. Government rations
for fifteen days have been sent to
this section. The water along the
lower Ouchita River is six inches
higher than in 1874. The recent
crevasse on the west side
of the Mississippi will probably
carry the water there still higher,
though the Ouchita is reported fall
ing slowly at Monroe. Red River
also is falling. Considerable damage
was caused by 3he Point Ecoupee
crevasse, which is now quarter of
mile wide, but thus far the damage
is not as great as was expected.
It is believed the break at the
landing place in Ascension Parish,
and the breaks below the city at
Story to Live Oak Grove, will be
closed. Thus far, the damage to
the regular producing section of
Louisiana is. been comparatively light.
26,O00 Government rations has been
distributed in this State besides the
contributions by private citizens.
Governor McEnery has received
applications for rations for 10000
persons, the people of Madison
Parish having added $4,000 names
to the provision application.
In response to telegram from
Governor McEnery earnestly urging
the commercial bodies of New Or
leans to appoint committee to So
licit immediate relief for the
destitute people, the cotton
exchange held meeting to-
day and resolved to place a
list in the hands of committee, and
request the members to contribute
to the full extent of their ability.
The commissioners appointed by
the Governor to distribute the gov
ernment rations will distribute other
donations.
New ORLEANS, March 20.-A spe-
cial from Vicksburg to the Times,
Oemocrat,) dated midnight, says:
"The river has risen much in
the past "a hours it is now sta,
tionery."
kilograms from Yazoo City report
no change in the condition of affairs
| there. The steamer Carroll arrived
there to>day with $50 mules and 9th
Ell stock, and $50 refugees from the
overfiowed sections.
It is believed the river at Yazoo
City will be at standard tomorrow.
It has fallen an inch at Rick's place
above there.
The steamer Headlight, from Da>
Wis Bend, brought to Vicksburg, 200
head of stock and 800 people,
the majority of whom are
most destitute condition. She re-