New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-19
THE GREAT FLOODS.
DEsoLATIoY AND MUCH DISTRESS.


! Ew-ORLEANs, March 1S.-A resume OF the
week shows a largo increase of covered by the
food waters from Helena TO the mouth OF The Mississippi
River In the YazoO Valley the water IA reported 10 be
rising rapidly -Four steamers Of the Parlsot Line arc
continuously t,ayorsin- thlt section, carrying supplies
| md bringing out people and stock In the
! Yazoo Delta from Vicksburg to Coldwater, distance
! by river OF over 400 miles, and from the
| hills on the east to the Mississippi River on the
west forty sixty miles In Width the greater part OF
the lowlanls is submerged including Coldwacr, Tai
lahatchoe YazoO Sunnower and Deer Creek Some loss
OF life h reported. The Government steamer Anita eft
Vlcksburg yesterday for this section 10 distribute raons
and render assistance TO the sufferers from the over
| flow. Her commander, Captain Lee United states
Army telegraphcd General Bcckwth, at st. Louis
| The greatest dcsituon ana dcstrucon OF property
prevail IN the back counties. Seventy thousand rntonS
per week should bc cent to tie state VckSbrg
For the back counties until the flood
ratOns per week 10 the state agent at Memphis Tor MIS-
sissppi Counties or river points, also tents for both
places.
Great stretches of Miken's Bend levee in Madison
Parish La gave yesterday the crevasses aggrcSat-
ing some two miles in length The water from these will
the greater part Of Madison Parish, Join the
waters OF the crevnsscs in Tensas and Concordia.
| now into Bayou Macon and the Black. 0uachta
Red ana Atchafalaya rivers. The damage
from these breaks will be great, adding the entire
donai damage bv ovcrfowine the streams above men
toned. The whole country about Eagle Bend ia under
water the delta s submerged but the houses have not
been carried off
There are now reported, thirty.thrSsee breaks
| great suffering is experienced from the
disaster. A dispatch says that water from MnIikens
| are ifoang for mic! into the country The steamer
Cannon arrived at Vicsbure Yesterday Captain Camp
mnles etc, ana ,oes number nnG OF one daes nnc
went out into the swamp about mile half for thirty
people who were literally starving to death The Capt AIN
says that in many instances there not only lack OF
| absolute
report five feet Of water over Newton Miss Be0" new
Miss is submerged. On the louisiana side Droniand
plantation al Ponte Coupee Hogs Point four miles be-
low Red River Gibson Place sixteen miles from Match
ez and Coleman plantation, about two miles above Wa
crproo the only sites where land can be seen at all
All other portions Of the country on either side OF me
river submerged, citEer from TIE back water or
broken lcvecs. BRUNSWICK, Alb"mar!e' IngQmar Bur.
leigh, Dunharton Ma2nn VISTA Shil"ah iayss Landing
ana Moore'S Landing are enureli under water on 10
country, from Lake Providence down, l. oyeinoW,d
Much suffering IA reported III the o'cfNo"td scctun
from amdcu, Ark TO The mouth Of tNe bayou Bath"o-
mcw, anu from twenty Ve miles uei"W 'louIoe 20 no
mouth OF he Black River. Government "tIonS iot lf-
teen days have nceH seni 10 tAs St % yen. lhe W3lvr
along The lower Ouachita River SIX Inches sAei d
in l-7i The recent CTtva7Se on th" west aloc OF
the MiSSIsspp ~iA p o1l5H carry lie lno "@S @,T
ing slowly al Monroe. The Red River also Is falling.
Considerable damage caused by tie POINT Cuupee
creyasse, which r. now quarter OF milc W'i', oGt
thus far the damage is moi ns great as was expected II
tan PARISH and the break below the CITY at story ana
LiveOak Grove Will be closed Ihu; fnI the 3aage "
paratiyriy Light. Two hundred and sixty thousand
Government rafiOns have bcru distributed Ia tl'S Stae
besides contributions b. private citiLcAs. Governor
McEucIy as received applications for rauons for 10000
persons the people Of Madison Parish having added
l2OO0 IL tie previous .phcationa In response
10 telegram from Governor McEnery,
earnestly urging the commercial 30 lies or NcwOrcans
appoint committee To solicit i!ut ddJc ICnci o lno
destitute people, the Cotton Exchange to-day LeI IL
meeting and resolved place l-ts in tie hands of
request the members to contribute 70 the
full extent Of their ability. TIE Commissioners ap.
pointed by the Governor to distribute GOYerumcu ut
ration. viii distribute other gifts.
n r. MilsUu clerk C the ste amer NatcncZ, says that
the tuatOn La, cd any fOr the better since
his et trip, but, Oh the cOntrar Is good deaI worse
On one uaIt Of the lcvcc, his down trip there
pile OF wood about half submerg aud on top OF II were
twenty sheep and large number OF hogs which had
taken refuge there from the water He says that tLCy
were ont Of from the water but in HE course OF
time they would strrvc The here !. stationary
and marks cigut Inc. .es below The rice OF 1874.