Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-14
DARK AND GLOOMY.
The Reports from All Points Continue
OF the Most Unfavorable Charac-
ter-A Number Of
New Breaks Reported from New Orleans
Suffering ON the Incresse-The
Worst Yet to Come.

| NEW ORLEANS, March Io.-1he river u
| nine inches below the high wster-mark o.
| 1874. Advices from above confirm the re
| port of the break of the False river dyk e
Saturday. Some damage to plantations il
! West Baten Rouge may result. The river
at Vicksburg yesterday rose eight inches, the
food waters from Yazoo valley having
reached that point. Arrangements are be-
| ing made by The commissioners for the dis
tribution of 100000 gov; rnment rations
Those for the upper coast will be sent by
steamer Tuesday; Wednesday rations for
Ouachita will be shipped by steamer, and
those for Avoyelles parish for Simmsport.
The foods along the Chicago st. Louis and
New Orleans railroad have subsidized, the
damage repaired and trains will run as
usual from and after tomorrow.
Bayou Sara specials recount the results of
the levee inspections from Baton Rouge to
Bayou Sara. Several weak places are re-
ported, but the work of strengthening them
goes on. The Crosse ete and Fordache
levees still stand, although the water is
twenty-five inches higher than ever known,
and from six to eight inches above the origi-
nal levee. Over 500 men are out piliug
eaI n sgainst the revetment Of pickets on ca pc
OF thirty miles of levee. The Point Pleasant
Buckner and Woodburn levees all gave way
this morning.
The Times Democrats Baton Rouge special
says: Congressman King, having tele-
graphed Governor McEnery suggesting that
be call the attention of the citizens of New
Orleans and the Mississippi valley TO the
situation. which, from the light before us, is
appalling, and solicit relief for the sufferers,
etc, the governor answers: Il have received
several dispatches from you locating the
distress and the numbers suffering from
the overflow. | have taken special pains,
and so have the commissioners appointed
by me, to get reliable information by tele-
graph, letters and interviews from all sec
tions of the State as to localities and num-
bers needing assistance. From some of the
districts mentioned by you l received not
more than three days ago a reply, stat
ing there was no destitution. Your dis
patches have been repeated in part to
me in their calls for aid. l am
afraid your praiseworthy zeal has been
taken advantage of. There is no necessity
for appealing to the governors of other
States and to the mayors of cities. The
calamity is bad enough and the suffering is
sufficiently alsrming without exaggeration.
am obliged to you for your suggestions and
recommendations in previous dispatches for
the appointment of persons for the relief
You can be of service by com-
municating with the commissioners in New
Orleans and secondiDg their efforts"
The Times Democrats Vicksburg special
flood, and the people are leaving it az fast
they can and by every possible means. The
levee in the rear OF Delta is about to give
way, in which case new cut off would form
down through Grants canal, resulting in the
perfect destruction of that town and the COM
plete abandonment Of Vicksburg as a river
town. A committee of citizens from Delta
are soliciting subscriptions here for the pro-
lection of this levee, and, of course, are meet
Ith h1r1 lnta
ruin is reported on the Sunhower river. The
steamer Sunfower arrived here from that
stream with an immense quantity OF stock,
people and plumber. Some of the planta-
lions are five feet under water; others
not less than two-only here and there
a dry spot can he found All is
an immense waste of water Among the
poor classes there is considerable suffering
reported. Those who are able are leaving
the country. At Johnsonville the river lacks
about two feet of reaching the high water
mark of 1867, while below at Shell Ridge
and WOODBURY. it lacks only twelve
DR. thirteen inches. The captain of the
Sunhower is of opinion that the water
will recede in time 10 enable the farmers to
plant average crops. Big water is pouring
out of the Yszoo river, and has backed
about thirty miles up the Mississippi, and
now threatens the whole section OF country,
and continues to Milliken's Bend, Good
rich's Landing, Ben Lomond and Alsatia.
When the steamer passed there this morning
he inhabitants were working with all their
night to protect the levee at Milliken's
Bend, which, it Is supposed, cannot be held
intact much longer. Nearly all the planta-
ions on Lake Washington are submerged
md it is estimated that nearly two-thirdssof
he live stock in that section OF the
is lost. The Tennessee, a
government boat, has sunk at Vista Land
ng. The River Commission have ceased |
work on Balishead bar, and are now work |
ng on the bar on Island 80. Major Hosie, |
rom Newton, Miss, reports that locality and |
own completely under water, and the cattle |
md other stock being rapidly killed off by
mats. At this point (Vicksburg) the river |
las been rising on an average OF from |
hree and a half to four inches per day for |
he past three or four days. This morning |
he water had completely surrounded the |
Elevator, and all, or nearly all, the stores on
he front of Levee street, opposite the wharf |
,oat, are submerged. The rising river has |
zone over its bank below the elevator and |
.rossed the Vicksburg and Meridian railroad |
Yearly its whole length to the compress, and
portion of that establishment has been
overed with water a few inches. From |
very portion of the surrounding country |
ONES news of the loss of stock and property, |
md in a few instances of human lives