The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-08

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Gruun iHtra VIVA huit by ilu state IN isia,
| an furHs ihn upper un1 ~ the syituin ~
letocs dnHisn \ hr The stai Hoard ~ pruicot
iha Rcd ltlyrr r'ann, Although erected eight
riih inches higher than the pint reached W
ilia great tiund NJ ifi, The water could h1 Hcen
running over W. top un a long strip ~ tho
nld lnNre lust nlnyr about two hundred head
ni i've stuck, among them several horses aud
hhlrs, ,oull b. airn slowly starving These
rlilnhlc srht' have BORN of lat ~ Nuh frc'
qhrni occurrence ~ u scarcely attract notice,
ht nlpnc inviting comment.
Atiho mluth of Rcd lvcr the swollen cuie
rent " y nirIng with srnai velocity lnto tho
lnihornt Wat 're, and ths scene wns such or,
nH might have ~ 'ctod Nnh when ho opcud
the window on Mount Arafat. just bcpw
AMI Win n sight freshly broken lrvo.Ah
passed, over gradually widening PM ot
which the water wis pouring with coD"dcrn-
u fnll md volume. On the ducrtcs portion
yet Intact could he scoh about twGsy wheel
harrO~s aud n long parapet ~ sanf"ass' whdh
told lh' story " the desperate on, unequal
httlic which had boon wagcd ana lost. Tha
| planters family, with r-insct ot hnstily-ini'
proyisoI busdl .. viig hrfiRht on board In d
sklr. Tho entlre plhnislion was already unda
wi r. hut no get IN nothing like the depth
tnrca cnrl ) tho crcvassr IN 'front.' At this
pntr, m Jhickasaw Dluns come within two or
,hpr, inlos ~ tho river on the Ms,lssippl
,,,rc, nni consequently limit the food 10 that
lattcnt. Upon the Louisiana shoro Il IL a dead
level to tn Gulf Of Mcxico, through the minor
rivers and bayous of which tho dclugu viii
evsniuglly drain away.
Tho country In this ncRhborhood II thokly
to'tlnd, covered with nne stock and sugar
pltntct ona. and marks the commencement OF
the iar.fnmcd ulgarrnlsing district ~ Louis
lana, which extends nearly to tho shores Of tho
Guif Of hcsic1. Heretofore this vtrlnity has
been undor water In many places, but not on
hrciy, the land b,lng comparatively hlYh and
well-lcvced. Yesterday morning II wns first
threatened by the water ri'ng to within two
Inches of tho top Of tho lcvec. A forco Of I'd
men were at once set 10 work, who continued
thoir lnlors until four o'clock In the morning,
when II at last gave way.
Al this point, both shores of the river beln,
In Louisiana, It Ia nj present forty miles wide.
extending from the Opolousas hills upon ON
side TO the hills at fcllcIana upon the ether.
The stories related about the effect OF M
Hood upon Wild animals border upon tho ID.
credible, hut nrc probably warranted by faas.
A merchant living nj New Texas Landing DID
your correspondent that he hni purcha,ed
nearly 1000 coon.rclis within the past ihrco
weeks ai ten crnts each. They wcrc all killgi
upon an island opposite his residence, upn
which the wntsr Is only q few inches dfp,
and every morning the air Il stlll myeal
with the echo Of tho huntors k'ns.
Driven out Of the swamp. where the csns
usunl food Is berries, grapes, ETC.. thcyomo
there ai night 10 fish for eraynsh, whctire 80
plentiful In that locality ~ 10 form staplo
article Of food with tho people. Pm tho
stuni,d trcc- and willows thoy put ttIr paws
intn the water. which are at once ,irof by
the crayfi-h, who catch Tartar owy timn.
Your correspondent dared not doui tho sto
ry. ~ II was told b. an old vctorai OF sixty.
hvg. who stood high IN tho oomninity. and
whose integrity was youched for b the officers
OF the Loaf.
One very serious result of the fi,fS 70 nntcl'
paie'i In p at Of mosquitoes, WIN generally
multiply under such clrcum.tapes IN irsht
ful proportions, seriously intc'erinr Win ia-
bor and endangrring the live OF i'o stock
Tho pest ~ tho bsnaio rnat iss airrahy be
como serious annoyance. ana shoull SEX
meas follow In tho wake N recorded plasuei
| of Fgypt promf-e 10 DO pfe than HfRlod.