The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-09

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. The faio ~ i've Inches Der day lycfyluhl
/ has heon made fendy here IN ihp llsifIhu
| lion NJ federal miions iOr lliis District
| Hflo ilork, Mmch 4 a special ~ illt
| Onlotto from Arkansas cry yin Iupr
station M noon to-day says The water
has fallen In nh li1con InChcs c1ll,cl 10y. ihc
weakening Of the lCypo ~ the Mississippi
opposite and above 40 Inversion, Nhlchl
Clay. lupgot, williams bayou ana uihcr
p0iuts. All ui bolivar county, Mississippi Is
under wntcrnnd most Of Washington county
including GrconyIllc, There is much sll.
foring on both sides. Families are huddlcd
together In such houses as they think are
safest. The expected aid from the govern.
will reach the people In good time, ana
many hearts are made glad by the approach
of bread aud meat. In this city the
water has reCcdcd from many
houses which are being washed
ont to-day and made ready to secure their
inhabitants from the garrCls' No I1rther
loss of lie has occurred. The people are
more cheerful as they see signs of relief
and returning business. The oil mills here
continue work and are not ut all injured.
Railroad men have begun to repair their
track preparatory TO the runplng OF
trains. great number Of skins
and other boats ply to and from
Trip station, four miles 2way, to carry
freights and passengers. The journal OF,
flee is above water, and the paper MI
henceiorth be issued regularly. The
habitable portions Of town are filled with
people anXiousiy looking on the river for
the expected government rations. The
flood comes so easy as to give the hope that
IT will soon reCede and furnish an Oppor-
tunity to begin raising crops, but far be-
yond usual time.
. NEW ORLEANS, March 4,-Captain Rich
ard Sinnatt, of the Red River packet Jessie
Bell, returned from u trip, being inter
viewed said: 81 found great distress pre-
vailing on Red River; all the low lands be-
low Alexandria are overlooked. Above
Alexandria, on the Bon Dieu river,
the low lands in Grant and Nachitochcs
parishes are all covered with
water Clapp, above Bayou Rapids,
and all lowlands from ColiaN up to Mont
gomcry, are inundated. Alexandria is not
overhowed. and little damage has been
done between CollaX and Alexandria So
far, bayou Balue planters have shown sutl-
cient enterprise to put their men to work
ON the levee. They have built a strong
wall around Alexandria, rendering it safe
from nrOads of the water now com
ing down the Mississippi river rapidly.
1t is said that the people are afraid. The
water is pouring through the crevasscs in
the levecs on Tensas and Black rivers, and
is backing up into Red River rapidly, and
there is no telling what damage may be the
result The people are endeavoring to ar
rest the flood. Nearly all of them are emf
grants, who settled in the productive low
lands along the river, and improved the
country considerably, building it up. Some
of them have only made one or two crops,
and were just beginning to get their farms
in order when the water came and swept
their crops and everything else away.
These vile could do so ran their stock to
the hills, but most of them were ruined,
and are on the verge of starvation. | nope
and think it is the duty Of the government
to assist them by merciful acts"