Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-22
THE RAGING FLOOD.
Water from Four to Five Feet
Deep in Madison Parish.
Live Stock Dying from Starvation.
Vicksburg Filling up with Negroes
from Deluged Country.
Painful Details of Suffering and
Distress.

New ORLEANS, March 20.-The
steamer Josephine Spingle will leave
to-day for Roundaway Bayou, on a
mission of relief. The planters are
making arrangements with boats to
go out in the overflow and save
stock. The depth of the water
through Madison Parish, La, is to
5 feet, over most of the cotton fields.
The tug Bigely went up to Miliiken S
Bend yesterday, to bring off stock.
The majorities of the creatures were
so near starved that they died on
their way hither.
The current passing through
Milhken's Bend carried away a
store at that place couple of miles
back into the county. Vlcksburg is
rapidly filing up with negroes from
the overfowed lands above and be>
low. They are unable to get work,
and will have to be assisted by the
government The Belle of Memphis,
which arrived last night from St.
Louis, in addition to her freight list,
brought lot of stock from Hender-
sons and other points; also about
$50 passengers, including a large
number of negroes, from the over
flowed region. Among her passen-
gers were ten newspaper CORES pond
ents and four sketch artists to do
the overfowed district.
VIcKsBURa, March 20.-The
teamer Carroll arrived this morn
ing from Yazoo River. She has
moved about 1000 horses and mules
from the plantations 10 Yazoo City.
She reports the river at a stand at
Tchula city. The water is rising iu
the delta opposite this city. A
strong current passed in through
the principal streets, and fences and
many outbuildiogs have been
washed away Col. Thomas was
drowned at the delta YESTERDAY,
He was in a canal loaded with
provisions, and it capsized
Two negroes were drowned Friday,
at Mrs. Jones place, in Madison
Parish, by the upsetting of q skiff
on Tchula Lake, at Marcella. One
house has 81 white people in it. Va
zoo River is now on stand at Bur
tonra, and falling at the head of
Honey Island. The Tallahatchie
River is also falling at Tallnlah Land
| ing, Miss There is no wafer
On the levees. and it is crowded with
families from the back country.
At Shiloh Landing there is much
trouble from backwater, but the
front levee is intact At Alsatia the
levee is all right. At Samuel Nel>
sons, in chute 81, the backwater
has commenced rising at the rate Of
eight inches in twenty four hours
He has about severity five acres free
from water, on which lie has 2l3
persons needing rations, also 100
head of mules and horses, 200 head
of sheep and 200 head of cattle.
At Tennessee Landing the back
water is three feet higher than the
river and is running over the levee
into the river. At Magma Vista the
backwater commenced rising on
Friday night, and on Saturday
night the water WAS running
over the levee into the river.
In the house of Mr.. Chapman,
at this place, there are thirty people
in the second story, and outside
there is not foot of land visible.
/ The water rose suddenly, and there
were many narrow escapes from
browsing. At Chotard the levee is
all right, but the backwater is run
ming into the river There are about
200 negroes camped around small
church at this place. All this water
is from Steeles Bayou, Deer Creek,
aud Sunfower and Yazoo Rivers.
There are at least 900 people between
Chotard and Magma Vista, mostly
colored, who will have to
be supplied with rations. At
Brunswick Point the backwater is
running into the river, and large
number of cattle have been lost.
This is the first high water they
have had there in Is years. The
whole of Eagle Bend County is un-
der water. b. Il. Kiger will lose
fully $4,000 worth of stock. Buck
horn Creek is at least half mile
wide and about 10 feet deep. The
water is spreading all over the
country and the people are on the
tops OF houses, waiting to be re-
moved. James A, Stone and James
B. Stone, at Omega, rescued 80 peo,
pie by means of skiffs.