The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-09
DALLAS TEXAS THURSDAY MARCH o. 1882 y0L XXXl NO. 49,

bank IL now six feet and the water Is said 10
be three feet deep on the public road IN the
vicinity. Unless these breaks can be speed
lily closed, great danger will result.
LATER.
MEMPHIS, March G.-fhe river at this
point sabout stationary, but will doubtless
begin rising again tonight, as heavy rains
have fallen to-day throughout this region
In an interview tonight Commissioner
Mangums, of Arkansas, said that in the
counties of Mississippi, Crittenden, Lee,
Poinsctt, Cross, Cralghead, 81. Frames,
Phillips, Desho, Chitoc and Monroe, IN
Arkansas, he had information OF
about 10000 destitute people who would
have to be fed by the government Tor at
least forty days. These counties don't in
clude those bordering on Red River, where
great suffering is said to exist. Commits
sioner w. $. Hemingway, of Mississippi,
said the inhabitants OF Laconia, Coahoma,
De Soto, Quitman, Bolivar, Washington,
Issoquena, Yazoo, Tallahachie. and sun
flower counties in his state to the number
of 10 600 were in like suffering condition.
These counties in Mississippi are all above
Vicksburg, and there are other counties
below that which have suffered from the
floods.
New ORLEANS, La, March 5.-The Times
Democrat will publish the following
BATON RoUGE, March 5.-The levees Of
West Baton Rouge cannot stand much
more pressure. A call is made upon the
interior parishes that will suffer from the
flood that will pass over parishes in case
our levees break, to send at once money to
our aid. A few thousand dollars may pre-
vent the repetition of the disasters
of 1874 Will the people of st.
Mary, Iberia, Terrebonne, LaFourche, ST.
Martin, Assumption and lberville parishes
respond to the call for aid in their own de-
fense? [Signedl q. j. BARRoWs,
President Police Jury, West Baton Rouge.
The people and authorities of Point COu
pee and West Baton Rouge are not able to
defend long the leyees.
New ORLEANS, March G.-The Picayune,s
Grecnvile special says: Backwater is
still rising and spreading. 1t is now
from six inches to a loot
higher than any previous overflow since the
country was first settled. There will be
very little land above water from
the river front places to the hills beyond
the river. Greenville is secure from
any possible overflow, though low points
were at one time threatened. Refugees from
the overtlowcd plantations are congregating
here, and our resources to feed and shelter
them will be severely taxed. So far relief
agents have not communicated with our
local authorities. Our board Of super.
visors have asked that some of
the government rations be sent here. The
need is immediate. The sheriff OF Bolivar
county has lodged his prisoners in Jail here.
lie reports very. few plantations in his
county with even a strip of land above
water. Consequently the loss of stock will
be almost total. Leyees are thronged with
dition is deporabe As its extent
becomes known this calamity begins to APP
pail. Taxes sufficient to rebuild the evees
above would be almost insupportable; but
this is only an item. Laborers have
lost their all and are in stricken and de-
moralized condition. Could transpor-
tation be secured there would
be an exodus from here to The hills.
The dependency of planters and merchants
is deepening. At first this blow was regard
ed as disaster, involving losses, hard
times, but now it is assuming
graver proportions. The most thoughtful,
as well as the most sanguine, look uponit as
a disaster greater than ever before betell this
country. Your correspondent does not be-
lieve that confidence and hope can be re-
stored without national help to rebuild the
levees.
MEMPHIS, March s6.--This morning the
gauge at the river indicated three feet above
low water mark and shG%5 Il rise of
four inches since yesterday morning.
This no doubt is caused by local rains which
fell in torrents all yesterday afternoon
ana last hlSht, throughout ihe en-
tire country tributary to the city;
Telegraph wires between Memphis and
Helena are down, and nothing can
be heard from that city. Great
fears are expressed that the rains
If yesterday have caused serious damage at
tnat city The rise here was un.
pr,cedented, and must have been
fully six inches at Helena.
The strear.s between here and Cairo were
pouring out floods this morning and great
disaster to the country below must neccs-
SnrilN be the result.