The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-01
THE LEVEES.
Vicksburg Herald. 22nd.


Vickaburg Herald. END.
Col. Neeley, of the firm of r. G
Houston & Co, who is in the city
was expecting large portion of his
stock and outfit by the Issaquena
from Edgewood, Illawara and Good
rich last night. The water is rapidly
spreading over the country in the vi
cinity of the breaks at those places,
and Houston & Co., are taking the
precaution to ship their stock, imple-
ments, etc, to this city for safety in
case Of general overflow. Work
will be continued to some extent
with view Of protecting that portion
of the levee already completed. The
steamer E. w. Cole received tele.
gram from d. Mayer & Co., at IIo-
mochitto, yesterday morning, request
ing the boat to land without fail at
that place for the purpose of taking
their entire outfit up to Skipwith's $.
BY this it is inferred that Mayer &
Co. have completed their contract at
Homichitto, and have accepted a
proposition on the part of A.B,Strong
& Co. to assist in the completion OF
the levee at Skipwith's, Miss. The
condition of thing at this place is by
no means encourageing, Judging from
the present outlook.
On, the Delta and Bedford levee,
four miles below this city on the Lou
isiana shore, work is progressing rap
idly and satisfactorily. This contract
was for six miles of solid levee work,
of which fully five miles have been
completed, leaving one mile yet to he
constructed. At present this levee Is
protected by runaround twelve hun
dred feet long, and which Major
Carlisle thinks will he finished in the
next five days, steamboats, permitting.
1t is requested that all steamboats,
passing up or down in the neighbor-
hood Of the Delta Bedford levee pass
around the chute east Of the island
via Quarantine Station, as the waves
of passing steamers greatly interfere
with the work now in progress ON
this levee. Below the Delta-Bedford
levee, everything is in good condition
as far down as Hard Times, thirtv-hve
miles from this city ON the Louisiana
side. A number of gaps are yet
untitled in the Hard Times levee,
but a protection levee will keep out
the water for the present and enable
the contractors to complete their
work. p. J. Kennedy says he will be
unable to complete the Hard Scrab-
BILE levee, and there is no way of pro-
tecting it or the country in the Nicin-
itv, in case of another foot or two of
water. An overflow here would inun-
date Lake Bruin, the southwestern
portion of Tensas and the western
portion Of Concordio parishes. All
the levees below to Red river will be
either entirely completed, or so pro-
tected that the country back of them
will experience no hardships from
high water. Advices from Sunfower
river are to the effect that that stream
is on a stand. The upper end of the
river is low, but Capt George w,
BoOkout, of the steamer Suntower,
thinks that water from the Mississippi
in the neighborhood of Hushpuckana
will have caused rise in the Sun
flower by the time his boat will have
reached Sharkey's. Capt. Bookout
says thirty-one feet on the guage at
Memphis lets sipage water into the
Sunhower,and thirty-three feet makes
good navigable water in the same.
In the Tallahatchie there is a re-
ported bank of twelve feet, with a
rise of two inches in every twenty
four hours.
Major Carlisle received a telegram
yesterday morning to the effect that
the Elleslie, Omega and Buckhorn
levees were safe thus far. Major
Carlisle has these levees under CON
tract.
The 1ssaquena, arriving here last
night, reports everything serene above.
At skipwith's the condition of
things is anything but encouraging.