The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-02-22

Vicksburg Herald, 18th,

The rise in the Cumberland, the
Tennessee and the Arkansas coexist>
ent with the unprecedented flood
pouring down the OHIO valley, very
naturally creates apprehension of an.
other ove fl W, and the condition of
levees both above and below this city
is now a subiec of the livelicst in,
quiry. From the best information
We can obtain on the subject with res
gard to the First District, under the
supervision Of Capt. A NJ. Miller,
which extends from Friars Point
southwark to the mouth of White
river, work has progressed very sat-
isfactorily on the levees built under
he direction of the Government en-.
gineers. In fact, the Government
levees are so nearly completed that
they will serve as actual barriers,
even in case of extreme high water.
The Garth break Six miles below
Friar's Point and extending to jeff,
erson, and the break between BANDS
Bayou and Garland's are so far ad
yauced that little fear is entertained
that the water will pass over them
even if it should reach the highest
point of last years rise. The Like
Charles break has been completely
closed up, and about three,fourtbs
of the work on Parker's enlargement
below Like Charles has been cons
pleted. These four breaks are the
only ones in charge of Capt. Miliors
Division. No work has been done by
direction of the RIVER Commission
between Friar's Point and Memphis,
a distance of ninety miles, including
the entire | myth Tunica county
and parts OF COahoma and DeSoto.
There were innumerable breaks in
the Tunjca and DeSoto levees last
year, and but little has been done to
repair them, consequently the section
that will suffer most by the waters
now coming, lies north Of Friars
Point
There were in all twenty four
breaks to be repaired by the Govern,
ment in Capt. w L. Marshalls dis
trict, which extends from the mouth
of White river to Warrenton below
this city. On the Mississippi side,
Capt. Marshall informs Us, all the
levees are safe above Glenora, and at
that point a large force is engaged |
in building a protection levee which |
will be completed to high water mark
in four or five days At Skpwith a
gap of 1900 feet is now being rapid
ly closed ; at Ellesle 800 men are at
work raising the crown of the levee
above high water mark, Seven days
more will make that levee safe against
a flood equal to that of last year. The
gaps below Elleslie on the Missis>
sippi side have all been closed and |
the levees are considered safe. One
week of favorable or moderately |
favorable weather will be sufficient,
in Capt. Marshall's opinion, to put
all the Governmet levees, except the
one at Delta, In, in safe condition,
even if they are not entirely CONS
pleted.
In Arkansas-the third District
Dufin's break Just below Arkansas
City, has been completed; at Panther
Forest, large break four miles long,
is practically Finished only needing a
little earthwoik to make 1t strong
enough to withstand any probable
rise this season. From there the
citizens have closed all the breaks,
except the one at Whisky Chute,
down to Milliken s Bend The Mats
thews Bend breaks and the Ashton
crevasse have been left open for III
want OF funds.
The Like Providence breaks are
all closed and 3 small levee is also be. |
ing built below Like Providence,
where the levee is threatened by cav
ing bank. 1t will also be completed |
in time to resist the coming water.
From Wilton to Rlleigh levee, a gap
of over annie is unfinished, but pros
lection levees are being thrown out
from the completed levee to the old |
levee-all above high water mark
and will be completed in six more
working days. This break, known rs
the Alsatia levee, will be made safe,
there being a force of six hundred |
men steadily at work on it. From
Raleigh to Willow Point the levee is
completed. From Omega to Mill
ken's Bend the work has progressed ,
sufficiently to stand a fourNfoot OVER
flow. 1t has force now on it and
will be completed in few days, about
one tenth Of it only being in an un-
finished condition. The breaks from
Miliken's Bend to Cabin Teele and
the Sparta and Duckport levees will
be completed by this evening. From
Delta to Bedford's the work cannot
be continued at present, owing to the
rise of the water and the soft condi-
ton of the ground; but as the gap
about mile in lengths in a low
swamp, the water will escape into the