Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-13
4 Further Decline OF Two Inches at
Helena-FOur Children and Two
Men Drowned.
Condition OF the River in the Bends
Between Memphis and Arkan-
sas City.
Well-COnStructed LeVees Save a Wide
Extent Of Country in Bolivar
County, Miss.
Cheering News from All Poinis-Views
Of Veteran-The Jetties-The
Ohio River Floods.

By the arrival OF the Kate Adams we are
enabled to give the latest reliable conditions
OF the river in the bends between Memphis
and Arkansas City, Cleaned from Trustworthy
authOritieS, and entirely free from the seDsa-
tional gossips who have endeavored to work
up the prevailing high water into disss-
trous overflow, sinilar TO the one experienced
last spripg. Oar informant tells Us that the
bsckwater is higher inside the levee at Ar
kansas City than il was las. year, and was
still rising when the Adams left. The trains
on the Mississippi River, Little Rock and
Texas railway are running 10 Trips
Station, nine miles from Arkansas City, the
connection being kept up by line Of skifs,
which ply between the city and the tempo
rary terminus of the railroad. At Mound
Landing the levee is all right, but there is
dangerous place at Vermillion Lake, near
Niblett's Landing. The Levse Board have
a force at work on il, with the determi nation
to save it if possible. The levee is reported
all right from this point to Australia. The
levee at Catfish Point can stand about
eighteen inches, and is cafe, as the river was
stationary there Saturday, and there is no
danger except from strong north winds and
craW6sh holes. At Concordia aud Carson's
the levee is reported tafe and the citizens
hopeful. The levee broke at Beaaley's, in
Laconia Circle, about half mile
bslCw Tacoma, Saturday morning. The
6.sure was about twenty feet wide when the
Adams passed by that point at 10 o'clock
that morning. Capt. Pat Henry was at
work then with large force, and will stop
it il it can be done. At Australia the water
has been kept from goiug over the levee by
Pat Lamb, who has worked like a beaver
during all this high water, and, it is be-
lieved, hiss accomplished more with the
small force he has had than any other man
in that leyee district. There ia now no doubt
about his saving his section OF the levee. The
river was on a stand at Australia Saturday.
At the Totten place, near SunHower Land
ing, the levee gave way last Thurtday.
This place is just above Col. Richardson's
Chambers place, in the lower end Of
Coahoma county. Fortunately the break
occurred st point where the damage will
be light compared with what would have re-
suited had it occurred short distance be-
low. A great volume of the water will
escape through the Hushspuckna, bat will
back up on portions of Col. Richard
SOM, Scale, Lombard's, Jones, Hurbut's,
Eldridge, Springfield, S.ssions's, Capt.
shippard's, R P. Duncan's, Sam Thomas's,
Martin Donaldson'r, J. N. Davis's
and New Hope. C1l. Stokes,
of Bolivar county, has devoted
his whole lime to the levees since the over
flow threatened 10 become dangerous. We
hear slso high compliments expressed about
Capt. Mark R Cheek, of the KATE Adams,
who has made many warm friends BY his
careful attentions to the wsnts OF the people
in every nook and corner OF the bends.
Wherever be could do anything 10 aid the
people he has br1ved all sorts of danger, and
oitentimes run great risks with the Kate
Adams in going where other boats positively
refused TO land. 1t is in times like these
that such acts are appreciated, and the Kate
Adams and her gallant commander will long
be remembered by people who, if not sur
rounded Dy tue ONcIuDWy WCIc III inc aBOuy
OF expectation and anxiety.
FROM scANLANs LANDING.
To the Editors of theAppeal:
ScANIANs, March 1.-The river, after
rising within three inches of 1882, hiss fallen
six inches. The overflow iu this neighbor-
hood has been more destructive this than
last year. LAST year it came 80 slowly the
back water met that in front, and there were
| Z oa1 h. 0,,l.
| hoated aroud and were easy to reset and re-
| pair. Ia the present instance the water
washed through the old breaks in the levee
and swept all before it. In 1882 the crop
was small, the year being dry it was early
gathered, and none OF the staple was lost.
| But this year was the reverse. Cotton open
ed late; the fall was wet; the picking went
| on slowly; the roads were wretched, and
| with much trouble could the cotton be put
| on he river bank; the seed, now OF great
value to the planter, is to great extent
still on hand on the first floor OF ginhousss,
aud much hiss been lost. There Is also much
cotton in the fields. Seaman has twenty
| i've or thirty bales lost in the fields, Brewer
| 6ly or sixty, Armstrong twenty-five or ihir.
| ty. These gentlemen are the principal
planters of this landing. The Mcneil
place seems TO be the lowest, and
10 have suffered most from loss of cotton in
field, fences and cotton The planters
are feeding the rosroes without charge
The point is 10 have hands to go immediate
ly to work when the waters fall. IT they srt
not fed they go off; if, when the waters re
tire, they are in debt for rations, they mov'
off; consequently they are fed as a choice o
evils.
The family of A. c. Brewer are now tn
guests of Maj. Scanlsn-the water having
driven him out of his house, bat l know o
none other with whom it is go bad. Their
have been but lew cattle drowned, as the las
water about cleaned out the country, an
the mules OF the neighborhoOd are either o.
the levee at Scanlan's place or on the highe
ground Of Barry Armstrong. READER.
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