The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-21

The officers of the P. Line steamer e.
@. Carroll, which arrived this morning,
reported that the Tallahatchie and upper
Yazoo are banked up full as far down as
CIR, envile.
From Judge G. G. Cordill of Concor-
dia parish (La.,) who was passenger
to this city by the City OF Yazoo last
night, we learn that all work on the
Hardscrabble levee, in Tensas parish,
above ST. Joe La, has been abandoned,
the contractors having failed to COM
plete the levee. A large body of water
is now going through the gap which is
about mile wide; much of the new
work recently put mp there is washing
rapidly.
At the Kemp levee the outlook is more
favorable. Muior Sti.kney is there in
person with a force of over five hun
bred men and he feels that he will be
able to keep the work on the levee ahead
OF the water, and that the levee will be
made sufficiently strong to hold.
At Hard Times, the levee is in better
condition. The protection levee is com
pleted aud will easily stand rise OF
three feet.
Rumors were current in town last
night that the levee at Longwood( Miss i
"nd the lower part OF Washington coun-
~ had given way, but dispatches from
Mnyersville this morning contradict The
| rumor, but announce that the levre is
caving great deal, and that the caviug
had reached point within about 70 feet
of the old levec. and it is feared il the
old levee caves in that the new levee be
ing built i'll the rear of the old one will
not be able to hold against the watei
! coming, 1t being not yet complete
Assistant Hampton left Mayersville last
/ night for the danger points and will
meet Major Helm there to-day.
| Il. j. Duflin & Bro, contractors Oh
the Longwood levee telegruphed last
night to contractor McGlnty, at Lake
Providence, to send them 100 men will
on fit to assist them ON the new levee
aud these men will go forward on the
Iss queua to night. Gen. F rguson who
Is in the city at present, and who is very
familiar with the levees in this State and
thoroughly posted in such matters, is Of
| the opinion that with this increased force
the evee will be made sufficiently strong
to avert the threatened danger.
A break in the Ievee at Longwood
would be very disastrous, as it would
overflow the land about lake Washing
ton, II great deal of IssaQuena and Il
great portion OF the lands west of Deel
Greek.
From Gen. Ferguson reporter gain
ed the following additional high wntel
news: On his recent trip to Washing
ton, he went via Little Rock and st.
Louis. The lain water covered the track
in places between Arkansas City and
Pine Bluff. The Mississippi river was
not anywhere ont of Its banks when lie
left home, but there were great appre-
tensions OF general overflow from the
Arkansas and the rivers above. He be-
ieved that the levets on the Mississippi
side, from the Northern line of Bolivar
county will be held intact, and the couu
try dependent upon them protected.
That includes Bolivar, Was hing on, Is,
saquena and Shark,y counties. On the
Arkansas side of the river the lCvees are
hroke1 in places. leaving gaps through
which the water can go and inundate the
whole country.
From gentleman who arrived this
morning on The Anchor Line steamer,
Arkansas City, right from the Hush
puckna levee, it is learned that there is
10 possible fear or danger of a break at
that ploce, as the levee has Il base of 100
feet and cap OF 10 feet and has been
raised two feet above the high water of
1892
Some fears were expected when the
water was coming up in the Big Black
that the railroad between here and Port
Gibson might be interfered with, but the
water came to stand yesterday, lacking
several feet of being as high us last year 5
rise. - Vichsburg Past.