The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-01
LzvEss STILL HARD PaEssED.=
All the Plantations around Brusley's
Landing in Danger of humiliation.

All the Plantations around Brusley's
Landing in Danger Of Inundstion.
NEW ORLEANS. April 3O-The Plea
ytne's Brusley:Landing special.says: THE
backwater has been rising here so rapidly
that it is thought that nearly all the planta-
tons around here Will be inundated. The
large Sinclair levee went under yesterday.
The Herback levee gave way and within six
hours many acres of fine cane we're flooded.
Deer are coming out Of the swamps in
droves and being mercilessly slaughtered"
THE GOVERNMENTS HELP.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-Secretary Proc
tor to-day received several kilograms from
Capt. Weston of the subsistence department
at New Orleans in regard to the steps taken
for the relief of the fl 1od sufferers. He
says that he sent 81, 900 rations to Omega,
Madison parish, to-day, and that tenor
row he viii send %, 200 ratiOns to st. James
and 2O,ON to Livingston parish. He esti-
mates that the people of Mississippi will
require 1,0OO, 900 rations and those Of Louisi-
ana few hundred thousand more. He says
the rations cost about cents each. He also
reports that he will tomorrow load a
steamer with rations and other stores for
Catfish Point, Lula, Friar's Point, Sunfower
Landing, Skipwith, Newton, New Kansas
Landing. Bealamond, Arcadia. Chotard.
Rolling Fork. and other places in Mississippi
reported as needing rations for twenty
days. Capt. Weston was to-day authorized
to continue the purchase of rations as fast
as needed for distribution.
The PicGyune's Bayou Lara special says:
The old levee in front of the Hermitage
and Pointe Coupe side caved in to-day, let
ting the water against the new levee, which
caused it to give way. The crevasse is now
between 200 and 300 feet wide and widening.
This break will prove disastrous to False
River, West Baton Rouge, and Iberville,
and also put the Crosse Tete levees to a
severe test"
LEvEE CONVENTION.
The Times-Democrat' Vicksburg, Miss,
special says:
Delegates from all the riparian district
of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas Tennes-
see, Kentucky and Missouri met here to-
day in accordance with the invitation of
the mayor of Vicksburg, for the purpose of
arriving at some uniform action with refer
ence to the future protection of the valley
from inundation. The sections invited
TO participate all sent delegates
andlthere is no single county, city, town or
village in the alluvial districts that is not
represented by some good and earnest
workers. Mayor r. F. Beck called the
convention to order. Hon. Charles Scott of
convention, and j. S. Snyder and w. A.
Everman, secretaries, and vice president
was chosen from each state.
LETTERS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
Letters were read from the mem 1ers of
the Mississippi river commission, expressing
regret at being unable to attend the con-
vention, and reiterating their faith and
firm confidence in the system of levees now
in vogue on the banks of the Mississippi
All, in their Judgment, that is necessary to
render that system absolutely complete and
perfect is the necessary funds, which they
hope the convention will be the indirect
means of securing from congress.
"a letter was also read from the Asso-
citation of Mississippi and ONO Pilots, ia
dorsing the levee system and the work of
the Mississippi river commission, and urging
objections to the construction across the
Mississippi river OF bridges, which are
clearly an obstruction to navigation.n