Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-04-05
PEOPLE TN THE FREES.
Distressing Scenes on the Mis-
sisSippi LpWlandS.
Twenty Thousand acres Under water,
Thousands OF People Desiitute-
Cattle STRIVING ana Drowning.

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Thousands Of People fDesiitutc-
Cattle STRIVING ana Druwning.
Mr.. j. j. Hogars, OF The Memphis CONNER
cidl, has arrived i'll ST.. Ltalis direct from the
fooled district. nlong tn, Mississippi river.
Mr. Hogan has just conlleed a tour OF tho
devastated region. He says the situation is
alarming, aud that in his opinion the food
has not reached the highest notch, In ths
Lacouia Circle, which is situated in Despa
county, Ark, and com nrisnE about 10000
acres, the scene is u hea strenCing one. Ths
strip OF The country is how inundated to a
depth OF five to twenty feet. and tho inbabi-
tants, numbering between Two thousand and
three THOUSAND people-w ties aud negroes
women and children use perched on house
tops and in the Trees 1.-Two stock MOI already
drowned are maintaiong Il precarious exis-
tence with their wretcl ed owners in soma In
stances on the roofs OF residences and else
where, on improyised platforms of wreck0ge.
Starvation is telling Oh he caLtls, while the
human victims are i'll scarcely less deplora-
bic coalition us to IGod. From Helena the
entire Mississippi delta country reaching
from Vicksourg vest TO Shreveport, and
do'"n to New Orleans, seemed doomed to de-
.slruction. Mir. Hogan reports that n | the
people in the wide district here are fl!eiug
Tor tl:eir lives.
VIoKsBURG, MIss.-I.htesg returns from
the Mississippi levecs report no change, ex-
cept that the wat-r is steaoily advancing
southwark from SSipw Sh crovasse and the
towns OF Mayersvli:e, Faters and Hayes ars
being surrounded, an4 must 20 under in
short time. The steauhr Evergreen is in
from u sec 5nd TIP 20 81 efl's Blyou, going as
fur as Tie dri!a would .,hniEIn exploring the
aGjlcent ID mt tioms ii: k;ffS. Her officers re-
port that they tound nc suffering; that cat
tie aud other Stcca had Ue9n removed, and
tue people were 81 fp Tho bayou is rising
fast. TIE bur-: is cavin.. rap-dlyin front Of
Bedford ieYee, NJ alison PARISH, the cavins
being now within seVenty-1iye feet or tue
leve, Work Desa and the now levee may
be finished before the old ona goes iu.o th9
river The levee Inspector elsewhere in
Louisiana report no change. Trains have
ueeu abandoned between Greenville aud Boil
ling Fork, aud III IacG all Trains Oh the river
SHE division cXcep5 From Greenvllie 10
Hampton, twenty-tisht miles, and between
Coahoma and Beuoit. sixty tive miles This
leaves Greeuvlile without communication
with the outside world except by river.
The situation on tbs Mississippi! Valley
Railroads main line between Yazoo river
and Kat zsnmeir is very serious indeed.
SIX inches more OF water will send the
VicksJurs, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
under Letween Taliulau alsl Lake Ons. The
water is rising slowly, tut .t is very unlikely
that tha road can run Trains more than
week longer. aud additional crevasSes may
stop operations u5 any thine. Mr.. f. w. Nc
CaUe, contractor for bridges for tue New
Orleans aud Northwestern Railroad, uutil
lately in process OF construction between
Vldalia aud Winnsboro', La, arrived from
RayVille, La. He says work hss bsen stopped,
and the construction comlany now has its
teams and men N Rsyville. The water rose
five feet in Dry Bayou, six miles from Ray
vile, in twenty. four aours, and is now within
half mile OF town.
Greenvilie is now on an island. The town
is in the greatest danger of an overflow,
with little hope OF Keeping out the water,
though the levees nte still standing.
a despatch from rallulah La, says all
farmers east Of thai place are planting, while
oil West nre under water.
HAIENA, Ark.-'rh- river stands 81. 9 feet
on the sauge--hree inches and a. half below
the high water marx Of 1856. The steamer
Houston Com; ana barges ladered with
provisions donated Dy The psople OF this place
has reached the LacoHj circle. The untor-
tunate people of that district are being re.
lieved Us last US possible.
The levees aroma Helena are still in good
condition, and the feeling here is one of con-
iidence.
GREENvILLE. 2fiss-Latest news from
Breaks: Unu5!'s Slill. Six. pwith 750; Easton
QUO, ami Huntington so ieet wide. and all,
except Oifutt's, caving rapidly. IL is now
gwen up that the eu5ire courtry from Lake
Bolivar TO the Warren county hills will be
flooded.